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Year: 1859

TREMENDOUS LAND SLipE.--Thc Harrisburg
Union states that tremendous land slide took
place on the Pcnnsylva railroad, near Mexico,
about midninght, on Saturday last, but was for
tunatcly discovered by the watchnan in time to
prevent any Of the trains from running into it.
Tie Union says


The slide is said to be nearly quarter of mile
in length and rocks and slate are piled up to the
height oftwcnty feet. At the time of the slide
the rain come down in torrents and the night be-
ing extremely dark, it was a fortunate circum-
stance that it was discovered in time. The pas
sengers from the West were transferred to the up
train and brought to town, where they arrived
about eight O'Clock. Tho rails on the north track
were torn upa distance of twenty yards and
thrown into the river. new track has been laid
Year: 1859

This measure failed to pass finally, some amendments having been offered in the House, which the Senate refused to agree to. The general impression was that an extra session of Congress would be called, perhaps in August, so as to give time for elections to be held in those States where members of Congress have not yet been elected Since then, the Washington Union, which is supposed to be posted, says that no necessity for an extra session ex- ists or will probably exist. By some it is contended that the postmaster general can use the revenues of the department and so keep it alive until Congress meets again. Others contend that he cannot, and if they are right, an extra session is inevitable.
Year: 1859

Esr The Independent Balance has tried tilt at several of the democratic papers of this State, but we are of opinion that it has it's hands full just now at home- The Democratic Sentinel of the 1lth inst ., has witty article wherein Kennard' s style and pomposity are well hit. It is done in a quiet, humorous way, without a trace of ill-humor or the employment of an objectionable word. We would be glad to see all newspaper discussions conducted in the style of which the Sentinel shows itself master.
Year: 1859

ATLANTA MEDICAL CoLLEGE.-The de- termination on the part of the people of the southern States to encourage southern institutions is worthy of commendation. The Atlanta Medical College in Georgia is situated so as to be easy of access from all parts of the south, and the names of the members of the faculty are a sufficient guarantee of its being conducted with abi- lity. The announcement of the fifth course of lectures at this institution will be found in another column
Year: 1859

lGS~ A few weeks since we gave an ac- count of a supposed murder of a young man named Lester, by man named Cos grove. The body of the victim was found in the Arkansas river, last week, twelve or fifteen miles below, and brought here to be identified.

 The body was ghastly sight. The head had been cut or crushed in there was a stab under the right ear; the throat wa cut from car to ear, and there was a wound in other parts of the body.

 From his watch, keys and dress, part of which was on the body, as well as from the features, it was recognized as Lester

 A great deal of excitement prevailed on Friday, when the body was brought tc town, and some demonstrations of attack ing the jail and taking out Cosgrove tc hang him were made, but not carried into effect
Year: 1859

Adopted by the Democratic State Convention,
at Sacramento, August 5th, 1853


Resolued, That the Democracy OF California
maintain, with unfaltering faith, their attach
ment to the wise, just, and liberal principles
announced in the Cincinnati Platform, and, among
others, they most cordially approve and will most
faithfully sustain the doctrine of popular sover-
eighty and its inseparable guaranty non-nterven-
tiOn Of the Federal Government with the dOmes-
tic institutions of State or Territory.


Resolved, That the act of Congress, known as
the English Compromise bill. having referred the
whole subject of the admission of Kansas to the
decision of the people thereof we do, without re-
gard to the former differences of opinion accept
and abide by the reference, and cannot but deem
any attempt to revive the agitation of that sub
ject in National politics, as violation of the
spirit and intent of the Kansas Nebraska law, and
dangerous to the peace and integrity OF the
Union.


Resolued, That we have undiminished conf
dence in the wisdom, patriotism and Democracy
of the Chief Magistrate of the United States, and
pledge to him and his Administration the earnest
support of the people of California in maintain
ing the honor and integrity of the Union, both
ut home and abroad.


