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Year: 1860

In fifteen minutes it was all over the
city that Old Abe was in town, on his
way to South Carolina to persuade the
people down there not to secede; and
in the course Of the morning he was
scalled upon by large number Of our
citizens, very few, if any, of whom dis
covered the sell until the sale was COM
plete and the money received.


The name of the ingenious individual
who invented the joke has not trans
pired.
Year: 1860

convicted of the most fragrant crimes
were brought in and sold without any
duty whatever" He opposed the
duty upon slaves.


These facts prove incontestably that
it was the deliberate purpose. not of
individual members alone. but of the
Convention. TO exclude from the Con-
stitution. not only the hated word
"slare." :" but the detested thing
''sIarery," and we have, Therefore,
the right TO insist-before it can be
asserted, with any title to our respect,
that this august and intelligent bods
affirmed or established the right OF
property in a slave" and thus re-
versed the established law of nature
on that subject-tllat the language OF
the Constitution should be found to
be so explicit as to be irresistible.
Instead of this being the case, we
boldly and defiantly assert that upon
an intelligent examination of each and
all the clauses quoted above, it will be
found that such an idea is distinctly
excluded theretrom.
Year: 1860

Mr.. Dewall, farmer in Woodstock, N.
Y. was killed few days ago under the
most painful circumstances. The King
ston Journal says:


He had been ploughing corn in one of
his fields, in sight of his dwelling, during
he forenoon Of that day, and when called
to dinner by his wife, unhitched his horse
from the plough, threw the traces over his
back mounted it to ride to the house.
Just as he was passing a brook that ran
across the way, one of the traces slipped
down, the chain end of it wound closely
around bis ankle and its hook caught in a
link. His horse was spirited animal and
Immediately grew unmanagable; first it
threw him from it back and then started
off at full speed drawing him along the
ground. After it ran to the barn and
around it several times, Mrs Dewall saw
the dreadful condition of her husband and
and FASTENED out to his relief but this only
frightened the animal the more, and turn
ing in another direction jumped over wood
pile, causing dreadful mutilation of Mr..
Dewall's body, and then ran of for a dis
tance of two miles before any one could
stop it. The appearance of Mr.. Dewalps
person was horrid in the extreme. In the
flight of the horse he had been.iterally torn
and crushed to pieces. His head was a
mangled mass. Along the way he had
been dragged flesh and blood were seen.-
When taken up he was altogether lifeless.
This terrible affair created deep gloom
over the community in that section. The
occurrence of such an accident when there
was not the slightest cause for apprehen
sion of danger, and the awful manner of
Mr.. Dewall'e death, made this an extraor-
dinarily affective and impressive casulty.-
Who can tell what unseen dangers lurk
around?
Year: 1860

~A Storekeeper purchased Of an
Irish woman a quantity of butter in Jumps
intended for pounds, which he weighed in
the balance and found wanting. "Shurs
its yonr own fault if that are light" said
Biddy, in reply to the complaints of the
buyer, ats your own fault, SIR, for wasn't
it with pound Of yor own soap bought
here myself that ! weighed them with


The storekeeper had nothing more to
say on that subject.
Year: 1860

DsFThe friends of a celebrated wit expressed
some surprise that, with his age and his fond
ness for the bottle, he should have thought it
necessary TO marry. q A wife was necessary
be sala my acquaintance began to say that
drank too much for single man.
Year: 1860

To Our RTaDERs.-We beg leave to call
the attention Of cur readers TO the fact that
the carrier boys Of the Leader viii soon call


upon them with their \ NeiF Y eaF Address, =
weurs not going to bray, but we can con-


fdently say that more beautiful speei-
men, Of he art Of printing than our forth
coming Address, both IS to design and
finish, we have never seen. No care has
been spared in getting it up, as We have
looked as wen 70 our own credit as to the
satisfaction Of our readers. With regard to
the subject mater ofthe Address, WeWillOi
eourse leave the reader to judge. Asa spec
linen Of art the Address is worth preserving.
Year: 1860

OVERLAND TRAvEL-A. Los Angeles paper
states that nearly every stage that arrives
from San Francisco, on the Overland Mail
line is filed with passengers going East.
The cheapness of fair, together with the
safety and expedition with which the journey
is made, are beginning to induce people to
prefer land travel rather than the uncertain
ocean, in whose depths so many have found
untimely graves
Year: 1860

