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Year: 1859

The opposition aver that the claim of the right to protection of slave property in the territories, is in direct violation of the principles laid down in the Cincinnati platform. The doctrine of non-interven- tion by Congress with slavery in the terri tories as there held does not conflict with the power to provide for protection of pro- perty. The fugitive slave law, which was for the direct protection of the property of shareholders, was upheld by those who adopted the platform. While it does not contain single negative of the position taken by the south, it affirmatively says:

 "Every citizen and every section of the country has right to demand and insist upon an equality of rights and privileges, and to complete and ample protection of persons and property from domestic vlo- lence or foreign aggression"

 All that is now asked for is equal rights that the property of one kind shall be equally protected with property of another kind. If this is refused, the south will exhibit that spirit which has already been ennnc;ated in the sentiment of "equal rights in the Union or independence out of it."
Year: 1859

The news from Mexico is exciting great deal of interest. Juarez is again in the ascendant, and Miramon in the descendant scale. There is report of battle wherein five hundred men were killed on each side. but this is doubted, for the greasers do not fight to that extent.

 The American minister has recognized Juarez as the Governor of the Republic of Mexico. The announcement of this event was received with the greatest enthusiasm by the people. A national salute was fired, the bells were rung, and grand military parade had.

 On the isthmus there are no less stirring times. Affairs there are fast coming to focus. and must be decided for or against us at once. The American Transit Company has been severely dealt with. There is a concentration of force at this point and warm work is expected.
Year: 1859

That there is gold at this locality, and that few are making good wages, will be admitted. But it Is too late to go there now. The numbers there and on their way, almost exceed belief Through one little town in Missouri, no less than f 300 persons passed in one week, on the road to the mines. Vehicles of all kinds, from the wheel-barrow and hand-cart to the dearborn and wagon; tools and machinery of every possible description, all are on the way. The accounts from there continue to be very contradictory. It is very proba- ble that gold may be found on that chain of mountains further south, as far as the Spanish Peak. Indeed, there was rumor of gold found near the Sangrede Chrlsto Pass. As disappointed parties to Pike's Peak will scatter and go prospecting, 1t IS likely they will find other diggings as rich as those discovered, for 1t is fair to presume that the gold fields are not confined to a single mountain neighborhood. Should other places be found, it may do for the adventurous to go there, but Pike's Peak is overdone All the gold there dug up and divided out among those persons there and soon to be there, would not be enough to cover the aggregate cost of their getting there.
Year: 1859

I@ The honorable by courtesy, but by or in nothing else,) editor of the State Rights Democrat, at the close of black guard article, takes occasion to talk of a 'cowhide in connection with the junior edi- tor of this paper and says tha. it is the instrument with which saucy slaves are punished in that region If all who re- fuse to knucEle and truckle to him are to be considered as saucy slaves, he will find Arkansas is full of them. If the junior editor of paper is a slave in his opinion and the cowhide is used in his region. it goes to explain why the State Rights De- mocrat has new editor every new moon. Such miserable trash as his allusions to us. IS not worthy of notice, only to show to the people of Arkansas, how man like the Congressman elect, can descend to the very lowest and most disgusting depths of bragging blackguardism.

 As politician he has shown himself unsound, ungrateful and unreliable As an editor, he has done more to lower the tone of the press and injure the democratic par ty than all the know nothing editors in the State. And it Is to be feared that when he goes to Washington he will disgrace the State that has had the misfortune to elect him, to represent her, in part. He has sense enough to know better and for a course such as he has seen fit to pursue there is-there can be, no excuse.
Year: 1859

We put but little faith in the telegraphic dispatches that represent the whole island in state of revolt. It is very question able if majority of the inhabitants are not opposed to us, which opposition arises from that pride the Dons retain when all else is lost, as we'll as from the repugnance with which catholic nation feels towards a union with one it believes to be protes- tant. Some decisive movements have been or will be made there. During the month of March and more recently, expeditions are supposed to have left our shores for Cuba, and it is possible that they may get up revolution.
Year: 1859

'.

 This craft is evidently difficult one to manage It has had so many commanders real and nominal, that we have lost the count. Indeed, no man with any self-re- spect could suffer his name to be used to cover the disgraceful articles that appeared ln that paper or to pursue the low course it has pursued of late The junior editor of this paper, working fairly, openly and un- trammeled, from sincere conviction of light and desire to advance the interests of all, has been sneeringly and indignantly called by Hindman, Danley, Duval & Co.,, a "chatteI' and " hireling," but before he would permit himself to be dictated to by the little giant, to follow him in his tor tuous windings, aiding him in his low tricks and indorsing his dishonorable acts, he would suffer his right arm hewn from his body. In the number before us the mem. Der of Congress elect announces his retire ment. Let us hope for decency's sake, and for the reputation of the press in Arkansas, that this retirement is req and not, as before, a sham. He has shown us to what depths of slang and vulgarity an editor can descend; he has eclipsed Bonnet, and com pared with his sheet, "Ned Buntline's Own' might bear the palm for decency

