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Year: 1861

A Vermont broom pcdlar, sllrewd chap.
from over among the steady habits, wooden
clocks, schoolmasters and other fixins, drove
through the streets Of Providence, heavily
laden with corn brooms. He called at sever
al stores, and offered his load, or over so small
portion Of it; but when he wanted the
cash, and nothing else in payment, they had
uniformly given him to understand that they
had brooms enough, and that he might 90
farther. At length he drove up to largo
wholesale store on the west side and once
more offered his wares.


'well, want the brooms badly enough"
said the merchant but what will you take in
pay'


This was poser. The pedlar was aching
to get rid Of the brooms he despised thevery
sight Of them; but he would sooner sell a
single broom for cash than the whole load for
ans other article, especially that which he
oould.not s readily dispose OF as he could
brooms. After u moments hesitation how.
ever, he screwed his courage to the sticking
point-it required courage after having lost
his chance Of selling his load half a dozen
times by similar answcr-and frankly told
the merchant he must have cash. OF courre
the merchant protested that cash was scarce,
and he must purchase. II he purchased at all
with what he had in his store to pay with.
Year: 1861

A common error in faitening swine Is delay
inc il until late in the season. The food Ia
ken into the system is required not only to
build up the tissues, but to furnish animal
beat. In warm weather hut little fuel for
food is needed for this purpose, and fat accu-
mulates readily; almost the whole food eat
en- will be exhausted in keeping the animal
warm-hence the policy Of commencing to
fatten early. One bushel Of corn fed inmild
weather will give better returns than two eS-
pended in mid winter. II is advisable to
keep over a stock Of old corn to feed with
until the harvest commences, and supply
can be taken from the field.


Every animal relishes variety OF food.
and fattening swine will turn with eagerness
from their accustomed feed of corn to MUNICH
pea vines. or green corn stalks. Their appe-
tites will be kept up by gratifying this natu-
raj desire. Ground feed Of rye and oats, or
oats and peas, to take the place OF corn oc-
casionally, will be beneficial; and there
should be a liberal allowance OF green food,
with all the dairy wash that can be spared.
Clear water is also essential, and should al-
ways be supplied to the pen.
Year: 1861

A recent English writer makes the fol-
lowing sensible remarks on deep culture -
"That land may be injured by deep culture
is a common but very erroneous opinion
Flowing down good earth and up bad, and
letting it remain in that position, must les
son fertility for time, but that is not deep
culture /; it is literally exchanging good earth
for bad. and is the reason why individuals
declare that they have injured their land by
deep plowing. Let the nature OF the land be
what 1t may, il can be raised to its greatest
fertility only by a sufficiently deep pulveriza-
ton and mixture of the ingredients. Where
the subsoil is Of good quality, and in many
places il Is setter than the soil, bring 1t up
at once to the surface. Where deep culture
is judiciously executed, in no cases does the
new earth lesson or destroy the fertility OF
the old on the contrary, they improve each
other, and constitute deeper and more pro-
duetive soil.
Year: 1861

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIF-
teenth Judicial District, of the State of California
in and for the County Of Butte. jonathan Sumner
vs.. John f. Downard. Action brought in the Dis
trct Court Of the Fifteenth Judicial District, and
the Complaint fled in the County of Buste in the
Office of the Clerk Of said District Court. The
People Of the State of California send greeting to
John t. Downard; You are hereby required to ap-
pear In an action brought against you by the above
named Plaintiff in the District Court of the Fifteenth
Judicial District of the State of California in and
for the County of Butte, and TO answer the Com
plaint filed therein, Ga copy Of which accompanies
this Summons) within ten days, Exclusive Of the
day of scryice) after the service on you of this
Summons-ifs served within this County; or ,ifserved
out OF this County, but in this Judicial District,
within twenty days ifserved out of said District
then within forty days-or Judgment by default
Will be taken against you.


