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Year: 1859

WHAT HosT.-Including State, county
and township Offices, there are about 1000
officers to be elected by the people of this
State next fail. There are three political
parties in the State, each of which is deter
mined to run full tickets throughout. To
fill those tickets will require 5000 men.
There will be in each party at least an aver
age of four candidates for each office to be
filled, which gives $4,000 as the number of
candidates for office next fall The total
numberof votes polled at the election in
1858 was sO,797 What host of office
seekers we shall have! Over one fourth of
the voting population seeking for officel Is
it wonder that politics has become great
institution.-CaH
Year: 1859

VEGETABLE WONDERs.-About twenty wears
ago, somebody made the wonderful discovery
that every blade of field oats was branded
with capital letter B. The announcement
OF this marvel set every body to work in the
examination of oat leaves, and sure enough
every blade was found to contain a curious
figure or spot which, by a slight draw on the
imagination, really did bear some resem-
blance to the Roman character B. Of course,
superstition readily interpreted this singular
freak of nature to some direful calamity
which was just at hand Fortunately. how
ever the world was not burnt up as was
then predicted, and from the fact that the
mysterious initial has appeared upon the oat
leaves every year since, people have settled
into the belief that the phenomenon was a
mere freak Of nature, produced by some
organic principle inherent in the plant


This season another vegetable wonder has
manifested itself upon the peach trees. In
this locality nearly all the trees are COW
cred with double fruit. In other words, a
single blossom has produced the germs of
two, three, and in some instances AS many as
as four peaches. We have noticed some
trees the fruit of which nearly all presents this
strange popularity. We are totally at a loss
how to account for this novelty, and the on
ly reasonable conclusion at which we can
arrive is, that nature is endeavoring to make
up for the failure of the crop last year


PdcerUiYe Observer
Year: 1859

THE Sultan Of Turkey is evidently man
OF progress, and is taking steps to renovate
his empire. place it upon permanent foun-
dation, and build up its strength. He has
adopted a new system of education, in which
he has introduced the European system for
male children, and in addition to this, pro-
visions are made for the education Of girls,
which is something entirely new amcng Ma
hometans. Besides the ordinary elements of
education girls are also to be instructed in the
arts of useful and refined life, after the man.
ner of the polished nations. Primary schools
are to be established first. and then higher
schools. In each of the thirteen sections of
the Turkish capital there are six of these
primary schools.


Only let the Turks become an enlightened
people, and with the position they have, they
can soon take rank among the most power
full nations of the earth
Year: 1859

HERE is another wonderful statement about
the Japanese,


Whoever walks through the streets of a
Japan town or village will be surprised to
notice the number of books exposed for sale
in almost every shop. On looking inside he
will probably find one or more of the atten-
dants, if otherwise diseneaged busily read
ing, or listening to something being read by
one of the company. In walking through
the outskirts of the town it is not unlikely
he will come suddenly on knot of children,
seated in snug corner out of the sun, ali
intently engaged in looking through some
story book or other they have just bought
at neighboring stall, and laughing right
heartily at the comical pictures which adorn
the narrative. The conviction is thus brought
home to mans mind that the Japanese are
o reading people.
Year: 1859

SuBAoUEoUs ExPLo1T.-On the afternoon of the
18th man named Wilson, clothed in suiTof ma
rne armor, successfully crossed from the eastern to
the western bank of the Schuylkill, Philadelphia,
short distance below the wire BRIDGE and returned to
the spot from whence he started. A small rope was
tied around his body, one end Of which was held by
an assistant in canal boat, by means Of which the
submerged man WAS to give signal in case of acci.
dent Another rope was also suspenped under water
from one side Of the river to the other, as guide,
which he held on to while passing over The pine
for the supply of fresh air not being long enough to
reach across the river, boat, with the pumps and
machinery, accompanied him over and returning.
He reached the western side in twenty-five minutes
from the time of entering the water The trim back
was made in twenty minutes.
Year: 1859

