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Year: 1859

NJ Office is hereby given by the Board of Supervi-
sors of Sutter county, that there is submitted to
the electors of said county TO be voted on by them at
the next general election of said county for the elec
ton of State and county officers, 10 be held on We'd
nesday the seventh day of September, A. d. 1859,
proposition for the said Board of Supervisors of said
Sutter county, to take and subscribe fifty thousand
dollars the capital stock of the San Francisco and
Marysvlle Railroad Company and to issue the bonds
of said county in the manner provided by, and in
pursuance Of an act entitled "an act to authorize the
Board Of Supervisors OF the county of Sutter TO take
and subscribe fifty thousand dollars to the capital
stock of the San Francisco and Marysvile Railroad
Company and to provide fo the payment of the same,
and other matters relating thereto" approved April
16th 1852 for the payment Of such subscription, and
notice is further given that the said Board have ORDER
ed that the proposition be voted upon by ballot form
ing part of the ticket made and voted for county
officers for said county, at said election, and to be de-
posted in the ballot box and at the time
on such tickets for said county officers


And said Board of Supervisors further give notice,
that in order to vote upon said proposition the words
Subscription of Fifty Thousand Dollars to the San
Francisco and Marysvile Railroad Company" must
be either printed written upon such ballots, and
those voting in favor of said proposition must have
the word "Yes' printed written such ballot, and
those voting against such proposition must have tho
word "No" printed or written such ticket


NJ. +. GARR, Charm. Board Sups.


true copy. Attest G. E. WncoxoN, Clerk


an0o0d
Year: 1859

The Cattle Show will be held in the city of Marys
vile, very near the Fair Grounds


Competitors required to forward to the Office
list of the animals intended to be exhibited, or be-
fore the 18th day of August in order that proper stalls
may be prov ded


Stock must be at the grounds before 10 A. NJ of Au
gust Goth, when proper places will be assigned them
and no animal will be permitted to leave the stall be-
tween 10 A. NJ. and p NJ. on any day of exhibition
A want of compliance with any part of this rule will
Year: 1859

one Of extreme embarrassment, and a crisis
may arrive whenever the dynasty may be
overthrown unless large sum of money
can be raised forthwith. The President
says he woul d not acquire except by honor
able negotiations, aud he will not depart
from such course unless circumstances
which he does not anticipate may render q
departure justifable under the imperative
and overruling law Of self-preservation.-
He tells US it may be necessary to rene "
the negotiations and make an advance in
money without awaiting a ratification by
the Senate. This, in point Of fact, is an
appeal 10 Congress for an expression of its
opinion on the propriety of renewing the
negotiations. Should We iail 10 give him
the means, he will consider 1t as an intima-
tion that we do not desire the requisitlon OF
the island.


The report then goes on TO say that if,
as has been said, the Cubans do not desire
atransfer, it would be very serious OBJ
lection 10 the measure, but the Cubans
would be less than men, if they are content
ed withtheir lot, and the report has the
best authority for asserting that nearly the
entire native population oil Cuba desire an
nexation. '.
Year: 1859

IrAdvertIse! advertise! This is the
life Of trade, and standing advertisements,
you will find, will prove the most remuner-
ative, at least have found it so during my
business career thus far; for should yon
withdraw but a single week from the paper
in which you are accustomed to advertise,
ten 10 one that would be theiime whe some
would be new customers will look into the
paper for your business address, and not
finding it, you will lose several profitable
sales William Gray.
Year: 1859

Do RIGHT, THouGH You HAVE ESrJ
MIEs.-The Nashville Gazstte says: A man
that has soul worth sixpence, must have
enemies. It is utterly impossible for the
best man to please the whole world, aud the
sooner this is understood and position ta-
ken in view of the fact, the better. Do
right though you have enemies. You car.
not escape Them by doing wrong; and it is
little gain TO barter away your honor and
and ditest yourself of moral cour-
age 10 gain what? Nothing. Better abide
by the truth-frown down all Opposition,'
and rejoice in the feeling which must inspire
a free and Independent man." ~.r
Year: 1859

Two or three nights ago, an agree.
able incident occurred at q wedding in
Now York. Tho father Of the bride.
groom was sick and not able to attend
tho wedding, but desired to sec tho
bride in her bridal dress. SO immedi.
ately after the performance Of tho Ger.
'mony the "happy pair stepped into
: carriage, ana drove to his residence.
On their arrival they found tho side.
walk, steps, hall and stairs covered
with flowers, and in addition to the
YARN congratulations Of tho old gen,


lcman, the bride received the deed ot
IN elegant new house, supcrbly fur.
niShcd and elegantly fitted up in every
respect
Year: 1859

The Phrase Log.RoUiag.' Since
suggesting the probable origin of this
phrase, we have met with the follow
ing in the Historical Magazine, which
assigns the same {: ..'


