smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

DoN'r TAKE-A wag of a correspondent
sent us the other day short communication
which took the Marshal of this city to task,
with much mock gravity, for allowing the
chain gang to sit in the orchestra of the thea
ter. We thought everybody would see the
pint, but we understand that there are per-
sons in the community who are very indig-
nant about it and are disposed very severely
to censure the Marshal for the outrage. Well
this is the elimination of the joke and make,
1t all the better. But, to remove all wron.
impressions, we will simply state that tn
chairs in the Orchestra are chained by tn
legs to the railing in order to prevent then
from being removed from their places, anC
this is what our correspondent alluded tC
when he spoke of the Chain Gang. Don't
YOU see
Year: 1859

c8- a correspondent of the Baltimore
Christian Advocate relates of a New York
minister, who desired to make sensation in
preaching on the crucifxion. He instructed
the sexton, when he got to that part of the
discourse where he describes the darkness
oversl reading the heavens, to drawn down
the gas, giving light only enough to make
the darkness visible. The sexton, however
awkwardly put the gas out altogether
which so confounded the preacher that he
was unable to proceed, Some of the trustees
of the church hurried to the sexton in the
lobby, and inquired what was the matter
Greatly to his chagrin and modification, q:
well as that of the preacher, he was obliged
to explain.
Year: 1859

SroP THAr-We noticed a gentleman lead
ing horse over the Eighth street foot bridge
yesterday morning. If such acts are not in
violation of law they should be made so by
the Common Council for there is no necessi-
ty for taking horses over said bridge besides,
it is dangerous to do so.
Year: 1859

Ill ALMOST UNTO DEATH.-The Sacramento
Bee learns that General James NJ Estill, who
is we'll known in the State as having per
formed prominent parts in California politics
for the past eight years, is bed ridden in Sar
Francisco, and is not likely to ever rise from
it again. lie has been unwell for some thre,
months, and in all that time was yellow as i
afflicted with the iaundice, caused, he said
by non-action of the liver Although he
used much medicine and took ample outdoor
exercise to counteract this and set MS liver to
work, if his case Lad been anything like an
ordinary one, he was benefited nothing; and
he is now down with what is supposed to be
an inflammation of the lurgs, and there are
but little if any hopes of his recovery.
Year: 1859

GY- The Sacramento Board of Supervisor.
have, so we are informed by the Union, re-
jected the award by the Commissioners for
the purchase of the grounds on | street for
site for the pavilion of the State Fair.
Year: 1859

JAPAN.-Arrangements are in progress un-
der the auspices of some of the churches of
New York city, to establish a new mission in
Japan. The primary object will be the in
of Christian civilization.
Year: 1859

cE-It is said that Mr. Simonton, the new
editor and part proprietor of the Bulletin,
purchased into that paper at the instance of
Senator Gwin, and that it is hereafter to be
q friend to the renowned Lime Pointer.
Year: 1859

Us Sam Houston was on the llth of March
in Harrisburg where he was the guest of ex.
Governor Porter and received the attention
of many of the eminent citizens and legisla.
tors of that place. Speaking in regard to his
past and future. he said, that having been for
some time among "the goats and wolves" at
Washington, he intended spending the re.
mainder of his life in privacy and peace
among the sheep on his rancho in Texas
Year: 1859

SUPPOSED MURDER-At about half past IL
o'clock, Tuesday night woman was heard
to scream three or four times, the screams
each time growing fainter, in q most ngon-
lied tone of voice. The screams appeared
to proceed from the Slough near Murrays
House, at the head of Second street 1t was
evident that woman was being drowned
and that she was calling for help. A man
was seen standing on the bank about that
time, and, turning off, muttered to himself
and disappeared. A woman named Mrs
Gross heard the screams and saw the man
and she thinks the language used by the
drowning female was Spanish. Yesterday
morning, Marshal Barkley and Capt. Kin:
took boat and went into the Slough AM
dragged it, but failed to find the body. 1t
supposed that this foul deed was committe
for revenge or jealousy. A man, who seem
to be an American or Englshman, has bee
in the habit of going frequently in the even
ing to the place where the drowning occur
red and rowing around in a boat, and the
man seen on the bank on the evening in ques
tion, is said to resemble him Several per
sons besides Mrs Gross heard the woman
screaming, but did not get out of bed
married lady, living near by, states that sh
tried to to get out of bed to see what wa
the matter and her husband would not ALLOW
her. The fact is that that portion of tn
city is somewhat dangerous in the nigh
time and respectable people are afraid t
rush out when anything unusual is going o
after dark.
Year: 1859

