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Year: 1859

A Clothing trade of the West was comparatively
Of small amount, and was confined almost exclu-
svely to a retail business in the larger towns and
cities alone Now this line of Goods has become
almost indispensable part of the STOCK of every
general Dry Goods store from the crowded city to
the cross-road stand. Like all changes in trade,
however, this has not been produced except for
the best of reasons. Among these the great
saving of material by cutting large quantity of
garments together-the superior work and speed OF
sewing machines in manufacturing-the great saw
ing of time in waiting for your tturn" at the Tai
lor's-the uncertainty of even then getting sats-
factory ssft and above all the saving of at least
oRe-hGLf the cost of the garment in the price For
a number of years this has only been a part of
general Dry Goods business, but have made
arrangements to devote whole house exclu-
siyely to it alone with such lines of Notions and
Furnishing Goods viii be necessary and desirable
in that trade. Belit wing that the true interest of
the trade will be to sustain in this enterprise
would respectfully announce that now have
on hand one of the largest and most desirable
stocks of WELL MADE CLOTHING that was
ever offered to the trade of the West.


We respectfully solicit call from all old
friends and the trade generally We charge moth
ing for sotgihg goods, and not much if yon Juy
them. We prepared to sell to all prompt t-time
buyers low-ss any house in the trade. liberal
discount also made on all cash sales.


WM. Z. FRENCH & CO.,


sep3 No. 20 Main street
Year: 1859

PRoGREss OF THE COUNTRY The
Hon. Alexander II. Stevens, OF Gcorgil,
in his late uea, speech in the House on
tRe Oregon bill, thus speaks Of the pro-
gress that this country has made durinl
his Congressional career:


The immense territories Of the West
had to be peopled. Nothing m nature
Was still; the earth was heveE still the
great sun was ever moving. Since he
had been here, in the brief space Of if
teen years-.his was the sixteenth session
they had added six States to the Union,
lacking but one of being more than one
half of the original thirteen; they had
added over one million two hundred thou
sand square miles of territory, largely
more than the United States possessed at
the treaty of peace in 1918. Since that
time they had added more than one-third
of the entire area of the United States at
the present time. At this time the Uni
ted States was greater than Russia, greater
than the Roman Empire in the brightest
days of her glory. 1t was more expan-
sive than the empire of Alexander, when
he stood upon the Indus and wept that be
had no more worlds to conquer.
Year: 1859

The VACANT SENAToRsHIP.-Already specula-
tion is rife upon the subject of a successor to
Mr. Broderick, in the Senate of the United States,
who must be elected by the Legislature at an
early period of the session to avoid the necessity
Of an appointment which could hold but a limit
ed period, and be only a source of expense. It
becomes. therefore, legitimate subject of inuu
ry who will be elevated to that honorable posi-
ton. The ascendaucy of the Democratic marty


in the Legislature limits the ch ice to the few Of
that organization who have been aspiring to the
position, among whom may be named Gev. Wei.
Ter and Gen. Denver. Both Of these gentleman
have been so identified with the party now in
power that most people believe the choice lies
hetween them. The aspirations of McDougal ands
fornan point in that direction. McDougE
poitcal course has been temperate he ha,7Ifot
been identified with the ultra wing of eiihsf6ar
ty, and is the man least Objectionable to 4he on
positlon--a sound Democrat, and we believe
would make an efficient representative His
political course was brief. but during his term of
Office at period in the history of our State when
excesses, political and moral, were Knocked at on
all sides. and ever since he has escaped the i'm
putaiions which are cast on many of our public
men of the day We would be glad TO see the
vacancy filed by him.
Year: 1859

Tribute TO WoRTH.-The STANDARD pays the
following tribute of respect to the people who
are present at the State Fair. 1t is indeed graf
flying, and doubtless well deserved


alt is gratifying to observe the respectable
classes of people that this Fair has called togeth-
er from all parts of the State. They are gener-
ally men of thought and industry--from the
workshops, the pIow, and other industrial pur-
suits. Their conduct is marked by decOrum and
a spirit of inquiry, as though they come to derive
profit and instruction from their investigations.
Year: 1859

