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Year: 1859




When the National Road was located in the
State of Ohio, there was ceded by the proprie-
tors of the lands upon the line Of the same,
eighty feet in width for the road bed and side
roads This ccssion or right of way was in the
nature Of grant or deed to the United States
and was general. When the road was con-
structed, the proprietors Of the land through
which it YVES located erected their fences and
improvements to conform to the grant. With
in the last ten or twelve years, the farmers a.
long the line of this road, have from time to
time in the renewal of their fences, occupied
and inclosad portion Of the eighty feet, and
thus materially reduced the space for the road
way. The new officers recently appointed and
now in charge of the road have notified the
tresspassing parties along the line that their
fences must be removed unless they agree TO
tqhe the Ohio State Journal newspaper; and those
who agree to take that paper are assured that
thay may retain possession Of the land now en-"
closed by them, without hindrance from the
officers in charge. This is a new way Of drum
ming for newspaper, and is original with the
Republican party Such conduct is reprehensi-
bic in the extreme But Bcpublicanism and
and its organs are on their last legs, and regard
anything as proper that looksto perpetuation
Of their power Statesman. esa
Year: 1859

A SPLIT AS is A SPLIT.-The New Haven
Palladium, Republican print, says;


Gas members OF the Opposition, we never
calculated any gain from these family jars ofthe
Democracy, nor do we now. In fact they gem
erally end in closer union than before. But
with the Opposition, split is split; and the
more you try to fix it up tho more of split ii
becomes"
Year: 1859

A CURIosITY.-The editor OF the Placerville
Observer has been shown rare old memento Of
the past, which was found some time ago on
Breckenridge mountain, south Of Kern river.
II Is an earthen bowl made of common potter's
clay. will hold about two quarts, aud is about
the shape of an ordinary soup bowl except that
1t is round on the bottom. The body Of the
bowl is about three-sixteenths of an inch iu
thickness, of a dingy black color, without en-.
amel or any device on the surface The vessel
is evidently an old residenter, and was proba.
bly, in use long before Noah entered the ark.
We have seen many stone vases and other Gu,
rous implements Of stone which have been Ia
ken from the various gold diggings in this
country, but this is the first piece Of potter's
ware which we have as yet heard Of being
found in California.


Queries made IL when was II made
and for what purpose was II used?
Year: 1859

THE FRUIT CRoP IN Ell D0RADo.-From the
latcness of the season, we have good reason TO
hope that the recent chilly weather is the wind
Ing up storm, and it is gratifying beyond meas
ure TO know that the long Winter of 1859 has
passed by without destroying the fruit crop.
From present Indications we shall have an uR-
precedented abundance Of every variety OF
fruit. The late frosts killed good many Of
the peaches, but there is still enough left upon
the trees, and the crop will be all the better for
not being too full. This is the first season that
our Ei Dorado people have had a fair prospect
of having a full supply OF fruit Of their cwn
raising. In addition to the apple and peach
crop there will be bountiful vintage, and sevs
eral Of our vine raisers expect to make many
casks Of wine for expectation,
Year: 1859

A New WoRD.-The latest word coinage Is
credited TO the New Orleans Crescent, which
paper derives from the Frence the word "mats
riarch," used in speaking of woman, in The
same sense in which the word patriarch" is
used in speaking Of man. So, hereafter, in
stead Of speaking disrespectfully Of an ancient
female as an old woman, We shall call her .
venerable matriarch.
Year: 1859

PULPIT ANEcDoTE A renowned cer-
gyman lately preached rather long SER
mon from the text, Thou art weighed in
the balance and found wanting Alter
the congregation had listened about an
hour, some brgan to get weary and went
out others soon followed, greatly 10 the
annoyance OF the minister. Another
person started, whereupon the parson
stopped in his sermon and said THAT
is right, gentlemen, as fast as you are
weighed pass out He cotinued his SER
moo at length after that, but no one dis
turbed him by leaving.
Year: 1859

The EDTToR's SATURDAY NIGHr.-The
subjoined sketch Of An editors experience,
which we find m the New Haven Register
will be appreciated BY every one who has
observed the satisfaction with which an ed
itor welcomes the eve of rest