SIERRA COUNTY FOR DoUGLAs.-A gentleman
from Downieville, who arrived in this city
last eyening-and who is well posted in po-
lticals matters in that section-informs us
that Douglas and Johnson will sweep Sierra
county with an overwhelming majority. The
Breekinridgers are completely disheartened
not even hoping to elect a single man on
their county ticket. Old Lime Point with
all his donations" and official "pap0 will not
be able to rob the Democracy of the vote of
that county.
Year: 1860

MURDERED.-We are informed by a gentle
man from Downieyille, that Dr. Conley, who
has latterly been engaged in the mercantile
business in Downieville, was murdered on
Monday last in the vicinity of Sierra Valley.
lie Is supposed to have been killed for his
money as he was on his way to Washoe with
the view Of purchasing mining interests. lie
was alone at the time
Year: 1860

TT Now that the heat of summer is at
hand, it is more than ever necessary that
our pure lake water should be brought to
perform its useful service in laying the dust,
which is already great annoyance. B. P
Bower gives his attention to Plumbing, and
does his work with neatness and expedition,
and at reasonable prices. His shop is on the
east side of the Public Square. RIO
Year: 1860

Fanaticism most extraordinary has arisen


and cast blight on the pure love Of the Cos
/ pei, and many fell victims 70 the delusion


Of Millerism, and more recent isms which
have diverted the attention from pure reli-
/ gion. None but pastor can realize the diff


iculties which such things present to his eff


forts for tho highest good Of his people. But
! I am happy to state that have ever had
| the love and sympathy of my people.
Our Sabbath School I believe the oldest in
the city. For many years Il was hard work
/ TO sustain this enterprise. With much exeF-
ton, however, our school has always been
respectable, both for number and influence,
and as look at the past call TO mind some
Of our Sunday School scholars who have de-
parted to a better and happier world. As
look on this community, see many worthy
citizens, who but for this cause, might have
been a curse to themselves and the world.
in January, 1856, Ladies' Society was
formed by the ladies of the congregation,
which has done much good, and our present
freedom from debt is due not a little to the
efforts and the assistance Of the Ladies' So
ciety.


During my ministry We have enjoyed eight
revival seasons, the fruits Of which are evi-
dent in the additions Of true Christians to
the Church. Ny confidence in these Tevi-
walls has never been shaken. They are the
agents Of Jehovah in Fastening the Millen-
ium, when the whole universe shall be
brought under the influence of Gods grace.


The Society was never in better and more
prosperous condition than now. In the Sc
lection Of an associate Pastor, you have OBJ
tanned man in whose ability, prudence and
piety have entire confidence.


have passed through scenes of JOY and
sorrow. In your families, on social occasions,
have spent many happy hours. Often, too,
have we met upon marriage occasions, red
olent with bright hopes of the future.


Dark days have been upon US, and times
of sickness and sorrow. What great chang
es in community have we seen in a quarter
of century, Death has swept into the
tomb friends and relatives, and with how
many death-scenes have these years been
flledl Yonder old ehureh-yard was almost
| empty when | came here, but it is now filed
! TO overAowing. There sleeps many a child;


many lovely son or daughter, who are still
/ embalmed in memory and heart, and there
the man Of business has been laid. Yet so
| frequent are scenes of sorrow and of afliction
| that We give little heed to them. But when
/ a few more occasions like the one we now
I celebrate have passed, we shall all have
| passed away to the other world.


Beloved, will you meet me in Heaven p
Shall we all join in the song which echoes
| through the arches of Heaven, of honor and


glory to God? God grant such may be the
! case. And now I commend you to the love
of God, and may the grace of the Lord


Jesus Christ be with you. AmeH.


The choir then sang the following appro-


pirate hymn, the congregation joining;
u
Year: 1860

Small cause (the Chicago election) for
the great rejoicing Of the Express.-Jour-
aaI.


why. neighbor, it was at least equal to
the election of supervisor in an obscure
township in New York State, over which
he Democratic papers all over the land.
went into extscies.
Year: 1860

THE SELF-SUFFGcIENT STuDEXT-One of
the foreign literary journals tells a story of
one Of the most courteous of librarians, who
found it in the course of his duty to place be-
ford a self sufficient inquirer a manuscript
record six centuries old, to the study of which
the historical student at once betook himself
After watching the scholar for while the
good natured librarian, fancying he saw him
perplexed, kindly offered his assistance The
offer was declined, with an assurance that the
reader was quite equal TO the Grabbed and
cabalistic characters before him. 81 am hap
py," said the librarian, "to hear of an eflicien-
cy which do not pretend to question. Allow
me, however to remark that, for the last
hour, you have been trying to read docu-
ment which you have placed before you
upside d0wR"
Year: 1860

