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Year: 1859




A MAN ALMOST SEWERS HIS HEAD FROM HIS
BoDY-SINGULAR HALLUcINATIoN AND SUICIDE.
Coroner Carey was called upon Wedneday to
hold an inquest upon the body of man named
Alfred Hoad, who committed self destruction
by cutting his throat, at the Lick Run Luna
tic Asylum, night before last The evil
dence before the jury ELECTED the following
facts.


For some time back, indeed ever since the
death of Philip Barton Key, he had been
laboring under the hallucination that some
man-with whose wife he had been on such
terms of intimacy as are not recognized as
altogether proper by that supreme ruler of
proletarian minds, Society-was about to pun
ish him as the destroyer of his peace by burn
ing him to death.


During the progress of the sickles trial, and
until its close, he became still more and more
diseased in mind, and about week ago be-
came an inmate of the Asylum, from which his
soul departed to its abode among the dim
shadows of Land To Be.


On the afternoon of Tuesday he was much
worse than at any previous time, and from his
action seemed to suffer as if he were already
envelOped in flames, and declared he would
die by his own hand, before he would be burned
to death. The image of the wronged husband
was ever before him, and in the white arms of
the faithless wife he was ever imprisoned; the
terrible curses and threats of the former
sounded continually in his ears, and the rosy
kisses of the latter were always upon his
lips, until, at length, his love of life yielded to
the Imagination-nurtured demon that so dis
turbed his peace, and about six o'clock in the
evening of the day we have named, he by
some means became in possession of razor,
and in his desperation, cut his head almost of.


The deceased was about thirty eight years
of age, and little was known of him save what
had been made known as the effect of the
singular imagining which haunted him at
every step. The verdict of the jury was in
accordance with the above. ..... .r.r
Year: 1859

WE give elsewhere this morning an inter
eating description of monumental marble
work, to be seen at Mr.. Bolles' factory on
Vine, Just above Sixth. Ladies and gentle
men would be entertained by looking through
his establishment. N MS.
Year: 1859

THE City Auditor requested us to say that
large number of orders, passed by the School
Board, to teachers and others, remain unpaid,
and he hopes oil who hold such will call as
early as possible and receive their money.
Year: 1859

AT THE LAKE TERMINUS OF THE OLD BAYOU


ST. JOHN.
The undersigned respectfully informs his friends and the
public generally that he has opened above named HOTEL
where he will be prepared supply such may honor him
with their patronage, with the very every thing IN his
line that the markets will afford which will be served in
superior style.


B. MOREAU.
k9- Attached to the establishment will be found superior
BATH HOUSES. all onlm
Year: 1859

PRoBABLY LYNoHED.-A gentlemin from
the foothills informs us of q circumstance
which has caused considerable excitement in
the locality in which it took place On
Thursday night, teamster travelling near the
Oregon House was accosted by man who
had piece Of calico over his face, and robbed
of two dollars and half, all he had. After
wards the Vigilance Committee of that vi
cinity arrested man who had similar, II
not the same piece of calico in his possession :,
also two dollars and half and a revolver.-
He was brought into the presence of the
teamster who failed to identify him, although
he recognized the calico and stated that the
man was of about the same size with the one
who robbed him. Upon this testimony, our
informant tells US that the Vigilance Com
mittee took the man off into the woods, and
that he has not been seen since. We should
Judge that this was rather slender evidence
upon which dispose of a man in the way
in which it is eonjectured that this one has
BEEN


The idea of the existanee of Vigilance
Committee at all in a county where the laws
are in full force as they are here, is very Of
fensive to all right thinking men.
Year: 1859

MAIDEN LANE AND c STREEr.-Bruce Gar
vey. whom we mentioned. few weeks ago,
as being engaged in a brutal assault upon
Barney Donelly, and subsequently as the
person who insulted Butcher Bob" and
slapped him in the face, walked into house
of bad repute, kept on Maiden Lane 10y col
ored woman, on Saturday night last, as W,
are informed by the police, and, getting int
a difficulty with the woman, knocked hel
down and jumped upon her breast in most
inhuman manner The woman has been spit
ting blood ever since A warrant has been
issued for his arrest, but he is not to be found
in the city.


