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Year: 1860

We call the attention of our readers to
the article with the above caption, on the
first page of to-day's Herald. The facts
therein contained are damning upon Mr.
Douglas, and should open the eyes of every
Democrat to the treachery to his party of
this Presidential aspirant. The evidence
will be found Of his league with the Repub
licans, during the Lecomptou fight, and his
expressed determination to be with them in
the struggle of 1860. For confidential ad
visers he chose such men as Greeley, Wilson,
Burlngame, Colfax, and Blair, the extreme
men of the Republican party. H. gave
them 70 understand that he bad his baggage
checked and through ticket" to their ranks,
and avowed his determination to take big
crowd OF Democrats along with him when
he went, and then "cut down the bridges
and sink the boats" SO that they could not
get lack. And we submit to every candid
man if his course in the present canvass has
not that tendency. There are many Dem
ocras who have been following Mr. Douglas,
have discovered in time that such would be
the result, and have come back to their old
standard and faith, but there are others who
will discover, when too late, that they have
landed upon the Republican shore, and that
the "bridges have been cut down and the
boats sunk" anl their communication for
ever eut off from their old political home
To such we say, farewell forever"


Read the Treason of Douglas" and pom.
der well, before all hope Of political saliva
ton is gone.
Year: 1860

ROAD Commission ERs.-Attention is call
ed to the fact, that under the new road law
passed for this county last winter, it will be
necessary to elect three Road Commissioners
in each Township in the county. The road
tax of each Township will be paid into the
county Treasury, Gnstead of being collected
by Road Overseers as Formerly the fund
of each Township being kept separately.
The Road Commissioners will let contracts
annually, to the lowest responsible bidder to
keep their Township roads in repair, or to
portant one for the county, and we believe,
a great improvement! on the old system 1t
was framed by Mr.. Beach, and received the
unanimous support of our delegation in the
Legislature. There are other important
provisions in the law, but we have not space
at. present to enumerate them. AS soon
as the crowded state of our columns
will permit, we will publish the Act in full
The Commissioners should be selected from
| lDe DeSt men or every township


QUARTZ PRosPECTING AT PARADIsE.-An
old friend and patron of the Herald, writing
from Paradise, below Todds Valley, conveys
us the information that quartz mining will
! probably become very lucrative business
there. He says "there has been good deal
of prospecting done here in quartz leads the
past summer, with more success than the old
residents ever dreamed of. The surface dig
gings in the ravines and holows in the Vi
cinity have been fabulously rich-bu. have
been so completely gutted that it was
thought they were worked out. But it
seems the main sources are in the hills that
have never been disturbed, and that Para
disc has not yet been prospected, and that
we are just getting into the secret AS yet
there have been no veins struck as rich as
those at Spanish Dry Diggings, on the op-
posite side of the American, but it is the
impression Of every one that that lead runs
through Paradise, and this summer three
men took out of small vein three thousand
dollars in one week Al the veins found
here yet are small, and generally run east
and west, but those familiar with quartz
working say the main lead is not yet found,
the small veins being but feeders. These
discoveries have given the miners around
here new hopes and IDEAS


The writer further says that the late rain
did some slight damage upon the Middle
Fork, bat repairs having beea made, the mi
ners have again gone to work
Year: 1860

AT meeting of Eureka Engine Company
held Sept. 10th, the following Preamble and
Resolutions were unanimously adopted:


WHEREAS, 1t has pleased the Arbiter of human
destiny to call suddenly hence from our midsts.
while IN the enjoyment of life and health. our
worthy fellow fireman and citizen, Charles Lind
therefore be il
RESOLVED, That we deeply sympathze with
the family of our deceased brother in their great
bereavement. BY his death the Department has
lost one Of the most active and efficient members
his family devoted husband, brother and SON
the community an exemplary and worthy citizen
RESOLVED, That the blow that fell so heavily
and crushingly upon them has likewise cast a
deep gloom upon us who have labored with him
in the discharge of our duties as firemen, and we
feel that it will be long ere his place will be filled
in our ranks.


