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The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30

PoPPING THE QUEsTIoN.-A curious
sensation it produces upon the feelings and
tongue of man when he is about to per.
form such mission! Why does the ell
egantly arranged sentence which he has
studied with so much care, in order alike
to avoid formaity and familiarity, begin to
seem bald, bold and bungling just as it is
about to be put in practice! Why is it
finally revised upon the coarse mat in the
hall, and utterly rejected upon the silky
mat on the landing +? Why do you feel
choking, as with thirst, yet could not drink
the elixir of life if it we're presented to you?
Why would you pay hundred dollars
a step to have the stair case twice as long,
as it is, yet you go up as hastily as If you
were escaping from poor relation Why
does that pleading bow, with which you
have so often stopped to conquer you know
it-seem to you at once great deal to low,
and a great deal too slight and altogether
abominable Why do you wish you had
put on that other cravat? In short, why
is your sense so keenly awakened to the
outward man and to the outside phrase, and
why uo you III SoC 1liot Jou AloFC t'otCu
hitherto like gentleman, and spoken like a
philosopher, and generally done your duty
in that state of life in which it has pleased
Providence to place you, and that there is
no particular reason why, at l o'clock this
fine day, you should make failure 1t
is a satisfactory answer to say that all this is
because there sits in the low chair near
the window, in that drawing room, bright
eyed young person of the opposite sex, who,
if you could onl see it, can hardly hold
her crotchet work for her tremor who
knows intensely what you mean, and what
you have come for, and who designs to
make you the kindest possible answer,
poor thing! if she should be able to find
words, and who, in the mean time is in
about as fit a condition to criticise you as
we are TO correct the Jupiter Symphony
or Nautical Almanac"
We appeal to some of our married friends
whether we have over-stated the CASE
This Popping the Question is a queer
business.
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30

THE HOUSE OF ADAMS g. Cot has been
our purpose for several days past to speak of the
splendid achievement of the Express department.
OF this house, which opportunity now for the frs.
time enables us to do
Our readers are familiar with some of the ex
ploits which their express messengers performed.
but they not acquainted with the expense at
tending such achievements, nor Of the fact that
beyond certain reputation acquired Adams g.
Co. receive not the slightest remuneration for the
noble exertIons used to place the public in pos-
session Of the latest news from all parts of the
State.
1t was necessary to establish RELAYS of the finest
horses that could be procured, on all the routes
over which the mails were carried. The riders
were picked mcn-accompIished horsemen, dar.
ing and dauntless--who, when steed fell under
them, shouldered their valise5 and ran at the ton
OF their speed until the next post was reached.
when, again vaulting into the saddle thew pInnoed
forward reckless of life and limb, till they had ac
complished the important purpose for which thew
set out
An accident of this kind occurred to Frank Rv.
an, in riding from Nevada to this city, in which
a very valuable horse was rode down and ehan
doned on the road TO die
Many OF the horses used were rendered upft
for future service In all such eases the h g FIN
upon the house of Adams & Co, who bore r. >,th-
out murmur, and esteemed themselves 77el ga.
pau ~ SSNNiilIS tiAC %ppIOUatiCN OF LHe Dubl0
Without any particular data upon which 10 b, 81
a calculation. we shonld judge that they wcr, 81
cost in running expresses win Election ret1rns
alone, Of not less than fifteen or tg eny tbonssn6
dollars.
That the reader may be fully apprised of tho
nature OF some of the feats performed by exnress
riders of that celebrated house, we give below q
recapitulaton of several announcements made a.
the time of theirperformance The following arc
from the Daily Union of the 9Th and lOth ins,
Isaac W. Elwell, the rider Of Adams & O. "a
Express from Placervile to this city. made ,ba
trip in two hours and fifty minutes distance 81
miles.
Sam. White, the rider of Adams & Co.'S sPx
press from Coloma to this city, made the trim in
two hours and fifty minutes. up ="
Frank Ryan, Messenger of Adams e. Co from
Nevada, arrived here at eleven o'clock % min.
utes, being four hours twenty mnutes-distance
IS miles-his favorie horse Colonel fwell KNOW
for fast running with Presidential news made %
miles in 55 minutes.
Mr.. n. Hall, of Adams E. Co.'S Fxrross
brought the returns of Placer county from Anb,r,'
to this city, 40 miles, in one hour and 6ftv min.
utes using only four horses
ID. c. Reynolds Adams & Co.'S rider from Con
Jose to Oakland, 35 miles, made the trim in two
hours and thirty-fve minutes, with one na;r oe
horses. MIR. r. and the horses belond to KeIIv e
Reynolds, stage men at Stockton.-Sdc Union.
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30
DIFFICULTY ABOUT A WATER LoT.--

