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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-28
FROM CARSON VALLEY AND THE HUM
EOI.nr

MI. j. A. Nancy Of san Jose, returned homo on
the @lsi sepiember, from trip TO the valley of the
Humboldt and Carsons vGley, on the other s,ss Of
The Sien1 Nevada lie leh san Jose in pursuit Of
money THAI did lot belong to him. This na,,,, bs
overlook on the other SHE Of the Sierra AMI an.
ceeoed in recovering s. 600 of the amount cs,r;5 F
He furnishes The SaE lose Trtbune Win the f, -,
ing interesting summary Of news:
On bis outward nip b. passed sbou. two-thirls ~
hs Immigrants and thinks that there is uuch I.rcar
l.ls. ger than has been generally supposed. Tbs i'm
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-28

SARAH PELLETS PRoJEcr FOR REFORMING rHE
NATIoS.-Lsst evening Miss Sarah Pellet delivered
lecture in the Musical Hall the subject of Political
Reform ard The means of obtaining Il. BY q O'clock
the hour announced for the lecture TO commence
about one hundred and fifty persons were present
OF that number nearly one half were ladies. During
some Thirty minutes the assembly patiently waited for
the lecturer to make her appearance. Then feeling
Of unessiness and WEAKNESS came over the people,
some slight noises were made, and Sarah Pellet
stepped upon the platform This lady seemed about
tbhty or thirty FIVE years old. She had modest,
demure, old rnaidenish look, if she scorned the
fopperes Of her sex. Her hair was simply shaded,
AID she wore spectacles. She is the first genuine
specimen of female lecturer ever seen in San Fran
Chico, and her opening public exhibition was naturally
looked forward 10 with little curiosity. No audience
could have been more profoundly, more solersy
attentive than those who heard her last night
Chronicle Sept. 30.
miss Pellet is from Syracuse N.Y.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-28
THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION. ,or,
,xrnHERs OF CALIFORNIA LEGIsLATUhE = YIN -

eESATE.
Dit I-.MeFsIlsod Anti Election Dem
Dat H--'De J. 0uerIs. BroSshsSs a., De'"
B B FIX sSa'f ss Sf Dem Moore B'ods
pf psi y rf1A 4 Z D'% Dem Dem ,.n. Dem
P. gds ssy sfoserisi Dem; Cove, BrOdcct Dem
B &. x & s:,s'.sn. WY ( Dem.
Dat xm-.sv.ssVs Frederick Dem
Rat ~ .s,ebbins Frederick Dem LppintO BEoserick
D,H sg,i iB B.Gss1ss Dta Dem, Burton whs
81 1gM-Tse B0SsrIsi Ds d, HsT T;aSc;, w bsn
Dt xynb l. ki T5sseh Psi Dem '''r''''' D
h Dat Il 4 xix D.Lesie q DEM Norman A z. Dem
I H.. x& markell thus hold over from last year
uhoIe number OF Senators. 80. They will stand ~
Anti Eleeto, ist Democrats 10 Bogus Democrats, aud
: Wings. The Wings gain four Senators this year,
and lose two.
zr~eda -ws,bns. A. Z Dem
Smsser i1lcsIs T Ss we'll. 4 e Dem
cala.era. ~TslsfenOA A. Z. DEM Beatty, A. T. DEM
s' essai AAnecoiebsOn, A p. Dem.
S'5S ocgppiSsm stevenson Smith Foster Bogar
An. JcbIsCn Boes and McConbe-0l Anti Election Demo
'Tsm5s,dt Murdoch. wbis
ks" %aa. "MsIs. VILE Wsis Jon.. A. Dem
Maria -suitb A. Y. Dem.
Ma,re.G ~FicuTne;, A; DEM and Burke, Wing
ESS@ "Ceombs, A. T. Dem
kesoda -KDox T. Dem.i Phelps, A. T. DEM Brown
Piaesr.-So,elsbd Co,ty Greis and Andrews-sl Wings
snBss BSodsss Dem Vineyard Bred
san Bernardino Hunt, Broderick Dem.
Sea Dtgo-feuell Wing q,
San Franeso -ssrweL Taylor, Whitney, BosmeT ard
Dana Wigs; Johnston, Csmnet, A L. Dens; Buha~ ard
Son gooss,s NDousisss and Keye,, Wing.
Son Luz Cbiip0-OTAvcs. ~ Dem
Santa barbara -COvarubiss. BI0deriek Dep: ,,,,,.
Sasta Clara -RylaDd; Frederick Dem dooef' wing
Sosta Cruz Stow. Wing
S;erra -F.r1usOn Wig; Cunnins bAm A. Z. DEM
StskitOu Curtis, Wing
Soro%a and Meadociao Steward and srgley A. E. Den'.
StanisioVs -CoOk Wig.
Suffer - sbeIrard Wing.
Trinity Rowe Wing
Jrlaye-Batr A. Dem.
Tpoinrsne Calvin Anyx Baker and Quinn, A. T. Dem;
|oic -Updeuaa Wing
YSIa Clayton Gsyer Geer and Chase Broderet Dem';
There are 80 members of the Assembly. From the
above il will be seen they will divided into Anti
Election Democrats 80, Broderick Democrats 10.
Wings 35 ard Independents 2. In all, Democrats
a. Wings and independents 81. Broderlck and Anti
Election Democratic majority Con joint ballot %.
The vote of the AntElectonists on joint ballot is i6
of Broderick Democrats 20. There will be no fu-
sion OF the two wings of the Democracy, and as little
Ib elhood of the election Of United States Senator
zhs winter
TnE STATE ELEcTIoS-The official returns from
six or eight Of the counties have not yet been re-
ceivtd. The majorities of Denver and Herbert the
Anti Election Democratic candidates for Congress,
who were elected on general ticket in violation OF
law Of Congress providing for the election OF Con
pressmen by districts, their highest competitors
Gre about 1000 each. Beard lWhg is elected Clerk
of the Supreme Court
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-28
ANNEXATION no THE UNITED STATEs.;

