Columbia gazette., 1854-03-04
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- AO SeOoAiSHip AmCiiOa, ASCHu'
ed to run in connection with the Uncle
Sam, between San Francisco and Pana.
ma, arrivedat the Bay ,on Sunday morn.
ing, in sixty-6ve days from New York
She brought sixteen passengers.
70 No MORE THAN FAIR.-The
Boston Post says that people hadn'
ought to complain if the milkmen do
charge a cent or two more quart in
winter when the creeks and acelLs ar.
frozen up.
E@' Embracing Christianity, is what
the King of Siam said, the first time he
embraced an English girl. Not bad
from the Pagan land.
1O-A man named Peterson shot him
self en- Tuesday last, on the North Fork
of the Yuba River, few miles from
Downieville-Cause, whiskey.
70 John A. Collins, formerly editor
of the Sacramento Union, made an at
| tack on Mr.. w. Crossett in Nevada on
Friday last. Collins was armed with a
cane, and Crossett being unarmed made
no resistance.
~ BADcEs.-The Ledger says that
the police of San Francisco may low be
known distinctly by their new uniform
black eyes and bloody noses!
| nea- At Whiskey Diggings, Sierra
county, Mr.. Henderson took out q
lump Of pure gold weighing twenty-sev-
en- ounces. It was his 6rst days work
at mining.
! ~ An Irish correspondent, in Ore
gon, writes that the precious metals are
so scarce out that way that all FIVE dol
lar gold pieces are made of copper.
20 PATRIoTtc.--The ASSEMBLY vo-
ted one days pay of each member on
Saturday, to the Washington Monu.
1nent Fund.
EGr There are thirteen thousand
| marriageable girls now in the factories
Of Lowell
s1- A MAJoRlrY.--At the ball al
1'Patterson's" near Sacramento, there
were thirty-one ladies and but twenty
five gentlemen. Causesbad weather.
o. The Eureka Fire Co. at Marys-
vile, had a splendid ball on the evening
Of the 22d. About two hundred gen
tlemen and one hundred and twenty-five
ladies were present
I9 The Freemasons have opened :
lodge in Hong Kong A handsome tenn
| pie has been reared by the Order, ant
Masonry is now permanently planted il
China.
H8r Run AwAY.-Wm. Akinheat
Treasurer Of Santa Clara county, step
ped out last week from San Jose, ant
cleaned out the entire funds Of the coun
! ty, not leaving a dollar in the safe.
Eg Mr.. William Garfield, black
smith, cut his throat on Tuesday, a
Auburn. He leaves wife and tw'
children.
~ Why is every person a tutor
Because they have pupils in their eyes
| g@- PRoGREss!-Fifty miles Of rail
road are now in operation in Egypt.
1@ Why are chickens necks lik
door bells' Because they are oftel
rung for company.
/ 10 There is certain kind of vic
that some persons will shun if they ar
ever so bad: that is advice.
i @ @Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress
has been translated into Chinese, il
England, and sells for sd. copy.
1g The estate of Anson G.. Phelps
lately deceased in New York, is value,
at $2,O0o,o0o.
fP The Grand Jury yesterday pre-
sented an Indictment for murder agains
Samuel Gilmore, the person who sho
Benjamin Twitchell in the month Q
December last, near the Mission Dolo
res.
s@- Without economy none can b
rich, and with it few can be poor.
~ The Mariposa Chronicle state
that the boy who picked up the 10;
pound piece, found another weighing
over 10 ounces, in the same gulch.
| 10 The Firemen Of Auburn celc
bration the 22d of February, by granc
parade, and ball in the evening.
| % To improve the favor Of rose,
get girl with laughing eyes to wear il
on her bosom.