RESOLVED. That Eureka Engine Hall be draped
IN mourning for thirty days, and that the above
Resolutions be published and copy sent to the
widow Of our deceased brother


+ J. JocELYX, Sec'y.
Year: 1860

The UNIT RULE.-Speaking of the unit
rule adopted at the Charleston Convention,
the Express says;


"Now if it was necessary to compel the delega-
ton OF one State to vote as q unit in order to
represent correctly the will of their constituents.
It was equa lly necessary to make all submit to
the same rule"


What does the Express mean by using the
the word compel" in this connection ? There
was no compulsion whatever in the unit
rule. 1t merely recognized the right of each
delegate to cast his individual vote, when
not instructed by his State as to how his vote
should be cast. Does the Express call this
compelling the delegations to vote as a unit :?
Several delegations were sent to the Conven-
tion with instructions from their States as to
how they should vote Others were sent
not instructed, but left free to vote for any
candidate or platform they pleased. The
unit rule recognized the right of the States
to instruct their delegates, and the right of
those delegates not instructed to vote as
they chose. We ask what could be farer
''"H 'Hio' St, luNSihS Ilotu tie ldHSudSe
of the Express, it believes the Convention
could to have adopted rule compelling"
all the delegations to vote as a unit, thus
denying to delegates not instructed the right
to vote as they pleased We PROFOUND the
following questions to the Express:


Have not States the right to instruct their
delegates to the National Convention to vote
as a unit? Does the Convention possess the
power to abrogate those Instructions? When
delegates are not instructed by their States
as to how they shall VOTE does the Conven-
tion possess the right to dictate to them as
to how they shall vote?


We apprehend that if the Express had
had the fairness to quote the "unit rule" in
its article condemning it, it would have
placed itself in a ridiculous light.
Year: 1860

The SIZE OF THE GREAT EAsTERN-In Civ
ing an account of the late trip of the Great
Eastern, the New York Post says the great
size oil the ship was made more apparent af-
ter few hours on board than at first sight
Friends would get separated aud be unable
to find each other till the next day. Dod-
worth's full band, with both brass and wood
instruments, played aft, without being heard
in the forward part of the vessel, and parties
of hundred or more joined in the noisy
games in one part of the vessel, without
quieter people in other parts of the ship
knowing anything about it.
Year: 1860

SUsPIcIoUs-The Breckenridge papers all
seem to have had supplem ent containing
Gwins speech at Stockton, and to have issued
it very nearly at the same time. It's hardly
probable that they could have all taken a
notion at one and the same moment to get
out this supplement, and it is shrewdly sus-
pected that VIM. NJ Gwin has himself had
these copies published in some office below,
and sent them up gratis to the Breckinridge
papers in the interior cities and the mountain
towns We think the Express would hardly
assert, if pinned down, that its supplement-
was printed in the Express office, or that it
cost the establishment anything to issue it.


This Simultaneous publication of Gwin's
speech and hearty endorsement of it looks
very much like the old fox was behind the
curtain in the management of this whole
Breckinridge campaign.
Year: 1860

In another place will be seen the proceed
ings of the Democratic Joint Senatorial Con-
vention of Yuba and Sutter, which assembled
at the Court House, on yesterday.


1t will be seen that JAMES c. WILSON has
been nominated for the Joint Senatorship of
Sutter and Yuba counties. We indorse this
nomination heartily, and have no doubt
whatever of the success of our candidate
Mr. Wilson is gentleman well known in this
region of the State, for his fine business
telent his strict integrity in all his dealings,
his firm adherence to political principles and
his general qualities as an upright man and
good citizen.


There is a natural desire on the part of the
public to ascertain the birth. place of a candi-
date and all about him, and in Difference to
this feeling, we will simply state that Mr..
Wilson is native of Maryland. born and
reared, we believe, in the city of Baltimore.
He came to California in ls49, was one OF
the Company who built the first large quartz
mill at Grass Valley, came to Marysville in
the latter part of 1853, and has been here
ever since He was at one time engaged in
stock raising in Sutter county, but the most
of his time since 1858 has been devoted to
merchandising in this city, in connection with
his very worthy partner, Mr. Walker.


Mr.. Wilson is a man who has numerous
friends and but few enemies. We know OF
no man in this region more popular, more
trusted, and more worthy to be trusted, by
the people.