The phrase is drawn from the clear
ing of forest land in a new country
The settler would himself cut down the
trees, and cut them into lengths or
logs. The next step was to roll them
into. heaps for burning, and that he
could not do with out help; so he cal
led his neighbOrs to help him roll, and
when they had rolling lie helped them.
This is aptly applied to legislative ac.
ton for the passage of laws for local
measures. Vote for my bill and l will
vote for yours. The phrase was prob.
ably western; it is certainly more than
forty years old.
Year: 1859

The meancst man in the world has
turned up at Buffalo. His name IS
not given, but chapter in his history
points him out as the mean man of
the age. lie held a claim against one
OF his neighbors, which he placed in
She sheriifs hands. No property could
be found by that officer, but the crcd
tor made an examination, and discover
Ell small monument at one of the
marble yards in the city, which had
been ordered by the debtor to be placed
over the grave of little child he had
recently buried. The Sheriff was ad-
vised of this discovery, and although
he demonstrated, the creditor insisted
that the stone should be sold. At the
sale, there was no one mean enough
to bid upon it but the creditor, and it
was knocked down to him. A little
monument of IA little child, with the
names ofthc parents and their offspring,
upon 1.-THE figure Of a dog, the emb.
lem Of fidelity, in an attitude of re.
pose, surmounting twas bought by
this thing in human form. Wheeling
Mtelhgencer.
Year: 1859

He further said, that liberty was the trst
interest of a people. IL bore to Education,
and Art, and Religion, the relation of the
power to the mill. 1t kept humanity
going. The prosperity of this country de-
pended on its immense human activity
Freedom had stepped upon our ant-hill. and
all was alive with ants, each builder
contributing its grain of sand to build hill
which should stand with its summit in the
skies, while all the ant-hillS of DespotiSm
were quiet and dead. The Governments
alone lived. The People were dead, and
only galvanized by Power now and then to
serve as food for powder, taxpayers, and
puppets in professions. Liberty was the
surest way to order, the speaker thought
The best cure of human Wrongs, was human
Rights. He instanced California as coun-
try which had become quiet and orderly, al
though it had been SD full of disorderly ma
terials, by tho working of Liberty, AMI not
Law.


The fourth Fallacy of which the lecturer
treated, was the belief that moral enthusi-
aSm and popular excitement were dangerous
in free communities. He regarded them, on
the contrary, as Indispensable. If evils at all,
they were necessary.


The chief part of this division of the lee
ture was glowing appeal to young men to
keep themselves ever young-never to lose
their moral enthusiasm. The dreams of our
youth were saner than the waking of our
manhood. The Responsibilities were on
constant September hunt of the hare of
enthusiasm through the forests of youthful
ardor. The danger was not that we should
have too much enthusiasm, but not enough.


In conclusion, he counselled his hearers
to be ardent and incorruptible advocates of
Human Rights, demanding Liberty every
where under all circumstances, for every
body, at any cost, now and forever.
Year: 1859

SAD SUICIDE OF + G. PAGE, "Dow,
JR MIR. Eldrige Gerry Page, better
known by the non de plume of "Dow,
Jr, over which signature he has
written several years in this and At
lantic cities, committed suicide few
days ago, as it is supposed, by taking
poison in the form of arsenic This
event took place in his room, i'll the
second story of small and miserable
house, on the north side of Pacific st. !,
few doors above Kearny. A About
five o'clock, one of the women of the
house was attracted to his room by an
unusual noise there, and found the suf-
terer either on the floor or on the Led,
struggling, and in very weak condi-
tion, and calling for water to assuage
his burning thirst. He had been Just
taken ILL., She obtained the water in
a tin, hut he was too weak to lift it to
his mouth, and spilled it upon the
floor, and this he did so often as she
brought it to him. until the floor was
flooded, and his own End the bed
clothes saturated. He died in painful
convulSions soon after. The room and
honse is of a wretched character, and
Mr.. Page appears to have lived there
in a miserable manner Deceased was
native of Litchfeld, Conn, and
aged about forty three years. He
was an old printer as well as writer,
and in both capacities had been known
in New York and elsewhere, for above
twenty years More than that time
ago he is known to have been employed
in the printing -office of Messrs. West
& Trow, in New York, where, among
other work, he set the entire type of
Roy's HebreU LeGacon, being himself
a good Hebrew scholar, and in all re-
spects a thoroughly edncaled man.
Sub equently he started the New York


