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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-05-31
For The Cecil Uhip
Twilight Shadows.

IT'S the shadowy hour of twilight;
have watched the sun to rest
Watched until its last faint slimmer
Hath departed in the west;
Till around me sadly stealing
With footstep, soft and light,
Leaving gloom where e'er he fingers,
Comcth sad faced, silent night.
Hour oftwilight, hour of shadows.
Though thou hast sadd ming spell,
Yet love thce--ion!ly love thee,
For the sweet tales thou dost tell.
Thou art whispering gently to me
Ofmy Chillhood's home and now,
Close beside me, stands my mother;
Lo! she stoops to kiss my brow.
While the cool air fans my forehead,
Softly murmured in ny ear
Is a namely me unSpolien
Hath ii been for many year;
Yet, | listen, ali how gladly,
For it hath a holy spell;
And the scene that name recallcth
While tits passing, will tell.
We are sitting in the twilight
For the Inst timc-he and |.
And n weight of woe is pressing
On our hearts, so heavily;
For the cruel iates have willed it
And the parting hour draws nigh,
While each heart in silence strveth
For the strength 10 say, "Good-bye"
'Tis in vain, can no longer
Check the outburS, Of my grief,
And my tears fall thick and heavy
Yet they bring me no relief.
He hath risen, and is standing
With calm un.rouh"l brow,
On his breast his arms lie folded
just as then, | see him now.
Suddenly stillcd my weeping,
And my face upturn"d to meet
Such look oflove--so holy
Never mortal eye did greet.
While his hand just touched my forehead,
From his lips in low tones fell
On my heart, so torn with sorrow,
"God, our Father, bless thee NeH"
Years have passed since then, and silent
Is that voice in death and cold;
Turned to dust, the hand that rested
On my brow, now dim and old.
Yet this hour doth ever whisper
O'er again, our last farewell,
And my heart grows still to listen,
"God, our Father, bless Thee Veil"
ELLEN GREY.
I5-The lines "To Her Lore" by 'sSopho
,re, are not we'll enough written to appear il
int. The writer has much IN learn and IN df
I, before he can write poetry.
OD~We have a letter from friend of" Franz
nnley' TO the effect, that Frank was imposed
by lady, who handed him the "Epitaph,'
ting it to be production of her own THAI
told her he would publish it, and so sent it tc
lie Wing. All this being the case we do no,
g how he could publish it as his own. Bad tc
imposed on by the women Frank, especially
len it leads one to be so badly exposed.
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it no greater harm than is done it by these
modes Of imposture. We close by repeat
ing, that every person has a right to
choose his or her own modes and times for
musical entertainments; that "serenading'
is no longer Gift ever was) an act Of true,
commendable gentility and that few
persons, eminent as singers, are eminent
or useful in any other capacity. We beg,
therefore, that serenaders, callithumpians,
and lazzaroni in general, would spare
themselves the trouble of forcing so much
bad music upon unwilling ears, and are
confident that those customs are becoming
more and more honored in the breach
than in the observance"
March "a. SEVERAL.
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Irishman, who Immediately shared his
scanty store with us. We offered to pay
him, but he refused to take anything, say
ing that we should do likewise at the first
opportunity, &c. We took the advice, and
had another proof that appearances often
deceive. We travelled down the river
some miles after dark, in search Of grass.
About o'clock we spied light, and on
coming up to it, found number Of Span
iards encamped, aud turned in with them.
In the morning, we again struck out
across the plain, and about 3 o'clock Pm.
reached the lower ferry on the San Joa-
quin river. This ferry is owned by three
young men, Bonsall, Doak, and SCOTIA
is a very valuable property. Mr.. Bonsall,
(who left Clear6eld Co., Pa, when boy,
and has since worked in the lead mines of
Mo- told me the other day, that he had
been offered 500, 900 to drop his interest
in the concern, and take his bones out
of the country" Here we intersected the
main land route between San Francisco,
San Jose and Stockton, or in other words,
between the northern and southern por-
tions of California, divided by the bay of
San Francisco. After taking dinner, we
ferried over, at 81 each for man and mule.
Stopped at M'Caffrey's Tent, or the "Elk-
horn Inn of the San joaquin" as he was
pleased to call it, (San Hwa-keen, j
always having the sound of H in the 'Lin-
qua Espanol") In the morning, after
breakfasting upon salt pork, sea biscuit,
and coffee, for which we paid 81, so each.
we again backed our mules, and pursued
our way. The road was very fine, over
level plain, to the mountains on the west
of the valley, and appeared lined with trav-
ell. The distance across this range of
bald mountains, is about 8 miles; the as
cent and descent very gradual, except the
dividing ridge, which is somewhat abrupt.
Noorcd at spring on the mountains, and
reached I.ivermore's Ranch, in the eve
ming.
ITO be continued1
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ORIGINAL NARRATIVE.
ORIGINAL NARRATIVE.
Notes of a Seven Months Journey II
ano 5epcn Alontbs in
CALIFORNIA.
CONTINUED.
BIZ wM. H. cHAMBERLIN, LEw1sBuao.

