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Year: 1859

a late writer gives the newspaper borrower
particular fits" lie pronounces him " a bad
man-that is, an unsafe one lie never comes to
anything good, and is always poor. 1t is an old
Scandinavian proverb, that when Satan wishes to
angle for and finally catch a man, he first sets
him borrowing. The whole tribe Of borrowers
is utterly mean, and the newspaper borrower is
the meanest of the tribe. In this country,
newspapers are so cheap that every man can
and every decent man does-buy his own. At
any rate, no decent man will borrow a riewspa-
per. If he can't get one of his own, he will do
without. 1t dirties and rumpIes paper to han.
die it, and no man likes to have his family journal
soiled by borrowers unclean hands. Subscrib-
ers to good papers like to preserve them in good
condition; and, in order that they may do this,
the papers must be kept clean, and smooth,
and whole. No one likes to preserve a dirty,
torn, or rumpled paper; and one such unsightly
copy spOils whole fle-and one number Of a
paper lost breaks the continuity of Q volume.
And there is degree Of sentiment, too, about a
tavoTite family newspaper. A man acquires an
affection for it, and, as in the case of his wife
and baby, he don't want anybody else to meddle
with it Therefore, the newspaper borrower is
disturber Of the peace and happiness Of fami-
lies; he is pcst-a nuisance-and should be
permanently disposed of in manner that would
prevent him from annoying honest decent peo.
pie, who pay for their newspapers, and should be
allowed to read and preserve them"
Year: 1859

and flour, alas have to be carried about to be of any use

 The other day we were told, in contrast with this that the present emperor was able to send twenty-five thousand men in day from Paris to Lyons-a distance of about three hundred miles. It would have taken his uncle week of forced marches to accomplish the same object. Austria is sending troo into Italy at the same rate. Moreover, the same power which rem ders this rapid concentration of troops, renders their subsistence, while concentrated, just as easy The railroad dumps the soldiers nova day sdown on the battlefield, and the next day dumps down months provisions in their rear The telegraph, we need hardly say, plays as wonderful a part in this change as the railroad. One ofNapoleon's generals wou Id have required four or five days to ask for reinforcement, which he now asks for in as many minutes. It reaches him in as many hours as it would then have taken days. aI.
Year: 1859

reliance, after all of free Republic for pro- lection. Despotisms are guarded by bayonets, and the people are degraded ia order that brute force may easily subdue them to a tyrants will But we cannot and dare not rely upon force ; we will not be degraded, and will not submit to tyrants. The laws immediately guard us but what guard the lawsP Nothing but religious sense and reverence, an enlightened Christian conscience and reason, which alone can pre- serve the wisdom and virtue of the people.
Year: 1859

EMIGRATION TO HAYTL-The colored men of Chicago have had large meeting, at which the following resolution was adopted, and 0 committee appointed to correspond with tho Haytien authorities on the subject

 "We believe that the Republic of Hayti offers to the colored emigrant from a life of degreda- tion and slavery in the United States facilities for the improvement of his moral and intellec- tual condition superior to any spot on the American continent and we believe it to be not only wise stroke of policy but the im- perative duty of every free colored man in the United States, to make Hsyti his future home, as soon as is consistent with the duty which he owes to himself and the four millions of friends in bonds.

 Nothing would please 6ve-eights of the peo- pie of the United States better than an emigra- ton of the free colored populatian to Hayti or anywhere else We hope the Chicago papers will give due notice when the first party of "cullerd pussons' leaves that city.
Year: 1859

COINAGE OF SILVER DOLLARS. letter from San Francisco states that silver dollars are to be coined at the branch mint in that city at an early period This is thought matter of con siderable importance, as it is hoped that the Chinese can be induced to take the American dollars instead of the Mexican, which are at a premium; and that by this means the discount on over $2,OOOOOO, which amount of silver is annually exported to China may be saved to the merchants of this country.
Year: 1859

At the meeting of the Democratic Central
Committee, in Nevada, on August lat. the
following Resolution was unanimously adOp-
ted


Eesoired, That TO the Nevada National.
the only democratic organ OF Nevada Coun-
ty. belongs the patronage of the party, and
the Central Committee direct all printing
for the party to be done at the National Of
fee,
Year: 1859