The balance of a week succeeding vi
olent political contest, is aboht as unpleas-
mt for lassituSe-especially if you are the
defeated party-as the week previous is for
its anxiety and prcparation-in the sane
tum of an editor. The returns are all in
and the most jealous pursuer of political
knowledge. has retired, with head-full and
headache. If You are q Democrat, and
believe in the capacity of man for self-gov-
crnment. you may mentally curse their OBJ
taseness, but you will settle down in the
calm conviction that it is ali right as the
man said when he was bitten by his own
dog. Indeed, you begin to wonder that
You have been SO excited over the matter !;
that, after all, the contest and the result
may be turned to good accountant upon
the whole it is best to put On the philoso-
piers cap, and take things easy. But like
the string of q violin your nerves have been
oo OioSSN ~ AOA WCChS, tudt tic CLOSING OF
the bsllot-boxes is like cutting them all
suddenly-and it demands few days to
gather up the ends,' and repair damages.
Then come down upon you the item gath
ers-the cleaners Of the battlefield
desire to fight it over again. in order to
show where the contest might hS-e been
bettered, point strengthened, or battery
more successfully assailed. All very agree
able, no doubt, to those who have Just be-
gun to interest themselves in the battle, but
not especially edifying to those who have
teen in the thickest of it. and whose bones
ache as though they had been through a
fuliing mill 1t is great economy that
allows rest after toil-although political
editors are obliged to catch it as they march
Saturday night comes down on all such
like refreshing shower on a parched soil
obliterating tine strifes and anxieties of the
week gently dropping the soothing Sab
bath influences over the wearied man.
Year: 1859

about her, and said he would have bought
her were it not for his wife. had this in
formation from the owner of the girl
The girl was kept in a slaye-p'n on Sixth
street, and was visited by numbers, who
had learned her history. The u:eiaser
was very respectable gentleman, who
bought her for a nurse in his own family.
But who cannot guess her destiny? Here
was child of tender age apparently white,
herding with lot Of common negroes.
torn from her mother, and doomed to a
Mississippi plantation. while her father.
in the august Senate of the United States,
declaims Of Liberty. He stands co lily by,
while his own child, bearing his own line
aments. is taken iorcibly from her mother
and driven off with gang of slaves to a
distant land, among strangers. never again
to know q mothers love or caress, but to
be thenceforth the victim of a tyrant's lash
or lust She is the innocent profert and
proof of his own faithlessness to solemn
VOWS, and must be removed 10 safe dis
tance.
Year: 1859




Ny Dear Friend H. B. of r. T..


Your most cheering letter Of 9th Oct
is received. and may the Lord reward yor
a thousand fold for the kind feeling yor
express toward me; but the more especially
for your fidelity to the ''poor that cry. and
those that have no help" For this / an
prisoner in bonds. 1t is solely my OWL
fault. in military point Of view. that We
met with our disaster-I mean that min.
gled with our prisoners and so far sym
patllizcd with them and their families, that
/ neglected my duty IN other respects
But Gods will not mine be done.


You know that Christ once armed Peter
So also in my case, think he put sword
into my hand, and there continued it, SO
long as he saw best, and then kindly took
it from me. ] mean when first went to
Kansas l wish you could know with
wha. cheerfulness am now welding the
Sword of the Spirit" on the right hand
and on the left. bless God that it proves
mighty to the pulling down of the strong
holds" | always loved my Quaker
friends. and | commend to their frank re-
gard my poor bereaved, widowed wife,
and my daughters and daughters n-law
whose husbands fell at my side. One is a
mother. and the other likely to become SO
soon. They, well as my own sorrow
stricken daughter, are left very poor, and
have much greater need Of sympathy than
/, who, through Infinite Grace and the
kindness Of strangers, am Joyful in all
my tribulations.''


Dear Sister. write them at North Elba,
Essex Co. N. Y, to comfort their sad
hearts. Direct to Mary a. Brown, wife ol
John Brown. There is also another
widow-wife of Thompson, who fell with
my poor boys in the affair at Harpcr's
Ferry, at the same place


i DO not feel conscious of guilt in taking
up arms; and had it been in behalf of the
rich and powerful, intelligent. the great
as men count greatness-if those who form
enactments to suit themselves and corrupt
others, or some of their friends that in
tcrferrel, suffered, sacrificed and fell, it
would have been doing very we'll But
enough Of this.


