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Year: 1859

A few days ago we visited the quartz lead OF
Nessrs. Loag, Smith l. Co., located about one
mile and half east of Middletown. We found
that shaft had been sunk to the depth of over
60 feet, and tunnels out in several directions
to distance of thirty or more feet 10 accom-
plish this much, has been a work of great labor
and very. considerable expense. Nevertheless II
has been labor and money well expended, mas
much as it has developed the exact position and
course of the lead, as well as proved its great
richness At the mouth of the shaft there lies
8 pile of about one hundred tons of quartz We
looked over it, and could scarcely find piece
that did not contain gold pereeptible to the ma
ked eve In miners phrase, some of it was lit
orally lousy" with the precious stuff. piece
Of six or sevens pounds which the party brought
to town and pounded in mortar, yielded within
a,fraction of one dollar to the pound. And we
firmly believe that the pile of one hundred tons,
if all the gold can be obtained therefrom, will
yield nearer $1,000 per ton than Sl00. The
quartz of this lead, we are told, looks richer and
absolutely prospects richer than the famous AL
lison Lead of Nevada.


1t will be a glorious thing for this county if
this lead realizes our expectations. 1t will give
an impetus to quartz mining in this county that
will in few years make it one of the finest
counties in the State. This entire section of
country is traversed by quartz leads that pres
pect rich Such exist in every locality in the
county. Within half a mile of this town quartz
leads crop out and invite men to come and take
them, and with them fortunes. Success in open
ing and working one of them, will inspire conf
dence, and the others will then speedily be
tested


IfMessrs. Loag, Smith & Go. were now en-
gagged in digging ditch for the purpose of bring
ing the waters of Pitt River down upon the
Churntown diggings, and the dggings north of
this town, everybody would consider it work
thatwould result in immense good to the county.
And it would be productive of such good. And
yet we believe that the enterprise in which they.
are now quietly engaged may prove greater
blessing to the county than would even the
digging of such ditch.
Year: 1859

r AM NOW PREPARED to receive the Quartz
i or Crude Matter, concentrated Tailings, or
Tailngs, and to give all practical test at my
Works in Sacramento. In soliciting owners of
Ledges to send me samples to be tested by the
Bartola Process, l wish them to distinctly un-
derstand that | cannot obtain Gold from matter
which does not contain it; and, in order to avoid
being encountered with worthless matter, have
decided to make uniform price of 500 per ton
for making thorough test-paying over to the
owner of the matter tested the full amount OBJ
tanned. Contracts will be made for working
large quantity at low rates In all cases the
matter must be delivered at the Mill, in Sacra-
mento, opposite the Gas Works, and the charge
for testing must be paid in advance NV object
IN erecting such extensive Works at this central
place is to test matter perfectly satisfactory to
all parties, SO that they may be enabled to intro
duce my valuable patents into all paying Leads
in the State. DAVID CHAMRERS


Agent Of the Aurora Gold and Silver Co.


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Year: 1859

MAY Day BALLs.--Remember on Monday
evening next " May Day" balls come off at the
Bridge House and Fort Reading. Great pre-
parations have been made for each. We hear
of persons all over the county getting ready to
90 to either one or the other place. At Fort
Reading on the Sd, the day after the ball, there
will be sundry very spirited horse races.
Year: 1859

SKURB-On. our outside will be found an
other poetical contribution from Skurb," in
which he sings most delightfully."- ofthe charms
of the lovely month of May. We have another
gem from his pen for next week-"Over yon
Desert and far away" If we are not greatly
mistaken, we have found stone at EQUINE Cry
that will yet be proven to be q genuine dia-
rrond-
Year: 1859

SUDDEN DEArHs-Withint the past two months
four well-known residents of this county have
dropped dead from disease of the heart. Indeed
we have been struck with the fact that these
sudden deaths, for months past, have been oc-
curing all over the State with alarming fire.
Year: 1859

BRoccoLI.-We neglected last week to return
our thanks for several heads of this very excel
lent vegetable, sent US from the Tower House.
accompanied by suitable piece of home-cured
pork to cook with it. 1t was welcome treat.
Droccoii Is very excellent variety of the cauli-
flower, and is never seen in this market for sale.
why do not our gardeners cultiyate it,
Year: 1859

