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The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24
Kissing.

Our neighbor of the Mountain
Messenger, (who by the way we would
like to know personality gives the
result of his kissing experience, with some
practical suggestions as to the proper
manner of discharging this self-dening,
social duty. We are sorry to mutulate
or abridge the article, but space, the dicta-
tor Of the editors table, is peremptory-
he says:
Hardly any two females kiss alike
There is as much variety in the manner of
doing it, as in the faces and manners of
the sex. Some delicate little creatures
merely give slight brush of the lip
This is a sad aggravation. We seem to
be about to shave time," but actually
get nothing. Others go into. us like a
hungry man to beefNeak, and seem to
chew up our ceuntenances. We have had
the memory of one we received in our
youth last us forty years, and we believe
it will be the last thing we shall think OF
when we die"
A kiss SO all absorbing might well be
remembered until the last single had
blown off the meeting house; but it is
withal a consummation not to be devoutly
prayed for Will the Messenger stop
aggravating us, by recurring to domestic
| felicity, OF which we have only .shearn
| tell y We are Il bachelor, net so much
from choice as the force of circumstances
| The general outline of our frontispiece is
not calculated to provoke an attack from
cherry labials. We have read with admi
ration, and a 'smart sprinkling" of emo
/ ton, of the amiable fete tete which tool
place in the chimney corner between Mr.
and Mrs. John Anderson, after they got
/ too old to .sclimh the hill together" Time
with his iron ehisel has begun to dig ou
crew feet and plough burrows across oul
face, while we sit alone in the wigwam
trying to whistle 1.-THE girl l left behint
me-" and for aught we know such will b.
our lot till we fall victim to the Reaper
whose name is Death Will the Messen
ger let up little
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24
Benton Hevin9.

OK ordinary occasions old Bullion looks
quietly on like lion lying back in his
lair, watching the ignobler- animals SQUAD.
bling over bone. 1t is only after the
row has been long continued and the dis
putants become too noisy that the old
Colonel makes descent, which effectually
silences the small fry who have waxed
wroth and eloquent, and swelIed into inn
portance, because no powerful rival op-
posed thein. The effect is much the same
as that Of the descent of hawk among a
flock of noisy crows;they are very indignant,
but careful to keep out of the reach OF
his talons and beak. Whatever may be
said Of his political acts and life, Col.
Benton isunquestionabsy one of the great
est statesmen of the nation, anu in after
years his name will be written hard by
those Of Clay, Webster and Calhoun
lone Of the few of the immortal names that
were not born to die In his late speech
against the Nebraska bill, he seems to
have become unusually savage Certain
of his sentences uttered during that
speech have been styled Benton Mint
Drops" and must have fallen on the ears
of his victims, hot and blistering as the
Installations from the UEas tree; we give
one or two of the more rabid sort
"The mares nest had not then been
found in which had been laid the marvel
GUS egg, out of which has been Matched the
nondescript fowl, yclept "squatter sove-
reignty.'
A motion in Congress silent, secret
liaping, hating, creeping, squirting,
impish motion-conceived in the dark,
Undivided in committee room, and
sprung upon Congress and the country in
the style in which Guy Fawkes intended
to blow up the Parliament House, with his
live hundred barrels of gun powder hid in
the cellar under the woOd.''
No woman would talk that wav; no
shilly shally in a woman. Nothing of the
female gender was ever born young enough
or lived long enough TO get beiogged in
such quandary as this"
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24
MARYsviiLE.
June %, 1854.

AssAsTNArIoN.-A Telegraphic despatch
dated Stockton, June ~, O'Clock, p. NJ,
states that Joseph Mansfield, editor Of the
San joaquin Republican, was assasinated'
by John Tabor, editor of, the Stockton
Journal. Great excitement prevails in
Stockton. Tabor has been arrested and
lodged in Jail, and the people seem much
inclined to execute summary justice upon
him. Mansfield died at 81 o'clock, p. M.
1}A r. G. X. -s1sf
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

