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Year: 1859

rs Our neighbor of the Express is un-
duly sensitive lie takes to heart the follow
ing from the DEMOCRAT, and loses his temper
over it entirely:


The Express is awful in replying to propo-
s:tions Of its own getting up. 1t undertakes to
answer our articles Congressional interfer-
ence with slavery, but finding itself wholly una
BILE to do so, 1t proceeds TO put arguments into
our mouth and to answer them. This is very
convenient. A man is bound to come off victo-
rious in contest of this kind, every time, and it
has the advantage Of atfording amusement to the
spectator, like the bOozy augmentation of be-
lated politician with lamp post. Booty has it
all his own way. The lamp post steadily main
tains its position, and sheds some light on the
subject, but Booty invariably gets the best of the
argument. Cause why? He tells the lamp
post what TO say, and he tells it to say any
thing that he can't answer, and just logically
knock into cooked hat in the twinkle of bed
post


Now, had the Express not been unduly
sensitive, it would have perceived that we
did not mean, and that it was far from our
intention, to say that ne we're a lamp post or
that il was Boozy But since it insists upon
the application, we must cen stand it, and
we shall therefore agree to be considered
hereafter lamp post, if it will accept the
oppellation of Booty This we think is fair
play. 1t wouldn't do to cut the simile in two.
1t is good in its entirety or it is not good at
all.


The Express talks about dignity, chasto.
ness, elegance, and other qualities Of praise.
worthy style of journalism, but we submit
whether the habit Of applying to respecta.
ble antagonist the epithet of " brainless," /"
empty-headed," aud terms Of like charao
ter, are evidence Of either dignity, chaste-
ness or elegance. We would advise our co
temporary to reform it altogether" These
terms are the mud weapons Of the vulgar,
and have not the power to hurt the object at
which they are aimed. Handle the keen and
polished Damascus blades Of satire. or don't
attempt to be severe at all Now, were we
to retort in kind upon the Express and style
our cotemporary an "ass," and he were to
come back at us with such epithets as "a
shallow.brained jackanapes.' and we were
to hiss back at him, "you baboon," "you
serpent &c, we should very soon have our
columns filled with personalities so disgust
ing as TO render them unfit for introduction
into the respectable families Of our city. We
don't think we are quite fool, neither do
we think that the editor Of the Express is
tits therefore needless for either to throw out
such nsinuations
Year: 1859

MORE BEAUTIFUL LEGIsLATIoN.-It will be
seen by our Sacramento correspondence that
the Lecompton Senate has passed a bill re-
leasing the sureties upon the bond of Doctor
Bates, the Know Nothing swindling State
Treasurer. This notorious individual robs
the State of about 100000, is cleared by a
jury of his peers. and now the Legislature
bond, so that there shall be no chance what
ever to recover any portion of the amount
that the State has lost 1t may be all right
to release these sureties, but we confess we do
not see it.
Year: 1859

JoHN TIE BAPTIsT.--A Mexican of this
name is at present in the care of DR.. Wilson,
of this city, having been shot In the thigh by
an unknown person, 1t appears that he was
emerging from his stable on Yuba Alley.
whittier chad been to feed his mule, n night
or two ago. when man stepped out from a
shadow, fired at him and ran. The ball took
effect in his thigh, shattering to some extent
the thigh bone. The victim has no earthly
idea who could have done it. There is no
danger, we believe, Of his losing his leg.
Year: 1859

DOUGLAS Men ARoUND.-The enthusiasm
which prevailed at the primary elections Of
the regular Democracy last evening, and the
cordial greetings all over the city with which
the result of the elections was received, are q
bad omen for the poor, terror.stricken lie,
comptonites. They feel that they are gone
in"
Year: 1859

CB- The Rev Mr. Walsworth will preach
this morning on the Parable of the Phara.ee
and Publican, and in the evening will de
liver the second in the series of discourses on
the Religious Worthless of Ireland-the An
cient Chaldees.
Year: 1859

BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN BUTTE AND TE-
HAMA-The Red Bluff Beacon thinks that
Senator Garter will prove terrible foe to
Butte in adjusting the boundary lines between
the counties Tremendous Garter The Bea.
con should not expose its Garter! There is
not man in Butte who would acknowledge
the limitations of Garter as his upper boun-
dary line ?-Butte Record