Cosr or THE LEvIATHAN.--It is said that the
cost of the Leviathan, or Great Eastern Steam.
ship, when completed, will be about five millions
Of dollars. The interest on this large SUN, it is
excellent the business in which she may be en-
gagged
Year: 1859

The MoUNTAINEER-The men most worthy
of mention and yet the most neglected, are
the heroes of the wood, the mountaineers
the pioneers who lead the way of civliza
ton. They make way through solitudes and
multitudes follow; they traverse the country
in advance Of States to unconsciously herald
their coming, and to finally disappear, leav-
ing no word except that they were the mis-
cradle courters Of obscurity. Many of them
die from violence of wretchedness, and their
names die also; a few have acted so suffi-
GENTLY in the view of contemporaries that
little histories of their adventures may be
collected and passed along the plane of re
markable men, Sierra Citizen.
Year: 1859

Nor THE PowER.-A judicial friend of ours,
not a thousand miles from Weaveryille Court
Hourse, was recently requested to marry a
couple in the name of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost He spent whole
night in anxious thought upon the subject,
and in the examination of numerous ponder
Gus books, and at last came to the conclu-
sion that his constituents had not clothed
him with any such authority. lie therefore
tied the knot in the name and by the au.
thority of the people Of Trinity.-ShaSto
Courier.
Year: 1859

a CARD.-It is Il well known fact among medi-
cal men, that there has long been wanted good and
reliable preparation of sARsAPARILLA, as nearly
all that manufactured in the East CONTAIN SPIRITS
and some Of them even MERCURY, although protesting
not to do equeny for all cutaneous diseases,
etc. they are injurious instead of beneficial Now in
the preparation offer to the pubic are willing
to show The receipt to any one-no matter who-Doc-
TOR OR NO DoCToR-as every man has right to know
what he is taking
Year: 1859

THs UNIVERSAL MouRNERs-noticed by US
last Tuesday morning-were very much disgrun-
tied at the effort made to deprive them of their
free pleasure rides," and think that If those who
foot the bills find no fault, other persons have no
right TO complain. We have succeeded in drawing
public attention to the subject and have very lii.
tie doubt that the practice may now be broken up
Year: 1859

The Charleston Mercury thus remarks
upon the liarpers Ferry Affair.


"Whilo We can see no cause for present
alarm, mono can blind their eyes to tho
audacty of the attempt, or fail to regard


it as pregnant sign of tho timcs-a pre-.
ludu to what must and will recur again and
again, as the progress of sectional hate and
Black Republican success advances to their
consummation. And what will be the effect?
Are occurrences like these calculated to
strengthen the institution of Slavery in tho
border States, by adding to it's advantages
and value in the appreciation of the public
there : Is not the condition of things to
which we submit inevitably tending to rem.
der slave property in the neighborhood Of
Mason and Dixon's limo dangerous and
troublesome nuisance? Slaves can neither
be kept nor managed. By our tame and
passive policy the cotton States. which arc
vitality interested in tho institution, arc
actually allowing Slavery to be carried out
of the border states. The continuance OF
this policy will slowly bat surely build up
an abolition party in States that now are
strongly Pro-Slavery, and ready to back us
in resistance to the evor-recurring aggress-
ions Of the North and of her people. The
march of events is onward. Let the signs
Of the times DO read and interpreted Alright.
Year: 1859

MORALS IN TExAs.-Judge Buckley, 10
a recent charge to the grand jury OF the
District Court Of Galveston, presented .
most deplorable state Of morals in Texas.
Among other things, he said there was no
other country inhabited by the Anglo Sax.
on race in which there was so little regard
to law and and order as Texas, ana con-
tinucd: During the four years that have
been on the bench, there have been be-
tween fifty and sixty cases Of murder be-
fore me; and if in each Of the twelve
judicial districts in the State there las been
a like number, then there has been up.
ward of six hundred cases Of murder in
four years, showing a state Of things un-
equalled in any country; and that Of these
six hundred cases not six Of them had
been found guilty by the jury before whom
they were tried. 1t is not possible TO sup
pose that, in all these cases, there was
deficiency in evidence, and the only con-
clusion TO which can arrive is, that the
Jury must have forgotten or diSregarded
their oaths.
Year: 1859