MrRTH AND Music AT HAND-We just direct the
attention of those who have been pning for the re-.
sumption of public amusemeuts to e small ADVERTISE
ment in another column of this mornings Crescent,
which announces that the Buckley Serenaders will
begin to tickle our good people next Thursday even.
ing. We need say no more. Well all be there,
having taken too, the edge off of our appetites
for fun by looking in on Dr. Haleat Armory Hall to
night, precauton necessary to diminish the force
Of the shock on Thursday evening.
Year: 1859

SHOCKING BRuTALITy.-TheS st. Joseph (Mo) West
relates the following shocking case:


One of the most thoroughly heartless and brutal
murders was brought to light yesterday by which we
have ever been shocked. Upon information having
been lodged with him by person of whose name we
are not cognizant, Coroaer Crane summoned jury
and proceeded to Mount Mora Cemetery to disinter
and examine the body Of negro girl who had been
buried at o'clock the same day. We are informed
that the body was literally covered from head to foot
with marks Of cruelty There were stripes which had
healed, were healing, which were beginning to sup.
pnrate which were in the hight Of suppuration, and
Others again fresh as if they had been inflicted the
day previous more horrid spectacle it is difficult
to imagine. She was the property of Mr.. Wash, who
attended to the nterment. The jury could come to
but one conclusion, to wit that death was superin-
duced from external injuries inflicted by Mrs. Wash
and an Irishman-name unknown. The parties have
absconded and are now at large. The officers, how.
ever are in hot pursuit, and we will no doubt be able
in day or two to chronicle their arrest This is one
the most shocking events that has ever occurred in
our community, and we are glad to have il in our
power to do the South the justice OF stating that one
Of the parties implicated was born and raised In
Free State, and that the other is a foreigner.
Year: 1859

The most important item of foreign news received
for long while was yesterday announced by the tee.
graph We refer to the statement that the builder
class Of operatives in the city Of London after pro-
longed strike against their employers have finally
trumphed, and carried their point Of reducing the
measure Of days labor from ten hours to nine This
is one of the most portentous Of the signs OF the
times. aside from the considerations which it directly
suggests. The builders strike will probably be FOL
lowed by similar movement 10 all the great depart
mens Of labor and thus ten per cent of the productive
ability Of England will be destroyed by the loss Of ten
per cent. of the time Of labor, while the same price
will have to be paid, the mouths Of the same number
OF employees filed. In the cotton factories but nine
hundred bales Of cotton will be worked up where o
thousand were before unless the capacities of
facture are enlarged and more operatives employed


good thing for the working classes but bad for the
employers for they will have to pay the same for ten
per cent. less service. And SO in other walks OF
manufacture.


The struggle for the ten hour system was great
conflict, but this for the nine hour system is the
greatest battle which labor has yet fought with cap
ital for In the former case labor had reason and right
to back 1t against tyrannous power but in this labor
strove with the disadvantage Of standing unreas-
enable ground and yet it triumphed and its triumph
under such circumstances indicates that capital its
natural antagonist ID M ,oroer tho nower in Tho
land but that it. instead il ;nsnutahlv the master
and will become the tvrant TINS reversnp the rela.
tive positions which the combatapts sustained few
wears ago After this nroof of its strength whatever
the aborinp interest in England henceforth wills to
do IL can do. The laboripe classes generally did not
consider this demand of the builders unreasonable
but esteemed them the champions of their universal
cause oed them hv svnnnathetic rneetnps in
different parts Of the island and furnished them with
the material means of sustenance. contributed to
their aid far and wide. Their example will be i'm.
itated.


It will be initiated in the agricultural districts and
considered in this aspect the matter hears its most
striking politieal nortents for IL threatens cbec of
the course of landed ACKNOWLEDGMENT which has been
in such rapid progress for century mast. during
which time the number of land.h has diminished
if we remember correctly not having the data bv us.
over eighty per cent. and which threatens at no
distant day the absorption of the entire territory
of the home empire Of Great Britain nv a nnmeri.
coII, email Int r,raneot, nowars,l 1.ndod o,is+,
Year: 1859