All, Crossettei the Knights Of the Garter
will be after you.
Year: 1859

BENHAM & BoorH.-It seems that our in
formation respecting the closing of Benham
d Booths Foundry is not altogether correct
1t is true it is closed, but it is for the purpose
of repairing the machinery, and will be open
again in few days
Year: 1859

e- The rush of people to Houston
HASTINGS & co. still continues, and every one goes
there to purchase, as they selling off their large
stock of Custom-made Goods at New York import
ing cost; and some of their goods at almost any
price for cash.
Year: 1859

FOR THE SPEEDY CURE OF


Intermittent Fever, or Fever and Ague, Re-


mitteHt Fever, Chill Fever, Dumb Ague,


Periodical Headache, or Bilious Head


ache, and Bilious Fevers, indeed for the


whole class Of diseases originating in bill


iaFy arrangement, caused By the Malaria


of miasmatic countries.


No one remedy is louder called for by the ne
eessltics of the American people than sure and
safe cure for Fever and Aguc Such we are
now enabled to offer. with perfect certainty
that it viii eradicate the disease, and with as
surance, founded proof, that no harm can
arise from its uSa in any quantity,


1hat which projects from or prevents this dis
order must be of immense service in the coulmu-
mites where it prevails. PfereRton is better than
cure, for the patient escapes the risk which he
must run IN violent attacks Of this baleiul dis
temper. Ihis . CURE cxpels the miasmatic
poison Of FEVER AND AGUE from the system and
prevents the development of the disease, if taken
on the first approach Of its premontory symptoms.
1t Is not only the best remedy yet discovered
for this class of complaints but also the cheapest
The large quantity supply for dollar brings it
within the reach Of every body and in bilious
districts, where FEVER AND AGUE prevails every
body should have it and it freely both for cure
and protection. 1t is hoped this price Will place it
within the reach of all = the poor as well as the
rich. A great superiority Of this remedy over any
OlAer ever discovered lor the SpecuN ana certain
cure Of lntermittents is, that it contains Cunne
or mineral consequently it produces no quinism or
other injurious effects whatever upon the constitu-
ton. Those cured by it are left Us healthy as if
they had never had the disease.


Fever and Ague IS not alone the consequence of
the miasnatie poison. \ great variety Of disorders
arse from its irritation, among which are Neural
gia, rheumatism. Gout Headache. Blindness,
TOothaehe, Earache. Catarrh Asthma, Palpitation,
Painful Affection Of the Spleen, Mysteries, Pain in
the Bowels, Collie. Paralysis. and Derangement of
the Stomach, all of which, when originating IN
this cause, put the intermittent type, or become
periodical. This ''CURB expels the poison from
the blood, and consequently cures them all alike.
1t IS an Invaluable protection to immigrants and
persons travelling temporarily residing in the
malarious districts. If taken occasionally or daily
while exposed to the infection, that will be excre-
ted from the system, and cannot accumulate in
sufficient quantity to rpen into disease. Hence it
is even more valuable for protection than cure and
few will ever suffer from Intermittents, if they
avail themselves Of the protection this remedy
affords.
Year: 1859

FOR THE RAPID CURE oF


Coughs, Colds, Influenza, HOaTseness. Group,
Bronchitis, Incipient Consumption, and for
the relief of COnsumptive Patients in ad-
Vanced stages of the disease.


So wide is the field Of Its usefulness and
the of its cures that almost every section Of
country abounds in persons publicly known, who have
been restored from alarming and even desperate dis
eases of the lungs by its When once tried its
superiority every other medicine of its kind is
apparent to escape observation, and where its virtues
known the public no longer hesitate what antidOte
to employ for the distressing and dangerous affections
Of the pulmonary organs that incident to
climate. While many inferior remedies thrust upon
the community have failed and been discarded, this has
gained friends by every trial. conferred benefits the
afflicted they forget and produced cures too
numerous and too remarkable to be forgotten.
Year: 1859

