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Year: 1859

ClUlLrY TO AHlNALs.-We saw yes.
terday morning, the remains Of beautiful mare,
which had been driven to death the day before BY


some one who had used her to mako o long jour-


Dey. Such cruelty to dumb animals deserves to be
nnniahed
Year: 1859

GUTrA PERCHA HAMs-The great West il truly
a great place, and they do some great things out
in that region. The last wrinkle that has come
under our notice is new style Of hams. They
Of the sugar cured" order, put up in canvass,
ment is for the preservation Of the hams, and IL
is said the contents will keep in any cline for any
given period of time.
Year: 1859

REFUSED ADMISSION w hen felons are
sent to the penitentiary, in order to their
admission, it is necessary that the record CT the
court should accompany them. Yesterday mo.n-
ing the Sheriff Of Wise county appeared at the
prison gates with two feloDs from his county, bu.
not having the record, the Superintendent refused
to receive them. The Sheriff, We suppose, will
therefore have to deposit the prisoners in the city
Jail for safe keeping, until he can send to the
Clerk Of his county and obtain the record.
Year: 1859

A MORMON EXODUS Yesterday the dock st the
Michigan Central depot was covered With some
three hundred men and women bound from Epr.
land to Salt Lake Valley. They were Of the Nor
mon persuasion, and were on their way to Join the
faithful who do battle for the Lord uLder the %.
pervision of Prophet Brigham. Nearly two-shirds
OF them were women of all sges.-DetroH Ffes
Press eth.
Year: 1859

The GREAT COUNCIL of Red Men, met
at their wigwam in this city yesterday afternoon.
As their proceedings are all private, we are una.
bic to say what busnes, was transacted BY them
they are to have grand parade tomorrow after
noon and will attract universal attention by their
novel appearance.
Year: 1859




A Wires PRAYER.-ls not the sub.
joined a gem from a noble woman's
soul! lfthere is anything that comes
nearer to the imploration of Naomi
than it, we have not seen it.


Lord bless and preserve that dear
person whom Thou hast chosen to be
my husband; let his life be long and
blessed, comfortable and holy; and let
me also become great blessing and
comfort unto him, n sharer in all his
sorrows; meet helper in all the ac>
cidents and changes in the world;
make me amiable forever in his eyes,
and forever dear to him. Unite his
heart to me in the dearest love and
mine to him in all sweetness. charity
and compliance. Keep me from un-
genileness, all discontentedness and
unreasonableness Of passion and hui
NOR; and make me humble and obedf.
ent, useful and observant, that we may
delight in each other according to Thy
blessed Word, and both OF us may re-
ioice in Thee, having our portion in
the love and service of God forever
Amen.
Year: 1859

There's the secret A saving woman at the
head of family is the very best savings bank
vet established--one that receives deposits
daily and hourly, with no costly machinery
to manage it. The idea of saving is pleas.
ant one, and if "thc women" would imbibe it
and thus many when they were not aware of
it, would be laying the foundation for COM
petcnce, security in Il stormy time, and shell
ter in rainy day. Tie woman who sees to
her own house has Il large field to save in,
and the best way to make her comprehend it
is for her to keep an accoiint of current cx-
penscs Probably not one wife In ten has an
idea how much are the expenditures Of her
Sclfor family. Where from one or two thou
sand dollars are expended annually there is a
chance to save souething, if the attempt is
only made. Let the housewife take the idea
act upon it--and strive ovet it--and she
will save many dollars--perhaps hundreds-
where before she thought 1t impossible This
is duty--not prompting OF avarce--a
moral obligation that rests upon all--npon
..the women" as well as the mem bit 1t is a
duty, we are sorry to say, that is cultivated
very ltte even among those who preach the
most and regard themselves as examples in
most matters. Teach the women to save,
is a good enough maxim to be inserted in the
edition of Poor Richards Almanac"
Year: 1859

Fanny Fern says that when he


who is striving to rise in the world,
begins to exhibit superior. powers,
and the possession Of true genius, ne
must hide his light under a bushel,


