smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

Here is whole volume concerning the Gus
toms, manners, and habits of the Turks, con-
tanned in single paragraph:


The Turks abhUr the hat but uncovering
the head, which with as is an expression of re-
spect, is considered by them disrespectful and
indecent; no offence is given by keeping on a
hat in a mosque, but shoes must be left on the
threshold; the slipper, and not the turban, is
removed in token of respect. The Turks turn in
their toes they write from right to left; they
mount on the right side of the horse; they follow
their guests into room, and precede them on
leaving it the left hand is the place OF honor ;
they do the honors of a table by serving them
selves first; they are great smokers and coffee
drinkers; they take the wall and walk hastily
in respect; they beckon by throwing back the
hand, instead of throwing it toward them they
cut the nar from the head, but leave it on the
chin they sleep in their clothes they look on
beheading as a more disgraceful punishment
than stranging; they deem our short and close
dresses indecent, or shaven chins mark of efim-
macy and servitude; they resent an inquiry after
wives as a insult; they commence their wooden
houses at the top. and their upper apartments
are frequently finished before the lower ones are
closed up; they eschew pork as an abomination;
they regard dancing as theatrical perform
ance, only to be looked at and not mingled in,
except by slaves their mourning habit is white;
their sacred color green; their Sabbath day is
Friday, and interment follows Immediately on
death. The deaths of the women are not regis
tered-those of the men are. Marriages are reg
istered, and with the marriage the woman is
virtually struck from existence, so far as gov
ernment is concerned. She is not known Off
cialy TO the government of Turkey. Her "lord'
or husband does with her as pleases him best
Year: 1859

BUFFALO OF THE PLArNs.--In one of Mr.. Gree
ley letters, written during his journey across
the plains, he thus speaks of the great number
of buffalo seen on the route:


"What strikes the stranger with the most
amazement is their immense numbers. know
million is great many, but l am conf lent
we saw that number yesterday. Certainly all
we saw could not have stood on ten square miles
of ground. Often, the country for miles on either
hand seemed quite black with them. The soil
is rich, and well matted with their favorite grass
Yet it is all Except very little on the creek
bottoms, near the TIMBER, eaten down like an
overtaxed sheep-pasture in dry August. Con-
slider that we have traversed more than one
hundred miles in width since we first struck
them, and that for most of the distance the
buffalo have been constantly in sight, and they
continue for some twenty-five miles further on
this being the breadth of their present range,
which has length of perhaps thousand miles,
and you have some approach to an idea of their
countless millions. doubt whether the domes-
ticated horned cattle of the United States equal
the numbers, while they must fall considerably
short in weight of those wild ones"
Year: 1859

A mass meeting of the miners of Poverty
Bar. Lancha Plana, Camanche Camp and sur
rounding country, was held at Poverty Bar,
on the 23d January, to protest against the
selling or donating of the mineral lands of
the State The meeting adopted several very
excellent resolutions which our space will
not permit us to insert till next week.


The WEATHER. MINING, Ero-Since our last
issue we have had quite a variety of weather.
We have had frost and snow one day, and
rain and sunshine, the next. with gale of
wind on anotr er, strong enough to blow the
roof off house-but at present we have it
pleasant but cold. Both our bitches are
empty, from some cause which we are unable
to find out. Consequently the miners are
not making anything, they are not idle how
ever, they are preparing for good times
The bitches are not expected to be empty
more than day or two.


Some of the miners have done exceedingly
well during the few days that they have had
water and there is very noticeable differ
ence in the quantity of gold bought by the
Bankers. The claims in the neighborhood of
Spring and Three Pine Clutches, are doing
remarkably we'll We have seen nearly 30
ounces. taken out OF these CLAIMS; it was
pleasant to look at after such long absti-
nence as we have had.


We have some very interesting informa-
ton, respecting the Table Mountain claims,
which we are compelled to defer till next
week.