MAKING Shoes BY SrEAM-Steam is the
great worker of the age, and under the guild
ance of inventive genius is turning its hand
to everything. A steam shoe factory has
been established by some ingenious Yanke ee
at lIaverhill, Mass, for sewing the seams and
pegging shoes. The machinery is all worked
by small five horse power engine In the
basement of the factory are the machines for
cutting stripping, rolling and shaping the
soles. These are then passed to the story
above, where the shoes are lasted, and the
outer soles tackled on by hand, which process
prepares them for pegging The pcgging
machines are very simple in their construc-
tion and mode of operation, but perform their
work with great dispatch and accuracy
driving the pegs at the rate of IA second
One of the most curious operations of the ma
chine is the manner In which it manufactures
the peg for its own use. a strip of wood of
the required width and neatly laid in a coil
one hundred feet in length, is put into the
machine, and at every revolution it is moved
forward, and peg cut off and driven into
the shoe The rapidity and unerrng aecu-
racy with which these machines perform
their work is truly astonishing. After be-
ing pegged, the shoes are passed up to the
third story, where the bottoms are srnoothed,
secured and brushed. The fourth story is
occupied by the stitching machine tended
10y females, but run by steam, which saves a
laOorious and fauguing operation.
Year: 1860

NoTmNG New UNDER THE SUN.-Universal
suffrage is as old as the Saxons; annual Par
lnments date nearly as far back. A rate
paying franchise existed before the battle of
Agincourt; and County Judges sat and dis
pensed cheap law when Alfred the Great was
King. The elements of our pet system of
Reformatories even, may be traced amongst
the crumbling dust of ruined monasteries
The advance of civilization has produced
many novel details for legislation; but in
nearly every instance, when we have come
to reform the system of our Government or
law, we do not make a new model we mere
ly scrape away the corruption of Middle
Ages, which has defaced the old one invented
by our sturdy Saxon ancestry a
Week.
Year: 1860

A CHINESE TRIcK.-A Chinaman entered
Benjamin & McDonnell's store the other night
with a small package of dust for sale 1t was
received by one of the clerks, who, upon
weighing, found it too light for the bulk. 1t
was rolled up in bunch mixed with black
sand, and quite literally sprinkled over with
speclis of gold He wished to "lump" off the
lot at an agreed price without waiting to
have it cleaned. 1t was thrown into acid,
however, where it boiled for few minutes
and came out a fine lot of pure lead. On
looking round for the Chinaman to arrest
him, he was non est.-San Aadreas Ind
Year: 1860

WAsuoE VIA THE HENNEss PAss.-A CORES
.pondent of the Bulletin. writing from Wiz.
ginia City, thus .,.peaks of his trip across the
summit via the Henness Pass; was advised
on leaving Jacksons. to keep the wagon road
which did, travelling on through a good
wooded COuntry. and over nothing more
than hills. There was no such thing a:
mountains. We passed over some snow, but
only for few miles. A couple of hours brot
us to the summit, which can only be known
by the waters turning to the eastward. Go
ing over the summit s nothing more than
riding up Bush street, San Francisco. Near
the summit is a beautiful lake, which is the
headwaters of one of the Yubas on one side
and one of the Truckees on the other. We
were now fully on the eastern slope, and felt
somewhat further from my western, but near
er my eastern home.
Year: 1860

A SAD SIonr.-In the Police Court this
morning, boy was arraigned on the charge
of stealing pistol. The accused was one of
the fugitives from the Industrial School For
the defense, another boy, and a fugitive tes-
tilted plumply that the accused did not steal
the pistol-that he knew he got it honestly.
A boy, l6 years old. was called to the stand
to testify that the accused brought the pis-
tol to the junk-shop in which witness is en-
pIoyed. Counsel asked the boy if he knew
the penalty of false swearing. lie said YES
he knew that they'd take him across the bay
he didn know Of any other penalty. He
had heard ministers tell of other punish
ment-it might be so or not-he knew Moth
ing about. This boy has been four years in
school in San Francisco, and was born in
COnneetieut-S Z. paper.
Year: 1860