II The Italians and Red Republican French
residents Of San Francisco allowed themselves to
become terribly excited on the reception of the
news Of the cessation Of the war in Italy and loud
and deep maledictions were showered upon the
head Of Napoleon. The reds grossly insulted the
French Consul as he was entering the church to
witness a TIE Deum In commemoration of the
birthday of the French Emperor, and riot would
probably have occurred, but for the timely inter.
ference Of the police.
Year: 1859

IrAt New Orleans, Commissioner have been
selected Tor the purpose Of securing the erection


Of important levees for the protection of a large
portion of Nofthern Louisiana and Southern Ar.
kansas Tbs measure has been found impera.
lively necessary In consequence OF the immense
amount Of property almost annually swept away
by the rising river
Year: 1859

DRAINISG-Don't forget to drain
your wet lands. They will be moro
than doubled in value by thorough
system Of draining. Wet or swampy
la.ds is of little value to the farmer, but
when dried it generally becomes the best
par, of the farm.
Year: 1859

TRAIN HORSES TO WALK The
Michigan Farmer well observes "a
plo W horse should above all things be
good walker. The walking gait is not
cultivated enough in training horses
Only consider what team that could
walk tour miles an hour for ten hours
per day, could do towards hurrying for.
ward spring work"
Year: 1859

nsa One thousand Germans from The Rhine
and Moselle are going to emgrate in a body to
California, with the view of engaging in wine
growing on Fremont's Mariposa grant Who
would not rather have this German addition to
our population than twenty thousand Chinese
Year: 1859

In a recent letter, addressed to Capt. c. Welsh,
of San Francisco, upon the subject of the right
to the minerals, Gen. Denver expresses the folz
lowing views:


In all this matter however, have been amaz
zed that the State authorities have never once
asserted the States rights to these mines. The
mines of precious metals are part of the emf
nent domain. The eminent domain belongs
alone to the sovereign authority. The State
Government is the only sovereign authority in
California. The United States Government is q
great land owner in the State, and may exercise
the rights of ownership over what are usually
denominated "public lands" but that is no
more than any other landholder might do She
is not the sovereg power and has no right to
the eminent domain. She cannot, for instance,
grant the right of way for railroad or other
public Improvements tn rough lands belonging
to citizens of the State, but may give the right
of way to pass through her own lands nor can
she dispose of lands covered by nayigable wa
ters. Such acts pertain to the sovereignty, and
can be done only by the sovereign authority.


According to the Spanish, Mexican and Eng
lish common law the mines of precious metals
belong to the sovereignty, and are part of the
eminent domain. So long as our mines are left
free for all to work, they ought to be let alone,
but the State ought never to allow any infringe
iicne oi nOi sofSlSiSu IlSuIS, no IndlleE IrQfn
what source 1t comes. | am very clearly of
opinion that all the mines of precious metals,
found on lands which have been granted to indi-
yiduals by the Spanish or Mexican Governments
in the present State of California, belong to the
State AID am equally clear in the opinion that
the United States have no right to dispose of any
OF the mines found in the public lands. They
are part of the eminent domain, belonging to
the sovereignty, and the State has the right to
regulate the manner in which they shall be
worked, as she has done by the Act of 1850 or
1851 The United States may sell the land, but
the State may then step in by virtue of her SOW
ereign power, and establish rules and regula=
tions for working the mines, or she may do it
before, as above stated.


The people ought never to lose sight of these
various rights, nor confound the rights of own
ership in property with the right of eminent do
main-the rights of the individual with the
rights of the sovereign power.
Year: 1859

A BLuSDER-We made shocking work
of it last week in noticing the change Of
location, of Miss Miners Millinery estab-
lishment We uncerimously turned Miss
Hunt out ofdoors, and gave her pleasant
and comfortable rooms next door east, Of
the Mansion House, to Miss Miner. This
was all wrong Miss Hunt is doinga good
business in the way of Millinery where she
is, and has no notion Of moving. II we had
put Miss Miner into the adjoining store
room, one door further east, we should
have hit it exactly.
Year: 1859