HAB ICH AND HAETT' ICH.
OR. "a BIRD IN THE HANDS WORTH TWO IN TIE


BUSH"
There are two little songsters we'll known IN ths


land,


Their names are I-Have, and 0-Had-li
I.Have will come tamely, ard perch on your han''
But O. Had will mock you most sadly.
I-Have, at first sight, is less fair to the eye
But his worth is by far more enduring
Than thousand O-Had-P rs that sit far and hish'
On roots and trees so aluring.
Full many golden egg this bird will iay'
And sing on: BE CHEEKY! be cheery!'
Oh merrily then will the day glide away
And sweet shall your sleep be when weary
But let O. -Had-I but once take your eye,
And longing to catch him once seize you
He'll give you no comfort nor rest till you diei
Life long he'll torment you and tease you.
He'll keep you all day running up and down hill
Now lying, now painting, now creeping
While. far overhead, this sweet bird at his VIII,
With his bright golden plumsge IL sweeping
Then every wise man who attends to my song
VIII count his Have choice treasure,
And whene'er an 0-Had-I cones flying along
Will Just let him fly at his pleasure
Year: 1859

REMEDY FOR INSECT BrTEs.-When mos
quito, flea, gnat, or other noxious insect punct-
ures the human skin, it deposits or njectS an
atom of an acidulouS fluid of a poisonous ma
ture. The results are irritation, a sensation of
tickling, itching, or of pain. The tickling of
flies we are comparatively indifferent about +;
but the itch produced by a flea, or gnat, or
other noiSome insect, ,disturbs our serenity, and
like the pain of wasp or bee sting, eXcites
US to a remedy. The best remedies for the
sting of insects are those which will instantly
neutralize this acidulous poison deposited in the
skin. These are either ammonia or borax-
The alkaline reaction 0: boraX is scarcely yet
sufficiently appreciated. However, a time will
come when its good qualities will be known,
and more universally valued than ammonia, or
as it is commonly termed hartShorn it is
moreover a salt Of that innocent nature, that
it may be kept in every household. The solu-
tian of borax for insect bites is made thus -
Dissolve one ounce of borax in one pint of
water that has been boiled and allowed to
cool Instead of plain water, distilled rose
water, elder, or orange flower water is more
pleasant The bites are to be dabbed with the
solution as long as there is any irritation. For
bees or wasps' stings, the boraX solution may
be made of twice the above strength. In
every farmhouse this solution should be kept
as household remedy.-PjeSse.
Year: 1859

ed alive Our informant did not see the ope-
ration his overpowered sensibilities did not
permit it but an American sergeant of mar
ines did, who described the horrors of the
scene. The knife was first drawn across the
forehead, at which piercing scream was set
forth by the sufferer, and then the flesh was
pulled over the eyes, and so on till the horri-
be butchery was ended. There is temple in
Canton which visited, called the "Temple of
Horrors" because in several apartments are
the most horrible representations of the tor
lures of the Buddhist hell Bat nothing there
was more Internal than what was seen here


Such were the tOrtures inflicted by Yeh np-
on 100000 human beings in the city of Can
ton. 1t is not surprising that the news of his
death and the arrival of his body caused out
bursts of eXultation among the Chinese, who
either had lost some Of their friends under the
operation of his cleaver, or else stood in con-
slant fear for their own lives. Thousands were
put to death who were entirely innocent, ex.
cept that they happened to be the wives and
children of others, or else had common family
connections. The calmness and even indiffer-
ence with which the Chinese meet death, are
past belief, and unaccOuntable !; and yet as
the late war has shown, they are a nation Of
towards. But cowardce and cruelty usually
90 together. was told an incident in one
of these execution scenes which defes credence,
and yet is affirmed to be only the sober truth
A young man was brought on the fatal ground
with several hundreds who were to be behead-
ed the same time. All were upon their knees,
drawn up in ranks, and awaiting the fearful
signal for the commencement of the days
butchery. A fruit peddIer happened to be pass
ing, when the young man remembered he had
a few cash, or farthing pieces, in his pocket
He was hungry, for he had been brought a
long distance in his basket, and he had gone
without his breakfast. Eyeing the length of
the rank to which he belonged, he could cal
culate the time with much exactness when the
cleaver would fall upon his own neck Moth
ing daunted he bought some bananas, and ate
them kneeling the cIeaver however, almost


nterccpting them before they had passed from
the throat into the stomach Sometimes
twenty five or fifty condemned rebels were at
one time cast into the river together in their
baskets, to save the labor of executing and in
terment These Chinese are a mystery
cannot understand them.
Year: 1859

