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Year: 1859

HORRIBLE ACCIDENTAL Lancha Plana, about
half past seven O'Clock on Thursday morning
Of this week. most appalling accident occurred
to miner named Ned Donnelly. He, with
two Others were working in a drifting claim,
in which they bad sunk shaft about eighty
two feet deep, from which they run tunnels to
take out the pay dirt The claim is in hill
composed of light sand. Donnelly entered one
of the tunnels, that bad been worked out, in
order to remove the timberng. He had been
begged not to do so but needless of all remon-
STRANGE. be was determined to save the timber.
No sooner had he knoched out one of the posts,
than the tagging" (lining) dropped down from
overhead, and the sand rushed in cutting off all
retreat. His comrades for some minutes heard
him distinctly entreating them to get him out.
but the sand kept pouring in steadily but faster
than il could be removed. AT one time they
actually reac he'd one of his hands, but he was
then dead. The sand poured in afresh, and
continued go to do till the hole had reached
the top of the ground. At noon the body had
not been recovered. 1t is awful to think of tae
sufferings of the mau as be was suffocating
When will miners be more careful?-Amador
Leger, Aprit 10th.
Year: 1859

The SALT LAKE MAI. RoUTE-The Valley
Tan of the 29th March says The California
mail came in long ways inside of time. We
have had but one Eastern mail for four weeks.
The storms we are informed continue TO rage
in the mountains.


Since writing the above, two Eastern mails
arrived here on Sunday afternoon. They have
been detained for more than nine days at the
South Platte, which is breaking up and food
ing out, also several days at Rocky Ridge and
the South Pass, by snow storms.
Year: 1859

ONloNs.-Thc onion requires very rich
soil and thorough culture to secure a good
crop, and a poor crop will not pay the cost
of wedding, &c The best boil Is good
deep loan, though they will grow on stiff
clay, il il is well pulverized, or even on n
,Nery sandy loan, ifit is enriched. Hog ma
nure. IS excellent for growing onions, and in
the absence Of this. well rotred stable manure
should be used. Use no manure in " hich
you have reason to believe there ore many
foul seeds. GuAno is an admirable manure,
nothing better. and hen manure is the next
thing TO il. These two manures will not des-
troy weeds unless used in such quantities as
to destroy the crop also, but they are free
from the seed of weeds. and therefore when
using these yop are not sowHEB foul crop.
as is often the case when using manurcs
from the stable. Make the surface of the
soil as fine and smooth as possible, nnd free
from stones. Then SOW with drill or bv
hand. making the rows just wide enough TO
hoe conveniently, say twelve or fourteen
inches, and the plants four Or five inches
apart in the rows.


or course the seed connut be sown very
precisely, but this can be regulated in thin
ming out. Sow the seed as soon rs the
ground is dry enough TO work, which will US
ually be in this section the, latter part of
April. Frost will not injure the onion. The
cost of taking care of an acre Of onions de
peDds much upon the condition Of the soil
for cleanliness, and the general management,
so that We will not even give n gscss thsreat.
The average product Of an acre Of onions is
from one hundred and fifty to two-hundrcd
barrels, and we think they never sell for less
than 81 per barrel in New York, and gcner-
ally for more than double this price. They
are now worth about -. II well harvested,
and kept in very dry cellar. or in the upper
room where they will NOT freeze hard, they
will keep well until warm weather.-Rhra,
Nep Yorker.
Year: 1859

PATERNAL SUGGESTION. 1t is a pleasant
sight 20 see little princes and princesses +
babies, sitting bolt upright on the seat OF the
walks, propelled by mothers, sisters and
nurses, and looking as grave as the Lord
Chancellor himself The gravity Of baby
face, when the little human is taking an air
ing in its own barouche is, as general thing,
altogether overwhelming.