UnPrOfltable Enhancement of a Free MAN


The Rochester Democrat of the sth states
that a party Of ten fugitive slaves--two
men, three women, and five children-stop-
ped at the U. G. Railroad Office in that city
on the 7th, and we're sent to Canada by the
Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society. The party
originally consisted of twenty persons, but
was divided up in Pennsylvania. The Dem
oerdt says one of the party was once a free
man, born in Pennsylvania boatman.


On one of his boating excursions into
Maryland, he was arrested at Havre de
Grace and put in Jail, and his Captain made
to pay fine of $l75 for bringing him into q
slave state. The colored man not being
able to pay his fine, was kept in Jail some
time, and then sold TO tho highest bidder
to pay his Jail fees. After remaining in
slavery about two years, ho instigated this
party to run away. The thing was done
by one or two escaping at one time, and
then concealing themselves in the Blue
Ridge mountains until they all got together
The party look rather the worse for wear.
Year: 1859

Having just completed its first year, the Publishers
feel warranted in claiming for it a wider circulation
and more liberal patronage.


1t is printed from new type cicarwhte paper, and
its typographical appearance is acknowledged to be
finished and elegant.


1t contains large amount Of original miscellaneous
matter and home news full record of local events
with riefreference to the current history of the world
abroad every issue giving the latest intelligence for
cign and domestic
Year: 1859

IT is neutral in politics, but frank and independent
in everything else being especially devoted to the So
cia moral and material advancement of the section of
which it aims to be the exponent and representative


Iarticular atteution is paid to the
Year: 1859

that being the prominent industrial feature of the
county. OF the State large bnt believing that the
stability and genuine prosperity of mountain comm-
mites depend upon the successful development oothcr
pursuits, which less dangerous and uncertain for
labor without capital than gold hunting is known to
be, We have sought to exhibit the adaptabty of the
mountains to the important interests of iarming gar
dening. fruit growing, and many kindred avocatons
We have tried to make the HYDRAULIo PRESS always
representative of what is best in California. and to
correct some Of those unjust prendices against her
people which obtain abroad In short, it has been our
constant endeavor to make the paper useful decent
and respectable.


If a paper conscentiously conducted the above
plan is thought worthy oisuPport ask for and hope
to receive it.


Connected with the Newspaper Establishment is a
full stock of assorted material for every kind of


JOB PRINTING,
which we will execute as well and reasonably as it
can be afforded in any interior office.


The Subscription Price
is s. per annum, 3 for six months, payable nvari
ably in advance.


Subscriptions Advertisements or Orders can be for
warled by Mail or Express, addressed above, to


AVERY & WATERS
Year: 1859

FURIOUS CUsToM.-The causes for which
Mahometan woman may demand a divorce.
are clearly and broadly laid down in the
Moran, ana her evidence is sufficient. be-
cause the Mahometan law supposes that a
woman must be violently agrieved before
the modesty of her sex will allow her to ap-
pear in public with such application. So
careful is this law to spare her feelings, that
she is not even required to recount her in
juries, unless of her own free will all she
has to do is to place her slipper reversed
that is, with the sole upward-beforc the
cadi, and the case is finished; the divorce is
granted without further inquiry.
Year: 1859




A WOMAN SPEAKs-Mrs. Maria Hill re-
Gently delivered before the Campo Seco Ly-
ceum lecture on 1iIntellectual Progression.
closing with an appeal for her own sex. We
extract the following passage


"Heaven help the poor weak woman who
makes hero of one who affects to despise
all that is pure and best in woman. For
him shall never shine the light of yirtuous
love-love which is sanctioned by the head
and heart of sensible woman. True afec-
tion and respect cannot hallow the union of
fool, and little has a man to be proud of.
who wins the passing fancy of a woman
who wears her heart upon her sleeve for
davis to peck at.