There is a possibility that our country will
speedily be freed from the presence of the mur-
dering and tratorous Mormons 1t is said that
Brigham Young is negotiating with the
General Government for the sale of the Mormon
interests in Utah, and removal of his people to
the " uttermost parts OF the earth" A Wash
ington correspondent ofthe Philadelphia Inquir-
er writes of the matter thus:


have been informed that Brigham Young
and the other leading Mormons desirous to
leave the United States, and plant themselves
and their followers on the Island of New Gui-
nea, one of the East India Archipelago islands.
lying near Borneo and the Equator, and are in
negotiation with the United States in regard to
thsis s.inp-overssnts, ss-arsportatio of
their whole flock to their Gnaf resting place. l
also understand that they claim that there are
one hundred and fifty thousand MormonS in Eu-
rope, who are ready to join them here. or, if
they determine to go to the island spoken of to
unite with them there. God speed the exodus
OF this pestiferous body Of immoral, industrious,
slavish, tyrannica, misguided and deluded peo-
pie. Let our country be rid of them at any
price. 1t is estimated that it will cost two mil
lions of dolors to transport them-or perhaps
that is the sum they are willing to transport
cost the nation fire millions, that sum should not
stand in the way of sending them to the oppo-
site side of the earth, as far from US as possible
Year: 1859

ScsfSe s.s is
! cert ~ i.-.. lpr sober !. Should those
whoa we choose to administer justice in high
places, to execute and not trample on law, go
unpunished, where can this evil of duelling be
expected to stop?


We are camped at Joe Roff's ranch, on Beaver
Creek, in Pit River valley We have for the
past two weeks been steadily employed in scout
ing, and trying to capture the Indians in this
vicinity much slower way of ridding the coun-
try of them than the old way of shooting one
where you may chance to find him. The In
dians are now scattered in every direction, with
out any regular stopping place, and well secret
edit being almost impossible to find them
Another great drawback is, if you happen to
find their whereabouts, you are most certain to
find but three or four b. cks, and sometimes three
or four squaws and nary" buck.
The Indians thoroughly aroused to a
sense Of their danger, and no doubt watch all
us.


As the season advances our chances for effect
ing our purpose of removing them will steadily
improve. Not only will the weather aid us, but
in short time, have no doubt, they will find
that by peaceably submitting their lives will be
safe. If they only become satisfied that we in
tend to remove and not destroy Them half our
trouble will be over. After snow falls they will
be forced to resort to the valleys and river bot
toms, where they cannot escape US, although it
will take some time, even then, to capture them
ALL


From all information, have no doubt but
that the Hat Greek Indians are ge neraly ac-
completes, if not actually leaders, in most all
the murders and depredations that have been
committed through this part of the country for
the past eighteen months. The tribe numbers
40 to so Indians. Who are all armed with rifles
some having very fine guns, and all having
ammunition. Rumor says that one Negro is with
them, and many here in the valley think that
some three or four horse thieves have directed
their movements for some time and furnished
them with ammunition. Jordan's company des-
troyed rock fort of theirs, which they said an
Indian could scarce have constructed without
the aid of white men.


The Chief of this band is commonly called
"Shaye-head.' He is well known in some parts
of the valley and where known, said to possess
more daring and courage than we generally at
tribute to the Indians of the digger race. That
he is an expert at the art of dodging can vouch
for. We have been hunting his sable majesty
for a month and have never yet got within
sight of his camp fires. But sooner or later he
will be brought TO a reckoning.


We have some prisoners iE camp and have
killed few backs that we could not take prso-
ners, they prefering the chances of escaping by
running to submitting quietly. Yours &c,


ZENo.
Year: 1859

A LARGE FAMILY GATHERING.-It is not often
that large family gatherings take place in the
a few days past, however we have had, in this
town. meeting of this delightful character
the sons aud grand-sons, the daughters and
grand daughters of Parker, Esq, son of
bonny Scotland, but long resident of Shasta
The family numbered twent, -one-including
eight children (one son being absent visit
TO the east,l and eight grand-chldren-all, from
the venerable heads of the family down to the
Youngest babe, being in the enjoyment of sound
bodily and mental health. IF any other mining
county can beat that let the local editor speak
ont, or forever after hold his peace, and send
us lis hat
Year: 1859