ATTEMPT AT HIGHWAY RoDBERY.-One night
last week, as carpenter by the name OF
Thomas Hodge was walking along the road
between Sonora and Kineaid's Flat, two rgt-
fans rushed upon him and demanded his
money. But in place of doing as they re
quested he drew his revolver and fired at
Year: 1859

THE CeNNG CElP.-The New York cOprisy and
Eaquirr estimates that the coming crop Of Wheat
viii not be less than Two hundred million bushels
fifty milIiors more than the yield Of last year while
unusually large breadth ef land has been seeded
to Corn. which ct present ID very forward, with
every prOsIeet Of e good crop.
Year: 1859

An AMUSING RUNAwAY.-I ester
day morning two span of horses. attached
to wagons loaded with shelving, etc, start
ed off on run through the alley extend
ing from Brady to Perry streets just above
Front. As they came out of the Perry st.
end they ran against dray to which was
attached mule, and striking the hind end
lifted the mule off his feet, and turned him
completely over on his back. The mule
kicked lustil y. but being confined by the
shafts of the dray, could not rise until as
siste i by some by standers When he had
gained his feet, he shook himself, and wink.
ing to the crowd. seemed to intimate that
it WIS not every mule that could turn q
summersault with so much grace and agili-
ty. The teams were brought up standi ng
after having eased the wagons Of the
greater portion Of the shelving
Year: 1859

MOLINE IrEMs.-From the hide
pendem we clip the following items which


will generally interest our citizens


The imyrovensots on the dam aud man.


nfsctories adjoining are progressing steadily
aud rapidly as work Of its heavy charac


ter will allow The walls OF the dam are
beng rlauked on the inside up for . dis
tance Of about twelve feet. The timber.
for the bulk head Mt the foot Of the dam
are being framed and the work Of con
s,ruction will sooa commence The old
dam il gradually growing beautifully
less" We had little furry of
snow here on Monday evening All sorts
Of weather the past week. We
lssrn from H. H. Pershing. that man was
killed Monday at CIeona. by being run
sgnn-, by hand car. The
board Of Trustees have determined upon
calling an election to submit the question
~ the people to vote upon the 18th day Of
November, whether the town shall borrow
$4,000 to build a bridge acroes the dam or
not A. a bridge must be built and come
feasible plan for paying for it adopted. and
AS the town is already in debt. the question
ofa loan should be thoroughly csnvassed
pro and ron.


Since the above was in type. we under-
stand that the bonds can bs sold at par. and
that il the bridge is built, Mr.. y. Il Sears
agrees TO establish steam Ferry across the
river, from the Landing to Gilbert town.
Hurrah for the Bridge and Ferry
Year: 1859

Since the agitation Of the subs
iect of illegal voting at the late election
we have been informed Of numerous cases
of boasts made by individuals living in 9TH
er States and Counties, that they voted at
our election, and were not challenged Ell
ther. The names Of these persons are in the
possession of the right kind Of men, and
will be forthcoming when the proper time
comes
Year: 1859

PLEAsANT, NEKY.-At the corner of
Brady and Third streets, near the Hawkeye
Grocery Store, there is an ancient shovel
blade firmly buried IN the ground, one end
Of which obtrudes about three inches. This
article was undoubtedly placed there by
some designing shoemaker. for the purpose
of benefitting the trade. The local of this
paper has a new pair of boots, QLord only
knows where the next pair is coming from, }
which did fit his feet nicely. Coming down
street last evening, his left foot came in con
tact with that shovel blade, very much in
the same manner as q steamboat would
come in contact with q Mississippi river
" sawyer and the result Of the collision
wa. the utter annihilation of one of the
aforesaid boots. together with the greater
portion of the foot encased therein. Stop
plng into CARROTS to see how much dam
age was done. he was consoled by the fell
low remarking, that it was "an i'll wind
that blows no one good" Garrett made
those boots, COT found him. Commissioner
Baker will please break his neck over thst
shovel
Year: 1859

The Canal Bank of Cleveland was organized
as an independent bank under the law of ls45.
The Treasury Investigating Committee were
directed by the act of 1858 to investigate 'as to
the condition of the Canal Bank of Cleveland
and the Seneca County Bank, their manage
ment, aud the causes of the failure of the pres
ent Treasurer of State to redeem their circula-
ton" We add their Report as TO the Canal
Bank of Cleveland


