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Year: 1859

BY EO1lc7t G. Hd7lcT, Esq.


Published in pamphlet form, at Atlanta Georgia.


EXTRACT NO. l.-LAEOI.


This brings us to the question Of expediency
or the advantages of the proposed policy, which
I doubt not will be more interesting to the gen.
eral reader than the discussion of legal and Con-
stitutional points.


The Slave Trade is proposed as means OF
cheaping slave labor, and increasin9the supply
of it in the South. This, l suppose to be the
chief advantage which is expected to arise from
it. 1t is said that the number OF our negroes
is not equal to the demand for slave labor-that
lands are cheap and laborers few. The high
price of negroes, it is said e7inces the necessity
of greater amount of slave labor. That the
supply of cheap negroes from the African traffic
would result in rapid settlement and cultiva
ton of the wild lands Of the West, and ut the
same time enable the inhabitants of the old
States to reclaim the worn lands. That negro
property being rendered cheap, all our people
could become Shareholders, and thus the instl'
tuition be strengthened, &c, &c.


Labor is like other valuable things in respect
to its being cheap or high in price. 1t Is ntiu'
ence,l by supply and demand. If country is
80 denselv populated that there Is a supcrabur-
dant supply Of labor, the consequences is it be-
comes cheap. If the laborers are comparatively
few, the price of labor will be high. The de-
nand for labor in the South is great, and con-
seouently the price is high. But why is the
demand great? Because the productiveness OF
labor is great. 1t is not because we are suffer
ng for want of negro labor, that it is high. 1t
is because negro labor is productive of high
profits. 1t is really evidence of our prosperl-
ty. 1t is anything but an evil to complain of.
And here is the great mistake that is made by
the advocates of this policy, on this point. They
set out 10y assuming that the high price of ne
groes is great calamity to be cured and RENE
died They constantly clamor for cheap labor
and cheap negroes They may as well cry out
against the high price of cotton, and sugar, and
rice. They may us Well take the ground, that
the land in the country is too high, and that a
general decline in prices of all property is
great desiicratum to be attained. The price ol
negroes is at an equilibrium with the price OF
everything else in the South. To bring down
negroes, is to bring down cotton and land
The prices of all these 60 together. When cot
ton is low, negroes and land 60 low, and every
interest in the South suffers depression in cor
responding manner. But when cotton is high,
land and negroes are high, and the business Of
the country in all its branches tlourishes. 1t is
a new idea to me, to be crying out against our
Year: 1859

W ILL N6t6h EUnUC4 1dGG.
When forget thy form and face,


The soft glance of thine eye;
When ], in memory, cease to trace


The halcyon hours gone by;
When thou couldst change my spirits dream
From sadness to delight,
And clotho with beauty every scene
Which Olso vert dark as night;
Then may the sun forget to rise,


As summers blue pervado the skies.
When forget thy soothing. voice,


Tho rapture Of its tone;
The words which made my heart rejoice,
Responsive to thy own;
The halo which thy love hath she'd
Far Ger my thorny way.
Pervading still tho path thread,


Through memory. peerless ray,
When forget these let the light


No more dispcl the shades Of night.
Year: 1859

Professor Wiiber, State Geoogist of Illinois,
has recently delivered series Of admirable lee
lures on his favoritc science. We copy from
the Genesee Republic the following abstract of
his theory on the origin and formation of the
prairies -


Prof. Wiber adopts the theory that at one
time--very far back in its hstorv-this vast
country formed portion of the bottom of the
cN"an-7that through the eruptiops caused by the
internal heat, together with the labor and ac-
tiyity of those master masons, the coral insects,
our continent was raised to its present position
above the water. To prove this bold propositi-
on ne refers to the indica of salt water presence
the frequent occurrence of shells which legti-
matey only belong to animals of the sea-the
evidence furnished by the rocks, of the labor of
the zoophytes, unmiStakabe in its development ;
the frequent discovery of the remains of mon
sters of the sea, deeply imbedded in our lime
stone system, the existence upon our surface of
huge boulders the former appendages of polar
shores, dritted far away to the southwest imbed-
ded in huge frames of ice, and dropped down
at length upon the oceans bed, whence they
arose with our continent The arguments if
not quite conclusive, are eminently suggestive,
and should open the eyes of thinking men to
the earth upon which we so familiarly tread