We observe that the Democratic County Cen
tral Committee of Tehama, recommends the lotn
of June next as the day for the holding OF the
Senatorial Convention at Red Bluffs. We re-
spectfully submit that the 18th of June Is at
least half month sooner than there is any sort
of necessity for. A better time we think, wouio
be the early part ofJuly. A period OF two months
certainly gives ample time to the candidate 10
canvas the District. We hope the County
Conventions will not adopt the recommendation
of the Tehama Central Committee.
Year: 1859

" One more unfortunate,
Weary of breath,
Rashly importunate,


Gone to her death
Make no deep scrutiny
Into her mutiny
Rash and undutiful:


Past all dishonor,
Death has left on her


Only the beautiful"
Year: 1859

Corroy YIELD.-The Vicksburg Whig learns
that the yield Of cotton in the Arkansas valley has
never exceeded the promise Of the present season
Heavy pickings are now made and the weather is
dry and extremely favorable. The upland crop
is alike promising.
Year: 1859

good when at home, and farthest from it
when away.


One OF the very FIRST duties of life / say
again, is the establishment of a home which
shall be to MS and to our children the foun.
tain and reservoir of our best life and
this home shonld be permanent one if
possible. Home is the center of every true
life, the place where all sweet affections are
brought forth and unrtured, the spot to
which memory clings the most fondly, & TO
which the wanderer returns the most gladly
IL Is worth a life Of care and labor to win
for ourselves and the dear children whom
we love as ourselvesa home whose influence
shall enrich Us aud them while life lasts
God pity the poor child who can not asso-
cate his youth with some dear spot, where
he drank in life's freshness, and shaped the
character be bears


The choosing of home is one of the
most momentOus steps q man is ever called
upon to make. If we plant a tree with
the hope to sit some time beneath its shad-
ow, and eat of its fruit, we do not plant it
in the sand, or in stream Of running wa
ter, 1t is astonishing to see the multtudes
that thoughtlessly plant their homes in
moral and intellectual deserts-to see them
building houses where there is no society,
or only that which is bad, where the church
bell is never heard, and where fertile and
fruitful home-life is absolutely impossible.
For money men will rush from the health-
ful pleasant country village to the fever
ish and stony city, or forsake thousand
privileges that are valuable beyond all price,
aud settle in wilderness where the degeu-
Grafton of their home is certain Circum-
stances may force one into locations like
these, but they can only be regarded as ca
lamitous. Communion is the law Of growth,
and homes only thrive where they sustain
relations with each other.


The sweetest type Of heaven is home
nay, heaven itself is the home for whose
acquisition we are to strive the most strong
ly. Home, in one form and another, is the
great object of life. 1t stands at the end
Of every days labor and beckons us to its
bosom and life would be cherries and
meaningless did we not discern across the
river that divides it from the life beyond,
glimpses Of the pleasant mansions prepared
for u.s.
Year: 1859

Messrs. J. Aspinall q Son, of Detroit, have char
charter five more soon They are to sail before the
first of June for ports in Ireland Scotland or Eng
land 1t is understood that the stipuations of the
charter that they shall go to any first class
port in the United Kingdom, with the exception of
London, for the rate agreed upon.
Year: 1859

'TNHlS Is TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE


subscriber has obtained from the orphan Court of Bal
tmore city letters documentary the personal of
LEWIS NJ WARNER, late of said city, deceased All per-
sons having claims against the said deceased hereby
warned TO exhibit the with the vouchers
te subscriber on or before the th day of September
they may otherwise, by law be excluded from benefit Of
said estate All persons indebted said are requested
to make immediate payment Given under my hand this


u,lf Iyt
Year: 1859

have parslity parzan journals ofany kind with
very few exceptons.but the Standard EFFORTS admra


on by its handsome appearance and general superiority
TO its class 1t is not yet equal to the Union
medium but in that respect is steadily improving; while
sn other respecs is fully equal if not superior that
popular dailr.
Year: 1859

for your own qualification your particular attention is
invited to original contribution which appears under
the above caption the first page of this paper. 1t
is emanaon from the pure mind ofa accomplished
woman and cannot but touch your feelings to pleasing
melancholy by its general beauty and the exquisite
spathos of its principal incident.
Year: 1859