Our private advices from the Sandwich Islands
state that no new movement in the annexation nego-
taiioD baG taken place since last accounts The
Government is awaiting the action OF the United
States Administrator upon the treaty sent t. wash
iDgton. Mr. Gregg, our Commissiooer has been laid
up with an attack similar to the Panama fever, 70
which all Deers liable at the Islands, bat had
recovered sufficiently 10 be out.
Kekuspos, the Governor OF Oahs, who is men
ODeo in our correspondents letter having called
out the army midnight TO crush on epprehended at
tack OF lbusters is bitterly opposed to annexation.
This is natural as he il the father Of the Princess
Lot and Alexander, and the Princess Vct )ria, who
have been adopte. by the King, and the first OF whom
is heir apparent TO the throne
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-28

Besides these, each of the following towns the
votes Of which have net at hand cast large num-
Der Of votes: Diamond Springs probably many
Stockton; Yreka, srobably as many as Nequelumne
Hill; Benica, Oakland Jackson, Napa, and Monte
rev.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-28
Births.

daughter.
Al tie Dell Yankee Jim. the wife of Mr Christopher
Brooks OF twin boys.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

NUMBER65

INTERESTING FERMENTATION. - The gSssson
Post has the following fair hit at the preseu,
tation y ceremonies ~&iis 9
We are pleased to record that our esteemed
old friend, Mrs Partington, has been presented
with a new corn broom by her grocer, as mark
Of esteem for the prompt manner in which she
paid her bills. The presentation was made in
the front part of the shop, amid crowd Of
orange baskets and sugar barrels, and the eere-
mony was marked by peculiar interest, as was
the skirt Of Mrs Partington's dress with an
extra puff Of -four, The grocer, handing the
nroom at arms length over the counter, ad-
dressed her--his eyesfilling with tears and his
\ mouth filled with half an orange--as follows
. lake the broom mem, and with it the as. .ur-
| ance OF my distinguished considerations Mrs
Partlngton took the broom in her fingers, and,
with evident emotion, said at the same time
looking at Ike, who was peering wistfully into
| the orange basket--ssI thank you for the
broom, and shall never fail to forget the
doughnut." She meant the donor, and Ike said
she did say SO; but the grocer, who was a gross
man, thought differently The broom, On one
side of the handle. bears, on small square vel
low piece of paper, the inscription, Half doz
corn brooms, made and warranted by the Har-
ward Society, and sold by groeers generally p
on the other-nothing at all The gift was a
| beautiful tribute from groceries to worth, and
the story which afterwards g got round that
she had paid two York shillings for the broom
and that the presentation was all sham, was
| an outrageous libel, that had its origin in the
meanest envy.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

