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Year: 1859

The Administration Central Committee, of
Ell Dorado county, have named the 18th day
of June, as the time for holding primary
meetings, and the l4th day of June, for hold
ing a county convention.
Year: 1859

MrN1xo IN PLuMAs CouNrY-The PlumGs
Argus of the 4th inst, contains the following
items:


Our Elizabethtown reporter opens this
week by saying that "knowledgeis is power"
and goes ON to add that Quirk d Co., are ma
king an o., per day to the hand, in their
claims. whilst other miners in the vicinity
are doing extremely well. Some people may
not see the connection, but we think that if
we were in possession of knowledge of that
kind concerning ourselves it would do us q
Power of good.


THE Railroad Co., on Railroad Hill, in this
county, partially cleaned up Saturday last,
taking out something over one hundred ozs
This is one of the most uniform paying claim:
in the county, and we may add one of the
best managed The shareholders are wor
thy of their success; may it continue unit
they secure an ample fortune,


Woods d Co., of Curtis Point made a shor
run and cleaned up at the rate of fifty dollars
per day to the hand
Year: 1859

The Chicago. Iowa and Nebraska Railroad,
extending from Clinton, On the Mississippi, to
Cedar Rapids, eighty-ono miles, is to be form
ally opened for business by 4 grand celcbra-
tion at Cedar Rapids next week. The road is
virtually M extension Of the Galena Air Line
from Fulton, and wo learn that the Galena road
will extend its "courtesies to the guests in
yited from this city.


The number however must be comparatively
small, as the road in Iowa, and the people Of
Cedar Rapids will be in duty bound to extend
their hospta1ities to citizens Of thei1 own State.
The city Of Cedar Rapids contaius only some
three thousand inhabitants and it would not Le
pleasant for a large crowd to 60 from here.
4 limited number have been invited, for all oi
whom comfortable quarters will be provided
THO large number who do not get tickets should
take it for granted that it will he moro pleas
ant for them to stay at home.


Tho celebration will doubtless be a very
pleasant affair, aud the opening Of this new
line will add greatly to the business Of tho
Galcoa road, and to that Of Or city generally
Year: 1859

The drums are all muIled the bugIes are sui
There's q pause in the valley-a halt on the hll
And hearers of standards swerve back win thllh


where sbeaves of the dead bar the way
For great field is reaped Heavens garners to ILL.,


And stern death holds his harvest today
There's a voice on the wind like spirits low cry
,Tis the muster.roll sounding-and who shall reply
For those wan faces glare white to the sky,


With eyes fixed so steadfast and dmIy,
Az they wait that last trump which they may not delay
Whose hands clutch the sword-hilt so grmly
TIL. brave heads, late lifted, are solemnly bowed,
And the rdeIess chargers stand quverng ana co"eu'
As the burial requiem is chanted aloud,


Tho groaps of the deathstricken drowning:
While Victory looks on like queen, pale and proud


Who awaits till the morrow her GROWING.
There is no mocking blazon, as clay sinks to clay
The vain pomps of the peace time are all swept away
In the terrible face Of the dread battleday;


Nor cofins nor Surroundings are here;
Only relics that lay where thickest the Tray


A rent casque and headess spear
Far awav tramp on tramp peals the march of the foe
like storm.wave's rctreating-spent, ftful and Slow
With sound ike their spirits that faint as they go


By yon red d-glowng river whose waters
Shall darken with sorrow the land where they flow


To the eyes of her desoate daughters.
They are ed-they are gone but OH not as they came
In the pride those numbers they staked on the game
Never more shall they stand in the vanguard of fame


Never lift the stained sword which they drew;
Never more shall they boast of a glorious name,


Never march with the feal and the true.
Where the wreck of our legons lay stranded and lon
They stole on our ranks in the mSts OF the morn
Like the giant of GAIA their strength it was shorn


Ere those mists had rolled up to the sky
From tie flash OF steel new daybreak seemed born
As we sprung up-to conquer or die.
The tumult is sienced; the death lots is cast
Ard the heroes of battle are slumberinS their last.
Do ye dream of yon pale form that rode on the blast


Would We free il once more, o ye brave
Yes the broad road Honor is red where ye passed.