On the Both of May, 1876, the following FIVE
gentlemen became Corporators of that Bank;
Year: 1859

1t seems to be the almost universal deter.
mination of the Douglas men of this city to
vote the straight Douglas ticket 1t was ex-
pected by the Lecompton party that. ty
placing Jack Barkley upon their ticket, they
would induce many Douglas men to vote it
on account Of Barkley's assumed personal
popularity. They find themselves mistaken.
As long as Jack Barkley was running as an
independent candidate, he could with great
ease be elected to the office Of Marshal, to
which he seems to think he has life tenure ;
but he has now identified himself with on
odious party which goes for building up a
monarchical power in our government and
robbing the people of their liberties. As a
friend to monarchical power, he is no better
than any other enemy to the right of the
people, and the people should rebuke his ar
rogant pretensions. Jack Barkley is an out.
and out Lecomptonite-a supporter of James
Buchanan aud his infamous Kansas policy
he is identified with party which opposes
the sovereignty of the people, and he ought
to be beaten SO badly that he would never
dare hereafter to ask anything at the hands
of his fellow citizens, as long as he holds to
his present despicaLle political opinions
Year: 1859

W. b. N.-This anonymous indvidull
seems to think that courage is a peculiar at


tribute of Nicarag"an expeditionists and that
any man who is opposed to them is "a crape,.
enemy of the principle" 1t may be that
should he ever conclude to to test the oues.
ton, he might chance to find himself in some
degree mistaken. So much for that But.
as We have never expressed any opposition
to any of the Nicaraguan expeditionists it is
hardly fair to intimate that we arc either n
erGven enemy of the principle or a Jrdve one.
1t is not always the man who makes the
loudest boast of courage who is the bravest.
and, because W. B. N. is so willing to que.-
tion the bravery of others and thereby in
ferentially exalt his own, it is no sign that
he would any sooner die than the balance of
mankind generally. We don't know who W.
b. n. is-he may be the bravest of the brave,
but we are at present of the opinion that he
wnuld'nt knock chip off mans shoulder
any quicker than hundreds of other men who
may be found in this identical community.
We perceive the object of w. B. Ms commu.
nication to be to draw us off into side issues
that we care nothing about and to lead us
if possible into making capital with certain
class of people for the Lecompton candidate
for Recorder We are not to be humbugged
by any such transparent trick What we
say we say, and don't allow anything more
to be put into our mouth.
Year: 1859

A prominent leader and spokesman for
the Lecompton crowd informed an Anti Le-
compton voter, yesterday. that he said his
party intended to vote the straight Lecompton
ticket and touch no man on the Douglas
ticket in any shape or manner Whereupon
the gentleman to whom he was talking in
formed him that, if that was the case, he
l'ne gentleman in question: would do the
same thing for the Douglas ticket. lie would
Vofe At straight; that he had intended to vote
Tor Jack Barkley, but now he would not do
it. We advise every man who is opposed to
the Administration Party to make the like
determination. Vote the straight Douglas
ticket. and give the Lecomps rebuke that
they will remember.
Year: 1859

The opposition spoilsmen and their strikers
sent up dismal howl of persecution when,
in the commencement of the present contest,
the DEMOCRAT stated some good reasons why
Col Tompkins should be defeated The rose
water gentry could not endure anything of
personal character The Express has never
ceased to denounce as miserable Broderick
Republican boilers those who chose to STAY
with Douglas in his noble defense of Demo
cratic principles, when he fought James Bu-
chanan, the arch enemy of true Democracy.
and conquered him


In the Express of yesterday wretched at
tempt is made to belittle a man who is the
soul of honor, and whose official record, as
Tax Collector of this county, is ms clear as
that Of any man who was ever called to serve
the People. The statement that he whined
for nomination to the office which he now
holds is sufficiently refuted by stating the
truth, to-wit; he received seventy votes on
the first ballot, in convention composed of
ninety eight delegates, and hs nomination
was, on election day, endorsed by an over
whelming majority over John Sterritt, one of
the best men in Yuba county.


