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Year: 1859

THE NEW STAMPED AND RULED ENVELOPE.
The extent of the sales of the new stamped en-
yelope, by the Government officials Of New
York during the last few days, are wholly un-
precedentsd in the operations of the post-off1ce
with this class Of stamps. Though nnan-
nounced by the press, or by any advertisement
at the Office the news of the arrival of the new
envelope somehow leaked out and quite q
large sale was effected to the ''early birds, ,.
who had managed to pick up the information
in advance of the public. The notices in the
papers of the appearance of the long expected
stranger in the city, though only in para
graphs, brought rush to the windows Of the
stamped envelopes OF the post-offlce. The
sales were kept up during the day; in the
meantime the fame of the new Government
envelope extended, SO that to supply the de-
mand at the post-office the sales haGito be made
outside as well as inside the building. They
were called for yesterday and to-day, not only
by packages, but by thousands. Indeed there
can be little doubt that if it had been uniyer-
sally known that the new envelopes could be
obtained, a million would have been taken
during the day. Probably no improvement
ever put upon sale by the Government, and
usually regarded of SO little Consequence as
the letter envelope, has heretofore excited
such general and widespread interest The
economy and convenience of the new envelope
have induced the Astor House, the Metropoli-
tan, and other first class hotels to adopt them
and discontinue the use ofthe ordinary stamps.
Ner York Express.
Year: 1859

Street Ruilyosds.--A practical endft Is now
being made to establish a line of street rail-
roads from Rockets to the Yellow Tavern In
Henrico, or at least to Brooke fyenue, on
Broad street. If the Council give its consent
to the laying of the track along Main and
Broad streets there is very little doubt that
horse cars will soor be put upon the streets.
TO the convenience of the epublic.
Year: 1859

NAPOLEON AND THE PopE.-The Florence
correspondent of the London Times, writing
under date of November 4, says:
The news we have from Rome bodies no good


TO the speedy concOction of the contemplated
fsderttive bolus which the French Emperor
would prescribe as the panacea for all Italian


disorders. A communication was made to the
Pope OF the letter addressed to the King Of
Sardinia by Napoleon ITI-that very letter
which weighs so heavily on the hearts Of many
Italian patriots. The Pope, have II from
good authority, was raised to the highest pitch
OF that sinful wrath which in his encyclicals
he usually styles "holy SORROW" He received
tne Duke do Gramont on the following day


without any show of that blandness and
courtesy which arc duo to diplomatists unde
even the greatest provocaton, and of which


Plus TX is known TO bc most consummate
master. He said that, if that letter was
proof OF the Emperor's Catholicity, then the
Catholic Church had nothing moro to hope
from man, and must therefore all the more
hrmiy and forvently put her trust in God. He
added that "for himself, he was ready at any
time to take refuge in tho catacombs, as SO
many Of his very earliest predecessors had
DONE" (Mind we'll, this is stereotyped
threat, pet phrase with tho good PontifI
whenever he is vexod.) He concluded by de-
Tying the Emperor, through his Embasaador,
10 do his worst, as he had to deal with man
who would prove as willingly martyr before
the nephew as Plus VII had been in presence
OF the uncle. ~
Year: 1859

SILVER WEDDING OF Ex-GovERNoR HUNT.--
There was large social gathering at the man
sion Of Governor Hunt, in Lookport, N. Y,
tho other evening. The occasion was the
twenty anniversary Of the matrimonial
alliance Of the Governor and his lady. The
guests comprised not only a large number Of
personal friends at home, but also from various
sections of New York State.
Year: 1859

N%-Horace Mann says: No wreck is so
shocking to behold as that Of a dissolute
young man. On the person of the debaucheo
or inebriate infamy is written. Nature hangs
labels over him to testify her disgust at his
example.
Year: 1859

The Sierra Citizen seems to lie little
lesiy towards the Legislature. 1t says;


- The Legislature may adjourn on the
18th Of April. divide the State and all the
counties. remove the Capital. pass the bulk
head hill. and thousand other bills. and
supplementary acts, TO render the whole in.
operative. and. after " raking; the Treasury
disperse to obscurity."