And of Glory We asked but-a grave!
Year: 1859

Witness the case of Grace Paddy Writing
to Thomas Rankin, one of our missionaries
earliest sent over to America, he says: " ]
have lately been thinking a good deal on one
point wherein perhaps we have all been want
ing. We have not made it a rule as soon as
ever persons were justified to remind them Of
going on to perfection. Whereas this is the
very time preferable to all others. They have
then the simplicity Of little children, and they
are fervent in spirit, ready to cut off the right
hand or pluck out the right eye. But if we
once suffer this fervor to SuhSde, we shall find
it hard enough to bring them again ever to
this point" This letter was written at Ep-
worth. and is dated July 81, lT44.


Had we as people adhered to its doctrines
what a valiant race of Christians would we
have presented to the world How should
one chase a thousand, and two pnt ten thou
sand to fight, and ere this we bad claimed
through the power of the cross a redeemed
world for the worlds Redeemer. And even
now nv spirit seems urged to say that feel
u Divine conviction that if we will but make
an individual and experimental matter OF
earnestly recognizing the speciality Of our call
ing, as a people. 10 spread Scrptural hoI-
ness through these lands, and will become
witnessing Church on this subject, God would
speedily own us in the salvation of tens Of
thousands"


Yours in Jesus, 2. PALMER.
Year: 1859

DIeeiings.


BELFAST, July Is, 1859,


We arrived here Yesterday by the morning
boat from Fleetwood God is doing wonders.
Our Methodist friends have not been forgot
ten in the general visitation. But the most
remarkable manifestations of the Holy Spirit 5
woodworking power are seen among other
denominations. | have thought this might
in part be owing to what may have been their
former skepticism in regard TO these matters.
What is now occurring among the Presby-
terians is singularly like what was witnessed
in the early DAYS of Methodism i'll both Europe
and America.


Had it occurred or been commenced or con
fired to our body even now, it wond doubt
less have been regarded as fanaticaI. But
these cases of being stricken down as was
Saul of Tarsus, are by far more numerous
among other denominations than our own. 1t
is in fact common for persons OF both sexes
and Of every age, from childhood to hoary age,
t. be wonrded suddenly, frequently as a fash
of lightning, bv the Spirits sword. Then
comes the piercing shrek, the sudden prostra-
ton, and the extorted cry, What must do
to he saved ~


Some are so deeply wounded, and their phys
ical proStration so great, that they seem inca
pab!e of utteranceS of any sort above whisper.
Slain by the sword of the Spirit. they fall
suddenly. and seem lost to all outward obServ-
ances and to everything but that they are con
demned sinners, and as such they sue for the
mercy of God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
in low beSeeching, agonizng tones. These
parOXysmS sometimes continue hours, and with
many persons days


These wonderful arre5tngs of the Spirit have
not only occurred in the various churches, but
in the street One recently fell as she was
returning from Church quite late in the even
ing The police took her to the station-hOuse,
she not being able to inform them of her resi-
dence Rcstoratives were reSorted to, but all
were of no avail till Jesus, the Divine Restorer,
applied the balm of GIead Then, with a JOY
uuspeakabIe and full Of glory, she gIorifed the
name of Jesus while the police. some of whom
were doubtless Romansts, stood around her
with amaZement.


Not few are stricken down at their own
homes, apart from any exciting Influences
We visited one yesterday, as we were on our
wav to the chapel who was stricken down the
dav before She said she had been so deeply
wounded bp the sword Of the Spirit that she
was still unable to rise, though the heavenly
Healer had applied his blood, and 10y the all
restoring word quickened her soul into spiritu-
al life the Spirit had worked so nightly in
her and the change was so wonderful that she
was physically prostrated. There she lay with
heaven in her countenancc, indulging in just
such ardent expressions Of lofty praise as are
not unusual with US as people, when the spirit,
newborn, is translated out of the Kingdom of
darkness into the kingdom Of Gods dear Son
But how wonderful are such demonstrations
to our friends of most other denominations
The young woman to whose case have lust
referred is Roman Catholic


As first entered the room, and saw how
evidently she was the subject Of the Holy
Year: 1859

THE ORIGIN or CoRoNER's JURIEs-It is
not generally known how or in what manner
corOuer'S iuricS were originated. We believe
it was substantially the result of the following
circumstances A lady in London, after hav-
ing buried six husbands, found n gentleman
hardy enough to make her a wife once more.
For several months their happiness was mutual
a circumstance which seemed to pay no great
compliment to her former partners of her bed,
who as she said, kad diSguSted her by their
Sottshncss, and mfdety. I'm the view OF
knowing the character Of his amOrOuS mate the
gentleman began frequently to absent himself
Of return at late hours, and when he did return
to appear as if intoxicated. y t first reprOaCheS
but afterwards menaCGs, were the consequence
of his conduct The gentleman persisted and
seemed every day more addicted to his bottle
One evening. when she imagined him dead
drunk she uuSewed a leaden weight from one
Of the sleeves of her gown, and having melted
it, she approached her husband pretended still
to he asleep, in order to put it into his ear
through pipe.