DYING -Benjamin +, Taylor, of The Chi.
cOgo journal, draws tho following beautiful
picture in reference 10 that undiscovered
country:"


There is dignity about that going away
alone, which wo call dying-the wrapping
of the mantle of Immortality about as; that
putting aside with pale hand tho azure
curtains that are drawn around this cradle
Of world tho yenturing away from home
for the first time in our lives, for we are not
dead there is nothing dead to speak o..
and seeing foreign countries not laid down
on any maps we know about There must
bo lovely lands somewhere star~ard, tor
uono over return that go thither; and we
worry much doubt if any would if they could
Year: 1859

A FINE old gentlemen once remarked.
che that cannot forgive others, breaks tho
bridge over which he himself must pass.
for every man has need Of forgiveness
How necessary for usAll to remember
that remark.
Year: 1859

AN ELECTION IN FLoRKNCE.-The correspon-
dent of the Providence Journal writes from
Florence under date of August 18th, rs fol-
lows:


We have had during the past week the elec-
tIon and inauguration of the new Tuscan Par
lament, one succeeding the other, after IN in
terval Of only five days. The elections were
conducted SO quietly, that one passing the
places where the votes were deposited would
hardly have noticed that anything unusual
was going on. Two soldiers with fixed bay
onets were stationed before the door, more for
forms sake than to hinder any disturbance of
the public peace There was no crowd, and
not the slightest sign of excitement. The Tus-
cans will require some years of practice of the
right of suffrage before they will have made
that degree of progress" which will lead them
to commence breaking heads.
Year: 1859

TROUBLE AT HARTFoRD.-Much i'll feeling
has been caused at Hartford by bayonet
charge of the military to keep the area clear,
on the occasion Of the reception OF Ex-Gov-
ernor Seymour. A young man named Charles
w Banks, 25 years of age, who was sitting in
a wagon with ladies, was stabbed In the back,
and lies in great agony, it being doubtful
whether he will recover. horse was stabbed
attached to a carriage in which carriage is
said to have been sitting the wife Of the off,
Ger who ordered the charge.
Year: 1859

AS a weary traveller was vending his way
through The mud out in The far west he discov-
cred young maiden standing in The door of q
small log house. He rode up in front of the
house, and asked the maiden for drink of wa
ter he drank it, and she being the first woman
he had seen fer several days, kissed her and Of
fered her dime The traveller was about TO
resume his journey, but the maiden having
never seen dime asked


sWhat am to do with the dime ~


"You can use 1t any way you wish,' he re-
piled, 81: is yours"


"1hat being the case" SAID she. "Tll give
YOU back the dime and take another kiss ="
Year: 1859

The entrance into society may be said TO take
place after boyhood has passed away, yet null
ttude take the initiative before their boards are
presenlablc 1t is a great trial, either to a ten
der or a tough age. For overgrown boy 10
go to a door, or 20 knock or ring with absolute
certainty that IN two minutes all their eyes will
be upon him, is severe test OF courage. 10
90 before these girls, and make satisfactory
tour of the room without stepping on their toes,
and then To SIT down aud dispose OF ones hands,
without putting them into ones pockets, is an
achievement which few boys can boast. 1t a
boy can get SO lar as TO measure of ten yards
of tape with one ofthese girls, and cut it short
al each end, he may stand chance to spend a
pleasant evening, but let him not 1atier himself


that all the trials of the evening over
Then comes at last the breaking up. The
dear girls don their hoods, and put on their
shawls, and look 50 saucy aud mischieyous, and
unimprrssibIe, as if they did not wish any one
TO 90 home with them. Then comes the pinch,
and the boy that has the most pluck makes up
Year: 1859

