smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1861

From WAsHoE-The Virginia City Enter
prise, of the 9th inst, by Langton & Co.'S
Express, contains the annexed intelligence:


TuNNELs-The Gould & Curry Company
commenced on March lst, to run tunnel
from point alb out two thousand feet below
their lead They have been runningit with
out intermission ever since, and expect to
strike the lead about FIVE hundred feet below
the surface The Sides Company have been
at work in their tunnel for the past six weeks
and are now in about five hundred feet They
will have to run sixteen hundred feet before
they strike the ledge. The White d Murphy
Company are into their lead their tunnel is
about six hundred and fifty feet in length.
Operations have been suspended until they
can get some of their ore crushed The Best
d Belcher Company have their tunnel in
nine hundred feet, and will probably have to
run five hundred further to strike their ledge
The California Company are now running n
branch tunnel from the Centrars to their own
lead. The Grass Valley Company are in
about eleven hundred feet with their tunnel
All the tunnels alluded to are on what is
known or supposed to be the main Comstock
Lead


GOLD HILL-Vistors to Utah in search of
fortunes. will find it to their advantage to
pay particular attention TO Gold Hill mining
district, wherein are situated the very best
paying mines in Utah Territory. The extra
ordinary amount of bullion daily extracted
from the lodges in this district, is the best
proof that can be advanced of their unexam-
Piled richness. Our enterprising young friend,
III. G. Maynard, of Wells, Fargo & Co.'S of
flee, Gold Hill, has impaired to lis much val
uaGle and reliable information regarding the
mines and the yield at the different mills
The magnificent bars sent TO him daily for
shipment to California, ranging in value from
one to five thousand dollars each are reali-
ties and we would advise all who are dis.
posed to doubt the richness Of our mines. to
take q peep into Maynard's vault at least
once week; we will guarantee that the
sight will impart confidence in our mines
aud mining operations which will be lasting
and beneficial.


PRocEssEs.-Ou mills are now trying all
the various processes for extracting silver
from ore. The Gould & Curry mill are try
ing the Mccullough process the Ophir in.
tend to try the Smith and Freyburg processes
Mt their new works in Washoe Valley the
Mexican Company are using the Freyburg
plan, and have their machinery on the way
to try the Wakeiee process. Among the diff
ferent plans. 1t is to be hoped that some of
the Companies will find the true method of
extracting the metal for 10th as we are to
admit the fact, quite number of the compn-
mics here have only partially succeeded in re-
ducing The ore.
Year: 1861

To he Honorable Court of Common Pleas Of


ostyaAoga County, Ohio. Nay TsrrEi 1881: J


The Grand Jury, in pursuance Of the Stat
sute and the charge of the Court, have ex-
amined the Jail Of said county, and find that
the law has been faithfully observed in the
management thereof and that the Sheriff is
entitled to commendation for the perform
ance of his duties in this difficult part Of the
public service, and for the taste displayed
in the fitting up and embellishment Of the
Jail Yard. .aElo11a


tits suggested, by the Sheriff that water
and gas be introduced into the Jail, and this
we deem irnpsratively necessary; and fur
ther that it would add much to the conven
ienee of the establishment to have new
and better cook room.


All of which is respectfully submitted.
Year: 1861

There is no way the vaults can be cleaned
out without a demolition of the building,
therefore no blame can attaeh to the Mar
shall or Prison Keeper. i. ~.


We find the City Prison to be common
nuisapcs and burning shame p the City Of
Cleveland.
Year: 1861

FOUND DRowsED.-The body of an m
known man was found floating in the lake yes
tetday between the railroad track and outer
breakwatsr opposite Park Row by fisherman
named Christian Spohr. The body WIS that
Of nan i've feet seven inches in height, with
Drown hair and no beard. He had on two
pa'rs OF cotton checked pantaloons, figured
cotton velvet vest with blue glass buttons,
crown t"llled coat, two shirts, the under one
Of linen and the outer Of figured muslin, black
SILK e1avat, black hat and sewed calf ekin
boots There was no property OF articles Of
any description found upon his person which
might lead to his sidenti6cstion.
Year: 1861