Thus convinced of her wickedness, the gen
tleman started up aud seized her when having
procured assistance, he secured her until morn
inc, and conducted her before magistrate who
committed her to prison The bodies of her
six husbands mere dug up, and as marks of this
peculiar kind of violence was still dScoverable
upon each of them, the proof Of her guilt ap-
peared so strong upon her trial, that she was
condemned and executed.


To this circumstance is England indebted
to the useful regulation by which all deaths
not readily accounted for must undergo legal
inspection before interment.
Year: 1859

WHEN bent on motrimony, look more than
skin deep for beauty; dive farther than the
pocket for worth and search for temper be-
yonnd the good humor of the moment-remem-
bering it is not always the most agreeable part
ner at ball who forms the most amiable part
ncr for lite Virtue, like some flowers, blooms
often faireSt in the shade.
Year: 1859

Rs Judge Kent says /: There are very
few evils to which a man is subject that he
might not avoid if he would converse more
with bis wife and follow her advice" The
Judge is a sensible man
Year: 1859

Madame R., of the olden time, was
most beautiful woman although a
Puritan, yet she would indulge in the
toilettc, all to the censure of the bigoted
ones, and more especially those of her
own sex who themselves had no graces
worth the pains of embellishing. One
morning sister of the church called
in to see her; Madame was busy at the
glass arranging her luxurious hair ;
"Always at the toilette when l call !!
Is it so all the time ?'' exclaimed the
caller. ''Sister r., hardly think it
consistent as Christian woman for you
to devote so much time to your hair
and Dress" II do not feel as if l was
at all doing wrong" replied the fair
lady. 'for if God has given me hand.
some face, the least that can do is to
decorate it to His honor and praise. =
Boston Post.
Year: 1859

Perpetual Mot,on.-The Northern Light OF
Howard Centre says Mr.. Hendrickson OF that
place is convinced that he has discovered that
great myth. Perpetual Motion. A printing Of
fice is nearer perpetual motion than any ma
chine we ever got acquainted with. Tho man
who would rival Deity by seeking to construct
q self-acting perpetuum does not appreciate The
difference bstwse the Creator and worm.
Year: 1859

ELlEuTxSAST MAuRx, in one Of
his lectures on the Highways and By.
ways of the Ocean," states that animal
matter, at the bottom of the deep sea
owing to the superintendent pressure,
the exclusion of light and heat, and the
saline properties Of the water. can not
decompose, but must remain precisely
in the state in which it is deposited
for ages.
Year: 1859

~A MAN from the country, whose
wife had cloped and carried off the
feather bed, was in search Of them;
not that he cared anything about the
wife, but the feathers said he, 'them's
worth forty eight cents pound
Year: 1859

REAAREABLE Ice SrRATUM-A correspondent of the
Boston Transcript gives the following account OF
markablc ice stratum at Brandon, Vt:


The latter part of last November, Mr. Andrew
Towmbly, of Brandon, ", commenced TO dig well
his house. situated about mile from the centre of
the village of Brandon, on tolcrably level plain Hav-
ing excavated to the depth of fifteen feet through sand
and gravel the workmen came TO ground frozen solid,
through which they continued to excavate the further
distance of fifteen sixteen feet before getting through
the frozen ground


cat the depth of forty feet sufficient water having
been obtained the well stonned in the usual
Tho character of the ground the same throughout
the whole distance, viz coarse gravel and sand-the
frozen portion nersperced with Jumps OF clear ice AT
the time the well dug the surface Of the ground
not frozen Ever since the well dug, up to the pres
ept time ice forms in the well and ncrusts the stone at
from fifteen TO thirty feet from the surface, and the
face of the water which is thryGve feet below the
face OF the ground freezes over every night. On seye
raj occasions when the bucket had been left in the well
under the water over night has been found necessary
to descend the we'll and with hatchet cut the ice in
order TO eXricatc it,"
Year: 1859

4 recent Quarterly RcuieU contained the following
article which will be read with interest


To be shot dead is one of the easiest modes of ter
mnating fe rapid it is the body has leisure to feel
and reflect On tho first attempt by one of the frantic
adherentS OF Spain to assassinate William, Prince of
Orange, who took the lead in the revolt of the Neither
lands the ball passed through the bones in the face and
brought him to the ground. In tho instant that pre-
Ceded StupefaCtOn he able to form the notion that
the ceiling of the room had fallen and crushed him.