These light Affections. which endure for
a moment, shall work but for me a far
more erreeding and eternal ,ce;gM Of glory
would he very grateful for another letter
from you. My wounds are healing
FarereU God will surely attend to his
own cause in his best possible way and
time, and he will not forget the work Of
his own hands. Your friend,


JOIN BRowN.
Year: 1859

More agrants.-Luke Sheppard, from Lon
don, was arrested Tuesday night, while much
intoxicated, and arraigned before the Mayor
yesterday. He seemed to think that his Of
fence was not so much the fault Of himself as
OF those who had given him liquor. The name
of King Dick'' had been derisively applied
to him the previous night, because nature had
given him a shape like unto the crook backed
tyrant and he desired to protest, in presence
of the Court, against the conduct of those who
amused themselves at his expense The Mayor
sent him to place where he is not likely to
be subjected to such annoyances. Daniel Null
droon, New Yorker. whose streaming hair
and haggard face made him look like one of
Tam O'Shanter's witches, was also sent to Jail
for vagrancy. The cry is, still they come
Richmond ought to have work house. The
chain gang is something of a humbug; or at
least the "institution - has not been found to
answer the expectations of its advocates.
Year: 1859

WON'T HEAR THBM.-Grisi and Mario were
obliged after two attempts to sing in Madrid,
to throw up their engagement and leave the
city. The first evening they were driven from
strations which made it impossible for them
to proceed. Grisi made an appeal to the pub
lie in the papers the following day, bat
second attempt to sing met with no better sue
cess. A Paris letter writer ascribes the demon
stration to a feeling against Mario, whose first
wife was a Spanish heiress whom he deserted


after he had sqnandered her fortune, causing
her to die broken hearted.
Year: 1859

A BLAZING METEoR.-Mr. George Morrison
states as he was coming down the plank road
on Tuesday, a few miles from town, he OBJ
served a large ball of fire, with an apparent
tail of thirty feet, descending from above to the
earth. He heard no noise when it struck the
ground, though this may have been on account
of the rumbling of a wagon between him and
the point where it fell. He did not discover
any trace that ii left. The blaze of the descend
ing mass is described as vivid, and was seen
by other parties on the -F}ederickS5arg
(Fa.l Herald.
Year: 1859

KEEP YOUR SEATS IN THE CARS.-Of the
twelve passengers who were killed on the ex-
cursicn train, in Wisconsin, few days since,
seven are reported by the papers as being at
the time of the accident as follows: One in the
Post-Offiee car, three in the baggage car, and
three on the platform; of the other five the
account does not state where they were, but
as two of them are stated to be in the employ
of the company, it is to be inferred they were
not in the regular passenger seats, and the
other three may have been in their seat or may
not, the papers do not state; but as not one
lady was killed, and as they were large pro-
portion of the party the presumption is, not
one of the men killed was where, by the rules
of the company, and by the dictates of COM
mon prudence he should have been.


Had that "notice 10 passengers on the car
door, forbidding them to stand on the plat
form, been regarded, not life would have
been lost Why will rot passengers obey that
rulel The answer is plain. In very many
instances they are so welded to tobacco that
they must smoke, even at the peril of their
liveS-BUfaio Republic.
Year: 1859

JAPAN TRApE-A vessel arrived lately at
Puget Sound, from Japan, with a small cargo
of Japanese goods, and was about TO load with
tol Territory were elated with the hope of a
new, near, and excellent market open for their
lumber.
Year: 1859

ORIGINAL PLAN OF TYING HoRsEs.-Bar-
row, in his "Visit to Iceland" mentions q
rather curious but effectnal plan, in prac tice
among the Icelanders of tying their horses,
which is believed to be peculiar to the island
They tie the head of one horse to the tail of
another, and the head of one horse to the tail
of the former. Under these circumstances, if
be possible in circle, and even then there
must be an agreement 10 turn their heads the
same WaY.
Year: 1859




aE CoNcERT.-Notwithstanding the rain and
mud of Thursday night, quite respectable
audience assembled to hear the concert at
Crescent City Hail. More money was re-
ceived than was anticipated, and inrboth
concerts more was made than was designed
in the outset, a result owing, we presume,
to the goodness of the use to which the
money is to be applied. @ -7at-