 A new editor, by the name of R. w. Phipps, is introduced. He tells us that he IS a Mississippian, a state rights democrat and adds:

 "The Democrat, under my control, will cheerfully and cordially yield obedience to democratic usages-support the nominees of the party, and advocate their success with all the ability it may possess"

 If he does this he will do more than his notorious (not illustrious) predecessor has done, for he, not content with abusing and traducing the prominent democrats in this State turned his filthy weapons against some ofthe most distinguished leaders ofthe party and hung the democratic flag at half-mast. A few weeks more as editor and he would have hauled it completely down.

 If the new editor is to be guided and di- rected by the would be autocrat and has particle of honor or manliness his term will be short one. But, if he is left free and will avoid the outrageous and.. d..disgraceful course his predecessor has followed to his ruin, he will, we hope, succeed If he has any discretion, he will see the folly of war ring upon the great mass of the party, and use the paper as means of harmonising and concentrating the democratic party Utterly unknown to us, as we suppose he is, with very few exceptions, to the whole peo- pie of the State, it may not be deemed rude in us to tell him that if he comes to Tabor in good faith for the interests of democracy he will be sustained, but, if brought here to wage war upon democracy and democrats he will find that

 Jordan is hard road to travel"
Year: 1859

The steamer Arkansas, one of the mail packets, was sunk about thirty miles below this point on her downward trip last week. The boat is total loss, and we learn that the insurance upon her had run out we re- gret this, because Captain Haines, her com mander, is amongst one of our best river captains and citizens.

 The steamer Resolute, regular packet from Cincinnati to Fort Smith, was sunk five miles below the latter place last week on her downward trip. No lives were lost, or freight injured. The Resolute was a large boat, valued at twenty thousand dol lars, with an insurance of twelve thousand. The machinery and boilers are taken out and the wreck abandoned as utterly worth less.
Year: 1859

RAsPBERRIEs AND JAM.-Lake Superior is
famous for jam as well as fish. In 1855 some
four hundred pounds of raspberry jam were
manufactured in Chippewa County, as an ex-
pertinent, and the article now finds ready
market East and West The different makers
at Sugar Island, Saut Village and Indian
Mission, the past August, put up thirty-one
thousand and four hundred pounds, which sold
readily for fifteen, eighteen and twenty cents
per pound, and the manufacture still continues.
The berries are mostly picked by Chippewa
women, and are brought in in baskets contain
ing sixteen pounds, for which they receive a
dollar, or six cents per pound. The Lake
Superior Journal says it is not uncommon for
q mother and two or three children to come in
at night with three or four baskets.


The great fire that ragged through the Lake
Superior country in 1s46 cleared of thousands
Of acres of heretofore impenetrable forests, and
at the same time converted them into beautiful
raspberry plantations, that produce, many of
them, at the rate of from four to six hundred
weight Of berries to the acre, and were there a
sufficicncy of harvesters, the business could be
extended to IN almost indefinite extcut.
Year: 1859

How TO LIVE LoYG.-More people die an
nually from want of sufficient brain-work
than from an excess Of it. Good health of
body and mind depends upon each having its
full share of exercise and work, and it would
seem from history that we can better afford
the body to be in state of lassitudo than al
low the Intellectual powers to lie dormant.
There may be physical cause for this, from
the fact that much thought induces temper
ate life; but the exceptions to such rule
would be found so enormous as to show that
Year: 1859




A statement has been going the circuit of the
papers that since Napoleon III has declared
a general amnesty to all political offenders, the
system Of espionage is as rife as ever in France;
in short, that there is policeman in almost
every house; and people here are correspond
ingly shocked at this fact. Do they not know
that system of espionage just as despotic and
perhaps more potent is exercised at our own
doors, of which they never think Of complain
ing? By means of tho mercantile agencies the
spy-system is ramifed throughout the whole
country, the most secret actions of men, not
alone in mercantile matters, but in tho private
life Of the merchant himself, arc recorded on
the books Of those agencies, and open to the
inspection of whoever pays for the privilege.
If merchant in New York is about to sell a
bill Of goods to merchant in Skunk Hollow,
Arkansas, he goes first TO the agency, and says,
"I want to sell to John Smith, of Skunk IIol-
low, Arkansas; what do you know about him."
The clerk who has charge of that zone Of coun-
try is called, he refers to his book, and the
private life of poor John Smith is laid open to
the eyes of the inquirer. He is told when and
20 whom he was married; how much money he
got with his wife; whether they live happily
together; how many children he has; whether
he gives parties, drinks champagne or confines
himself to "red-oye," and when he played the
last game of whist or euchre. Now, how all
the information on these subjects came to be
known in New York, except by meals of the
most rigid espionage, is problem. Yet the
facts are recorded here, and they are generally,
if not always, correct. Tho espionage of the
mercantile agencies can blast tho prospects Of
merchant and ruin his character forever; the
espionage of the French Emperor cannot do
more.


