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Year: 1859

The decision which has just been rendered
+ 10y the Supreme Court Of this State, annulling
the act of the District Court which enioined
the Board Of Supervisors of Yuba county
from issuing their bonds to the San Francisco
and Marysylle Railroad Company,-notwith
standing it was not made upon the real merits
of the case-puts final quietus to the whole
question Of the power of the Board to issue
these bonds; for the reason that no party in
trrestcd against this road will venture the
risk of bringing another suit for an iriunc-
tion, after it has been decided 10y the supreme
Court that, in order TO do so, he must give
sufficient bond to the Railroad Company to
indemnity them for all loss aud injury that
/ they might sustain through means of an in
junction. The loss and injury that would
now be sustained by suing ont writ of in
Junction against the Company, would be
many hundreds Of thousands of dollars, SO
that, unless parties hostile to this road are
pretty sure that decision would be render
ed in their favor by the Supreme Court on
the merits of the case, they had better be a
little shy Of making the venture. The fact
is, that this same power exercised by the
Board of Supervisors of Yuha county, has
been exercised by other counties in other
States of the Union, with Constitutions very
similar to ours, and judicial tribunals have
determined in favor of the right to exercise
such power. In all probability, therefore,
our own Supreme Court, here, would decide
in like manner


While congratulating the friends of this
Road, and the people of this county who au.
thorized the subscription to it of 5000, 900,
on the satisfactory determination of the Su
preme Court in its behalf we cannot permit
the opportunity to pass of according due
praise to Judge I. Dame, of this city, who
mainly planned and originated the able and
successful argument which was made before
the Supreme Court on this question. The
industry and ability which he displayed in
the case were of no ordinary character.
We observe that the effect of the decision
alluded to has been, even SO soon as this, TO
cHliFSi thc suosCiII'llonS ol sIock 10 IHe
Road. The wavering have ceased to doubt,
and confidence in the speedy success of the
enterprise is exhibited on every hand


The news from the Companys negotiator
in the East is highly favorable, and the sale
of the Railroad Bonds can be consummated |
without difficulty. The completion of this
end Of the Road, as far as the Sacramento |
river, by next June or July is now 70 longer
question of doubt. The enterprise is on
solid basis and cannot fail now to command |.
all the assistance that we'll founded enterprl- /.
ses inyarinLlN attracl TO iheir snnnnrt
Year: 1859

as he rose to leave, aud [ have business
which must be dispatched today. Have
you heard Of Mrs. Claytou's grand ball which
is to take place next week? Itis to be the
great event Of the season; several debutantes
will make their appearance on that occasion,
so you may prepare yourself to be assailed
by such an array Of bright eyes and smiling
faces as you have seldom witnessed" "
ct"I must confess that I would be delight
ed with the idea, if it was to be anywhere
but at Mrs Clayton's; for I know the beau
tifuI Mary will, as she always does on such
occasions, consider it her peculiar preroga-
tive to bore me with her delectable company
during the whole evening" '','. y


AS Ernest closed the door behind him,
Harry began to ponder upon what he had
said, and to leproach himself with the faults
his friend had broughtto his attention. He
began to make numberless good resolutions
which of course would vanish as soon as he
was again exposed to temptation. 81 WON
DER" he soliloquized, elf I will ever meet
that person, for whom l will be willing to
resign all my present enjoyments, whose hap
piuess will be the chief object of my life, and
whose love I will prize above all earthly trea-
sures? My life thus far has been wayWard
one but if 1 could once find that good angel
who is to be my guide through this world,
pointing the way to heaven and to God J.; who
would reward my exertions by her approving
smiles; who would sympathise With me in
adversely, and rejoice with me in prosperity;
who would be the anchor of my purest
thoughts; the nurse, the guide, the guardian
of my heart;' who would be my companion
alike in sickness and in health; and whom
would be bound by every motive Of inte-
rest and duty, to cherish with the tenderest
affection, I feel as if a new life would be
awakened within me; feefas if there would
be no limit to the intensity of the love and
devotion that would go forth from my heart,
to meet such an object" ',.