Sunday Mercury, and in that and 9th
er literary positions had the friendship
Of such men as Horace Greeley and
Others of that stamp. He was at one
time well off, and used to make no
small figure in society. He came to
California about five years ago, where
he has since been principally employed
upon the Golden Era, of this city,
both as printer and as writer, over
the signature of Dow, Jr." His
vie died in this city some time since.
and child, whei her hers or his we are
not informed-the only one remaining
Of the two-has been in charge Of the
Sisters of Mercy for some time. II


s presumed that the unfortunate man
had taken arsenic, which accounted for
the dreadful thirst attending his last
moments OF the cause which led TO
this melancholy deed we are unable to
speak Whether it was owing to
family troubles, eating like canker
INTO the heart until life became bur-
den, or to the natural depression Of
spirits resulting from the ceaseless and
hopeless toll of the type case, is yet
Year: 1859

~ The monnment Association
have procured a handsome Lithograph
Of the monument which they propose
to erect in Trenton to commemorate e
the glorious services of the Revolati n.
It is shaft Of brown free stone 270
feet in height, perfectly round for some
thirty or forty feet, and above that
height with thirteen sides, emblemat'c c
Of the union formed by thirteen oYigi-
nal States. The base will be a wide
platform, reached by thirteen flights of
STEPS, each step separated from the
others by rounded projection, on
each of which will be engraved either
coat of arms of one Of the original lhir-
teen, or some scene in their revolution
ary history. The shaft will be crown
ed with colossal statute of Washing
ton. The design has been very gene
rally approved, and the monument if
completed in accordance with the de-
sign will be quite as creditable to the
taste of our people as any yet erected
in this country.
Year: 1859

WHILE the Southern medical stu
dents were dissolving the Union in the
Philadelphia de1ot. and waiting for
the Baltimore train to start, creditor
of one Of tlrem seized him, and pre-
tested against his leaving until he had
settled the amount OF his bill. A lady
appeared also in great distress at the
departure Of young gentleman who
Rad won her affections.
Year: 1859

AS an evidence Of the times, or a
change in the habits Of the people, the
True American states that not one
fourth as much lager beer is now sold
in Trenton as there was two years age.
Year: 1859

THE cid Raleigh tavern at Williams
burg, Va, was destroyed by fire short
time since. The old Raleigh was fa-
nous as the place where Patrick Henry
stopped when he made his debut in The
house Of BurgeSses, and it was in his
chamber in his old tavern that he con-
eocted his speeches. 1t was under the
roof of this old tavern that the great
and patriotic Of Ergina's sons met in
committee to deliberate in the darkest
hour OF the nation's history, and it was
from this house that those resolves
emahated which made Virginia fore
most in opposition to the arbitrary
movements of Great Britain.
Year: 1859

The PRESS will be subse, Went to none but
will he free to advocate our own honest opinions,
though We may stand alone


wewill advocate what We believe TO be for our
eountry's good. avoiding the one-sided views of
the bigoted porti.an, and the cant of the ultra
sectionalist.


We will advocate a heightened mors'itv WEE
Eeving the press to be the Grand lever by which
civilization is sadvanced md the problem ofman's
social and political happiness completely solved


The PREss viii have large space deyotedfc'
Literature, and the Arts and Sciences, besides
choice selections from the best writers, and a
considerable amount of original matter


A summary Of the daily news which viii be
likely to interest the general reader. and care-
ful report of the Markets, at home and Abroad,
will be given each week.