Out the suggestion We wish to make is a
hygienic one We notice that it is somewhat
the custom 10 place 1.-The cart before the
horse" or in other words, TO push instead Of
drai6, these important little pctsonages,
thereby compelling them to advance back
wards" This, we have high medical author
ity for saying is pernicious practice and
ought not 10 be pursued 1t is injurious to
the health ofthe baby, to cay nothing Of the
Year: 1859

CE Senator Ballou has given notice thai


he will shortly introduce into the Senate res


olutions disapproving of a Congressional


slave code for the Territories. The present
, Lecompton majority in the Legislature have


been very willing to introduce political mat


ters into their proceedings, and surely should
not shrink from voting upon any political
resolution that might come up They were
very bold on the resolutions censuring David
| C. Broderick for his vote on the admission of
Kansas, although it was we'll understood that
the resolutions were of purely political
character. Senator Ballou's Resolutions are
also of purely political character but it
remains to be seen how this eninently politi.
cal Lecompton majority will meet it. Pro
badly, they will be afraid to vote. Very like
ly they will try to indefinitely postpone the
resolutions or stave them off in some way
or other so as to prevent a vote on them.
Should they do so. let the people rest satisfied
that the Lecompton Legislature are in favor
of Congressional slave code for the Terri
tories. If they are not. let them show it by
voting for Ballou's resolutions.


We predict that they DARE NOT meet the
question. A refusal to vote on the resolutions
will be a virtual acknowledgement that Con.
gross ought to pass slave code for the Ter
ritories.
Year: 1859

SUPPOSED ATTEMPT AT RoBBERY.-The San
Andreas Independent says that on the down
ward trip of the Murphy's stage on Monday
morning last, at half past one o'clock, and
when the stage had reached point one and
half miles from town. Git being very dark
at the time) the horses suddenly ran against
some obstruction in the road. Freeman d
Co'smessenger, who was seated alongside of
the driver, jumped off to ascertain the cause,
when 1t was found that some wires had been
stretched across the road. The local infer


enee Is that 1t was trap laid to stop and
rob the stage; but the villains, noticing an.


other person on the box with the driver oor.


eluded it was best so relinquish the attenrt
Year: 1859

EB- Ex President Fillmore has been on Wis
it to Cincinnati. where he made a speech to
his "Amerean" friends in a parlor of the
Burnet House. In the course of it he made
the remark that he had retired from public
life forever.
Year: 1859

BROKE AGAIN.-Sunday, says the Placer
willie Observer the South Fork Canal bursted
the embankment somewhere on the hill south
of the city. We have not learned the extent
of the damage yet, but suppose it is not of
a serious nature.
Year: 1859

REMovED.-Luke O'Bren has removed his
Boot and Shoe shop from Maiden Lane to
100 Second street, next to the Senate House.
Luke turns out a splendid boot, and does re
pairing in a neat and workmanike manner.
Year: 1859

| the most bolsterOus and determined opposition to
the fugitive law; but nowhere was the excitement
so fierce and terrific as at Chicago, where | had
| recently taken up my residence. There the press
and the pulpit had Joined in the work of misrepre-
| sentauon and denuncaton. A spirit of deter
mined resistance had been melted, and seemed to
! pervade the whole community The common
| council of the city, in its official capacity had
passed resolutions denouncing the fugitive slave
law as violation of the law of God and the Con
stitution ofthe United States-calling upon the
police of the city to disregard it, and the citizens
not to obey it. The next night meeting of two
thousand people assembled and in that meeting.
| in the midst of the most terrific applause il was
determined to defy death, the dungeon, and the
grave, IN resistance to the execution of the law
walked into that meeting; and from the stand
gave notice that on the next night would appear
! there and defend every measure of the Compro-
mise and especially the fugitive slave law from
each and every objec ion urged to it; and called
upon the entire people of the city to come and
hear me. .uld that body of men there assem-.
| bled, in the face of their denuncatons and of
their threats, that was right and they were
wrong and if they would come and hear me,
would prove ii to them.


The next night in the presence flour thousand
people, in that immense hall, with the city coun-
Gil and the abotiOnists occupying positions in
font of the stand, which was partially surrounded
in the rear by large body of armed negroes, in
Guiding many fugitive slaves, | stood, and made
the speech which now hold in my hand, and
which caused to be laid upon the table ofevery
Senator and of every Represent tive at the OPEN
ing OF the last session of Congress. In that
speech, ifany Senator will take the trouble to read