The cannon shot which plunged into the brain Of Charles
H. did not prevent him from sezing his sword by the
hut The idea OF an attack and the necessity for de-
fence was pressed on him by q blow which we would
suppose too tremendous to leave an interval for thought
But it by follows that the inicting of fatal
wounds is accompanied by pang. From what is
known Ol the first effects OF gunshot wounds it is prob
able the impression IS rather stunning than acute. Un-
less death be immediate The pain is varied the nature
of the injuries, and these past counting up.


But there is nothing singular in the dying sensa0u,
though Lord Byron remarked the physiological pecul-
arty that the expression is invariably that Of languor
while in death from stab the countenancc reflects the
natural character of genencss ferocy, TO the last
gasp.


Some of these of interest TO show with what
slight disturbance life may go on under mortal wound
till it to full stop. A foot soldier at WatRloo,
pierced by muskct ball in the hip begged water of
soldier who CHANGED to possess canteen OF beer. The
wounded man drank, returned his heartiest thanks,
mentioned that his regiment nearly exterminated,
and having proceeded dozen yards on his way to the
rear fell to the earth and, with convusive move
ment of the limbs concluded his career His voice."
said the trooper, who himself tells the story, gave
scarcely the slightest sound of weakness"


Captain Basil Hall, who in his early youth, was
present at the battle of Corunna has singled out from
The conclusion that consigns to oblivion the woes and
gallantry OF war; another instance, extremely similar
which occurred on that casion An old officer, who
shot in the head arrived pale and faint at the tenn
porary hospital and begged the surgeon to look at his
wound which was pronounced mortal


Indeed feared SO, he responded, with impeded ut
tcrancc and yet should wish very much to live lit
tie louger, if it were possible


lie laid thc sword upon the stone at his side, gent
y, says Hail. if the steel had been turned into glass
and almost Immediately sank senseless upon the turf
Year: 1859

These Gums remove all
morbid or bad matter from
the system, supplying in
their place a healthy flow
OF bile, invigorating the
stomach, causing food to
digest well, purifying The
blood, giving tone and
health to the whole ma
chinery, re mo wing TIL e
cause Of the disease effect
ing a radical cure.


Bilious attacks are cured,
and, what is better, proven,
ted by the occasional use
of the Liver Invigorator.


One dose after eating is
sufficient to relieve t h G
stomach and prevent the
food from rising and sour
ing.


Only one dose taken be
fore retiring, prevent It S
nightmare.


Only one dose taken at
night, loosens the bowels.
gently, and cures c0Stire-
ness.


One dose taken after each
meal will cure Dyspepsia.


One dose Of two teaspoon
fuls will always relieve Sick
! HeddOche.


Only one dose Immediate
lv rnlinya. In6a viii
Year: 1859

THE PEACH WoRM.-The greatest enemy to the
peach tree is the borer white grub that infests
the root near the surface of the ground With lit
tie timely labor we have never suffered any mate
rial injury from this insect An inspection twice a
year occupying few hours suffice to go over an
orchard of hundred trees, and remove every worm.
This being repeated with regularity each year
great increase is cut short. We usually employ a
gardeners trowel and a pruning knife. Every tree
that is infested, if with but single worm, shows
unmistakable signs of its presence by the gum and
saw-dust like excrement mixed with it that issues
from the wounded bark With the trowel remove
the earth an inch or two below the surface, and with
the knife cut away the dead bark where the injury
appears, and after little experience no one need
fail to discover the enemy in every instance The
worm is very tender and readily killed This.exam-


nation should be attended to early in the Spring
The eggs are deposited in June, and if examina-
ton is made in October the young worm may be
found near the outside of the bark, and may be de-
stroyed by simply rubbing the freshly eaten spots
on the bark on the outside. Valley Farmer.
Year: 1859

