smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1859

The following remarks, written by an intelli
gent gentleman of this place, are upon subject
in which we are personally interested, certainly,
but not to the extent of any other business man
in the county. The business manor head of
famly-who neglects to avail himself of the
paper, is a greater loser by such negligence than
is the propretors of such paper.


Having been engaged some time in doing bu-
siness in Shasta, with measurable successful
ness, wish to call the attention of the citizens
of this county, and especially those who not
doing prosperous business, to the use and ben
efits of advertising in county papers.
County papers are of much more utility than
people generally imagine.


They very materially aid in directing public
attention to matters in which every citizen of
the county is more or less interested.


They contribute, in variety of ways, to the
formation of public opinion, and the discussion
| of questions of local interest


| They aid in giving character, intelligence and
prosperity to the county in which they are pub
| lished


They stimulate taste for reading, and dis
seminate, in the course of one year, a vast
amount of useful information, much of which
would not reach portion of the readers through
any other channel.


They are OF essential use in family, in fos-
tering taste for reading among children In
this respect they enjoy advantage over pa
pers published at a distance, because many of
their items are of local interest, and naturally
attract child's attention


They are of essential service in publishing va
rious items of local intelligence in which the
citizens are more or less interested, but of which
many would remain uninformed, were it not for
these papers.


! Their advertising columns particularly
attractive to q class of readers. 1t is fact
which think no good business man will deny,
that advertising, in the end, pays more than ii
costs. faperson has goods, wares or mechan-
disc, which he wishes to dispose of, in no way
can he more successfully bring them before the
public than by advertising them in the newspa-
|
| fold, and many man has realized an immense
fortune by pursuing judcious system of adver-
tising. Good business men understand this
hence it will most always be found that those
men who are doing the largest and most profit
able business generally the most liberal
consumers of the printers ink. The very men
who are doing the largest business are the best
patrons of newspapers, and are never heard to
grumble at the expense which is thus incurred.


When we see men who are engaged in loafing
about from this to that place, dolefully COM
planning that business is dull, and that they can
find nothing to do, and wondering why they are
not so successful in getting trade as their neigh
bors it is often the case that they have never let
the world know where they are, what they are
doing, or what inducements they have to offer.
| 1t is sheer nonsense to say that advertisements
in newspapers are never read. The truth is,
that perhaps 10 part of the paper is more thor
oughly scanned than the advertisements.
Year: 1859

SgssE-A rough common sense peryades the
following, in which there is certainly more truth
than poetry:


Great men never swell. 1t is only three
cent individuals, who salaried at the rate of
two hundred dollars year, and dine on pota-
toes and dried herring, who put airs and
dashy waistcoats, swell, puff, blow, and endea-
vor to give themselves q consequential appear
ance. No discriminating person can ever mis-
take the spurious for the genuine article. The
difference between the two is as great as that
between a bottle Of vinegar and bottle Of the
pure juice of the grape
Year: 1859

When Saxon raid,


With brand and blade,
Oer Scotia's borders came,
And gave the land,
With bloody hand,
To pillage and to flame
Twas then rang out,
The welcome shout,
From mountain and from brae
God and our right
Stand firm and fight!
A Douglas to the frayr
Oh never was


Unworthy cause
Linked with that rallying cry.
To friends spell,


To foes a knell,
When e'er it pierced the sky.
And as the shout


Rang iiercely out,
Fate owned its conquering sway.
"Stand firm and fight
For truth and right
A Douglas to the frayl
On storys page,


In every age,
Through every path of fame,
In glory's round


May still be found
Enrolled, that glorious name.
Speed, as of old,


The chieftain bold
Who bears it at this day;
Stand firm and fight
For truth and right
"a Douglas to the frayp
Year: 1859

nag- A Sailor. calling upon a goldsmith
in this city recently, asked what might be
the value of an ingot of gold as big as his
arm. The shop-keeper beckoned him in
to back room, and primed him with
erog. He then asked him to see the ingot.
SOh.o said Jack, al haven't got it yet, but
Pm going 10 Pixies Peak, and would like
to know the value Of such lump before l
start" Salt water gentleman ordered out.
Year: 1859