OF else have all creation after him,
trying to blow itout. &
Year: 1859




g A MoDERN MIRAcLE.-William A.
Alcott gives an account in the Tri.
Ibune Of a young lady in this State
cured ola chrenie disease by the
prayers of clergyman. She had
somehow got the notion that the
prayer of faith might save the sick
as Id former times, and made up
her mind that if a certain good minis
ter Of her acquaintance would visit


her room and pray. she would get
we'll, The clergyman concluded to
try it as an experiment in mental
philosophy. The. first prayer did the
girl a great deal Of good, and the
second brought her to her feet, and
she soon recovered. She thinks, the
prayer did it, but the minister is con.
fident it was the effect Of her conf.
dence, and another instance Of the
Influence Of the mind over the body
i-AUk.cai O5s1uer9a q q ,os g1i9s =
Year: 1859

EVERY, WORD TRUE-It is a gre at
and PREVALENT error, that children
may be left to run wild in every
sort Of company and temptation for; ey-
eral years, and that it will be time
enough to break them in. This mis-
take makes half our spendthriits,
gamblers, thieves and drunkares.-
No man would deal so with bis gar
den lot; no man would raise a
colt OF puppy on such principles.
Take notice, patents Unless you till
the new soil, and throw in the good
seed, the devil will have n crop Of poi
son weeds before you know what has
taken place. Look at your dear chill
dren, and whether you will have
their safety or ruin at hazard, OF
whether you should not train .them


up in the way they should go.
Year: 1859

WYE have the largest stock of extra fine Gus
w tom made goods of any house in the State.
Everything in the furnishing line for gentlemen,
and as we mar ufacture our own goods, and I'M
port direct from our house 416 Broadway, New
York we are able and willing to sell cheaper
than any other house matter who they are
Remember that we sell for cash. and cash only,
and one price. 900 worth of goods, whole
sale or retail.


December 25th, ls5e.-3m
Year: 1859

Mr.. DeLong has introduced bill into the AS
sembly, which exempts tiremen from militia ser
vice, jury duty, and the payment of poll-ta1. We
have no objection to the details of the bill, but
as it is founded in error, we think it should not
become a law.


So far as exempting fremen from militia SER
vice, that amounts to nothing as we have vet to
learn that all men in California are not in fact,
exempt from that service. Therefore no wrong


would be done to any one. But when you
exempt some of the best men in the State


from jury duty, you commita great and perhaps


irreparable wrong to some other citizen In San


Francisco for instance, many of the best men are


members of fire companies, and if this act be-
comes law, many other Of the good citizens


will speedily manage to become members. Then


your jurors will be selected from the refuse, the
| canaille the rag-tag and bob-tail Thus you


deprive man of that city whose life is in peril,


of the privilege of being tried by jury chosen
| from among the best portion of the citizens of
| San Francisco.


| The poll-tax we believe is paid into the State
Treasury ioI tuc Vi lue Stdtc. rlTeLueH )
service is rendered in behalf of their own prop
erty or that Of their fellow -townsmen, and not
in behalf of the State. Wherefore We are nm
| able to perceive the reason why the State
should reward iremen for services rendered in


behalf of themselves, their neighbors, or town


or city corporations. Does the fireman OF San
Francisco, by his services, do citizen of Shasta


any benefit? No. Does he render the State any
service? No. Why then should he be excused
from helping to support the State Government,


while the citizen Of Shasta is not


The fact is, the bill is based on wrong prin-
ciple. The highest and most sacred duty citi-
zen has to perform is that of the Juror Noman,
because he has banded himself with others to


save property from fire, should be privileged to
refuse q performance of the sacred functions
pertaining to that position, when the property,
liberty life ofa citizen is in peril No citizen,
because he may associate himself with others
for the purpose of protecting himself from loss
or injury should be exempt from a performance
OF the sacred duty of supporting Government
The genius of our Government is opposed to the
cre2tisn Of privileged classes. We trust that the


Legislature will not excuse any class or profess
sion OF citizens from serving on juries or paying
for the support of Government.
Year: 1859

lNrERPRRxSG NTH STATE ELEeTloxs-In the
last news it is stated that 8 resolution would
shortly be introduced into the Senate. inquiring
int the right of the Federal Government to in
terfere with State elections. The N. Y Herald
is the prefessed frieud of the President. In
deed, ty some means, that paper succeeded in
getting copy of the Presidents Message one
day earlier than any other paper in New York.
Well, its Washington correspondent writes thus


The President probably will shortly sead to
all federal office-holders in the city and county
Oh New fork, to insist upon a reorganization of
the party and cessation of the factious strife
between TammaHy and anti ti-Tammany. The
object is to consolidate the party before 1861
Should they not be able to reconcile their diff
ferences and to accede to the wish of the Presi-
dent, there viii be clean sweep of them ALL
1t is said that the President will in sst upon
change in the primary elections, 90 as to give
the mass OF the party opportunity of being
represented. Those in the secret here antici-
pate terrible explosion by this announcement.