The existence of our prairies is accounted for
in this wise. The result of the drift SYSTEM
was to give to this part of the country soil of
unparalleled fertility, and, arising from this,
were the very large grasses, which are percular
to this soil alone; luxuriant, and undsturbed,
they grew to a great height, and fairly wove the
surface of the earth with a thick, almost impen-
etrable covering In the autumn, when this
mass of combustibe matter was dry. how easy
for shaft lightning to send coniagration
from one boundary of the country to the other.
The sprouting twigs of sturder growth would
perish by the frequent occurrence of these fires,
and hence the treeless appearance of the West.
To aid the idea, it is claimed that the Idans,
when they did arrive, which is supposed to have
been long subsequent to the first period men,
toned, regularly burned the prairie grasses, for
the purpose of driving the game into more cir
cumscribed quarters, that it might fall an
easier prey to their arrows, and to lessen the
difficulty of travelling"
Year: 1859

USEFUL MEDICAL HINTs.-lf person swal-
low any poison whatever, or has fallen in con-
yulsons from having overloaded the stomach,
an instantaneous remedy, more efficient and
applicable in a large number of causes than any
half dozen medicines we can now think Of, is a
teaspoonful of common salt and as much ground
mustard stirred rapidly in teacup of water,
warm or cold and swallowed instantly. 1t is
scarcely down before it begins to come up,
bringing with it the remaining contents of the
stomach; and lest there be any remnant of
poison, however small, let the white of an egg,
or teacupful of strong coffee, be swallowed as
soon as the stomach is quiet; because these very
common articles nullify a larger number of
viruent poisons than any medicines in the shops.
In cases of scalding or burning the body, i'm
mersing the part in cold water gives entire relief
as instantaniously as lightning. Meanwhile, get
some common dry flour, and apply it an inch or
two thick on the injured part the moment it
energies from the water, and keep on sprinkling
the flour through anything like pcpper-box
cover, so as to put it on evenly. Do nothing
else, drink nothing but water, eat nothing, until
Improvement commences, except some dry bread
softened in very weak tea of some kind. Cures
of frightful burnings have been performed in
this way, as wonderful as they are painless.
We once saved the life of an infant which had
been inadvertently drugged with audanum and
which was fast sinking into the sleep which
knows no waking, by giving it strong coffee,
cleared with the white of an egg,---a teaspoon
ful every five minutes until it ceased to be
drowsy.-Medical journal.
Year: 1859

enginery to accomplish that, which the rod of
Moses were incompetent to accomplish An
other expedition at vast expense was sent to the
kindred soil of Africa to import camcls and
dromcdares to make the transit of these plains
possible, and to aid the borers, who in five
years operations bored nothing successfully but
the Treasury. Does not this single chapter of
the National Democratic policy afford over
whelming proof of its hostility to the West,
and its outrageous partiality to the Southp The
former is treated like a parah, while all the re-
sources of the nation are squandered on the
other, who grows wanton and reckless in pro-
portion to the boons conferred Missouri Dem
Ocrdt.
Year: 1859

FRESH AIR.-Give your children plenty of
fresh air. Let them snuff it until it sends the
rosy current of life dancing joyfully to their
temples. Air is so cheap and so good, and so
necessary withal, that every child should have
free access to it, Horace Mann beautifully
says "To put children on short allowance of
fresh air, is as foolish as it would have been for
Noah, during the deluge, to have put his fami-
y on a short allowance of water. Since God
has poured out an atmosphere fifty miles deep
it is enough to make miser weep to see our
children stinted in breath"
Year: 1859

LAST NIeHr We are assured that tonight
will positively be the last opportunity which
will be offered our citizens TO see the Arctic
Panorama. 1t is a grand and beautiful paints
ing, and we hope that all who have not seen it
viii avail themselves Of the last chance they
will have. 1t is open to the Schools this after.
noon, and children will only be charged
cents. Those who see this in time, should
start at once. Adults will be charged Is cents
this afternoon and evening. Don't fail to &c
this evening to Huston Hall
Year: 1859

