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New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-25

ksow NorHis5s SAoRANgSro.-- Tas STAT IAN, ~
says A meeting 10 organize Of these seorel an
c<iies Nos he.o at Carpenters Buiiing on TbursJ Az
evening There had been two meetings preyio.,
I e. hsll on k-st"
kSow -NcTHiSGS, OR NATIVE AxERIcAxs-A pa,ar Al
Dsmohd Sprirgs says 1t is now an established saox
nat tbe hDow Nohugs have secret sticns over
ne entrv state We had thought that in Sa,s
OsAofnia whose population made up from al psrs
"a ,ht word Native Amercanism would never raise i,s
49,: S-ueSu' but me political desperation Of The Wais
'4st VINO with them seek 10 destroy the DomOcrata
t! Dos done the work. The Know Nothing org aaiss-
.s 10 hi. state are thereoIe intended as sab a. our
ioiuilv. "" '''' Ne'i0N'''0 PA1v eoa'
lNsIeR ,ri6, The srrivsl Of the Chinese still con.
,inues Ne.rly one -sEd passengers arrived within
fortnight, and eight or tan thousand more are on
Their wGy Ihe bark Libertsd, eight, -is"n n7f Pssss
from Horg Kong. with Eve hundred psssengc lost nor
captain and hundred passengers fom the scur, ini
worst FORM Some thirty or forty died since reach
ing port.
lax CRoPs.-The crops IN many parts Of the State have
been harvested and the grain is now being brought into
market for SALE Prices very low owing TO the great
abundance Of everything produced Barley has been sod
low per pound and wheat AT "A cents. The
farmers generally do show disposition 10 sell AZ these
rates bat many of them have incurred deot 10 raise their
crops ard will be obliged to cell for what they can get
During the sst three four weeks the grssopper have
been cmnDg grea, rayages in the gardens oa tne M
posa Merced Tuolumne and Stsnislsus Rve.s In some
places the whole crop of corn onions melons &o, has
been entirely destroy in others the has been out
10 save fer fodder hese pests have appeared in i'm
me1se swarms this summer and have done great snount
Of damage to farmers in Different parts Of the San Josen
Valley.
WHO CAN BEAT IT We are informed by gentle emsa
from the Teon Pass Ths Ngrtposa CArosAce thai
,bere three bsckwootsrnsa living there VII have
Killed l5e grizzly bears since December last.
New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-25
UTAH

From Mr.. NJ Crawford, recently from Salt Lake TIE
Shasta Courier learns that very large immigration WIN
the plains this year-many suppose a large thas
of ls49. A large number of families coming over.
Mr. G.. gives very unfav orable account of matters and
things generally in the land Of the Saints. Times are hd
and for genes especially he says, there is no show tho
Saints esteeming IL no CRIME to cheat or even steal from
them when they get an Opportunity. Lsborers wages arc
very low. Mr. c. says that for time after arriving
there he worked at choppng wood at ss per month lie
after, ard taught school at s25 per month.
The females represented to be generally OF rather
easy virtue but the punishment Of Illicit intercourse is
death Divorces and easy to be obtained;
they are granted by the Bishop, who generally makes
short work of it, frequently granting divorce IN hve
minutes stcr the application is made. The divorced wife
generally has another husband in the of aday or So
Two companies Of the Third Regiment Of Artillery, and
detachment of 20 dragoons left Salt Lake the Joth
of May for California. The train consists OF 10 mule
wagons and 800 borses-Cap Ingalls, being in charge OF
the
Capt Robert Morris In command Of the escort
panyiDg the surveying party OF Lieut. Beckwh arrived
Sacramento the 2ih Of July Tho captain left the
Great Salt Lake Valley the 9Th May aud after reach
ing the Sink OF the Humboldt, struck OF 20 mites to the
northward, and crossed the Sierra Nevada by now
route above Mobiles Pass. Lieut.. Beckwh parted from
Capt Morris at Fort Reading TO dispose OF the effects Of
fhe train
New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-25
CENTRAL AMERICA.