REVERSED. Between Missouri and the
Rocky Mountains the Indians frequently
collect their winter meat by chasing buff.-
bees ever high bluffs, bat here it seems
Spanish cows when enraged, drive man.
kind over precipices, by way OF having
o wider 6eld to exercise themselves in
at least So it happened the other day at
Goodyear Bar, when a frightened animal
cleared that place of everything human in
the street, and finally brought upat the
edge of a bank twenty odd feet high, over
which she compelled two men to leap, one
Of whom unfortunately broke his arm and
was otherwise severely injured. 1t is ra-
Their brutal to laugh at the misfortune o:
any one, ban this is a case in which our
risibles must have vent, and though Jack
has our heartfelt sympathy, his coat tail
stood out so straight we must litter if we
die for it.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24
Democracy Attention!

gg-At a meeting Of the Denieefatie Cen-s
trail Committee for Sierra County, on the
9th day of May, Convention was called
to meet at Downieville, on the 4th day of
July, to nominate candidates for the en-
suing election. A motion was put and eat-
ried, that the next quota of Delegates In
convention shall be one for each precinct,
and one for each one hundred voters, and
one for the fraction over
Therefore, the various precincts in this
county are hereby notified to hold primary
meetings, and elect delegates for the said
Convention, on the Gath day of June, 1854
BIN. FETTER. Chairman, pro tenn.
II. B. CossITT, Sec'y. ju3-5t
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

The CROWD of people moving west this
season is unprecedented in the annals of
immigration. Packets, says the St. Lo,.is,s
Republican, bound for the upper Missis-
sippi, continue to go out crowded with
emigrants. Should emigrants continue to
come from the Ohio river during the ball.
ance OF the season, at the same rate thev
have commenced, the State Of Iowa will
be full before the close of the present year:
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24


We find in the Critic review Of the
life and writings Of Edgar a. Poe, which
had as well not been written. Since the
time Of jeffrey. mediocrity, afflicted with
On itch for scribling, but wanting the abil-
ity to originate anything Of its own, at
tempts to gain moiety Of distinction,
fame, or even notoriety by hawking at the
efusious of greater minds, which it cannot
initiate. Criticism at best is hnt grace
less profession; but when the critic in his
obscure garnet, attempts to detract from
the fame Of one whose writings have be-
come national classics, by placing in array
before the public mind. the eccentricities
and weaknesses Ct the author in private
life, the general reader can feel no other
sentiment toward the critic than unmitiga-
ted disgust, particularly wht n the author
is dead, and when no apprehension need be
entertained of his returning to annihilate
his pusilanimous assailant.
No one ever denied that Poe was un-
fortunate, intemperate and of course vi
cious. Dissipation and the cowardly
attacks Of anonymous writer's in rival
newspapers and periodicals. often wrought
up his mind to a pitch of madness almost
demoniacal. But now that the cratic ge-
MUS is dead and has been removed from
the arena. why drag from oblivion those
passages in his history which the charita-
bic would fain forget?
During his lifetime he was constantly
embroiled with the small Try skirmishers
on the borders of literature but single
dash from the pen that traced the weird
and magic lines of the Raven, would cause
the assailant to stink away to his kennel,
glad to escape from utter humiliation.
The la.e Mrs. Osgood had perhaps u
better opportunity of Judging of the good
and bad qualities of the poet, and she rep
resents him as warm-hearted and affection
att in his family, generous to his friends,
but bitter and implacable toward his sup
posed enemies. The following extract
from the Critic has probably been written
by some one of his foes, whose back is yet
fostering from the lashes laid Oil by the
great critic and poet during fit of misan-
thropy. The author has discreetly waited
until the worms have begun their carnival
in the brain from whence so many fiery
thoughts have emanated:-
"But Poe had Satan substituted for
sonl, apparently to. torment him before the
time and we do not see him ere the end,
sitting clothed, and in his right mind, at
the feet of Jesus. He died, as he had
lived, raving, cIrsing, selfcondemned,
conscious cross between the iiend and the
genius, believing nothing, hoping nothing,
loving nothing, fearing nothing himself
his own God and his own devil-a solitary
wretch, who had cut off every bridge that
connected Linn with the earth around and
the heavens above This however, let us
say in his favor-he has died alone in his
iniquity.'"
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

