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Year: 1860

Ny DEAR BROTHER GoRMAN Il received
the Age, for the above date, to-day, and in
reading it over, | found that at the recent
clectiofr IA y0uFr STATE there was a great
amount of drunkenness. | am happy to say
that such scenes are not witnessed in the
State of New York now. Our Legislature,
some two years ago, passed law, that no
rum hole should be open on an election day,
within a half mile of any poll so that shuts
up all the GROCERIES in the cities and towns.
Since that time, have not seen drunken
man round the polls, for if rum seller sells
glass of rum to man during the time the
polls are open, from sun rise to sun set, he,
on being found out, is fined $25; consequent
| ly we have quiet polls; and if candidate is
known to bribe by either money or drink,
directly or indirectly, his election is declared
null and void.


Our Order here brought all of this about
by Petition / think if you would get up a
! form of Petition to your Legislature, at its
next meeting, insert it in your widely circu-
lated Journal and call the attention of the
Divisions to it, and ask them to cut it out Of
the paper, and attach it to a sheet of paper
and let them go round the neighborhood, and
get all the names they can, and then let them
be all collected together, and made into one
grand roll and presented to the Legislature
BY committee, and if convenient, by pro
cession, | think it would pass for every
we'll minded man, when sober, looks on
drunkard with disgust. The thing only
wants agitation; and if there was another
paper carried round at the same time, where
the people would declare on their honor al
men, that they would not cast their vote il
favor of any man, who would treat at th
polls, to influence votes, that in my opinion
would have great bearing on the candidate
of all parties, for the well thinking, Chris
tan portion of your people would very sool
see that the country would be far better Of
without it. Try it Brother g., and the re
suits will be satisfactory. Our Order is dc
ing well here now, each of our Divisions
vying with each other to see who will hav
the most members to return next meeting {
the G. D. Wishing you success and pleas
ant journey through life.


I remain Yours in L. P. & T.


ALEX. CAMPBELL.
Year: 1860

Between the convent of st. Martin and its
adyowee, Tor the lord of the manor to which
the abbey was attached there arose vio-
lent feud The knight of Dachau did not
hesitate a moment to draw his sword in ia
yor of the house of God, whose chief officer
was his uncle He called out his vassals,
Year: 1860

After iaborious journey of several days,
Curd reached the neighborhood of the mo-
mastery, where he hoped to find kmengards
father. Already he beheld the two towers of
the elegant church rising behind wood of
oaks, and had mind to turn into footpath
that led from the highway through the wood,
when he observed at the entrance of an old
chapel meanly dressed man who appeared
to be devoutly engaged in prayer. Curd in
Year: 1860

had it not been for our assistance she
might have gone to pieces and caused Z
fearful loss Of life We also lent assis-
tance to the American barque John
Henry and after having done all that
was thought necessary TO float her at the
next high tide, We left Judge Of our
surprise on hearing, a few days after, that
she became a wreck The mystery to US
remains unexplained.


With these exceptions, together with
an occasional hasty visit in the neighbor-
ing ports, we passed the time. We occa-
sionally witness magnificent water spouts,
and are often saluted with lOud-rumbiing
thunder and most brilliant and terrific
lightning. The wind and rain squalls are
numerous and severe, but pass over quick
ly. The hurricane and yellow-tever months
are now near Us, and We are anyiou-ly
waiting to see whether Government will
keep us here or not. u the threatened
dangers oyertakc and oyermatch YOUR
friend, please remember his last prayer
for the Hon. Secretary Of the Navy "IIe
did me much evil, may the Lord reward
lin according to his works


Yours respectfully q.
Year: 1860

ACCIDENT ON THE VA. CENTRAL RAIL
RoAD-The train running from Staunton to
Richmond on Saturday morning last came in
collision with q wagon, at the first crossing
near Waynesboro', Augusta county, Va. II
divided the wagon directly in the middle,
throwing he fore wheels on one side of the
road and the hind wheels on the other. The
driver, servant of Mr.. Hanger, was thrown
into the air and seriously injured For some
time he was insensible. The horses, strange
to say. were not hurt. The driver thought he
had time to cross before the train would ar
rive, but the horses became frigh tened, and he
was unable to drive them across in time to
escape the collision.
Year: 1860