CONTINUED.
Tuesday, Sep. 24.-Unwell all night.
Packed up this morning for the last time,
we hope, (until ready to vamose from the
diggings,) and continued our journey over
a mountainous country. Met number Of
Americans and Spaniards, packing from
the mines, and passed others on their way
thither, heavily laden with provisions,
merchandise, &c. Passed a number of
dry diggings, at present unworked for
want of water the amount of earth
thrown up appeared almost incredible /;
the bed of almost every ravine and gulch
is turned over. About 2 o'clock, we
reached the foot of the arroyo, known as
Fremont's diggings,and "dropped anchor"
in sight Of the promised land" after the
lapse of SEVEN MONTHS since leaving
home, and an overland journey Of Twenty
Six Hundred (26OC miles.
May "a, 1s50.-My log-book, or "notes
by the way" ended with our journey ;
but our experience since arriving in the
country, and what we have "seen and
heard" may prove interesting for future
reference-in noting which, l am salts
fed that an occasional leisure hour will
not be entirely misspent. l can say for
our mess, that never heard man (save
one) regret the adventure, either on the
road or since; but have heard scores by
the way, almost curse the day that they
ventured upon the hazardous and fool
hardy enterprise, and had they known what
they were obliged to endure, all the gold
in California could not have enticed them
from home.
Our experience at gold digging, was
short and unsuccessful. The day after
we arrived at the Maraposa mines, we
moved camp to a spot we had selected,
upon the point Of rocky bluff, overlook.
ing . large part Of the gulch in which
digging Was going on. Here We set up
stakes" or rather lay down our empty,
way-worn packs, beneath the imperSsc
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Dead Letter Office.

The Republic states, that the bulk Of
opened letters, returned to the Department.
in one quarter. equaled about 5000 bush.
els. crammed each busheI is supposed to
contain 1000 letters. The number returned
in a quarter, is therefore about six millions,
or t~enty-four millions year.
"Unc!aimed moneys, less the discount.
are handed over to the general treasury.
subject to the demands Of the righ,fuI own.
er, but we believe. for the half year ending
June 3Olh, 1850, the amount Of these was
not more than about $4,000.
"Dead letters are usually unpaid letters.
The custom Of prepayment has become
vastly more general since the reduction OF
postage to five and ten cents. In the 4lh
quarter Of 1850. the number Of dead letters
received from CINCINNATI, not prepaid.
was $500; the number Of dead letters,
from Hoslon post-ofice numbered 1879;
of letters no, prepaid 9.4Ol. These in.
stances are at random"
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Charcoal and Water.