A GYMNAsIUM.-Quite large number of the
young men OF this town are actually suffering
for the want o.: proper exercise. Why mol >
tabish a gymnasium? A few hundred dollars
would be amply sufficient to fit up such an n
stitution. Who will set this ball in motion
The man that does it will be instrumental in
prolonging human life and increasing human
happiness. And, by tie way, female Depart
ment to such an institution, would be no bad
feature
Year: 1859

. What different men mean by the term " pop
ular sovereignty is very hard to determine


And the distinction between the terms popular
sovereignty and 'squatter sovereignty" is equal
y dIAcut t. perceive-particularl touching
their bearing upon the question of slavery in the
Territories-one class interpreting them to mean
that the people of a Territory, through their


bv positive enactment, may exclude


mother denying this position,


the true donrne of popular


IS Territorial Legislature
Year: 1859

pS- Our friend Brown. OF Horsetown, has a
rich vein of fun in him, which occasionally
breaks out without his being aware Of the fact


For instance, he wrote US a note Yesterday,
headed Extra News" containing the announce
ment Of three births in that vicinity, and then.
in a very business like manner concluded thus !:
" No more. Yours &c No morei We should
think one day increasing the population
in that locality rapidly enough in all conscience.
Year: 1859

Bay. Old Sam. Houston will doubtless not be
permitted to serve out the full guberratorial
term for which he was elected He wiltbe
elected to the United States Senate and will
again take his seat in that august body on the
4th of March, 1861. So we hope at least. We
love the gallant old soldier and statesman, not
withstanding hisfe temporary wanderings from
the true Democratic foot-path
Year: 1859

Our readers will remember article III our paper
where copied piece from the Boston (Abolition)
Tract journal, duplicating Hon. J. A. Gfilmer, in
the matter Of anti-slavery. The Salisbury Watch
man refers to it in the following way


"Our cotemporary the Raleigh Register, review
ing this article from the Ccrcinion concludes that
IS sufficient tC entite the editor to the plea Of
compus ments.' Serves him right"


So you have got sufficiently strong to give
of your characteristic efforts. Wonder if you could
stand alone after such mighty attempt? And you
have come up the help cf the Register have you
Well that's consderate your part but you hap
pen to be just unable to get along it was
probably little so-poor Waterman you arc
weak, sickly-and we won't be hard on you. 1t
would be shameful for puss to kill mouse without
playing while with t-so we will just handle you,
not according to your deserts-but according to that
which you can bear.


Now Mr.: Watchman did you know that your as
sertion will not bear the test OF truth The Regis
ter did not say that the charge which we brought
was sufficient enttle the editor of the Carolinian
to the plea Of compus mentls. That would
have been personal, and being personal we should
have goyerried ourselves accordingly. Does the
Fatchman make the charge in that form? We wish
to be understood and wish to understand you, you
will therefore please answer. What said by the





title tie Daily Carolinian the editor Will
the Watchnlan watch little closer, and not make
misstatements. Your reputation for veracity will
suffer should you continue to r,issquote.
But Mr.. Waterman, there is not man of your
| Imposition humbug who dare attempt to prove the
statement of the Abolition Tract Journal to be false
And mere than that the Rev. gentleman who is the
author of the letter is pretty well known, and lives
in Guilford county-at least surnise places the
charge upon him, and if there any honesty in Mr.
Gilrier or the party that supports him. they would
acknowledge it prove the whole charge false.
But Mr. Gilmer is courting the free soil Quaker vote
of Guiford and Randolph and consequently has
been led to commit some very gIievous offences
which should condemn the man forever. The whole
thing be taken for fact till Mr.. Gner proves
the charge false; he has the opportunity, let him
then prove the Tract journal false acknowledge
his free soil creed


You ought to be ashamed of yourself Mr.. Watch
man. when you urable to contradict the charge,
to be made the tool of j. \. Gilmer in denying II,
upon your responsibility. Poor thing you are
the victim Of misplaced couidence and should
consequently be ptied.