BRANDING FLoUR.-The editor of the New
York Examiner has been sojourning at Roch.
ester, where be visited one of the large -four
mills and was initiated into the mystery of
branding flour. He says:


Branding, to us poor outsiders, has been
a source of good deal of mystery. In our
simplicity, we have supposed brand was a
true indication of the place where the -four was
ground and the wheat 1t was made from. But
this is an egregious error There are tricks
in all trades but ours" Only the best -four is
labeled by the name of the mill where it is
ground. Inferior -four is branded Corinthian
Mill, New MILL or some other mill that is
owned by the man of the moon. All these
practices are known to the corn exchange as
we'll as at the mills but to us poor consumers,
who buy barrel of -four once quarter it
may not be uninteresting to know that all the
best family -four is branded double extra su.
perfine with the real name of the mill and
manufacturer Genesse flour is as Ubiquitous
as Orange county milk, Goshen butter, or rel
les of the ship Constitution among the curi.
Gus. Genessee -four is for the most part made
from Western or Canadian Wheat
Year: 1859

The Teachers AUTHoRITY.-While chill
dren are at school, parental authority has
passed from the hands of the parent to the
teacher, who is as supreme in the school room
as the parent in the domestic circle, and this
authority is as essential to the welfare of the
school rs the other is to the welfare of the
family and any interference is as unjust and
injurious in the one case as in the other. If
he abuses his authority, he is rcspons BILE to
his employers. When parents understand, and
regard the best interests of their children they
will cease to Illustrate the plans of the teacher
by unjust and indscreet interference that is
generally caused by some misunderstanding
which is the result of some intentional or un-


intentional misrepresentation by the pupil. If
parents would visit the schools, they would
become better acquainted with the teacher and
with his plans of instruction, and would there
by encourage both teacher aud pupils to labor
more faithfully and they would be amply re-
paid by the increased Improvement OF their
children.
Year: 1859

TOUCHING AFFLICTIoN-The Buffalo Repub-
lie relates the following instance of senSibility,
on the part of boarding school Miss:


A young lady living not over dozen leagues
from Buffalo, when at home, but being educa-
ted at fashionable seminary east of US, last
week received letter from her mother with
the usual marks of mourning upon it-black-
edged and sealed with black. She was almost
overc 0me and tainted twice aefore she could
summon courage to attempt to diSpel the fear
full suspense that was brooding over her. Fin
ally she opened the letter, and therein written
was the information that her brother-a young
man about eighteen had died suddenly from an
attack of the cholera morbus-she sank down
in flood of tears, while her fair companions
grouped around, sadly endeavored to console
her, but in vain. " Poor fellow" said she,
with succession of sobs, "my brother-my
dear and blessed brother-oh." said she for
the first time raising her head since the sad
news arrived addressing the weeping and
sympathising girls around her" to think how
northumberland his meerSchaWm jwst Begin
ming TO color SO Jeautifuuy" 4" There was nc
consolation for such poignant woe as this, and
the girls left her alone to ner sobS and the ten
der recollection of her dear aud ouly brother
and his scarcely tinted tobacco meerSchaum
Year: 1859

A TOUCHING lNCIDENT.-A few days since a
lovely little child of four summers was buried
in New Haven. On leaving the house of its
parents, the clergyman, Rev. Mr.. Jay, pluck
ed up by the roots beautiful little forget
me-not," and took it with him to the grave.


After the little embryo of humanity had
been deposited in the grave, the clergyman
holding up the plant in his hand said


81 hold in my hand beautiful flower which
plucked from the garden we have just left
BY takirg g it from its parent home, it has with
cred, but here plant it in the head of this
grave and it will soon revive and flourish


$50 with the little flower We have just
planted in the grave. 1t has been plucSed
from its native garden. and has wlted, but it
is transplanted into the garden of Immortality,
where it will revive and flourish in immortal
glory and beauty"
Year: 1859

TRUrH.-Nothing appears so low and mean
as lying and dissimulation and it is obserya-
BILE, that only weak animals endeavor to sup
ply by craft, the defects of strength, which
nature has not given them.