[The following useful hints we abridge
and copy from the Agricultural Part Of
the Patent Office Report
About one half of the dry weight of all
plants, is carbon, or charcoal. Of the 9TH
er moiety, more than four-6fths are water,
or, more correctly, the elements Of water,
called Oxygen and hydrogen. Without the
presence of moisture, both in the soil and
the atmosphere above it, no plant can grow;
and the presence of carbon, in dissolved
or gaseous form, is equally indispensable
to the production of all vegetables.
1t matters little whether carbon is ac-
cumulated in a solid form by imperfect
combustion, as in the making charcoal from
wood in common coal-pit, or by the slow
decay of plants (eremacousis Of Liebig) in
forming mould, muck, and peat. The pow
er Of these carbonaceous and exceedingly
porous bodies, to condense the gaseous
food of cultivated plants, should be univ
ersally known.
Gaseous compounds Of phosphorous.
obey the same general law. All we'll pull
verized earths have similar property Of
condensing oxygen and other gases; and
thorough tillage greatly promotes the con-
densation of vapors and gases about the
roots of plants, to nourish them. Charred
peat, muck, and wood, are exceedingly
valuable to mix with all manures to prevent
the escape Of fertilizing elements which
are volatile and liable to rise into the At
mosphere.
Charred muck, peat, and wood, are CO.
ming into extensive use in deodorizing
night-soil, aided BY gypsum and common
salt. By these means fertilizer of great
power, and perfectly inodorous, may be for
med, suitable to be planted or drilled with
all seeds. Well dried and finely pulvesi-
.ed clay is valuable dsodori1~i and ,
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ITO be eontinued.1
The Spring Flower.
AIR" The hok SD

AIR" The bok Nd" ;"
The spring flowers have their time to bloom.
The summer dews to fall
The stormy winds to rise and come
At winters dreary call;
The nightingale knows when to sing
Her evening melody,
The stranger bird to stretch her wing
Far DER the distant sea.
The silent stars know when To raise
Their shining light on high,
The moon to shed her silver rays
From out the azure sky,
The sun his chariot wheels to roll
Toward the golden west,
The tides to iow from pole to pole,
The foaming waves to rest
Thus wide creation owns power
Supreme DER earth and seas,
That portions out some fitting hour
For all His wise DEGREES.
And since Of Natures works the prime,
Man boasts his noble call,
Shall he, ungrateful. own NJ time
To thank the Lord Of ell
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LlY @HllDa