The Express must first find some flaw in
Mr. Moore's integrity before they can, with
any prejudice to him, spit their noisome
venom upon him.


We might ask whether the burly County
Recorder, and the dignifed and we'll dressed
Sheriff have not been opposing with all their
might. this spring, men who helped to elect
them to the fat places they hold
Year: 1859

a NEW lNyENTIoX.-Vincent Brown Eso
Architect and Inventor, has shown us n cold.
saving machine Of his invention, for which
he will apply for patent at Washington
The principle on which it works may be ar.
rived at from the following rather brief de
seription:


1t is simply large bowl of cast iron, in
the form of those used by miners, when work
ing by hand, and so arranged in connection
with machinery that it assumes the same vi
brating. or electric, motion that is produced
by hand in the well known process of pan.
ming out gold. By this method the coarser
PARTICLES rise to the surface. incline to the
edge of the bowl and fall out, while the
gold, mercury. and all heavy substances ap.
proaeh to the center and there remain so long
as the motion is continued. The simplicity
Of the apparatus is one Of its best recommen.
dations' as it can be operated by one individ-
uai, and issaid TO work dry earth or pu'ver-
lied rock with equal facility as if It were
done with water The peculiar motion i'm
parted to this machine, so far as our kpowl-
edge extends, is admitted by practical min.
ers to be the most efficient method for ex-
tracting and collecting gold, heretofore
kBowp.
Year: 1859

The disinterested Lecompton patriots who
figure so extensively in party politics here in
Marysville, and who several months ago di-
vided up the public plumber, so far as the
city and county offices are concerned, begin,
in view of their approaching fearful defeat,
to stare at one another and ask "what shall we
doT We consider that the main question.
In reply to it we have suggestion to make.
Let the Lecompton Legislature pass law re.
quiring every man who votes in California
to first swear that he will defend the Lecomp.
could be deprived of their right to vote, and
it would be in perfect accordance with the
great Administration construction of Popu-
lar Sovereignty If the Lecompton majori.
ty in the Legislature have any delicacy (D
about passing such law, Qor wonders never
cease) they might extend the term Of office
of the Recorder, Sheriff and District Attor
ney for two years from next January. The
People might not like it, but we should re
member that under the Administration rul-
ing, the People have no remedy if their rep
resentdtives choose to insult and oppress
them As an offset to extending some terms
of office, the Legislature might abolish such
of our county Offices as are filled by Doug.
las Democrats. The previous question" Leg.
islature could cut off all debate upon the meas
ure we propose, and Speaker Stratton might
again have an opportunity to enuncinte, in
his elegant manner, those words now so ia
miliar to him: "Shall the main question now
be put 2"
Year: 1859

YOU'VE MEN.-The venerable and antiou..
ted sage who, through the columns of the
Express, instructs the American people how
to submit to the tyranny of a President, i.
much exercised because some of the Young
men of our city have seen fit to make their
voices heard in public matters Now with
all due Difference to the whtened locks OF
the old patriarch who edits the Express. we
think he is claiming too much for the old
fogy crowd to which he belongs, when he
attempts to frown down the irrepressible de-
sire of the young men of the country to as
sist in selecting public officers. The Consti.
tuition expressly gives out that all male white
citizens of the United States, of the age OF
twenty.one years or upwards, shall be enti-
tied to vote, and we young men are COM
PEELED to throw ourselves back upon our con
stitutional right, and protest against the re-
strictions which the ancient editor of the Ex.
press would fain impose upon us, Better to
be young and uncorrupted, than to be old,
and the supporter of bad cause.
Year: 1859

GEORGE H. PArTIsoN. APPELLANT, VS.. THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF YuBA Co. AND THE
SAN FHANcIsco AND MARYsvlLLr RAuRoAn
CoNrANT.-We have just published in this
office Brief in this case in answer to Tho
Brief of Appellants counsel. 1t is an able
argument and in fact unanswerable. The
Supreme Court must decide in accordance
with it or ignore all logic and all precedent
The brief is the work of Timothy Dame,
Esq, of this city, and reflects great credit
upon him as "a lawyer and ogician.