MYSTERIOUS MURDRR.-A murder was COM
mitted Monday night, in the rear of the Mon
mouth House, at Long Branch, M. Pistol
shots and cries of murder were heard by the
bar keeper. club, besmeared with blood
and hair, was found on the beach, and the body
had evidently been conveyed out to sea in a
boat which had been pulled down to the surf.
Clotted blood and hair were found on the sail
and sides of the boat. The murder seems to
have been accomplished in skillful manner.
Who the murderer or victim was, is q mys-
Year: 1860

NIAGARA PASSING AwAY.-The Falls re-
cede, at present, we are told, at something less
than foot in year. Geology is able to pre-
dict that when a recession OF n mile has taken
place-some Ave or six thousand years hence
the height OF the Fall will be reduced by a
score of feet. Ten thousand years more, when
the Fall shall have worn its way four miles
further back all that constitutes Niagara will
have disappeared, and the whole descent will
be accomplished by a series OF rapids like those
near The whirlpool.
Year: 1860

LOLA RECOVERING Madame Lola MonteZ
who was lately reported to be at the point of
death from paralysis, has been removed to a
healthy locality on Long Island, and her con-
valescence is progressing favorably She has
lost the use of her left side, but her physician
has hopes of her ultimate recovery. Her
friends contradict a report to the effect that
her illness was caused by opium eating They
state she never used any stimulant but to obacco
Ia the form of cigarettes.
Year: 1860

Seeking City HomsS.-The Mayor stated yes
terday that more free negroes came to this city
from Caroline county than from almost any
other county in the State and that, generally,
they are bad characters. To prevent the as
acter of persons, not only the Legislature but
the City Council have passed stringent laws
which, If rigidly enforced, would make Rich
mond entirely too warm for their comfort. In
some of the tobacco factories large numbers Of
free negroes are employed, and if the laws are
not violated by so doing, manu- fac turers may
be benefited by that class of labor; but we
again repeat that no free negro should be al
lowed to remain in the city, contrary to law.
Year: 1860

Needing the Ways.-Laborers have been en-
ways in the Capitol Square which were badly
washed by late heavy rain. Most of the
walks will probably, in the course of time, be
paved with bricks; but until then, the keeper
of the grounds viii find it necessary 10 over
haul and mend them after every heavy rain.
Year: 1860

Dangerous PIacs.-The contractors for the
draw bridge" across the dock at its intersec-
ton with nth street, ought to erect barriers
at either end, so as TO prevent persons from
being crippled or drowned When left open,
AS at present, the bridge is a complete man
Year: 1860

The Concert, this afternoon, at the Fair
Grounds of the Central Agric uitaral Society,
will be one of the most interesting, as well
as scientific musical enter ertainments, that has
been given in this sec ton this season.
Year: 1860

Indecent Erposnrs.-A man who gave his
name as Hastings, and who was very drunk
at the time, was arrested ana Gagged oy ofncer
Bibb Yesterday afternoon, for making an IN
decent exposure OF his person in the street.
Year: 1860

SH0DDY,-ThlS is ar article often spoken of
in English papers. Perhaps all our readers
do not know what it is, nor what they put
upon their backs when they buy English cloth.
A writer in the United States Economist says:


ITO supply the demand for shoddy, the
whole world is searched for rags: The cutters
of filthy cities, hospitals of every class and
every cline, poor-houses, and in fact every
place where filth, poverty and wretchednesS
exists, contribute largely to this supply


This being the material from which it is
made, no wonder, therefJr IRE, that:


Although the shoddy trade has added
largely TO the wealth of those concerned in it,
yet it has its necessary evils. There is sick
ness known in Dewsbury as the rag fever,
that afiicts those who are directly connected
with the sorting and grinding of Woollen rags
They are easily known by their pale and sick
ly looks aside from the disagreeable smell
that is always with them and were il not for
the very stringent sanitary regulations that
are enforced in England the manufacture of
shoddy would breed plague. 1t requires but
ourselves the amount OF filth, and the seeds of
disease that must accumulate where shoddy is
largely manufactured"


He saws of the cloth made from this material
In whole or in part:


ut is an error, however to suppose that the
consumption of shoddy fabrics In England
have increased in the same ratio that they
have been produced in that country. BY far
the largest portion of the cheap low woollens
made in England are exported; and the United
States takes more Of them than any other country.
1t would be about as difficult TO induce man
in the shoddy country to wear the article he
manufactures, as it would be to compel an
arothecary to swallow his own de coc tions-
they know tC o much about it,"
Year: 1860