We have files Of the Gaceta and Boef'n Oeai Of Costa
Rica to Aug The bombardment Of San Juan Is yehs-
meny condemned by the Gocta which refuses TO believe
that the act have been authorized by the nerican
Government. The news from Costa Rica Is Of no i'm
portaace.
FROM Nicaragua hear Of the continued progress OF the
revolution under Caseon. At the last previous adyices
Chaorro the head of the old Government and the leader
Of it's forces partially blocked in e Plaza Of Gransds
we learn that the 4h of y while he had gone
ont to head exped ion against Msya the democratic
army got possession Of the Buildings on tho northern
side Of the Plaza leaving the forcs Of Chamorro nothing
but tie church make stand in body Of Hondursnes
under Col. Gomez had joined CEsellon. The Honduras
Government had besought Mr.. Manning, an bngshman
long resident in the country setate between tho con-
tending parties The cause OF ghamoro seems however.
TO be lOst.
From Honduras we learn Il o. the city q Oootepeque
had been occupied by body Of hundred troops from
Guatemsa by way Of diversion in behGA Of Chamoro
in Nicaragua, the Government Of HonduSs having ssnt
aid to ais antagonist Honduras Will repel this new
ilyBlion.
New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-25
OREGON.

psr.s from Portland to the 22,. July.
DISCOVERIES or GOLp.-Puiser Meade OF the ne ron "
Columbia reports that OF the arrival of the Columbs a.
Port Oxford the eth Jelly the town found 10 bA
completely deserted person havg gone to tho new
dggpgs which had been discovered come twenty-five
miles distant The character OF the gold 10 much the
the gold of California, and IL said TO SssAy
equally we'll One party of four said to have
taken out 60 900 in the snort space Of TWO weeks
GENERA SrAsPEDS FOR TaE MISEs.-Thers appesrr
TO be un,sua excitement among the peop, herea6ous
in relation 10 tho gold mines sny have le and others
are leaving daily, for the newly discovered mines.
A Nrw Coo plscoyERY.-A rs,ort reached here yes.
terday. by the Lot Whtoomb that gold miues
had been discovered Shoslwster Bay that tho cit
had all abandoned their several vocatons and gone
to digging for the g filthy lucre - iIb.
GoLD or TIRE ChrHLEPooDLE RlssR.--we learn from
Mr. Huff that valuable mines have been recently discov-
cred the Caihepoodle River thirty forty miles
above its mouth. bavge quantities cf gold, silver and
rich have been found this river The Csthe-
poodle takes its rise 1t Mount ST. Helens and empes
into the Columbia at the lower end of Saaves Island Ii
Is also reported that there rich mines M the vicinity OF
Mount ~. Helens. Times.
The PoRr ORroRD Com The Portland TIMES
has letters from Port Orford of which, written June
30, says: Yesterday exploring party returned
frmng all the that had previously reached
The mines indeed rich and extensive. The gold that
have is quite coarse, in Jumps Of from twenty-five
cents to twelve dollars. Six miles have already boon
prospeced and there seems but little difference in the
richness of the dggngs. I am assured by experienced
California miners that the ground already prospeced will
give profitable employment 10 a least 1000 men, There
only about fifty thee at this time. Those now as
work are making from s7S to $500 per day to the man:
from private letters that the gold discoveries
within 25 or 80 miles Of Port oxford yielding well,
and are as rich "a the best mines in California Mr. Ar
mold purser of steamship Peyona brought up guam
iy OF dust from these gold mines which resembles
% the gold from Feather River, California
The CRoPs.-Wheat is coming in good. There are
complaints of smut, but not TO any serious eStent
Oats. potatoes, onions, SC, will be abundant The
CoSyESTioS.-The vote for Convention was 3,slo:
against it, 4,O79; majority against Convention, s6s
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THE wHIG STATE CONVENTION.

