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Year: 1860

If there is not aJolitionisn in that letter,
can not be abolished in the District OF Co.
lumbia, he would have the Capital removed
to free soil! He opposes the admission of
any more Slave States He is a pretty fellow
TO be bowling "abolitionism " at our con-
servative Republican fellow Citizens
Year: 1860

THAT "SrAroo."- THE San Francisco
Times says that the statue of Washington,
to be given to the county in California that
donates the most literally to the Washing
ton Monument Fund, according to its vote,
looks as much like Washington as it does
like Nena Sahb; and that it might ass as
cross between an Abino and the dumb god
in the Chinese Josh House on Pine street.
The Times hope tina: the statute may be
given to some strong Democratic County as a
punishment for its political stubborness. If
the "stun pcur" is so cussed ugly as repre-
sented by the Times, we would recommend
that it be presented to Washburn, to be set
up in his sanctum so that at all times he
can have the privilege of looking upon his
counterpart in beauty.
Year: 1860

GLOOMY NEws.-The news from the East
is calculated to create the iveiest apprehen
sion of dissolution of the Union. 1t is
useless to disguise the fact, that the secession
movement is wide spread throughout the
South, and that extensive preparations are
being made for the event. Abolition fanat
icism has raised a whirlwind, but cannot
control the storm,
Year: 1860

NOTICE TO SpoRTsMEN.-The Colome
Times learns that there are plenty of deer


on the hills between Greenwood Valley and
the distance is not great from here, some OF
our good "ri1e shots" may be stimulated 10
try their hand on the game for day or two.
Year: 1860

STATE REFORM ScnooL.-The Marysvle
appeal enters its protest against the site
selected for the State Reform School near
that city, as being very unheaty, and likely
to remain so for a long time. 1t recon-
mends that the building be erected upon the
high land, some half mile distant from the
Yuba river, and beyond the influence of the
malaria that annually causes much sickness
along the banks Of that stream. Unless a
more favorable site is selected, the 1ppeal
believes it the duty Of the Legislature to re-
fuse further appropriations for the work.
Year: 1860

LOVE AND MURDER.-A negro named
Carkson, deliberately cut the throat of a
Young mulatto woman in San Francisco on
Saturday evening last, because he was jealous
of her keeping the company of other per,
sons Of her own color. The young woman
arrested.
Year: 1860

PEACE DECLARED.-1he Ditch Com
panies Of Dutch Flat and the miners
have come to terms respecting the reduc
ton of the price of water from TWEEN
ty to twelve and half cents an inch.
The companies agreed to take fifteen cents,
and the miners finally acceeded to the prop
osition, and all have gone to work with a
will. We hope the arrangement will prove
mutually beneficial.
Year: 1860

NASHVILLE, July 2d, lS60l
nURsUANT notice regularly given according to TIE proy


sons OF tie Of this Bank, general meeng OF its


held this their Banking House in Nash
VILE purpose taking into consideration the Question OF
acceptance charter for banking privileges granted 70 them
BY Of the General Assembly Of Tennessee passed March
l. 1861 ana for doing such other bus2e might be necessary
and proper resolved s book be opened Immediately
Al the Banking House Nashville for subscription Of the
provided for in said act and that said book he
ket open fer that purpose until the first day OF OctobI lo6u
&C and that the stock snail be paid in full at the
Of subscription lnAocodSnce with the resolution the book
is open, &C. d. WEAVER,


fulv3-iu Cashier.
Year: 1860

AN INoIDENT.-The following singular crcum-
stance connected with the wreck of the Norherner,
is one Of those strange episodes Of real life which
seem TO border on the realms Of fiction. gentleman
and his wife, of Oregon, returning from San
Francisco with the dead body Of their child, which
they were taking home for interment. When the
unfortunate accident occurred, the wife saved
with other ladies', who taken ashore in the first
boat, but the husband perishcd. The body Of the
little one whose death had thus indirectly led to the
loss Of its unhappy parent, sank "unknelled" into
the depths Of that mighty cemetery whose rest is
bounded by eternity. Here, too, in death united,
full fathom five its father lies" The feelings Of
that childlcss mother, widowed by the reco of the
first cruel blow, may be easily imagined But again,
a singular event occurred forming the last link in
the chain of fatality. The widow lost everything
but, on the morning after the wreck, a photograph
Of her husband, unharmed and uninjured, was wash
ed ashore by the relentng element, that, in its first
blind fury had engulfed the living and the dead
Northern Californian.
Year: 1860

AN ACTION in the nature Of qiO 'odrrdnto has
been instituted by the Attorney General, in the
Sacramento District Court, against VIM. R.
Turner, OF the Humboldt District The object
of this action is to test the right Of Judge Tur-
ner to hold said ofice-it being alleged that be
was not eligible at the time of bis election, by
reason OF holding an Office under the United
States, viz the Office of Inspector OF Customs
at Trinidad The case will doubtless go to the
Supreme Court.
Year: 1860