TIE WAY TO BE HAprT.-Go to Bryan Hall
today and dine. a good dinner is in waiting
for you, charming young ladies will serve you.
twenty five cents will be tie cost, and you will
ccme away hoppy, in the consciousness Of
having done good, and in that happy state of
body and mind that always follows good
dinner.
Year: 1861

SEcEssIoN JoURNALs.-The Cleveland Her
aid says that in default of paying subscrip-
tion the New York News and bay Book are
distributed gratuitously through the country.
The following circular is thrown broadcast
through Ohio and other States:


CONFIDENTIAL


Mr.. -: Sir: understand you to be an
influential citizen f. county, take the
liberty Of sending yen our paper, the Daily
News, for one month. The cost is betrayed
by society, whose object is to enlist the talent
Of the State in favor Of peace measures Should
you think proper to become subscriber after
that date, please signify the same. I'D
Year: 1861

cFDIxoS, of the Des Moines Register
is feIcitous in his remarks about the value
of human life as compared with the current
value of dogs. There is no disputing the
fact that some human bipeds are desperately
worthless much more so than the most
valueless dog that howls discordant music
to the moon. But when you weigh the
value of one true man in the scale against
the universal dog tribe. we rather guess
the snarlers will kick the beam.
Year: 1861

hearts to afford relief, let US not sneer at
those more tender hearted and benevolent
than ourselves. Let US not add to our in
difference and neglect of suffering, by affect
ing disbelief in its reality or pass judg-
ment upon an afflicted people, by saying
they have behaved badly, and deserve to
suffer,-lest our land, too, be cursed. and
refuse to yield her increase. $50
Year: 1861

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tits charged in some Of the city papers,
that Judge Higgins is in favor Of con-
tinuipg The Docket Fee System, for the pay
Of Judges, and for that reason is candi-
date for delegate to the Constitutional Con-
yentio1.


Both the charge and the inference is Ut
ter}y untrue. No man more desires the
abolition Of the Docket Fee System than
Judge Higgins, and if elected 10 the Con-
yention, he pledges himself to use all his
influence and power to have it done away
With, and fair and reasonable salary sub
stltuted. This is one of several important
: judicial reforms which he will advocate in
the Convention, if made delegate. The
allegation made against him is as false asst
is mean, and the paper making it knew
thatit was false; but it was done to preju-
dice tue minds Of voters and defeat his
election.


tits TO the interest Of every voter in the
56th District TO lave Judge Higgins elect
cd to the Convention. lie will be able to
do more good than any other candidate
running for delegate. His experience as a
Judge qualities him to understand the
defects Of the present Judicial system ant
to propose the corrections which expert
ence shows that it requires. His urbans
| manners and superior abilities will maxi
him an influential member in the organi
body, and enable him to serve the pcopl


very usefuly: The Office is not lucra
tive one to an honest man. The pay q


the members barely covers their hotel es
penses. til post Of honor and respor


sibility, and the best men willing to scrv


should be elected. When such man a


Judge H1ee1xs is willing to undergo th


labor and loss Of time, tue people shoul
| rot hesitate to secure his services.
Year: 1861

clared, by proclamation, that The laws OF the
United States are opposed, and the execution
thereof obssrncted, by combinations too pow
eFfal to be snppressNd BY the ordinary coarse
of judicial proceedings, or by the power vest.
ed In the lnarsaals bN law, any person or
persons, his, her, or their agents, attorney, or
employee, shall purchase OF acquire, sell or
or give, any property Of whatsoever kind or
description, with intent to use or employ the
same, or suffer the same to be used or employ
ed, In aiding, abetting, or promoting such in
surTection or resistance 20 the laws, or any
person or persona engaged thsteihi or IL any
person or persons, being the owner or owners
of any such property, shall knowingly use or
employ, or consent to the use or employment
OF, the same as aforesaid, all such property is
hereby declared to be lawful subject Of prize
and capture wherever found and II shall be
the duty Of the President Of the Bnited
States to'cause the same 60 be seized coBGs-
Gated, and condemned.