Resolued. That we deem the passage of the
Pacific Railroad bill as of vital Importance not
only to the interests of California, but to those of
the Union at large, and that whilst we deeply re-





unfortunate causes which led to it, we congratu-
late our people upon the establishment of a COM
plete system of overland mail lines upon all the
main northern, central and southern routes to the
Pacific coast.


Resolved, That American ships at sea under the
American flag, in time Of peace, are subject to
the jurisdiction Of the United States and to that
of no other power on earth whether for search,
visitation or any other purpose whatever, and we
rejoice in the promptitude, energy. and success
with which this great principle has just been
maintained by Democratic Administration.


Resolved, That we cordially invite the co-opera-
tion of all National men, without regard to for
mer political associations to unite with us in the
present and prospective struggle against section
alism and its attendant evils.


Resolued, That the present Democratic Admi-
nistration of this State is entitled to and receives
our cordial approval.


Resolped, That we recognize the right of the
people of each State and Territory, when so de-
sired by them, to vote upon the adoption or re-
lection of their fundamental law; but we hold
that it belongs not to the Congress of the United
States, but to the people themselves, speaking
through their own representatives to say whether
they do or do not desire to exercise such rights.
Year: 1859

times have caught your ball between my
teeth, while have fired in the air. meant
that you should live long enough to know
that you had seen, if not the old fellow
himself (ponting downward,) at least one
who is in his employ. The old gentloman.
will like the company Of Spanish captain
of Infantry, and FIJI send you along. Come,
load again"


But the astonished Spaniard did NOT seem
inclined to do so. A man who had swallow
ed carving knives as he would satdines, and
who caught pistol balls between his teeth,
was not exactly the man for him to deal
with. While he was pondering upon what
he had seen, Joe took handful of bullets
from his pocket and commenced tossing them
down his throat and when these were gone
he picked up some half dozen good sized
stones and sent them after the bullets,


"Holy Santa Maria" calculated the Span
iards, while their eyes seemed starting from
their sockets "What man! BY my soul,
It's the devil"


And as he spoke thus he turned on his
heel and hurried away from the place. AT
ter he had gone, Joe beckoned to me to give
him the knives. l did SO, and then saw
him slip them up his coat sleeves. When
we returned to the cafa he approached the
shop keeper.


'You want your Knives" he said.


But the poor fellow dared not speak. Joe
put his hand to his right ear and pulled out
one of the long knives. Then from his left
ear he pulled the other. The inn-keeper
crossed himself in terror, and shrunk trem-
bling away. But we finished our wine and
having paid for it turned to go.


Here" said Joe, q haven't paid for the
use of the yard" and as he spoke he threw
down piece of silver on the counter


mo! no! no" shrieked the poor fellow
"Don't leave your money hare, don't"'


Joe picked it up and went away laughing.


Ever after that, while he remained at Ma:
hon, Joe Latti was an object both of curiosi-
ty and terror on shore, for an account, all
coored to suit the exaggerated conception
of the cafa keeper, had been spread over the
city, and the pious Catholics there wanted
nothing to do with such man, only to keep
on his good humored side.
Year: 1859

The sight of men about town with six
shooters strapped to them is not uncommon
of late; and more disgraceful exhibition is
not to be observed in civilized society-one
cannot get over the idea that the wearers
contemplate killing somebody. The prac
tce thereof marks the man as one afraid,
either of his kind as common coward, or
as one who is burthened with guilt and fears
his deserts. Officers are to be excepted in
this practice as we'll as travellers; but COM
mon decency should dictate to the latter the
propriety of laying off such an appendage
as six-shooter on their arriving in town,
especially. Further, the necessity hardly ex
lists for the carrying of weapons when going
from camp to camp about the county. The
roads and trails are generally safe, and a
man has little to fear any where, if he be-
haves himself at all respectfully


May1posa Gazette
Year: 1859

Learning is not offensive in woman 4
she only preserves gentle and thoroughly
feminine disposition. Some ono has very
significantly said that it does not matter how
blue the stockings are if only the pettcoat is
long enough to cover them.
Year: 1859

The Petersburg Intelligencer says the fol
lowing receipt, now for the first time mad,
public, Ray be relied upon as a specific for tn
hog cholera. 1t had been fully tried and tes
ted on the hogs of gentleman of Amherst
Va.