CONVERSE BLocK.-This structure is TO be lOca-
ted at the corner of Merwin and James streets,
and will be built under the immediate supervision
of Mr. Porter, the master builder and architect
The cellar for this block was excavated by grading
and elevating the said streets some years since,
which Will prove quite valuable desideratum in
lessening the expenses. 1t will front 67 feet on
Merwin street and extend back one hundred feet
in depth. The first story will be divided into
three extensive business stores. In hight the
block will be three stories above heavy and sub
stantial stone foundation remarkably thick, which
by the way is a very necessary protection, owing
to the unusal depth of the cellar, to prevent the
streets from caving in at some future time. 1t
will be made fire proof throughout and when
completed must prove valuable and important
acquisition to the commercial interests in that vi
cinity. Workmen have already commenced lay
ing the walls.
Year: 1859

Es- We would particularly call the at tention of our readers to a remedy known as McLcan's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier. It is certainly valuable remedy. We therefore say to all, call at the agents, and test for yourselves it's in trinsic merits. It is delicious to take We ask our lady readers to try it. See the advertisement in another column.
Year: 1859

~ The legislature of Michigan passed bill giving GAO acres of land to a woman in Saginaw county, who had added four to the population at one time. The Governor very properly vetoed the bill.
Year: 1859

ARMS FURNISHED TO SLAyEs.-It is stated on reliable authority that the slaves of widow lady in Shenandoah county, Virginia, were furnished with arms by the aboitonists, and night appointed for them to start to Harper's Ferry. Instead of doing so. however when the time came, they held consultation, and taking those very arms, kept guard from dark till dawn around ther mistress's house. In the morning they showed her the arms, told her what they had done, and went to work as usual.
Year: 1859

The Opposition do not intend to make nomination
in the With and With Districts they contain such
overwhelming Democratic majortics as to prec'ud
the possibility Of success.


In addition to the several pronunciamientos of
Southern Democrats against the Administration, we
have the letter of the Hon, John Forsyth the late
Minister to Mexico. Il corroboraies the statements
made in the remonsirance of MamOn reference to
the proposition Scr the purchase Of territory made by
Year: 1859

ODD Fellows HALL-The society Of Odd
Fellows in this city have been increasing their
valuable library lately. and have made such
other additions to their callection that they
nave found It necessary to erect a new build
ing. For this purpose they have purchased
tne property on the northwest corner of
hearney and Bush streets, known as the Mi
nerva buildings, for which they have paid
upwards of 100000, and are rapidly convert
ing it into spacious hall for their accommo.
dation. On the 26th of April the dedication
will take place, when an appropriate Grafton
will be pronounced. This occasion will be
the fortieth anniversary Of the introduction
of the order into the United States. The
name of the new building will henceforth be
"Odd Fellows Hail. l"-S f. Times
Year: 1859

EpIroR NATIONAL DEMOCRAT Without
gentlemen nominated Mayor, for may be per
mitted to Judge which of them would be the
best officer for the city. Public interests are
often sacrificed to private gain hence it
would be sheer folly to elect an individual to
public position when his personal interest is
known to be Numerically opposed to a ma
iority of citizens. If citizens believe their
interests depends upon the citys prosperity,
they will be guilty of a crime if they elect
man who will be inclined to injure them -
Col. Tompkins may be n very respectable
man for money often gilds vice with SEEM
ing virture Buthe was an active opponent of
the Marysyile Railroad-a road that would
materially benefit this city, by increasing
trade and enhancing the value of property,
giving employment to labor and making
Marys' lille the depot for the Northern mines
Those opposed to this great internal improve
ment and development of the mineral wealth
of this State are stockholders in the Folsom
road; hence, they are enemies to the pros
perity of this city. No man that is an enc
my to this city should be allowed to hold
office. Col. Tompkins is that man. Nobody
blames him for investing capital in any
scheme to suit his private interest; but to
give him an opportunity to betray the in
terests of property holders would be ridicu-
lous and painfully absurd


The worst feature in the whole matter is,
the suit against the Supervisors That suit
is not withdrawn. 1t is now on record and
this evidence convicts Col. Tompkins of
transparent triekery. when he asserts he is
in favor of the Marysville road. There is
only one excuse to be offered for his deceit
full and despicable conduct. He has just suf-
ficient capacity to be a convenient tool for
the little clique who have him in tow. His
veracity falls an easy prey to their cupidity.
They have no objection to his becoming uni
versally odious to men OF sound sense and
character, so long as they can use him for
their selfish purposes They care not who
loses, so they win, fully satisfied that what
ever disgrace may attach to their operations
will be visited upon Col. Tompkins Asa
property holder, have decided repugnance
to electing man who is subject to the die
tation of set whose interests are advere to
the interests of the city. Col. Tompkins may
be an excellent candidate for spectators
in Folsom road stock, but his claim to =epre
sent property holders and laborersi is beneath
contempt. Property HOLDER.
Year: 1859

