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Year: 1859

On Tuesday last the Tonth Session of the Le-
gislature "went out" into that country where
all s dead things" have gone. And like the Re-
publican member from San Francisco when the
Lobbies were ordered cleared the other day. the
whole country can take off its coat and exclaim:
{" My God, what relief" While admitting that
both Houses contained much talent, we are
forced to admit that that talent was not used to
accomplish good for the State to the extent that
it ought to have been. The greater part of the
session was spent on matters that could not re-
suit in much good to the State in any event If,
instead of consuming time in passing resolutions
censuring Mr.. Broderick for thinking on the Le-
compton question precisely as the most of them
thought before they were instructed how to think
by their masters if instead of laying out work
for Congress to do, and instructing them how to
do it, they had tackled manfuIly and earnestly
the Chinese question, for instance-a question
of overshadowing Importance in this State, a
question beside which the Bulkhead or State
Prison questions are as nought,-if they had
acted thus, they would have been entitled to the
gratitude of the people. As it is, the people can
only exclaim. on hearing of the adjournment,
my God, what reliefl''
Year: 1859

On the l4th inst, Senator Sam Merit, of
Mariposa, candidate for Congress, and Senator
Dent, of San Joaquin, candidate for Controller
voted in favor Of that most infamous measure
the Parsons Buikhead BILL The next dav. on
q motion of reconsideration they both voted
against the BILL. Mr.. Dent said that in less tho,
ten minutes after he cast lis vote in the affirm
ative the day previous, he came to the con-
clusion that he had committed an error-that
that vote was wrong" Mr.. Merritt confessed
that when he voted for the bill the day previous
his judgment Gid not fully approve it. "The
more he thought upon the matter since. the
more he was convinced that the bill ought not
to have been passed. Hence his change, and
not from personal or political fearp When it
is remembered that this Bulkhead question has
been talked to these Senators for months. il is
astonishing that they could not make up their
opinion that the bill was odious until they had
first voted for it. A more sudden conversion
has never been heard of since Saul, of Tarsus
was struck down on the road leading from Jeru
salem to Demascus. While thinking the sud-
den change of these Senators very funny leg
islatiye incident, we would not be guilty of the
meanness to repeat the inuendo that they were
bought over. We know nothing of Mr.. Dent,
but as for Sam Merritt, while having a very poor
estimate ofhis political friendship for any one
who may not do as he desires in all things
while, in short, we deem him most unforgvng
and ungenerous politician, we repel with scorn
the intimation that he was Influenced by other
than honorable motives.
Year: 1859

INTERESTING TO PoMo LoGIsTs.-In the yard of
the editor of this paper, there is one tree half
filled with double peaches, and another tree
with three, four and FIVE peaches from the same
blossom. Ifanybody in any portion of the State
can beat that we would like to hear of it. Five
peaches from the same blossom, all growing to-
gether, will probably enable us to take some
sort of a premium 1t the next State Fair-that
is, provided they mature, and some miserable
peach-eating cuss does not lay violent and felo-
neous hands on them. 1t may not be improper
to state in this connection that we keep about
our residence very ferocious dog
Year: 1859

We find the following article in the Demo
cratic Standard of the l4th inst:


The Shasta Courier, which the Union calls a
Democratic paper, respectfully submits" that
the Democratic State Central Committee should
have established as test of qualification, for
those desiring to participate in the primary meet
ings simply the endorsing the Cincinnati Plat
form. What difference it make to those
whom the Courier represents do they propose
to return to the fold that they are SO anxious
about the terms of admission?