DIFFICULTY ABOUT A WATER LoT.--
On Friday last, another examination, grow
ing out of the attempt of Mr.. Hiram Pear
son to take possession of water lot, took
place before the Recorder. The parties
charged were Mr.. Pearson and T. Lawson.
Upon reading the complaint the Recorder
held that it was not sufficient to warrant
an examination as regarded Mr.. Pearson,
upon the charge of assault with deadly
weapons-the prosecution being unable to
prove that Mr.. Pearson was present IN
person; and he was accordingly discharged.
The preliminary examination as to Mr.
Lawson was then had. 1t appeared in
testimony that on the election day, two
vessels-the brig Eliza and the bark Ouch
ess-belonging to Mr.. Silas E. Burrows,
which had been moored by direction of the
Deputy Harbor Master, in the slip between
Jackson and Pacific streets, on lot claim
ed by Mr.. Pearson, were boarded by a
gang of men under the command of Mr..
Lawson. Lawson's men attempted to
heave them off the lot, and his party had
commenced Stacking away the chains and
and lines, when Mr.. Burrows appeared
and ordered them to desist. Lawson's
men also had hulk-the Bethel which
they had scuttled and were about to sink
on the lot. When Burrows appeared, Law
son ordered his men to pay no attention to
him, and to threw him overheard. One
of the men caught hold of Burrows, but
the latter seized an iron Delaying pin and
drove him off. He then called for help,
and a Mr.. Partridge came to his assistance
AS Partridge was loosing one of the lines,
Lawson, from the deck of the Bethel, where
he stood issuing his orders, fred at Pat
ridge first and second time. Partridge
then left and got pistol, and returning in
some four or FIVE minutes, fred in return at
Lawson none of the shots taking effect,
At this juncture Lawson retreated, and
Burrows men succeeded in removing the
scuttled ship to some defiance from the
open slip, where she sunk-Burrows' men
remaining masters of the field No evidence
was offered by the defence, but the com
plainant's witnesses testified that Lawson
was intoxicated, and upon this the defend
ants counsel rested their case. The Re-
corder decided that the excuse was not suf-
ficient, and held the defendant to bail in
$2500, to appear before the Court of Sess-
ions and answer to the charge of assault
with attempt to kill.
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30
Turtles, bY Thunder.

The editor of the Lynn Bay State has
been buying fancy eggs of some one in
Boston, at big figure, which did not turn
out what he expected, and so he concludes
that the hen fever is a great humbug.--
Served him right ; he bought what was
said to be Cochin China eggs, and after
waiting patiently over four weeks, he
found six ducks in his hen coop one morn
ing. So much for his forethoughtedness.
That isn't half so bad as the case of one
of his neighbors, who paid round price
for half a dozen choice, queer looking
speckled eggs small, round, outlandish
eggs, that he felt certain would produce
rare chickens, and which he was very eau
tious in setting under his best hen
AT the breakfast table, one morning, he
was much surprised to hear his favorite
hen scream "bloody murder" from within
the coop! He rushed to the rescue, raised
the box lid, and found the hen on the nest,
in most frightful perturbation-struggling,
yelling, ,and cackling most vociferously. He
spoke to her kindly and softly he would
appease and quiet her, for there was great
danger, lest, in her excitement and strug-
gle, she should destroy the favorite eggs
those rare eggs-which had cost HIM SO
much money and trouble. But soft words
were vain. His chest hen" continued to
scream, and he raised her from the nest
to look at the cause of the trouble more
critically. His astonishment was instan-
taneous, but immense and his surprise
found vent in the brief but expressive ex.
clamation, Turtles, by thunder
Such was the fact. The poor innocent
fancier was the victim of misplaced conf
dence. The party who had sold him the
eggs had "sold" the buyer shockingly; and
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30