In this connection, we may as well state
that it is the intention OF the police to clean
street and its vicinity of the many vagrants,
loafers and hangers on of disreputa6le houses
who frequent those localities, and are contin-
ually engaged in disturbances. They have
no visible occupation and ought to be put
into the Chain Gang as vagrants


We think it is high time that the police
should root out these characters. No place
of the size of Marysville has been so annoy
iDglY infested with this Kied of verrmin.
The efficiency of the police in arresting the
worst class of criminals and preserving the
general peace and good order of the city has
been acknowledged Let them now rid the
city of the naisances alluded to, aud they will
be entitled to additional praise.
Year: 1859

CowHrDED.-To correct any misapPrehen'
sions which may have arrisen from the article
thus headed in the DAILY DEMOCRAT of Sun
day morning, We would state, on the authority
of the teacher alluded to in that article, that
the girl mentioned is only in her fifteenth
year, and that she never met the individual
who was cowhided. In the letter intercepted
by the teacher, and which was the last one
received by the girl, he begs that as they
have never met, she will grant him one in
terview that he may bid her farewell At the
time specified for the meeting, he was siezed
as before related, and whipped by two per-
sons concealed on the premises. So that it
is perfectly demonstrated that be and the girl
upon whose feelings he was playing nerer met


We would also state that such meeting.
under the vigilant eye of the able preceptress
of the institution with which the young miss
is connected, cOnld scarcely by any possibility
occur. The care with which she watches
over her pupils is worthy Of all praise.
Year: 1859

THERE was a rumor in San francisco on
Sunday that duel was about to take place
between Washburn, editor of the Times, and
Collector Washington. on account Of an ar
tiels which appeared in the Times Of Friday
Year: 1859

! Man ATTEMPTS TO Cur OFF HIS HEAD
WITH a CLEAvER.-A most singular and at the
some time horrible story was related to us
this morning by Lieut. Spear. of the Tenth
Police District. 1t seems that a German,
named Conrad Lutz, resides in house in
Gays Court, in the Seventeenth Ward Lutz


is blessed with "A wife and several children
Mrs Lutz supports her household by selling
meat etc, in market For some days past
something has been preying upon the mind
of Lutz. The green eyed monster had taken
possession of him, Last evening Mrs Luz
and family went out to spend the evening,
leaving Lutz to take care of the house. Up.
on returning, about o'clock. Mrs. Lutz was
| Mortified to see the panels of the door broken
| in. and the floors of the house smeared with


blood. There were no evidences of fierce


struggle having taken place. The cellar was


next examined. The chopping block wa,
| found covered with gore, and bloody clea-


yer was laying beside it, The bloody tracks
also led to the upper portion of the house In
one OF the rooms was found Lutz, presenting
frightful spectacle. He was lying on the
floor, insensible from the loss of blood The
back part of his head and neck had been bad
ly lacerated, aud he is supposed to have
placed his head upon the block in the cellar
and attempted to cut it off with cleaver
The theory is arrived at by the fact that no
outcry was heard in the neighborhood and
it is very natural TO suppose that had such a
bloody conflict, as the signs indicated, taken
place, there would have been sufficient noise
to attract the attention Of somebody. Lutz
is not very badly injured. He says that he
was hurt by falling down stairs, but this
theory is discredited. There was some ex-
element in the Immediate neighborhood OF
the occurrence, occasioned by report tia, a
horrible murder had been committed -PhL
Journal, Nor. u.
Year: 1859

The proposition to heal the division in the
Democratic party of this state, made by us
a few DAYS ago, are met with fierce opposi-
ton by the Sacramento Standard and Nj rys.
willie Express We are not at all surprised
ihat the journals mentioned should have
opposed it. 1t is quite evident that they are
afraid of the Douglas element inside the Ad
ministration organization. They are afraid
that, united with the element outside the Ad
organization, Douglas delegates might b,
elected to the Charleston Convention from
this State. Not having dared to denounc,
Judge Douglas during the pendency Of elee
tions. theyore exceedingly anxious to operate
against him in the most etfectual way to aid
in preventing his nomination at Charleston
The Douglas men generally throughout th,
State must see through the motive which
actuates these sheets They are for Dickin-


son for the nomination, and they Intend to


exclude every Douglas vote that they can


in the State, at the primary elections. Will
the friends of Douglas inside the Administra