SEC, 2. That such prizes and capture shall
be condemned in the district or circuit court
of the United States having Jurisdiction OF
the amount, or in admiralty in any district in
which the same may be seized, or into which
they may be taken and proceedings frst insti-
tuted


SBC. y. 1 nat tue dttOfuey Oenefhi,. OF any
District Attorney of the United States In
which said property may at The time be, may
institute the proceedings Of condemnation,
and in such case they shall be wholly for the
benefit of the United States; or any person
may file an information with such attorney,
in which case the proceedings shall be for the
use of such informer and the United States in
equal parties. rEt


SgC. 4. That whenever hereafter, during
the present insurrectioB against the Govern
ment OF the United States, any person claim
ed TO he held TO labor or service under the
law of any State, shall b. required or per-
nitted by the person 20 whom such labor or
service is claimed 20 be due, or by the lawful
agent Of such person TO take up arms against
the United States, or shall be required or per-
mtted by the person to whom sach labor or
service is claimed TO be dae, or his lawful
agent, to work or TO be employed Ia or upon
any fort, navy yard, dock, armory, ship en-
trenchments, or in any military or naval
service whatsoever, against the Government
and lawful authority Of the United States,
then and in every such case, the person 70
whom snch labor is claimed to be due shall
forfeit his claim TO such labor or law of the
State or OF the United States to the contrary
notwithstanding. And whenever thereafter
the person claimed such labor or service shall
seek to enforce his claim it shall be a full and
sufficient answer to such claim that the person
| whose SERVICE or labor is claimed had been
employed in hostile service against the Gov
| ernment Of the United States, contrary TO thC
provisions of this act.
Year: 1861

The National IHtslligsneer Of late date
remarks


II Is difRenli to e1Aggstate the financial
Significance or POlItieal importance Of this
great negotiation, which. when regard is had
to its magnitude, and 70 the Circumstances
under which y has been ceneerted, is without
example in the history Of nations, and the
successful sonelusion Of which rejects the
greatest honor on the present enlightened
Secretary Of the Treasury. Fer it's nOttOo
much 70 say that the country Is primarily in
debted for this result 10 the confidence so
justly inspired by the integrity aud ability
with which Mr.. Chase presides over the so-
ministratien Of the natiOnai finances.


II viii be readily Inferred that in effecting
the details Of the negotiation he was greatly
aided by the cooperation Of the distinguish
ed financiers of New York, PhiladelphiA and
Boston whom he met in conference on the
subject; and we understand that be Aeknowl-
edges his special obligations to Mr.. Stevens
and Mr. Vail. respectively the able President
and Cashier Of the Bank Of Commerce in
New York


The political value Of the confidence thus
manifested by the capitalists Of the country
in the stability Of the National Government,
and In the continued prosperity Of tue coun-
try, are too apparent 10 need demonstration
or enforcement. The people of the country.
in common with the Administration, owe TO
this class Of our fellow citizens debt of graf
itude for the promptitade and patriotism With
which they have responded to the call Oftheir
Government, and by which they have shown
10 foreign nations not only The opulence OF
our resources. but the stable foundations of
| public credit seen to be independent Of any
aid that may be given or withheld from
abroad,
Year: 1861

Subscribers who donot give express
notice to the. contrary, are considered
as wishing TO continue the subscrip-
tom


If subcribers order the discontin-
uance OF their papers, the publishers
may continue to send them till all that
is due be paid.


If subscribers neglect or refuse to
take their papers from the office to
which they are directed, they are held
responsible until they have settled
their bills and ordered their paper dis
continued,
Year: 1861

The general custom in California; of keeping
cattle upon the range the year round, is attended
yearly, as anticipated by owners, by large per
centage of loss. 1t is. doubtless, of easy demon
stration that money could be saved to cattle own
crs by providing feed for their stock during the
winter months and thereby keep it in condition
Of strength to resist the unfavorabfe infu nee OF
cold and wet weather, and short grass; but the
want of this precoution entails annually an i'm
mense loss in cattle. that become poor late in the
fall, and are TOO weak to- withstand the cold or TO
Craze upon the miry ground not having sufficient
strength for either emergency. The necessity
for a change in the plan of keeping cattle is be-
coming so apparent to those engaged in the bust
ness that in Il year or two more we may hope for
an improvement, that not only pecuniary in
teress but sympathy for dumb hrutes should die
tate. Hay and straw must be cut for feed; there
is no other alternative.