This body assembled at Sacramento City July 25, and
WAS more ,cifc in It's The only cause OF any
vrspglpg being the subject Of Mr. FmOres appointment
Of Democrats and the language of the address and
utions sdopted which introduced By once IA nous
poltcian OF the Broadway House of New-fcrk and an
oficeholder under Mr.. Fillmore Carroll was Always
pleased with this kind Of business in New York.
The Convention met at IL O'Clock A NJ at the Saers-
mento Theater. Frank Soule Chairman os the Central
Committee called the Convention to order and on motion
Of WiIam s spear Of Sierra Joshua p. Haven Of San
Francisco was elected temporary President
or motion of Elcan Heydenfel4t Of San Francisco Ma
Gus T. Boruck was elected Secretary, and
On motion Of ID. +. Douglas, G. L. Rhodes Of Nariposa
was elected Assistant Secretary.
A Committee on Credentials appointed and the
Convention took q recess
On the reassembling Of the Convention the Committee
reported and another appointed report
officers
ME. Hydenfeldt. on the Committee Of Permanent OF.
6cers and the Order OF Buzness reported the following
psrmaasnt officers Of the Convention;
P->s.d--f-J. NgxLI JoHsSor.
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THINGS At SAN JUAN.


PuNTA ARESAs, Nicaragus. Aug IA, to54.
Since the departure Of the Star OF the West from
this place on the 18th Of July, everything mas re-
NAMED perfectly quiet and little OF any interest has
occurred All thoss who left he town on the day oi
the bOmbardment have returned, and 7. j. Martin,
the former Mayor has been appointed Conmanaan.e me
of the town BY Lieut. A. ID. Jolly. Commsnder OF tns
British war schooner BernJlds. n'gro named
Mccaye who Wa sent TO arrest Mr. Bofnnd hs. oeen
appointed constable. On tbe 3lH o' July SagoiS
sfteen and eight armed sailors to this place to
the iron s ,sosG, S9. wIs .s Le1 Tis.s ssss
n;ecss os cannon with some other arms, we're taken
from San joan BY order Of the United states Govern
meut. and placed here BY Capt. holns Of the U. 8.
.Ioopofwar Cyane. for safe keeping They were
,.I.p back to San Juan and placed under the fas-
.ta The town, phenixlke. Is rising tom its ashes
one month ago to-day there we're but three buildings
in the town, which were sft By order OF Cap. hol-
ps that the people mighs not be destitute Of shelters
there are now in course OF erection ssme twectydx
small frame buildings.
New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-25

delegate wanted know il NJ Scale had ssksi for
cF &c nIder vi. Fillmore admin stra.iou.
Mr. soule-i cid not-wo1ld rot have accepted il,
Delega:e-If Mr.. Fillmore MAS nominated for President
would you support him
Dir Sozle-fes, II | considered him good mAn whch
I .Li1k he i. But az that time he misled.
Voice No. l-Pusilaaimous Administration.
Woke No s-The strongest Administration in the world
Delegate in pSsisnrl tel you whs; it is gentlemen
I'm Nbig, snd I've always been Wig, and always
stan be Wig. I'm opposed 20 MiIlard Fillsore and
I'm opposed to his Administration and I'd Ike 20 see any
one read ont of the Whg party; and il any Of yon
want TO ostcebse me, Il answer you IN short order
Shouts Of laughter and cheers
The Convention ;ten proceeded to nominate, and the
k,lla ,ifra. II
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PACIFIC SHIP NEWS.
Part of "a. Frs,e,see-Ass1vsA.

Juy Is steamship Sonora whitss 80 49, Ses
or.sou, sshE. J. N. Eyerson. MecstJ' hsses '''
Jsy Is shp st. LAwresss Ts,s P.s's Bound Ssf rSa's
js, II dip NssesssI lippsr, ksassdJ II % a. rss~~
III, IL ..s-1., cssss cr,esss, Sea ysA. sss.S
$500 Orseos. jsfta 0ss & wssaN, lsSetS rTl~, -
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MIsCRILANEOCS.