At A & A f. Grow Sin the way of
Boots and Shoes, and all those articles in
that line that are so essential to health in
keeping the feet dry and warm and the
head clear and cool, we suspect Messrs. y.
& A. F. Grow, successors to Child y Co.
few doors west of the Bank of Ottawa. can
"set up our people about as well as any
They have just received large new stock.
that is really worth seeing. They must
send case to the county fair.
Year: 1859

THE County FAIR-The County Fair is
expected to be the greatest one ever held
in La Sale county, and as everybody is
expected to do all they can for the success
of the fair, and the pleasure of its visitors,
the far famed Photographer, Stover, is 60
ing to take, during the fair week all Of the
latest improved styles of pictures for half
pSios, AID we would say to the visitors OF
the fair and every body else, that comes to
Ottawa during the fair week, to give Stover
call and procure one or more of his new
styles of pictures for dear Kate and dear
Mollie


Rooms next door To Irnchfe rtnro
Year: 1859

NEW MILLINERY ESTABLISHMENT.
Wood, late from the east, has opened
newMillnery Establishment one door north
of the post office She displays a fine and
fashionable stock Of goods, and we have
no doubt the ladies will find her worthy
of their patronage.
Year: 1859

TIE Loss OF EARLY PURITY OF CHAR AcrER.-Over the beauty of the plum and apricot, there grows a bloom and beauty more exquisite than the fruit itself; soft, delicate plush, that oyerspreads the blush- ing cheek. Now, il you strike your hand over that, and itis once gone, 1t is gone forever; for il never grows but once. Take the flower that hangs in the morn. ing impeafled with dew--arrayed as no queenly woman ever was arrayed with jewels. Once shake 1t so that the beads roll off, and you may sprinkle water over 1t as carefully as you please, yet it can never be made again what t was when the dew fell silently upon il from heaven !! On a frosty morning you may see the panes of glass covered with landscapes, noun tains, lakes, trees, blended in beautiful fantastic picture. Now lay your hand up- on the glass, and by the scratch of your finger, or by the warmth of your palm, all the delcate tracery will be obliterated. So there IS in youth beauty and purity of character, which, when once touched and de6led, can never be restored; a fringe more delicate than frost-work, and which, when torn and broken, will never be re-embroidered. A man who has spot ted and soiled his garments in youth, though he may seek 10 make them white again, can never wholly do 1t, even were he to wash them with his tears. When a young man leaves his fathers house, with the blessings of a mothers tears still wet upon his forehead, if he once loses that early purity of character, it IS such loss that he can never make whole again. Such is the consequence of crime. Its effect cannot be eradlcaled; it can only be forgiven. It Is stain of blood that we can never make white, and which can be washed away only in the blood of Christ, that cleanseth from all sin!
Year: 1859



 PUBLISHED BY REQUEST. ohl could there in the world be found Some little spot of happy ground, Where village pleasures might go round, Without the village taltlingl How donbiy blest that place would be, Where all might dwell in liberty, Free from the bitter misery

 Of gossip's endless prattling. If such spot were really known, Dame Peace might claim it as her own; And in 1t she might fix her throne,

 Forever and forever; There, like queen, might reign and live, While every one would soon forgive The little sights they might receive, And be offended never. Iris mischief makers thet remove Far from our hearts the warmth of love, And lead us all to disaPprove

 What gives another pleasure; They seem to take ones part--but when They've heard our cares, unkindly then They soon retail them out again,

 Mix'd with their poisonous measure. And then they've such cunning way Of telling i'll meant tales-they say: Don't mention what I said, pray Iwould not tell another ;' Straight to your neighbor's house they go, Narrating everything they know, And break the peace of high and low, Wife, husband. friend, and brother. Oh that the mischief-making crew Were ali reduced to one or two, And they were painted red or blue, That every one might know them Then would our 9 villagers forget To rage and quarrel, fiime and fret, And fall into an angry pet

 With things so much below them. For lis sad, degrading part, To make anotheI's bosom smart, And plant dagger in the heart

 We ought to love and cherishl Then let us eyermore be found. In qnietness with all around, While friendship, joy and peace abound, And angry feelings perishi
Year: 1859