Well, brother Bolts, what sort of paper do
you call the Courier, if it is not Democratic? In
your leading article of the same date, in draw
ing contrast between Douglas and Broderick,
you use this language:


a. Mr. Douglas is openly and ayowedly within
the lines of the Democratic party working with
it, cooperating with it, and submitting to its
discipline. He is pledged to the support of the
nominee of the Charleston Convention. This is
all ee hare a right to ash Of any Democrat"


Are we not openly and avowedly within the
lines ofthe Democratic party cooperating with
it, and submitting to its discipline ?" No, you
reply, the Courier respectfully submits" that
the Central Committee die not recommend the
proper test. Is that expression of opinion re-
fusal to l" submit to its 1.-THE partys] opinion ?"
We % respectfully submit that it is not


We are at loss to know why the Standard
should desire to derogate from our position as
Democratic paper How many papers can you
find in this State that have for so long a time
supported the Democratic party without vari-
ableness or shadow of turning ?'' Not many we
think. True, we supported the Anti-Lecomp-
ton side of the Kansas question, but then we
never went out of the organization to do it, we
supported the nominees ofwhat we then thought.
and still think, the regular organization,-and
which organization in Convention refused in
effect to make the Kansas question an ISSUE
Why, then, talk to US of returning to the fold?'
When have we ever been out of it Never, since
we cast our first vote for General Cass, in the
old Tenth Legion of Virginia. How many of the
Central Committee can exhibit the same sort oi
record Will the Standard tell US? We can
oursef point to gentlemen in that body who
have opposed the Democracy in the character O
Know Nothings and Wilmot Proviso men,


We fear, brother Bolts, our sin, in your eyes
is one of omission-we do not abuse Broderick
Or, it may be, the Standard thinks US an unwor
thy brother because we did not apporove thu
desire of that paper and Gov. Weller that tn
miners of this county should be shot down be
cause of their participancy in the late Chimes
movement.


In the conclusion of your leading article, tt
which we allude above, you denominate Ger
tain Republican paper as a narrow minded
malicious, vulgar, and illiberal sheet" We viii
not apply the first three of these terms to you
because we are incapable of doing you that in
justice. But we do most respectfully submit
that your quiet :" fling" at the Democracy of tn
Courier is unkind, unfair and ''illiberal"
Year: 1859

Egy" We are anxious to see both sides of the


charges involving the character of Lieut.. Gov.
Walkup, as Warden of the State Prison. We
have had such unlimited confidence in the in


tegrity of the Lieut.. Governor that nothing short
of indisputable evidence against him will shake
it. We had the honor of serving with him two
years in the Senate, and we never knew him in
all that time, to support any thieving bill. On
the contrary, those having designs against the
Treasury ever found him stumbling block in
their way. We confidently expect him to come
out of the ordeal, through which he is now pass
ing, without the smell of fire upon his clothes.
Year: 1859

Bay- Mr.. Buck, formerly an Assemblyman
from Tuolumne, recently brought suit for
white sough pig" His mode of spelling sow
is certainly liable to the objection that it differs
from the mode adopted by ether distinguished
lexicoprapbers
Year: 1859

Bsg~ Mike Walsh formerly noted Congress
man of the rough order from New York, was
found lying dead, on the 18th March, at the
foot ofa fight of steps leading from the side
walk to the basement of building on Eighth
avenue. His body when found was warm and
robbed of costly gold watch, heavy gold
chain, diamond ring and all his pocket money
save a few coppers He left the Hone House,
where he had been spending the night with
George Wilks and other companions, in state
of inebriaty. He was doubtless knocked down
the steps and robbed by some rufian scoundrel.
Year: 1859

Pixies PEAK.-The last news from Pixies
Peak is decidedly unfavorable The indications
now are that Pixies Peak will prove second
Frazer River 1t is astonishing how easy it is
to fool men with gold stories We hear that
some parties in the county are getting ready to
go to Pixies Peak.
Year: 1859

HIGH WATERs.-The recent warm weather has
the streams have risen with wonderful speed
At present the Sacramento Clear Creek and
Cottonwood are booming. We believe there is
not ferry now running on the Sacramento be-
tween this place and Tehama. 4 rain, which
has been threatening for several days, would
doubtless flood the Valley, and perhaps overflow
Sacramento CITY. Look out
Year: 1859

The I" Act to provide for the compensation of
the keeper of the County Jail m the County of
Shasta, and the payment of sch services in
former years." was approved by the Governor
on the 18th. 1t remains we believe just as we
published it a few weeks ago, with the excep-
ton that the words which made it applicable
to Colusa county were stricken out We pre-
sumo the law was more than it was believed the
people of Colusa would swallow Hence that
county was excepted from the operations of the
bill. So we suppose.