Kxow.NorEH., AT OAKLAsp.-From The AI~eda Go.
Erp,e,, We extract the following "We learn th.t .
branch Of ts Society has been IN oar ou'
Of The place sad tine Of meeting ~ know oosnns
New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-25

The name OF Mr. Sous ras withdrawn afler the 6rst
ballot and that Of 81. Stose the fourth ballot. Mr. Bea-
ham ce forward and retuped bis thanks for the honor
cenit ned upon him.
The committee appointed 20 nominate suitable names
10 be pr4entd 70 the Convention, TO constitute the Wing
Central Committee for the ensuing year reported the fol-
lowing names: - , . -
san Frsrcbco-Bsilis PeytOn, Fred. Billings, E, VIII
sop. S W. Hslladay. K. Ms,hesou Geo Hossetross,
". Shear Sscrarnento-A. c Monson, g. Price, J w.
winsns A. B. Nixon. Ssn Jose-Jno. Ii. Meore. Monte
rey-Gso. w Crane Los Angeles-Juo. y Lewis.
Cslaveras-A b. La Forge. Neyaia-Stan,ou SacSnor.
Yuba-,John c. Fal.. San Josqain-D. +. Doufas, H.
A. Crsbb. Fl DorsSo-D. X. Newell. Toalumne-A.
A Marshall.
The report Of the committee unanimously adopted.
Joseph r. Beard having received loi votes, was de-
cared the Dornee for Clerk Of the Supreme Court ard
on motion the same inside unanimous
Mr.. Beard called before the Conyenton and briefly
returned bis thanks assuring the Convention that be
would visit every mouutsin gorge and valley, between
the present and the close Of the campaign.
After other proceedings OF formal character, the
Convention adjourned sine de
We have thus given sketch Of thc several political
Conventions held at Sacramento The Alta CGiy0ran
that Anti Nebraska State Convention is ruriored.
Tie election takes place in September.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-09-30

q l%uxuriast in sadness-discriminating between
Its moods as a mourner between plaintiveness in
music. The brain, as l have elsewhere said, has
Its INT and scope, strangely independent, sometimes
OF the weakness of the body. 81 have often OBJ
served myself with attention )" says the author of
the Dietetics of the Soul, and found that even
when the head is most bewildercd, thought remains
pure and free, like some force which has retired
unscathed to its stronghold before the enemy
But-(fof our dignity as immortal spirits, let it
make us grateful to remember)-there is no escape
FROM the depression of selEreproach. Not even
the oblivion of u reveric will beguile fatigue that
was imprudent and needless.
OF my nervous and weary afternoon, dear broth
err inyalid-of the sunset hour and twilight, lost
because unappreciable after the forenoon surfeit
and exhaustion-I need give you only the moral.
Suffering, which makes us dwell upon our failure
in constancy and resolution, is very different from
the suffering which ~elevates us-elevates us be-
cause, while it brings us nearer to what is noble
and purer, it seems to be only bleaching us from
the coarscr life which prevented our being part of
it. | should like to feel that my extravaganza in a
truant forenoon-which gave me n night of illness
as well as a day-penance of irredeemablc dcpres-
sion-may have made palatablc, in the gossip
which confesses it, a lesson Of prudence for some
Gellow-sinner Of an invalid.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-09-30
THE PERILS OF GOLD MINING.