Encampmsn..-The most important arrange
ments for the success of the volunteer en-
campment at the Fair Grounds of the Central
Agricultural Society, on the eth of November
next, have been concluded, SO that companies
who design being here mGy rest assured that
they will be met by their military brethren in
the proper spirit, and that great good will be-
effected by the meeting. Each company will
provide for its own comfort, and all will no
doubt strive to make the occasion a peculiarly
happy and profitable one to the citizen soldiers
of Virginia.
Year: 1860

EXAMPLE OF THE BRAvE.-The example of the
brave is an inspiration to the timid, their pres
ence thrilling through every fibre. Hence the
miracles of valor so often performed by ordinary
men under the leadership of the heroic. The
very recollection of the deeds of the valiant
stirs mems blood like the sound of trumpet
Ziska bequeathed his skin to be used as drum
to inspire the valor of the Bohemians. When
Scandeberg, Prince of Eprus, was dead, the
Turks wished to possess his bones, that each
might wear piece next his heart, hoping thus
to secure some the courage he had displayed
while living and which they had so often expe-
rienced in battle When the gallant Douglas,
bearing the heart of Bruce to the Holy Land,
saw one of his knights surrounded and sorely
pressed by the Saracens in battle, he took from
his neck the silver case containing the hero's
bequest, and throwing it amidst the thickest
press of his foes, cried: "Pass first in fight, as
thou vert wont to do, and Douglas will follow
thee, or die" and so saying, he rushed forward
to the place where it fell, and was there slain.
Smiles iSelf-HeIp.
Year: 1860

ry@ A very pretty and respectable young
woman stole several yards of ribbon from a
shop in Troy a few days ago. She was left alone
and couldn't resist the temptation. The shop
keeper accused her of the theft, and after much
trouble found she had wound the ribbon around
her l. stockings, beginning at one ankle and
passing the stocking of course ending at the
other. In this ingenious, but we must say in
delicate manner, she had concealed large
quantity-but the shopkeeper forgave her and
let her go Free as he considered the privilege of
recovering his property by unwinding it, ample
atonement.
Year: 1860

GSA. very popular preacher in South Car
olina, and seeessionist withal, harangued his
hearers on the Importance of perseverance and
fortitude. He said You that is church mem
bers must not look back upon Babylon like
Pauls wife done You may be heap better
than the worlds people, Religion is like
battle, and Satan are strong He hates good
men and wants to kill them at troast In short
my dearly beloved hearers, you must do like
General Washington done at the battle of Water
loo. In the skirmags his horse was killed by
a British cannon ball. Did Washington give up
bis sword to the enemy2 Not he! He sung
out at the top of his voice, "A horse horse
my kingdom for horse A horse was brought
him by FraEk Marion, and he drove the bloody
British from the field, and thus secured the lib
erty Of South Carolina"
Year: 1860

Ike GOES Our INTO THE WoRLD.-Mrs. Part
ington came up to town to select guardian for
her precocious Ike, and remarked as follows =
/" How the world has turned about to be sure
It's nothing but change, change Only yester-
day, as it were, was in the country, smelling
the odious flowers to-day | am in this big city,
my oilfactories breathing the impure execrations
of coal-smoke that are SO directory to health
Instead of the singing of birds, the humber
buses almost deprive me of conscientousness.
Dear me Well, hope | shall be restrained
through it all. They say that the moral tur-
pentine of this city is frightful but it isn't any
use to anticipate trouble beforehand; he may
escape all harmonious influences that would
have tendency to hurt him and, as the min
ster of our parish said with judicial training he
may become useful membrane of society !;
though training is bad generally, and is apt to
make the young to run to feathers, like cropple
crowned hens. But he has genius looks at
him it comes natural to him, like the measles,
and every day it is enyeloping itself more and
more"
Year: 1860

BSA- The Boston Journal says there is veal
thy butcher in Philadelphia who wears the
finest of broadcloth beneath his professional
white apron. magnificent diamond pin spark
les on his shirt bosom, while the hand that
wields the knife and cleaver is adorned with
diamond rings.
Year: 1860

