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Year: 1859

PAINTINes-It should be matter Of salts
faction to our citizens that we have truly
fine artist among US, towit: Mr. Tidball-a
gentleman whose works have already given
him wide celebrity. One of the most at
Inactive paintings from his hand that we have
lately seen is a picture Of a maternal canine
instrueting her two puppies In the first les
son of the pursuit of game. 1t is a most
natural and finished scene even to the nails
in the boards of the domicil near by and the
cracks made in them by the insertion. This
picture, we believe, is to be rafiled off at
Sacramento in few days. It viii be a de-
sided acquisition to the winner
Year: 1859

WAGoN RoAD BALL-The turnpike wagon
road will be opened next week, and daily
communication with the cities below by
stage, will commence on Thursday next Sept.
22d. In commemoration of the opening a
grand ball will be given in Downeville at
the Theater-which will be entirely cleared
Of the seats that now occupy it, and will pre-.
sect a fine hall for the conyiyial party.
Citizen
Year: 1859




A CAvE.-we frequently hear of "eaves"
or "slides" in the mountains among the min
ers, but seldom of the like in the valleys
Yesterday, however. there was no less an oc-
currence in the very heart of this city. A
laborer by the name of Mcfarland, familiar
ly known as "Pennsylvania," was at work in
a place which is being eXcayGted for the base
ment of building to be erected at the cor
ner of Maiden Lane and Third streets, and
was "coyoteing" little under the bank, in
order to facilitate his work by digging out
the hard dirt first, when the bank above
cayed in on him and completely covered his
body, excepting the head aud shoulders He
"hollered" Justify, and was soon dug out He
was straight way carried into Persons livery
stable near by, and a Doctor sent for. The
physician prescribed a bottle of brandy to be
applied externally and internally, and the
patient was soon in a comfortable situation.
His bruises are severe but not dangerous


HIS DEATH PREDIcrED.-A gentleman in
whom we have the utmost reliance positively
informs us that he was told by man well
known in this city, that n strong Admins
tration man said in his presence before Mr.
Broderick was challenged, that fr. Broder-
ick must die that he would have to stand
at least five chances on the dueling ground,
and, if these failed, then he would be at
tackled on the streets, and Settled" in that
way. What authority this Administration
man had for saying it, we are sure we cannot
say but that he said it there can be no
doubt.
Year: 1859

IN the case of Phil Smith, convicted in the
Sacramento District Court of murder in the
second degree, motion for a new trial was
argued on Monday by N. Greene Curtis,
counsel for the prisoner, and the matter was
taken under advisement to Friday next. The
motion was made upon the ground, that the
verdict of the jury was contrary to the law
as cited in the charge of the Judge, and con-
trary to the evidence, in as much as the jury
had read the testimony eroneously published
in the Union, and received therefrom, an in
correct idea of the facts.
Year: 1859

LICKING THE SPooN.-The two celebrated
itenerant ice cream venders of this city, who
are brothersin.law, got into difficulty yes.
terday on Virgin Alley, and scratched each
others faces pretty severely, until one of
them cried enough. 1t occurred in conse-
quence of one of them reporting of the other
that he always licked the spoon before he
returned it to the can, after selling a glass of
cream. This exasperated the one reported
of so much that he determined to lick the
other one at sight, and leave the spoon un-
licked, if he could not lick them both on the
same day. But it appears that he missed
the lick that time, and had his apple cart
eapsized, mixing the cream, ice and salt all
in one confused heap. The last seen of him,
he was venting his spite upon the spoon as
usual
Year: 1859

Tic clcar-cat and beautiful coppcr-1accd
type Oh which the Press AND TRIBUNE ia
printed this morning, is from tho CHICAGO
TYPE FOUNDRY. We need ouly call attention
10 IT. to convince oil who can recognise typo~
graphical excellence, that tic Foundry of
which We speak, is able to supply whatever
demands are made upon it, and to eomnctc
successfully with the oldest and best establish
mcnt Of the East,
Year: 1859

CE Some inhuman villain stole the
lids and center piece attached to that stove
which has been standing in front of Mcln-
nerney's notion shop for some time past
The stove is the same that was feloniously
taken from its owner and carried to Rock
Island, and which Mac had 80 much trouble
in recovering. He will::pay two dollars re-
ward for the detection Of the person who
stole the aforesaid attachments Of this un-
fortunate article of kitchen furniture. Who
10 the man that is going to have the two
slrgs?
Year: 1859

H We were yesterday shown spe-
linens of an excellent quality of Camel
Coal, taken from the mines OF Messrs. Clark
d Young, about nine miles below the city.
The vein is some six feet thick, and extends
for miles down the river. This will un
doubtedly prove very profitable invest
ment for these gentlemen, should their
present expectations be fully realized
Year: 1859