We trust the good people of Salisbury will occa-
sionaly give you drop of ceci -ater-you are
faint sickly weak and nigh unto death.
Year: 1859

lately published BY Rev F. K Nash and now upon
our table Mr.. Nash is an able and learned gentle


man. and we have no doubt but he has handled his
subject well. Price in pamphlet form 25 cents,
book 35, to be had at the Presby Book Store
Year: 1859

Repd down from thy chariot, o beautiful Spring!
Tnfold like q standard thy radiant wing.
And beauty and JOY in thy rosy path bring;
We long for thy coming, sweet goddess Of love,
We watch for thy smiles in the pure sky above,
And we sgh for the time when the wood-bird


shall sing,
And nature shall welcome thee, Beautiful


Spring
How the lone heart will bound when thy pres


enee draws near.
As If borne from this world to some lOvelier


sphere,
When thy first blush has tinted the earth and


the skies,
Twill vanish, twill melt like the forms in q


dream,
Released frcm the chain. like child in its glee,
Twill flow on unbounded, unfettered and free,
Twill leap on in JOY, like bird on the wing,
And hail thy sweet music, o, Beautiful Spring
But tread with thy foot on the snOw-cOvered


plain,
But whisper one word with thy seraph- like voice.
And nature and shall rejoice, shall rejoice
Spring! lovely goddess, what form can com
With thine, so resplendent, so glowing and fair /;
What sunbeam so bright as thine own smiling


eye,
From whose glance the dark spirit of winter doth


hy?
garland of roses is twined round thy brow,
Thy cheek with the pale blush Of evening doth


glow,
mantle Of green DER thy soft form is spread,
And the light-winged zephyrs play round thy


head.
While the thought of thy beauty inspireth my


brain,
shrink from the terrors Of cold Winters reign,
Methinks behold thee. ! hear thy soft voice,
And in fullness of heart rejoice rejoice!
y could but mount on the eagles dark wing,
I'd rest ever beside thee, Spring Beautiful


Spring
Year: 1859

P. s. One important and grand result
from the session of the court here is
already apparent More than forty fami-
lies have taken the alarm and left the
Territory, and many moro are preparing
to follow them. u.
Year: 1859

I am content,
Unrecognized by all the world, to wait
And do, with uncompla ining lips, my stent


OF human fate.


am content
To*wast alone Fate's overwhelming sea,
Feeling that every other tie is blent


In mine to Thee.


What though my heart
Seeks vainly for some answering human tone
Itcan but bette learn to bear the smart


To live alone.


II may be-sad
To find ones self thus severed from our kind.
But prayer does much to make the true h cart glad


Calm and resigned.


To fluid friends prove ...
False to the ties of well-remembered days;
To feel the vanity of earthly love,


or human praise


To stand alone,
And have men deem us worse than we have been !;
To feel our highest impulses unknown, -.. ..


The best unseen;


To feel the ties,
"hch througn the blood of Kindred always run,
AS each new shaft unto our bosom flies,


Break one by one


These are the things
Which try the true hearts more than all beside,
And almost make the faith to which it clings


Sink In the tide.


do not pine,
For at the hallcwed hour OF rest kneel,
And in my isolation every grief Of mine
To Him reveal.


Through weary days
To 10, with patient toll, my every task,
Nor ever dream or think of human praise .


Is all ask.
Without a sigh
I'll stand and meet my fate as best I cam
Feeling, to bravely face ones destiny, ...-.


Becomes the man.
Year: 1859

its reptiles; and it is safe to presume that
more persons are bitten every year than
in all other sections of the country COM
bined. The invariable "cure" there is
whisky or other intoxicating spirits. Be-
fore this remedy was discovered the to-
bacCo cure was resorted to; but this is too
harsh a remedy, and, if taken in sufficient
quantities TO overcome poison, il is liable
to throw the patient into violent spasms.
But in the whisky cure there is no danger.
There can be no intoxieation until the
poison Is counteracted, no matter how
large the quantity administered, no more
than if water instead of spirits had been
given, The certainty of this remedy
should throw all unreliable ones-and
nearly all others that have been named
are such-aside. 1t may be assumed as
correct that what will cure the bite Of
poisonous reptiles in one locality will cure
it in another; hence the whisky cure from
it reliability should supercede all others
that have yet been tested, and in this way
many valuable lives may be preserved.
Persons who have been bitten by rattle
snakes usually become excited, and their
blood, if not already heated, is sure to be
very soon. In this way the poison, inter-
mingling with the blood, circulates with
surprising rapidity throughout the system.
Active and powerful, then must be the
treatment IN order to rescue the patient
from immediate death. We have known
persons to become blind in twenty min
utes after they were bitten, and in such
instances it required over pint of liquor
to relieve them. In no case where either
whisky OF French brandy has been ad-
ministered before the patient was actually
dying did we ever know this remedy tc
| fail to cure.


