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Year: 1860

In consequence of our office being closed
several days, the first of the week, occasioned
BY domestic affiictoa and the subsequent sick
ness of one of our compositors, we were unable
to issue our pa per last week.
Year: 1860




THE Cincinnati Enquirer has the following
in reference to novel banking institution
it is proposed to start in that city:


We learn that new Banking project is
on foot in our city, of no little interest to
Bankers and the commercial community
generally, and of infinite Importance to those
directly interested. The project is as yet
only partially matured, and we are able to
give only the outlines, which we under
stand to be as follows: Some of the more
active and influential members of the Me-
chanies and Manufacturers Exchange, are
agitating the starting of Bank of Deposit
and Discount, for the accommodation Off
chanics and manufacturers only, said Bank
to do no business whatever except for mem
bers of the above named Society, and to
charge only such rate of interest upon
loans as will suffice to pay the expenses of
the Bank. When started, the present Bank
ing institutions of the city will lose the de-
posits of the iron manufacturers, the lum-
ber dealers, furniture manufacturers, saw
mill men, &C., &c, which will be placed in
the new institution, and kept for the accom-
modation of that class of people only, and
which they will have the benefit of at
mere nominal rate of interest. -
Year: 1860

WALKING HoRsEs-A SUGGEsTIoN-I
would like to suggest an idea, which, if you
approve, you can prepare an article, or get
some of your correspondents to discuss, as
to the proprety of a premium being offered
at our annual fairs for fast walking horses
trained to walk fast, would be greater ben
eft to farmers in general than fast trotters,
as almost all their work has to be done with
a walk. .n


| once knew man in Massachusetts,,
who, before the railroads were built, kept
from two to four teams at work on the road,
and never allowed them to trot at all, and
made the distance in quicker time than his
neighbors, who made their horses trot at
every convenient place. He said that when
a horse commenced to walk after trot, he
walked much slower than his common gait
if kept on a walk, and thereby lost more
than he gained Country Gentleman.
Year: 1860


TO OUR WEEKLY EXCHANGES.


We notice that some of our Weekly ex-
changes-to which we have long been send
ing the Daily without charging difference
have not complied with our request to pub
lish the short Prospectus which will be
found in this paper, on the third page. We
say to our brethren of the Weekly press in
this section, that what we ask is no more
than q the fair thing" as they are getting
six Of our papers to one of theirs. We do
hope they will be willing to give our Pros
pectus a fair and equitable number of in
sertions and call editorial attention to it.


We do not seek to run in our Weekly
ahead of the county papers; this intention
we distinctly discIaim in the Prospectus.-
We only want the people of the Pocket to
take paper identified with their interests,
and published at home, instead of sending
off for the Eastern weeklies, which have no
sympathy with this part of the country.


We are under heavy expense in getting
up our Daily, and have to look toour Weekly
circulation for our profit, if we are to have
any. Therefore, it is not unreasonable for
US to ask-t those county papers which get the
benefit of the expensive telegraphic, market,
and river reports in the Daily, to indirectly
aid us in extending our Weekly circulation.
Year: 1860

DECIMAL SYSTEM OF MEAsUREs.-The use
of the decimal system, as regards measures
of length, was made obligatory in Portugal
from the first of January. Such an arrange
ment would much facilitate computations,
and it is to be hoped that our own country
will not delay very long in introducing so
useful an improvement. We already ex-
perience the advantages OF the system in
our own coins.
Year: 1860

SPEAKER Pennington is strict observer
of the Sabbath. In reply to a political
friend who proposed to meet him on Sun
day and assist him in the formation of com
mittees, he said, g Sir, you will excuse me.
but at home am in the habit of attending
church, and tomorrow l hope to be able to
hear DR.. Gurley. At any rate shall not
transact any business, but on Monday shall
be glad to see you."
Year: 1860

BggH We regret exceedingly thatthe tel
egraph lines are down at this particular
juncture, and that we can not give in this
issue the nominations by the Opposition
State Convention. There is great anxiety
to know who is nominated, but we shall
have to exercise patience till evening, when
we shall know all about it.
Year: 1860

Boy HURT.-A boy about twelve years
of age was thrown from a horse on the tow
path of the Canal, between Main and Locust
streets, yesterday evening, and was severely,
and perhaps seriously, hurt. He was tramp
led by the horse. We could not learn the
name of the unfortunate youth.
Year: 1860

The living kindness of God! what q
beautiful expression! How rich and con-
soling the thought contained in IL! 1t is
not mere good will, nor mere complaisant
friendship, nor mere neighborly kindness
of human beings, although these are Of
high and precious account; it is the good
will, the friendship, the kindness of love-
of the love of God, who is love itself. We
know something of the loving kindness Of
father and mother. We have been gently
tended and nursed by this kindness; are
parents ourselves, we know full we'll the
throbbing of paternal affection. Deep,
earnest selfsacrifcing is human love in
many tender relations.