AA4A4AAA
DowNfEvuLE.-Messrs Marchand &
Debean, below Durgan's bridge, took out
los OF. last week. Days work on Satur-
day SO OF. They are known as the Csnae
dian Co. The fumes in the vicinity 81 the
town are nearly finished, but win not Con-
tain the water, which diminishes but slow
" on account Of the melting snow at the
heads of the streams.
Hoskins & Co. average from to OF
pr day. Last weeks work 40 OF. The
Nstional Tunnel formerly Gatons) yields
from 5 to 7 o.. daily. Result Of last weeks
work SO o.. The whole amount taken
from this tunnel from March IA 70 June
II, il sl5 OF.
MINNEsorA.-Another quartz boulder
has been found, in the Arcadia tunnel, at
this place. The rock is some six feet in
length. A fragment brought to our Office
BY Mr. John McMilleH, is the richest spe-
cimen we have yet seen. After being bro
ken to pieces it has yielded something over
six thousand dollars.
Another boulder, worth about FIVE hun
dred dollars, was taken from the Blue tun-
mel a few days since.
The Minnesota Water Company have
completed their Sawmill, and it is now cut
ting from FIVE to seven thousand feet of
lumber day. The fume will be compile
ted this fall, which is all that is required
to make this one of the most populous dis
tficts in the Northern mines.
FOREST CITY.-A true statement of the
yield Of some six or seven claims at this
place would hardly be credited by persons
uracqrainted with the mines in this region.
1t is not to be presumed that all claims,
even at Forest City, make such enormous
ns-only such as happen to be on the
!" fead," while many work long and faith
fully for bare subsistence. The average
yield of the mines at Forest City is unqdes-
tionably the greatest in the country. The
Buckeye company has been taking out
daily from five to eight pounds, during the
week. The Dutch, Live Yankee, Empire
and several other companies are doing cx-
tremely we'll, though we have not learned
the exact amount taken out by each.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

MAJOR DowNIE, the veteran gold
digger, paid us visit last week. The
Major is a hale, hearty, bright-eyed old
man, with whom time has dealt gently. :
He was amongst the first Adventures at
the head waters of the Yuba, and gave
name to our village. His journal will
enrich the columns OF the Citizen at sorle
future time
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

Mr. AND Mrs. KENT.-1'he Sacramento
Union says, "these popular and estima-
BILE members of the theatrical profession
are now in this city, but will leave for
Downleville in few days to fulfil an en-
gagement on the re-opening oft theatre
IN that place. We bcspeak for them a
cordial reception"
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

CouLDS'r ScoRcH HIx.-A California
paper in speaking Of the reorganization Of
q member OF assembly, says he has been
tried IN the fiery furnace when # was
heated seven times hotter than usual and
has come forth with the appreciation Of
well done thou good and faithful se- .sut. ~
Such was the ordeal through which Messrs.
Shadrach, Mesbach & Abednego had to
pass, who have hitherto been consid-
cred the only real Salamanders on record
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

MARRIED AT LAsT.-We find in the Per-
ry tPa.) Freeman notice of the marriage
OF its Editor, Hon. John A. Baker. MIR.
b. rs we'll Known in the middle Sta.es as a
man ct extraordinary ability in the edito-
rial profession, but for some reason, chose
to tioat down LIES stream in a. canoe by
himself, although the shore was lined with
lady voyagers, who would have willingly
accompanied him with no other shipping
articles than board and lodgings found.
In our boyish days the Editor of the Free
man acted as our literary Macenas, in the
matter of certain juvenile q poims," which
we supposed wer.. some pumpkins"
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

ST. JOINS DAY.-The Masonic Fra
ternity of Downieville and vicinity, under
the auspices of Mountain Shade Lodge.
celebrate to-day, the Anniversary of st.
John the Baptist. They are to have an
address by Bro. Robert H. Taylor, and
other appropriate exercises AZ the church.
dinner at the United States Hotel, and
= ball at the same place in the evening
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24


The THREE DOLLAR GOLD CorN-We
have seen in the Office of Langton & Bro,
one of these new and beautiful pieces,
which found its way to our out of the way
place, through the agency of Adams &
Co.'S Express. Specimens of this coin
have been submitted to and approved by
the Secretary of the Treasury, and will
be Immediately put in circulation, in ac-
cordanee with the act of Congress of Feb.
1853. The Washington Union thus de-
scribes it.
1.-The diverse of this coin represents an
ideal head, with the feathered cincture
symbolic Of America, the word liberty
appearing on the bond encircling the head,
and the inscription United States of
America, surrounding the whole. On the
reverse is wreath composed of some OF
the staple predictions of the United States
viz, wheat, cotton, Indian corn and tobac-
co; the denomination and date being in
the centre"
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