FANNY FERN comes out rather savagely on
teachers who require "compositions" of their
young lady pupils before the poor things
nave any ideas to make them out of. Fanny
is right. Nothing is more ridiculous and
perilons than that sort of dry cupping (as
the doctors would call it, and the girl who
can write good letter-as almost any girl
with fair education can-has a much more
variable art than the ambitious young lady
VINO makes compositions" containing the
usual proportion Of one feeble idea to twenty
nagnioquent words.
Year: 1860

The PRINCE OF WALES ScANDAL-The
young lady about whom the love troubles of
the Prince of Wales have begun, and which
have led, according to rumor, to his visit to
the North American Colonies. is the Lady
Caroline Nillers, daughter of the Earl of
Jersey, and granddaughter of the late Sir
Robert Peel, of whom the Countess of Jersey
was the eldest daughter. She is very young
not over seventeen; the Prince not nineteen
until November next
Year: 1860

A MAN named Alexander Moore, residing
at London New Hampshire, is in Jail on a
charge of poisoning his wife, daughter, SON
In law and servant girl. He had quarreled
with and separated from his family, but had
recently returned to live with them. He
mixed white lead with the flour used by the
family, with the design of destroying all of
them.
Year: 1860

PLAYING CARDS FOR A WFE.-A constable
IN Wllliamsport, Indiana, while paving n
Visit to young lady few miles away, pro
posed a game Of euehre as the evenings
entertainment, which was accepted by the
young lady. When the cards were dealt the
young lady proposed a flyer" of fifty dollars.
TO which the constable demurred. 1he Young
lady protested that she would never play
with gentleman unless there was some stake
up, but the gent still demurred, when, as a
compromise, the lady proposed that thev
would play, and if she beat him he should
marry her, which the gallant constable could-
MT do otherwise than accept. At it they
went, and the lady proved to be the winner
The constable was invited to stay all night.
and in the morning they would proceed to
the squires and be made one flesh. lie plead
pressing business and went away. She fol-
lowed him to his fathers and stayed there
three days without seeing the young man.
when compromise was effected by paying
the disconsolate lady two hundred and fifty
dollars to fill the breach.
Year: 1860

The INDIAN FfeHT NEAR ORoy111r Tho
Record in an account of the Indian fiobt in
the vicinity Of the Prairie House, last Sum-
day, says it understands that three or four
Indians were killed by the party of whites
who went to the scene of the conflict. That
Journal adds:


We-are assured by one party who visited
the scene of conflict that, while he had Sion.
ped his buggy to talk with some of the Ind
ans, he was astonished to see another nortr
at short distance, commence firino uno1
the Indians. He even had to Interfere ~
prevent one of the Indians with whom bo
was talking, from being shot down. We
mention this butchery with regret and hone
that we have been misinformed. We hone
our informant was mistaken when he saw one
Of the returned party exhibit Il couple of In
dian head dresses and assert that those who
had worn them would never trouble any one
else. When an Indian wears at his wampum
belt the head gear Of white man, he is call.
ed savage And yet we suppose he feels
as heroic and brave as he who had shot a
flying digger, and brought away a head dress
as trophy of his gallant victory A shame
upon his conduct Is it any wonder that the
Indians of California occasionally shoot down
a solitary traveller, or murder the inmates of
an isolated mining camp?
Year: 1860

The following excellent suggestions for
filling up the spare time of the farmers pro-
fitably, arp taken from prize essay published
In the 0ennesee Farmer:


Nothing tends more to cultivation of re
fined domestic comfort than the attractions
OF a pleasant home. The essayist says:-
"Notfing shows the refinement of farmer
more than the adornment of his home; it
shows his good taste. and that he is desirous
of making all around him pleasant and com
Portable. Beautiful and attractive homes
tend to increase all the good qualities of the
occupants, and remove the bad. Beauty and
loveliness in nature tend to all that is noble
in thought and deed, anil make mankind
better, both rs concerns their own happiness
and that Of others. II your house is poor
and plain, it makes no difference; if you
cannot afford TO buy new one, adorn the
surroundings Of the cid one. In odd spells
build u neat yar,l fence-it will cost almost
nothing; set out some pretty trees in front,
and surround the house if possible. Fill the
yard with howers-they will cost nothing
but the trouble Of getting, unless rare varie.
ties are produced, and wife and children will
see TO the cutivation-never fear that
Build wood house if you have none al.
ready. Don't defnce your door. yard with
wood piles old rails cart wheels, and othor
rubbish. Remove the hog-pen from its con
spicuons position, near the roadside, to the
rear Of the house, and build neat frame
structure, instead of sticks and slabs; it will
pay for itself in few years. Have good
neat fences-they look and are much better.
Remove all sticks. stones and stumps from
the fields Build good sheds and barns if
not already built; they will pay for them
selves and look much better than the un
slightly objects on many farm. Don't al
low loose boards on your buildings; they
look unsightIy. Have good yards around
your farm buildings; they add greatly to the
beauty. Get some Of the best books Of the
day, where yourself and your family can
gather instruction in their leisure hours, and
take at least one good agricultural paper.
Strive to make your home, farm, and family
pattern one, and in no way can it be done
so etfectuslly and early as by adorning it
externally, as well as internally.
Year: 1860