An intelligent correspondent of the Williams
burg Times, writing from Forest Creek, Australia,
narrates the following incidents illustrative of the
dangers which beset the Australian miner:
perhaps no death is more terrible than that
which awaits the digger: the heavy yellow dust,
with its tempting look, keeps the miner burrowing
in the earth with thousands of tons suspended
over his head, and by a tenure less reliable than
that which upheld the sword of Damocles. An
acquaintance of mine-Nutter, from the State of
Maine-persistel in taking cut a rich pillar from
a very dangerous hole, and succeeded but he was
not fairly on the grounds again, when fifteen or
twenty square yards sunk down with a dead.
heavy crash. Little stones accidentally falling,
and hard Jumps of dirt. have killed those in holes.
and great care is necessary to guard against these
evils.
AT Baalarat, where the holes are very deep. nc.
cidents are common one occurred there lately.
a man digging found the bottom growing soft, but
paid little attention to It. until his legs sunk in SO
that he could not pull them out he shouted for his
mates to let the rope down, and he fastened it
around his waist, but they could not pull him un
help came and twisted Of the crank OF the winalass,
then seized the rope in their hands, but it was of
no avail-the water dubbed up around the man in
the hole, the quick-sand rushed in, buried him to
his waist and neck, stifed his cries, and rose thirty
feet above his head. To dig him out was useless,
in fact, next to impossible. The rope was cut, and
its end pushed beneath the quick-sand.
" In another instance, q man mining sixty feet
under ground, loosened a large stone, and found
water trickle through where it had been, but moi
dreaming of danger from water, he stuck his nick
in, when the water burst through with great force
He had the presence of mind to drop his nick and
turn round. The water drove him violently int,
the main hole, and, being a swimmer, he kept IN
right into the hole until he was drawn IN. wher
carelessly getting out, he slipped and fell, losin.
his life by the fall.
but, Notwithstanding the many accidents TIM
occur, perhaps they are not greater for the person,
employed than in any other business or traffic il
life. There are numbers at the mines who wopI,
not 60 to the bottom Of some of the holes for Al
the gold in Australia but the great majority woul,
gladly place their lives against a fortuneEmysel
for one"
+ As to the productiveness, positively and rela
lively, as compared with California, he saws:
81 would not wish to hazard an opinion Of In
Australian gold fields, but | am convinced tha
almost the whole soil is more or less filed with IN
precious metal, and that eventually, companies
, assisted by machinery, may do well but the YER
!, general impression here is, that the richest guile;
flats and hills have been worked. A miner VIII
has been some time.on the d~iggings, tells me tina
: nearly every creek and gully in the colony ha
t been prospected-that the last six months NOR
than forty parties of CalifVrnians have been cor
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-09-30

How TO MAKE CRAYoNs.-Every school room
has, or should have, blackboards. On these, chalk
is almost universally employed. There are many
objections to the use of chalk, not the least of
which is, that after a problem is performed, The
finger and clothing presents q dirty rhite appear
ance. Crayons are far preferable. Could they be
generally employed, it would be n favor done to
some delicate hands, to say nothing of q large
amount Of wearing apparel.
White crayons may be made of Paris white, or
Spanish white, which is nearly the same, and
wheat flour and water. The correct portions are
five pounds of Paris white, one pound of flour. and
sufficient water to make a dough Of these materials,
hard enough not to crumble, and soft enough to
roll. Little balls of this are then rolled out into
~cylenders about the size of II pipe stem, and laid
away in n warm place, or in the sun to dry; the
drying will generally require from twelve to wen
ty-iour hours.
The process OF rolling may be performed upon a
table, or any fat board. This process will be ex-
pcditcd somewhat, and the crayons be of a more
equal size, if n rolling board be employed; which
is simply n strip of board, say n foot in length,
and eight or ten inches in width, with Il handle on
the top, and with the edges appraised about a third
of an inch in thickness ON the side of the lower
surface, on which it may slide back and forth, as
the crayons are rolled. With an apparatus simple
us ibis, crayons may be made with great rapidity
and cheapncss- Every school contains some lad
possessing skill enough to manufacture them with
ease. The expense is trihing, scarcely greater than
that of chalk, while it is far superior .NaSSachu-
sets Teacher.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-09-30
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
RULES FOR PUTTING UP FRUIT IN TIN
CANS.