The truth is, Harry was by nature, warm.
hearted and generous in the extreme; but a
considerable acquaintance with, and little
practice of the ways of the world, shficed to
conceal many of those noble attributes with
which nature had Invested him Let us
leave him for the present to the indulgence
Of his reflections, and turn to other scenes.
Year: 1859

1 NEVER KNEW MY MoTHER.-She died
when was three years old, that she might
be an angel to me all my life. But one day
in after years, turning over pile Of old let
ters in my fathers study, found package
of her letters to him, beginning first with
her first acquaintance with him and coming
down into her married life; and as I read
those pages, at last 1 knew. my mother


What these letters were to her life, that are
the Four Gospels to the life of Christ. But
I remember that there was one letter in
which she first spoke freely and frankly of
her love. That, to me, is the Gospel Of
John. 1t is Gods love letter to the world.
Year: 1859

"Jo OF NIxoN's" is the title of story, the
commencement of which will be found on the
first page of this paper. 1t will run through
several numbers. This story has been writ
ten for the SPY, by one of the most ac-
complished of our writers-one who has
secured an enviable reputation as success
full delineator of New England life and
character, and who has no superior in this de-
partment of New England literature This
story, we trust, is only the beginning of what
we are to receive from the same source. Who
ever begins the story may suppose the scene
to be laid somewhere in the eastern part Of
New Haven County, Connecticut.
Year: 1859

The OBERLIN TRIALs.-Thirteen of the
citizens of Lorain County, now in prison in
Cleveland for violating the Fugitive Slave law,
have issued an address to the people of the
Western Reserve, in explanation of the cir
cumstances which led to their incarceration
We shall have occasion to, refer to it hereafter.
A gentleman from Cleveland informs us that
the prisoners bear their adverse fortune with
unabated courage, in every way worthy of the
good cause for which they suffer.
Year: 1859

The real fast driving is done on Harlem
Lane, where there is a long and level road,
unencumbered by heavy vehicles. Here peo-
pie drive at the greatest speed their horses
can possibly travel. Private races are con
stantly being got up, usually for the fun Of
the thing seldom is there any betting, un
less it is by a few fancy characters, whom
the fast driving may attract out of curiosity.
The horses driven here are valued according
to their speed that is considered the first
qualification, and if they have showy ap-
pearance in addition it greatly enhances
their value. But show without speed is
recommendation merely with those who
maintain stylish equipages for their fam
lies.
Year: 1859

The SUICIDE "DoDGE"-A man calling him
self Lanartine is wandering through the West
and raising funds by pretending to commit sui
eide. He takes laudanum and sends for doc
tor and clergyman. They come to him and find
u letter in his in the most pathetic style of
suicide literature. He states that his poverty
is the cause of his rash act He is restored with
difficulty and sympathetic people raise Il purse
for him, and he departs. He raised $25 in this
way last week at Dayton, and $40 at SanduSky,
and departed with Gree pass on the railroad,
to commit suicide at some other dlace.
Year: 1859

A charitable C?) individual in the ncighbor-
hood of Wiiliamantic, Conn.,, proposed to raise
subscription for poor hard working man,
who recently lost very valuable COW. Every
one applauded the object and the originator
money was raiscd-poor man expected to be
happy, when-his benevolent friend produced
an old hill against him to just the amount raised
and retained the cash
Year: 1859

The IDEAL WoMAN.-The true woman, for
whose ambition a husbands love, and her chill
drcn'S alteration sufficient, who applies her
military instinct to the discipline Of her house
hold, and whose legislatives exercise themselves
in making laws for her nurse whose intellect
has field enough for her communion with her
husband and whose heart asks no other honor
than his love and admiration; woman who does
not think it a weakness to attend to her toilet,
and who does not disdain to be beautiful; who
believes in the virtue of glossy hair and we'll
fitting gowns, and who cSchews rents and raw
eed edges, slipshop shoes and audacous make
ups; woman who speaks low and does not
speak much who is patient and gentle and
intellectual and industrious; who loves more
than she reasons, and yet docs not love blndIy;
who never scolds and never argues but adjusts
with smile; such n woman is the wife VIC have
all dreamed of once in our lives, and is the moth
er we still worship in the backward distance of
the past Charles Dickens
Year: 1859

Tue festival in New York-thc Ist of May
when every well regulated family moves" is
considered by newspaper "p"ter-mmilias" a
disagrceable emergency. He would like to see
the custom and not the houses abandoned
Year: 1859