To make the PBEss the welcome visitant TO
the family circle shall be our highest aim.
Year: 1859

has won fnr itself such renown for the cure of
every variety OF Throat and Lung Complaint, that
II entirely unnecessary for na 10 recount the
evidence OF its virtues wherever it has been en-
ploysd. As it has long been In constant use
Throughout this section, we need not do more than
assure the people its quality is kept up the best
Il ever has been. and that II may be relied ON to
do for their relief all il has ever been found 10 do
Year: 1859

In The course OF few days the Doctor
paid another visit TO the cave. This
time he took dark lantern with him
He proceeded STOPPING low until he ar
rived al the end OF the long passage, it
terminated abruptly. and he was evident
~ beyond the place where the conversa-
ton took place which he had overheard
on his first visit He used his lantern to
examine the walls he could not discover
he slightest indication OF any passage or
DOR. Returning carefully and examin
ing all the way, he came 10 within two
hundred feet of the entrance, and there
on the north side cf the passage, he
found a small aperture about large
enough for a mans head, through which
the sound of human voices reached his
ear. He recognized the voice of the old
General. Now the reader must under
stand that his was the soubriauet of an
old bachelor who had no particular home
except Ihat be live! about Arena. and
made himself quite at home in wha,so
ever house be happened TO be, not only
because he felt quite easy himself, bat
because, Ill good natured way, he made
every one feel pleasant about him. He
gave much of the neighborhood gosaip,
and much of his own invention, but gen
orally in a very harmless way. He prid-
ed himself on being Democrat, and
therefore always was prepared 10 defend
The party. whether Of the Northern or
Southern wing. But although he defend
ed the Democracy without exception. We,
It would never have been an easy matter
10 gst the General TO run down fuoi-
tive slave. His heart was too good for
tins; and yet the same amiabli,y would


Rake him promise the STAKEHOLDER 10 do
all he could for him. Smith doubtless
had supposed from the Generals big ia Tx
that he was the very man for him. H.
therefore had entrusted TO him the au-
| thority 10 proceed against Sam as soon as
he might show a disposition TO quit the
range of his observation. But he had
not Informed The General wha, the secre,
was he had entrusted 10 Sam. He there
fore tried to &c; it somehow out of the
negro himself. The Doctor heard him
IN the midst of a sentence:
"--back from California. But
don't understand why he didn't take YOU
and the boz right along. Do you know,
Sam 2"


Course does"


Well, l reckoned be told you, bu, be
didn't think to name it to me-


Did you AK him f.


Il was a going to question him about
II, but he went eff in such hurry l did
not get good chance"


Wa he tell you den?"


He told me | must get you and the
little boy as comfortable as could with
furniture and provisions, aud take good
care of you and keep you from going off.
bu; if you did | must advertise YOU and
send out men TO hunt you up the moment
You were missing"
Was dat all ~


Nothing more, except wha, told you
already about his promising 10 pay me
well when he gets back from California,
and what you heard him say about your
going a visiting, especially to the Doc
tors"


Here followed a silence of several
minutes. AT length the old General SAID ::


But, Sam, thought you were going
to tell me what your master keeps you
| here for"


| You taut SO q


Yes, thought So"


- Well, nebber tau, So"
/ Again silence for several minutes,
Year: 1859

TIE Farmers Song.
am king in my own domain,


And my little wife il queen;
And Jointly over our realm reign,
royal couple, ween.
Beauty and Grace the robes that aow
From her lilly shoulders down,
The gems of Truth on her bosom glow,
And love is her golden crown.
But her dainty hands are brown with toll,
Her cheek with the breeIe'x kiss,
And she works for tiler of the SOIL
As if toll for him were blss-
am the king and the tiller too,
My farm is my fair domain,
And the will to dare and the strength to 10,
Are the sceptres OF my reign.
Al my touch the teeming earth yields up
Her wealth for my feast and store
The nectar of health bIims high ny cup,
Ny measure of runs DER.
oh ne'eT .as happi n realm, ween,
Than ours. meath the archiug sky,
And never happier king and queen
Than my little wife and J,
Year: 1859

CANADA WILL NOT SuPPoRr THRONE
Speaking of the expected visit of the Prince
of Wales to Canada, the Toronto Leader sig
niicant!y remarks:


"IIis Royal uighness will receive all the
respect due to an heir to the English throne
and the son Of constitutional Sovereign
whose reign has been marked by a series OF
practical reforms. On his part. he visits this
country with the full knowledge that, from
its position. it never can support a throne for
any of her numerous family; and that this
loyal people will one day it may he far dis
tant t-march quietly to national indepen-
detce. But even when that day comes, it
will be a real satisfaction and just pride to
England that she has given her masculine
language, her just laws and her free princi-
piles to second nation in the new world
Aud in that feeling of pride and satisfaction
it will not be beneath constitutional sover-
eiSn to share"
Year: 1859

Mr.. BALL IN PRoPRIA PEReoNA-The follow
ing communication appears in yesterdays
Sacramento Standard:


EDITOR STANDARD "A correspondent in
yesterdays paper takes exception 10 my ap-
pointment as one of the Commissioners to rs
tablish State Reform School for the reason
that my politics differ from that Of the don-
nant party while at the same lime the Gov
ernor is censured tor his action.