We trust in it fervcntly and without fear.
o! if there was no human love in which
we could trust, what would this earth be !!
But the loving kindness Of God, of that in
comprehensive being who fills the uni
verse with his presence, and before whose
majesty the pillars of heaven tremble-
what lovingness that must be! the kind
ness of infinite love welded with infinite
power! There is nothing that love can
conceive Of, or wish to do for its object, but
is contained here, and rendered not only
possible, but absolutely certain.
Year: 1860

A THOUGHT FOR YOUNG MEN.-More
may be learned by devoting few moments
daily to reading, than is commonly suppo-
sed. Five pages may be read in fifteen
minutes, at which rate one may peruse 26
volumes, of two hundred pages each, in a
year. You say you have none to guide
you. The best scholars and men of sci
encc will tell you by far the most valuable
part of their education is that which they
have given themselves. Volumes have
been filled with the autobiography of self
taught men. Think of Franklin, the prin-
ter; of Lime, the shoemaker; of John
Hunter, the cabinetmaker; of Hershel,
the muician; of Donald the weaver; of
Turner, the printer; of Burrit, the black
smith. Love learning, and you will be
learned. Where there is a will there is a
way.


Begin at once, take time by the forelock,
and remember that it is only the first step
that costs, and having begun, resolve to
learn something every day. Strike the
blow, and avoid the weakness of those who
spend half of life in thinking what they
shall do next. Always have volume
near you which you may catch up at such
odd minutes as are your own. 1t is in
credible, until the trial has been made, how
much real knowledge may be acquired in
these broken fragments of time, which are
like the dust of gold and diamonds.
Year: 1860

81 firmly and conscientiously believe
thai there is no safety for the country, no
hope for the preservation of the Uuion, ex-
cept by faithful and rigid adherence 10
the doctrines of non-intervention by Con-
gress in the Territories. Intervention
means disunion. There is no difference in
principle between northern and southern
Intervention. The one intervenes for sla.
very, but each appeals to the passion and
prejudlces of his own section against the
peace of the whole country and the right
of self-geverument by the people of the
territories; hence the doctrine of non-in-
tervention must be maintained at all haz-
ar.ls; but while l can never sacrifice the
principle even to attain the Presidency
l will cheerfully and joyfully sacrifice my
self to maintain the principle" douglas
Letter to Richardson.


'.The ultra men in each section demand
Congressional intervention with the subject
in the territories. They agree in respect
to the power and duty of federal govern
ment to control the question, and differ on
Iy as 10 the mode of exercising the power"
Douglas .Serenade Speech.


Now on this.


'sThe citizens of the United States have
an equal right to settle with their property
of any kind, in the organized territories of
the United States, and that under the de-
cision of the Supreme Court of the United
States, in the case of Dred Scott, which
we recognize as the correct exposition of
the Constitution in this particular, Stare
property stands upon the same footing as
all other descriptions of property, and that
neither the geneal government, nor any
territorial government, can destroy or i'm
pair the right TO slave property in the COM
mon territories, any more than the right
to any other description of property; that
property of all kinds, slaves as well as any
other species of property, in the territories,
stand upon the same equal aud broad
Constitutional basis, and subject to like
principles of recognition and protection in
the Legislative, judicial and executive de-
partments of the general government >
H. y. Johnson's Report Of the Georgia
Convention.


Will some Democrat who undertakes up-
on principle, TO support both these candi-
dates, tell US which of them is right?
Year: 1860

"Another point and I will close. At
the end of another year, if living, and my
purse is long enough. I am going to give
gold medal of not less than $50 in value,
to the young lady who will write the best
essay, not exceeding five pages in length,
upon this great new science l have spoken
Of" Laughter and applause.
Year: 1860

ANOTHER SET BACK.--We are glad to hear that
the pirate Walker has been stayed in his plum
dering, pillaging course, in Honduras. The
British man-of-war, Years, arrived before the
town of Truxillo and summoned Walker and his
force, numbering eighty men. to surrender, which
they did. Walker is reported to have escaped TO
the interior. Notwithstanding serious wound
which he had received iu an engagement prior
to the surrender.