No, let woman be the partner of her hus-
bands inner life, let thought meet thought,
let the mind, the soul be married; that is
but half marriage where sealed fountain
OF thought exists. That is an icy barrier
over which neither can pass where there is
no communication of thought. When the
bloom of youth and beauty shall have fled,
cultivated mind and intellectual tastes can
give higher charm to married life than anv
pretty fool can bestow."
Year: 1859

and the most overwhelming success will again
crown our party.


We are glad to See gentlemen announcing
themselves all over the State We arc opposed
to seeing any Of the present delegation in Con
gress retained, unless they are the choice 81
their party orsr all Others; and if they are the
choice of their party, they have nothing OF fear
froma convention. 1t is onlya consciousness OF
weakness that induces men to stand out against
conventions. The hope Of opposition votes IS
an encouragement to Democrats opposing con-
conventions.


As between men in the different districts,
before Convention Of theiy party, we shall
have nothing to say; but where we find disor-
ganization seeking to entrench itself behind
Opposition votes, and opposing Convention,
We shall most certainly expose the insilious
enemy Of the Democratic party, be he member
or aspirant, incumbent or rotationist


We believe that some, at least, Of the Repre-
sentatives in Congress, hare nothing to fear
from Conventions; and tho expression Of will
lingneSs, on their part, to acknowledge the
right Of their party to hold Convention at
any time, and upon call Of any respectable
number Of their constituents, would, at once,
satisfy the people, and result in the return of
the member.


Men who cannot fulfil this standard Of re-
quirement should be displaced to make room
for others who would take their places and bet
ter discharge the duties Of representatives


We hope. then, TO see Conventions called,
and nominations made, in every district where
men boldly announce themselves as ready to
enter the contest Let no sickly fears for par
ty usage or party success deter any man from
announcing himself q candidate That usage
Of party that would perpetuate men in office is
unconstitutional; for, the Bill Of Rights pro.
vides that members of the Legislative, Execu-
tive and Federal departsments should, at fixed
periods, be reduced to private station, return
into that body from which they were original
ly taken Now, the usage OF party that would
forbid the trial by Convention, is in deroga-
tion Of the spirit Of the Bill of Rights and
should be resisted by every Democrat. The
best prescrva,ive Of party success id the care
full selection of suitable candidates. Let then
every bold, honest and talented man in the
State, if need be, announce himself candidate
for Congress, and let the party select by a Con-
vention. If the present members should De
nominated. they will be returned with double
endorsement, and all the influence Of long scr
vice strengthened and increased by the purif-
cation Of Convention and polls
Year: 1859

deeply regret being compelled to delay is
suing the enclosed circular until this time, but
have no doubt it will be promptly responded
to, when you shall be advised


Very respectfully,


JOHN DOVE.
Year: 1859

no candidate can come unless each and all oil
his political principles are perfectly FREQ from
alloy Both these objects must be- attained II
wc would continue to preserve the purity and
maintain the ascendancy Of Democracy. 10
select candidate who would be beaten by the
Opposition, might be more speedy means oi
oycr,hrowing the Constitution and destroying
the Union; but it could not be more eJectnG!
for those ends than allowing the party to dcvi-
ate from its first fixed principles would uti-
lnately prove to be- To effect the two pur-
poses proposed, it is only necessary that the
Convention shall meet and act in the true spIr-
it Of patriots and Democrats.