HAPPILY REsToR ED.-We learn from a
reliable source that, as happy couple were
travelling on a steamboat bound from New
Orleans to an up-river port, the man sick
ened and died. When the boat touched
at this point the bereaved and distressed
widow landed here with the corpse, an un-
dertaker was sent for, who came and took
the measure for coffin. The coffin was
prepared, the body deposited therein, and
all was in readiness to take the mortal re-
mains Of that dear husband to its final rest
ing place. The lady, with all the fond af-
fection and deep love of wife, begged the
privilege of taking one more look, "a last part
ing kiss, on him, who was more dear to
her than all others upon earth. The lid
was taken off, and as she laid upon that
cold, icy brow, bathing it in tears, and
smothering those cold lips with warm kiss
es, a sort of consciousness and symptoms of
life became apparent ; the body was taken
from the coffin and physician sent for.
Our tale is soon told. The man soon be-
came convalescent,- and, but few days
since, the happy couple took passage from
here on an upstream boat and are now en-
route for their port of destination. But for
that fond, loving wife, the husband might
now be lying in cold, damp grave
Memphis Wing.
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30

CoNcERN1NG EGGs.-At breakfast one
morning in quiet and comfortable old
inn, foreigner made quick dispatch with
the eggs. Thrusting his spoon into the
middle, he drew out the yolk, devoured it,
and past on to the next when he had got
to his seventh egg, an old farmer, who had
already been prejudiced against Monsieur
by his mustachios, could brook the extrav-
agance no longer, and speaking up said
why, sir, you leave all the white
How is Mrs. Lockwood to afford to provide
breakfast at that rate %
"Vy," replied the outside barbarian,
"you wouldn't hab me eat de vite! De
yolk is de shicken. de vite is de fedders.-
Am to make Won bolster ofmy stomicke ?''
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30

LAUGHABLE.-A Bangor correspondent
of the Boston Post speaking of the bridge
at that place, says quite funny incident
happened upon it lately. A thick, fine
cloud of dust had been raised by the stage
coach which had just passed over; the
bright rays of the setting sun were stream
ing in through windows by the side, look
ing like so many golden bars, when a yeo-
man came along with young heifer to
cross the bridge. The animal as soon as
she entered made a stand The driver
with his whip essayed to urge her on
The juvenile ''mooley'' then and thereupon,
in total variance with the general charac-
ter of her staid and sober kind, and with
tail horizontalized, she made a start, and
jumped every ray of light, to the number
Of a score or more, until she gained the
other side.
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30
''The Coed Time coming"

