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Year: 1860

Loce Rulss TIE Court. "A jury in Tex
as lately acquitted man on the charge of
horse stealing, although the crime was
clearly proven against him, simply because
he stole the horse to elope with his sweet
heart, who was present in court during the
trial, and waiting to marry him if acquit-
ted, The jurors lad probably all been in
love themselves, at one period or another
OF their lives, and there was not, perhaps,
one of them but what would have done
the same thing, IN their younger days, if
they eoulda't have got their wives With
out.
Year: 1860

Shocking A6air at Nqpie,viUe, H.
4 H7tols Family Paisoased-The citizens
of Napierville, Dupage county have been
having mad dog excitement lately One
day this week, gentleman, whose name
We have not learned, went to- drug store
to get some poison for the purpose of ex-
terminating part of the canine commun-
ity, and while there purchased some chew
ing gum for his children. He put both
packages in his pocket and returned home
By mistake he gave the wrong package to
his children and baited his dogs with the
gum, in consequence of which the former
very soon died. Not long after, his wife
also expired from the effects of small por-
ton of the supposed gum, and the man
was himself taken dangerously ill-he hav-
ing taken taste of the poison under the
same mistake. Our informont states that
the child of another man has been poison
ed in the same town by eating a soda
cracker prepared for dog.
Year: 1860

What Ai2ed Him-The last number of
the Knickerbocker has good anecdote of
man who rarely failed to 90 to bed intox-
icated, and disturb his wife the whole night
Upon his being charged by friend that
he never went to bed sober, he Indignantly
denied the charge, and gave the incidents
Ct one particular night in proof


pretty soon after | got into bed, my
wife SAID,


"Why husband, what is the matter with
you? You act strangely"


"There's nothing the matter with me-
said I, nothing at ALL


I'm sure there is, said she, you don't
act natural at ALL Shan't ! get up and
get something for your


'And she get up, and lighted candle
and came to the bedside to look at ME, sha-
ding the light with her hand


FI knew there was something strange
about you,' said she, why you are sober


Now, this is fact and my wife will
swear to it, so don't you SANDER me any
more by saying that haven't been to bed
sober in six months, cause | have
Year: 1860

aAThe New Orleans Bulletin says that
tannery firm there has been putting the
numerous alligators which swim lazily about
the bayous and swamps of Louisiana in
the sun to useful purpose They have
been making their hides into leather, and
a capital article it is said to be- Quite a
Year: 1860

Without learning something profitable.
dc VIII return with new ideas and a new
zest 10 the cultivation Of his own acres.


NOR need the season upon which we are
entering be wholly lost to the farm. In.
many parts OF the North, plowing can still
be done Tor the first half of the month.
and the surface of the fields left in that
rough, broken condition, in which the
freezings and thawings of winter will most
dement, them. There is no human inven-
ton that will break down rough clods and
pulverize them like the frost. Farmers
are using this season for labor, much more
than they did in the olden time. Trenches
are dug for walls. and stone fences are
built. Some keep their full laboring force
at work-an arrangement much better for
The laborer than four months of idleness.
OF occasional work by the day. MANY
have muck deposits so situated that thew
can be worked this seoson. Muck
thrown up in summer can be carted. and
the deposits in the barn cellars can be
composted with manures from the stables
and the sites. Many improve the leisure,
to top diess their meadows with compost
from the yards, and where the land lies
level, and is not subject to washing, this
Is good practice. 1t is found by shrewd
calculators, that the labors of the next
Tour months, spent mainly in handling
muck' digging, composing spreading.
and laying up stores for summer use, are,
the most profitable Of the wear.


Whatever labors are attended to or.
neglected out Of doors, reading and rehec-
ton should be carried on vigorously With
in. The most successful farmer now. is,
tho man who applies the most of Mouqht
to his business. The days of routine
farming are numbered, and the man who,
plods on in the ways of his fathers, is GER
tain to be distanced The problem to be
solved is, not how to grow crops not
even great crops-but how to get them,
economically. We want to get rich by
farming, without selling off all the fertil--
lty oil the soil under our feet. A rich.
farm, giving generous yield to toll, makes
a rich farmer, whether he has much or
little stock in the bank or railroad. He
may be sure Of dividends when banks fail.
We want to study, not only to get greater
crops OF corn and grass, but to make the
crops pay for the labor and manure, and
leave the soil richer. There are manifold
details of husbandry that require forecast
and reflection. Now is the time to Law
plans for the coming year, and for the
distant future. 1t is great work to bring
up long used soil to its primitive fsrtii,
ity, and to manage the old, homestead SO
that every acre shall do, its best making
us richer while it enriohes itself. 10 solve
this problem will tax, the invention and
quicken the intellect. He who does this
will manage leisure with grace" and
grow wiser and better man, and also
increase his wealth.--Amer. A5ricpit,rit
Year: 1860