Geo. X. Pattison is of course mere man Of
straw in the hands of the Folsom Railroad
Company. lie represents every man in the
Folsom Company, not q single one of whom
is willing to take the responsibility of bring.
ing the suit in his own name. They are viii.
ling to stab in the dark, and do in secret
what they dare not do openly,
Year: 1859

IL tllere were not thirty steamboats, employed in
the towing and tugging trade. Vessels drawing Is
10 l84 and 10 feet pass the bar, and the channel
was never intended by nature for more than 16
feet The further talk was, that with the aid Of the
SIX new steamtugs there will be no difficulty in
getting vessels inward and outward, provided they
do not draw over 20 feet water. The further talk
was that if the channel at all times free for Is
to 70 feet draught, our etterprising friends down
East would build their vessels to carry aver
age 1000 bales Of our staple, drawing perhaps 20
to ~ feet In fact, there is ship (hc Ocean
Monarchy now at the leyee which will carry over
this quantity. The whole story, long and short is
just this vessels must not be built too large for
our trade, though it may figure up the highly re-
spectacle number of two millions of bales of cot
ton as branch. Therefore, the talk in the
Northern cities of great detention to shipments of
merchandise arises from the fact that in many in
stances the vessels engaged are too large The
further talk was that the new lines of steamtuge or
towboats will remedy much of the delay which has
heretofore obstructed the passes at the mouth of
the river. As competition is the life and soul of
trade, the talk was, that it is iminateria to the
shipping interest whether there are one hundred
tugs or boats employed i'll the great towing bust
ness between New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico
1t IS, however, asserted that ultimately the Mexican
Gulf Railroad will be one of the great outlets to
tie gulf, and sooner Or later regular harbor at
Cat or Ship Island will be embraced in the port
and collection district of New Orleans.


The mails failed again yesterday, and our mer-
cantile community were deprived of their cores
pondence by the Europa up to the sth instant. We
may have part this evening, though the whole
mail will be due. The steamer Hungarian of the
Canadian line Of the 18th inst. will be the next
steamer due, say on the Both inst, though there
were three ether steamers to leave SOUTHAMPTON
on the same day.
Year: 1859

LARGE RATTLE ssAKE.-The Jasper Advertiser
states that Elias Wright recently killed in Walker
county, Ala, rattle snake that measured eight
feet in length and fourteen inches around the
body. The skin of this reptile was taken of and
three pecks of bran put into it, But three rattles
attached to the snakes tail the others-num-
Der not known-hed been shot off in the killing
Year: 1859

HAVING established themselves in the above
II business at Emporia, would announce to the
people OF the surrounding country that they arc
line of business, in the best manner They fatter
themselves that with their long experience at the
business they viii be able to give the fullest sats-
faction to all who may favor them with their pat
rOnage. Prices reasonable.


Emporia, August l, 1S5S-tf
Year: 1859

a correspondent inquiries: Suppose a
man and girl were 70 get married; the
man is thirty five years old. and the girl
FIVE years; this makes the man seven. times
as old as the girl: and they i've together an
til the girl is ten years old; this makesahe
man forty years old. and four times as old
as the girl; and they still live until she is
fifteen, the man would be forty-fve,. and
this makes him three times as old; and they
still live on till the girl is twice as old. and
SO on Now; hoHslong would they have to
live 10 make the girl as old IS the man, at
the same rate of reasoning? -
Year: 1859

GRIME.- The league between virtue and
nature engages all things to assume front
hostile to vice. The beautiful laws and
substance of the world persecute and whip
the traitor. He finds that things are arran-
ged for truth and benefit, but there is no
den in the wide world to hide a -rogue.-
Commit crime, and the world is made. of
glass. Commit crime, and it seems as if
coat of snow fell on the ground, such as re-


veals in the woods the track of every par


fridge, fox, squirrel, and mole. You can


not recall the spoken word: you cannot wipe
out the foot track; you cannot draw up the
ladder so as to leave no inlet or cue. Some
damning circumstance always transpires.-
The laws and substance of natare-water,
snow. wind, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES penalties
to the theft Er. @ 50.