Well may the Sacramento Bee declare that
the late Legislature has placed more burdens
upon the people by the passage of general or
local laws, for indiriauaL or class aggrandize-
ment, than were placed upon them by the legs-
lature of any session since California became a
State" Here is a law passed in the teeth of the
protest of many of the largest taxpayers of the
county-(and the signatures of nine out of every
ten of the remainder might have been obtained
if it had been deemed necessary for the special
benefit of Ex-Sheriff Dreibelbis, the present
Sheriff, and future Sheriffs. The law provides
that the Board of Supervisors (of whom Mr..
Dreibelbis is one) may issue new scrip, that
will be binding against the county, instead of
the old illegal scrip, now held by Mr.. Dreibelbis
and which was paid him for keeping the Jail.
The Supreme Court has said that he had no
right to charge and receive pay for keeping the
Jail. Nevertheless he did do it.. And the law
says he may be punished with fine and impris-
onment for so doing, and the Supreme Court
says that the scrip which he received therefor is
valueless and not binding against the county
Now the question is, will the Board of Super
visors issue new scrip including the charge of
five or more dollars per day for keeping the
County Jail? Again viii they increase the
present emouments of an Office (the Sheriff.
alty) that now yields yearly nett profit of al
most if not quite as much as the salary of the
Governor of the State? We are aware of the
fact that it will probably be argued before the
Board that under the act it is their duty to pay
the Sheriff for keeping the County Jail, and also
to issue new scrip to Mr.. Dreibelbis, which will
include the amount which lie charged contrary
to law for keeping the county Jail. This, how
ever, is an absurdity. The law reads that thev
q" are hereby authorized to do so and so. The
law is not mandatory. 1t is altogether within
the discretion of the Board whether the law
becomes operative or not. But for this feature
of the law it would, indeed, be monstrous We
do not condemn the law upon the ground that
1t pe7petrates wrong upon the people, but
that it purposely and designedly opened up
way for such wrong to be perpetrated. 1t is
absurd to suppose that the friends of the bill
would have passed it, if they had not expected
to put it in force. The question is, will the Board
make it operative.
Year: 1859

THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN has reached its Four
teenth year. and will enter upon New Volume on the
1th Of September. 1t is the only weekly publication
Of the kind now issued in this country and Il has a
very extensive circulation in all the States of the Union
It is not, as some might suppose from Is title drv
abstruse work technical science on the contrary


it deals with the great goirg on in the scen


c mechanical and industrial worlds to please and
instruct every If the Mechanic or Artzan wishes
to know the best machine in or how TO MAKE any
ubstance employed in his bus ness-if heIIousewife
wishes TO get recipe for making good color &c-if
the Inventor wishes TO know what is going in the
way Of impr0vemeuts-it the Manufacturer wishes to
keep posted with the times and TO employ the best
cilties in his busnessifthe Man of Leisure and Study
wishes 30 keep himself familiar with the progress made
in the chemical laboratory or in the construction of
telegraphs. steamships railroads, reapers mowers and
thousand other machines and appliances, both Of
peace and warall these deSi6ed be found in the
SCENTIc AMERICAN and not elSe7chere. They are hero
presented in reliable and interesting form ada pied
Il comprehension of minds unlearned in the higher
branches of science and art.
Year: 1859

No HOPE FOR P PR1NrERs.-When
DR.. Franklin's mother in-law first
discovered that the young man had
a hankering for her daughter, that
good old lady said she did not know
so we'll about giving her daughter
to printer; there was already two
printing Offices in the United States
and she wasn't certain the country
would support them. 1t was plain
young Franklin would depend for
his support upon the profits of a
third, and this was rather a doubt
full chance. If such an objection
was urged to uld-be-son-in-law
when there were bit two printing
offices in the United States, how
can printer hope to get a wife
now, when the present census shows
the number to be 1907. f. >~#
Year: 1859