The singing-especially the choruses-
was unusually fine, and evinced much taste
and preparation. The time,p without
which all singing is worthless, was better
than usual among amateur performers.
Where every one did their part so well, it
is useless to particularize, and we will
merely add that when Mr.. SrERRITT an
nounces public rehearsal of the oratorio
which is now under preparation, every lover
of good music in. our city should make his
arrangements to be present. m
Year: 1859

CouNTERFEITs.-The st. Louis Repu6H-
eas. says a note, being a fifty dollar raised
from a ten dollar bill, on the Merchants
Bank of that city, has made its appearance
in that place. Those familiar with the
notes of this Bank know that the various
denominations have the same vignette,
placed in different positions on the bill In
the genuine $40 note it occupies the right
hand corner; in the $50 note the right hand
lower corner, with the words Merchants
Bank, on the upper corner in large letters
In the tens, the name of the Bank is in
the centre. The word fifty, instead of ten,
in German text, is very well done. The sig
nature, J. A. Brownlee, President, in the
altered note, is badly done; and the and
in the denomination is marked by the s
being much larger than the o. In the genu-
inc note so appears in red ink on the lower
right hand corner, but this is not to be
found in the altered note Unless among
experts in the handling of notes, this bill
would be readily received and the public
should be on their guard against the fraud


A new and dangerous counterfeit ten
dollar bill on the Canal Bank, New Or
leans, has also been put in circulation. The
following is description of it: Vignette,
public building; female leaning on shield
and holding battle-axe, on right; holding
shield with one foot, on left. Imitation of
genuine, but can be detected by the follow
ing marks There is no flourish after Canal
in the counterfeit-in the genuine it can be
plainly seen; also the letter A in bank, in
the counterfeit is joined7s-in the genuine it
is not Joined; also, the LIS in dollars, in the
counterfeit, are joined together at the bot
tom-ln the genuine they are not Joined.
Appearance good, and likely to deceive at
first glance.
Year: 1859

Beg Yesterday was a miserably squaliy,
disagreeable day. The wind seemed snap
ping and growing at every crack in the
house, and displayed a malevolence towards
crinolire that was quite reprehensible.
Year: 1859

JUST IN TIME.-The late rains have PROV
ed most acceptable to the farmers many of whom
were. beginning to complsin.of dry weather. The
growing corn and oat crop needed moisture to
push them ahead Most of the wheat is 30 nearly


made that drought would not hurt II; but oysry
Thing else needs rain.
Year: 1859

sines, when almost every other man ono meets


has been nibog" at the extract of corn, It is al


most dangerous to sit upon barrel for fear OF being


affected by the contagon. And yet, strange to say,


there are men who smile and smile at this encbant-
touch of the law. John Bailey, an erring sinner r,
fell in an attack on Sir John Bareycorn last We'd
nesday night, and yesterday the Mayor turned him
over to the Sergeant, because he could not give
bail to do better In the future.
Year: 1859

Poor HoUsE-The condition of this
building, and it's utter unfitness asylum for


the poor, should be kept before the people, until
the necessary improvements made to render
the helpless and destitute inmates intirely com.
Portable. Not only 10 new house needed, but new


furniture is also required, and the city must and


will foot the bill. At the next regular meeting OF


the Council, If not before, the commtte appoin ted


Tor the purpose, will present report on the con-


ditiou of this building, aud We have no doubt will
show its true condition.
Year: 1859

CARD.-Tt is a well known fact among medi-
cal men, that there has long been wanted good and
reliable preparation of SARSAPARILLA, as nearly
all that manufactured in the East CONTAIN SPIRITS
and some ofthem even MERCURY, although protesting
not to do so-consequeny for all cutaneous diseases
etc, they are injurious instead Of beneficial Now in
the preparation we offer to the public are willing
to show the receipt to any one-no matter who-Doc-
TOR OR NO DooToR-as every man has right to know
what he is taking
Year: 1859

Is published every Saturday mornIng, and contains
twenty eight columns Of reading matter he aim of
the pu fishers will be to make it a good paper and
suitable Offering for triendstn tn Atlantic States
Year: 1859

1t seems that Rheumatism, Deafness
Neuralgia, Swollen and stiff Joints and other Com
plants to which we are all subject have lost all their
terrors Prof De Grath's Electric Oil is warranted
to relieve any in a short space of time and with
a triaing expense.
Year: 1859