AS to his politics, he has never in his life
been outside of the Democratic organization


We are pretty sure of his election. The
unanimity with which his nomination was
made shows him to be the choice of his party


The UNIT RULE.-The Express, discussing
the unit rule, says:


"Why was 1t applied to only the delegates from
States where the majority were favorable It
Douglas"


We reply that it was not so applied, Or
the contrary it was applied to all the State:
indiscriminately-that is to say, wherever
delegates had been instructed by State Con,
ventions to vote as a unit they were to do So
and wherever not they were to vote accord
ing to their individual inclinations Thi:
rule was applied to all the States, and moi
to the Douglas ones alone.


OLD ARKANsAs.-The latest news from Ar
Year: 1860

Deley did not stop to see if the old
man was dead, but darted to the door
and down stairs, when the old woman
met him with cooked rifle, and attempt
ed to shoot him through the head, but
he was too quick for her. Dropping at
full length on the floor, he seized her by
the ankles, and threw her with such a
stunning force as to leave her senseless
on the foor-the fall causing the rifle to
explode, the charge shattering the cei-
ling.


Deley leaped over the old woman, max
ing his way to the shed, where his horse
stood. He luckily discovered another
horse beside his own.


Mounting that, his own being so lame
as to be incapable of use, he started at
full speed for the next town. He arrived
there in half an hour, the old murderer
having misrepresented the distance, it
being but two miles from where his horse
broke down. Deley, without dismount-
ing, went before magistrate, and told
his story.


In half an hour a party headed by De-
ley and the magistrate was riding at a
breakneck pace to the scene of action.
They arrived there, but the house was
deserted by all save the son, and he was
dead with bullet through his brain, and
one through his body-the bullet from
the rifle having passed through the CELL
ing and the sons body.


While they were searching the house,
one of the men thought he heard groan.
and followed the sound to the window,
when looking round the house for the
cause of it, they found the old man,
where he had thrown himself from the
window, in trying to escape when he
heard the officers coming. He was tax
en- on a litter and conveyed to prison,
where he died three days afterwards, his
wounds being mortal.


The woman was never heard of after
wards. Knowing that Deley would re-
turn as soon as assistance could be got,
she mounted Deley's horse, and plunged
into the forest.


They followed her trail and found the
horse wandering about the forest. After
riding him short distance into the
woods she turned him loose, so that they
could not track her.


Deley continued his journey. but not
before he received the thanks of the mag
istrate, and the reward that was offered
for the apprehension Of the murderers of
the Englishman. which he was justly en-
t;tlad To
Year: 1860

One Of tho fullest bosoms Of ancient
or modern times, was exhibited at tho
station last evening. when woman. who
had been picked up drunk on the side
walk, was brought in. There was an un.
usual fullness in the region of her bo5-
ON. which induced suspicious that it
was not natures handiwork, and volun-
tarily she commenced revealing the mvs-
teries of that portion of her person. rot
however, in such manner as TO shock
the sensitive nature of the officers. She
removed from her dress bottle OF cham
pagne, two plates. half dozen oranges.
ten doughnuts, four pieces of cake. a
pound of butter. pound Of sugar.
quarter pound Of tea. coffee pot, grid
iron, and would no doubt have brought
to light a cooking stove. if the officer
had not tired of receiving the articles
drawn from their seclusion, and begged
OF her TO desist. That woman would be
a treasure TO man about 10 start fer
California by the overland route, IA sho
could carry such quantity of refresh
ments in her bosom, aud always have
them handy.-Bos.oa Herald
Year: 1860

AS the season for making hay is ap-
preaching, we will give few words of
caution in advance. Don't dry your
hay too mach. Hay may be dried till it
is as worthless as straw. As good
coffee maker would say, "don't burn
your coffee, but brown it," so we say,
don't dry your hay, but cure it. Our
good old mothers, who relied upon herb
tea, instead of "'potecary medicine"
gathered their herbs when in blossom.
and cured them IN the shade. This is the
philosophy of making good hay. Cut


in the blossom and cure in the shade
The sugar of the plant, when it is in
bloom, is in the stalk ready to form the
seeds. If the plant is cut earlier, the
sugar is not there if later, the sugar
has become converted into woody mat
ter.


Hay should be we'll wilted in the sun,
but cured in the cock Better to be
little too green than too dry. II, on
putting it into the barn, there is danger
of "heating in the mow," put on some
salt Cattle will like it none the less.