The information acquired by the foreign
system is communicated to tho government
alone, the information gathered by the agents
Of the system here can bo purchased by the
whole country for q price. That is just the
difference between them.-N Y. Herald,
Year: 1859

CURREYcY OF RrssA.-The gold and silver
of Russia is of the purest quality, and their
coin is exquisitely cut and very chaste.
Their paper circulating medium is the issue
OF the National Bank at st. Petersburg
The rouble, which believe is the largest of
their silver pieces, is equal in value to sew
enty five cents Of our money; it is divided
into parts by copeeks, one hundred of which
make rouble, the smallest silver coin being
five copeeks. Their copper coin varies in
denomination from one quarter of a copeek-
three-siXteenth Of cent--to five-copeek
piece. While copper to us is but trihe,
and the term is often used to express some-
thing small, the comfort, if not the very ex-
istence, of thousands of the poor laboring
classes in Russia depend upon an abundant
circulation Of copper money; it is almost the
only money which many receive in reward
for their labor, and were it to be withdrawn
from circulation in large quantities, such
withdrawal would be followed by marked
evidences of want among the large class with
whom it is the principal if not the only me-
dium of axchange.
Year: 1859

WHAT WIFE SHOULD BE.-says an old
author; "a good wifi should be like three
like. First, she should be like snail, always
keep within her house; but she should not
be like snail, to carry all she has upon her
back. Secondly, she should be like an echo,
speak when she is spoken to; but she should
not be like an echo, always to have the last
word. Thirdly, she should be like town
clock, always keep time and regularity; but
she should not be lik o town-clock, to speek
so loud that all the town may hear her."
Year: 1859

READ READl-MURDEB UPHELDi-That
infamous sheet. The New York Tribune,
speaks out bolder this morning in favor of
Old Brown than ever before. 1t now plain
ly endorses Browns means of abolishing
slavery" if it could only be successful
Hear it,


If slavery be wrong. it by no means
follows that such efforts to overthrow it as
Browns are right; for we are not at liberty
to shed the blood of the oppressor or evil
door, and throw the community into an.
archy and convulsion, without q clear and
ratiOna, conviction that the ov,l are combat is
thus to be overthrown.


There the whole thing is in nutshell.
The announcement is made 10 the South
distinctly that If there were clear and
rotionot belief that "siaoery' could be ocer-
hrocn by shedding the blood of car fellosc.
citizens ot tie South, a aoould be riohf TO do
so Brown WAS wrong only because his
means were not proporiionate TO the end to
be accomplished. What in Heavens name
are we coming to? A New York newspa-
per upholding the right of the North to shed
tie blood Of heir .feltoy- citizens,
Year: 1859

devoted nearly the whole OF the income Of her own
large fortune TO benevolent purposes, To which she
attended personally with all the zeal of Sister of
Charity. A single example out of many will Illus
trate Mr.. PrescOtt's character in this Tespect


One bitter cold day in Winter came 70 the study,
work Immediately on two long and important let
ters one to Senior Gayangos at Madrid the other
to Count de CircOurt at Paris, which he was very
anxious to have finished in season to go by that
weeks mail to Europe. There was barely suffici-
ent time to get them ready before the mail closed.
They were about half done, when II o'clock, bis
hour for exercise, arrived. He was SO anxious to
get them off, that he did what mad never known
him to do before: be relinquished his walk, and
kept at his writing case, telling me to go out and
stretch my legs, but to be sure and return at l
o'clock, when be would have the letters ready to
be copied. l offered to remain and copy as he


wrote but he said there would be time
enough if came back at l O'Clock.


He never would allow me to work for him beyond
the hours stipulated in our agreement, and was
very careful not to encrosch upon my time even for
a mil ute, though he often made me take holidays.


l strOlled about the city for half an hour, and on
my way back passing through Broad street, where
the Irish congregate, met one Michael Sullivan
WI ON knew. He seemed to be in trouble, and


inquired " hat allied him. He said be had been
sick and out of work, and had no money and bis
family was starving with cold. l went with him
to the den where be lived, and found his wife and
three or four small children in wretched loft over
warehouse, where they were lying on the hoor


huddled in pile of straw and shayings, with some
rags and pieces of old carpet over them. The
only furniture in the room was chair, broken
table, ard small stove in which were the expiring
emhers Of scanty handful Of coal, which they had
begged from neighbOrs equally poor. The mer-
cury Was below zero out OF DOORS and the dilapi-
dated apartment was not much warmer than the
street. had no time to spare, and the detention,
slight it was prevented me from getting back to
Mir. PrescOtt's till a quarter past one. His MSS.
lay on my desk, and be was walking about the
room IN a state Of impatience, knew, though
he showed none, except by looking at his
his watch. As / warmed my chilled hands
over the fire, l told him, by way Of apol-
oey what hsd detained me. Without speak
ing, be stepped to drawer where scrsps Of writing
paper were kept took out piece, and laying it on
Year: 1859