The Emperor Of the French isi
hugging secretly to himself some
wonderful gun which, we are told
is to be the death Of every other
gun yet borne Tito the field Of bat-
tie: We look upon this as a bit of
Imperial gdscomade, which b will be-
no sooner put to the test than it win
be blown to. atoms. Or, to cast a
new word for the occasion, shall we
name this new invention, tie En-
peror's Gnsc0zaon1t2e.
Year: 1859

VU1eARrY.-We would guard
the young against the use Of every
word that is not perfectly proper


Use not protane expressions--allude
to no sentence that would put to
blush the most sensitive. You
know not the tendency of habitualy
using indecent and profanlan
guage. 1t may never be ebliyera-
ted from your heart. When yon
groWsup you will find at your ton
gue'send some expression you would
not use for any money. By being
careful, you will save yourself a
great deal of modification and sor-
row. Good men have been taken
sick, and became delirious. In these
moments they have used the most
vile and indecent language imagin-
able. When informed Of it after a
restoration to health, I they had no
idea Of the pain they had given
their friends, and stated that they
had learned and repeated the ex-
pressions in childhood, and though
years had passed since they had
spoken bad word, the early i'm
preston had been indelibly stamp
ed upon the heart. Think OF this,
ye who are tempted to use improp-
er language, and never disgrace
yourselves.
Year: 1859

MONSIEUR DELAvE To WALK OVER GEYEsEE FALLS.
w are happy to announce to the citizens of Ro-
chester that the arrangements far completed
for II. Delave, that he will cross the Genesee
River and Falls in this city on a tight rope next
Tuesday, the 10th inst.


A committee Of citizens took lively interest in
the matter yesterday, and procured subscriptions
sufficient to warrant the outlay for a rope 1t was
found that the wires Of the late suspension bridge
which talked of as suitable for the feat, were
damaged, and the expense of putting them in order
and in suspending, would be almost or quite as
great, as that of a ropes and beside, the latter
could be more speedily obtained


Las t evening the main rope and the smaller ones
for the guys were taken to Falls Field, and this


morning tie work of putting them in place COM
menced. The main rope is about min, hundred feet
long, and only one inch and three-euarters in diam
eter 1t is, therefore, nearly as long as the one
used by Blondn while it is much smaller in Giame-
ter. Nj. Delaye would have preferred a rope still
smaller in diameter, if could be had of sufficient
strength to make it safe He has confidence in his
ability to walk anywhere upon horizontal line
that will support his weight and we NAV add that
those who know him best have as much confidence
in him as he has in himself.


The site selected for this daring feat is the best


think river affords anywhere in the vicinity
of the Upper Falls. The west end Of The main rope
will be carried oyer the saw-mill east of the cotton


factory, while the other will be made fast in Falls


Field opposite the point where the great chasm of
the river is the widest. Thus about two hundred


feet Of the rope will be directly over the water fall


amid the spray, while the remainder will pass over
the gorge one hundred and forty feet deep.
| This is a more hazardous place to suspend rope
ii the contingency of accident is to be thought


of-than that where Blondin walks. lfDelave falls


at the west end, he strikes into. the sheet or the
boiling surge below-if elsewhere the result is one
that do not care to think of. He has desired to
have the rope suspended in the place where the
most hazard is incurred, to show that he has conf
dence in his skill upon the rope.
Year: 1859

the plant, it would seem wrong to the sim
plest apprehension, to be cutting of these
feeders and all sound experience (my own
and that Of many others) proves this to be
so. The doctrine should be deep preparation
and shallow culture. Tobe more particular,
| would recommend that the first plowing
(before the roots have spread should be
deep; and especially if the preparatory plow-
ing has not already been sufficiently deep
and thorough. After the roots have spread,
the plants will need all the nourishment the
soil will afford; and we should be careful to do
nothing that will interrupt the supply Of food.
Our culture now, should be surface culture.
For this purpose, nothing answers 50 well as
the judicious use Of the hoe. This instru.
ment, in fact, is now indispensable in the
interstice between the young plants along
the drill. Betwixt the rows, various labor
saving implements may be used to kill the
Young grass and weeds, and, at the same
time, break the crust and open the soil to
the influence Of the dews and atmospheric
air. The nature and condition Of the soil
will best determine what these should be. In
most cases, the sweep, or some Of the vari-
Gus cultiyators. which may now be had every.
where, will answer this purpose very well.
With these run over the crop every two or
three weeks, until il is "laid by" which
should always be before its great effort at
fruit-making has commenced. Let us not
interfere now; pull off your shoes, and
tread lightly, for we are in the Temple Of
Nature. where the great mystery, or work
Of qualification, is going on. All we can.
do is to lift a prayer, with the Poet Of the
(" Seasons:


BE gracious, Heaven,


For now, laborous man has done his duty


LAURENS.
Year: 1859

In regard to my having participated in the late atfray on the Sonota, in which several Mexicans were killed, emphatically deny hay ing taken any part whatever, and would not have been present had l not been solicited to precede the party for the purpose of saving the life of Mexican boy (whichI am happy to say l succeeded in doing,) and for ths act of hu- manity am called the Captain of the party. I can get the certificate of every member of the party concerned, that neither left my wagon, fired gun or pistol, or in any manner what ever aided or abetted the proceeding; on the contrary requested, and even begged, the party to desist untl the voice of the people should decide what punishment was due to the Mexican offenders in our country,

 With regard to the whipping, and as some say scalping, of seven Mexican peons, pro- nounce it an infamous lie, promulgated l have no doubt by some member of the 'white Greaser association The men were whipped and their hair cut of, but nothing more; and here state that am responsible for the act, and whoever does not approve of it, can apply and obtain satisfaction from the undersigned.

 I regret that have been compelled to force myself upon the public, but situated as l am, the agent of an esteemed citizen of the Terri tory who is now absent in the States, l consd CT it at least due to him that should do so,

 Whatever may have been my sympathies l should at least be judged by the part took. ' 'i3t@ Alyaea .2s.lf GEO. D. MERCER.
Year: 1859

EVIDENCE WANTED. The commanding off cer at Fort Buchanan desires that all persons, whether Americans or Mexicans, and who are personally cognizant of any facts in relation to the late massacre on the Sonoita, should report them to the Fort as soon as possible, either per sonally or by written statement, sworn to, in order that there may be no lack of testimony to convict the persons now under arrest
Year: 1859

DECAY or THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. One
Of the best evidences of the decay of the Re-
publican party is the fact that the New
York Tribune is willing to take any man,
north or sOoth, to beat the Democracy
Immediately previous to the decay of the
Whig party, the Tribune advocated the
same policy, Whenever party leaders begin
to abandon the principles of their party or
ganization, and seek after men with whom
they can succeed in acquiring power, we
would not give much for its chances Of sue
cess


The Tribune would rather have Seward
or Chase, but is willing to take Bolts, ofVir.
ginia, provided the opposition can sue.
ceed by it, Seward and Chase are Abolition
lists; Bolts and Bates are pro-slavery Know
Ncthings What sort Of platform would
an opposition convention frame they
cannot avow anything, they can only oppose.
Hence they have always to wait until after
Democratic convention meets before they
can construct aplatform.-Ohio Press.
Year: 1859

CAN'T BE FoUND.-A friend of ours, GU.
riosity seeker, who has the odds and ends OF
dozen or two cabinets" informs us that
he has been traversing the country for two
or three weeks past in search of one indi-
vidual who had said the fruit was frozen
or who had given information to the papers
taat the fruit was chilled to death and was
all falling from the trees Up to quarter
past 9 o'clock last evening he was unsuc-
cessful Every body be has met said they
were sure all along that the frost had not
damaged the fruit, and would not Our cu-
rious friend could not find any body who
had predicted that the wheat crop would be
failure, although he found two or three
men who felt sure that the rust would greats
lY iDjure the wheat


This investigating gentleman might have
been better engaged we think yet it was his
fancy to make the search, and as he posses
es the physical strength necessary to the
task, and is able in pecuniary way to in-
dulge his fancies, without at oil neglecting the
interests of creditors, we conclude that it il
his business.