We respectfully suggest to the Citizen
that Sierra County is much to blame in the
matters of new Counties and supplementary
bill. II the Senator from that county had
understood better the business of trade
he would have been shown more favor
Next time send Senator who is willing 10
swap vote or two. We think Kirktatrck
about right, but the Citi.sn should not
'grnmhse.
Year: 1859

At the city of Modena, in Italy, and about four
miles around it, wherever the earth is dug, when
ever the workmen arrive at the distance of sixty
three feet, they come to bed of chalk, which they
bore with auger FIVE feet deep They then
withdraw from the pit before the auger is rcmov-
ed, and upon its extraction, the water bursts up
through the aperture with great violence, and
quickly fills the newly made well, which continues
full and is affected neither by rains nor droughts


But what is most remarkable in this operation is
the layers of earth as we descend At the depth
of fourteen feet are found the ruins of ancient
city, paved streets, houses doors, and different
pieces of Mosaic work. Under this is found soft
oozy earth, made up of vegetables, and at twenty
six feet deep, large trees entire, such as walnut
trees, with the walnuts still sticking to the stem,
and the leaves and branches in perfect state OF
preservation. At twenty eight feet deep soft
chalk is found mixed with a vast quantity OF
shells, and this bed is eleven feet thick. Under
this vegetables are found again.
Year: 1859

A cause where the defence was usury has just
been tried at Rochester, which. from the amount
involved, and other circumstances, excited good
sued leading business man of that city nnte,
or notes, for SIS, 1000, borrowed money. The bt
was originally much smaller, but had been increas
ed from time to time for two or three years, by
renewals and additional borrowing. At length
notes were given payable in Albany; and the de-
fendant, for reason connected with that fact,
paid, or agreed to pay, S75 additional. When the
obligations mature6, it was claimed that the taint
of usury lurked in this $75 item, and on that
ground the borrower refused payment of the entire
debt of $4,000. Nor was this ALL There was
another debt from him to the bank of $4,000,
which he gave notice he should resist the payment
of, relying on the same defence.


The SIS 600 cause has been decided in favor OF
the plantif-the bank-and against the party who
set up the plea of usury. Some legal ground was
found by the Judge, to the joy of the jury and the
satisfaction of the public, for overrung the un-
consionable defence But it might easily have
been otherwise. Without any intention to take
usurious interest, the bank, in that case, might
have beenehsnared into some act agreement,
which, in the eye Of the law, would have vtiated
its claim and the sacrifice of the entire debt Men
called respectable do not hesitate to avail them
selves of the advantages to cheat their creditors.
We are often told that the Shylocks, however, are
not all on one side, and in nine cases out of ten
the who will plead usury to escape the pay
ment of debt is ten times great scamp as the
man who exacts unlawful interest for the use
of money-N Y Times.
Year: 1859

TERRIBLE ScENE-Burning of Bride and
others.-Miss Susan Shuck, daughter of Jno.
Shuck, Esq, was to have been married at Lebanon,
KY, on Monday last, to Mr.. John Thomas, at IL
o'clock. But few minutes prior to the time the
ceremony to be performed, her dress accidental


ly caught on fire, and the wedding dress, which was
of thin material, was instantly in blaze, and the
Burr HARRISON in her efforts to save her, fired her
own dress, and was perhaps even more severely
burned. There is but little hope of her recovery it
is feared. Mr.. Shuck and other members of the
family. who also tried to relieve the young lady
from her perilous situation, were burned, but not
seriously. The scene was terrifying beyond the
expression of language. The bride was badly
burnt from the waist up, and the hair burned from
her head. After her wounds were dressed, and
while she lay upon her couch, suffering the most
intense agony, the marriage ceremony was perform
Year: 1859

DIED RETURNING FROM A BALL.-Miss Laura
Stratton, young girl, while on her way home
Tuesday night from a military ball given in
Baltimore became so Ill that she forced to seat
herself on doorstep. Her brother ran for a
physician, but on returning with found her
dead in her ball attire. She died of congestion Of
the heart
Year: 1859

Bag~ a spirited of acquaintance
caught her husband the other day in the act of
breaking up her hoops. The exertion had sim
gular effect upon him. His hair came out at an
astonishing rate
Year: 1859

Valuable Steam Mill for Sale.
Mr. White of the firm of WHITE & CANNON, being
resident of California and wishing his interest in the
above property disposed Of WILL his agent, sell it
at public auction the Eth of March next at the Mill
in the town of Concord at which time the entire pro-
perty can be bought if desired. The Mills are in ex-
ceIlent running order. There two French Burrs
for Wheat and one wishing negotiate
for the property privately do by letter, writ
ing to me will meet them in Concord.