What the gray-eyed invader will next do it is
hard to tell. That he is not wanted in Nicara-
qua, and in fact has no more business to SO there
aud demand the people of that country to submit
to his rule than the Emperor of Japan, no one
will deny. Walker is a disappointed, restless
man. OF his energy and daring no one expresses
a doubt But enough American lives have been
wasted in that country. Men have been lured
from home aud friends to die in battling for what
one man believes an Inherent right guaranteed
to him alone, and in some instances been shot
down like dogs or left to die in the musty dun
geous of an unhealthy climate. The country
will not mourn if Walker should never leave
Honduras alive. 4..
Year: 1860

not as yet paid their second and third Install
ments but that the cause assigned for such reiu-
sal agrees with the facts in the case, the company
must bc permitted to deny. 1t was the Intention
when the enterprise was first undertaken, to have
everything in readiness to commence work early
in the spring. 1t was also the intention to put
the upper end under contract at the earliest
practicable moment, for the reason that it was
believed that the work could be better done and
cheaper before the ground became hard aud dry,
but no such Intention was expressed, nor were
any promises made for the purpose of inducing
subscriptions.


In order to carry out these intentions, the
Board of Directors employed the services Of an
engineer with Instructions to locate the grade
and prepare plans and specifications for the
building of the road far as the Bald Hills, and
then proceed to North Fork, and locate from that
point to the crossing of the main Trinity, near
Big Flat. The engineer did not commence work
nutl the I'd day Of May last and IL was near tho
last of June before the plans and specifications
of the North Fork division Of the road were re-
ceved by the Directors The season being then
SO far advanced, aud the prevailing opinion being





ring the late summer months would be SO much
more difficult Us TO render 1t probable that a ma
teria difference would be made in The bids the
Direc tors deemed il for the best interests OF tho
company to delay for . time the call for propo
sails. aIG h
The same article concludes with the following;
"We understand that bids have been made 10
build it for $1,000 a mile very little less than
twice that amount will do it properly" For the
benefit of your informant permit me to say, that
if bids of any character or description for the
building of that division of the road have been
made by any person, such have never come to
the knowledge of the company or its Directors.


Every enterprise of the magnitude and impor-'
tance of that upon which your article comments
depends and requires not only tho material aid
upon which IL is based, but the good will and n-
fuence in its behalf of the community to be ben
eGtted by it, in order to ensure complete success,
and as those aids are yielded or withheld, in like
proportion will its progress be marked


Very respectfully yours,


j. H. WYMAN, Sec'y,
Year: 1860

THE VALUE OF AoCURAcY.-lt is the result OF
every days experiance, that steady attention to
matters of detail lies at the root of human
progress !, and that diligence above all, is the
mother Of good luck. Accuracy is also OF much
Importance, and an invariable mark of good
training in man. Accuracy In observation,
of affairs. What IL done in business must be
well done for it is better to accomplish perfect
ly a small amount of work, than to half do ton
times as much. A wise man used to say, "Stay
q little, that we may make an end the sooner"
Too little attention, however. IL paid to this
highly important quality of accuracy. AS a man
eminent in praetcle seieace iataly observed to u.s.


at is astoshing how few people have met in
the course Of my experience who can define Q
fact accurately" Yet, in business affairs, 1t Is
the manner in which even small matters are
transacted, that often decide men for or against
you. With virtue, capacity, aud good conduct
ia other respects, the person who Is habltualiy
inaccurate cannot be trusted his work has to be
gone over again aud he thus causes endless
annoyance, vexation and trouble, M
Year: 1860

ONLY Two HUNDRED ?-As an index of the
amount of teaming and number of teams that go
out of this place, we were informed by an old
acquaintance, last Saturday, who just arrived
from the upper country that he met and passed
between the Tower House, on the Weaverville
road, and Shasta distance of twelve miles
two hundred loaded teams, and nearly all from
Red Bluf-Red Bluff Independent


All right but we hope the acquaintance
wasn't from this section of the "upper country"
All story .tellers " shall have their portion in
the lake, &c.
Year: 1860

WHAT beautiful sight it is to behold the
aged Christian at the close Of his career, retiring
like the respendent sun beneath the western
wave giving promise, in the increased richness
of bis graces and brightness OF his example, that
his rising again shall be in the midst OF the
glores of eternity.
Year: 1860

In another column we publish the death of
Hon. II. B. Sherrard, late Judge of Sutter
county. Judge Sherrard migrated to this
State in the spring of ls4o, and made the ar
duous trip across the Plains, with only one
companion.