Flat whose thigh was taken off by DR.. Clebourne of
Nevada the 29th ut for fraunatic gangrene,caIsed
by fracture of the leg is recovering and already able
to situp This has been unusually successful
one, the limb being in gangrenous state for five days
prior to the operation.
Year: 1859

NEW DIGGINGs.- two teamsters
who in the employ ofseey, driving up Woods
hill the way from Marysville last week. the wheels
of wagon sunk deep into the mre that they had
to be dug out with shovels One of the observed
bright yellow object in the mud picked up, and dis
covered that he the lucky finder of double eagle.
He afterwards picked up two more, making a clear
yield from the diggngs of sixty dollars Was this
sproyidental2
Year: 1859

memory Qutckened I'm owntng.


The following circumstance, vouched for
as true, is among many instances in which
the memory has received remarkable
quickening in apparent drowning. Such
facts are incontestible the solution has
never been satisfactorily given: -.


Some years since, a held bond of b for
several hundred dollars, having some time
to run. At its maturity he found that he
had put it away so carefully that he was
unable TO find it. Every search was fruit
less. He only knew that it had not been
paid or traded away. In this dilemma he
called on B, relating the circumstance of its
disappearance, and proposed receipt as an
Offset to the bond, or another indemnifying
bond against its collection if ever foiind.


To his great surprise, b not only refused
to meet the terms of difficulty, but positive
ly denied owing him anything, and strong
ly intimated the presence of a fraudulent
design on the part Of a. Without legal
proof, and, therefore, without redress, he had
TO endure the loss of his money and the sus-
picion of dishonorable intentions in urging
the claim. Several years passed away with
out any change in the nature of the case, or
the facts as above given, when one after
noon, while bathing in -, river, ~,
either from inability to swim or cramp, or
some other cause, was discovered to be
drowning. He had sunk and risen several
times, and was floating away under the wa
ter, when he was seizea and drawn to shore.
The usual remedies to resuscitate him were
applied, and although there were signs of
life, there was no appearance Of conscious
ness. He was taken home in state Of eX-
haustion, and remained in that state for
some days. = .noE zssit1I --4.i +"


On the first return Of strength to walk,
he left his bed, went to his book case, took
out book, opened it, and handed his long.
lost bond to friend who was present. He
then informed him that when drowning and
sinking, as he supposed to rise no more, in
moment, there stood out distinctly before
his mind as a picture, every act of his life,
and from the hour of childhood to the hour
of sinking beneath the water, and among
them the circumstance of his putting
the bond in the book the book itself and
the place in which he put it in the book case.
1t is needless to say that he recovered his
own with uSury. . ....--- --.-a I-t
Year: 1859

In WEDNESDAYS Press, we stated that the
draymen of the Catholic faith are to have
picnic on the 4th of July. We were in error
in saying draymen of the Catholic faith" as
we understand that draymen of all creeds are
expected to participate.
Year: 1859

A GRAND picnic came off yesterday at Brom-
ley, Ky. Only those who are acquainted with
Harry Haxted, the proprietor of the beautiful
grove at that place, can truly appreciate the
good time on this occasion.
Year: 1859

FORGOT lis own NANE.-A resident Of Co.
lumbia township, who returns considerable
sum upon the tax duplicate, recently forgot his
own name! lie was looking for n letter, and
called almost daily at the post Office, and in
quired for a certain name. The postmaster
several times informed him that he had letter
with the supcrscriptiOn Of his own name, except
that there was n midfie naRie, spelled in full
The applicant declined TO receive the epistle,
as i; must be for some one else, but said he
didn't know any such man in the town. One
day after a month had paced, he told his wife
there was such letter, and wondered who it
could be for, and why the owner never called
for it After good laugh at her liege, she
convinced him that the name on the letter was
his own, lie had forgotten his middle cogno-
men. but ventured to claim the letter, and
found that it was the very document that he
had been looking for so long .-CiHeiMRati
COMMERCIAL
Year: 1859

To Nc cses Thompson, Esq


you know had one Of your Bagasse furnaces tn
opportunity of saying it has performed equal my
guine expectations


consider capable Of efecng perfect combustion
and production Of heat and steam
than any furnace known 1t will the bagasse
almost any Of ground and make steam
proporton- due supply Of boiler be given-to the
fast made.


From my present experience, clearly of the opinion
that no of furnace all efficiency
with yours.