A GRASsHoPPER RoAsT.-Amongst the choice
delicaoies with which the Digger Indians regale
themselvesduring the summer season isays the
Empire County Argus) is the grasshopper roast
Having been an eyewitness to the preparation
and discussion of one of their feasts of grass
hoppers, we can describe it truthfully There
are districts in California, as well rs portions of
the plains between the eierra Nevada and the
Rocky mountains, that literally swarm with
grasshoppers, and in such astonishing numbers
that man cannot place his foot to the ground
while walking there without crushing great
numbers. To the Indian they are a delicacy,
and are caught and cooked in the following
manner: A piece of ground is sought where
| they most abound, in the centre of which an
excavation is made, large and deep enough to
prevent the insect from dropping out when once
in. The entire party Of diggers, old and young,
male and female, then surround as much of the
adjoining grounds as they can, and with each a
green bough in hand, whipping and thrashing
on every side gradually approach the centre,
driving the insects before them in countless null
titudes till at last all, nearly all, are secured
in the pit, In the mean time smaller excava-
tions are made, answering the purpose of ovens
in which fires are kndled, and kept up, till the
surrounding earth, for a short distance becomes
sufficiently heated, together with q Hat stone
large anough to cover the oven. The grasshop-
| pers are now taken in coarse bags. and after
being thoroughly soaked in salt water for a few
moments, are emptied into the oven and closed
IN Ten or fifteen minutes suffice to roast them,
when they are taken out and eaten without fur
ther preparation, and with much apparent re-
lish, or, as is sometimes the case, reduced to
powder and made into soup. And having from
curiosity tasted, not the soup, but of the roast
really if one could but diyest himself of the idea
of eating an insect as We do an oyster or shrimp,
without Other preparation than simple roasting,
they would not be considered very bad eating
even by 'morerefned epicures than the Digger
Indians 81 5z
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

MuLTuM IN PARFo. Perhaps the bfiefast per,
sonal memoirs ever written were the ss Memoirs
of Count Rostopehin,'' written in ten minutes
We sutioin a few paragraphs, each Of which
constitute a q chapter
/" My Birth On the twelfth day of March
1865, emerged from darkness into the light Of
day. | was measured, | was weighed, | was
baptized. l was born without knowing where.
fore, and my parents thanked heaven, without
knowing for what.
" .My Education: was taught all sorts Of
things, and learned all sorts of languages BY
dint of impudenee and quackery sometimes
passed for sdpdnt. My head has become Ii.
brary of odd volumes, of which keep the key,
" My Suferings: was tormented by mas
ters; by tallors who made tight dresses for me
by women; by ambition; by self-iove; by use
less regrets, and by rememhrances. -
g ''.NealorabIe Epochs At the age of thirty,
gave up dancing; at forty, my endeavnrs to
please the fair sex; at fifty, my regard of pub
lie opinion; at sixty, the trouble of thinking
and have now become atrue sage. or egotist-
which is the same thing
ss Respectable Principles: | have never med
died in any marriages or scandal Ihave never
recommended cook or physician; and eonse-
quently have never attempted the life of any one
My Disltkes: hid dislike to sots and
fops, and tointriguing women, who make game
OF virtue; disgust OF afectation; pity for made
up men and painted women; an aversion to
rats, liquors, metaphysics and rhubarb; and .
terror of justice and wild beasts.
Analysis Of my Life: | await death with
out fear and eimpatienee, My life has
been bad melodrama on grand stage, where
have played the hero. the tyrant, the lover,
the nobleman, but never the valet.
Z" Ny Epifaph; Here lies, in hope of repose,
an old deceased man, with worn out spirit, an
exhausted heart, and used-up body. Ladies
and gentlemen, pass on ~
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

AMERICAN PoETs.-The living American poets
of the elder class are few in number Within
the past twelve years death has thinned their
ranks, by the removal Of Woodworth, (1s42,) }
and Norton, 1857 Ofthose born during the last
century who survive, james X. Paulding is the
first in the order of age upon the list : he will be
seventy five years old next August Pierpont
stands next on the roll, having just entered up
on his seventieth year. Dana will be 81 years
old next November, Sprague will be 63 the 26th
OF October next. Bryant and John Neal have
| reached their Goth year. Perclval and Halleck
are 90. Goodrich 58. Bishop Doane is 55.
Among those born early in the present century
may be mentioned Morris, Albert G. Greene,
Emerson, Dawes, Prentice, and Hoffman,
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 70, 1854. q
THE DEATH BED By Tuo,,.s Hoo

THE DEATH BED. By THOMAS HOOP.
We watched her breathing thro' the night,
Her breathing soft and low.
As in her breast the wave Of life
Kept heaviDg to and fro
So silently we seemed to speak
So slowly moved about q,
As we had lent her half cur powers
To exc her living OUT
Our very hopes bslied our fears
Our fears our hopes belied-
We thought her dying when she slept,
And sleeping when she died
For when the morn came dim and sad
And chill with early showers, 4.
Her quiet eyelids closed--she had
Another morn than ours NJ E&" l@-GE 484
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