0JThe Republican press is fast running the
republican party iido the ground. The course
the Brown Republican papers are taking about
the Harper's Ferry emute is doing more to pros
trste the party than any thing the Democratic
press can do Public feeling will revolt when
treason is proclaimed by representative men oi
a party, and when the public press circulate
and recommend ii, Things are working in the
+. ghi direction. Conservative TdpnblicAnismi
which is sound, will have TO throw of The
luathsome monster Of abolition, If il would es
cape contamination and its deadly conss-
quences.
Year: 1859

Ma Several hunting parties from the city and
county. have gone north and west on excursions,
the time which they intend devoting to the sport
depending principally on the luck they may have
in the chase A party which left point In the
county south of this last Friday, with tho inten-
ton Of remaining two or three weeks, returned
last night, tired out with succession Of mshaps'
and the general bad luck attending them. They
did not move in the right direction Those who
want to have real sport should take the d. NJ.
Road and 60 out in the vicinity of Ottawa, OF
some other station on the road, II they desire to
put little fishing along with their cunning they
should take the D, d NJ. to Piqua, then take
Packet for the Laramie. In either case they will
move in the right direction to succeed in sporting
matters.
Year: 1859

Nsa- Five small steel keys were found on the
northeast corner of Main and Third streets, on
Sunday morning last. They are tied together
with yellow ribbon. Tho owner can have them
by applying at this office.
Year: 1859

GJThere is place in New Hampshire where
they never have any old maids When al girl
reaches the age Of twenty nine, and is still on
the ladder OF expectation, the young fellows
club together aud draw lots for her. Those
who escape pay bonus to the one who gets
her.
Year: 1859

The waist of thin dresses is made full. with
belt; pointed in front and behind, and fastened
TO the skirt. Basques are no longer fashiona-
bic, though many are unwilling to give them
up The sleeve is about the same, and box
plait trimmings are greatly in favor rHs
Year: 1859

A GANBLER's WiFE.-0ne night, afortnight
ago, a married lady Of Detroit, who had long
suspected that her husband was regular at.
tendant of certain gambling room, and was
there spending the money which she and her
children were in pressing need Of, visited the
room Seated at rough table she decried her
husband in company with three companionsin
iniuuity, who were struck dumb with astonsh-
ment at the appsrition. Taking advantage Of
their trepidation, she seized two or three piles
Of bank notes lying upon the table, which she
hastily examined, as If determining the prob
able amount Of the pile" and deliberately
made her exit without saying word.
Year: 1859

A CRAsH-The sidewalk in front of n va
cant lot on E street, between First and Sec
ond, fell through about noon yesterday. car
rying with it gentleman, two ladies and a
child, who happened to be passing at the
time. They fell distance of eight or ten
feet, but fortunately none of them were Sc
riously injured. We believe they were stran
gers, from the country
Year: 1859

HORACE GREELEY in letter dated Denver
City, June 10th, says:


81 have been riding constantly since my
accident, and have spent the last three days
climbing the Rocky Mountains and looking
through the new gold dggings. MY eonvic,
ton is that there is no mistake about it.
there is gold there, but it is harder to get at
it by digging than almost any other way.
A few will make fortunes, while many will
lose and go away almost bankrupt"
Year: 1859

G"I didn't dare to tell you, wife be.
fore we married, that my teeth are false
81 could get along well enough with you
husband, if your teeth were the only false
thing you carry in your mouth.
Year: 1859

In EARyEsT.-The citizens OF San Juan
and vicinity appear to be in earnest about
the construction of their turnpike from that
point to the new mines of the Washoe re
giOn. 5000 out of the $4,000 have al.
ready been subscribed. and the remainder can
readily be secured when needed.


The proposed route from this place and
Nevada TO Washoe, intersects the San Juan
road near Jackson's ranch, on the divide
from which point onward, to the mines, both
routes are in common. We heartily wish
success to our friends on the ridge" in their
undertaking and fully agree with brother
Avery that there need be no rivalry between
the two routes, ''for both are needed to ac'
commodate two different streams Of travel
and two sections of the County that are top
Geographically separated. The two roads
will bring more travel through the County
than one would and thus increase the amount
of public good which such great highways
always effect.
Year: 1859

The project for the establishment Oh an
Astronomical observatory seems to be going
ahead. IN manner that admits Of no doubt
Of success. Il is 10 be regretted, however,
that the proposition for site In the noun =
tains has been overruled The foes and
murky atmosphere Of San Francisco must
be a serious detfiment TO its usefulnes. while
its establishment in the proverbially pure
atmosphere Of the SieFras would give il an
important advantage oves any other Insiitu-
tien Of the kind on the continent.