The candidate Of the Democracy, whoever h.
may be and whatever his popularity, need not
expect to triumph without severe, perhaps,
desperate struggle. And hence the necessity
Of entrusting our standard to him, who Is re-
cognized AZ the North and at the South. IN the
East and in the West, by friend and foe, as an
unadulterated Democrat, whose adhesion 70
principle yields to no temptation; whose sense
Of Justice is unbiased by sectional or party
prejudice: whose transcendant ability has been
too often and too variously attested to be GueS-
toned by his most implacabe enemy; whose
politcal career has been such q series Of sue.
ccsses as to invest him with the prestige of III
yincibility; whose very name inluscs courage
and energy into desponding friends and inspires
the hardest Of his enemies with dstrust and
apprehension; who has the impress Of genius,
OF manhood Of all the extraordinary marks
OF naster.spirt SO stamped upon every page
of his history as to point him out and pro-
claim him the man for the timeS Tho when
once convinced, whether Of wrong to be re-
dressed or right to be maintained, is nsens-
BILE alike to ali appeals, in remonstrance o! IN
menace from friend or foe; and, planting bin'
self firmly upon his own inherent strength
Iearlessly follows the commands Of bis con-
science.


Such is the man, who. it is to be hoped tor Tor
the party's sake and for the country S sake, VIII
be the choice of the Charleston Convention
To name him now, however poor the portrait
have attempted TO paint would be at once
Year: 1859

the number Of sheep injured by dogs, 10 bis
district during the preceding year, together
with the yalue Of the sheep killed, aud the
cstimato'of the injury done, and the said
assessors are required to make return Of
the aforesaid statement to tho county audit
or of their respective counties at tho time of
returning the lists of chattel property for
taxation.


So'..2. That it shall be the duty Of the
auditor Of each county TO furnish TO the as
SCISSORS of their respective counties such
blanks as may be necessary for taking the
aforesaid statements; and said county audit
or shall, as soon as possible after the afore-
said statements are returned 10 him, make
out and forward to tho auditor of state a
statement showing the number Of sheep SO
killed and injured as aforesaid aud the sg-
gregate loss sustained thereby in each town
ship in their respective counties.


Sec. 8. That il shall be the duty Of the
auditor Of state, on receipt Of the statements
aforesaid, 10 make out and furnish TO the
secretary Of the state board Of agriculture to
be by him published in the annual report
of said board statement showing the num-
Der of sheep killed and the number injured
respectively, as aforesaid in each county,
and the aggregate loss in each county sus-
tanned thereby.


Sec 4. This act to take effect from aud
after its passage.


WILLIAM B. WOODS,


Speaker Of House of Representatives..


MARTIN WELKER.


President Of the Senate.
! February 5, 1859.
Year: 1859

mo. 40. AN ACT


Relating to the redemption and cancella-


ton Of the securities for the funded debt


of counties in this State.


Sec. l. BE Il enacted by the General
assembly Of Gae State of Ohio, That il is
hereby made the duty Of the county suditOr
ofany county in this state owing funded
debt bearing interest payable at stated pc
riods, to draw at the proper times, his war.
rant upon the treasurer Of his county for
the payment of the gross sum Of such in-
stallments Of principle or interest as may be
then due, or for such sum Of money in the
treasury as may be applicable to that pur-
Year: 1859

No. III AN ACT
township assessors to ascertain the


number Of sheep killed and injured by


dogs.


Sec. l. BE Il enacted by he General
assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That it
shall be tho duty Of each township assessor
in this state, at the time Of taking lists Of
chattel property for taxation, in each year,
TO require each person in their several town
ships, to make a statement specifying the
number Of sheep killed By dogs, and also
Year: 1859

ES- The San Francisco Journal is the
name of a German daily newspaper la ely
established at the Bay. Julius Korn, a gem
tleman, favorably known TO the public, is the
editor. The mechanical execution of the
paper is good. Of the value of the reading
matter, our German friends must Judge for
themselves, AS we cannot inform them.
Year: 1859