JAS. c.. CANNON.
Feb 3 1859 st Concord, n c.
Year: 1859

that such result should take place-that
the commercial glory of the country should
pass away forever, rather than by prosecut-
ing that business on the Sabbath single
soul of the humblest of the population should
perish. Let the wealth-no, not the wealth
but the sceptre, the crown, and the throne
of the greatest commercial nation in the
world be accounted but dnst in the balance,
when compared with the value of a single
SOUL "What is man pro6teG if he gain the
whole world and lose his own soul? and
what shall man give in exchange for his
soul 2" And to all those considerations add
the fearful guilt, the enormous erialinaliiy
which attends the deSecration of the Sch
bath, involving coRtemptuous disregard of
the authority Of the Son of Man, who is
Lord Of the Sabbath; Involving all the un-
speaksble privileges which the Sabbath is
fitted TO secure for the Sabbath is of itself
one Of the greatest boons ever conferred on
the human race. as 90 lis.lsl Egs.fa l.-l


oh men, never think enough of the value
of the Sabbath, or of the grace Of God, in
ordaining it-so that every seventh sun
which rises i'm the horizon, carries Gs back
TO the contemplation of the empty tomb of
Emmanuel, and leads us forward 10 antici-
pate that blessed period when the immortal
sons of light shall enter into the glories OF
the upper temple whose sun never sets, and
whose ceral symphonies shall continue 10
increase with expanding feeling throughout
an endless eternity. oh, we think little OF
the ungrateful insensibility all this implies.


What ingraiiiade in appropriating the
time set apart for such objects as these, 10
the dehssing secuiisriti,s Of the world. Nor
can venture TO conclude without reverting
for a moment the fearful dangers arising
from desecration of the Sabbath


SO much guilt cannot, under the righteous
retribution of God, pass with impunity.


Men not only deny themselves the pre-
cjous privileges OF the Sabbath, but they
will bring down upon their heads manifold
evils; ia church, they will see manifested
the inst retribution of heaven


The tendency of this sin is TO reiard the
progress of ciyilization--to cherish ilnmor-
ality-to spread discomfort and disorder
throughout the communicated to call
down among men the visible tokens of Di-
unle displeaSure. "To bring wrath upon the
people howl By proianing the Sabbath
day. fi11


All history tesiifes 10 the fact, that there
is no surer sign Of the coming destruction
of a nation than the general and remorse-
less disregard OF the Sabbath. "Shall not
visit for this thing, saith the Lord; shall
not he avenged on such nation as this.
Year: 1859

IMPROVEMENTS IN TYPE AND PRIYTiNG.-
A London paper describes some improve
ments in types and printing. One of these
consists IN forming the letter of the type
upon lis feet and Sides by which the COM
position can be read as soon as set up, with
ont the necessity of taking proof The
letter formed upon the foot OF the type is SO
placed that when the type is inverted in the
composing stick, with the embossed or
printing letter removed from the eye Of the
compositor, il presents itself TO his eve in
the same relative position with regard 10
the other letters in the came line with itself
as il occupies on the printed page BY this
arrangement there is no occasion To turn the
type to see the letters which have been
picked up, and no occasion TO be skilled in
reading the surface of the type. The back
of the type presents letters TO the eye in The
proper succession for reading off, and il
mistake has been made, the foot letter st
once dscloses the fact.


To make the arrangement quite effective,
the foot letter is always an intaglio, or sunk
Ell letter, and as the face in which il ia sunk
is hardened in the manufacture, and receives
stout coating OF silver by electrical de-
position, the metallic surface formed by the
feet of the type presents the appearance Of n
neat but boldly executed engraving of
page identical rs regards matter with what
proof would present. By means of the
letter on the side, which is also an inlaglo,
the type can be Immediately distributed
from pi, and with the greatest ease. When
the distribution from pi is going forward,
the spaces, which are of steel, being thin
and light, are readily attracted by the poles
of magnet, passing over the type, while the
type metal not being magnetic, does not EN-
barrass the work by recurring senaratinn
Year: 1859

n had fosted away from, Leach and hsy.