LUCKY EscAPB.-On Sunday evening, little boy
three years old, son Of Thomas King, fell from the
second story of the residence Of his father in San
Francisco, a distance of about eighteen or twenty
feet, landing on the sidewalk. He was picked up
senseless BY his father but recovering and being
examined it was found that he had sustained no
serious injury.
Year: 1860

verted from the hands of the trustees without
the assent of Congress, it follows, as an ineylt-
able consequence, that the Kansas Legislature
did not and could not, confer upon the Lecomp-
ton Convention, the sovereign power of ordaining
a constitution for the people of Kansas, inplaee
of the organic Act passed by Congress"


One word more, and am done Our party
is at present divided No one can tell what viii
be the result Of the Baltimore Convention. ii
It should retrace its steps, and give US sound
man on a sound platform, thenwecan all buckle
on our armor, and fight together under the same
old banner. If Motif Richmond mnst bring
another knight into the field trust that it will
be him who led the sons Of Mississippito to victory
on the blood-stained field of Buena Vista, and
thst wherever his white plume may be seen,
there Southern men win be found ready to rally
around him, prepared to live or, if need be, die
by their principles.
Year: 1860

An extraordinary iallacy is the dread Of night
air What mir can we breath at night but night
air? The choice is bctwcon pure night air from
without and foul night air Within Most people
prefer the latter An unaccountable choice.
What win they say Fit is proved 10 be true that
Gilly one halfofall the disease we suffer from is
caused hy people sleeping with their windows
shut? An open window most nights in the year
can never hurt any ono. This is not to say that
light Is not necessary for recovery. In great
cities night air is often the hest and purcst to be
had in the twcutv-four hours could better
understand shutting the windows in towns du-
ring the day, than during the night, for the sake
Of the sick Tho absence of smoke, the quiet
al tend to make nightsthe hest time for airing
the patient Ono Of our highest medical author
ties on consumption and climate, has told me,
that the air in London is never 50 good as after
ten o'clock Mt night Always air your room,
then, from the outside air, ifpossible Windows
are made to open, doors arc made to shut-a
truth which seems extremely difficult Of appre-
honson. Every room must be aired from with
passage from within But the fewer
passages there arc in hospital the better
Florence Nigbt'ngo'c
Year: 1860

In this age Of restlessness and wild spec.
ulatlon, when SO many arc searching ca
gerly for happiness, sighing after numerous
disappointments, Who Will show us any
good " it is refreshing to meet with a con-
tented Christian heart, which has found
true peace by living in constant commu-
Mon with God. In one of our exchanges
we find the following Said venerable
farmer some eighty years old, to a relative
who had lately visited him, q have liv-
cd on this farm for more than half a centu-
ry. ! have no desire to change my resi-
dence as long as | live on earth. / have
worshipped the God Of my fathers with the
same people for more than forty years
During this time | have rarely been absent
from the sanctuary on the Sabbath, and
have never lost one communion season. [
have never been confined to my bed by
sickness for single day. The blessings
Of God have been richly spread around me,
and | made up my mind long ago, that if
| wished to be happier, must have more
religion"
Year: 1860

We step upon the earth we look abroad
over 1t, and 1t seems immense-so does the
sea. What ages had men lived-and knew
but a small portion. They circumnavigate
It now with speed under which its vast
bulk shrinks. But let the astronomer lift
up his glass, and he learns to believe in a
total mass OF matter, compared with which
this great globe itself becomes an impon-
derable grain Of dust. And 50 to each of
US walking along the road Of life, a year.
a day, or an hour shall seem long. As we
grow older, the time shortons but when
we hit our eyes to look beyond this earth,
our seventy years, and the few thousands
OF years Which have rolled over the human
face, vanish into Il point; for then we are
measuring Time against Eternity.
Year: 1860

Common schools would have done q


great deal more good to the people if they


had paid more attention to the physical


and mathematical sciences. Probably four


titths of the pupils Of common schools are


destined to make their living in some of


the mechanical arts, or the workshops of
the country. Yet how very little does the
practical training they receive at our schools
1t them for eminence in their professions.