This winter, however. there will perhaps, be as
much loss rs in any previous season. as we learn
that dead cattle are by far too numerous on the
plains. in the western portion Of this county, and
ether counties will not prove an exception.
And while on the subject of cattle may re-
mark that. the rapdty with which good grazing
land is being fenced in. both the plains and
among the foothills. is limiting the extent OF
free ranges, and must cause many cattle raisers TO
decrease the size Of their herds from year to year.
From the extent of fencing operations, in This
county alone. for the past three years. we should
say that in five years more there will not be an
a re of good grazing land unoccuped from the
American to the Sacramento river. This Will be
the means OF giving us iatter cattle and more
tender beef
Year: 1861

g The communication Of "Dry Creek"
Is declined, The subject matter is not ct
sufficient general interest to cause us re-
write the article, which would be necessary
in order to have it appear in print
Year: 1861

School DIsrRIcr ELEcr1oN.-The voters
Of Auburn School District will bear in
mind that the School Trustees have appoint
ed an election, to be held next Saturday, 10Th
inst, to vote on the proposition to tax the
real and personal property in the District
one per cent on the assessed value of the
same for the purpose Of buying lot, build
ing brick school house, and furnishing
it-the whole to cost $4,000.
Year: 1861

ter and slave to the fountain of Emanuel S
blood; if the agencies Of the blessed Gospel
had only been suffered to work their way
quietly, as the light and dew of the morn
ing, into the structure of society, both North
and South, how different would have been
the position of our country this day before
God! How different would have been the
privileges enjoyed by the poor black mans
soul, which, in this bitter contest, has been
too much neglected and despised. Then
there would have been no need to have con-
[verted our churches into military barracks
for collecting fire arms to carry on war upon
a distant,fr frontier. No need for sovereign
State to execute the fearful penalty Of the
law upon the invader for doing no more than
honestly to carry out the teaching of aboli-
ton preachers, who bind heavy burdens,
and grievous to be borne, and lay them on
mems shoulders, while they touch them not
with one of their fingers. No need for the
widow and the orphan to weep in anguish Of
heart over those cold graves, for whose dis
honor and desolation God will hold the real
authors responsible. No occasion or pretext
for slavehelding States to pass such stringent
laws for the punishment of the secret incen-
diary and the prevention Of scrvile war.


shall not attempt to show what will be
the condition of the African race in this
country when the Gospel shall have brought
all classes under its complete dominion.-
What civil and social relations men will sus-
tain in the times of milennial glory do not
know. I cordially embrace the current
opinion of our church that slavery is per-
mitted and regulated by the divine law un-
der both the Jewish and Christian dispensa-
tions, not as the final destiny of the enslaved
but as an important and necessary process
in their transition from heathenism to Chris
tianity-a wheel in the great machinery Of
Providence by which the final redemption is
to be accomplished. However this may be,
one thing l know, and every abolitionis'
might know it if be would, that there are
Christian families at the South in which a
patriarchal fidelity and affection subsists be.
tween the bond and the free, and where
slaves are better fed and clothed and instruc-
ted, and have better opportunity for sal
vation than the majority of laboring people
in the city of New York If the tongue o1
Tabolitionism had only kept silence these
twenty years past, the number of such fami.
lies would be tenfold as great. Fanatieisu
at the North is one chief stumbling e. block ir
The way Of thd Gospet at tue South. -f1Hthts
is one great grievance that presses to-day
upon the hearts of our Christian brethren al
the South. This, in a measure, explain.
why such men as DR.. Thornwell. of Soutt
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men whose genius and learning and piety
would adorn any State or station-are will.
ing to secede from the Union. They fee
that the influence of the Christian ministry
is hindered. and their power to do good both
to master and slave crippled, by the constant
agitations Of abolitionism in our national
councils; and the incessant turmoil excited
by the unscriptural dogma that slavehelding
is sin.


TO BE CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT
Year: 1861

FIom the New York Tribune.