Out sight OF tower and town,
An empty and n battered boat;
But the boat would not go down.
The morning rose on the waters wide,


And the night tell cold and dark,
Yet ever on with the wind and tide


Drifted that shattered bark
The sail had passed from its broken mast,
r. Aud Its painted pride was dim,
The salt sea-weed clung round its bow,


Which had been SO sharp and trim
Where were the merry mates and free


Who had gone with IL afioat
We never learned but the worlds wide sea
Hath lives like that drifting boat
Lives that in early storms have lost


Anchor, and sail and oar,
And never, except ON Lethe's shore


Can come Ia moorings more;
Out Of whose loyeless, trustees days


The hope aud heart have gone
Good ships go down la the stormy seas,


Bet those empty bsrks drift on
Year: 1859

The EASTER SToRM-The Bristol News of the
9th says: Notwithstanding that Easter is move
able holiday, and later this year than before
within the memory of the present generation tradi-
tiOn fixes the beginning of spring from that period,
and weather wise old fOgies in this region have been
confidently predicting an Easter snow storm. Sure
enough on Friday night it commenced, and by Sat
urdsy morning all out doors looked mere like Christ
mas than Easter. The snoW continued TO fall with
out intermssOn until noon, and although it melted
rapidly 1t attained in favorable localities sufficient
depth to be suggestive of winter. The Holston
Mountains, within sight of US had on mid>Winter
caps for day or two, and We learn from friends
who crossed them on Saturday that the snow was
six inches or more in depth. The cold during and
after the storm was so severe 10 entirely destroy
tender garden plants, such as beans, tomatoes SC.
We learn that the fruit such Of it as spared
by previous frosts, does not to have suffered
and the prospect for good yield in this country is
fair"
Year: 1859

WHICH NASHVILLE 1--WE find the following par
agraph floating about loosely upon the waves OF
neWspaperdom, and as it was copied into an East
Tennessee paper the other day, sOme may be led to
suppose the town we live in is the Nashville al
luded TO. Such an inference would be eminently
unjust to the intelligence of the good people of this
region. Some other Nashville, if any, is entitled
to the honor this method of aVenging "wOund>
ed honor" cOnfers.


SAD MIsEAKR "A man living near Nashville,
who bad been absent in California some three years.
on coming home recently, found babe only three
months old lying in the cradle. With cruelty ut
tery dsboical, he al cut off the infants ears
to aVenge his wounded honor" The screams of
the little sufferer called in the family when the in
furisted man learned that the child belonged to
neighbor, who visiting his wife, he had to fee
to escape lynching
Year: 1859

An act in relation TO the New York theatres, passed
by the late legislature provides that it shall be un
lawful for any owner, lessee, manager agent or Of
fcer Of any theatre in the city of New York to ad
NIT to any theatrical exhibition, held in the eve
ming. any minor under the age of fourteen years,
unless such minor is accompanied by and is in the
care of some adult person. The law makes any
persOn on violating this provision guilty Of mis-
demeauor, and liable to fine, not less than tWen-
five dollars, nor more than hundred dollars, or
imprisOument for term not less than ten nor more
than ninety days for each offence.
Year: 1859

FIR RIVER VALLEY, Shasta Co., Cal, July
oath, 1859.
EDITORS OF THE SHASTA CoURIER-GenHemen
Permit me through your valuable paper to max,
known to the citizens this county and of the
State at large nuisance that we of this vicini
ty are subject to.


Capt Adams the military commander at For
| Crook will allow hardly any of the citizens o.
the Valley to come near the Fort or any emf.
grant to pass within the line of the Reserve. Nc
matter whether such er,igrant has sica family
with him or is in want of provisions-the order
Is drive on. A few days ago an emigrant wagon
from Oregon with woman and several small
children stopped for a few moments at the suit
lers store, to procure some necessaries and a
drink of water, when the guard came and told
them to drive on or they would drive their
team for them.


Capt. Adams has issued an order TO have all
hogs belonging to citizens shot that may chance
to on stray the Reserve. A neighbor of mine
has had several fine hogs killed and given to
the Indians merely because they came on the
Reserve. There is no fence around the reserve
to keep them out, and | think it a rather hard
case. II horse happens to roam near the Fort
he is Immediately run off some two or three
miles, and frequently causes great trouble to
find him. Should man be taken suddenly
sim hHdL 10 uc 10 uO as lUeTe Is no DeOlCal
assistance in the valley except at the Fort. Die
like dog, suppose.


have always been of the opinion that the
troops were sent here to protect the lives and
property of citizens and to render assistance to
all that stood in need of it; but it seems that
had formed wrong opinion of their duties.