PLACER COUNTY CANAL-This ditch,
bringing water from the North Fork of the
American river into the extensive hydraulic
diggings of Dutch Flat is rapidly approaching
completion. Mr.. Bradley expects to have
water running through the ditch to the Flat
by the first Of July, from one Of the main
sources of supply. The entire canal will be
finished about the first of August
Year: 1859

ANOTHER MuRDER.-The killing season
seems to have commenced. Two men at
Canada Hill, claimed lot of drifting tim
her. A man by the name of Edwards or
Edings, went to the pile with the intention
of carrying some Of timber away, when
John Numen told him to desist or he would
kill him; he still continued when n, shot
him dead, and also red at Ediugs partner
Numen fled and posse of citizens and the
officers are in pursuit of him. There is con.
siderable excitement in the neighborhood.
Year: 1859

On Friday night the 10th inst, China
man was shot while robbing the sluice box.
es of a company Of Germans, on Red Ra.
vine, near Auburn. The sluice boxes of the
company had been robbed six times previous
ly, and on the night in question, one Of the
number being upon watch, discovered and
fred upon the Chinaman, with gun heavily
loaded with large shot, breaking his left arm
near the shoulder, and wounding him in the
back. The men brought the Chinaman to
town on the following morning, and the one
who had fred the shot delivered himself to
the officers, but upon an examination Of the
affair before Justice Grant, he was discharg
ed. The Chinaman, although severely
wounded, it is said will recover.


As stated above, the sluices of the claim
had been robbed six times before, and each
time on Friday night. Expecting the Gus
tomary visit, watch was kept, and the game
caught. There is no doubt that this rascally
Celestial was the depredator in each instance
and selected Friday night for his operations
in order to secure each time the weeks work
of the Company-a cunning trick, but as
the sequel has shown, very unsafe one.
Year: 1859

'To fuse-tu defeat the National Democ-
racy," we regard conclusive evidence of
pure and enlarged patriotism. The editor
Of the Herald Is about as we'll qualified to
appreciate the exalted character Of such a
motive of action, as donkey would be to
solve a mathematical problem from Euclid.


Sac. Register.


The above is for the consideration of the
Placer Herald. The assuine comparison is
certainly sarcastic. The editor of the Regis
ter seems to have acquired fee simple inter-
est in the dialect Of the gin-shop, and we are
not disposed to dispute his title.


The "enlarged patriotism" strikes us as very
amusing. There never yet was traitor to
his party, or his country, that did not claim
to be purer than those he deserted.
Year: 1859

One Of Texas distinguished citizens. name not
given, who has figured largely in public life, first
as a lawyer, then a soldier In the Mexican and
Indian wars, and then leading politician, has
the following related of him in sketch of his life
by the New Orleans Christian Advocate He had
been put up by his party in 1857 to succeed Gen.
Houston in the United States Senate; but feeling
called to the ministry, aud dstrusting his own
ability to resist the temptations of Washington


life, unwilling to accept the nomination. He


laid the case before his wife, leaving to her the
choice between the United States Senate and des-
truction to his morals, and the pulpit and saliva
ton:


Taking the letters and papers from all parts of
the State, giving him of his election, he
went to his wife and said: can go to the United
States Senate. Here are the evidences. If you
wish it, will go. But if 60, hell is my doom.
shall die drunkard as sure as 60 to Washing
ton. ] can yet escape. If I pass this point I
never can. l can enter the ministry, which I
ought to have done long ago, and save myself
from drunkard's grave and my soul frem hell.
But you shall decide His poor wife, unwilling
to relinquish the glitterng prize in view, replied
weeping, that she could not why he could not
prayeriul reflection, she would not incur the fear
full responsibility Of deciding against his con-
science, and told him te 60 into the tinerancy and
she would 60 with him. To the astonishment Of
the whole State, letter from him appeared in the
papers, just before the meeting of the Legislature
declining the Office and announcing his retirement
from political life The next thing heard of him
was that he was preaching"