lst. Get your cans of a timer that you know
makes tight work, and if he charges a fair price,
you will have a better chance of getting good cans.
odd. Get the same timer to solder them up, and
he cannot then charge any defect upon any other
person. II you delay him SO that it takes him two
or three hours to soder one dozen cans pay him
for the time instead of graduating the price by the
of cans.
Sd. If you cook the fruit, as tomatoes are gener-
ally done, there is very little trouble. They should
be sodered as soon as filed, and should not be
left five or ten minutes cooling off, as some do, for
success depends on having the small vacancy ut
the top Of the can filled with vapor from the cook
ed fruit, and not with atmospheric air. If an in
experienced person does the soldering, q pin-hole
should be made in the cover, and left open until
the cover is sodered on tight, and then it can be
easily closed. An experienced person will not
need it. Shortly after they are filed, the cooling
will condense the vapor, and if they are sodered
tight, the pressure of the atmosphere will sink the
ends in, and if tapped with the finger on the end,
they will sound solid. If they leak, they will rat
tie, and must be made tight as soon as possible;
for if atmospheric air gets in, it will cause the
fruit to ferment and be spoiled.
4th. If fruit is put in raw and cold peaches, for
instance, the spaces between should be filled with
water or weak syrup, to within one half inch Of
the top of the can, and the top sodered on with a
pin hole left in the centre. The cans should then
be set in a suitable vessel on a stove, and surroun-
ded with water to such a height that when boiling
hot it will not quite cover the cans. They should
be left there until the fruit is II thoroughly heated to
the boiling point, which time will be a matter of
calculation, but they had much better remain too
long than not long enough, for success with this
method depends upon the heat evaporating the
juice of the fruit and driving out the air from the
small pores of the fruit, and putting water or a
vacuum, in its place. Experience has shown that
this cannot be done by any air pump or by any
other means than through heating to the boiling
point. When the fruit is thoroughly heated as di.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-09-30
BLINDNESS.
BT JOSEPH BRANAN

The golden shores of sunshine round me spreading
Refuse a boon of light;
And fast my shattered soul is death-ward heading
Wrecked on a sea of night!
There is no angry tempest tapping sun-ward
Its black wing through the air,
The ruin, in a calm, is hurried onward
Through channels of despair!
Around me is n Darkness, omnipresent,
With boundless horror grim,
Decending from the zenith, ever crescent,
To the horizons rim
The golden stars, all char ed and blackend by it,
Are swept out, one by one;
My world is left, as if at Joshua's fiat
A moonless Ajalon!
How long, o Lord I cry in bitter anguish,
Mnst | be doomed alone
A chained and blinded Sampson-thus to anguish
In exile from the sun?
Or must | hope for evermore surrender,
And turn my eyes on high,
To find, instead of brave and azure s%plcndor,
A black curse on the sky
Alas as time seems gathering round me deeper
The universal cloud,
l feel like some wild horror-stricken sleeper,
Who wakcns in a shroud
Like some poor wretch who closed his eyes at morn
Against the growing day, lin!
And finds himself without a prayer or warning,
A tenant of the clay!
Farewell, farewell, spice-islands of my childhood,
Where have fingered long
Farewell the glories of the vale and wildwood,
The laughter and the song!
Farewell the sunny pleasures you inherit,
For am drifting forth
My helm deserted by my Guardian Spirit,
My PROV unto the North.
Come nearer to me, soother of my sorrow,
And place your hand in mine;
That my o'er-darkened soul shall haply borrow
A little light from thine;
That, bearing all which fortune has commanded,
Until my tortures end,
The Crus@-land on which l may be stranded,
Shall have, a%tlcast, a friend
More light, o Lord! l cry ;but uttered vainly-
The ear of Heaven is dealt
And may perseyere in prayer insanely,
And win no true relief!
Close up the books, for grim and ghastly darkness
Has settled over all
My soul is wrapped for evermore in darkness
Within this funeral pail.
Farewell, once more, spicc-islands of my cllildhoo,
Where l have linger'd long
Farewell the glories of the vale and wildwood,
The laughter and the songl
Farewell the sunny pleasures you inherit,
For | am drifting forth
Ny helm deserted by my Guardian Spirit,
My prov unto the North.