The said action is brought to obtain a jndg-
ment against you for the of three hundred
and eighty-seven and sixty one hundredths dollars
and interest thereon from Oct 29th 1851 at three
per cent. per month till paid, and Judgment for the
sum OF two hundred and seventy and ninetysiX one
hundredths dolls and interest from said date there
on till paid at the rate of two per cent. per month
and judgment for the sum of hundred and
seven and f0rty-eight one-hundredths dollars and
interest thereon from said date till paid at ten per
cent. per annum: all of which said amounts are by
plaintiff alleged to be due him from you in three
written promissory notes. copied in his complaint
on file i'll this cause and if you fail to appear and
answer the said complaint as above required the
plaintiff will take judgment against You by default
for said sums and interest thereon above stated
and for his costs of this suit.


Given under my hand and Seal of the


sr, District Court of the Flfteelth Judicial
'AAi' District, this Sth day of November in the
- year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and siXty-one.


HIM. PHIPPS, CLERK.


By MILES CHAPIN, Deputy Clerk.


THos. WELLS, Attorney for plt'f. n9w3
Year: 1861

BOILING Fresh WATER SPRING At SEA-
Between Ruad and the coast of Syria the
Greeks used to water their ships at a subma-
rine fountain. Another has been discovered
recently by Mr. VIM. A. Booth off the coast
Of Florida 1t is boiling freshwater spring,
twelve miles off shore. The water boils up
with such great force that it can be seen at a
distance of two miles. When first seen, it has
the appearance of breaker, and it is conse-
ouentIy generally avoided but there are five
fathoms of water between it and the shore
The fathoms are found to the seaward, but no
bottom is found at the spring itself with thirty
fathoms of line When the St. John river is
high, this spring boils up from six to eight
feet above the level of the sea, and it has been
many times reported as rock with water
breaking over 1t.
Year: 1861

W ould that every man who has thought
on any ground, Of casting a vote for that
ticket could have seen within few days
what shock the (unfounded) suspicion Of the
probability of its success gave to san Fran
cisco; how the bare thought of such a thing
and OF its consequences struck a chill to the
heart of our young metropolis of the Pacific
and stopped in full flow important move
ments in her business life and greatly check
ed the rest; filling mems minds with conster-
nation and impairiug the general confidence


During my brief canvass for the nonna-
ton of Governor by the Democratic State
Convention of The 4th fully, | was honored
by the warm support of many friends in your
county, as well as in others, to whom shall
ever be grateful. In the action Of the Con-
vention in nominating Mr. Conness instead
OF myself have cheerfully nequiesced If,
as have been informed, some of my friends
in their generous sympathy with me in my
want of success, are now disposed to give
their votes and influence TO Mr.. Mcconnell.
beg them to believe that nothing in my
failure TO receive that or any nomination,
could give me such sorrow as that Every
such vote is a vote cast against the State and
the country and for Jefferson Davi-; and pre-
cisely as he would cast it. could he be here
to do so. Under existing circumstances in
this State, such vote isl had almost said
a crime. By these words, uttered from
the strongest convictions of duty, and as
though they were the last of my life, | en-
treat and adjure them and all good men,
against the act.


EUGENE CAssEpLy.


San Francisco, August 81, lsGl
Year: 1861

On the 20th ult. the Fulton (ll) Democrat used
the following language in an editorial:


Just so soon as we can be convinced that the
Government is right in its course Of coercion and
devastation; that any benefit accrues to the Unions
honor, or integrity, or general welfare !; Just so
soon as we can be convinced that Lincoln is not
the heldeservng destroyer of bis country-then,
and not till then, will we give our encouragement
to this ungodly, fratricidal war.
Year: 1861

Farnham feeling that he is not experienced enough
70 assume 90 grave responsibility Leu'.'Co Farn
ham 10 very much liked by Lis men, and they all
regret that he does feel wi ling To assume the place
left vacant by the lamented Ellsworth
Year: 1861

ACCIDENT AT THE CAPIroL.-The Washington
Star of last evening says:


This morning, as the hands employed at the Cap.
itol were hosting the heavy frame work of a der.
rick to the dome, the apparatus gave way from
some cause, and the ponderous peices fell to the
of the iron cornice of the DOME and also breaking
the stone portico steps with which they came in
contact A workman employed there was severely
injured by the accident. A painter named Rich
ardson was also dangerously if not fatally injured.
1t was the large derrick the top, and the acci-
dent resulted from the breaking loose of the out
rigging which sustains it. The parts separated be-
fore they came to the statues on the 'front.' and pas
sed upon each side. doing them injury. 1t is es
timated that it will require months labor to re-
store the work to its condition before the accident
The rope gave indications Of breaking yesterday,
We hear,
Year: 1861

CLEVELAND, Jan. 2l.-The fugitive slave Lucy
was brought before the Probate Court this morn
ing, when Judge Tilden ordered her discharge
from the custody of the Sheriff She was then ta-
ken in custody by the United States Marshal and
removed to the United States Court, where she is
now undergoing examination. On the way to
the United States Court the crowd made an unsuc.
cessful attempt to rescue the fugitive.
Year: 1861

fellow went into a store at Troy, on Saturday
evening, and requested to have his cap filled with
moasses, as it was for a wager; when the full cap
was handed to him, be complained that it was mus
ty; when the grocer went to smell it, the thief
dashed it in his face rendering him blind and then
robbed the till of Sc.
Year: 1861

The Court journal informs US that her Majesty
with view to revive the depressed trade of Cow
entry-4O, 900 Of whose weavers are ide-has or
dered specimens of all the Coventry goods her Ma
jesty intending to make them fashionable. Her
Majesty has also headed a subscription list with 100
guineas for their relief
Year: 1861

The STOLEN NORTH CAROLINA BoNDs-Pursuant
to letter from the Attorney General of North Ca
rolina, addressed to the Treasurer of that State,
the financial agent of North Carolina in the city
OF New York has been officially instructed to pay
the coupons to the holders of the bonds of North
Carolina which were recently stolen from the In
terror Department, whoever they may be. The
Attorney General regards the request of the Sec
retary of the Interior to withhold payment of the
coupons as an unreasonable one, and as calculated,
if complied with, to seriously damage the credit of
the State
Year: 1861

Providence, Jan. 22.-The Senate of this State
to day repealed the Personal Liberty bill by a vote
OF q to g. The subject warmly discussed in
the House and finally was postponed to Thursday
Year: 1861

WORKING MEMS FUND.-We still have upon our
counter the Appeal of the Mechanics and Working
mems Relief Association, TO which a number of lib
eral contributions have already been made. AS
there is unquestonably a large amount of suffer-
ing among all classes Of operatives at this time,
from causes which, it is we'll known, were beyond
their control, and as their wants pressing, we
again solicit the attention of the benevolent to ae
object for which the association was organized, and
we need not add that we shall be happy to receive
such donations in behalf of the society as may be
entrusted to our charge.
Year: 1861

Kentncky is not dead; she is alive in the
Union, under the Stars and Stripes She
IS still a State Of free people. We can
here tolerate Secessionists and otbcr
crazy people She has rights in every
State in the Union, well not give them
up; and she will seek their preservation in
ber' own way, consistently with the Fed.
eral Constitution. - sf s.l


We believe in the value Of that old
Constitution yet. and are not ASHAMED;
and we don't rare who's President
Without this revolution. the Presidents
power would have been confined 10 ped.
ding out official honors and profits.
The Cotton States know this as we'll as
we do. This business Of the President
the Cotton States have keen apprecia.
ton Of The politicians felt that The
chances were bad for Federal patronage
and as that was the chief end Of man, they
would fight rather than give ii u2.


