The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-13

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Icompsllsd 10 abApdeR tn dieplngsstbs ws2 Of
70 return sse%sly IN ~ spring ~ they can travel.
This region Of country i sufficiently sxts.l.Ivs
for Al the miners IN the State. apd win pay u
least $50 per cent more than any other mines
south Vi the Trinity.
DEATH - THE CALIFORNIA MOuHTAns.--A
correspondent VI the Psci6c Nova, uDd, dats
Of Yuba City, Dee. lS, writes
by the last reports from tlae head waters of
Feather river, snow has fallen 70 Tho depth Of II
or IA feet, aad the cold III 70 Intense that IL out
OF party Of nineteen mea ffozs TO death in
one night, aud sixty or sevsnty mules. The
snow fcll 10 rapidly that the wood was ali COW
cred. and they wete obliged u burn their cabin
to keep from freezing but s~su that did not
saye them. It i known that over Two hundred
men remained up the North Fork, with the de-
termination of wintering there, and fsass arc
now entertained that hey will all perish.
Bernard b. Light, of Hedgeyille, Va. vas
frozen to death few miles north Of Dfownjs-
vile. He had started for Grass Valley, add 10
coming unwe, was left by his companion, Who
proceeded to the nearest settlement for a&atp1w
aDce. On his return nothing was 10 ba }suHd
Of Light, although the blanket on which he bad
lain was discovered. The next morning the
body was found about fifty yards distant. The
snow was about foot deep at the time.
The FIRST PEACE SscrErx---In an enter
tanning article on 'The Able de Saint riertc." ia
the last Gentlclnan's Magazine, there IL this az
rious account Of a speace society"
",rhe Able de Polignac took Saint Pjsgso
with him to the Congress Of Utrecht. Witneops
ing all the difficulties which stood in tha way
of reconciliation between the contending pax4isss
Saint Pierre. conceived that the tsuest beuait
which could be conferred on mankind would -
the abolition of war. He at once proceeded m
embody his idea, and published in l7I3, TIE yses
in which peace was concluded, his .Projef AZ
Pix Perpetuellle,' in three volumes. The meaj,s
by which he proposed that this perpetual peaep
should be preserved, was The formation Of ses,-
ate TO be composed Of all nations, and to be
called The European Diet and before which
piiices should be bound to state their grievances
and demand redress. The Bishop of FreiuA, az
terwards Cardinal dc Fleury, to whom Saint
Pierre communicated bis plan, replied to him
You have forgotten the most essential article,
that Of sending forth troop Of missionaries to
persuade the hearts Of princes, and Induce them
to adopt your views D'Alembert has made
one or two just remarks on Saint Pierrs's dream
of universal peace, which are so applicable now
fortune of those metaphysical projects for the
benefit of nations consists in supposina all
princes equitable and moderate, in attributing TO
men whose power ia absolute, and who have the
perfect consciousness of their power, who are
often exceedingly unenlightened, and who live
always in an atmosphere of adulation and hlse.
hood, dispositions which the force of law and the
fear Of censure so rarely inspire even ia private
persona Whosoever, in forming enterprises for
the happiness OF humanity, does not take into
calculation the passions and vices of men, has
imagined only beautiful chimera' Rousseau
thought that even If Saint Pierres project werc
practicable, it would cause more evil all at once
than it would prevent during many ages"
Observation-Disclosures not enjoyment is
our duty. BE it, then, our aim In soul filed
with pleasures and mistrust the heavy air checks
the growth Of spiritual flowers. Let your heart
expand to sympathy and compassion. but not TO
cold mstrust as the flower opens to the blessed
dew, but closes against the rain. So little il
suffering so much is happiness, proper part Of
! Our nature, that with equal means Of 1elusion,
we reach only what has pained, instead of what
has given US pleasure. Great bereave.nents
work more refreshingly upon the spirit thus
than great joys; so on the contrary, minor
sorrows weaken more than minor joys strength
en- After the sunshine of happiness, the cham
bers OF the heart open to our enemies. Grief
expands them to our friends But the hapri-
ness of grief CONSISTS like the day, not In single
flashes, but in steady, mild serenity The heart
lives in this peaceful and even light The spirit
alone can yield US this heavenly calm and free
dom from care--is is beyond the power Of for
tune, who gives with the one hand what she
takes away with the other; therefore, instead of
painting joys, our endeavor ought to be to re-
move sorrows, SO that the soul, unchoked by
acids, may, of ITSELF bear sweet fruits, not by
mans seeking after joys, and sbuilding up for
himself heaven after heaven, which clouds may
obscure, but by removing the mask from grief
and looking it steadily in the face. If man
has only once unmasked, that Is, conquered
grief, he holds in his hand the key of Eden, for
there remains to him besides all the higher bles-
sings Of circumstance and of duty. Thus we
shall have perpetual "FOrget-me-not" of joy
within us, but no similar one Of pain; and thus
is the blue armament greater than any cloud
that is therein, and more lasting too.
THE BLACK SPANISH FowL--This beautiful
and truly valuable fowl has been almost forgot
ten of late, owing to the rage for la,ge breeds
The pure bird of the fancy should be perfectly
black, with large legs and beak. The comb and
wattles, of both cock and hen, should be single,
OF very hlgh color ana large SIZE: the comb OF
the hen dropping over on one side.
A very singular characteristic Of this fowl j.
n white check, which adds much to its beauty.
It is stately bird, and of grave and majestic
department. f
The hens are the best of layers, producing
very large, pure white egg; and rs table birds
they cannot be surpassed. Some breeders Of
distinction say that they sometimes come with
small white spots on the bnck making an mr.
peararse like small snow fakes
Different opinions are expressed with regard
to the color of the leg. The black is generally
preferred, and consider it the mark ofthe pure
breed; however have seen fine specimens
with yellow legs and this color is not without
its advocates also. Their weight is from FIVE to
seven pounds
Some persons have an dea that the Spanish
is long legged breed; but in this they are
very much mistaken. 1t is not long legged
gawky fowl, with more leg and thigh than any