WeRTH KNowING.-Ihe washerwomen of Holland and Belgium, so proverbially clean, and who get up their linen so beautifully white, use refined borax as washing powder instead of soda, in the proportion of large handful of borax powder to about ten gallons of boiling water, They save in soap nearly one half All the large washing establish ments adopt the same mode.
Year: 1859

ANOTHER ELoPEMENT FROM KENTUCKY -
TENDER CUPID LAUGHS AT STERN PAPA.-A
young man, in company with one of the
loveliest of the dark-eyed daughters of Ken
lucky, few days ago, made his appearance
at the Spencer House in great haste, and told
the proprietor a story somewhat like the fol-
lowing:


Some time ago, when both of them were
mere children, the first meeting of their
glances gave birth to o Cupid which grew
stronger and stronger as they increased In
years, and gave to both Joy they could find
in nothing else. Like every other son of
sympathy and Sentiment, he hated Hymen
and his calling chain, and said that Ten
derness could never exist in the atmosphere
breathed by his enemy. t


Thus they lived until the budding girl
bloomed into womanhood, and found so much
pleasure in the society of each other that they
wished for nothing more. But her father
thought that she must wed, and awoke the
lovers from their rosy dreams by the announce
ment that ho wished her to marry wealthy
but inelegant bachelor, who was his particular
friend. The girl refused, and the parent in.
sisted, until tho little Love, who for so long a
time had shot his arrows from the eyes of each,
came to their aid and devised plan by which
they might escape.


The young man left his home ostensbly to
go into business in Tennessee, but kept con-
stantly posted in regard to what was going on
at home, by the aid of negro who belonged
to his inamorata. Although the absence Of
the lover made matters, to a certain extent,
quiet, 1t soon becomes evident they could never
alter the determination of the father, and they
were thus driven into an elopement, and, of
course, marriage. The negro took his mistress
to station, where the lover awaited her arri-
val, and they got on board the cars just in time
to escape the father, who brandished his cane
and swore to disinherit the disobedient girl.


Mine host of the Spencer, who is nccommo
dating in every respect, and especially kind in
cases of this nature assisted them to a minis.
ter, and they repaid him, he said, thousand
times with their thanks. These natures, are
congenial, and we have no reason to believe
they will ever regret the union into which they
were thus strangely brought. May their Cupid
give them, in their new state, all the happiness
he did in the old, and ambushed in her dimples
may he console himself by laughing at the
father, for the alliance he has been forced to
make with Hymen. .. .
Year: 1859

WIFE BEATING.-A man named David Bur
CESS, who resides in an alley between Seventh
and Eighth streets and Sycamore and Main,
went home Wednesday night very drunk, and
began to abuse his children, one of whom he
almost choked to death. His wife interfered
to prevent, as she supposed, the father from
numbering her child, whom he fell upon and
beat very severely. Although the woman has
not yet entirely recovered, she will not con
sent that warrant shall be issued for his
arrest. 1t is certainly time he had learned to
appreciate fully the character of such n woman
and to treat her at least, kindly, if not affec-
tionately. .......
Year: 1859

MAN Found WITH HIS THROAT CUT.-A
man, whose name from letter found on his
person is supposed to be Kilion, was found on
the farm of Joseph Roessler, in Butler County,
near Hamilton, Wednesday, with his throat
literally cut from ear to ear. A note for $780,
drawn by Adam Bauer in his favor, was also
found in his pocket. 1t is thought that he had
recently left Cleveland; but as he was not
known in the neighbOrhood, nothing definite
could be learned further than we have stated,
either Of him or the manner of his DEATH
Year: 1859

ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO KILL.--A man
named j. B. MCClymo while passing house
in Deercreek Valley day or two ago, heard a
noise and screams, and upon examination
found the occupant, John Berger, engaged in
the very elegant amusement of beating his
wife. He was prompted to interfere, but, as is
always the case, they both fell upon him, and
yesterday he had warrant issued for the
arrest of Berger, who, being brought before
Justice Hanselman, was held to bail in the
sum of $500 for his appearance at Court to
answer charge of assault with intent to kill