Nearly two hundred pilgrims from Ireland,
who had travelled from there on foot, to worship
at the seat of St. Peter, arrived at Rome in
April, foot sore, shabby and travel worn they
were entertained at the different monasteries,
and attracted much attention by their appear
ance, and by the feryency of their devotions.-
Every night at the Church Of the Pilgrims, their
feet were washed by such Christians as were
moved to such humble Offices, through love of
their brethren and sisters, duty which was
enjoined on all Christians by the piecept and
example of Christ, but which has fallen strange
ly into disuse in modern times, except at Rome,
where it is still kept up in its purity


Speaking of the same ceremony as annually
fulfilled by the Pope, the correspondent of the
Tribune says:


Whatever may be said of the particular merit
or good taste of this performance no one who
has once witnessed it can doubt its reality. Ir
comparison with it. the Pope's washing and
kissing of the thirteen polished feet of the thir-
teen beggars IN st. Peters is the merest farce
Yet the Pope does his part well, and washes the
foot offered to him with as much care as though
it needed it, and afterward waits upon the thir-
teen at table in the kndest possible manner. II
is in this ceremony that the Holy Father appears
to show his real character, which think is that
of very kind hearted man. He took the
dishes as they were handed to him by his
officials and walking along, placed them in the
hand of each man at the table in turn, and af-
terward poured them out wine in good natured
familiar way, giving to each a kind word, and
smiling good humoredly upon ALL
Year: 1860

MOLTEN LAVA IN TrLARE.-The editor of the
Nisalia Delta has received from party of pros
pectors specimen of lava, taken from the era
Ter of burning volcano, in Tulare county,
while in molten state
Year: 1860

ALARM OF FIRE - ACCIDENT TO A HY.
DRANT.-The alarm of fire last night, about
nine o'clock, proceeded from the burning of
some wood in the shed attached to the resi-
dence of Richard z. Moves, 78 Front street.
The fire caught from lighted candle which
had been carelessly left there. The flames
were soon extinguished, without much dam
age. Owing to stone getting into the valve
OF the hydrant which had been used, near the
corner of Trout and fremont streets, ii was
found impossible to shut off the water, and it
remained running for over three hours, cours-
ing down the street like river. The flowing
OF the water was only stopped by cutting it OFT
at headquarters, near the reservoir, and drain
ing all the pipes, so the city must have re-
mained for the remainder of the night without
any supply OF water from the hydrants, most
calamtous contingency, had a fire broken out.
The weather was intensely cold, the theTmom-
eter being about at zero.
Year: 1860

WEBsTER.-Cyrus Spaulding of Webster
was seriously injured, last week, by the break
ing of piece OF roll of wire, one end of
which struck him across the eye, inflicting
wound which endangered his sight. He has
been for some days confined to his bed, from
nervous prostration consequent on his is.iury.
Year: 1860

FAIR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
The ladies of All Saints Church will be graf
flied to have large attendance at their fair.
at Brinley Fall, this day and evening and
they are prepared to make the occasion a very
pleasant one to all visitors.
Year: 1860

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
ID out of the Honorable District Court of the
9th Judicial District of the State of California,
in and for the county Of Trinity, in the action of
H. l.. Wheeler against r. c. Kelly, Il. j. Curtis
and Norval Garland duly attested the I'd day of
May, A. d., 1860, have levied upon the follow
ing property, to wit All that certain piece or
parcel of land situate in the county of Trinity
and State Of California, and described as follows:
Commencing at an oak tree in front of the
saw mill known as Reas' saw mill, and running
thence down the Trinity river parallel with said
river to an oak tree bazed about quarter Of
mile from the starting point, and thence TO the
river, about ten or fifteen rods, aud thence up
the river to the place Of beginning and thence
up the river one mile and u quarter to an oak
tree in the gulch, and thence down to the river
about nine rods to a stake, aud from thence down
the river to the place of beginning the said mill
being on the same land and premises taken up
and located by Moses r. n. Lathrop, and used
and occupied by said Reas for the last two years
prior to his transfer to said defendants, lying and
being on Trinity river about five miles above the
mouth of Weaver Creek and also the race con-
Meeting with the ilume crossing the river at the
saw mill is included, being the same property
conveyed by Reas to the defendants aud also
the Trinity River Canal, and mill premises, com
mencing at dam on Trinity river in said county,
known as Reas' saw mill dam, five and three
fourths miles above the mouth of Weaver Creek,
following tho meanderings of the river, thence
down said river on the northwest bank thereof
throe-fourths of mile to the Reas saw mill,
thence the main branch of said canal extending
down said river on said bank to the lower end Of
Ferry Bar; together with the canal
leading from the main canal and crossing the
said river at the said saw MILL and extending
down the said river Que mile and onc.haf to ln-
grams Bar ; together with the dam, saw mill
and all buildings erected by said company on
said premises together with the ground on
which said canals are constructed and to the
distance of thirty feet from the center Of said
canals on either side of the same. Said canals
were constructed for the purpose of divorting
the waters of Trinity river on to the bars and
diggings below said dam as above described for
mining and milling purposes