Nix. CoNSELLY, the editor Of the
Argus, in Rock Island, left yesterday morn
ing for a pleasure trip to st. Paul. He will
be gone some ten days. Golly, but it is
queer that an editor can find money enough
now days to take pleasure trips, anywhere.
Year: 1859

copy of the first edition of Boccaccio's Deca-
meron was sold in 1912 to the Duke of Marlborough
for two thousand two hundred and sixty pounds
sterling, equal to nearly twelve thousand dollars
It'll supposed that this is the highest sum ever paid
for any work.
Year: 1859

fence of the rights of the south and we will com mend him. His attacks on us we shall meet in that strain best calculated to answer them with His attacks upop the people we will meet in seriousness. Hereafter we may review some oi his acts, we may tell the people of some facts that have leaked out We shall endeavor to do this fairly and as mildly as the conduct will bear comment It has been truly said that prosperity tries men more than adversity and he is living illustration of the fact. Elevated to office he fancies himself the ruler of the peo- pie. An arstocrat in every pulse, he cries

 "Whips for the backs,

 Chains for the heels,

 Hooks for the nostrls of democracy,

 Before 1t spuns,

 As well as feel,

 The riding of the aristocracy.
Year: 1859

THE MAILs.-From all quarters of the State we have complaints of mail-failures. Our paper is mailed here on Tuesday night. It is singular that other papers from this point reach their destination in due time, while ours is detained, sometimes a week. The following, from the Arkansas Traveller, shows how it often so happens:

 "We state further, that for the last week but few mails from the east, have been received at this office, until one or two days after due; and then by the way of Washington. The True Democrat due here on Thursday morning, came in the Washington mail on Sunday evening" The proprietors of that paper, are greatly the losers from such omissions, land they have been frequent during the winter) for all the county mails, supplied from this office, by which the True Democrat IS sup piled to it's subscribers, leave here on trl- day morning; and consequently, the paper is delayed full week beyond its time

 Should that paper lose more of its sub scribers in this county, the principal req son will be that they cannot get 1t Tn due season."

 We fear that the failure of the post of flee appropriation bill will not terthings, for the special agents of the department will be dismissed, .and contractors, falling to receive their pay, will not or cannot keep ID their lines. However, things cannot be much worse than they now are, and we must comfort ourselves with the reflection, +bot
Year: 1859

Ihls spicy paper came last week with the opening address of its new co-editor, John R. Cox, which has the ring of the true metal

 The Appeal gives an account of the thriv- ing condition of the schools at Bentonville. Weare also told that large tobacco manu- factory is going up there, and that paper ayers that the crop will pay well to those farmers who cultivate 1t.

 The Appeal notes the return of Judge Greenwood to his home, and adds

 "The interest of this State will soon call him forth again. Long may he live, and may his shadow never grow smaller. We know of no gentleman in Arkansas worthy of wearing his congressional robe"

 The Appeal is not posted. It does not know that the autocrat has appointed his successor, and in the list of offices to be filled by the cabal, Judge Greenwoods name is omitted Possessed of sound mind; eminently practical and conserva- tive, Judge Greenwood made his mark in Congress as a reliable man. Such men can accomplish ten times as much as these waSpish, restless fellows, whose sole depen- dence IS in their powers of gab
Year: 1859

his own party; to attempt to pull down one above him. Yet, men of Arkansas, this embodiment of arrogance and assumption; this servant of yours who should take off his hat and thank you for the honors he has; this viper whom you nourished and who now tries to sting you, he talks of impertinence when his course is pointed out. Who is he to dictate to honest men9 What is he that he may not be questioned? Must we speak of him with bated breath and utter his name reverentially or silent ly as the Jews mentioned Jehovale Shall he be permitted to strike at all and each per- son above him whom he supposes in his way, yet go unrebuked? How long are free white men, intelligent and honest to be lorded over by one who has temporarily succeeded by force and fraud, in acquiring power? One too, who has shown how un- grateful he can be, and whose last issue of the State Rights Democrat shows that to his other qualities, he is determined to pur sue such course and use such language as to make 1t evident that it is not neces sary to send him to Washington, to make of him perfectly finished blackguard.