When "TVomen's Rights" spiritual eommunica.
tions,' and other improvements shall attain nearer
unto perfection.
BIZ KATE CLOVER.
Alas, for this dull, monotonous way.
In which our life passes day by day /!
In fancy, like Rip Van Winkle, we'll sleep
For season, then at the world take a peep.
; Tis eighteen hundred and-no matter when;
Let US take up paper and see If we then
Can gain by its reading an insight so clear
That things IN their own true light shall appear.
Paragraph first some surprise must awaken:
6 The new chosen President. Miss Lucy Bacon,
Passed through this city; also in her suite
The Secretary of War; Miss Nelly Foote."
" Horrible accident mo one to blame y
On the airline road. The new lightning train
Encountered a comet, which struck several stars,
Killed all the passengers, and burnt up the cars!"
"Concert this eve by spirits unseen;
Mozart PLAYS the organ, Beethoven his Dream
Handel and Hayden preside DER the choir,
Orpheus strikes the harp and Apollo the Tyre"
plain sewing done here by Jonathan Baker,"
"Charles Smith, milliner, cloak and dress maker"
Jenny Brown, butcher Alice Lee drives hack;
Phoebe Grays omnibus to Charlestown and back
Moustaches for ladies, whiskers and canes;
Edith Montrose cures bruises and sprains,
Lectures on Surgery, amputates limbs
Horace G. Neal makes bonnets and trims.
Dorothy Dongleby, attorney at law;
New livery stable, by Imogene Shaw
Capt Jane Swift has steamboat for sale"
Shirts made by Paul Jones call without fail"
Lecture tonight by Eveline Day,
In old Faneul Hall, upon the best way
OF governing cities, China annexing
AbohShing slavery, and like things perplexing"
lhe New ork Tribune now seems to appear
Too spiritual far for this mundane sphere.
Walter Scott writes the stories, VIII Shakespeare
the plays,
Ben Franklin sets type in these latter days.
For so dismal place we tempted to shun
A forlorn looking man in a rocking chair dozes,
half finished letter the secret discloscs.
Dear Joe having mcndcd my little boys stocking,
write a few lines while the cradle Pm rocking
My wife in the senate, my daughter at sea,
find I'm as lonely as well can be.
so beg you to take your sewing and knitting.
I our crotche, your worSteds, anl all things be-
fitting,
And spend the next week in nv snug little home
Bring patterns for aprons and frocks when YOU
come"
With pitiful sigh for this care stricken man.
we return to the times ere The progress" began
improvements like these distant far may they be
lfever such changes we're destined to see
Boston Traveler.
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30

instead of brood of pure Cochin Chinas,
be found that his favorite hen had hatched
half a dozen mud turtles, all of which, up
on breaking from the shells, seized upon
the flesh of the poor fowl, and had well
nigh destroyed her life before they could
be choked off! He has given up the chick
en- business, and has since gone into the
dwarf pear culture.
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30

TALK WITH WIFE ABOUT IT." About
what" Why, about anything that con.
Germs your well-being, man-temporally or
eternally; make her a confdante. Read
on: Our own Washington, when import.
ant questions were submitted to him, often
said that he would like to carry the subject
to his chamber, before he formed HIS decis-
ions; and those who knew the clear iudo-
ment and elevated purposes of Mrs. Wash
ington, thought all the better of him for
wishing to make a confidential and coastant
counsellor. Indeed, the great majority Of
men who have acquired for themselves a
good and great name, were not only mar
ried men, but happily married." both
paired and matched"
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30
Punch has the following admirable wi

Panch has the following admirable wit
icism -
FINANCIAL PHYs1c.-It is proposed to
establish an altogether very novel method
OF inquiry into the state oft the public health.
The following are some of the interrogato-
ries recommended to be addressed to the
patient: How are your funds Let me
see your consols. Put out your stock. Are
your dividends all right !? Have you any
pain about your bonds Any uneasiness
referring to your foreign securities? !? What
is the STATE of your corn market? All low
me to examine your share. Let me feel
your scrip. Have you any sinking in your
mines ? Any tightness at the bank? How
is your discount Have you any appetite
for speculation.
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30

Quick CoMPosIToR.-Jnlius A. HAYES,
a compositor in the office of the Chicago
Tribune, distributed, set up and corrected,
in six consecutive days, ending on the 18th
Of March last $4,000 ems, the amount of
composition each day being as. follows ;
14,500, 1920, 1880, 15,500, $4,000,
1920. He averaged l 1-2 hours daily,
working time. In four hours and fifty min
utes he composed $500 ems. His weeks
wages amounted to s25 so.
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30