IT, ne VIII lind that assumed the responsibility of
an athrmative vote on the passage of the law, and
maze the same explanation of the causes of my
apsence mat have given today, and called upon
the gentlemen whose names have stated N the
senate as having been in New York with me
when the vote was taken, and who were in the
meeting when the Chicago speech was made. to
confirm my statement in regard to INV absence.
ana my wlsh at that time to vote for the law.
iuu WIN aiso ma ~ that speech that vindicate
the law IN respect TO both its consttutionatv and
necessity that defend it as a whole, and In ali
its parts that | answer every objection that has
ever been urged against it. Tho objections rela-
Year: 1859

The ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH, in which were invested
the genius and capital of two continents, failed but
Judsons enterprise sustained only by the genius and
capital Of this one remarkable man, has not failed,
He made up his mind that crockery distribution en-.
terprise could succeed in New Orleans that it should
succeed and it has succeeded he started right stuck
to his object, and its attainment is the result for he
can now make the proud boast that he has given away
more crockery in New Orleans than any other living
man. Reader, go to 81 Camp street and permit him
to give you some.
Year: 1859

MADAME BISCACClANTf.--Th dis
tinguished vocalist appeared at the
Metropolitan Theatre on Thursday
night of last week to full house.
On Saturday night following she
made her second appearance to a
smaller but respectable audience.


We make no pretensions to musi-
cal knowledge and cannot criticize
the performance of Madame Biscacci-
anti Indeed in our intercourse with
professed musicians we have found
that favoritism, JEALOUSY and other
causes conspire to destroy unanimity
as to the merit of this OF that person
distinguished in the musical art
We have, therefore, in the absence of
better and more reliable criterion
resolved to judge vocal music accor-
ding to the degree of pleasure we ex-
perience in listening to it and we
must say, Judging from our feelings
as an auditor of Madame Biscaccian-
ii, we have never heard better sing
ing in our life. In this opinion many
differ, as they have right to. New
ertheless we cannot forego our right
to enjoy her singing.


Madame Biscaccianti is perfectly
natural, self possessed and lady-like
upon the stage. There is nothing of
the air extravagant assumed by some
! prima donnas. discoverable about her.
Her voice is rich, clear and full of
melody. If she is not the first in her
profession, she, atsleast, is above the
appreciation of nineteen-twentieths OF
those who hear her.


The performance of Geo. 7. Evans
on the piano was excellent. He has
no superior on that instrument Mr..
Leach did not suit our taste though
doubtless a good vocalist.
Year: 1859

The Richmond Eaquirer.-declares
that the next Democratic National
convention must pronounce in favor
of congressional protection TO slavery
or there will be dissolution of this
Union-sure.


Once upon time the county poor
of a nameless place threatened to
quit if they were not furnished bet
ter grub Immediately, if not sooner.
Year: 1859

Belligerent. - An lrishman was
found by Officer Rider at about 8
o'clock yesterday morning kicking
up a general muss in tho streets con
trary to the dignity and quiet of the
neighborhood. On attempting to ar
rest the son of the "grane ould sod''
he showed fight and a combat en-
sued between the potheen punisher
and the officer which ended in the
disloc ali IN of the elbow the form-
or, and lock up in the ealaboose
for the remainder of the nocturnal
hours. A small fine was deemed 'suf-
ficient for his offense in addition to
the elbow
Year: 1859




proceeded Immediately to his house and arrested him.
He made resistance and when arrested said that
had voted for about years back only na.u
razaon paper and acknowledged that he knew at the
time Of his voting, that he doing so Illegally.


In the Fourth district there crowd Of about 800
gathered around tho booths chiefly composed OF boys
Nothing Of particular interest occurred here during the
day. The Fifth district poll was literally covered with
pacards and great interest manifested BY the voters In
the afternoon there several small ngh but no ar
rests made At the Sixth district John sculen was arrest
cd for fighting with John Conway, by officer Struck,
and taken to the substaon Of the Twelfth precinct at
Manhattanvie. No charge was made against him, and
he consequently discharged. boatman, name un.
known, made an attempt to vote but was not arrested
He said he lived the North river and was told to 90
there, TO the pol and vote, by gentleman, who said
he was fully qualified to do the same. There was large
number Of gentlemen around this poll who under
"sprtual influence, some very loud talking, and very
small fights, but no arrests made beyond those mentioned
above One hundred and forty five aadavts were sworn
to in this ward Through the whole Of this ward liquor
eold and stores which had their shutters up sold
by the back door operation than they did during
the last couple Of weeks


rHIRTEKNTH WARD.