PERIoDIcALs.-From the DownieviIlc
Bookstore, the Knickerbocker and Har-
per's Magazines for June. The Knicker-
booker is if possible richer than ever
On the first page will be found an article,
Life on the Yuba," which we suppose
was written by gentleman on the lower
Yuba, who writes but seldom, but writes
well. Harper's, perhaps the most in
structive Of all the magazines published
in the Uuited States, is an excellent
number, barring the everlasting articles
Napoleon Bonaparte,' by John S. G.
Abbott; which, however excellent they
may be, become wearisome wher run
through so many successive numbers.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

EARTHQUAKE AT SAN SALvADoR-The
city of San Salvador, of from $4,000 to
10000 inhabitants, was almost entirely
destroyed by an earthquake on the Goth
of April. All the churches, public build
ings and principal dwellings, were entirely
demolished. One hundred dead bodies
had been taken from the ruins, and it was
supposed that some two hundred others
were buried.-Com. Adr.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

A VICIOUS practice has grown up, it is
said, in Devon ap2 Cornwall, Eng, of
clergymen receiving half burial fee from
paupers, on the understanding that the
Psalms and Lessons in the Office shall be
omitted, and the body shall not be brought
into the church.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

VANcOUvER's -IsLAND-Great excite
neent prevails among the inhabitants OF
vancouver's Island, says the Chronicle,
in consequence Of a rumor that there
were several Russian merl-ofwar vessels
daily expected to attack that place, which
is undefended.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

LYRICS; By THE LETTER I've have
received from the Downieville Book Store
another very neatly bound, well printed
volumn Of poetry, which is to be added to
the long catalogue of American produc-
tions. The book abounds in metaphor,
which sorely puzzles the reader who has
never felt the divine afaatus. Some Of the
lyrics are really beautiful, and occasionally
very unpoetical subject is treated with
great sublimity. for instance -
s.The ferry boats Of Gotham
How. gloriously they glide,
With lamps of red and lamps of blue,
Across the starless tide!
Through long deiles Of blazing light,
On each street studded shore;
No sound to break the hush of night,
Except the paddles roar"
The question has long been mooted whe-
ther the writing Of poetry would pay, and
has most generally been answered in the
negative, from the fact that so much of the
article, manufactured q few years ago, is
still on hand. Such productions are not
half SO likely to succeed as Uncle Toms
Cabin Africanised.
CALIFORNIA CHARACTERS AND MINING
SCENES BY WuITTLEsT1cK.-We are in
debted to the publishers, Bonestell L Will
liston, San Francisee, for this amusing col
lection Of yarns and sketches, which we
predict will be very popular in the noun
tains. So many California sketch books
and notes of travel have appeared that one
takes them up as he would new volumn
of"poims" This is an unpresumlng little
work, of "a pages, contai ing among other
sketches The Unsuccessful Miner, the
" Digger Indiap, the Grizzly Bear, .
My Prospecting Tour" &c. The CHAR
acters are well drawn, and the mining
scenes we'll described, with none Of that
vulgar dash and exaggeration usually found
in California sketch books.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

SERENADE-At the instance Of the
boys in town, the band engaged by the
Masonic fraternity for to-day's celebra-
ton, gave a serenade last night. For the.
music so eloaaently discoursed in front of
our office we tender our thanks.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

PLArrsBuRG (N.Y REPuBLIcAN.-Our
thanks are due Col. Stone, Editor and Pro-
pretor OF that excellent paper, for bud
get Of news in addition to the regular files
Of the Republican. Col. Stone is a veteran
of the quill and scissors. as any one will
discover, who reads column of his paper.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

A LOVE OF A PLAcE.-It is said the
little town Of Mercdotin in Illinois, is in
lsabited chiefly by fever and agae, mus
quitoes and feas, with an occasional strag-
ling moccasin snake or porcupine.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

The PuHIe BEET of Great Britain is
now estimated at three thousand nine hun
dred and seventy millions Of dollars. It
seems impossible that this immense sum
can ever be paid
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS thanks are
due Latfgton & Bro, for the early and very
liberal supply ofezchanges as we'll as for
sundry Atlantic papers.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

JArAN.-The Susqsehannah and Ms
siss,Ppi, Of the Japanese expedition, are
exp eted in San Francisco in the course
of the ensuing month.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