By TIE LATE MRS. JULIA II. SCOTT, OF rowASpA.
The foot of Spring is on yon blue-topped mountain,
Leaving its green prints meath each spreading tree;
Her voice is heard beside the swelling fountain,
Giving sweet tones TO its wild melody.
From the warm South she brings unnumbered roses
To greet with smiles the eye Of grief and care;
Her balmy breath on the worn brow reposes,
And her rich gifts scattered everywhere
heed them not, my child!
In the low vale the snow-white daisy springeth,
The golden dandeon by its side;
The eglantne dewy fragrance fingeth
To the soft breeze that wanders far and wide;
The hyacinth and polyanthOs render
From their deep hearts an offering of love,
And fresh May pinks and half blown lilacs, tender
Their grateful homage to the skies above;-
heed them not, my childi
In the clear brook are springing watercresses,
And pale green rushes and fair, nameless flowers:
While DER them dip the willows verdant tresses
Dimpling the surface with their mimic showers;
The honey -suckle stealthily is creeping
Oh, Spring hath fairy treasures in hei keeping,
And lovely are the landscapes that she weaves:-
'Tis naught to me, my child!
Down the green lane come peals of heartfelt laughter;
The school has sent its eldest inmates forth;
And now a smaller band comes dancing after,
Filling the air with shouts of infant mirth.
At the rude gate the anxious dame is bending
To clasp her rosy darling to her breast;
Joy pride, and hope, are in her bosom blending;
All, peace with her is no unusual guest
Not so with me, my child.
All the day long listen to the singing
OF the gay birds and winds among the trees;
But a sad under-strain is ever ringing
tale Of death and its dread mysteries.
Nature to me the letter is that killeth-
The spirit Of her charms has passed away;
A fount Of bliss no more my bosom flleth-
Slumbers its idol in unconscious clay
Thourt in the grdre, my childI
For thy glad voice my spirit inly pineth
languish for thy blue eyes holy light,
Vainly for me the glorious sunbeam shneth;
Vainly the blessed stars come forth at night.
/ walk in darkness with the tomb before me,
Longing to lay my dust beside thy own;
o, cast the mantle Of thy presence Ger me;
Beloved, leave me not so deeply lone!
Come back to me, my child.
Upon that breast Of plying love thou leanest,
Which oft on earth did'st pillow such as thou,
Nor turned away petitioner the meanest-
PRAY TO Him, sinless. He will hear thee now.
Plead for thy weak and broken hearted mother;
Pray that thy voice may whisper words Of peace;
Her is deaf and can discern no other;
Speak, and her bitter Borrowings shall cease:
Come back to me, my child!
Come but in dreams-let me once more behold thee,
As in thy hours Of buoyancy and glee,
And one brief moment in my arms enfold thee
Beloved, will not ask thy stay with mel
Leave but the impress Of thy dove-ike beauty,
Which memory strives vainly to recall,
And will onward in the path of duty,
Restraining tears that ever fain would fall!
Come but in dreams my child!
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Of boiling water-throw all on weighed
filter, previously dried at the same tempe
rature as was the soil, (rule ID wash till
colorless water returns through the filter.
Mix all these liquors. 1t is brown col
ored solution of all the soluble 9eine,
(sometimes called vegetable extract) All
sulphates have been converted into carbon
ates, and, with any phosphates, are on tho
filter. Dry that, with its contents, at the
same heat (rule L. as before. Weigh it
the loss or difference from 100 grains is
soluble geiae.
8. If you wish to examine the geine,
precipitate the alkaline solution with excess
Of lime water, (Which was passed through
the flter.) The gcate of lime will rapidly
subside, and if lime enough has been add
ed, the liquor will pass colorless. Collect
the geate fiiime on filter, wash it with
q little acetic acid or very diluted muriatio
acid, and you have geine quite pure. Dry
and weigh.
4. Replace on glass or porcelain fun
mel the filter (rule p and its earthly con-
tents; wash with 2 drains muriatic acid,
diluted with 8 times its bulk of cold water
till it passes through tasteless. The car
Donate ard phosphate of lime will be dis
solved with a little iron, which has result
ed from the decomposition Of any salts Of
iron, besides little oxide of iron. The al
umina will be scarcely touched. We may
estimate all as salts of lime. Evaporate the
muriatic solution to dryness, weigh and
dissolve in boiling water. The insoluble
will be phosphate Of lime. Weigh-the
loss is the sulphate Of lime.
S. The earthly residuum is Of greyish
white color, and contains no insoluble geine.
You may test it by burning a weighed
small quantity on hot sbovel-if the
odor Of burning peat is given of, the pres
ence of insoluble geine is indicated. If SO,
burn (calcine) the earthly residuum and its
filter. Weigh-the loss of weight will be
in the soluble geine, that part which air
and moisture, time and lime will convert
into soluble vegetable food. Any error
here will be due to the loss of water in
hydrate, if one be present, but these exist
in too small quantities in granite sand"
to effect the result. The actual weight Of
the rcsiduary mass is granitic sand.
The clay, mica, quartz, &C., are easily
distinguished. If your soil is calcareous,
Qimy,) which may be tested with acids,
then before proceeding to this analysis, boil
100 grains in pint of water, filter and
dry as before, the loss of weight is due to
the sulphate oj lime: even the sulphate Of
iron may be so considered, for the ultimate
result in cultivation is to convert this into
sulphate of lime.
Test the soil with muriatic acid, and ha-
wing thus removed the lime, proceed as
before, to determine the geine and insolu-
bic vegetable matter.
By following the above directions, We
ry good general analysis Of the soil will be
obtained. We have spoken of the geine as
being the name Of the vegetable matter
obtained. Chemists have been not fully
agreed in regard to the action Of this ma
terial as food for plants. We will consider
this matter further in our next Maine
Farmer.
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Mr.. Wesley, in letter to one OF his
preachers, says: "Scream no more, at
the peril of your soul. God warns you
by me, whom he has set over you. Speak
as earnest as you can, but do not scream.
Speak with all your heart, but with mod
crate voice."
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-04-02