The election in this ward was conducted with spirit
and animation strongly contrasting with the almost uni
ycrsa auathy manifested at the late State election Some
Of Tho districts in this ward particularly the Second
Third Fourth and Fifth, havoa very doubtful reputation
s,, Yesterday though the excitement very high
times there was serious outbreak, and very few
rests on any charge whaevcra condition OF things which
in great measure is due to the prompt measures EN-
ploycd by Captain Steers to suppress every indication Of
an ncpent riot other disturbance of less formidable
Year: 1859

II man were to see quarter of an inch


OF worm put in his cup of coffee, he would


not drink it, because he knows that the


whole cup would be impregnated. If a


very small amount of some virulent poison


be introduced into glass Of water, the
drinking Of it might not produce instant
death. but that would not prove that it was
not hurtful. only that there was not enough
Of il to cause destructive result immedi-
ately.


We sickep at the thonght of taking the
breath of another the moment it leaves the
mouth. but that breath minglss with the
air about the bed in which two persons
lay: and it is re breathed, but not the less
offensive is it in reality, on account of the
excep: that it is not taken in its
concentrated from, but each breath makes
it more concentrated. One sleeper cor.
rupts the atmosphere of the room by his
own breathing. but when two persons are
breathing at the same time. twelve or four
'een times in each minute, each minute ex-
'racting all the nutriment from gallon oil
Year: 1859

The New Orleans Delta notices touch
ing incident. A little boy was found lay
ing on the grass, and looking towards the
sky. On being asked what he Was doing,
he replied, waiting for God! He has
taken father. mother, and brother, and
have no home nor anybody to give me any.
thing. Mother told me, when she was sick
that God would take care of me mother
never told me lie, SO | am waiting for God
to come for me. Won't he Gomez"


"Yes," said the belovolent man who had
found him; and acting as Gods agent,
he took the little believer home with him.


Did any one ever wait in vain for the
fulfilment of Gods promise? If SO. speak
we have never known the case. One
may mistake the nature of given promise,
but the promise never fails offulfllment-
One does not trus, God in vain. Relief
came to the waiting child, though, as he
said, it was ''long time on the way
This circumstance could only strengthen
the child's faith. by testing it,


Mothersl teach your children confidence
in God. Give them habit of looking to
Him for the supply of their wants, and a
blessing on all they do. Then help will
come when thcy need it will become hope
full and patient, able TO discriminate nicely
and act successfully.


We are convinced that those who enjoy
their work. enjoy the confidence of the peo.
pie and benefit society. owe their efficiency
=, H-l e. enidanna
Trusting Him, they take His blessing.


Teach children this trust.
Year: 1859

Mr.. Buckland, the naturalist, says of the
ehameleon:


Betwixt the two sides OF the body
there seems lack Of sympathy. One eye
may be looking straight forward, while the
other is looking as directly Backward
One may be asleep. while the other is
wide awake, and this kind of independent
and separate action applies to each sides Of
the creature--to its limbs. 1t can not
swim because its limbs refuse to act IN con.
cert. Could the two sides understand one
another, and agree on prescribed course
OF action, it might always be awake. OF
half awake. But it gains nothing by its
unilateral independency; the two sides are
like two horses that wont work in harness
1t seems strange. with a peculiarly. that
on tree, or terra frmo, the creature should
ta two shA sids9 t9 msks any progress But a: the
the insect tribes refuse to come to it, so
they seem, in regard TO all culinary mat.
ters, to agree to sink their differences. and
to move in harmony. The stomach is a
potent harmonizer.
Year: 1859

air. the deterioration must be plain indeed
especially In small and close room. A
bird cannot live without large supply of
pure air. A Canary bird hung up In a
curtalned bedstead where two persons slept,
died before the morning.


Many infants are found dead in bed. and
1t is attributed to have been oyerlaid bv
tbe parents; but the idea that any persons
could lay still fos moment on a baby. or
anything else of the same size. is absurd
Death was caused by the want of pure air.


Besides, emanatfons. aerial add more or
less solid, are thrown out from every per-
son-thrown out by the process of nature
because no longer fit for life purposes,
because they are dead and corrupted-bui
II breathed into another living body, it is
Just as abhorrent as if we took into our
mouths the matters of sore or any other
excretion.