 These are harsh words but in their truth consist their hafshness. They would have been avoided had it been possible, but the outrageous attacks made by the cabal must be met. Working in good faith, from sense of right, for the good of the cause, we would rather see the party united and preparing for the contest of lS6O.- But if these disorganizers are determined upon war; if Senator Sebastian's friends, Senator Johnson's friends, you and we, and our friends, have to be crushed or sub nit to these bold, brazcn, interruptions demagogues then we are prepared tc show them that the people will not submit to these things, that they will never consent to be trampled upon, and he who attempts to ride them and to ply the whip and spur, will find himself thrown never to rise again.
Year: 1859

gz- The Fort Smith Herald gives the copy of some resolutions, which it says were offered by Mr. Duval, in the House, calling for the opinion of the supreme court on the question of per diem pay. It strikes usthat this was rather inconsistent. If he did not believe that the supreme court was the pro- per tribunal to decide that question why, in the name of common sense, ask it to do so? If he believed the court should so decide, and the offering of the resolutions is proof that he thought so then, why did he, or he and others, take upon themselves to de eide 1t?

 If so many grave doubts and diversity of opinion" existed, what quieted these doubts and reconciled these opinions?

 If it was so clear that the members were entitled to their pay as to leave no question about it, where was the necessity of court deciding a thing that could not be contro- verted?

 Consistency is said to be jewel, but we are afraid nobody can find a very valuable gem among the acts of the ex-spealzer.
Year: 1859

Clarendon, Ark, March 2l, 1859.

 have just seen the card of B. T. Duval in answer to the address which I published in your paper of the l6th March last in vindication of nay course as speaker of the late House of Representatives, in refusing the per diem pay of the members of the House during the recess of the General As sembly.

 In that card Mr. Duval makes an effor. to assail not only my position upon that subject as speaker, but takes especial pains by inuendo--(using a favorite expression of the times, to reject upon me personally by an unfair statement, and in some respects gross misrepresentation of the facts-al- though as to some of them Ae says he has the proof. He does not deny a solitary statement contained in my card to the peo- pie.

 am averse to newspaper controversies, and especially am l opposed to such spe- cial pleadings as is used in the card of .llr. DaUoi, and l write now to say to him to get up his proot, hunt up his tacts, and pre- pure himself fully; and whenever he feels able to vindicate his own course before the people, or is satisfied or feels that he can induce the people of the State to censure and condemn either my course as speaker of the House or myself personally; then if he will make list of appointments and give notice through the papers that he and I will address the people of the State upon the subject. 1 can assure him and the peo- pie of the State that I will meet him and them face to face, and 1 think it will take no orator or logician, and especially no special pleadings to satisfy them that my course was right that Mr. Duval was wrong. and that he, not l, deserves the pub lie censure. 0. H. OATES.
Year: 1859

In the telesraphic dispatches copied in the last number of the Gazette we find the following:

 "Since Mir, Bolts returned from his northern tour, there have been two caucuses of the southern American members of Congress, for the purpose of arranging the election of speaker in the next House.

 l understand 1t is the decision of the Americans to demand the speaker and to yield all the other officers of the House to the Republicans.

 We do not wish to be understood as say ing that because the Gazette copied this item that therefore it indorses it. It is true that the copied articles of newspa- per, not commented upon, are in keeping with the general tone, 6ut it is sufficient for us, that it was given as part of the current news of the day. What state of facts does it present? .Souhern2 Ameri cans dickering with the black republicans and agreeing to give them all the offices but that of the speaker. "Head him or die" Bolts found fixing up the terms of an offensive and defensive alliance with abolitionists! It does seem to us that no true lover of southern institutions who may yet belong to the opposition" in the south, after reading that, can hesitate for moment, to cut loose from such asso- citations. The former conduct of these southern misrepresentatives, with one or two exceptions, has been an outrage upon their constituents, but from the above we see that they are determined to show to what depths of political infamy traitors may descend.
Year: 1859

PIKE's PEAK.-It is impossible to get at the truth regarding the yield ofgold at this locality. A Mir. Allison publishes, in the St. Louis papers, that the mines are hum bug and that there is no gold there. Let ters have been received from persons, who went from this State, in which the writers say that thereis gold there Vast numbers are at and on their way to the mines, so that it is fair to presume that if gold is to be found, the claims will all be taken up.- The truth probably, as in all such cases, lies between the two extremes, and while some few may be successful, the larger number will be disappointed.
Year: 1859

About half after II o'clock on Saturday night last, the dwelling house of Thomas Cox, esq, one of the finest and best build ings of our town, was burned to the ground MT. Cox was insured to the amount of S3,0OO; yet, his loss was heavy one, as the building itself cost about twice that amount, to say nothing of the loss and da mage to his furniture, etc.