HAS now taken that position in the worlds es-
IL timation, which justiies its proprietor in
claiming for it


A SUPERIORITY UNRIvALLED,
Produced, as it is, by process known only to the
Manufacturer, and extracted from the choicest
grain, which grows no where but in o favored
locality in the Valley of the Monongahela, and
containing no particle of deleterious admixture;
it has acquired reputation for perfect purity
and intrinsic excellence, based solely upon its in
herent merit which the Proprietor does not in
tend shall ever be forfeited. It's universal use by
the
Year: 1860

RIcH SILVER NINE IN SAN BERNARDINo.-A
correspondent of the San Francisco Herald writing
from San Bernardno says that that county promises
to become very prosperous-frst, from the opening
of new roads by the Overland Mail Company, there
by bringing the county into more intimate connec-
ton with the rest Of the State and next and mainly


from the re-discovery Of the rich silver mines which
were wrought under the direction and control OF
the Mission Fathers many years ago. The Fathers
finally buried up and concealed the mines from the
fear that the knowledge Of their existence would
induce irrupton of fortune hunters and seriously
interfere with their labors among the Indians. In
order the more effcctually TO prevent knowledge
Of these mines from being diffused abroad the Fa-
theirs laid severe nunctions upon the Indians, for
bidding them 20 make the existence Of these mines
known. 1t however appears that an old Indian,
who, when Young, helped to conceal the mines, has
lately pointed them out to his son-in-law "A white
thanksgiving, that he was now willing to die If the
mines would benefit his son-n-law. The discovery
is making great stir in that region Of country and
specimens Of the ore, which said to greatly re-
sembe those from Washoe, were sent 20 San Fran
cisco to be assayed. This is indeed the age Of won
derful discoveries of mineral wealth-discoyeries OF
which California is the center.
Year: 1860

Two INDIANS KILLED.-The Plumas Standard
has all account Of the killing of two Pitt River
Indians brothers of the chief Shavehead, who lately
struggled into a camp Of Big Meadow Indians. The
latter are friendly with the whites, and took the
two stragglers prisoners. A party Of whites and
Indians deberated all night what to do with them,
and finally determined to shoot them. When in
formed Of their doom they did not seem to be much
affected; but determined TO make bold resistance,
jim, the more desperate one Of the two, caught up
a gun of Rich Bar Bill, and quick as thought,
discharged it at random among the crowd, though
without doing any injury, and then commenced a
fight although surrounded by strong guard. He
had scarcely gone twenty steps when twenty rlhes
were discharged, accompanied by the war-whoop
Three large balls taking effect in the back he leaped
into the air and fell with yells Of agony, rolling on
the ground. His executioners, so infurated at his
attempt TO shoot some Of them, rushed upon him,
and ere a hand could be stayed riddled his brain
Instantaneously with the enacting Of this, George,
the other chief, attempted TO make his escape, but
was caught by one Indian Bob, and so determined
was his resistance, that Bob, perfect Hercules
was compelled to stranglc him to death before re-
leasing him.
Year: 1860

LAGER BEER INToxlcATINo.-The Court Of
Appeals Of New York. the highest judicial au-
tbority in that State, has decided that lager
beer is an intoxicating drink. The Germans OF
New York are indignant at this decision, be.
cause it will have the effect Of shutting up their
beer saloons on Sunday. The question was
raised year or two ago as to whether lager
beer, in the eye Of the law, was intoxicating
aud so long as the question remained unsettled
the police of New York city have been cautious
about strictly enforcing the Sunday law against
beer saloons.