QUEEN vrcroRlAs CROwN.-Tle crown worn by the
Queen of Great Britain at the p9nng tf Parliament is
composed of hoops of silver which are completely coy
cred aud concealed by precious stones having Maltese
cross of d monds the top OF IT, In Il centre Of this
cross is a,magnifcent sapphire. 10 front of the crown
above the rim is another Maltese cross in the middle of
which is the large uDposl ei ruby which once
graced the corone of the chiyarous Black Prince and
underneath this in the circle rim is another immense
sapphire The arches enclose cap of deep purple or
rather blue velvet and tie rim of the crown its base
is clustered with brillans and Orlamented with feu
de lis and Maltese equally rich. There many
other precious gems-emeralds and rubes sapphres and
small clusters OF drop pearls OF great price The crown
is altogether valued at halt million of dollars. In
deed were it possible TO recoect and again bring to-
gether such precious stones this estimate would fall
much below their Intrinsic value The old of Eng
land made for George ILL.,, weighed upwards Of seven
pounds, but, notwithstanding this gorgeous display Of
jewery independent of gold cap the present crown only
weighs nineteen ounces aud ten penuyweghts 1t mea
sures seven inches in height from the gold circle to the
upper cross and its diameter at the m ID five inches,
Year: 1860




SENATE


Mr. Green from the Committee Territories report
ed bills for the organization the Territories of Arizona
and Colorado


lie also offered a preamble and series Of resolutions
setting forth that Hon. William Medil Comptroller OF
the Treasury having violated the laws of Congress- has
Justly incurred the dpeasure of Congress- and therefore
it is improper for him TO remain in office.
Objection being made the resolutions were laid over.
Mr.. Green introduced act TO amend an act inviting
proposals for carrying the entire mail between the Allan
tic and Pacific States. Laid over.


Bill concerning appeals and writs OF error was taken
up and passed


bill to carry out the treaty stipulation with Paraguay
was taken up and passed.


On motion OF Mr.. Fitzpatrick, resolution was adopted
ustrucng the committee the Judiciary to inquire into
the expedieney of increasing the compensation of the
Judge of the District Court Of tie State Of Alabama
Also a resolution instructng the committee military
affairs 10 inquire into the propety OF providing for the
payment of the claim of David Waldo for damages
tanned by him account Of the non-lulflment the
part Of the government OF contract made with him by
the War Department, on the 25th of May 1850.
Mr. Mason from the committee on foregn relations,
reported bill defray the expenses OF the reception Of
the japanese embassy the money TO be expended under
the direction Of the Secretary of State which was read
and passed to second reading.
Year: 1860

| Matters and things, commercially and financially,
| pertaining, as it were, to cotton and exchange,
opened yesterday with good feeling, and moved
along favorably till towards meridian, when the
telegraph let loose something Of its pentup intel
| ligence from New York, which interfered with
transactions in the staple. The nature of the ad-
| vices from New York were supposed to be of
| strong Bear nature On reading them, as publish
ed in the evening papers, we did not discover any
| thing more than was expected. We expected
tissue of accounts, heading great decline in Stocks
depression in sterling exchange, money tight, and
all this, that and the other, just to influence and
have some strong effect on the Southern markets.
| The adyces received were talked of, and supposed
to be when first received something partaking Of
panic But as usual, the flaming and Yaunting head
ngs Of the dispatches turned out to be all sound and
fury without any substance. The timid ones on the
flags and the Bears began to talk, when they dis
| covered they had nothing to talk about, as the
New York dispatches proved TO be nothing more
than flash in the pan. As for the dispatches from
Washington City, no man Of intelligence pretends
to give credence to more than one-quarter. Some.
body, however, in Washington City, who may be
the owner or proprietor of a vacant lot, sends
dispatch that real estate is sensibly affected in
Washington. Most profound and astounding infor-





nation to our community, who have about as much
interest in real estate in Washington as they have
in the Hottentot regions.