 This was, unquestionably, the work of some heartless scamp, who deserves a worse fate than hanging by the neck, as the fire was first discovered in part of the house m which there had not been any fire for several days.
Year: 1859

Hzs- The great catechist, of the State Rights Democrat, propounds another ques- ton. in relation to the power of Congress to legislate for the protection of slave proper ty in the territories. "Turn about is fair play" says the proverb, but though he asks many questions and answers none, we are not afraid to answer any. If he will turn to the extract from the debate in Congress, on this subject, in our last number, and read Senator Hunters views, he will find ours. If his object is to get us to take sides on an open question in order that he may take the other, we will show him that we are bold enough to tender him an issue. Wc hold that southern men, southern pro pety and their rights, have the right to protection, under the constitution, in the territories
Year: 1859

A VERSATILE GEAIUs.->ome two yea-s ago a celebrated western AIkansan, pre- tending to be democrat, through the col umns of pseudo-democratic paper, under took prove that the legislature of 1S5G-7, was corrupt, eXtgavagant and had spent every cent in the treasury He proved, by figures, that they appropriated every cent that by any possibility could come into the treasury during the next two years.- The same prophet upon coming here in No vember last, found, maugre his predictions, nearly quarter of million of dollars in the vaults, and straightway set aboit bun combising on the strength of it. This po- litical Jack Cade wanted to do away with taxes altogether and devised different ways to get the money out. The same genius, if we mistake not, defends the last General Assembly and winds up his article by i'm ploring the people to give the devil his due.''

 We admire the skill displayed in both attack and defence He takes either side with equal ardor and prosecutes or defends with the like vim. It will go hard with us, but the devil shall get his due, or enough of it to make him sick of political life for some time to come.
Year: 1859

RIVER, ETc.-Six feet water in the chan nel and falling; weather changeable, spring like one day and wintry the next.

 Business, owing to the report of the smallpox, is near ly at stand, when the fact is, that those few persons from the country who do bring marketing, realize a good price and ready sale. That there have been about eight cases and no more of a slight type and no death among our ci- tizens, is about the extent of the natter There is really no more danger now, ow- ing to the precautions taken, than there is ill any portion of the country.
Year: 1859

Ess- We had light snow on the night of the llth, which we fear will destroy the peach crop, which has been hitherto so fine Tn this county. The trees were in bloom at the time. We have had the mildest winter ever known by the oldest settlers in this part of the State.-N Y. Appeal.
Year: 1859

The general impression seems to be that a war of some kind is inevitable in Europe But there seems to be no sufficient cause for an attack upon any of the lesser pow CTS by tine greater, and it is mere conjec- ture where hostiIities will commence. At all events France will send large naval force to the coast of Mexico.

 The California papers, with very few exceptions, urge separation from the other States The cause of this is the failure of the Pacific railroad bill Though they talk seriously and some of them fierce ly, we do not think the experiment. of an independent republic will be tried yet awhile

 A bill is pending before the New York legislature which, if it passes, will be in effect to nullify the fugitive slave law in that State So important an act by the great State of New York, will do more to hasten dissolution of the Union than any other lately committed.
Year: 1859

, TA Peoria freight train on the Rock Island
Railroad came in collision with the Pittsburg
freight train, at the Chicago Junction this
morning, smashing up the cars badly. The
Pittsburg train was not in time, and running
fast.
Year: 1859

The THrN PARTITIoN.-Sit and think. and
whether you are in vagrant's rags or in regal
purple, whether in power or obscurity, in "a
vor or neglect, in prosperity or adversely
beloved or hated. admired or despised, for.
lorn or happy, you can speak it aloud that
Between you and me there will yet be but
the thin partition of the grave" You can
point to all the past and look toward all the
future, can speak of all the ages, and say to
them and all eternity, Between you and me
as but the thin partition cfthe grave" e"-Sier-
ra Citizen.
Year: 1859

WE LIKE THAT WoMAN's SrYLE-It is re-
lated 10y the Sacramento Star, that lately a
young couple, just married in the country,
went to the city. The wife did not take a
comb or other head fixing apparatus, and
finding none in her hotel room, and wanting
to g'out mighty bad in the morning, "she
made vociierous calls for her escort, who
quickly appeared and gallantly handed her
down to the barber shop, fronting on the
street, where she took her position in front
of one of the looking glasses and combed and
brushed to her hearts content. Having fin
ished her toilet, she again lovingly took pos
session OF the arm of her partner and wend
ed her way back to the hotel, much to the
astonlshment of the colored gentleman who
presided over the razors, and greatly to the
amusement of the fashionable lockers on"


There are always enough to be greatly
amused at all such sensible and womanlv de-
parture from the refined nicety of fashion
For our part, we like that woman's STYLE
Sierra Citizen.