The telegraph informs US that most of tho
cotton States are meditating withdrawal
from the Union because Of Lincoln's elec-
ton. Very we'll: they have right to
mediate, and meditation is a profitable en-
ployment of leisure. We have chronic.
invincible disbelief in disunisn as remedy
for either Northern or Southern grievances;
we cannot perceive any necessary relation
between the alleged disease and this ultra
heroic remedy still. we say, if anybody
sees fit to mediate disunion, let them do 80
unmolested That was a base and hypo-
critic row that the House cnco raised, at
Southern dictation, about the ears of john
Quincy Adams, because he presented po-
tition for the dissolution of the Union The
petitioner had right to make the request
it was the member duty to protect it. And
now, if the cotton States consider the value
of the Union debatable, we maintain their
with Jefferson to the inalienable right Of
communities to alter or abolish forms OF
government that have become oppressive or
injurious and if the cotton States shall be-
come satisfied that they can do better out Of
the Union than in it, We insist on letting
them go in peace. The right to secede may
be a revolutionory one, but it exists never
theless and we do not see how one party
can have right to do what another party
has right to prevent We must ever re-
sist the asserted right Of any State to remain
in the Union and nullify or defy the laws
thereof: to withdraw from the Union is quite
another matter And whenever consid-
cradle section of our Union shall deliberate
ly resolve to go out, we shall resist all co.
erciye measures designed to keep it in. We
hope never to live in republic whereof one
section is pinned to the residue by bayonets.


But while we thus uphold the practical
liberty, if not the abstract right, of seces-
sion, we must insist that the step be taken.
if it ever shall be, with the deliberation and
gravity beftting so momentous an issue
Let ample time be given for reelection let
the subject be fully canvassed before the
people; and let popular vote be taken in
every case before secession is. decreed. Let
the people be told just why they are urged
to break up the confederation; let them have
both sides of the question fully presented !;
let them feet. deliberate, and then vote !;
and tds. . - ssion be the echo of
- 06tnistakable Dof5ul 49, A;,,1>.anI
Year: 1861

sns- a Chicago correspondent Of the New
York Times sys:


Il observe that the cause OF the Bull Run
disaster are still acrim0niGusly discussed. In
O paper before ME. the Times comes in for o
large slice Of denunciatons. as one OF the for
ward to Richmond councillors. There are two
simple questions iu connection " In this mat
ter, which would like TO sec answered: Had
our army under Mcdowell been entirely sue
c sSful--had the rebels been routed and driven
back on Richmond who would have had the
credit the glory ofiLC battle: Wod.d II have
been the Times, the Tribune OF General Scott,
and under him Med dwell: II any candid judge
Or jury will say that, in the case Of success, all
the glory would have been awarded to the
Times and Tribune, for advocating forward
movement, then they should bear the blame OF
the failure, and not otherwise. | am within
bounds when ! say that nineteen out of every
twenty in the Northwest had become inpatient
of the delay at Washington the time and
opportunity given the rebels in Virginia to
streng hen and entrench themselves. We had
offered men by regiments, and bad been told,
over and over agaiD that the Secretary OF
War had enough. Thousands upon thousands
bad been refused permission to serve under
the old f'g In defence Of the impcrilci Union.
They saw the time of an immense army Of three
months men about expiring men who had
been assembled and kept in camp for two or
three months at an cnorm nus expense and to
no purpose. Under these circumstances was
IL strange that there was mpatienc that all
or nearly all, agreed that something should be
dOue-that forward movement Should be
made! II was made, bnt how: Let this rest
until the war is over, until the rebellion l.
crushed out and theu let us have the why's and
whcrciores. All the West expect great thing:
of Gen. Mcclellan, and they see in the active
efficiency which he has already manifested al
headquarters, a guarantee that we are 10 have
To more failures within the possibility Of man
Year: 1861

A CAUTION TO MoTIIERs-It is q
very common thing to see mothers and
servant girls pushing along over the
sidewalks the little carriages i'll which
they are giving infants an airing on
pleasant days. The practice is very
dangerous one, and is liable to do great
and permanent injury to the child
We observe also that carriages are
now constructed that they may be
pushed instead of drawn. The posi-
ton Of a child riding backwards in
stead of forwards, is an unnatural one,
and directly affects the brain Of the
tender creature. Some grown persons
even, cannot ride backwards in rail
road car without experiencing sense
Of faintness, and to expect child to
do what q strong adult cannot, is un-
reasonable, to say the least. 1t is be-
lieycd ky medical writer's that infants
have died from diseases PRODUCED by
being ridden backwards. It is law
of nature always to move them for
wards and never backwards. We
hope mothers will remember this and
impress it upon the minds of their ser
wants. Check the first attempt to ride
the little innocent backwards; and you
will remove one Of the causes Of con-
gestion and brain feyers, to which chill
drcn are so liable.