The remedy was given in all varied stages
of the disease, uniformly cured in every case
1t will not be impossible, after all the fruit
less efforts hitherto made to find out a remedy
for Asiatic cholera, that this one acciden ally
suggested by young lady to her father il
Amhest Va, and which was successful in cur
ing the hogs, may be equally so in curing mar
of that terrible disease-cholera.


"Recipe-Beat up an ounce or more of as
safoetida, and add say to an ounce pint o.
whiskey or other kind of spirits, and give te
the hog two table spoonsful it produces al
immediate relief and speedy and permanent
cure. The effect which this drench had on
the hogs spoken of was ocause them to vomit
the mast disgusting and loathsone mass o.
matter conceivable from the stomach, when
an immediate reaction took place and the hogs
were soon entirely WELL"
Year: 1859

A GOLDEN THoUGHT.-We know not the
author of the following beautiful production


Mature will be reported. Ali things are
engaged in writing their own history. The
plant and pebble goes attended by its own
shadow. The rock, leaving scratches ON the
mountain side, the river its channel in the
soil, the animal leaves its bones in the stratum.
the fern and the leaf the modest epitaph in
the coal. The falling drop leaves its sepulchre
in the sand or stone not ootstep in the
snow or along the ground, but prints in char
acters more or less lasting, a map of its march;
every act of man inscribes itself on the men,
ories Of his fellows and in his own face. The
air is full Of sound the sky of tokens the
sky is all memoranda and signatures, and ev-
cry object is covered over with hints which
speak to the intelligent"
Year: 1859

Forever means time out of date,
Of which fools make but laughter.
For If We part forever here


Wen surely meet hereafter.
Then dry those tears, my lovely maid,
In life We only sever
For enough We now must say farewell.
'Tis not farewell forever.
Year: 1859

PLowlNG UP GRAIN STUBBLEs.-The best
management of a stubble field which is not
seeded to grass, but is intended for plowed
crop the next season, is question Of interest,
and vet one we seldom see discussed in agri
cultural literature. Not only is the subject
passed by without written remark, but the
stubble fields themselves are equally neglect
ed; are often allowed to perfect crop OF
weeds, filling the soil with foul seeds, largely
injuring the crops which follow, or rendering
large increase Of labor necessary to the prop
er culture of the crop. A far better way
would be to plow under this growth, as it
would clean the land and benefit the soil. and
some thorough farmers of our own and other
countries follow this practice Country GEN
Hendn.
Year: 1859

The New York Express charged the ladies
with oyer-dressing. Miss Flora McFlimser
sends letter in reply. We quote:


Il call upon you first, sir, to look at me ir
my ball dress-and I select that, because it:
supposed that's woman in a ball dress is the
costliest dressed o. women. Sir, l have no
clothes enough on, as everybody can see, t.
keep woman warm, to say nothing of wha
propriety and decency require. There is no
q beegar in New York who does not go intt
the street with more clothes than have on
and yet you have the impudence to abuse me
when reiterate, with solemn truth, my Moth.
ing to Wear There is nothing on my arms
look atthem, sir, for you may as well look
at them as any other body in the street. There
is nothing on my arms, from my writs onward
and upward, as you can readily see. Eve her.
sell, in paradise, was scarcely with less cloth
ing than | have here on these two arms
Then, there is nothing on my neck, or next to
nothing; and if a poor, humble woman in
this world can wear less on her neck and
shoulderthan / the Belle Flora, wear, should
like to see, and the poverty of that hapless
woman. My robe IS looped up over my
shoulders-and hence the neck, bust, arms,
&c, that God blessed me with when I came
into the world, are just as he gave them to
mel Now, sir, if you do not blush when
you see this, or when tell it to you, all
can say Is, blushing is departed from man.
Year: 1859

SoUATTER President Long,
street in his capital history of Master William
Mitten which is passing most agreeably
through the columns of the Augusta (Ga.)
Field and Fireside, thus delineates squatteI
sovereignty:


The historian is describing visit Of his he
70 to the country seat during court week.