The establishment of an observatory ON
some Of the mountain heights of the State is
a matter that must sooner or later be done.
It's accomplishment is mere matter Of time.
In the mean while we invoke the fullest sue
cess to the pioneer effort at San Francisco,
The name Of that association is to be the
" Pacific Observatory Association - stock
TO be sixteen thousand dollars--64O shares
of s25 each-but no payment to be required
until 81 ,2s0 has been subscribed.
Year: 1859

SCIENCE IN MIXING.-The value Of Science
in mining is forcibly demonstrated in the
following paragraph, which We clip from the
Folsom Express =


a strata Of rich sulphur has been discov-
cred in one Of the gold mines adjoining our
town which promises great results. In the
same mine pieces Of pure nitre were got
and blackish material from which sulphuric
acid may be obtained. Samples OF all those
are on our table. The miners working in
the tunnels were unconscious Of the value Of
the vein of tcaSfe muiiOch through which
they were deiving until by accident an ex-
perienced geologist happened TO visit the
mine for the purpose of introducing some
improvements in gold washing. The sui
phur strata is six feet thick and the discove-
rer has obtained share in the product oft
the mineral
Year: 1859

THg ATLANTIC MAmS.-Mr. Ferguson.
Special Mail Agent for California, has given
notice that hereafter when the Atlantic
Mails arrive at San Francisco after the
river steamers have left on Saturday. or
when they arrive on Sunday morning,
special boat will be dispatched to convey
them to Sacramento. This arrangement will
prove of great value to persons residing in
the interior have heretofore frequently been
obliged to wait two ana three days for their
correspondence which should have come to
hand that much earlier.
Year: 1859

A NEW GERMAN USIoS.--Some OF the
most influential of the German States are
III favor OF a more consolidated union of the
sovereisnties now represented In the Frank
fort Diet. They deem their present politi.
cal union too weak to hold them together
in the stormy times anticipated from the
ambition of France and the arrogance of
Austria. 1t is proposed to call national
assembly at an early day, and take some
steps for On important change in the national
constitution.
Year: 1859

.r'- One of the Companies owning in the
rich silver lead at Washoe has sent an agent
to the East to procure machinery and ma
terias for a smelling establishment, which
they propose erecting upon their mine.
Year: 1859

G8-Scaree week passes that we are not
enabled to record some new feature to the
manufacturing interest of the state The
latest is the establishment of wire cloth
mandatory at San Francisco.
Year: 1859

eS The total export Of gold from this
State, for the past year, up to the first in
stant, was over. forty millions of dollars,
being nearly half million over last year.
Export Of goods during the same period was
but little short Of half million.
Year: 1859

Later from the steamboat Disaster.
the scene of the burning Of the Princess report
that numbers Of the sufferers are dying fro m
their injuries. Tbs forward part Of the boat was
blown to pieceA
Year: 1859

LEcoMPToN PRIMARY MEETING
Tomorrow our Lecompton friends mus
ter their forces under self-appointed
leaders for brush in the primary elec-
ton. The contest here appears to wax
warm between John s. Lambert and
Geo. A Young for the Clerkship, and
j. B. Van Hagen and J. II. Mitchell, for
the Sheriffalty. How it will end is yet
uncertain. 1t is understood that Van
Hagen and Young have united their
strength for the election of set OF
delegates safe for both in the County
Convention 1t is rumored too that
Young and Dick Moyes, another aspi-
rant for the Clerkship, have struck
hands and are under agreement to di-
vide the spoils. If that be the case,
and we see no reason to doubt it, John
S. Lambert, the present efficient and
gentlemanly Deputy Clerk. will have a
hard row to beat the combination.