Another source of annoyance is that mount
ed patrol regularly visits nearly all the houses
in the valley and searches them once or twice
day for soldiers. And woe beti1e the soldier
who is found in any house in the valley. He
is taken to the guard house and his thumbs
bound securely together with twine-a cord is
then forced between his thumbs and around the
twine and made fast the other end of the cord
is then made fast above the mans head in such
manner as to raise him on his toes and in
this brutal and agonizing position the man is
kept several hours. Several have tainted away
under the torture, and one nan has lost the use
OF his thumbs entirely. could enumerate a
great deal more, but the above is sufficient to
give an idea of the man.


By his cruelty Capt Adams is forcing some
of the best men in the service to desert, and the
only wonddr to me is that they let him escape
with his life.


| have Just learned that an order has been
given to the guard that if am ever caught on
the Reserve, that am to receive one hundred
lashes on the bare back If business calls me |
shall surely 60 on to the Reserve, and if any Vi
olence is offered to me, woe betide Capt. Adams.
can prove all the above, and ten times as
much more but deem this sufficient for the
present, as it shows in true colors how we are
served by some of our paid servants; instead oi
doing us any good, they try to do US all the in-
jury they can.


se2a:It THOMAS C. L. BURKE.
Year: 1859

UNTRUE AND gNJUsT.-It has been reported to
US that John White, Esq, Assemblyman elect
from this county, had not only failed to work
for the entire ticket in his own precinct but had
absolutely voted against portion of the ticket.
OF course refused to give SO monstrous a
charge credence, until we could hear from Mr..
White directly, or through some of his personal
friends and neighbors. We accordingly, at the
very first opportunity, mentioned the matter to
gentleman who is neighbor and friend of
Mr.. White. He at once branded the report as an
unqualified falsehood. We are satisfied that Mr.
White has been greatly wronged in this matter.


Some complaints have also been made that he
did not show himself to the people during the
canvas. We have heretofore stated. in our COL
umns and upon the stump, that i'll health pre-
vented his doing so. We trust these complaints
will be heard no more
Year: 1859

Tho only way to step the internal whining of
Northern ALotiOnists is to cut off the supplies
which they grow fat. Let us trade at home, eat
and drink at home, travel for business and pleas
ure in the South; learn to supply each 'other's
wants and to rely on ourselves and our section !;
keep our patronage and produce, as far may
be. among ourselves, and soon the voice of Aboli-
ton will cease. not only along the busy mart but
religion of a yankee slave stealing fanatic all
dwindles into contemplate insignfcance when
you touch the brecches pocket. But they have
so,Tn and they will reap-they are already reaping
I've commend the following from the Charlotte
Rulletin to the prayertM consideration of busi
i less men North. The thing begins to tell:
s Non -Imtercourse-S Suspension Of Trade.--We OBJ
serve that several of our Southern exchanges are
discussing the propriety, Editoriay and through
contributions from their Correspondents, of carry
ing out g n-intercourse policy between the Mer
thitnts of the South and Importers and JObbers at
4he North, suspending entirely the trade that has
been carried between the Commercial and
MerchantiIe communities of the two sections.


I'VE believe that there is wisdom in this line of
polcy and that if the proposition is sustained and
strict non-intercourse observed, it will be produc-
tive of incalculable good to the South.


IIDn Wednesday last one of the most prominent
business of Charlotte, who had been called
im by All agent OF q New Ork House, remarked
hat, it his impression he had made out his
last bill for Goods in the New York market
hat it was very probable he would hereafter
make his purchases in Baltimore or farther
South.


.In reply to the above expressions of an opinion,
tile Agent remarked that he had discovered that
many Merchants throughout the South had come
toa similar determination and that if that line of
policy should be adopted generally throughout the
Soufhern and Western States, it would produce a
GREAT clauUe the conduct and sentiment of the
people of the North-that it would undoubtedly
bring about a reaction, and cause more healthy
Sentiment than could be effected by any other line
of policy.


kWe hesitate not to express our opinion that it
is under existing circumstances, absolutely right
and indispensaby necessary that every eommu-
fniy throughout the South should promptly eject
these Northern Drummers who are flooding the
south unless they are well known and vouched


or by some more of our leading Merchants
Or gentleman of character and position. The peo-
pie of Observation-Disclosures, especiay-ought
20 be vigilant and act with calmness but deter


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