Natural philosophy is ignored Just as much
as If no such knowledge existed Bows


leave shool to work at trades, knowing moth


ing at all Of the principles Of mechanics,


which lie at the foundation Of their prolcs-
sions. Great care is taken with them in


elegant and ornamental pcnmauship, but


not single hour is devoted 10 the drawing


Of mathematical figures, or to making prac-
tical draughtsmen Of pupils Geometry is
scarcely touched, grammar and geography
Being considered more important Hence
much Of the information which the pupil
spends the earlier periods Of lis life in
learning, is Of but little use to him when
he leaves school, and is forgotten entirely.
unless his after pursuits require it, That
which would have. been practically useful to
him, and which would have made bis la
b7rs in his profession q source Of pleasure
and Of solid acquisition, instead Of being
task to be got rid Of as soon as possible and
never thoroughly comprehendcd, is not
learned at all. The true value Of educa-
ton is the uses to which it can be put,
and that would seem certainly to be the
best education which enables the pupil to
put the knowledge gained at school to i'm
mediate use in maintaining himself re-
specially and independently in society
Not simply himself but the world, would
receive the benefit Of an educational sys-
TEN which would substitute physical and
mathematical science for great deal which
is now taught, Or at least divide the time
OF study, SO that the most useful should
have at least as fair share of attention as
that which is less so.
Year: 1860

The following are the main provisions
and safeguards of the bill to incorporate q
| system Of Free Banking in this Common
wealth


\ certificate stating the particulars as
to the Bank to be established must be
drawn up, approved by the Attorney Gen
eral, published in the newspapers, recorded
in the courts, and a.copy deposited and re-
corded in the Auditor Generals Office


The Auditor General has the notes en-
grayed and printed. Every note must be
signed by him er by his clerk, numbered
and registered, and have stamped on it Sc
cured by the deposit of public stock


'Ihe stocks deposited must be either of
this State or Of the United States, and the
amount of notes issued to the bank by the
Auditor General to the market value of the
stock less FIVE per cent, provided that this
IS never to exceed ninety-fyc per cent Of
the stock


Twenty per cent. in specie must be
paid in before the bank can begin business,
and it must always keep in its vaults, in
specie, twenty per cent. of the amount OF
notes issued, as 4 security additional to the
stock in the hands Of the Auditor Gener-
AL


''iha capital stock cannot be less than
fifty thousand nor more than one million of
dollars. No note less than five dollars to
be issued


As soon as a bank stops the payment of
specie The Auditor General appoints three
citizens to make inquiry, and ilthey report
that the bank IS suspended, he IS 10 ap-
point receiver, who is to turn all the as
sets into money and pay, first the note
holders; second the depositors third the
other debts; and fourth to distribute the
remainder among the stockholders pro
rata.


The condition of each bank must be
published monthly in the newspapers, and
on each scmiann dividend day state
mcnt is to be made on the oath Of the
President and Cashier, which is to be sent
to the Auditor General and published, set
ting forth infinitely the condition of the
bank. Existing banks may come under
this bill


Delalcation is to be punished by i'm
Prisonmcnt in the penitentiary for from enc
to ten years.


\ tax is to be paid on dividends to tho
State OF from eight to thirty per cent
Year: 1860

A LANTERN CANE-One of the most
unique OF recent inventions is a cane,


which is also a lantern-a stout, elegant
walking stick, and a brilliant seady light.
The lantern is set in the body of the cane,
about six inches from the top, 50 as not
Year: 1860

PERsoxAL.-The following interesting item
we managed to nab in advance Of the Transcript.
he is familiarly called, Mush Pcteaway,' were
taken by surp-ise the other day on bcholding his
mortal body emerge from tho stage coach once
more and safely land upon the pavement. Mush
is one of the most modest young men on earth.
lie has been engaged in the arduous duties Of
life on sheep ranch for some months. 1t gives
IL. pain to record that he is still affected with the
interminable mumps.
Year: 1860

ANOTHER ADVANCE IrEM.-J. NJ. HiXon has
erected splendid wooden barn in the Of
his house on Warren's HILL 1t is built of the
best Nevada pine, sawed at the domestic saw
mills we have heretofore puffed, and is furnished
with appropriate stalls for cows and horses, and
everything necessary. The whole is surrounded
by a high and tight board fence to keep out all
the school children in town. We learn with
pleasure it is the intention of the enterprising
citizens of tue Hill to hang new neon out in
few nights more.
Year: 1860

THE Republican State Central Committee
lately adopted the following resolution;


Resolved, That it be recommended to the
Republicans of the State to vote . For a
Convention " at the next election; and also
to vote to :" Pay the Debt y and that the
words For a Convention" " and Pay the
Debt" be printed upon all the Republican
tickets
Year: 1860

A young and beautiful girl, having
an intense desire to know the secrets
of the Sons of Malta, dressed in male
attire, and, by a succession of ingeni-
Gus devices, made the acquaintance
and won the confidence of an unsus-
pecting Son, who presented her aqpli-
cation for membership, and under an
assumed name and sex was favorably
passed upon. At the proper time for
initiation, the young lady appeared
and was introduced into the Lodge
room by the Grand Conductor. What
she saw and heard the unnitiated can
never know. She braved the ordeal
nobly Her secret is known only to
herself. She seemed to be perfectly
satisfied, and was well plea ed with the
good condition of the members. The
deHouement of the affair is-in one
months time from her entrance into
the Lodge room, she was led to the
altar blushing bride and Son of
Malta. Perhaps the only case on
record,
Year: 1860

We learn from the Democrat that
the Board of Directors of the Hunter
don County Agricultural Society met
in Flemington on Saturday last.