A SKETCH of the Life and Times of Hon.
Judex Jorum, $. F., will appear in the
Citizen shortly. Judge forum has long
been distinguished for legal and liquid
capacity, and his memory should be kept
green.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

The AMERICAN EAGLE.-W We publish
the following for the benefit of 4th of July
orators. 1t originated on a like occasion
at the Big Kanawa Salt Works ~He
sits on the top Of the Allegheny, dips his
beak in the Atlantic and his tail in the
Pacific, stretches one wing over Canada,
the other over Mexico, and grasps the
continent in his clawsr' Wonderful Bird
that I
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

LlxE.-The lime used in plastering the
new building of Edmonds l. Mundy, on
Jersey Flat, was obtained from a kiln on
the South Fork. 1t is as white and Of as
good quality IS any imported.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

SACRAMENTO RkuxoAp.-The editor Of
the Sacramento Union, recently passed
over the contemplated line of this road.
= far Is Negro Bar. He represents the
grade for the hist ten miles as ten feet to
the mile. The route eoald hardly be inn
proved d nature has don. the grading
The banks Of tie river fAmericaa) at
Negro Bar, are almost solid iaasses Of
granite. which he thus describes:
these granite leads are immense ii
extent, and lie in better situation for
quarrying than any we ever sSw. The
quantity which could be procured from
these taountains Of graaite, il tie railroad
were completed; to enable it to BE sent to
market at reasonable cost per tor, IL In
calculable. There Is granite eHosghthere
70 supply the demand oBthe Pacific for the
next thousand years. It is Of the kind
and quality of that used in the front Of
the banking house Of Adams 4 Co. This
granite lead belongs to the Messrs. Mer-
edith; and when the railroad is completed,
they will be able to furnish all the granite
that may be needed in this city or San.
Francisco for. building purposes. Its
transportation will furnish to the road
thousands Of tons of freight per annum."
GROUSE SHOOTING This is the most
discoutaging of all sports to the uninitia-
ted. About sunrise their peculiar thump-
ing sound may be heard ut the heads Of
ravines near the tops of the hills, where
one single bird would cause the inexperi-
enced banter to suppose that at least a
dozen were close BY. they seem to possess
the power Of ventriloquism. The sports
man hears their call in particular tree
or grove, and feels sure of baggfng at
least three or four, but on creeping softly
up to the tree and narrowly scanning ete-
ry limb, he hears the bird in another d.
rectfon, and ten to one if he find it at all
after all hours search, although the pro-
voking thing is within gunshotall the while,
and keeps up it's discordant notes very
much 20 it's own satisfaction We have
spent hours in looking for grouse OH an
isolated tree, knowing very we'll that the
bird was somewhere in the branches, but
were compelled to give up the search and
go off in very bad humor, Disguised
with sporting in general and grouse shoot
ing in particular. They are usually found
close to the body of the tree, where they
are easily mistaken for knot, and it is
only the praeticed eye that can detect
their whereabouts.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

81. HI. G., of Minnesota, will accept our
thanks-for mining intelligence from that
place.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

rs BECK's EXPRESS to GibsOnsilie and
intermediate points, leaves every Sunday
morning, and arrives Wednesday evening.
apr22 If
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

MOUNTAIN SHADE LODGE F. and A. M,
meet first and third Saturday in each month,
at O'Clock, p. NJ, over Empire Saloon.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

NS-LANGToN Bros EXPRESS, until fur
urther notice, will close at their Office I'M
Downievillc at IL o'clock A. NJ, for Marys-sTs
vile and intermediate points, apr 22-tf
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

NIcARAGUA.-Advices by the Brother
Jonathan state that the civil war in Mica
ragua is still coming on. The invading
army had taken all the principal cities
and towns except Grenada and Rivas.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

~ LANGr0N & Bros PASSENGER Tam
will leave their Office in Downieville at n
O'Clock A. NJ, regularly until further
notice. apr Off s
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

Sons OF TEMPERANCE meet in the NJ T.
Church every Monday evening, at seven
o'clock.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

&s-SAwYER, JOHNSON & Co., dealers iii
Paints, Oils and Glass, have removed to
Nos. 1O3-l05 Front street, San Francisco
ju33ml
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-24

Arrive semi-monthly, about the 10th and /.
oath. Leave semi-monthly, about the llth
and 26th.