Heat, light, and dry winds will soon
take the starch and sugar, which consti-
tutes the goodness Of hay, out of it and
with the addition of shower. render il
almost worthless. Grass cured with the
least exposure to the drying winds and
searching sunshine is more nutricious
than if longer exposed. however good
the weather may be. Ii over cured, it
contains more woody fibre, and less nu-
tritive matter.


The true art of hay-making. then,
consists in cutting the grass when the
starch and sugar are most fully develop
ed, and before they are converted into
seed and woody fibre; and curing it up
TO the point when it will answer to put
in the barn tcithom heating. and no more.
%. Farmer
Year: 1860

One Brick WRoNG.-Workmen were
recently building largo brick tower,
which was to be carried up very high.
The architect and foreman charged the
masons to lay each brick with the great
est exactness, especially the first course.
which were to sustain all the rest. How
ever. in laying corner, by accident or
carelessness, one brick was set very
little out of line The work went on
without It's being noticed, but as each
course Of bricks was kept in line with
those already laid, the tower was not put
up straight, and the higher they built
the more insecure it became. One day
when the tower had been carried up fifty
feet, there WAS tremendous crash. The
building had fallen, burying the men in
the ruins. All the work was lost, ma.
terials wasted. valuable lives sacrificed,
all from one brick laid wrong at the start.
The workman at fault in this matter little
thought how much mischief he was max
ing for the future. Do you ever think
what ruin may como of one bad habit,
one brick laid wrong, while YOU are now
building character for life? Remem.
ber. in youth the foundation is laid. See
to il that all is kept straight.


Dear young reader, did You ever think
of this
Year: 1860

aSeEadies lii delicate situation. who can
not work Sewing Machine with their FOOT by
most Influential physicians Of city The Work Box
Sewing Machine made by Grover Baker it is the only
Family Sewing Machine which is worked by the hand
be used without fear of injaous results n2l 2ptf
Year: 1860

~ 1t was reported here. the other
day. that Kansas was admitted. which
made our people feel good generally.
We arc sorry to say the report Was q
hoax, but hore they will have substantial
cause for rejoicing. ere many days.
Year: 1860

Dam in the right side. under the edge of


the ribs, increase on pressure; sometimes
the pain is in the left side; the patient is
rarely able to lie on the left side; sometimes
the pain is felt under the shoulder blade,
and it frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken tor q
rheumatism in the arm. The stomach Is
affected with loss of appetite and sickness,
the bowels in general are costive, sometimes
alternative with lax; the head is troubled
with pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is gene
rally considerable los, Of memory, accom-
panied with . painful sensation Of having
left undone something which ought to have
been done. A slight, dry cough is some
times an attendant. The patient complains
Of weariness and debility; he is easily startled,
his teet are cold or burning. and he COM
plains of 4 prickly sensation Of the skin;
his spirits are low; and although he is salts
fed that exercise would be beneficial to him,
yet he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrust, every
remedy. Several of the above symptom,
attend the disease, but cases have occurred
where few of them existed, yet examination
Of the body, after death, has shown the
LIvsa to have been extensively deranged.
Year: 1860

NEW JERSEY ron LINCOLN The Sentinel
OF Freedom published at Newark. Nj.
in reviewing the recent elections, says that
nothing is now more certain than that the
whole North will go for Lincoln. New
Jersey and Indiana which were the only
doubtful States. have by the overwhelm.
ing majority for Lane in the latter, and by
the Charter elections in the former demon
strated that the last hope of Democracy in
the North is broken aud vanished into thin
AR. With Fusion or confusion, with both
or either to battle against. the live Repub-
licans Of New Jersey will ovcrwhelm the
whole opposition in that sterling old State
with complete defeat. Bully for New Jer.
sey.
Year: 1860

PARsoN BRowNLow ON NORTHERN
DEMocRAcY.-Parson Brownlow, in
the last numberof the Knoxville Wing
has a brief expression of his opinion
of Northern Democracy, which we
give entire:


The everlasting cry of "nigger"
has been the vitalizing principle of
the corrupt Democracy for years.
Upon this cry they built up the Re
publican party, split their national
organization, and find themselves in a
miserable minority in the Union. The
seat Of government with the party
now is Richmond. and its loyal provin-
ces are the 'eight Cotton States,''
which they seek 10 precipitate nto
revolution.