ton organization submit to this arrangement
We think not To show conclusively that
the Object stated is the real motive of the
Standard, it is only necessary to observe that
it expresses itself as very willing for full
communion Of the Douglas and Administra.
tion forces, after the expiration Of teelve
months. After the election for delegates to
the Charleston Convention, it will be all
right, but, while there is chance for the
election of Douglas delegates to that body
the Standard is opposed to anything of the
kind. There is no shadow of reasoning t,
sustain such a positien. If the Douglas mer
are worthy to stand side 10y side with tn,
Administration men in twelve months hence
they are worthy no,o. If they are not Dem
ocrats they are neyer worthy. But the Stand
ard, if we mistake not, admits that it will
be all right to receive them into the dear
administration "fold," after the expiration of
twelve months


As to the Express, we understand very
well what that sheet is driving at. 1t knows
that its only chance for any sort of recogni-
tion as party organ in this county depends
upon the continued division of the Democratic
party. Supported by wing of the Demoe-
raey which openly bolted the regular Demo-
cratic Convention of Yuba county, it is fear.
full that a re union of the party will throw it,
(the Express) out of water, and leave it high
and dry upon the shores of no partyism. 1t
is altogether a selfish matter with it, to keep
the party divided With us, we have the
regular organization with us at any rate,
and, as far as any selfinterest is concerned.
are perfectly careless as to whether two sep
arate organizations are kept up or not. We
desire the reunion of the party for national
purposes, and not local. We are perfectly
content to represent the regular Democratic
organization of Yuba county.
Year: 1859

CAUSE OF THE AURORA BoREALIs.-M.
de la Rive, the celebrated French astrono-
mer, explains the production of the auro-
ra borealis in the following manner:


When the sun, having passed into the
southern hemisphere, no longer heats so
much our hemisphere, the aqueous vapors
which have accumulated during the sum
mer in this part of the atmosphere begin
to condese, the kind of humid cap envel-
oping the polar regions extends more and
more, and facilitates the passage Of the cleo
tricty accumulated in the upper portions
of the air But in those elevated regions
and especially at this season of the year
the aqueous vapers frequently pass into
the state of minute particles Of ice or snow
floating in the air, similar to those which
gives rise to the halos; they form, as il
were, kind of semi Transparent mist
These halffrozen fogs conduct the electric.
ity to the surface of the earth, near the
pole, and are at the same time Illuminated
by these currents or electric discharges
In fact all observers agree in asserting that
the aurora borealis is constantly preceded
by a mist, which rises from the pole and
the margins of which, less dense than the
remainder, are colored the first; and in,
deed it is very frequently near the pole in
the winter months, aud especially in those
where there is an abundance of vapor in
the air
Year: 1859

One hour lost in the morning by lying in bed
will put back all the business of the day.


One hour gained by rising early, is worth enc
month in the year.


One hole in the fence will cost ten times as much
as it will TO fix it once.


One diseased sheep win spoil flock.


One unruly animal will teach all Others in COM
pany bad tricks; and the Bible says Gone sinner
destroyed.much good


One'drunkard will keep family poor and make
them miserable.


One wife that is always ic ng how fine her
neighbor dresses and how little she can get will
look pleasanter if she talks about something else


One good newspaper is one good thing in every
family, and


One who don't take good paper and pay for it
is unworthy citizen, and disregards the best in
terests of his family.
Year: 1859

If cloudless skies, and breezes fair,


And verdnnt paths bestowed with flowers,
And all that earth has rich and rare,


May last lifetime-be they yours
But vain the wish A needful part
The winters tempest must perform,
will but ask that hope and heart


May rise unscathed from every storm.
If many dark and rugged way


Should lead the weary cNilcs home,
May hope still lend cheering ray,


And love grow brighter through the glooml
Though many wish be untulflled,


And many an anchor insecure,
May steadfast trust that love unchilled
Still to the end endure
May many bright path lie before you,


And may blue sky spread abovel
May peace around and sunshine o'cr you
Ecre closely draw the bonds of love!
May every parting joy entwine


A sparkling wreath on memorys brow!
And may liies sunset camly shine


On hears as warm as now
Through every path of life untried,


Or rough, or smooth, or long, or short
BE still Fathers hand your guide,


A Fathers love your firm snpportl
And when-lifes career and pleasures ended,
The parting hour at length shall come,
May love and hope, still swectty blended,
Point to a better life At HOME!
Year: 1859