The most destructive typhoid and putrid
levers are known to arise directly from a
number OF persons living in one same
small room


Those who can afford it should therefore
arrange to have each member of the fam
ny sleep In seperate bed. If persons
must sleep IN the same bed, they should be
about the same age, and in good health
If the health be much unequal both will
suffer, but the healthier one the most-tbe
invalid suffering for want of entirely pure
air.


SO many cases are mentioned in standard
medical works where healthy, robust in
fants and larger children have dwindled
away. and died in few months from sleep
ing with grand parents, or other old per
sons, that it is useless to cite proof


1t is the bodily emanations collecting
under the same cover which are the most
destructive of health--more destructive
than the simple contamination Of an atmos-
phere breathed in common.
Year: 1859

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE On Friday last
several person were engaged in raising
bell by means of a windlass to the tower of
the Catholic church at wheeling. Va
The bell had been raised almost up to open
space in the cupola. A man named Thom-
as Newton was below, engaged in guiding
the folds of the rope as il would round the
cylinder, when one of the cogs in tie
wheels of the windlass fixtures gave way.
Another revolution of the wheel ripred off
all the cogs; the bell fell to the ground, and
Newton, who had hold of the lower end of
the rope, was carried up with frightfrl
velocity distance Of one hundred feet,
and four feet above the aperture where the
bell was TO have been taken in; and before
those engaged in the work could eomprs-
bend what had happened, Newton. with his
hands all lacerated and bleeding, worked
himself down opposite the aperture. and
called for hel p to those within. Bishop
Whelen, who was on the platform of the
cupola, reached out, at the risk of his own
life. and seizing Newton by the waist pull
ed him in. The flesh was all torn from the
palms of his hands. even to the bone.-
The bell weighed three Thousand seven
hundred pounds. and, as it fell without.
hindrance, some idea may be formed of
The rapldny with which Newton assembled.
Year: 1859

One of the saddest M istakes which good
people have made is in supposing the
world 70 be a mistake. To these people
and their number is not snall-the
earth is but theatre of pain and sickness,
sorrow and death. Joy is illusive, pleas
ure cheat, laughter mockery, and hap
piness thing impossible, and not even to
be looked for on this side the grave.
The performance of all duty is the "ta-
king up" Of what they call ga CROSSE
They are actual afraid to be happy, under
an overshadowing impression that they
have no right to be happy in this life.
They believe that there is something in
trinsicaIy badsin she world they inhabit,
and all the joy that proceeds from it,
They have an idea that the moral evil
which afflicts the human race has struck
in. All the sufferings of the brute crea-
tion-their throes OF labor, and sickness
of body, and pains of death-are SO many
voices proclaiming the fatal failure of
Adam. Human nature itself is an awful
thing. God is great law giver an mex
orable avenger, an awful judge, Being
to be feared more than loved. Life is a
trial--seyere, unrelenting, perpetual.-
All that seems good and graceful and
glorious in the world Is a hollow sham,
for the deception of the unwary and the
ruin of the unwise.
Year: 1859

One of the most neglected of our small
fruits is the currant. If cultivated at all ,
it is generally put in some fence corner in
the garden-the grass is suffered to grow
around its roots and it is no wonder that
it rewards such attention with inferior
fruit. None of our fruits reward kind at
tention with more liberal returning. To
obtain the largest fruit and the greatest
yield; it should be planted in rich well
prepared soil, which should receive good
cultivation during summer, or what is
better, if a heavy mulching of straw or
coarse manure is applied i'll the spring, SO
as to keep the ground moist and prevent
the growth of weeds, it will produce a
large crop of superior fruit The currant
being gross feeder, good coating OF ma
nure should be Iorked in about the root
every year or two.


Being among our earliest fruits, it
should be used IN every family. 1t has an
agreeable acid flavor, and is highly promo
tive OF health. 1t can be used in the green
or ripe state for making pies, tarts, Sc.
1t also makes wine which is much priced,
and if cultivated for that purpose, it would
doubtless prove profitable. Among the
well tried varieties which have proved
worthy of cultivation are the red Dutch.
white Dutch, Cherry and white Grape.
The red Dutch, however, is one of the best
varieties.