Here in the North, where poisonou:
reptiles are comparatively scare, rattle,
snake bites have unusually terminated
fatally. The most sllllful physicians have
been completely baffled, after resorting Il
all the remedies of the naateria nledica
and their patients given up to die. Blu
there is no reason why the fang Of rattle
snake should be more fatal than the bite
of New Jersey mosquito. In case yol
are bitten, then, resort to the remedy W.
have named.


We do not approve of drunkenness un
der other circumstances, but should yo


ever be so unfortunate as to be bitten b,
a snake, by all means get 'gloriousl,
drunk and the sooner you do so tn
sooner you will be "all right. ~ Y


Express.
Year: 1859

We are tired Of seeing this hackneyed
and absurd quotation 50 frequently parad-
ed before our eyes in obituary notices.
How do you know that death loves a shin
ing any more than a dull mark We
suppose dolts and Pumkin heads die occa-
sionally, and indeed pretty frequently,
and it is hardly treating death fairly, who
is not so unkind after all if we are ready
to meet him, to accuse him Of showing
partiality. Therefore, dear reader, if
you are unusually imbecile (Which, by the
way, you can't possibly be if you are in
the habit Of reading and paying for our
valuable paper-see terms elsewhere)
don't aatter yourself that Death will pass
your door on this account to knock at thai
of your shining" neighbor.
Year: 1859

A good joke is toIk at the expense Of
one of our church going citizens who Is
the father of an interesting family Of
children, and among them bright eyed
boy, numbering four or FIVE summers, the
pet of the household and UNANIMOUSLY
voted the drollest mischief alive.


On Saturday night he had been bribed
keep peace, and retire to bed an hour
earlier than usual, with the promise that
on the morrow he might go with the family
to church. On Sunday morning it was
found inconvenient to put the youngster
through the regular course Of washing
and necessary for his proper appearance
at the sanctuary, and the family slipped
off without him. They had not, however,
more than got comfortably seated in their
pew, when in walked the youngster with
nothing on but his night wrapper and
cloth cap. "You forgot me-" said he, ia
a tone loud enough to be heard all over
the church. The feelings of the parents
can be more easily imagined than describ-
ed.-Ldtdyette Journal.
Year: 1859

Among those who went to the Falls the
other day 10 see Blondin roll 10 wheel
barrow over the rope, was a Rochester
physician, who was determined 10 see all
the others saw, and he declared that the
Frenchman not only pushed the barrow
across the river on the rope, but that be
actually, on returning, took up the rope as
he went along, and wheeled in upon the
bank. Some of the bystanders had doubts
as to the correctness of the narrationr
when the narrator, expressing an indiffer-
ent opinion of their intellects; assured
them tat taking up the rope IN the wheel
barrow was no great feat, but cutting of
the guys .Oith has jack KNIFE as he come to
them bothered ham some .-....s
Year: 1859

We not unfrequently see it stated in
the newspapers that this thing and that
thing will cure the bite of rattlesnakes.
Now, from personal observation during a
residence of five years in one of the
Southern States, low down on the Missis-
sippi, the writer Of this article feels war
ranted in saying but little reliance is to be
placed upon any except what is denomi-
mated the whisky cure" This has been
the Southern remedy for the past twenty
or thirty years. No other section of the


Union can compare with the South in
regard to the number, variety, and size Of
Year: 1859

IL lis the sense Of smelling more pleasing than
the sense Of tasting," was the question up Before
n western debating society In a bar-room Uncle
Joe was the last TO speak upon the negative and
all were anxious 10 hear him deliver himself


Walking up to the barkeeper, he called for hot
whisky punch, and drank II off with great gusto ;
then, turning TO his opponents. he handed the
Now, small it, you varnint!n 1t is needless 70
add that Uncle Joe drought down the house, u
and also the decision for the negative.
Year: 1859

NEWSPAPERS IS OLDEN TIsEs-When news-
papers were first established, they were quite
destitute of advertisements, and nothing was
more common than for papers to be issuod with
blank page. The first newspaper printed in
America had only three pages of reading mat
ter, as there was not foreign or domestic news
enough to fill out all the columns. In England


after II while, new method was adopted to fill
up the space not required for the current news
by publishing selections from the sacred Scrip
lures, and many an old newspaper is now ex.
tant with d whole page copied from the Bible.