The small remains Of power, this
once domination party, has, at the
North, crumbled into an Abolition
faction; and the time is only distant
one..month, when Democracy at the
North shall make its final exodus
from all the Free States. The rem
nant of Democracy at the North is
not living for any valuable or honor
able purpose. They are Office holders,
fighting for their bread and meat, and
in cause they hate at heart.
Year: 1860

WHo's AFEARD ?-The Journal profes.
ses to think that the Republicans are afraid
they won't be able to carry this State in
November, and cites the fact that appoint.
ments are being made for speaking in the
out townships Why, bless your soul,
Col, that is only for the purpose Of re
ceiviug converts from the late Democratic
party into the bosom of the true political
church. There is a glorious revival in this
respect going on all over the land since
the 9th Of October.
Year: 1860

STATE TIcKEr.-The indianapolis Jour-
nal OF yesterday figures down the result OF
the State election to very close approx
nation to the official vote. The majority
for the Republican State ticket is put at
1923, from which figures the Journal says
the Official count won't vary 100. This
although little less than we desired
ought to be satisfactory, especially in view
of the fact that we have in the Legislature
majority of 30 on joint ballot. enough
certainly for all practical purpose
Year: 1860

a. The Journal is Uniformed" that six
teen or seventeen Republicans want TO sue
ceed Post Master Cornwell There are a
great many Republicans competent to full
fill the duties of the office aud Republica ns
are not wanting in patriotism.
Year: 1860

Since the South is always citing preee-
dents. il is we'll enough when the editors
and orators Of that section talk of the
criminality Of such Of the Northern States
as have enacted personal Liberty" bills.
to remind them that Cor legislation Of that
sort Virginia furnishes precedent almost
as old as the Constitution itself An act
OF the Virginia Senate and House Of Del
egates, Of 1857, was intended 10. and did.
operate as bar TO the Sedition Law with
in the boundaries Of the Old Dominion
and il is the boast OF all Democratic poli-
ticans in Virginia. that statute Of Congress
was always dead letter in their State
But that was among the royalty; when tho
mud-sills. the greasy mechanics and the
like, attempt TO interpose the shield of
State Sovereignty between the people aud
an oppressive ahd iniqullous statute. The
case IS very materially aitcredS What
business have such men with rightsI


a3-The Neapolitan clergy, who have ex-
isted on the bounty of the dsspol, are the
Year: 1860

H The following is from local pa
per: "Persons wishing to see the editors
will generally find them at the printing
Office. In their absence however invita-
tons to dine. AMI challenges to hshs'
should be left either with the publisher
or in our table drawer. laa7
Year: 1860

PASTURE LANDS --Ot all the land com.
posing a farm, says the Maine Farmer,
the pasture needs manure the most, for ii
is from that the stock must draw their
principal support. II dry and sandy,
spread on muck and leech ashes and old
half rotten, late in the fall The snow
will prev ent its evaporating and the win
ter rains will wash it into tho earth.--
Garry ont all the manure that has been
made during the summer and fall, and
spread it so it will become Incorporated
with the surface earth during the winter.
Apply bone dust, and all other substances
that can form bone earth. II the pas.
lures have been exhausted by woolgrow.
ing. renovate with plaster, thus restoring
the sulpher which had been drawn from
the earth; for in every one hundred
pounds Of wool there are five pounds Of
sulpher. But no account allow it to be
said that any par: Of your farm is "an
old and worn ut pasture" That Is
equivalent to acknowledgement that you
are lazy, shiftless.fellow, incapable Of
appreciating the blessings Of heaven
and dishonest in refusing to pay the
rent required by God for the use Of his
land. ts
Year: 1860

An atrocous joker says that the editor of
the Sacramento Union is about to make a
mountain tour lecturing on National De-
mocracy," and afterwards relating his own
Democratic experience either in the cos
tune of Hiawatha or the deserted skin of a
donkey Sierra Citizen.
Year: 1860

submitted to the consideration of the Court the
record and prayer for ten per cent damages, pur
suant to the second section of the twentythird rule
by Mr.. Blair and Mr.. PolkfOr the defendants in
error