The 25th, 26th 9th and 28th of
September were selected for holding
our next Annual Fair. This the last
week in September, has been the one
selected for several years past, and we
understand it is the intention of the
Society to adhere to this time panetu
ally, for the future, so all societies of a
like character nay be apprised of the
time of holding our Fair. : Several
improvements were resolved on. The
track and grounds are to be dried by
undertaking. and both are to be put
in the best possible order


4 new building is to be erected
Year: 1860

To tho advertisers of both city and country,
wa now offer sheet that has larger circulation
smone business men, (as viii be seen by refer
,encs to our business directory and others, than
any other paper in the county, and is therefore
the medium through which to advertise, il, order
to bring themselves more generally before the
public.


We offer other inducements besides our large
and constantly increasing circulation, to adver-
tisers, in these days of scarcity of money, oy a
great reduction in our rates of advertising OF one
half the former cost.
Year: 1860

IF The Aadison STREET Horse Railway is
now lad to city limits, and workmcn arc busy
with double track, from the bridge west. The
Randolph street double track is now laid
block nnd baff west Of the market building.


The Grand Trunk Rail*ny Of Canada, has
leased the Port Huron and Detrait Railroad for
IN indefinite period.
Year: 1860

TnE New York Hemlds Washington cor
RESPONDENT speculates thus:


Congress will follow the precedent of for
mer years and adjourn from ten to fourteen
days for each of the great conV enlons, to he
holden at Charleston and Chicago. Neither
of these cities can he reached from here by
rail in less than two days.


If an attempt is made at Charleston to re-
penl the two thirds rule, and am satisfied it
will be- the convention will last one week al
least, so that ty the best means of calcula-
tion it will cost Congress fourteen days to at
tend that convention. The Republicans, by
courtesy. will have to yield the demand for
that time in order to obtain for themselves
sufficient time to go to Chicago.
Year: 1860

LIME IN TRANSATLANTIC TREES An Emo.
hsh publication says that a large plantation
OF trees has been formed in that country


within a few years past. without the loss of
a single tree, 10y putting small quantity of
lime in the hole when planting trees. Four
bushels Of lime are said to be sufficient for
an acre. The limeis thoroughly mixed with
the soil, in order that it may be reached by
the roots with equal facility in every direc-
tlon. as its principal effect is to push for ward
during the first precarous stages of growth.
Year: 1860

WE have already mentioned that on the
25th Of March. a Chnaman was killed at
Georgetown, El Dorado county, by road
overseer, named F. Williams The Coloma
Times thus speaks of the affair;


There are several stories in regard to the
affair, but rs near as we can ascertain, Will
liams had been to the Chinamah's camp to
collect his road tax, but was not able TO get
it, On sunday morning he saw the China
man. drew his revolver and told him if he did
not pay he would shoot him. At this the
Chintman exposed his breast and told him
to shoot-and he did shoot He had an rx-
animation before Justice of the Peace in
G Georgetown, and was committed for trial
lie is now in Jail in this place.
Year: 1860

Time gradually produces change IN


the character Of both individuals and na


tious. Ours is no exception to tue rule.


That 4 change is taking place in our na-


tioual character, no one doubts the only
question is, whether it be for the better


or for the worse. We say for the worse,


and this we will prove from our laws, in
stitutions, manners and objects Of pur-
suits. Public corruption has now become


proverbial 1t IS either true or false.
Suppose It is true. Who will deny there


is a decline in our national character
Suppose it is false. Then the public Ell
ther believe a talsehood and have lost
their intellectual acumen, or they know
inglv circulate a falsehood, and have lost
their moral character. Take it as YOU


will, the reputation of our public men is
a proof Of degeneracy in character. This
charge Is chiefly urged against public men
while in Office 1t is no less notorious


that improper means are used to obtain
Office The subject is so trite that it
needs only mentioning to be admitted.
The great number Of those who are so ca
ger to serve the public is likewise proof
( of decline in the nations character. In


every community there is place for each


member of that community, there is one
pest which demands the peculiar abilities
feach individual; there is one station, the


duties OF which each person ought to dis


charge, for the best interest OF himself
and the community. This is especially


true IN our own country. 20 many seek


ing official stations, shows that multitudes
are ont of their oUn proper sphere and
/ .hat they are willing to keep others ont
of theirs it shows an Ignorance Of self
aud an unwillingness TO occupy the only


place they are fit for; it shows vanity and


conceit, in aspiring to places beyond their
abilities; for who will admit that we have
more men fit for public stations than pub