A FINE OLD IRISH GENTLEMAN. Dublin
Freeman says.;s Owen Duffy, of Monaghan
county, is 122 years old. When 1i6 he lost his
second wife, and subsequently married third,
by whom he had a son and daughter His
youngest son is two years old, his eldest ninety.
He still retains in much vigor his mental and
corporeal faculties, and frequently walks to the
county town, q distance of eight miles,
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

GOLD IN SOUTH AFRIcA.-Gold has been dis
covered at the Cape of Good Hope. The depos-
ties are said to be at locality easily accessible
and of sufficient richness and extent to lead to
the expectation of their proving permanently
renuneratiye, although on these points the de-
tails thus far are not enough to warrant an alb.
solute judgment
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

WAR SYMPATHY.--A large meeting of the
Montreal dignitaries was convened in that city
on the 4th inst, when strong resolutions, appro-
babry of the war policy of the mother country,
we're passed #
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

The ORIGIN OF THE CURTSY.-The same may
be said too, of the curtsy, or courtesy, as it is
otherwise written. Its derivation from cour-
totsic, ourteousness, that is, behavior like tn
at court, at once shows that it was primarily
the reverence paid to a monarch. And if we
call to mind that falling upon the knees. or upon
one knee, has been a common obeisance Of sub
Jects to rulers, and is form still gone through
to our own queen at every presentation, We may
infer what the character of the eurtsy itself
suggests, that it is an abridged act of kneeliDg
As the word has been contracted from courtoisie
into curtsy, SO the.motion has been contracted
from placing of the knee on the floor to low
ering of the knee towards the floor. Moreover,
when we compare the eurtsy of lady with the
awkward one peasant girl makes, which, II
continued, would bring her down on both knees,
we may see in this last remnant Of that great
er reverence required of serfs.
And when, from considering that simple
kneeling of the West, still represented by the
curtsy, we pass Eastward. and note the attitude
of the Mahomedan worshipper, who not only
kneels but bows his head to the ground. we may
infer that the curtsy also is an evanescent form
OF the aboriginal prostration. In further ev
dence Of this it may be remarked that there has
but recently disappeared from the saIntations of
men an action having the same proximate der
iyation with the curtsy. That backward sweep
of the foot with which the conventional stage
sailor accompanies his bow--a movement which
prevailed generally in past generations. when
{" bow and serape'' went together, and which
within the memory Of living persons, was made
by boys to their school master with the effect
Of wearing hole in the floor.
A motion 50 ungainly could never have been
intentionally introduced; even if the artificial
introduction of obeisances were possible Hence
we must regard it as the remnant of something
autecedent: and that this sotuethinr anteeede1,t
was humiliating may be inferred from the
phrase, 'tscraping an acquaintance which,
being used to denote the gaining of favor by OH
sequiousness, implies that the scrape was con,
sidered mark Of serviity is, of segt -ility
| Westminster Review
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19


The Jury awarded MEDAL LEIGHTON co. for tAsI
FirstPREAHUM SHIRTS Exhibition; also
Gon Tor the SEWING of the same.
f full supply always of LEIGHTON
CO.. corner ST. Charles and Canal street
sa5 HIRIs made to order in EVERY STYLE mho lpH
"A MEXICAN CRYSTAL PALACE FoR
IN THE EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS
fE Open every Day and Evening (exeep. snday,>
rS TwENTYFTvE CENTS ADMITTANcE, wiil be tie prics
ADMISSIONS with til. exception of Ez
hlstors aud fhe Pssa and no SEASON icSETs viii be
and rasy Filing up with CANT md interest
s eenSss on T Quit.
place. spa op, in g. Gssss ia
h & n ERY . already the most comprehensive and
The SCULPTURE ymoy pieces of Marble
Many sanss besides sn route from
ma s {sP e The g H aNSAr TAT
N FEET in and
YEARS OLD has been deposited in the Crystal Palace
Asehsf Crystal Palace ncioss. at his moment more ar,i
Saes % psea and hsn can b
ORCHESTRA on Musrc win be in attendance a, the
Asssisn eolD 'Ranf BAL costing On.
] s q sas @ s4s % asa Z a
Sg he nso fst Of D pssemhss a
ske9Sn GOLD MEDAL costing One Thousand Dollar.
n caah TO the artist whose having
The Crystal Palace during the three months cong
Ss5 Dss each
their equivalent 10 cash, preferred
ventlons the the
tered or cav aed within the and exhibited the Crystal Palace
as snail be- adudged worthy of
after the one adjndged most excellent aforesaid
FOURTH FIVE MEDAL costing One Hundred each
the in plate cash. preferred the
Original Works completed til. first opening rya Palace
and exhibited therein red shall
such distinction ,xt after the excellent aoeaaid
Ihe abeet and Respectable
shall be nted critically
aud award the mentonpd The proceed a
early practicable select
to announce the appoint the
The Association wi aO their
mas to the Exhibitors Inventors =" such articles possess
sufficient To entite such d dstinc ion.
All articles which emed Grand Ex
position the Worlds WITHOUT
ANY CHARGE WHATEVER To EXHIBITORS.
An efficient Po Ice and the
most used in protecting articles exhibited, Asso
os dsea m accountability for loss damage such
An bnbrellas
AS the Sysa Palace Bonded Warehouse per
mltted 70 packages of building
NO Checks given and ra-Hdmed
myIitf BARNTM praai5ant
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