Now, if we could believe it possible that Mr..
Buchanan would descend from his high position
the most exalted in the w0rld-ts mingls with
the corrupt politicians ofNew York in !" the fill
thy pool of politics"-to interfere ia their pri-
mary eleeions-we would hang our head in
shame, that We had voted for one SO ignoble for
so exalted position. A baser falsehood. than
this emanation of the HsraLds correspondent,
was never published, even by that infamous
sheet. Its self-eyident preposterousness, how
ever, will negative all the evil which it was in
tended to accomplish.
Year: 1859

A BIG WORK IN VIRGINIA.-Ellett, the engi-
neer, is engaged in grand scheme for improy-
ing the navigation of the Kanawha river, by
forming vast reservoir or mountain lake to
feed that stream during low water. cores
pondent of the Lewisburg Era gives the follow
ing information relative to the contemplated
improvement: " The object is to form an island
lake to keep up the navigation of the Kanawha
river. The reservoir which we are surveying
will be made by making dam between tho
mountains across the Big Sewell creek Tho
dam is to be 945 feet long, 60 feet high, 400 feet
thick at the base, and As feet at the top, At
either side of the dam will be made immense
sluices to carry the water away which would
naturally flow over the dam when it gets full.
The sluices are to be made of masonry of the
most substantial kind. The water is to be kept
in this lake until it is needed in the Kapawha,
when it is to be let off it is needed to keep up
the navigation of the river. The manner of let
ting it off will be by means of locks. You can
form some idea of the amount of water it will
hold when | tell you it is to be rs miles long
and from 1000 feet to miles wide. There il
aa immense amount of speculation about this
great work, the probable cost, etc. suppose
$i,500,0o0 will not buy the land and pay tho
damages. The object is, after the lake gets full
of water to cut through the dividing ridge, be-
tween the lake and Greenbrer river and make
a canal through the cut"
Year: 1859

The German astronomers have taken the position
that the heat of the earth is gradually diminishing
and its general temperature therefore becoming
lower; ard our American astronomers, we believe
concur in their opinion. The intense cold which
has been felt in the northern part of America, with
in few years past, would certainly seem to confirm
its truth. The idea that the climate Of the North is
to become colder and colder with every revolving
year we should suppose would be anything but
pleasant 10 the people there who can now hardly en-
dure its intensity.
Year: 1859

1t stated in recent issue of the Toledo (Ohio)
Blade, that drove of six thousand geese, intended
for the New York market, were seen at Winchester,
a few days before. The owner Lad driven into one
car the number of 1900, paying from Is to 20
cents each as freight The calculation of the OWL
er was. that the feathers would pay him for his out
lay in raising them and getting them to market,
and that the proceeds for the oarcasses would be
clear profit
Year: 1859

We find in an exchange paper the statement that
seventy fa0o white females married TO negroes in
the State of Massachusetts last year If this be So
it is carrying out the abolition doctrine to practical
results
Year: 1859

ONO Asylum ron IDrors-The Superinten-
dent reports the present number of pupils as
twenty six. being near donble the number re-
eeiyed during the first term. OF these is are
from poor families, and are State beneficial
ries, while eight are supported either wholly
or in part by their friends There are now
more than fifty applications for admission,
and others are being received in such num-
bers as to justify the belief of the pcrmanence
and increasing usefulness of the Institution.