For a sho.t time after his arrival in this
State he pursued the occupation Of mining,
but he soon abandoned this for what was
more congenial to his education and tastes,
the practice of the law. In 1858 he was APP
pointed by Governor Bigler to the County
Judgeship of Sutter county and subsequently
elected by the people to the same office. He
afterwards represented Sutter county, in the
State Legislature, for two consecutive years
and held whilst member of that body, the
important post of Chairman of the Judiciary
Committee. In 1856 he visited his home and
before his return to this State, the Office OF
County Judge ofSutter county becoming va
cant, he was appointed to this position 10y
Governor Johnson The appointment was
unsolicited on his part and was one of those
rare cases in which the office sought the man.
lie was subsequently elected to the same
office and held it at the time of his death,
Last winter leave of absence was granted him
by the State Legislature and last June he left
this State on what he intended as n short
visit to his home, in Virginia: but he has
gone to that home which must be his abiding
place forever.


Judge Sherrard was gentleman Of su-
perior mental attanments and an unspotted
reputation lie filled the various positions
in this State, to which he was chosen, with
great credit to himself and to the entire satis-
faction of the people of Sutter county, by
whom he was so often honored and so i'm
plicitly trusted


He possessed in large degree those attri-
butes of mind and heart, which commanded
the respect and won the love of all who knew
him. He WAS n warm, disinterested, and
selfsacrifcing friend.


His death has cansed feeling Of profound
grief among the people of Sutter county, as
also among the citizens of Marysville, where
he was equally well known and esteemed
Year: 1860

A NUIsANcK.-The grounds back Of the
County Jail are now, and have been for a
year past, an intoierable nuisance. The
DRAWINGS from the jail and yard have no
proper outlet, and the consequence is that
there is a terrible stencil and a poisonous
miasma injecting the whole neighborhood.
The residents upon the south side of st. Clair
street very justly complain of this state of
affairs. A sewer which would remedy all
this evil could be constructed for $500, while
more than ten times that amount of damage
is sustained by the property holders in the
vicinity. viii not the County Commission
ers take hold of the work now before the
sultry days of summer : We do not desire
to cast word of complaint or reproach upon
the Sheriff. He has done all in his power to
remedy the evil, but the difficulty is beyond
mis- reach. To the Commissioner belongs the
work If such nuisance as this spot is
were to be found upon the premises of any
private citizen, the power of the law would
speedily be enforced against him. Why
shouldsthe county be allowed to suffer such
things while private citizen would be pun
ished ?
Year: 1860

MEDICAL ELEcTRIcIrY.-Dr. Gibson is the
only scientific and successful Electrician in
the City of Cleveland; and is the only one
in possession of fattering testimonials from
the most eminent Professors Of Electricity
in the United States in reference to Profes-
sional skill in the use of Electricity as a
curative agent; and the only one who treats
Liver Complaints, Rheumatism, Paralysis,
Disease of the Brain, and other Chronic Dis
eases with uniform success. He viii pay a
premium for the proof that his success is
equalled by any treatment that is now or
ever was in the city of Cleveland for the cure
Of obstinate diseases. Call and see cases
cured at his Office, No. III Ontario street.
Year: 1860

THE RrcHINes AND THE LIBRARY AssocIA-
TIoS.-The Library Association, in order to
raise funds for their treasury, propose
furnishing pleasant musical and liter
ary entertainment on Monday evening
next at Chapin's Hall. To make the occa-
sion as attractive as possible, they have invi-
ted Mr.. and Miss Richings to be present. By
the correspondence below, it viii be seen
that the invitation is accepted. After know
ing this, our readers viii need no further ur-
ging to induce them to attend.
Year: 1860

TIE FIREMAN AND THE LIGHT HOUSE ST.
BRIpaE.-When the fremen arrived at the
Lighthouse Street Bridge, the tender refused
to close the bridge. A boat was procured by
the fireman, and after cons siderable resistance
on the part of the tender, the men effected
crossing. Much credit is due the fireman for
their persistent efforts to cross to the fire
The tender who refused to close the bridge
should receive instructions in regard to such
conduct which he will not forget on a similar
occasion.-EUeningP paper.


Mr.. Moreau, the bridge tender, informs US
that there is not word of truth in the above.
The contract provides that the bridge tender
shall be at the bridge from o'clock in the
morning to IL at night. Between II and 5
the bridge is kept open and the tender is not
required to close it for any purpose, although
it is frequently kept close until late hour
for the convenience of those coming to this
side and returning. Upon the night of the
fire the two men who are employed by Mr..
Moreau to tend the bridge went to the Office
upon the west side of the river and to bed,
leaving their boat near by. When they were
reused by the noise they got up to open the
bridge but the boat was gone. While they
were hunting up boat with which to reach
the bridge the FIRE companies reached the
crossing on the east side, found boat, got to
the bridge and closed it, by the time the ten
ders had found boat upon the west side and
were ready to swing the bridge. There was
no refusal, and no resistance" and the whole
story is without the slightest foundation. A
propeller captain who saw the transaction,
corroborates the statement.