Very truly,
Year: 1859

The great bell was tried yesterday,
says the London Times of the 10Th ult.,
and not with the hammer but with the
clapper The first few strokes were
feebly given, TO see that all was clear
about the monster, and this fact being
satisfactorily ascertained, some men
Ewere set TO work TO pull down the tar
paullings which hung round the open
arches of the bell chamber 10 project
the workmen from the keen wind, hut
which on this occasion, would have
kept in the sound sufficiently to half
dealen all in the tower. Ii was impos.
sihle however, 10 remove a wooden
boarding on the north side, or the tenn.
porary wooden roof over the bell, so
that the trial was made under certain
disadvantages. The rope of the clap.
per was then passed down TO the clock
chamber, where MIR. Denison setting 10
work with will, made the Dell speak
in tones not likely 10 be forgotten soon
by those who heard them in the bellry
The first stroke was slight, but after.
wards it came peal after peal, in tre-
mendous volume of sound that was
actually painful. Ii seemed 10 swell s.
grow upon the air, with the vibrations
that thrilled every bone in the listeners
body with painful jar, becoming loud
er with each gigantic clang, till one
shrank from the awful reverberations as
from something tangible and dangerous
to meet. Many went upon the balus-
trade outside the chamber TO avoid The
waves of sound that seemed eddying
round the tower but, the escape was
only partial relief, the great din SEEM
ing almost 10 penetrate the stone works
of the baltlements, and jar the very
place in which one stood.
Year: 1859

SALT.-Salt is indispensable to man as a
part of his food. Ii is stated that with every
bushel of flour, about one pound of salt is
used in making bread alone. Every adult
consumes about two ounces of salt weekly.
The omission of proper quantity of it in
our food favors the engendering of disease.
We read that when the ancient laws of Hol-
land ordained men TO be kept on bread alone,
uninixe9wilh saIt,sas the seSerest punish-
ment that could be inflicted upon them in
their moist climate, the effect was horrible;
the wretched criminals are said TO have been
devoured by worms. Mungo Park men,
tions that he suffered great inconvenience
from the scarcity of this article; "The long
use ofvegetables created so painful long.
ing for salt, no words can sufficiently de-
scribe it," Almost all graminivorous ami.
mails seem to have the same necessity for
the use of salt in their food as man. An ex-
emption from the rot is generally enjoyed
by sheep fed on the salt marshes, or when
salt is regularly mixed with their food. In
the States La Plata, in South America, the
sheep and cattle, when they discover pit
of salt clay, rush to feed npon it; andin the
struggle, many are trodden 10 death. In
Upper Canada the cattle have an abundance
of wild pasture TO browse on in the woods;
but once a .off1ght they return TO the farm
of their own accord, in order to obtain lit
lie salt and when they have eaten it, mix
ed with their fodder, return again 10 the
woods. Salt is now used extensively in
England and all Europe, for fattening cattle.
In Spain, they attribute the fneness oftheir
wool 10 the quantity of salt given 10 their
sheep. In England, one thousand sheep
consume at the rate of ton of salt annual
Year: 1859

We do not believe that any boy ever put
on his first long tailed coat without sence
OF shame. He first twists his back half off
looking at it ir the glass, and then when he
steps out of doors it seems to him as if all
creation was on broad grin. The sun
laughs in the sky; the cows turn TO look at
him; there are faces at every window, his
very shadow mocks him. When he walks
by the cottage where Jane lives, he dare
not look up for his life. The very boards
crack with consciousness of the strange
spectacle, and the old pair Of pantaloons
that stop light in the garret window nod
with derision. If he is obliged TO pass
group of men and boys, the trial assumes
its most terrific stage. His legs gets all
mixed up with embarrassment, and the flap
of the dangling appendage is felt upon them,
moved by the wind of his own agitation :;
he could ieel worse were it a dshcloth,
worn as badge of disgrace. It.is happy
time for him when he gets to church and
sits down with coat tails under him; but
he is still apprehensive with thinking of
the Sunday school, and wonders il any of
the children will ask him to "swing his
long tail blue"
Year: 1859