Sing not that song again to me,


Its words of gentle flow
Have more of anguish than ofjoy-
Have less of mirth than wo;
TO me IFS low wild melody,


Breathes but of bright dreams fled,
And, in my sadoened spirit walls


Vain yearnings for the dead.
Sing not that song again to me.


would rot hear it more,
For the voice that made it dear to me
In the sunny days Of yore,
Is hushed in death, and to me now
But memories remoin,
Therefore, ] would not hear that song,
., sing it not again.
Year: 1859

We have received late advices from the African
SQUADRON. The steamer San Jacinto, which left
New York in July, arrived at Porto Praya Aug.
Is, with her machinery disabled. An examination
of the vessel resulted in verdict of her unseawor-
thiness but upon the arrival Of the flag officer on
board the Constellation the decision was over
ruled and the San Jacinto was ordered to proceed
on her voyage to the west coast of Africa. She
arrived at Monrovia on the 25th October in safety
and found the Constellation there. The San
Jacinto was to leave in few days for the Congo
River.
Year: 1859

We saw, a week or two ago, walking down Main
street. from the direction of the "Presdents office"
a man accompanied by four ladies' An air of
slight perturbation in the party, mingled with
evident expressions Of satisfaction and happiness,
led us to inquire who they were. Some one pres
ent informed US that they were party tLat had
been up to President Young's office 10 be married,
and that the four ladies had just been united in
indssoluble bonds to the man accompanying them.
Utah paper.
Year: 1859

The Washington correspondent of tho New York
Journal of Commerce writes :-"The members of
Congress will be obliged to 20 through the hoi-
days without cent of money, unless the House
make Speaker They getting pretty hard up
now. Some of them have given drafts at short
dses that are maturing. The Sergeantat-Arms
has advanced the mCst needy about forty thousand
dollars and his bank must be nearly exhausted.
The whole amount due to the members is about
million of dollars
Year: 1859

Our readers will see by an advertisement in
another column of the Register that COM
mencement is to be made on the State Agri-
cultural College near this place. The State is
poor, and cannot afford to pay much for such
an enterprise for awhile longer, consequently
this county will have to do much of the work
that is laid out thus. GlerIooc, and those that
are interested with us had to pay out So 500
last summer for the land; now we have rails
ed over 1000 days work to be expended this
summer on it, for the benefit Of the State
We trust the agriculturists in Minnesota will
give us the credit Of being liberal, to say the
least.-Glencoe Register. -".@


The people of Glencoe do deserve credit for
what they have done to forward this matter.
But for Senator RIcE's opposition and Mr.. BU-
cHANAN's veto, 10000 acres of land would
now belong to Minnesota to aid the Glencoe
people in their jealous effects to found a col
lege when improvements in the great art upon
which the enduring prosperity Of our State
must be founded, would be suggested and ex-
perimented on, for the common benefit of all
the people '....' .,. ara. t.
Year: 1859

perience Of the location of taxable property
his ability as an accomplished ook-keeper-
are additional points in his character as pub
lie servant which will make the people cling
to him as to gold seven times tried in the
fire and never found wanting in intrinsic
purity.


The Comptroller's nomination, we confess,
went differently from our expectations and
hopes. The present Comptroller, T. M. NET
CALF, ESQ.,, who has proved so excellent and
true an oficer-whose books, the most diff
cult and complicated in the city to keep Alright,
are models of correctness-who has not only
the intelligence to know, but the nerve to
veto, illegal actions of the other City Officers
which may threaten the safety of the public
purse-him we had hoped would have been
re-nominated. But the Convention has
chosen to disappoint us, and we bow
in all good faith to its decision. Mr.. WILL
L1Us, of the old responsible German banking
firm of Meyer & Willius. on Third Street,
received the nomination, as concession to
the German citizens of st. Paul; and We are
especially glad that in presenting candidate
so peculiar and difficult an Office, our German
friends gave us man well known to be SO
entirely competent for the post as Mr.. Will
L1Us must on all hands be acknowledged to
be. He is a gentleman too, in every sense Of
the word-and take him all together, it is
complimentary alike to Mr.. METcALF and Mr.
W1LL1Us, that so competent predecessor
will have so excellent a successor and thai
| the public interests were not less faithfully at
tended to by the former than they will be by
the latter-for, of course, Mr.. W. will bt
elected las all on the Peoples Ticket are surely
bound to be.