From the feeling evnced yesterday after meri-
dian 1t might be taken for granted that commerce
and trade were coming to an end. 1t is astounding
to witness every petty paragraph or dispatch
pounced on as something Of great import. In ad-
vance Of the telegraph we have to state that dis
patches, rumors and reports will be coming hourly
over the wires, not worthy of the least considera-
ton. 1t is expected that there will be something
of fuss in New York among the banks bankers,
stock jobbers and the thousand Of business specu-
lators which infest that locality Amongst all the
talk, and the very strong probability Of political
troubles, we do not learn of any instructions from
the principals Of the leading exchange dealers to
their branches and agents here to suspend opera
ton, withdraw from the market. Though foreign
exchange took something Of downward turn yes
terday there buyers Of sterling drawn against
Year: 1860

law and nephew. As he was about entering his
door. one of the above parties knocked him down,
when the acoompices seized him. and carried
him short distance from the house, cut his throat
with knife, ard then held him over q hole al
ready dug in the ground for the reception Of his
blood. His hody was then tied up in q sheet and
thrown into q neighhoring creek whore it was
fund by some of the neighbors. A ittlo son of
the deceased gave the Information which led TO
the discovery of tho above facts. The murderers
are now in iail
Year: 1860

ability to make such pdDlIc.slU


price above specified in satisfacll
manner, having due regard to the circu.
lation Of such paper.


s 55. The County Treasurer shall at.
tend at the court house in his county, OF
at his own Office as herein before provi-
dcd on the day Of sale, and then and
there, at the hour Of ten o'clock in the
forenoon, proceed to offer for sale, sepa-
ratcly, each tract or parcel Of real prep
crty advertised for sale, on which the
taxes and costs shall not have been
paid.


s DC. The person who offers to pay
the amount Of taxes due on any parcel
Of land for the smallest portion Of the
same is to be considered the purchaser,
and when such portion constitutes half
or more Of the parcel, it shall be taken
from the east side thereof dividing it BY
a line running north and south except
that town or city lots aro to be divided
in such case length wise by line paral-
allcl with the proper lines Of the lots.
If the portion taken be less than ono
half Of the tract it is to be taken from
the south cast corner in square form,
as nearly as the form Of the land will
conveniently permit. The preceding
provisions Of this section are subject to
the following qualifications the home,
stead is liable to be sold for no tax save
that which IS due on itself exclusively,
and the above directions concerning the
division Of tract Of land shall be mod.
i6cd SO as to meet this requirement., and
to that end the quantity Of land bid may
be obtained by drawing the division line
in any direction or form 50 as to avoid
the homestead; and when the homestead
constitutes part Of the tract sold and is
not yet ascertaincd, the court may, at
the suggestion Of either party, cause q
proceeding to be had similar to that re.
quired in relation to mechanic liens, for
the asccrtainment Of the homestead and
in all cases Of such sales it may make
the requisite order and proceedings to
ascertain the land sold, or to set it apart
from the homestead.


s 81. The Treasurer shall continue
the sale from day to day as long as there
arc bidders, or until the taxes are all
paid.


S5S. The person purchasing any tract oi
land Or town lot, Or any part thereof, shall
forthwith pay to the Treasurer tic amount .,
taxes and costs charged on said tract or lot
and on failure to doso the said land Or lot shall
at once again be offered for sale, in the sam,
manner rs if NO such sale had been madc.-
Such payment may be made in the sam,
funds receivable BY law in ordinary payment
of taxes.


90. Any person owning or claiming land
| or town lots advertised for salc as aforesaid
may pay the taxes and interest due thorco,
70 the County Treasurer, at any time befor
the sale thereof; but in such case, such pc,
son shall pay the costs Of advertising, and o.
other costs which may have accrued up
thc time Of such payment.


