Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-08-16

/ "Hdt iong, Out exec lent ulscOuTScj unuCTtOOk
TO read the governors recen, proclamation for
a day of fasting and prayer-but, from some
unexplained cause, he took up Gov. Briggs
\ last proclamation for an annual fast, which
yeiy excellent hut rather elaborate document
he read from beginning TO end-when he
I quietly remarked thai there must be some
mistake in the matter, as j, was evident, from
the dates, iha, he had got hold Of the wrong
proclamation. Boston Journal.
/ FRIENps.-" Father" said little boy
what are friends'"
People who come to you in distress, and
relieve you,' was the reply.
Yes, l remember" said the boy, "whcn
the horse was dying in yonder field, heap OF
big black birds hovered around him. They
were friends, ! suppose"
An exchange recently announced an auc-
iioneer as going, goiLg," with the cholera,
and the next days ssu, stated that hs was
A" gone" death having lid him in.
The Mirror says the New York Herald was
the chef instrument in getting up the Astor
Place Riot.
Dow, Jr., says: 81 believe that simple
honesty, the naked truth, pnre virtue, and a
stragh: up and down way of dealing, with the
orld, have as much advantage over vice trick
aud s,ra,agcm, in the long run, as good
square trotng horse bas over pacing poi y
or racker that goes a mile or two like mis-
chief, and is done for the rest Of the Journey
\ Persons who are always cheerful and good
humored, rank among the most useful in the
| world; for they maintain peace and happiness
aud spread ,hankluI temper amongst all who
live around them they are respected wher
| living, and their memories venerated when
dead.
Scif-energy is the true life of a man. To
think by other mems thoughts is no true liv-
ing thinking to believe by other mems be.
lief is no true living faith The mind must
|
native power will etable it, arrive at the t,ode.
and causes oftbe truth Of those propositions
it receives as truths, or substan' tally it vii
think aud believe nothing. Substantially
neither will the propositions exist for it nor i
for them. They will be nonentiies and i
will only dream Of understanding them.
i Hon. Marin Van I5uren, Ex-Presiden,, ba
been appointed Delegate from Columbia Il
the Barnburner branch of the Samese Con
veEtion at Rome, without the power Of sub
situiion.
The steamer Empire City arrived AT New
fcrN ON Sunday from Cha5res Her new
IS generally favorable. The following sum
up the Intelligence from the mines -
The aes, dates from the PAGERS are to tn
2l;h Of June from the Sacramento, and Sa
joaquin 10 The 2Oh. Throughout the mine
the rivers arc steadily falling. The chief i'm
pedimcnt to successful labor during the las
three months WAS high water. Washing
were abandoned for the dry deposits durin,
the food but its SOW, sure abalemen, will nov
cause mining to resume its won,ed vigor, ,whil
it will give impetus 10 trade and animation I,
; business pursuits generally. There are vaug,
stories Of very heavy work having been ac
: complished at the Dry Dggings ofthc Midd
Fork American River, but from the bes, au
> lhenicaied accounts in our posses sion ",
have not been able to gather information o
this nature although it is generally conceed
} cd we believe, that at these mines the NOR
Industrious of the num- crs employed ther
drc handsomIy rewarded We have leile
from young man who left this office II
March last. We extract " have been EN-
ployed in The Middle Fork; my success ii
mining has been Of the most ordinary kind
but have made most every day count iron
Is TO 30 dollars. The waters are yet h. z!
bu, think they are gradually falling. ! s,al
start IN few days for the 'diggings' again tc
) fsd place where | can make my pile in q
/ few days. | know such places are in exis
tCi &C, anu tlllIlh CdIi HHu OiC VI NCtu
Least"
The various deposits and washngs of thu
San Joaquin section of the p. accr, ARE general
ly known to the traders aud miners thereaboul.
as Camps, and one of the richest is said to b,
Sulivan's Camp, located about eighty mile,
from Stockton. The average Of those en-
gagged there during the past month has beer
S25 per diem, and in many instances the es
pecial favori,es of Dame Fortune have ext rae
ed with case from two to three hundred dol
lars per day from The dry deposits. In con
clusion we are aranted in asserting that gold
hunting continues quite as lucrative an cm
poymcnt when encrgetically engaged in. as
when the Sierra Nevada slopes wcrJ frs,
secured by adventurous Americans in search
Of the shining treasure.
Il FIom the Ohio Statesman.
Il PREMATURE BuRIALs.--Thc late prev alence