Three cheers for the whole Peoples Ticket
Year: 1859

The interior press of Minnesota is having
a word or two to say respecting the recent
decision of our Supreme Court adverse to the
collection of compound interest and the enor-
nous per cent month after maturity rates
of interest. The Winona Republican notices
the dissent of Chief Justice EMMET from the
compromise and illogical position taken by the
majority of the Court Judge EMNET 1t Will
be recollected, contended that as the law has
pronounced seren per cent per dnnum to be
the value of money in the absence of legal
contract, this rate was therefore the true and
legal measure of the loss sustained by the
non-payment of note at or after maturity.
The Republican remarks:


In this opinion of Justice Emmet several OF
our District Courts, if we are properly INFORM
ed, concur. A similar decision was recently
given by Judge Wilson. of this District, IN the
case of Wilson cs. Davidson, in which the
Judge decided precisely as is indicated by the
dissenting opinion Of Justice Emmett. This
would appear to be the only legitimate and
logical conclusion derivable from the premises
laid down by the majority of the Supreme
Court.


The Red Wing Sentinel, the Democratic
organ of the Goodhue County has also had
word or two upon the decision as rendered
by the majority of the Court. 1t thus speaks:


"The above illustration of the milk-and-
water, doublefaced character of our Minneso-
ia poiticians-a disgraceful compromise be-
tween two parties-a mode OF settlement
which neither party openly advocated, and OF
course illogical and absurd; without the prac.
teal benefits that have frequently attended
sacrifice of opinion in political compromises.
A decision intended to curry favor with both
the Jews who grind the face of their debtors,
and the settler, who hopelessly sees his farm
and improvements gradually absorbed for
merely nominal sum, and whose case it (the
decision) does not assist in the remotest de-
gree but the Jews, though pretending to
grumble, are the only persons who are really
pleased.


1.-The folly Of nominating one candidate on
account of his good looks and harmless, go-to-
meeting character, and another for his politi
cal services merely, without reference to COM
potency, is now manifest. The selection of
Judge should be distinct from and above party
manOeuvering.


"Our court has disgraced itself beyond the
possibility of commanding respect. The delay
in giving an immediate decision, on case so
ably and fully argued, BODIED no good. For
months, rumors have been circulated of how
this and that Judge stood, and what infiu-
ences were brought to bear upon them. We
hope there was no corruption, but the great
interest taken by the st. Paul bankers in the
matter, in connection with the unnecessary
delay, makes it look very suspicious"


The Sentinel in the above gives US to under
stand that "good looks" or harmless, go-to-
meeting character" or political services mere
ly" were the considerations, and not compe-
tency, that influenced the selection by the last
Democratic State Convention of its candidates
for State offices-even for the Judgeships !
What confession.
Year: 1859

"a The Republicans of Boston and Wash
ington had formal celebrations of the birthday
of Jefferson. 1t is instructive to remark that
no modern Democrat lent the light of his
countenancs to any such celebration, nor do
we hear of the democracy in any section of
the country paying the least attention to the
memory of the man. '.'
Year: 1859

WNHAT portion of the inhabitants of Litchfisla

 II County which finds the city of WATERBURY the most convenient market for the sale of products or the purchase of merchandise is hereby invited to call at
Year: 1859

END OF THE WAR.-The usual hustle and
confusion attending the disbanding of vol
unteer company has been going on in and
about Union this week. Gen. Kibbe issued
an order for the Company to disband at Big
Bar, where they were mustered into service,
Several of the company, however, who be
long in this county, and others who do not
wish to return to Trinity, will be disbanded
here on the same day that the company will
disband at Big Bar


Gen. kibbe is confident that there will be
no further disturbance, and, in card which
he publishes in the Northern Californian. he
requests that the citizens will forbear visit
ing any further punishment upon any Indians
they may find, without Just couse or provo
cation. Three hundred Indians have been
taken prisoners and sent to a reservation, and
near one hundred have been killed.