\ ~. IL al advertisement for tie salo,
real property f.r taxes. and ii entries ,sau;,
Year: 1860

Tor each year when


ccived By him, and all


tax or fund, whether By T.


scssment, interest on delinquent vo
amount received for pedlcrs' license, or
other items which are additions to tho
respective funds or taxes, and shall, on
the first day Of each month, ascertain
the amount Of delinquent and unpaid
taxes Of all classes on said day, and
charge the treasurer in said account with
one per cent on the amount thereof, to
be collected by him as provided in sec
ton 50 Of this act. In these several &C,
counts he shall! credit the treasurer, by
the proper vouchers, for money disburs-
ed belonging to each BY double and cr-
roneous assessments, and unavailable
taxes. The term double and erroneous
assessments, includes all improper, in
correct and illegal assessment, the COR
rcction or remission Of which, causes a
diminution Of the respective tax and
unavailable taxes, includes such as have
been properly and legally assessed, but
which there is no prospect Of collect
ing.


s SO. Ia all cases where any per-
son shall pay any tax, in tcrcst or cost,
or any portion thereof that shall there
after be found to be erroneous or illegal
whether the same be owing to erroneous
or improper assessment, to the improper
or irregular lcvying Of the tax, to clcri'
cal OF other errors or Irregularities, the
Board Of Supervisors shall direct the
treasurer to refund the same 10 the tax
payet--and in case any real property
subject to taxation shall be sold for the
payment Of such erroneous tax interests or
costs as above mentioned, the error or
irrcgularity in the tax may at any time
be corrected as above provided, aud shall
not affect the validity Of the sale or tho
tho right or tito conveyed by the treas
ursr's decd; but the title SO conveyed
shall be deemed legal and valid, provid-
ed that the property was subject to tax
alton for any Of the purposes for which
any portion Of the taxes for which the
land was sold, was levied, and that the
taxes were not paid before the sale, and
that the property had not been redeem
ed from sale.


s 53. On the first Monday Of Oct
obcr in the year 1860 and in each year
thereafter, the county treasurer is requir.
ed to offer at public sale at the court
house, Or if there be no court house, at
the Office Of the county treasurer, all
lands, town lots, or other real property,
on which taxes Of any description for
the preceding year Or years, shall have
been delinquent and remain due aud IN.
paid, and such sale shall be made for and
in pay mcnt Of the total amount of taxes,
interest and costs due and unpaid on
such real property.


s 81 Tho County Treasurer is re-
quired to give notice Of the sale, BY pub
lining an advertisement thereof in some
newspaper printed in his county, if any
such there be, and if there be no such
newspaper printed in his county, thcu
in the newspaper in this State nearest
the county scat, and by posting up a
copy Of said notice on tho door Of the
court house il said county At least four
weeks before the day Of sale, which pub
lication is required to be made once in
each week for three successive weeks
tho last of which publications il required
i b 1t least three weeks prior to Tx
Year: 1860

The antiquarian, and curious reader, may
find on the first page Of this paper, something
Of interest under the above head. The theo-
ries advanced are novel and original, and
coming as they do from gentleman and
scholar, conceded by all who know him to
possess in an eminent degree learning and


ability on the subject treated, the article will
no doubt, receive attention in scientific cir
cles. We commend it to the attention of all.
Year: 1860

WIe I TINS nbsltlvey De the


Steam Train from the Lake to the city week days.
The Steam Train will stop Geny Station, notified
except however mail trips and during the halfhour trips
Fare 10 each way conductors
have timely notice stop
Year: 1860

Total increase within fraction Of so a9ct.; that
is for the last month (May) over the month of May
1852 The increase III passenger travel is the main
feature in the enhancing revenues of the road;
they were for the month Of May within q fraction
of 70 58ct. over the same month last year.


The cotton brought over the road foots up thus
Year: 1860

The value Of a newspaper is very
well expressed in the following article,
clipped from one of our exchanges, and
we recommend our readers, if they
know of any one who doesn't take a
paper, to call their attention to it -