The pupils all exhibit well marked eases OF
idiocy, some Of them Of less degree, and
must test thoroughly the capabilities of the
system adopted for their Improvement A
majority have exhibited marked change for
the better. a few having advanced in the
simplest elements of an ordinary education
almost as rapidly as the majority of children
and all having become more cleanly and trae
table
Year: 1859

RooRBAcK-We notice by our exchanges,
received by the last Etstern mail, several
items in regard to affairs in this territory,
which are not true Among Others, was a
silly report that our Office was in danger OF
being mobbed, and that o "life was in imi-
nent peril" We can assure our friends that
bad as they think the Mormons, they are not
80 wicked yet as that They have enough
sins to answer for before the bar of public
opinion, without being subjected to idle ru-
mors and exaggerated accounts of matters In
which there is no truth.-SdH Lake Tan
Year: 1859

BY c. D. STUART. Not to be blest with warrior strength,

 To wield the sword and wear the glaive. Or rise to conqueror's fame at length,

 Prcclaims the good or makes the brave. To have the power to bde the scorn, And rise above the hate and strife Of those to wealth and title born

 Is the crown'd courage of our life. What are the swords that prop a king

 The banners. in his army's van--- To strength of soul that dares to spring

 And show the monarch in the MAN? Kings and the mightiest men of arms,

 Strong as the heads of realms they bide, Sport as they may with fortune's charms, They are like leaves upon the tide. In dim of old sepulchres they lie,

 The feast of silence and decay, While the true world heart beateth high And thrones itself upon to-day. Give me the man whose hands have tossed The corn-seed to the mellow soil, Whose feet the forest depths have crossed Whose brow is nobly crown'd with toll.
Year: 1859

F= Homo is the residence notmerely of the body, but of the heart. It is a place for the affections to unfold and de- velop themselves; for children to love and learn and play in; for husband and wife 10 toll smilingly together, and make life q blessing. The object of all ambition should be to be happy at home if We are not happy al home We cannot be happy elsewhere. Itis the proof of the virtues of a family circle 10 see happy frcside.
Year: 1859

AND CONSTANTLY lNCREASlNG.


The Charter Of this Company offers more fnv0ra-
BILE advantages to the farmer and others, than any
other Company chartered in the State, by insuring
with or without premium note. If the applicant
prefer he can pay the full amount of the premium
in cash. or hy eifectng cash insurance for two
years. tho insured saves one eighth Of the amount
he would otherwise have to pay or by becoming Il
member and giving small premium note, the in
sured saves nearly one half of the amount charged
by Stock Companies, when insuring from year to
wear. This is the advantage resulting from the
combination Of THE CASH AND MUTUAL
PRINCIPLE.


This Company commenced issuing Policies
against loss or damage by fire, on the 18th OF
March, loJ4. since which time over FIVE thousand
seven hundred persons have insured and become
members Of the Company, and over thirty thou
sand dollars have been paid for LOSSES. Having
treb,ed our business during the past year, We feel
grateful for the liberal patronage bestowed upon
the Company thus far, and for its ha'tcrng pros
poets of future usefulness. The Directors hope
and believe, that by prudence, caution, and rigid
system Of economy, they will establish for this
Company reputation for cheapness and safety
not surpassed by any Company in the L. States.


All differences in settlement Of losses, may be
determined BY three dsintcrescd arbitraors Of the
County where such loss happened, to be mutually
chosen by the insured and the Company.
Year: 1859

AN OATH OF THE HERRING BONE
PATTERN. The following was the
oath taken by the judges of the Isle
of Man while it was an independant
sovereignty:


BY this holy book and the contents
thereof, and by TIE wonderful works
that god hath miraculousIy wrought
in Heaven above, and in the'earth be-
meath, in six days ard seven, l do
swear that l will, without respect to
favor or. friendship, loss or gain, con.
sanguinify or affinity, envy or malice,
execute the laws of this Isle, justly be-
tween our Sovereign Lord, and our
King, and his subjects, with this Isle,
and betwixt party and party, as in
differently as the herring's back bone
doth lie in the middle of the fish.
Year: 1859

It is stated that Senator Broderick
left q will, (which was contained in one
of thstwo packages of papers left up
on his tatle just prior to the duel.
and that as soon as the question of
administration upon the estate is set
tied, it will be produced from the safe
Of banking institution in San Fran
CISCO,
Year: 1859

Descendant Of Captain Cook.-An
old man resides in New South Wales
who is supposed to be the only de-
seeEdant of the renowned Captain
Cook. The citizens of the district
where he lives are going to present
him with a naval uniform on the first
day of January next, in which he is
to parade the streets. The modern
Cook is not direct descendant of the
celebrated Captain but of lis brother.