\ MoYKEY ABDUCTIEG a NEGRo-Sun-
day afternoon We were startled from com
Portable nap by most distressing cries We
rushed upon the gallery to learn the cause,
thinking that We surely had a good local
item. We were rather amused, however.
when We found that the excitement was
caused By tame monkey that had broken
prison, and who. in his perambulations
around town, had seen little negro girl
The monkey. being, we presume. Of spec
ula;ive turn Of mind, Immediately resolved
to embark in the slave trade, aud forth
with made an attack upon the premises in
which he had discovered the little negro,
climbed into the window, pounced upon his
prize, and, despite the young darkey's
screams and yells, was about TO carry her
off in triumph. wien he was driven back
by a reinforcement-I IEoodriite Rep
Year: 1859

The Grand Jury being empanelled and received
their charge from the Judge of the Court OF Ses-
sions on Tuesday May 18th and Immediately Or
ganized and proceeded to business.


We have found eight bills of indictment of the
following character to-wit: Two bills for MUIR
der in the first degree, one bill for arson in the
second degree, one bill for highway robbery, one
bill for misdemeanor, two bills for Coming, one
for grand larceny.


We have dismissed five cases of the following
character Two for perjury, one for graud lar
ceny, one for assault with intent to do bodily
harm, aud one for petit larceny.


We have as Grand Jurors, Investigated re-
port which has become prevalent in large por-
tion of our county, which has tendency not on
ly to do great injury, but is calculated to cast
suspicion and disgrace on some of our worthy
fellow citizens The report referred to was that
at the last setting of the Court of Sessions held
in February last, that certain case was decided
by means otherwise than that provided by law.
We had brought before one Of said Jurors
who was charged with said offence who to the
entire satisfaction of the whole Jury refuted
said charges. We, the Grand Jury, cannot in
too strong terms censure tho sc who were instru-
mental in starting said report. The fair fame OF
the citizens cf this county compels us to vlndl-
cate them which is the cause of our noticing this
transaction in the manner we have


We visited the jail and find it in remarkable
clean and neat condition. The prisoners therein
bear evidence that it is conducted in proper
manner. We find fourteen prisoners now con-
fined in our county Jail.


Ourinvestgation of the fees charged and col
lected by the various officers has necessarily
been limited but so far as prosecuted we were
unable to find an error or over-charge.


We as grand Jurors would recommend to the
Board of Supervisors to have constructed in q
sui stantal and safe manner an additional build
inc on the Court House grounds for the purpose
of having the County Records more secure from
fire. for should such a calamity beal this county
untold losses would be sustained by the citizens
That said house should also be for the Il commo
dation of the Grand Jury-the present room be-
ing entirely unsuitable.


All of which is respectfully submitted.


VIM. MCCLURE, Foreman.
Year: 1859

GRAND JURy-The Grand Jury completed
its labors yesterday morning, after session
of several days. Much of their time was
lost by having to wait for necessary witnesses.
They found fourteen prisoners charged with
offenses, against eight of whom they found
indictments. The Grand Jury did not find
it incumbent upon them to find indictments
upon every frivolous charge presented, and
for this we thank them in the name of the
people of the county. Their action will save
an unnecessary expenditure of hundreds of
dollars on the part of the county.


A public rumor to the effect that at the
last term of the Court of Sessions, a jury
had decided a case by the tossing up ola piece
of money, was investigated by the jury and
found to be without foundation in fact, very
much to the credit of the county.


The Grand Jury was entirely composed OF
old citizens of the county, and was certainly
the best, taking it as an entirety, ever in
the county.
Year: 1859

AMERICAN CoMMIrrEE.-Through the col
lums of the Herald to day call is made
for a meeting of the American Central
Committee of Placer County, on the 4th of
June. Is it possible there is life remaining
in that party yet' Year after year it has
been killed off, but as election day approach
es, it emerges from the tomb to wage still
another fight. When the American party
is "kilt intirely y" wont some of our H. n
friends advise us of the fact.
Year: 1859

STATE Prison REpoRT.-The Senate Com
mittee have concluded their labors on the
State Prison investigation, and their report
is now in the hands of the State Printer
for publication, and will appear in few days.
We will endeavor in the next issue to give
part Of or the substance of the entire report.
The Committee fully acquit the officers of
the Prison of the charges made against them,
and say the Prison has been managed under
the Directors with economy, fairness, homes
ty, business tact and efficiency.