He saw card playing in its most nnpretend-
ing humility and simplicity, to-wit: by acou'
pie of the sovereignty seated cross-legged on
the ground, with dirty cotton handkerchief
between them for a table, and half deck o.
dirtier cards. Here was the introduction Of
@squatter sovereignty into the country; but
who could have supposed that it would ever
make such fuss in the world as it has maze!
Year: 1859




Elsewhere we publish long article from the
Marksvile (Avoyelles parish) Organ, of the 9Th
inst, giving an account Of the formation of yigi-
lance Committee in that parish, and generally and
particularly justifyng the proceedings which have
taken place.


The reasons set forth are plausible; and from what
the Organ says, taken in connection with what we
have heard from private sources and the high char
acter of the concerned in the movement, we in
cline to the opinion that there is much to justify if
not extenuate, the apparently rash procedure con-
pletely


The cluse of this sudden uprising Of the Avoyees.
ans is to be found in the fact that they about
being overwhelmed by the scoundrely free negroes,
white cutthroas and horse thieves cattle stealers,
horse stealers and chicken stealers who have been
lately expelled from the Attakapas parishes by the
strong arms of the various Vigilance Committe es
there. On this point the Marksyle Organ is quite
clear and explicit.


We have always deprecated the formation of Vigil
lance Committees. We always have opposed them,
and always expect to oppose them, when gotten up
in old established commonwealth. In new States,
and along the line of the western verge Of cvlza-
tion which is always infested with desperadoes
driven from the older communities, they may become
necessary, and sometimes indispensable.


By these remarks we do not wish to be understood
as rejecting ungenerously upon our brethren OF the
Attakapas other parishes. We merely enunciate
our views regarding general principle. Doubtless
they feel that they bring forward ample grounds
of justification. We hope But, it seems to us
they should have waited, and applied to the next
Legislature for relief. The gentlemen engaged in
these movements could have obtained any special
legislation that might have been necessary for their
r,yn nrnfectinn
Year: 1859

Various writers have proposed reme-
dies for this disease. A lady in the vi
cinity of West Point claims to have dis
covered remedy which has not failed u,
single instance. We clip the prescrip-
ton from the Bates County (Mo.) Stand
ard:


For full grown animal, take 2 ounces
of bicarbonate of soda, and one pint of
salt; dissolve these in water drench the
animal with It, which in all cases will
give immediate relief; if it should not, re-
peat the dose. The animal should have
free access 10 water, as that is an impor-
tant item in the treatment.


Free water-drinking is probably the
most important part of the treatment.


The St. Joe Journal gives a remedy
communicated to il. by an old gentleman,
who is an extensive stock raiser, and
claims familiarity with the disease, and
that his treatment is successful. 1t is as
follows


Cease to handle the animal, so far as at
tempting to wash the mouth or throat or
to clean off the tongue confne it, as re-
CARDS food, wholly to meal intermixed
with the common salt. The saliva from
this conrse of regimen has proven the
most effective curative of the sore tongue
and throat. Water should be given to
the animal in prudent quantities, instead
of permitting it to drink to excess and at
pleasure.


The journal gives the following as the
first symptoms of the disease


The first indication is an almost total
falling off in milk, leading many to sup-
pose that their COWS had been MIXED be-
fore reaching home. A fever follows, at
tended with sore mouth, tongue and
throat. The teats, 200, become tender
sensitive to the touch, rendering it very
difficult to get the animal to stand to the
pail
Year: 1859

In the correspondence of the Prairie
Farmer we find useful hint, which we
would like to see acted upon by our
County agricultural Societies or others:


"The Canadians are getting ahead of us
in spreading agricultural information
among the people. While we have been
theorizing about an Agricultural College,
their counties have undertaken to hire and
defray the expenses of competent lee
turers, at the rate of So to SO per day, to
get the farmers together in their own
neighbofhoods during the winter, and talk
to them and discuss the theory and prac-
of agriculture. 1t has succeeded well-
In this way all are reached. The business
men get good practical suggestions and
the youth grow up with AN available
knowledge eff the art of farming WELL"
Year: 1859