The New York Herald acknowl-
edges the receipt of Douglas reply
TO Judge Black as follows. Bennett,
Mrs Bennett. and Miss Bennett, be-
ing admitted to Old Bucks table, the
Herald may be taken as semi-oficial
authority


ave have received advance cop
les of Senator Douglas larest produc-
tion in regard to squatter sovereignty
in the Territories !; but the discuss
ion on that silly subject is altogether
too trashy to bestow even paragraph
upon. The question on which the
people of the United States are in
ferested now is not one about squat
fers and half-breed Indians in the far
of Western Territories, but about the
existence of our federal government
and the maintenance of internal
peace. And let us say, in this con-
nection, to Mr.. Senator Douglas that
if he and JEFF. Davis and poor Pierce
lad not conspired to repeal the Miss
ouri Compromise. and thus to reopen
Che slavery agitation, we should not
at this day have heen menaced with
such dangers as those of which the
Harper's Ferry insurrection warns
us. We want no squatter sovereign
ty trash"
Year: 1859

A man without religion is at best a
poor repropate, the football of destiny,
with no tie linking him to ininity, and
to the wondrous eternity that is begun
within him but woman without it is
even worse; a fame without heat, "a rainbow
without color, flower without perfume.
A man may. in some sort, tie his frail
hopes aud honors, with weak, shifting
ground tackle to business or to the world
but a woman without that anchor called
Faith is drift and a wreck A man
may ciumsIly continue kind of moral
responsibility out of his relations to man.
kind but woman, in her comparative
ly isolated sphere, where affection, and
not purpose, is the controlling motive,
can find no basis for any system of right
action but that of spiritual faith. A man
may craze his thought and brain to trust
fulness in such poor harborage as Fame
and Reputation may stretch before hlm !;
but woman---where can she pat her
hope in storms. if not in Heaven? And
that sweet truthfulness, that abiding love
Tightening them with the plcasantest
radiance, when the worlds storms brake
Year: 1859

The universal fact based on universal
experience, is that there is nothing in
the world that makes SO poor return
for its cost, as sensual pleasures. No
man ever traded extensively in this line
without becoming bankrupt in happi-
ness. 1t does not pay, and cannot be
made to pay, and every man should see
and understand this if he would keep an
account of lis repeipts and expenditures.
Let me help you to open book Of this
kind. Credit sensual pleasure for spree
"a night of hilarity, produced by drink
ing and feasting; and then turn to the
other side Of the account, and debit it
with the solemn details of cost--money
Year: 1859

fg7 The appropriation to the State Agricultural Society this year is somewhat smaller than the past two or three Legislatures have fit to bestow i; but see no good reason for tho censure which "A Republican in the last Enquirer, bestows two Senators from this county for their votes against the usual appropriation. Indeed we are of opinion that the amount appropriated is as large as major ity of the farmers of the 18th and 18th districts would have voted if they could have passed upon the appropriation by a popular vote. Much good has undoubtedly been effected by the State Society, and much will doubtless still be accomplished ; but very large portion of the community are of opinion that it should be, as far possible, selfsustaining institution.
Year: 1859

DARING FEAT.-Mons. Blondin, a Frenchman crossed the Niagara River midway between the Falls and Suspension Bridge, on Thursday last on tight rope We were at the spot few days before, and witnessed the prepar .tions for this daring act and it was quite enough for our weak nerves to see the rope suspended and the erection of seats for spectators, without waiting to see the performance itself We thought then that the authorities ought to put stop to so hazardous feat, aud the of the enterprise has not changed opinion in that respect for doubtless Mcssrs. B. will continue to eN- certain the visitors at Niagara until like Sam Patch he loses his life in showing that some things can be done as we'll as others"

 The river is 1900 feet wide at this point and the rope is 150 feet above the ral id waters below Mnns. B. crossed from the American side, stopping midway to refresh himself with wine raised in a bottle with rope from the deck of the steamer Maid of the Mist. He was seventeen minutes and a half in crossing from the American to the Canada side, and twelve minutes in returning

 Mons. B. desired to cross the river from Goat Is land, but the Messrs. Porter very wisely refused him permission to do so.
Year: 1859

~ To act. with common sense ac.
cordingly to the moment is the best
wisdom | know; and the best philos-
ophy to do ones duties take the world
as it comes submit respectfully to ones
lot bless the goodness that has given
US so much happiness with it what ever
il is and despise affectation.