Such is the "grand, gloomy, and peculiar" posi-
ton of the Associate just at present. The Senior is
gone to Chapel Hill-the Reporter ditto-the Presi-
dent ditto-and every body ditto but us; and We
would have been ditto too, only we didn't want to.
The tall plumes of the soldiers no longer wave
through our streets; and our earth is no longer
shaken by the martial tread of the military. We
hear no longer the sweet strains of the brass bands
the roll of drums and the shrill whistlng of ffes
The cannons have ceased to roar and the rattle of
snail arms has died in the distance. We


Feel like nc WHO treads


Some banquet hall deserted


1t is not often we catch live President in North
Carolina, and when we do whose business is it but
ours-we North -Carolinians? Our printers never
saw one beforehand We have not seen much of our
printers since. Who blames them? Some one of
them may be President yet; and it is well enough for
them to see how President acts so that they may
know how to act when they come to take his place.
They have an excellent opportunity now, (barring
the batchelor part, and vino blames them for i'm
provngit? The laws be hanged! (We mean those
Of the last Legislature, which not quite all prin-
ted yeti Who cares for them when the President
IS present? Our printers dent and We don't blame
them; and the first that grumbles shall be
turned out of Office if he holds one; and if he does
not, he shall not get one.


But We expect to gather together some of the
fragments before this paper is issued, and to give
some account of the Presidents reception here and
elsewhere-the speeches, the crowds, &c. The
Senior and the Reporter must do it Each of them
can say of the matter,


Quorum pars magma fui,
and we constitute them a quorum to report pro-
ceilings
Year: 1859

Our friends in the first District pervaded by a
spirit that will insure victory gentleman of high
character, in business letter, writing from Wind
sor, says:


81 am just from our Convention held in Edenton
yesterday, and think it was the most enthusiastic
and harmonious Convention | was ever IN and
have been to several Every County in the District
was represented and every vote in the Convention
was given to Hon. Henry N. Shaw, About 1870 or
1870 delegates were in attendance. person to be in
the Convention could not help believing but what
the choice Of their Convention would be elected
Every Democrat in the Convention was for Shaw"
Year: 1859

sSy1 We trust that our cotemporary of the Sails
bury Banner will inform himself on subjects about
which he undertakes to give advice. We might say
to the Banner and Waterman of Salisbury, "cose
up the breach friends; stand shoulder to shoulder;
snd let Sam have it right and left from both bat


eres; ;; but we are better informed as to their an
tasonism, and therefore will insult neither by any
such oficiousness or foolish advice.
Year: 1859

W We had the pleasure this week Of meeting
with our brethren of the Fayetteville Daily Caro-
liaian and the Newbern Daily Delta, Messrs Sim
clair and Smith. Both are excellent specimens of
men, mentally and physically, and fully capable of
taking care of themselves in any sort of a fight
Success to their enterprisng spirits. There are no
tuo better looking editors in the State.
Year: 1859

CorroN-BALE IRON HooPs-The New Orleans
Crescent of the I'd inst gives an account of rath-
er expensive experiment that was lately made on
the Metaire course that city, for testing
the superiority of the iron hoops Of A. Fassman on
cotton-bales in cases of fire. over the old hempen
rope Four bales of cotton were subjected to the
test, to wit: one bale of ordinary packing from
country PRESS bound in rope; similar bale bound
in iron; one small compressed bale bound in rope,
and similar bale bound in iron. All were placed
on properly erected piles of pitchpne sticks filled
in with chips and shavings, in order that the fire,
when started might be fierce and rapid. In about


fifteen minutes after the fire applied nearly all
the ropes of the two bales had parted, which thus
permitted the cotton to burst out and burn. On
the other hand, although the bagging of the iron
hooped bales was burned the cotton remained firm,
and all the effect produced upon the cotton was
slight charring of its outside surface. In half an
hour the rope-bound bales had fallen down in loose
Masses and the cotton burned freely, but the iron
bound sides sustained very little injury This ex-
pertinent afforded positive proof that -hooped cot
ton bales will prevent the rapid burning, by acci-
dental fires, of cottonladen steamers and cottonl
ed stores. As long as cotton bales are kept firmly
bound together the air cannot penetrate into them
to support cumbusticn the fact therefore, is self
evident, that iron-hoops for cotton bales are the
most safe, as provision against fires.-Scient!fc
A,nerican