"There is no book so instructive as
the newspaper; no knowledge so ne
cessary to be acquired as that which
may be cleaned from its columns. 1t
is not only the vehicle of the cheapest,
but the most innocent and least cloy-
ing source of pleasure and happiness.
A newspaper in family is sure every
week to be the means of interesting,
informing, or pleasing almost every
member Of the family, especially where
they live in the country. In the course
of year, well conducted paper con-
veys information on almost every SUBJ
ject, or at least excites curiosity and
inquiry on all subjects To know
what is nearest to us in time and space,
is most necessary, most pleasing, and
most instructive and this kind Of
knowledge can only be obtained from
newspapers. We would venture to
affirm that there never was, and never
will be, in country situation, an ig-
norant family who take a newspaper,
as it is impossible that family should
not become in tine well informed, pro-
vided they live sufficiently secluded to
be thrown upon the paper as source
of amusement The dullest child who
hates book will, in rainy weather,
steal up newspaper, read a marriage
notice and an advertisement or two,
and put it down.. The next time prob
ably he will become bolder, and get
through a horrible murder. Soon
he will read short tales of fiction then
just before election time, he begins to
peep into politics, and even TO read
political speeches. Last of all he at
tacks foreign news By this time bis
curiosity on most subjects is excited,
and overcome his aversion and fear Of
books, and he is lured on to become a
reading and well informed man. 1t is
strange that any family, as measure
of economy, should be without news
paper Children see the world cheap
ly at home, in newspaper, without
the danger of bad association, or the
expense of travel"
Year: 1860

To the advertisers of both city and country,
we now offer sheet that has larger circulation
among business men, (as viii be seen by refer
ence to our business directory,l and others, than
any other paper in the county and is therefore
the medium through which to advertise, in order
10 bring themselves more generally before the
public.


and constantly increasing circulation, to adver-
tisers, in these days of scarcity of money, by a
great reduction in our rates of advertising of
half the former cost.
Year: 1860

We understand that quite an affair,
more farce than tragedy, was enacted
at the Hexagon School House, near
the Sandy Ridge Church, between the
teacher and some of the pupils The
teacher was worsted in the afray, hav.
ing received warning to absent him.
self from the neighborhood instanter
Query-Did the Hexagon Club ,
pay damages {?
Year: 1860

The REss has be en- successful beyond our
most sanguine expectations, and we are begin
ming to think our persevering labors have been
appreciated. We do not intend to ego back"
on the friends who have so generously assisted
us in floating our craft, but with the future we
shall mingle the experience of the past, hoping
by that means to secure the goal to which we
have been aiming. The course we have pur-
sued has been an independent one and


sFirm as a rock we stand,''


remaining free to advocate our own honest opin-
ions,, avoiding the one ideaed views of the big
oted partisan and the cant of the ultra, section.
alist


"Subservient to none,"s


is the motto we have set up, and we shall sure y
stand by it, not intending to be led by the nose
into the intracacies of political trail.


The Pass shall be complete local journal.
Having established correspondents everywhere
throughout the County-we shall soon be pre-
pared to fill the columns devoted to "Local A
fairs'' with more than the usual large quantity
of County news, thereby, giving each subscrib-
er the assurance Of having the news of each
Township before them, upon openins the PREss.


A County paper should devote more than
brief period to the revision of the local reading
bvt few do it, and we claim for our sheet the
honor of instilling new ideas on this subject in
to the minds of the conductors of other papers
in Hunterdon County. We claim for our paper
the name Of the only Local Paper in this Coun-
ty, inasmuch, rs we give as full and more items
Of general interest than any other pspss.
Year: 1860

To wash hair brushes, never use soap.
Take piece, of soda, dissolve it in
warm water. stand the brush in it, Ia
king care that the water covers only
the bristles it will almost instantly
become white and clean. Place it il
the air to dry, with the bristles down
ward, and it will be as firm as a new
brush.
Year: 1860

IN the manufacture of Vehicles for
the trade, and private use, the propri-
etor employs none but experienced
workmen, and nothing leaves the es-
tablishment without undergoing cri-
tical examination, and by this means
all work cannot but prove acceptable
to the purchaser By devoting num-
ber of years to the practical portion of
the Carriage and Wagon Making
Business, the subscriber deems himself
sufficiently experienced to be capable
of turning out " styles and fashions
suitable to all tastes and fancies. The
public will excuse our outspokeness,
but when it is known that nothing but
truth is spoken in this appeal to them
for their patronage, it will be seen that
nothing is overdrawn = nothing en-
larged has been done, nor the method
in any wise unreasonable. Being now
engaged in the manufacture of Carria-
ges for the Spring trade, any wish
ing orders filed. will do well to send
them in Immediately.