ALWAYS LOOK ON THE SUNNY SIDE.
Always look on the sunny eide,


And though life eheckerd be,
A lightsome heart bids care depart,
And time ny pleasantly
Why sit and mourn DER fancied ills
When dangeris not nearf
Care IL a self consuming thing,


That hardest nerves can wear.
Always look on the sunny side,


And though you do not find
All things according to your wish,
Be not disturbed IN mind
The greatest evils that can come
Are lighter far 10 bear,
Whom met by fortitude and strength,
Instead Of doubt aud fear.
Always look on the sunny side
There's health In harmless lest
And much TO sooth our worldly cares
In hoping for the best.
The al oomy path 10 far too dark
For happy feet to tread,
And tells Of pain and solitude,
or friends estranged and dead.
Always look on the sunny side,


And never yield 10 doubt
The WAYS Of Providence are wise,
And faith will bear you out,
II you hut make this maxim you're,
And tn its strength abide,
Believing all is for the best
Look on tho sunny side.
Year: 1859

Take one pint of rye meal, two pints of
Indian meal, one teacupful of molasses, .
pinch Of salt, and teaspoonful of carbo-
nate Of soda, and sufficient milk to stir
into batter; butter good sized tin pud-
ding pan that has cover fitted closely
and pour this mixture in; tie the cover
down securely and put this in a pot or
kettle with sufficient boiling water to
come up not quite half way the length of
the pudding-pan' So as To kenr M stean,
enough to cook this between four and
five hours A continual and moderate
boiling Of the water must be kept up, and
if the water evaporstes rapidly, more (hot)
water must be added. This when done
forms light, nice brown loaf and is very
COOP with butter or fresh cream.
Year: 1859

Is the principle upon which they are determined to
do business, and they will con6ns themselves exclu-
sv.ly TO the Boot Shoe and Lestbcr trade To their
stock Of goods for Ladies they would call par
ticular attention. They have constantly in their EN-.
pioy the best Of workmcn, keep the best Of French
Calf and Patent Leather and can and do make rs
good Boot a. can be bought in the State.
Year: 1859

-


mo. 1891 AN ACT


To provide for the renewal, and TO regulate


the final payment, of the>Eun Debt Of


the State.


Sec. 1, BE IT enacted BY the lienerxla
sembly OF the State of Ohio, That the csih
missioners Of the sinking fund for the time
being are hereby authorized, fully empower
cd and required, at periods previous to, and
near the time that any portion of the funded
debt Of this State shall become payable ac-
cording 10 the terms expressed upon the face
of the certificates thereof to make out in due
form and manner, and with all the sanctions
required BY law for the making of certificates
of the funded debt Of this State, and issue
such an amount and number of such certifi-
Gates Of the funded debt OF this State as shall
be sufficient in amount to redeem so much OF
said debt then about coming payable, as shall
not have been paid or fully provided for by
the application Of the sinking fund, as estab-
lished and fixed by the constitution. And
such an amount of all such certificates of the
funded debt so to be issued to redeem any
part of the said debt coming payable, shall
be made redeemable and payable in each sue
ceeding and consecutive year after being is
sued. as the sinking fund established and fix
ed by the constitution, applicable in such
wear, and described in and by the schedule
herein, will pay; which schedule is hereby
made part of this act, as explanatory thereof
so that certain amount of such certificates
of such debt so issued shall be made payable
and redeemable absolutely every year IN each
consecutive year, until the whole Of the same
shall be paid Aud on making and issuing
said certificates the time and place of re-
dempton and payment OF the principal, and
the payment of the interest, by the State,
and the rate of interest, shall be clearly ex-
pressed upon the face OF the certificate =
And each certificate shall also have consFlc-
uo,,sly and pl nly inscribed upon its face the
words renewal of the funded debt OF the
State Of Ohio" And the said commission
sas of the sinking fund shall keep separate
accounts and registrios Of the issue, transfers
paynent ofinterest, and the final redemption
and payment Of the principal of the same


Sec. 2. The following schedule Of tho sink
ing fund as establishedand fixed by the con
stitution of the State of Ohio, and appica-
BILE yearly. commencing in the year eighteen
hundred and fifty. two, (1952) to the payment
Of tho debt ofthe State, and referred to, and
made part of this act, as explanatory thereof,
by the preceding section hereof to wit:


An,olnt of the sinking fund.
Year: 1859

St3s97,2i2 %
Shall be, and is hereby made guide and a
direction obligatory upon the commissioners
OF the sinking fund, Tor the time being, in
the discharge Of their official duties.