We shall sec in the winding up OF this
affair, who is poor, who has lost most; we
fear there will be some meaning in the
expression; Poor Louisiana. She has
been fed and fatteued in this Union. She
has m piospered in raising her great staples.
She has been protected by the blood Of
the Union against brutal invaders. She
thinks she and Others in the sams condi.
ton can set up for themselves. We shall
see who will come out poor.
Year: 1861

A SOUTHERN UNION LOVING EDIToR.-Prenticc,
editor of the Louisville Journal we conceive to
be one of the most loyal, fair and patriotic men
of the Union. Occupying a most prominent po-
stion in a border Slave State, with feelings and
interests naturally tending to the section which
is his home, he still has the fearlessness to speak
out boldly in behalf Of the Union it is and
condemn the mad leaders who are endeavoring
to draw the people of the South after them in
their wild scheme of separation from the Union.
We like Prentice more than ever for the noble
part he has acted in this matter. Here are two
extracts from the last Journal:


"The Richmond Enquirer is furions because
the guns Of Fortress Monroe at old Point Com
fort have been turned so as to point inland 1t
says that they were designed to point outward
for Virginia protection and not inland to attack
her AS they are United States guns in United
States fort, we presume they were designed to
point in any direction and in all directions from
which forcible aggressons upon the U. S. Gov
ernment might be expected. Certainly the Off
GERS in command, if they anticipate a raid for
the iawless seizure of the public property they
have in charge, should point their guns in the
probable direction of the robbers"


"Georga proposes. il no attempt be made at
her coercion by the Federal Government to buy
the forts and arsenals and arms and ammunition
that she has fOrcibly seized. But what if the
Government doesn't want to sell -
Year: 1861

ToBACCo- Medical men of scientific reputa-
ton, like Sir Benjamin Brodie, of London, have
within n few years past Investigated the effects
of smoking and chewing upon the human organ
ism-including the brain. They judge smoking
to be more injurious than chewing, as smoking
seems to affect the brain to so great degree in
some persons of nervous temperament us to pro-
duce mbeoility of mind. BY a recent lecturer
on the effects of stimulants and narcotics, it was
estimated that the cost to iaveterate tobacco
users is from $50 to S75 year. and that 1t Is
much more difficult for man who INDUCES in
the Improbable habit to leave off drinking rum
than IL is for one who never dcliles himself with
the weed. The present yearly growth of tobacco
is about four thousand millions of pounds What
an enormous amount of saliva this quantity must
produce by stimulating the saivary glands in
chewing. IL pound makes one hundred cigars,
and the whole annual produce were manufactured
in cigars, the number would be four hundred
thousand millions of cigars. If this tobacco cost
on an average ten cents pound, the sum amounts
to four hundred millions of dollars year but
it probably costs more than double this sum to
manufacture il into marketable form, and to
dispose of it to the consumer. Many a man
wastes as much OF his hard earnings for tobacco
he does for bread for his amily--all well
enough if it benefited him. But poisoning the
body, and weakening the will, power and mental
energy are benefits over the left. t."--Er.
Year: 1861

ANOTHER LETrER.-Congressma Burch has
written another letter 1t is in defense of him
self and to wipe out erroneous impressions He
says according to the Alias Washington cores
pondent


at appears you have fallen into the error, so
popular with the opposition press of California,
that !, in my official capacity favor secession,
because have counseled separate republic on
the Pacific coast, in certain contingency, which
| prayed to be, and labored to make, one OF
remote character.


In my letter to Mr. Street, gave my observa-
ton of facts, not nv desires, and declared ii
participation in civil war (Which is inevitable If
a permanent dissolution of the Union is had)
should be forced upon us, |, as citizen OF Cali
fornia, not as her Representative. would be in
favor of a separate Republic. This is the spirit
of the letter TO which you have referred.


| hold California is content and will be true to
the Union, even as it will exist with Lincoln at
its head and fanatics in every Federal position,
If the Union could be preserved as it was be-
queathed to us.


| repeat that dissolution is upon u.s. We are
forced to take position. Shall we tamey submit
to it, or shall we rather take a position in which
we may act as arbiter between the contending
faetions2 With me, there is no hesitation.
shall not shrink from view of the facts as they
exist, nor from an exercise of my best judgment
in any emergency