! cannot think him genius or an ex-
traordinary man. think he owes his
success to the fact that thesSEnglishmen
are so used to hearing uniform and prosy
style Of preaching that they are astonished
to hear an earnest and effective preacher,
speaking directly and naturally at them.
After reading a hymn. he tells the choir
how to sing the first verse, and then reads
this verse again, and when that is sung.
reads each Of the verses in the same way,
and if the singing does not suit him, he
stops it, and makes them begin again,
after the fashion of a singing master. His
friends are about making efforts to build
him new stone chapeL-A Clergyman.
letter from London.
Year: 1859

Speaking of the corn crop-next to
wheat the most important staple of the
West-the Cincinnati Commercial says:


The prospect for a corn crop Of full
average yield throughout the region of
country about which there was recently
so much apprehension, has been well re-
assured by the generous rains Of the last
two weeks, and the increased amount of
land planted throughout the West will
make the yield of this great staple, if
present anticipations are realized, much
greater than ever before gathered.
Year: 1859




We find the following extract from
letter by DR.. L. II. Dixon, in the New
York Herald of August 16, apropos Of
several abuses, not given by the editor,
but which, we may infer from the con-
text, refer to the loss of health, owing TO
the stupid construction of most Of our
houses:


"Only consider what a simple, efficient
and far cheaper method would remedy all
those terrible consequences, and how much
money the capitalists might save by
adopting il. The common French win
dow Of our drawing rooms, opening each
way from the middle, and hung with butt
hinges like folding doors, and extending
from the ceiling to the floor, with bars
half way from the latter for safety, and
wooden shaft going from the roof to the
bottom floor, with a wind jacket and q
pivot to turn its open mouth to the wind,
would completely effect ventilation by
the force of the cool air entering into the
warmer apartment, it would roll all the
impure exhalations of the body and the
heavy carbonic acid exhaled from the
lungs out of the windows. All stairways
should open on the street; the water clo-
sets should be invariably built on the roof"


We have, time and again, urged on our
readers the fact that long windows, OPEN
ing from top to bottom, are, in this hot
climate of ours, infinitely preferable to
the three feet square port holes now in
use, which keep us on half allowance of
fresh air through the dog days. Such
windows would cost less than the slide
weight and pulley ones now in use, and
be infinitely more agreeable. According
to the pattern proposed, they would, also,
be excellent ventilators, catching the wind
from almost any quarter.


Another sensible idea, which so far very
few have had the courage to adopt, is the
use of awnings before private dwellings.
Awnings not only catch the breeze, but
shade front rooms. Many ladies never
open their parlor windows for fear the
sunlight will spoil the curtains and cause
the carpets to fade. A pretty striped Ital-
ian awning is always picturesque, and
what is more, comfortable. Ii every
house had one, we should no. dread the
sun at MONDAY or the rain by night, and
passers by would be greatly benefited.


Life is air and light. Those who live
in the purest air are the healthiest. 1t is
all very we'll for people to ridicule the
philosophy which says that


"AIl that is good or great in men


May be traced to oxygen;"


and vet, if it be true that human life av-
erages one. third more in England, since
houses have been more fully ventilated
and cleaned, and since people have taken
to washing themselves, it must certainly
be admitted that oxygen has played no
mean part in making people deceuter and
cleaner than they once were. But we arc
as yet at the beginning Of the era of baths,
ventilation and care of health.-Philades-
phia Bulletin.
Year: 1859

Seven large wagons, loaded with lumber
for the erection of large Hotel at Coun-
Gil Grove, left here yesterday morning.
We have for a number Of years looked
upon the Grove as decidedly the most
eligible site in all western Kansas for the
building up of the great frontier town Of
the future State. To-day we are more
certain than ever that our views on this
subject are correct. Even now, week
seldom passes that does not bring with il
some new improvement of permanent
character in, that place.-Ksnsas Cit
Journal of Commerce.