The Sierra citizen., 1854-03-04
The Man retired from Business.

Almost every man sets out in life with
the determination, when certain sum has
been accumulated, to retire from the cares
of busniness, and enjoy the balance of his
da Us "ot'um cum dtgnitate." Visions of
sunny farms and rural retreats are ever
before him; but unfortunately, few men
have the courage, when the required sum
has been obtaind, to be content and retire.
In the course of years. new tastes have
been acquired, and new wants added to
the humble catalogue with which he
commenced life. The rural retreat has be-
come suburban residence, with coach,
horses, stables, &c, and few thousands
more have become necessary. So he goes
toiling on, his ambition widening and ex-
tending as he pushes and urges his way on
to competence and to fortune During
all this time he forgets that he is growing
older-that his capacity for enjoyment is
getting more contracted every day-that
his tastes and habits are becoming con-
firmcd in business life, so that when he does
muster up the tirmness to yield his place in
the business wourld to younger men, he is
about as unhappy a mortal as one could
meet on summers day.
1t is related of tallow chandler of Lon
don, who had accumulated fortune and
retired to his villa, that time hung so heavy
upon his hands that he used to have q
melting day once week, and make his
own candles for amusement. He had
probably neglected through his life to lay
in store ofknowlege, to cultivate taste
for reading, or otherwise prepare his mind
as well as his pocket for the purposes of
life of leisure. His great object had been
to make enough to retire on, without
caring to provide something to retire
with. ~
That man alone can hope to enjoy
pleasure in the evening of his days, who
has intellectual means of enjoyment always
at command. He must, or should be
satisfied with a comfortable independence,
and leave the cares of business in the
meridian of life-if he can-before he
becomes so thoroughly habituated to a
certain routine to deviate from which, or
to leave, instead of comfort or happiness,
would only make him miserable and dis
contented.-N. o. Delta. .s.@s
BEAUTIES OF DEsPoTIsM. The following
method Of recruiting the Russian army in
Poland is given in a foregn paper:
"The authorities empowered to raise levies
| (braaka) do not publicly summon the in
diyiduals liable to serve to appear at a
given place, but take their measures in
secret, and with the aid of military nter
the houses during the night, generally from
twelve till five in the morning, during the
long winter nights before Christmas, and
drag their victims out of their beds, break
ing open doors and locks if necessary to
get at them, for which purpose they are
required by law to go prepared with crow
bars and other instruments. After tie re-
cruit has been kept awhile in u temporary
place of security, he is draughted off to the
depot, and there the brakken or examna-
lion takes place. Those found fit for
service are formed into gangs in squares,
along the component rows of which the
escort stretches pole which each recuit
lays hold Of Should one of those .unfor-
tunate wretches lean over the pole that
rails him in to snatch kiss or press the
hand of the parent he is leaving behind,
the ready escort is there, riding up and
down the sides of the square, to administer
correction with the point Of his lance
A DUEL with rifles came off last week
at Mormon Island, in which no body was
seriously wounded. So many bloodless
duels occur in California that the old
question will eventually be revived-.Will
Salt-petre explode 2"
| The MARysvILLE HERALD calls upon
the citizens to "come up to the ballot-box
and put the seal of their appreciation on
two great enterprises" to wit: plank
road to Nevada, and railroad to Benicia.
From the tone Of both papers, we infer
/ that there is very little doubt of an affirma-
tive expression on the part Of the citizens
/ >f M~rszcv;lte