CuAppED HANDs.-These are very common
"about these days" cold weather chllls
the surface of the skin and prevents free
circulation of the blood, and consequent
warmth, ana thus induces or aggravates
the difficulty One of the primary causes
of chapping the skin is the actiorof soap.
The aikali in this eats away the cuticle or
outer skin, and thus destroys the natural
covering. In cold weather especially the
hands should always Be thoroughly rinsed
in clean water after washing them with soap.
1t will be found highly beneficial TO wash
the skin in weak solution of vinegar and
water. after using soap, and then rinse in
clean water. The aecetic acid of the vine.
gar neutralizes the alkali of the soap, and
prevents the further action upon the skin,
which will take place il the slightest amount
of soapy water be left on the hands when
they are dried with towel. On washing
days X will be Of Especial adv8ntageso % tirrvs.
vessel of wafer with a little vinegar ad-
ded, to dip the hands into when ever they
are taken from the washing water. when
ever we find it necessary 10 wash with soap,
we rinse the hands in dilute vinegar, or a
very weak solution of any acid, such as a
few drops of oil of vitro (sclphric acid)
mur!atic (hydro. cholric) acid, or nitric acid
(aqua-fortic) in quart of water. Any of
these acids will neutralize the alkali of the
soap. Since adopting this practice we have
never been trouble in the least with chap
ped or even rough hands, though we do
not put on gloves or mittens half dozen
times year.


We would add foriher, that in washing
the hands it is usually better to use stiff
brush instead of soap, unless they chance
TO be coverd with oil or tar A brush is
more convenient, more effectual, neater,
cheaper, and-eetter every way than soap
Am Agr.
Year: 1859




The entrance into society may be said 10
take place after boyhood has passed away,
yet multitude take the initiative before
their boards are presentable. 1t is a great
trial, either 10 tender or rough age
For an overgrown boy TO go TO door know
ing that there are dozen girls inside, and
to knock or ring with absolute certainty that
in two minutes all their eyes will be upon
him, is severe test of courage. To go be.
fore these girls and make satisfactory tour
of the room without stepping on their toes,
and then 10 sit down and dispose of ones
hands without putting them into ones
pockets, is an achievement which few boys
can boast. If boy can get SO far as to
measure off ten yards of tape with one of
these girls, and cut it short at each end, he
may stand chance TO pass pleasant even.
ing, but let him not fla,te- himself that all
the trials of the evening are over. There
comes at last the breaking up. The dear
girls don their hoods, and put on their shawls.
and look saucy and mischeivous, and un.
impossible, as if they did not wish any one
10 go home with them. Then comes the
pinch, and the boy that has the most pluck
makes up to the prettiest GIRL his heart in
his throat, and his tongue clinging to the
roof of his mouth, and crooking his elbow,
stammers out the words "Shall see you
home? She touches her fingers 10 his
arm, and they walk home about foot apart,
feeling as awkward as couple of goslings.
AS soon as she is safe inside her own doors,
he struts home, and thinks he has really
been and gone and went and done it,
Sleep comes to him at last, with dreams OF
Caroline and Calico, and he awakens in the
morning and finds the door of life open to
him, and the pigs squealing for breakfast.
Year: 1859

We have passed over churning, and
learning the catechism, because we are
fearful OF making This article too long, al


though we might have talked of butter that
would not be persuaded TO come, and per-
plexitfes of literary turn OF mind, and a
head that measured seven and quarter
when asked what the chief end of man was.
Boyhood is green passage IN mans expe.
rience in more senses than one. 1t is a
pleasant thing TO think about now, thought
it was serious enough then. Many of our
present trials are as ridiculous as those
which now touch the risible in the recol-
lection, and when we get TO the other
Year: 1859

The next great tria! of The boy is 10 be
obliged by cruel master TO sit with the girls
at school. This usually comes before the
development of those undeniable affinities
which in after life, would terd 10 make the
punishment more endurable. To be point
ed out as "gal boy" 10 be smiled at
grimly by the master, who is so far delight
ed with his own iref1able pleasantly as 10
give the little boys license 10 laugh aloud
and 10 be placed by the side of girl who
had no handkerchief and no knowledge of
the use of that article, is, we submit, trial
OF no mean magnitude. Yet we have been
there and have been obliged 10 tsit cose,'
with big Rachel, laughing and blushing till
we came TO hate her name. We wonder
where the overgrown frcwzy creature is
now, and what the condition of her head
is?