Mr.. Berrien, in presenting memorial to
the Senate, stated that no autumnal or yeI-
low fever had occurred in Savannah for
the las, twenty years. owing 10 tho system
of dry-euliure id draining which prevail.
ed there.
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Jewelry is becoming quite fashionable
again. One Of our contemporaries says he
met young lady on New Years who bad
a farm on each wrist, four storey house
around her neck, and ai least s:x member
ships to the Bible Society attached 10 each
oaP.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-04-02

A powerful Appeal.-An old patriot Of
Reading offers himself as a candidate Tor
Mayor of that city, and in a card 10 the
.dear people," enumerates among his
..claims" ,ha, he supported the American
flag as volunteer in the military service
from 1912 to lsl9-that he has been for
several years elected Constable-,hat he
has been Tor IL years q deacon OF the
church-and that he 10 fact contributed
$50 to build the church.
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SEVERAL.

b@ The following lines will come home
with great force to the hearts of bereaved
parents-none others can fully understand
the depth and poignancy of grief here 80
touchingly expressed.-[E. Nron.
TIW 2T1INn
The republic., 1851-08-09
MONEY AND sroox MARKET.
wAsHIseros. August 8, 1855

WAeHIhCToH, august ., loDl-.
The stringency in the money market at the Last
which. during the last ten days, has been very
great, has somewhat lessened. The small ship
ments Of coins to Europe. and the large falling of
ofimports during July, having caused more conf
dence. stocks have improved The large receipt
Of gold dust from California has also had benef-
cial effect. Another disastrous fire in San Fran
cisco has doubtless prevented larger supply from
being shipped. The yield Of gold continues good,
and the mining operations in the quartz regions
are favorable. The losses by the fire were exag
gerated, most of the goods at San Francisco being
stored afioat Large amounts Of gold are expected
by the next steamers. We notice by advertise
ment that the Rockville and Washington Turn
pike Company are about to construct plank
road to the District line and calling for subscrip
tions to the stock the amount ofwhch Ia small and
will probably be speedily taken, as similar roads
have everywhere proved very profitable. This i'm
provement has long been needed, and will, when
completed, largely increase the trade with the
country north of the city, and advance the value
of property.
Bank of Metropolis stock is sought for at quota
tions.
Land warrants have advanced and are in de-
mand; the supply very limited.
The total coinage from January to July, inclu-
sive, amounts to $27 ,553,l57.
Rates or Discount o. Uncurren nat Bank Notes.
The republic., 1851-08-09
MAPS AND CHARTS OF CALIFORNIA,
JUST FINISHED AND READY FOR
DISTRIBUTION.

A SERIES OF CHARTS embracing the latest
IA surveys of the Farallones, entrance to the Bay
of San Francisco, Bays of San Francisco and San
Pablo, Straits of Carqunes and Suisun Bay, Con-
fluence and Deltic Branches of the Sacramento
and San Joaquin Rivers, and the Sacramento River
with the middle forlk) to the American River in
cluding the Cities of Sacramento and Boston, to-
gether with Sailing Directions, Tables of Latitude,
Longitude, and Variation, Bearings and Distances,
and Tidal Observations, byxCApwALApER RING
GOLD, Commander U. s. Navy.
The Series consists of SIX Charts, 80 by 20 inches
each. The General Sheet exhibits at one view the
whole survey made by Commander Ringgold, in
cluding Survey of the San Joaquin River by c. ID.
Gibbes, with Airline and River distances between
all the important Cities in the Slate of California
Sheet No. i exhibits the Faralones and Entrance
to the Bay of San Francisco, scale of half an
inch to mile.
Sheets Nos :, g. and A. are on a scale of about
one inch to mile; combined, they extend from the
Bay of San Francisco to the American River, show
ing the locations of the Cities of San Francisco,
Vallejo, (the capital Of the State,) Benicia Mar
tnez, New York of the Pacific, Suisun, Sacra-
mento, and Boston.
Sheet No. contains Charts of the Principal An
cborages from San Francisco to Sacramento City,
on enlarged scales.
All orders directed to the undersigned, care of
VIM. f. Bayly, Stationer, Washington city, d. c.,
will be promptly attended to.
FRED. d. STUART, Sole Agent
Aug I-eowtf