COINS CuRED.-The Journal Of Health
tell us that the simplest, safest, most avaa-
bic and consequently the best cure for corns
on the toes, consists in three operations


lst Soak the feet in hot water for fifteen
minutes, night and morning, for week.


3D. After the soaking, rub a little sweet
oil on the corn, or any other mild form of
grease, with the fingers, for about five min
utes


Sd. Cut hole in one two or three thick
nesses of soft buckskin, and bind it on the
toe, so that the hole in the buckskin shall
receive the corn.


The object of the water and oil is to soft
en- the corn and parts adjoining; the object
of the buckskin is to protect the corn from
pressure.


In a very short time the corn will become
painless, and will subsequently fall out itself,
as it is growth, and is pushed upward and
outward by the more natural growth beneath.
1t is thrown out of the body by the action of
the parts, as a splinter or a crushed bone, as
being no longer a part OF the body.
Year: 1859

To CLEAN MARBLE.-Take two ounces Of
common soda, one of pumice stone, and
one of finely powdered chalk sift them
through fine sieve and mix them with wa
ter; then rub the mixture we'll all over the
marble and the stains will be removed; now
wash the marble over with soap and water,
and it will be as clean as it was previous to
its being stained. Sometimes the marble is
stained yellow with iron-rust; in such cases
it can be cleaned by lemon Juice.
Year: 1859

BALLS TO REMOVE GREAsE.-Take soft
soap and fullers' earth, of each, half pound;
beat them well together in mortar, and
form into cakes. The spot on the cloth
being first moistened with water, is rubbed
with a cake and allowed to dry, when it is
well rubbed with little warm water, and
afterwards rinsed or rubbed off clean.
Year: 1859

Seven years ago land could be bought
within six, eight and ten miles of St. Panl
for one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre;
now it is worth from one hundred to three
hundred dollars per acre.
Year: 1859

Upon the of that fuid If the skin is in an un-
natural state, in Scrofua Leprosy, and all Ulcerous
Diseases it is evident that the vessels which ramify
the surface of the body must be charged with diseased
blood; and So the whole volume of blood and
arteral is impure. Before can be effected there
must be publication of the vital stream The great OBJ
ject therefore, to ascertain what remedies will act most
directly upon the constituents of the blood when in the
act of combination. Experience observation and cloud
of witnesses establish the fact that this preparation at


the very head of this class and will restore the circu
laon to healthy state by eradicatng the elements Of
1iS
Year: 1859

AUBUR CAL
TAKE this method of informing the public that
l. they at all times prepared to take con
tracts for building, or do any kind of Carpenter
or Joners work in workman like manner and at
low rates.


They constantly keep on hand la full assortment
of seasoned Lumber, and Shingles that will be
sold in quantities to suit purchasers. Sash doors
made to order.


Shop and Lumber Yard on Auburn Ravine
near the Placer Herald Office where those want
ing anything in the above line can be promptly
accommodated REED IL FRENCH.
Auburn Jan. LIST, lS59-my.
Year: 1859

with or without iron frames, have, in their NEW
SCALE AN IMPROVED ACTION, power and compass
of ton equalling the grand, with the beauty and
durability of the square piano. The Press and
first Music Masters have justly pronounced them
equal if not superior to any other make. They
are guaranteed to stand TIE action Of euery ch
Year: 1859

In our last weeks issue we remarked that
certain defeated candidates" were "instrumen-
tai in bringing Clint. johnson into the field as
an independent candidate for Tax Collector for
the particular purpose of comprising Mr.. Skill
mans defeat"


Mr.. Johnson thinks that by this language we
have placed him in wrong position, and done
him injustice. He says that he was not brought
out by " defeated candidates" but was induced
to consent to become candidate solely through
the persuasion of Democrats who had not been
before the Convention as candidates He saws
and we believe him, that he is not a man who
can be used as tool by any man or set of men
and that therefore the intimation that he wa:
thus used by defeated candidates, does him in.
justice.


In this connection we desire to say that we
had no idea of intimating that he was used as
tool by any set of men, We did think however
that he had been persuaded by the sore-heads
and their immediate friends to announce him
self for Tax Collector. We are glad that we
were mistaken.