In reply, | will cheerfully resign in favor
of any person you or he may mention. (no
matter what his politics may TED upon your
assurance that such person shall faithfully
and energetically labor to accomplish the
purpose designed. The office is one without
dollars compensation-the duties will oc-
cupy more Of my time than c n well spare
and was accepted solely because for three
years past have labored in season and ont
of season, to supply this great want of the
whole State. The urgent necessity for II
school for vagrint boys is so deeply impress
ed upon my mind, that would resign at
once, II knew my continuance upon the
Con mission initiated against the success of
the School before the next Legislature The
appropriation is two Thousand dollars only.
and expended not by the Commissioners. but
disbursed under the direction of the Cover
nor, Secretary of State, Attorney General and
Superintendent of Public Instruction.


Respectfully yours.


N. A. IL BALL.


If any Lecomptonite desires an office,
without dollars compensation" attached
to it, we would like to see him. We have
never laid eyes on him yet.
Year: 1859

OLD NEwsPAPERs.-Many people like newspa.
pers, but few people preserve them yet the most
interesting reading imaginable is file of old
newspapers 1t brings up the very age with all
its hustle and every day affairs, and marks its
genius and its spirit more than the most labored
description of the historian. Who can take up II
paper half a century back without the thought
that almost every name there printed is now cut
upon tombstone at the head Of epitaph
Year: 1859

HORACE GREELEY on MlNNG.--In one of his
letters to the TriJuae Greeley expresses HIS
opinion Of the permanently Of the mines in this
State, and the certainty that heavy influx OF
population and consequent reduction Of the price
of labor viii more fully develop them. He
writes


Go where you will in the mining region. you
are seldom II mile distant from past or present
"diggings.' Speaking generally, every ravine,
gully, or water course has been prosppcted eve
ry one at some point dug open to the . bed rock"
and the everything earth or gravel run through
rocker,' " TOM or " sluioe,' in tho hope of
making it yield the shining dust. Many OF those
water courses have been deeply and widely dug
up for miles in extent. If any are left entirely
undisturbcd, the presumption is strong that the
euhaccnt rock is SO near the surface that gold
has had no chance to deposit itself thereon. In
some instances, basins or drpressions in the rock
have been gradually filled up with earth proba-
bly, aurferous-through thousands of years, and
the gold which light otherwise have been stroWn
down the valley for miles is here collected, 50
that it would be sheer waste to mine through
out those miles. But the more general opinion
seems to he that gold is dGused throughout the
soil of the entire mining region, especially upon
and Just above the surface Of the bed rock, though
only in certain localities is it sufficiently abun-
dant to justify efforts to extract it.. | find no one
seeming to cherish any apprehenSonS that Call
torna will cease to produce gold abundantly. at
least within the next quarter Of a century. On
the contrary, the current belief seems to he that
the influx Of population will in time so reduce
the wages of labor, or the progress Of invention
and discovery so increase its efficiency, that eX-
tensve districts will ultimately be mined with
profit which now necessarily avoided If the
amount of available water were doubled, with a
considerable reduction Of price, the gold product
of California would IhcreupOn be increased scVe-
raj millions per annum. At present, mining
terprises of considerable promise and indefinite
magnitude remain in allegiance, simply because
The price of labor the rate Of interest, and other
elements of the cost of mining, are deemed too
high to Justify their prosecution.
Year: 1859

~ See Lafee's announcement in another
column. He may be said to be an old residenter,
and star fixture in the watch aud jewelry
business here Fair dealing and first class
goods have been the means Of his success.
Year: 1859

r0- An immense Union meeting took
place last evening in New York. 10000
people were present Resolutions were
adopted and Gen. Scott was nominated for
the Presidency. The telegraph does not
give us even an outline of the resolutions