We trust, and believe, that there will new
er be any more trouble from Indians in our
county, unless those that have been removed
should find their way back To prevent this
Gen. Kibbe intends to use his influence to
have them removed to some Southern Reser-
vation, when he goes below.


Nothing remains now, but for the Legisla-
ture to pay the expenses incurred in the ex-
pedition out of the State Treasury, and look
to the General Government to have it re-
funded. The company have done all that
men could do, and we expect the Legislature
will act literally and promptly with them
HumJoidt IimeS
Year: 1859

THEArRIcAL.-We take great pleasure in
announcing to our citizens that one of the
finest theatrical companies that have ever
appeared in this State will play in this city,
on Monday night next 1t consists of that
magnificent actress, Alexina Fisher Baker;
the mastery tragedian, Stark; the popular
comedian, MIR. Lewis Baker; and the entire
corps of artists attached to the Opera House
at San Francisco. The Company is under
the management of Messrs. Baker and Ma
guire, We know that the public will be de-
lighted at the prospect of the rich intellectu~
al treat which is in store for them, for it is
seldom indeed that so excellent a combination
of leading and stock talent as is offered in
this Company, is presented.
Year: 1859

FkUITs.-With view of ascertaining the
extent of the reported damage to the embryo
fruits in this vicinity, we went out, the other
day, to the orchard and vineyard of our very
particular friend, Mr.. .Chas Covillaud, and
took a stroll around through his trees and
vines The lattcr,o course ARE not injured and
we,did not expect that they were. His peach
trees, however, have been very considerably
touched with the frost all the fruit being
killed under & certain height, say about half
way to the top from the body of the trunk.
Above that half way line, nothing has been
injured, and the crop will be large Mr. Co
villaud thinks that notwithstanding half his
buds and blooms have been killed, he will
raise crop equal to what he had last year,
for the reason that he has twice the number
of bearing trees this season that he had last


As to his vines, he is certain to raise thi.
year not less than 100000 pounds of grapes
large portion of which he will manufacture
into wine. He made wine, last season, fol
his own use and the enjoyment of his friends,
which is far superior to any wine ever man
ufactured in this State. 1t is the best wine
that has ever been drank within the limits
of California OF this wine Mr.. Covillaud
will have next year supply amply sufficient
for the whole imbbing portion of the city OF
Marysville, at least. At any rate, he viii
supply the home market in preference to any
other. and will not transport any wine abroaC
until there is no longer any demand in hi
own region.


This vineyard of Mr. Covillaud will be
great benefit to this section of the country
for, if there is anything that we do need il
this warm climate, where so much stimulus
is used, it is pure drinks. The unadultera-
ted juice of the grape will be what Mr.. Co
yillaud will have to sell, and, with his in
crease Of crops, it will not be long before h
will be able to supply this whole norther
region
Year: 1859

A SAD CAsE-The Twentieth precinct po-
lice of New York report a sad case of neglect
in their return to the Deputy Superinten-
dent Susan Davis, woman seventy years
of age, was turned out of doors by her son,
and was obliged to seek protection from the
inclemency of the weather at the residence
of an acquaintance in Ninth avenue The
poor creature did not survive the cruel con-
duct of her offspring long She sunk gradu-
ally under the effects of the blow. and died


viii any one say now that hell is not
needed?
Year: 1859

SHIP BUILDING.-On Sunday last we took
a flying visit a across the Bay to have look
at the schooner which is now in course of
construction on the Peninsula, by Mr.. Mont
gomery. Owing to the bad weather which
has prevailed for the past few months, the
builder has made slow progress in his COM
mendable enterprise, but enough has been
done to show that he understands his busi-
ness, and that he is determined to have his
craft afoat as soon as possible. She is 81
feet long, with 16 feet beam, and is to be
built throughout by timber grown on the
Bay.