Nothing is so delightful as the hearing or
speaking of truth for this reason there is no
conversation so agreeable as that of the man
of integrity, who hears without any design to
betray, and speaks without any intention to
deceive.


Truth is always consistent with itself, and
needs nothing to help it ont it is always near
at hand, and fits upon our lips, and is ready to
drop out before we are aware, whereas lie is
troublesome, aud sets a mans invention upon
the rack.


Truth, in everything, is still the same, and
like its great Author, can be but one and
the sentence of reason stands as firm as the
foundation of the earth.


Truth is born with US, and we must do
violence to our nature, to shake off our vera
city.


Now by the Gods, it is not in the pOw'r


OF painting or of sculpture TO express,


Aught so divine as the fair form of Truth


The creatures of their art may catch the eye,


But her sweet nature captiyates the soul.
Year: 1859

Above all things there should be no gloom
at home The shadows of dark discomfort
and wasting fretfulneSs should never cross the
threshold, throwing their large black shapes,
like funeral pals, over the happy young spirits
gathered there. If you will, your home shall
be heaven, and every inmate an angel there.
If you will, you shall sit on throne and be
the presiding household deity. o faithful
greater than thine


And let the husband strive to forget his
cares as he winds around the long narrow
street and beholds the soft light llumining his
little parlor, spreading its precious beams on
the red pave before it. The night is cold and
cherries, perhaps, and the December gnst bat
ties with the worn skirts of his overcoat, and
snatches, with rude hand and wailing cry,
at the rusty hat that has served him many a
year. He has been harasSed, perplexed, per-
secuted. He has borne with many cruel
tone, many cold word, and nerved himself
up to an energy so desperate that his frame
and spirits are weakened and depressed, and
now his limbs ache with wearineSs his tenn
Piles throb with the painbeat caused by too
constant application. He scarcely knows how
to meet his wife with pleasant smile, or sit
down cheerfully to their little meal which she
has provided with so much care.


But the door is opened, the overcoat thrown
hastily off. A sweet voice falls upon his ear,
and the tones are so soft and glad that hope,
like winged angel, flies right into his bosom
and nestleS against his heart.


The latch is lifted, and the smiling face Of
his wife gives an earnest welcome. The shin
ing hair is smoothed over her fa: brow in
deed she stole a little coquettish glance at the
mirror hanging in its narrow frame just to see
if she looked neat and pretty before she came
out. Her eye beams with love, her dress is
taSteful-and-what Why he torgets all
trials of that long, long day as he folds her in
his arms and imprints kiss upon her brow.


A home where gloom is banished, presided
over by one who has learned to rule herself
and her household. Christianity oh he is
thrice consoled for all his trials He cannot
be unhappy ; that sweetest, best, dearest So
lace is his-a cheerful home. Do you wonder
that the man is strengthened anew for to-mor-
rows cares
Year: 1859

THE ROMAN SENTINEL. -Whe Pompeii was
destroyed, there were very many buried in the
ruins of it who where afterwards found in very
different situations. There were some found
who were in the streets as if they had been at
tempting to make their escape There wero
some found in deep vaults as if they had gone
thither for security. There were some found
in lofty chambers but where did they find the
Roman Sentinel The found him standing at
the city gate, with his hand still grasping the
war weapon, where he had been placed by his
captain, and there while the heavens threaten
ed him, there while the earth shook beneath


him, there while the lava stream rolled, he had
stood at his post, and thereafter q thousand
years had passed away was he found. So let
Christians learn to stand to their duty, willing
to stand to the post at which their Captain
has placed them, and they will find their duty
will support and sustain them.-Rec. S CrOley
Year: 1859

Follow THE RIGHr-No matter who you
are, what your lot, or where you live ; you can
not afford to do that which is wrong The only
way to obtain happiness and pleasure for your
self, is to do the right thing. You may not
always hit the mark but you should, never
theless, always aim for Il, and with every trial
your skill will increase. Whether you are to
be praised or blamed for it by others whether
it will seemingly make you richer or poorer, or
whether no other person than yourself knows
of your action STILL always, and in all cases.
do tie right thing. Your first lessons in this
rule will sometimes seem hard ones, but they
will grow easier and easier, until, finally, doing
the right thing will become habit, and to do
q wrong will seem an impossibility.