We heard of lady with nothing to wear,
And she'd nothing to eat, thing rather rare
And nothing to think Of, and nothing to do
A strange set of nothings as ever we knew
But in order the list more perfect to make,
Well Just add another--a nothing to take.p
Well, once it so happened, dreadful headache
Resulted from eating supper quite late,
Because we had nothing just "nothing to takel


Life illustrated
Year: 1859

GIRLs.-A daughter should never think
of getting married till she has studied trig-
onOmetry and engineering enough to give
the proper dip to the needle in darning a
stocking and the square, plumb and level
of a we'll made bed, She must also under
stand chemistry so far as to be able to take
ink spots ont Of linen; thoroughly under
stand the philosophy of fermentation, and
the recess of making good light bread
A knowledge of these is more valuable to
Western daughter than the jabber of all
foreign languages, the constant hammering
away on an untuned instrument of music
or balloon elevations from the floor Of the
ball room.
Year: 1859

His wife could l hear that name, and
keep silence still


'And you have seen my little girl he
added lifting the infant in his arms and
kissing her crimson cheek. Il tell you
Harry there is not such another in the
world. Don't you think she looks very
much as her mother used 7


Very much 7 faltered
Halo 7 cried Frank, with sudden
ness that made start violently, Il have
forgotten to introduce ou to my wife 1
believe you and she used to be playmates
in your young days-eh, Harry? and he
slapped me on the back. For the sake
of old times, and because you were not
here at the weddings I'll give you leave to
kiss her once-but mind, old fellow, you
are not to repeat the ceremony Come
here she is, and for once want to see how
you will manage those ferocious mustaches
of yours in the operation.


He pushed Lizzie laughing and blush
ing, towards me. A CLEAN of light and
hope, almost too dazzling to bear, came
over me, and | cried out before thought:


Not MaryY


1t must have betrayed my secret to
every one in the room. But nothing was
said-even Frank in general So obtuse,
was this time silent. l kissed the fair
cheek of the young wife, and hurried to
the silent figure looking out from the win
dow.


'Mary-Mary Moore, said in a low
eager voice, have you no welcome to give
to the wanderer?'


She turned and laid her hand in mine
and murmured hurriedly:


Il am glad to see you here, Harry
Simple words-and yet how blessed they
made me would not have yielded up
that moment for an Emperor's crown !
For there was the happy home group, and
the dear home fireside, and there sweet
Mary Moore The eyes l had dreamed
of day and night were falling before the
ardent gaze of mine; and the sweet face
| had so longed and prayed to see was then
before mel | never knew the meaning of
happiness till that moment came


Many years have passed since that hap
py night, and the hair that was dark and
glossy then is fast turning grey. am
growing to be an old man, and can look
back to a long and happy, and hope a
well spent life. And yet sweet as it has
been would not recall single day, for the
love that made my manhood so bright,
shines upon my white hairs.


An old man Can this be SOP AT
heart am as young as ever. And Mary,
with her bright hair parted smoothly from
a brow that has slight furrow upon it,
is still the Mary of my early days. To
me she can never grow old, nor change.
The heart that held her in infancy and
sheltered her in the flush and beauty of
womanhood can never cast her out, till
life shall cease to warm it. Nor even then,
for the love still lives above.
Year: 1859

A con of the Emerald Isle, who had
Just landed, said "The 6rst bit of mate
l liver ate in this country was a roasted
potato--boilcd yesterday and il ye don't
believe me can show it to you, for | have
it in my pocket"
Year: 1859

81 MEANT to have told you of that hole
said an Irishman to his friend who was
walking with him in the garden, and tum-
bled into hole of dirty water. "No mat
ter now" said Pat, blowing the mud and
water out of his mouth, 'I've found it my
self"
Year: 1859

A dancing master was taken up in
Natchez recently, for robbing a fellow
bOarder. He said he commenced by cheat
ing printer, and after that every thing
rascally seemed to come easy 10 him.
Year: 1859

How A RAIN CLOUD FORMS. Professor
Wise, desribing his last balloon voyage,
says:


We plainly see that the south east wind
below, which drove us little to north west
at starting, had now supplied the stmos-
phere with moisture enough to make a
growing rain cloud. Slowly but interest
ingly, the vapor assumed milky hue
Presently it assumed the appearance ofvas-
iculsr cloud; then it spread out and bulg-
ed down in the middle aud soon it had the
appearance of a great udder, with the water
oezing through it, but more copiously at
and around its protuberant center. 1t was
an interesting phenomenon, and it seem
ed as though nature was unbosoming her
mammal to give the thirsty earth some sus-
tenance. i have noticed these udders and
water spouts before.
Year: 1859

Nettie was an amiable girl, and could
take a joke as good naturedly as She could
give one, only laughed heartily at the trick
her brother had played upon.her compli-
ted Charley upon his agility and invited
him to help himself to the tempting fruit
that hung in such profusion about them.
After chatting upon variety of themes,
he determined to approach the subject, and
if possible, get an Ineligible answer. For
Year: 1859

FHNHE HANDSOME and Shady Garden Grounds Of
n the above farm are now open to the public as IA
place OF resort. All kinds of refreshments and all the
Fruits and Flowers Of the will be served at the
request of visitors.


The Grounds are tastefully and elegantly arranged
and contain many cool and shady nooks where per-
son may very pleasantly while away few hours Sc
cure from heat and dust, and free from care.


Persons wishing to spend little time IN recreation
out of town, will find HOOK FARM the only place to
give them entire satisfaction.


Private parties intending to visit the place. by leav-
ing word at Mr. Snowhites Marysville Bakery can be
assured Of having everything precisely as they de-
sire IT.. Visitors will find the place supplied with the
very best quality Of Wines ana Liquors


The OMNIBUS will leave TO. Hook Farm every SIM
day at / o'clock


jy2-my W ALpUONSF SITTER
Year: 1859



 THE RAILROAD FROM DEvALL's BLUFF TO LITTLE RocK.-We clip the following from the Little Rock Gazette and Demo- crat of Saturday, the l4th inst, that our readers may be kept posted in reference to the building of this road

 CONTRACTS FOR CLEARING AND GRADING THE MEMPHIS RoAD.-We have been shown, by Capt. Lynch, the accomplished Chief En- gineer, the profiles and maps of tho third divi- sion of the Memphis and Little Rock Rail road, from White river to Little Rock. They may be seen at the office in this city, over the post-office and, by consulting them, very thorough knowledge of the road, and the coun- try over which it is to pass, can be acquired.

 By reference to our advertising columns, 1t may be seen that Capt. l.. invites proposals for clearing and grubbing this road, and grad ing and throwing up its bed, between the Ar kansas and White rivers. Contractors are in- vited to specify the amount of pay they desire in money, and the amount in stock, as well as to make proposals for pay in all money or all stock. There is no doubt now of the building of this road--its completion is only question of time. Its advantages to the country are so manifest, that we need not argue that question before the people now. We hope to see the whole country identify itself with the enter prise, by every citizen on the line taking con tracts for more or less of the work. '~
Year: 1859

The Louisville Courier thinks as we do, that there is an effort being made by the Louisville Democrat and others to aboli- tionize Kentucky for the benefit of Doug las and his assignees. The Courier says

 "The editor of the Louisville Democrat and his confederates of the press and stump, are bending all their energies to the shameful purpose of making the Democracy of Kentucky swallow down a Black Republican heresy that must, be- yond doubt, strip the party of all power in Kentucky, simply to elect their favorite or their favorite's friend to the Presidency in 1860. We shall submit to no so such outrageous action in the name of the De- mocracy. We shall contend against it from the beginning to the end, and if the State elections are lost because all the Democracy will not swallow such Aboli- ton heresy, the blame will rest upon the heads of those who have forced this ques- ton upon us and advocated it with per- tinacity worthy of a better cause. We call upon the Democracy of Kentucky to lift their sovereign voice at once against the movement, and to save their Congress- men, their Legislators, and all their can- didates from the defeat which such a here sy must inevitably bring upon them at the approaching August election. Let us stand by one another, let us stand by our State, let us stand by the South, and we will crush out this Black Republican here sy and come out more than conquerers."

 Wejoin the Courier Tn warning the Democracy against this thing. Mir. Clay said tha. if the Whig party sunk into mere Abolition party, he would no longer belong to il. We say the same thing of the Democratic party. If through mis- erable policy, or through timidity or dis honesty, it identifies itself with the vile heresy of Douglas, Forney, and Harney, it will deserve to die, and we pray God that.in such an event it may Paducah Herald.