In view of the probability that one or
the other wing of the Democracy will
give officers to the County for the next
two years, we have some interest in the
result of to-morrow's election. and more
still in the candidates selected by the
County Convention, and we earnestly
| hope that no carpet-bag politician will
be thrust into noa.ination. Give the
people good men, ifthe party has them.
who are identified with the interests OF
the County and who are known to be
worthy of trust and honor. Strolline
mountebanks are not the right sort Of
men to manage the affairs of the Coun.
ty. The higher Offices Of the count y
are valuable. An Industrious officer can
lay up a snug sum in the Clerk s
office by the time term expires. it is
bad enough TO bleed the seekers after
justice to enrich a servant of the people
but to bestow the spoils upon an timer
ant demagogue who will remove his
plunder from us as soon as he can oh.
tain no more, is the height of absurd
policy. For the sake of decency, foi
the sake of right and justice we hope
our Lecompton friends will be wise and
polite. Alleging as they do that they
number a majority of the people in
their ranks, it is a Eigh, responsible and
holy duty they hold in their hands to
make ticket of good, honest, reliable
men and tax-paying citizens.
Year: 1859

rss- Papers sent by mail payable in advance.


The Sierra Democrat, usually very
Just and courteous in its remarks, takes
lmhrage at the withdrawal card of d.
Z. Ashley. and does him injustice
The Democrat says letter was read
the State Convention which removed
all doubt from those present that Mr..
Ashley would accept any nomination by
which the ticket could be strengthened.
The Democrat also says, "it was we'll
known Mr.. Ashley would accept a nomi-
nation for Governor" &c.


Our cotemporary is greatly in error.
The letter of Mr.. Ashley, read in Con-
vention was private one addressed to
Currey in reply to one from the latter
gentleman addressed to him. and there
is nothing in It which can be construed
into a willingness on the part of Mr.
Ashley to run for State Treasurer OIL
any other office. In the most delicate
manner possible, when the idea of his
nomination for Governor was held out
to him by Currey ,he'declined by suggest
ing the policy of running man from
tho more densely populated portions o
the State. Without avowing his politi'
cal opinions further than to express hi:
want of sympathy with the present Ad'
ministration, we do not see where the
Anti~Lecompton Convention obtained
heir right to nominate NJ. Ashley fol
my position and claim him as their OWL
.arty man.


AS to Mr.. Ashley's willingness to ac'
cept nomination for Governor at the
hands of the Anti-Lecompton Conven'
ton, we happen to know that he never
favored the idea in the least when pro-
posed by his friends, long before, and W
10 the time the nomination was made
That he was not seeker af:er that of,
flee nor any other is proven by the fac
that he did not attend the Convention
nor authorize any person to propose hl'
name as a candidate Or accept nomina
tion ia his behalf: and had he been ;
candidate he has the privilege of saying
what place he would accept and wha
decline. We imagine Brother Forbe
might be persuaded to accept glass o
iced champagne which would call hi
faculties into action, and might properly
refuse to have forced upon him mug o
sleepy lager that would put him in 6
passive position" soon after imbibing.


We were the first to propose Mr.
Ashley as proper candidate for Cover
nor, but on learning his Indifference fol-
an Office we said but little more on the
subject. We doubted his acceptance
of any nomination, and in the first num-
Der of the Journal after the Anti Le
compton ticket was made, we expressed
this doubt by saying we would suppor
M. Ashley for State Treasurer "lf h
accepts the nomination"


Throughout we think Mr.. Ashley ha
been singularly modest and delicate il
his dealings with the Anti-Lecomptol
party. First. he advises them to lool
beyond thinly Inhabited Monterey for
candidete for Governor. Next, whe1
made a candidate for another position
he tells them candidly the duties of til
Office would not suit him. and he coul'
rot conscientiously run for an office tn
duties of which some deputy must dis
charge. We presume the advice wa
counted good as the Convention acte'
upon it; and that his excuse for not be
coming candidate for State Treasure
Is a valid one, we submit now to th'
editor of the Democrat himself.
Year: 1859

An Industrious Cuss.-Thc fellow Law
renee, brought from Grass Valley two
weeks ago and lodged in Jail for burgla-
ry, succeeded yesterday afternoon in dig
gins hole through the wall be-
tween his cell and that of Riley, and
getting through it into the cell fthe
latter. His plan was overheard. 1t
was to remove Riley's irons during the
night, and on the keeper appearing
with their breakfast in the morpidg he
was to knock him down and escape.
He was relieved of the commission of
the last crime. Less than a week since
Lawrence succeeded in getting a heavy
block of granite from the wall Of the
prison before he was discovered,