Sec. 3. All or any portion of such certifi
Gates Of the funded debt oi the state so to be
newcd as herein described, may he made
and issued with the principal and interest
payablc at the treasury OF the state, at the
scat OF government, or ut the office Of the
agency OF the state in the city OF New York
and at no other place whatever. And allcer-
tiiicates oe the funded debt 50 issued as a
domestic debt, the principal and interest of
which Is made payable at the treasury OF the
state, shall be issued payable to the party or
parties taking the same, his, her OF their or
der, as the case may be.


Sec. 4. The interest on all the certificates
Of the funded debt of the state. so to be is
sued M domestic debt to renew any por-
ton OF the funded debt Of the state coming
Dsyable as aforesaid, shall be made payable
seni-annually, (every six months) on the first
aay of February aud on the first day Of A1-
gust in each year, from the time OF their be-
ing issued. And the interest on all the GER
titicates of the funded debt of the State so to
be issued as u foreign debt, TO renew any por-
ton Of the funded debt OF the State coming
psyable as aforesaid, shall be made payable
semi annually, (every six months) en- the
first day Of January and on the first day of
July in sach year, from the time OF their be
ing issued. And no certificate of said fund
cd debt so issued as foreign debt, the prin-
cjpal and interest OF which shall be made pay
able in the city Of New York, shall be issued
of less denomination or amount than one
thousand dollars, nor for any fractional part
Of one thousand dollars above that sum;
hut certificates Of the funded debt so renew
ed the principal and interest OF which is
made PAYABLE at the treasury OF state, at the
scat Of government OF the state, as u dones-
tic debt, may be issued in amounts OF one
hundred dollars, or of five hundred dollais.
or one thousand dollars, as may be preferred
BY the party or parties taking the same, and
also for any fractio 1al part Of the sinking
fund OF any year. And there may be attach
ed TO all such certificates SO issued as a do
nssstc debt, interest, coupons, or debentures,
for every six months interest coming due and
payable from the time Of the issti g CT -uch
certificates to the period Of the final redeinp-
ton and payment of the same; which inter
est, coupons or dehentures may be taken by
the county trsasurers in lieu OF ofmoney in pay
,nent Of taxes due the state, that is to say
the interest. coupons OF debentwcs cornsdg
due on the first day Of February in any year
may be taken for taxes due the preceding
101h Of December, and interest. coupons or
debentures coming due on the FIST day Of
August in any year may be taken FOR taxes
due the preceding Goth Of June, and be re-
ceived from them by the treasurer Of state in
lieu OF money, and paid over on tho warrant
Year: 1859

AGRICULTURE IN THE MoUNTAINs.-The Pic
course of pleasant article on the fruit pros
poets in its vicinity, thus observes:


"Wewill here take occasion to remark that,
so far as our observation extends, those of
ur citizens who have turned their attention
to the cultivation of the soil instead of del
wing for gold, have had greater success, and
more generally made fortunes in a few years,
than any other class of our citizens in fact
we have yet to find the first man who has
opened farm, planted an orchard in the
mountains, and attended to his business for
so long time as five years, who has not at
least acquired a competency; and many Of
them have accumulated fortunes
Year: 1859

subjoined from a letter to the Alta:


The view from the summit is uninterrup-
ted in every direction, and with good glass
on clear day, the streets and houses of San
Francisco are very perceptible; sufficiently
so to distinguish particular buildings. Stock
ton and Sacramento may be seen under SIM
liar conditions. Those who are fond of
watching the gliding of the earth when Sol
rises or sets, may here indulge themselves to
their hearts content, but there is a much
grander sight than even that, for those who
are enthusiastic enough to encamp at night
on the summit, that they may see the morn
ing glores. You will be surprised when |
tell you that dense fog, so unacceptable to
the denizens of the lower regions, affords this
grander sight. 1have seen several such and
think them the most impressive and grandest
OF natures wonders, throwing the suns ri
sing or setting completely into insignifcance.
Far as the eye could reach, slowly moving
mass of gigantic translucent vapors, travel
ling in stately grandeur, were spread out hun
dreds of feet below us, utterly obscuring hill
and valley, as much so as though they had
been what they much resembled, the gigan-
tic pillows raised by Il mighty storm; and
then as the power of the suns rays dispersed
their force, might be seen peeping through
the ocean of foam first one and then another
hill top, until an archipelago of islands was
exposed, and the vapors following the va
rious inequalities of the land might be
seen tumbling over the hillsides grand as Nj
agra's mighty cataract. None who have once
seen this sight are likely ever to forget it.
Year: 1859

YoUTH-Our life's ideal is always filled
with the blood and breath of youth. Our
finest conceptions of human beauty ever
more embrace youth as their prime element


Strength, enthusiasm, hope, purity, love
all these when combined and embodied in
their mo attractive forms, ar Sc IN our i'm
aginations as youthful attributes. So true is
this that in looking forward to the day when
the dust of those who have gone before US
into the land of spirits shall rise, and assume
the forms they are to wear in the celestial
city, there springs up always vision oftheir
youth. We expect to meet the tottering fa-
ther whose eyes we closed and whose wasted
and feeble limbs we composed, as young and
fresh and strong as when he bore US to the
baptismal font. There are to be no thin, sill
very curls upon the brow of the mother, but
in some sweet way all the hallowed graces Of
maternity and the unfathomable tenderness
of soul disciplined by sorrow are to be as
socated- ed-interfused-with the beauty and
the youth of the bride. Immortality-twin
sister of Eternity-is always young, and
brings no thought of age and decay. An
angel with wrinkle? A cherub with a
feeble or a weary wing? We cannot imagine
such beings. Heaven and everlasting youth
are inseparable thoughts. Timothy Tstcomb.
Year: 1859

GRAssHoPPERs.-In 1860 a cloud of them
was seen to enter Russia in three different
places, from whence they passed over into
Poland and Lithuania, and wherever they
moved the air was darkeled by their numbers
In some places they were observed lying dead,
heaped one upon another to the depth of four
feet; in others they covered the surface of the
earth like a black cloth, the trees bent from
their weight, and the damage done by them
exceeded all computation. When the weather
became hot they took wing and fell upon the
corn devouring both leaf and ear, and that
with such expedition that in three hours they
would consume the whole field After hay
ing eaten up the corn, they attacked the vines,
the pulse, the willows, and at last the hemp,
notwithstanding its bitterness.
Year: 1859

1t is the wisdom of nature not to have
trusted too much into our hands neither
would the number of voluntary functions
which are entrusted to us have been so safe,
if Divine wisdom had not accompanied their
exercise with physical pleasure: how few
men eat, drink, sleep, and perform other func-
tions that insure the continuance of the race
with view to their moral and ultimate end ?
But nature knows how to take the animal
man by surprise, and while he thinks to sat-
isfy his own animal pleasure, he unconscious
ly is the workman of the great Creator.


Cleaner.
Year: 1859

TELEGRAPHs IN THE WEST INDIEs.-The
first lire of electric telegraph in the island
of Porto Rico was inaugurated at Arroyo on
the lst of last month, by Professor Morse,
who has been sojourning in the West Indies
during the past winter. On that occasion
the authorities gave him a public breakfast,
at which there were present a great number
OF the dignitaries of the island; who paid the
professor some very high compliments.
Year: 1859

that being the prominent indnst ii feature of tie
county as o the State at large; but believing that The
sa1iiitv and genuine prosperity of mountain commr-
mites deiend upon the successful veiopent ofothcr
pursuits, which less danger and uncertain for
labor without capital than gold hunting Is known to
be. we have sought to exhibit the aspta hy Of tue
mountains to the important interests OF farming gar
deninS. fruit growing, and many kindred avocations
We have tried to make the IYDRAULIc Press always
representative of what is best in California. and to
correct some of those unjust rreuiices against her
people which obtain abroad. In short, it has been our
constant endeayor to make the paper useful decent
and respectable.


If u paper conscientionsly conducted on the above
plan is thought worthy ofsupport ask and hope
to receive it.


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