The New York Spirit of the Times tells good
story of a sportsman who was recently shooting
ducks in North Carolina, and when wading
through the reeds he saw six ducks. He
waited for good shot, when a coon came pad.
ding along, and the ducks pitched into him tc
fight him away. At this interesting time the
sportsman fred his two barrels, and bagged
three ducks and one coon.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

A man who advertscs for competent person
to undertake the sale of new medicine, adds
that it will he found profitable to the .sunder-
taker p
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

The small yacht which, in 1910, was used by
the Emperor Napoleon l. and the Emprs IS Marie
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

A ''SCREAMER." FIX President Fillmore had
a novel and singularly unusual welcome at At
atlanta, Ga. large number of locomotives
were ready, with their steam up, and as the en-
gineer of the Augusta train gave the signal,
they all opened their valves once, and whistled
out such welcome as no man ever heard be-
fore!
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

JOHN wARD.-Punch thinks that the strong
est instance on record, of the celebrated John
Howard's benevolence, was the fact of his hay-
ing, at the age of 25 married a lady of 81. He
is universally acknowledged to have been IN ad-
vance of his age, but few are aware that Mrs.
Howard's age was so much in advance of has
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

The regular California correspondent of the
Boston Journal reports the marriage of Kate
Hayes to Capt. VIM E. Bushnell, a popular river
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19

CONSUMPTION OF SueAR.--Last year there
were consumed in this country about 7O5 000, 900
pounds of cane sugar and 81 100000 pounds
of maple sugar. This gives more than "a pounds
Of cane sugar and pound Of maple sugar to
every man, women and child. If this were put
into barrels holding 200 lbs, and each barrel
occupied the space of 3sqrare feet only, it would
require 3s6 acres of land for it to stand upon.
The barrels if placed in a row would reach $50
miles, If this sugar were put up in paper pack
ages of pounds each, it would require l46 400,
600 sheets of wrapping paper; and if only a
yard of string was used to each package, there
would be required 439 100000 feet, or SO, 900
miles of string-more than three times enough
to goround the earth Ifevery retail clerk sold
100 pounds Of sugar each day, it would require
nearly $4,000 clerks to sell it in a year If the
dealers, wholesale and retail together, made a
profit of only two cents pound on this sugar,
these profits alone would amount to nearly $I5,-
000,000
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19
A CASE OF TOTAL BLINDNESS CURED

A CASE OF TOTAL BLINDNESS CURED
LA IN NEW ORLEANS by KIER'S PETROLEUM OR Rot.K X
alone. " =
NEW ORLEANS, March T. 1854.
hereby certify that had been Rheumatism i've
years. and toay blind of right
we're attack of Neuralgia had d Physicians who
me no good and spent hundreds dollars
Medicines give this Certificate without solicitation
and Mr. ker does not know that type and would NOT
used with the OIL
not Restored perfect heath strength.
right and
sts or any thing ess reside this city when at spend
most OF my time on the
"sh and can get hiy tesnonbe gentlemen testify
this say take The Petroleum body will
investment made, Tor know valuable Natural
] J. HARTMANN.
Atteat-J. WRIGHT Il &o. and c. s WIDDIFIELD
IS Price 30 cents bottle Wholesale and retail only
]. WRIGHT b CO, No. ISL Chartres ST., and
JARVIS & W0opMAN,