Notice is hereby given that on


Saturday, the 26th day of May,


A. d., 1860, at l o'clock, Z. NJ, at the Court
House door, in the town of Wcavcrville, and
county of Trinity, will sell all The right, title
and interest of the said defendants IN and to the
said above described property, to the highest
bidder for cash


l6 /. G.. MESSEC, Sheriff
Year: 1860

WHEN an express wagon arrived at a station on
,he lower Trinity, in California. with a blooming
widow in charge, a Justices court, then in session,
was adjourned for few minutes to give the at
torneys and jury sight at crnoline.- Sheiby0ifle
(Ind.) Volunteer.


If the TRINITY Journal don't take this up we
are mistakea-N09herw (Yreka) Journal.


We assure our Siskiyou friend that with one
exception the above is fact. The express wagon,
if we have correct notion Of the lay of coun-
try down there, was four legged one, the only
kind known in that section. The item is correct in
the main The incident was printed here year
ago. and may be found duly entered and attcsted
on the Journal of the aforesaid Court.
Year: 1860

ALBANY, Sept. 7-The canal tolls for the
fourth week Of August are s64, 900 over the
same week of 1853. The excess this week is
greater than the entire receipts Of the fourth
week of last year
Year: 1860

| The DOOMED CHIEF, or Two Hundred Years


Ago. By the author Of the Green Noun


tam Boys, Gaut Gurley, &c, &c. Phila-


dephia, j. W Bradley, 1860.


This is a new volume from the pen of our
fellow citizen Hon. D P. Thompson of Mont
peler, the author of several reputable works
of a fictitious or mainly fictitious character.
The scene of action is laid in Massachusetts,
and R. Island, and the time is that of King
Philip's War The Doomed Chief. is no
other than Metacom, or King Philip, as he
is more often called. Afte- short prelude
of a shooting match, the story begins in ear
nest with a scene where justice is perverted
and judicial murder is committed on three
Indians by New Plymouth G lOny Court.
The outrage is witnessed at a little distance
by Metacom himself, and Queen WetamO, both
of whom denounce on the spot those guilty
ofsuch bloody and treaeherous deeds, and warn
the colonists that the hatche5 is now taken
up never to be laid down till the white man
or the red man shall prove TO be victor, for
the last time, over the last of his foes. The
preparation for the war on both sides, its
bloody conduct, and its termination by the
death of both Philip and Wetamo, occupy
the readers attention through the volume.
There is however a love story woven into the
web of the story, and we are not sure that
MANY readers will not consider Vane Willis
as in reality the hero of the book rather than
the Doomed Chief In this as well as in his
former works, the author shows his power
best where stirring scenes of combat, con-
cealment and escape occupy the readers at
tention We think the Doomed Chief will
hardly rank as high in the popular estima-
ton as some of the authors previous works.
The characters are not as clearly drawn as IN
them, and saving occasional samples of bad
English for broken Indian. and few blunt
speeches from Capt Mosely and others, and
the stupid cant which Is put into the mouths
of Deacon Mudgridge and his shadow, they
all talk too much alike, and sentimentalizs
90 much in the same strain, from Roger Will
liams and King Philip to Vane Willis and
Miss Madam. As to the theory which the
author seems to have adopted for the pur-
pose of his book that all the wrong in the
wars between the early settlers of New Eng
land was on the side of the latter, (though
there was far too much God knows, y and that
such dull canting villain as MUdgridge, and
such an unmitigated ass as his shadow, Dunn
mer, are to be taken as fair representatives
of the functionaries of State and Church in
those days,we apprehend it will hardly stand
trial.