STARTLING THEoRY-GoLD IN PROCESS OF
FoRxAT1oN.-A correspondent of the San
Francisco National, writing from the
mines, relates the following singular Incl
dent;


"The continuous formation of gold in this
region is not unfreqrently maintained by
men who have practical observance of resu Its
which favor such assumption. Recently a
common axe was dug up, having probably
lain four or five years in the red earth,
which is common to this region, and its
entire surface exhibited fine gold deposited
npon 1.-THE iron was, of course, very much
rusted. 1t is asserted by able analytical
chemists, that gold can be obtained from all
the earth and rocks found within the gold
belt. The future of California as mineral
country is no longer problematical; the
exhausting of places, only is removed to a
long period, while the development of gold
in SO many of the geological formations
seems to determine the fact that 1t is only
a question of time when science will be the
assistant to the present rude methods, and
the operations be conducted upon the prin-
ciples that are positive in their results"
Year: 1859

SENATOR DOUGLAS AND TIE DEBATE on
"UNFRIENDLY THE Washing
ton correspondent of the Springfield (Mass.)
Republican makes the following comment on
the late Democratic pow-wow over "unfriendly
legislation"


The effect of the debate upon Mr.. Douglas
is most damaging. The whole South was
arrayed against him. He has shrewdly and
anxiously avoided such scene, but it was
forced upon him. The hoodhoupds of the
slave-ol oligarchy were set upon him, and he
could but turn and defend himself. His game
is certainly up for 1860. The South will not
touch him yet, and he has insulted the
Republicans so often and so shamefully that
they will not help him out of his pit. The
debate must also have bad effect upon the
Democratic party. Will Northern Democrats
Join hands with the men who are determined
that the federal government shall force slavery
into the Territories and States of this whole
country? Such is to-day the demand of the
Southern Democracy. They admit the truth
of Stewards declaration at Rochester, and
clamor for slavery everyaohere.
Year: 1859

TIE EXPLOSION OF THE PRINCESS = 1t
seems that the loss of life by the explosion


of the steamer Princess, on the lower Mis-
sissippi, on the 2sth ult., was not as great
as at first reported. The N. o. Delta says
the whole number lost and killed may safe
ly be set down at within seventy.fi five or a
hundred, at the outside, and it has reason
to hope and believe that the number is less.
At least one hundred of those who es capped
death, however, were more or less Injured
Year: 1859

MICHIGAN HOMESTEAD LAw.-During the
late session Of the General Assembly of Mich
igan, an act was passed appropriating forty
acres of swamp land to any man who should
occupy and cultivate it. 1t requires tho
Commissioner of the State Land Office to issue
certificate Of purchase to every settler on the
swamp lands belonging to the State, for forty
acres Of said land, whenever such settler shall
have resided upon it for five continuous years.
and when he shall have drained the Same 80
as to comply with the provisions Of tho act Of
Congress making the grant to tho State.
Before thus occupying, the settler has to make
oath of his intention to settle upon and drain
the lands, and that he is not already the owner
of forty acres Of land in Michigan, or in tho
United States.
Year: 1859

TUST RECEIVED, at the " Clinton Drug Store
d supply of the above seed, raised and put up by
the Society Of Shakers, Pleasant Hill Mercer County
Kentucky, in the year 1858,


These seeds ere superior 10 any other kind sold in
this section. They HE only Seed raised and pW mp in
Me South The Proprietors take back all their old
seed at the close OF each season, and supply their
Agents with fresh seed. BY this means you can al
ways get fresh seed Nyog buy from the regularly ap
pointed Agent.


L. WALKER. Commercial Row,
jan Sole Agent for the Parish of Fast Felicana