There are to-day in the Republican party
North, and among the representatives of the Re
publicans North, more dsunionists than ever
were in similar position of honor from the South.
| say this, because they of the North proclaim it
abroad that rather than abandon one jot or title
of the Chicago platform the Union may slide,
while all other parties, in this hour of peril,
have forgotten that they ever had organization
or place, but are willing to sacrifice all to save
our country oppose disunion North as well as
South but if it must come, III prove my inno-
cence by disclaiming both sections"
Year: 1861

UNION REsoIuTIoNs.-Below we give the reso-
lutions adopted by the Assembly, as expressive
of the Union sentiment in California


"Whereas The obligations of the Constitution,
which binds each State as a member OF the Union
of these United States, were voluntarily assumed;
and, whereas, the attempt is being made by the
people of one or more States forcibly to dissolve
this Union and subvert the Constitution and,
whereas, in furtherance of this reasonable pur-
pose, forts and other property of the whole people
of all the States have been taken from the pos
session of their constituted agents, the United
States Government and, whereas, the people OF
said States are preparing to resist the enforce
ment of the laws of the United States and,
whereas, the people of the State of California,
by their representatives in Senate and Assembly,
desire to express their loyalty to the Constitution
and the Union, and TO instruct their Senators and
Representatives in Congress to support and sus-
tain, in all their integrity, the Union and Con
sttution as they were bequeathed to us by our
fathers therefore, be it


Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concur
ring-The withdrawal of n State from its mem
bershp and obligations in the Federal Union, In
defiance of the General Government, can only be
accomplished by Il successful resistance to the
whole constitutional power of the United States.


Resolved, That decent respect to the opinions
of the people OF the civilized world, and the in~
stinct of selfprcservation, demand that the Un-
| ted States Government should use all the cOnstl-
tutionnl power consistent with the rights OF the
sovereign States OF this Union, necessary to
enforce obedience to its laws and TO protect its
property.


Resolved, The people OF the State of California
will sustain and uphold the constitutonally clec-
ted officers of the United States Government, in
ali constitutional efforts TO preserve the integrity
of the Union and to enforce obedience to the
acts of Congress and the decisions of the Courts.
Every feeling of nationality and brotherhood
demand that such compromises as are consistent
with Justice shall be made for the purpose ot
restoring that harmony which should characterize
the people of common country.


Hon. John White, of Shasta moved the odop-
ton of the following substitute for the whole,
which was ruled out of order


Resolved That we cordially indorse the plan of
compromise for the difficulties now existing in
the Atlantic States of the Hon. John j. Critten-
den in the Senate of the United States and that
pending the existing difficulties we deprccate the
use of force to coerce the people Of the seeding
States, and that we prefer compromise to war
and concession rather than disunion.


We have good reason to believe that Mr..
Whites resolution much more nearly and con
csey expresses the sentiments Of great ma jorl-
ty of the voters of this State.
Year: 1861

A BEAUTIFUL. FIGuRE-How beautiful is the
following, and how happy must be the heart that
can see these beauties and understand them


"Why is it that the rainbow and the clouds
come over us with beauty that is not Of earth
and then pass away and leave MS to muse on their
faded loveliness? Why is it that the stars which
hold their nightly festival around the midnight
throne are placed above the reach Of our limited
faculties, forever mocking us with their unap-
proachabe glory? And why is it that the light
forms Of human beauty are presented to our
view, and then taken from US, yet leaving the
thousand streams of affection to flow in Alpine
torrents upon the heart? We are born for n
higher destiny than that Of earth There is a
realm where the rainbow never fades where the
stars will be set before us like islands slumbering
on the ocean, and where the beautiful beings that
pass before us like meteors will stay in our pres
cnce forever
Year: 1861

THE SoNoMA QUICKSILVER MINEs-The
Petaluma Journal mentions that the quicksil-
yer mines in Sonoma county are just at this
time exciting more than usual interest, and
sales of stock are taking place at advanced
rates The advance is attributable to the de-
veloping of the mines. The Pioneer Company
are now actively engaged IN working their
claim, and with the very best prospects LOO
TASKS passed through Petaluma q few days
since for the use of this company also a large
force Of operatives, together with the necessary
tools, implements and machinery for extensive
operations.