ALMOST HoRRIBLE.-A few evenings
since, lady residing in the suburbs of the
city, was left the sole occupant of the house
during the absence Of her husband, whose
business required his presence in town.
1t appears that the fact of her husbands
absence was known to a person, who had
visited the house on several occasions, with
the ostensible purpose of selling small
ware to the ladies, but was more than sus-
pected of having designs on the silver ta-
bic ware, and as the lady sat awaiting the
return OF her husband, she became aware
OF the presence of some person on the
porch, and presently she distinguished
several light raps at the door, and imme-
dlately after, several more were given
with greater force. Being of a rather
courageous disposition, she did not long
hesitate to open the door, but upon doing
SO, had much reason to repent her folly.
The villain Immediately seized herby her
throat, and placed one of his rough hands
over her mouth, so that it was with diff.
Guilty she could breathe at the same time,
two other men,-who had until then re-
manned at distance from the house,
rushed in and commenced forcing open the
closets, and upsetting the furniture in their
search for plunder. Fortunately the lady,
in her struggles for breath, succeeded in
freeing her mouth from the hand of her
captor, and Immediately set up such ter
rlble shrek, that she-awoke herself out
OF horrible nightmare, and caused the
house TO be beseiged with frightened
nelghbors. Even the husband, who was
sleeping In close proximity to his lady,
and is famous for the depth of his slumbers,
was on this occasion, known to have turn
ed over, and asked if the steamer had got
in.-Eve. jour.
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30

HURTING UP THE CAKEs.--In Albany,
New York, lately, the parents of a young
girl who had been ''courted" five years,
with little prospect of matters being
brought to crisis, concluded to try their
skill at a new game, which, as the sequel
will show, worked to charm.
They pretended that they had heard
"stories" about the young man, and there
fore were unwilling either to give him their
lovely daughters hand, or allow him the
privilege of visiting the house. The
young lady wept, begged, and tried to 60
into Mysteries. The young man stamped,
swore lightly, tore his hair, and the third
night afterward eloped with the lady, and
was married at Saratoga. Matrimony,
like a kite, requires gale of opposition
to "hurry 1t up."
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30

F1RE--An alarm of fire was sounded last
evening about 10 O'Clock, caused by candle
setting fire to the Office of hay yard on Sixth
street, between | and j. Engine Co. No.
was promptly on the ground, but fortunately
their services were not needed. State Journal,
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30

OQulUOU SIlIl lluulgoS Ill an occasional
joke in the San Diego Herald. He says ;
No exchange papers were received at this
office for three weeks prior to last Monday.
Our opportunities for publishing neacs
paper, are about as choice as those enjoy
ed by alexander Selkirk, when he got out
(if he ever did) the Juan Fernandez Daily
Observer and Weekly Herald.
The report that Lieut.. Derby has sent to
San Francisco for lathe, to be used in
turning the San Diego river, is, we under
stand, entirely without foundation.
Go LIAR The expressive name of the
boat that advertised to run to San Diego,
and then turns back from San Pedro. Oh!
it's all Wright
SPARE THE PARsoN i-Squibob that was,
Phoenix that is, makes home thrust at the
parson of San Diego for his incapacity to
draw an audience. He says the "Rev. DR.
Reynolds complains of the lack of attend
ance at the Protestant services on Sunday
afternoons at the Court Room.
Where t,0o or three are gathered to-
SOIA0i, IAO Aoiu Ado plOllIISCu W Uc Will
them but the Doctor says he finds it DIFF
fcult to collect enough even to insure the
Divine presence. Rouse out, ye sinners !"
The same facetious parsonage is like
wise responsible for the subjoined 'sgood
urs;"
We acknowledge with becoming graft.
tude, the receipt of basket of grapes from
the Rev. DIR. Reynolds, chaplain of the
military post at the Mission.
s'The good man is known by his fruits
AN APT QUoTATIoN.-His Reverence
coming into the Colorado House last Sun
day afternoon, was invited by the urbane
proprietor to irrigate. Being in an arid
state, he consented to take glass of lem
onade, but accidentally took brandy cock
tail which was mixed for Mr.. Mariatowskie,
and drank it off without noticing his mis-
take. "Why, Doctor" said Frank, when
he observed the disappearance of his sus-
tenance, "that was my horn you drank"
"Ah, my young FRIEND" quoth the good
old man, with benevolent smile and a
smack of his lips, while the moisture stood
on the inside of his venerable spectacles,
"Ah, my young friend, the horn Of fhe un-
godly shall be put dorm. Psalms lxxv X.
The Nevada journal., 1853-09-30

The total amount of specie shipped by the
John L. Stephens on the 10th, was 81 ,962,473.
The sum of S83l,57l was shipped by the Cor
tez Total. S21o3834