1t has long been a matter of surprise to u.s.
with all the facilities and natural advantages
of this Bay for ship building, that parties
who have means and understand the business
do not embark in it. There are now two
vessels running to this bay built on this coast
the schooner Golden State, built in San
Francisco, and the Helen II. Wood, built in
Oregon. There is no point on the Pacific
Coast possessing greater advantages for ship
building than this of ours. An abundant
and seperior quality of timber, mills to man.
ufacture it, good sites for building and launch
ing, cheap labor, and in the heart of rich
farming section, where it need cost but little
to live. vessel once launched in this Bay,
and ready for sea, has only to take in a car
90 of lumber and spread her canvass, when
she becomes paying property at one.-Hua-
boldt IimeS
Year: 1859

eB- The following sensible remarks are
from nm Eastern paper: "Any man of decent
information who sneers at politics, deserves
to be excluded from the benefits of good gov
ernment and free Institutions. Such kind of
remarks are quite common among those who
repute themselves wiser than their neighbors ;
but some tolerably smart as well as deeently
respectable men have taken an interest in
party politics" To cast ones influence in
favor of honorable conviction, is the highest
privilege which freeman can enjoy; and he
who pretends to sneer at those who exercise
that privilege, but forges arrows that sooner
or later will be returned, and pierce the
heart OF the offender with a more honest
contempt"
Year: 1859

The following extracts are from the charge
of Judge Cradlebaugh of Utah:


There is another general matter to which
wish to call your attention. There has
been another attempt to destroy this Court,
to destroy its usefulness to bring the Judge
and the business of the Court into disrepute
before the people, even to bring the jurors
into dsrepute. There is no question about
this; read it in the Deseret News, the or
gan of the church. In that the judges and
the members of the bar are abused in all
kinds of language, in a manner that is cal
cuated to iniure them before the people.
And in shat organ also, the jurors are abused
and spoken Of in language that is calculated
to influence their minds | say these things
are in that paper, the only one published at
the time in the Territory, and say it is prop
er for me to mention these things.


These things were enforced by one who
was at that time the Governor, the EXecu-
tive of the Territory When you see per-
son of that kind who is bound to enforce the
law, using language of that abusive charac-
ter, the Court thinks 1t is within its province
to repel such insnuations as are there
cast upon it, So far as attorneys are con-
eerned, feel compelled to say that such as
sertions as are there made are not true.





l said to you in the outset, that a great
number of cases had come to my knowledge
of crimes having been committed through
the country, and shall take the liberty OF
naming few of them The persons COM
mitting those otfenses have not been prosecu.
ted, the reason why | cannot tell but it
strikes me that those outside influences have
prevented it. If you do your duty you will
not neglect to inquire into those matters, or
allow the offenders to go unpunished. | may
mention the Mountain Meadow murder
where whole train was cut off, except a few
children, who were too young to give evil
dence in court 1t has been claimed that this
offense was committed by Indians, but there
is evidence that there were others who were
engaged in it besides.


Judge Cradlebaugh refers to several cases
of violence, and adds:


To allow these things to pass over gives a
color as if they were done by authority. The
very fact of such a case as that of the Noun
tain Meadows shows that there was some
person high in the estimation of the people
and it was done by that authority, and this
case of the Parishes shows the same; and un-
less you do your duty such will be the view
that will be taken of it.


You can know no law but the laws of the
United States and the laws you have here.
No person can commit crimes and say they
are authorized by higher authorities and il
they have any such notions they will have
to dispel them.
Year: 1859

DEADLY AssAuLr.-on Tuesday, says the
S. F. Herald, colored man, named Thornton
Kenny, was arraigned before Judge Coon
charged with having committed a violent
assault on his wife. 1t appears that the wife
is a serving woman in a fashionable house Of
ill-fame, and on Sunday night went to her
for money, which she refused to give him
upon which, after some words of abuse had
passed between them, he picked up a ham
mer and struck her on the head so forcibly
as to fell her to the floor Her skull was
much injured and the surgeon attributed her
escape from death to the thick head of wool
che wore breaking the force of the blow
The Judge ordered Thornton to pay over
fifty dollars.