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The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03
A LEGEND.
BY TAUNTON DEAN.

Twas wntry night, when the earth was white
With shrouds of the driven snow,
And marvellously bright the northern light
hundred years ago
Not cloud went by the moon in the sky
Or the planets shining out;
And far overhead a comet red
Was swinging his tail about.
The wind was strong and it swept along
In the valley and ON the hill
And passing IN power at the midnight hour
1t shook the roof Of the mill
Where the waters slow from the ice below
Were turning the heavy wheel,
And fat old man, as the waters ran,
Was saving his logs with steel
From chime to chime, all that weary time,
Went the saw in the bitter cold
And high and low, and fast or slow,
Like the swing of ballad old.
The oak was there who was strong and fair,
And the pine, who was green and tall,
And one by one, as the work was done,
The saw had severed them all.
Still the wheel went round, with its solemn SOUND
And its heavy load of ice;
And the clock here told the hours, in the cold
Of the morning, twice and thrice.
The moon sank low, and the shades on the snow
Were outstretched, wide and far,
And the head and tail of the comet turned pale,
And fled without touching star.
Then ceased the noise of the saws harsh voice,
In the silence strange and deep,
And to and fro walked the old man. slow,
Like one walking in his sleep.
The winds grew still around the old mill,
But louder the rushing stream;
And the labor he wrought, with terror fraught,
Was the labor of dream.
With calm design, like log of pine,
Himself to the beam he bound
And the saw it fell, and it rose well,
And the wheel went slowly round.
He was drawn along by the waters strong,
Not dreaming he was to die;
And the saws first stroke, as if meeting oak,
Stabbed off an arm and thigh.
And through and through, to its purpose true,
Went the saw from sole to crown;
And never he woke till mighty stroke
Was splitting his back bone down.
All, never, ween, such plank were seen
Since the days of the began
They were made, you see, of no forest tree,
But the flesh and bones of a man.
Twas an awful sight when the morning light
On the morrow fingered there;
For the gazing eyes of the neighbors wise
Were big with mysteries
One shook his head, and the Minister said
That he of the cloven hoof,
When workers of ill brought logs to his mill,
Came to saw them under that roof
And never since then do the hands of men
Dare labor in that old mill;
1t is crumbling away in swift decay,
And for years have its wheels been still.
Der the buried stone hath the green grass grown,
In the bed where its waters ran,
And the wise and the great take heed of the fate
Of the ABsENT-MINDED MAN.
The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03

OFF For NIcARAGUA--Its is supposed that not less
than 200 adventurers left San Francisco the
Sierra Nerada, intending to join Walkers liberia
ting army at San Juan. The Herald states that
one hundred and sixty-two through tickets were
purchased by the expedtionsts during the fore
noon, and few moments before the departure of
the steamer means were raised for the passage of
about thirty more. This number includes a well
organized company from this city, numbering fifty
men, who 90 provided with every requisite for the
camp and field An experienced army surgeon ac-
companies the party. Each member of this compa-
ny is provided with Sharps rifle most of the
others who left with the intention of joining Wal
ker, are well armed. 1t may be safely estimated
that by the first of November, Colonel Walker will
have at least five hundred men under arms, many
Of them tried soldiers in the Mexican war.
The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03

EATING AND DRINKING If you wish, said Sidney
Smith, for any thing like happiness in the fifth act
of life, eat and drink about one-half what you
arouM eat and drink Did | ever tell you my cal
culation about eating and drinkingl Having as
certained the weight of what | could live upon so
as to preserve health and strength, and what did
live upon, found that, between ten and seventy
years of age had eaten and drank forty fourhorse
wagon loads of meat and drink more than would
have preserved me in life and health The value
of this mass of nourishment | considered to be
$1,000. 1t occurred to me that must, by my vo-
racity, have starved to death fully hundred per-
sons.
The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03
The Mayor of Marysville, in late message

The Mayor of Marysville, in late message,
says:
The very great diminuton in the water of the
Yuba river, occasioned, in great part, by its alb
stracton in mining bitches gives for serious
peded if not entirely closed, during the autumn
season As this evil, from the nature of things
must continue to increase the attention of your
selves and your constituents ought to be aroused
to the importance of railroad communication be-
tween this city and the Bay of San Francisco. 1t
is not my province to be more special in my recon-
mendations this subject but |, nevertheless,
slider it one well worthy of your serious attention.
The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03

"BRIToNs NEVER WILL BE SLAVES" Two labor
ers left their work (haymaking) on farm near
Chelmsford, England, recently, to the review of
the Essex Yeomanry, and on the complaint of their
employer were sentenced to fourteen days impris-
onment at hard labor. Major Palmer, the COM
mandant, asked the Home Secretary to remit their
punishment but Sir George Grey declined. "Slaves
cannot breathe in Enplandn
The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03

'Gentlemen," said an engineer, by way of set
tling dispute as to the relative speed of engines
the last time ran the Blowhard from Syracuse,
we went SO fast that the telegraph poles on the
track looked like fne-tooh comb!"
The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03

An ingenious Londoner has taken out a patent
for tipping cigars with an ignitable composition,
capable of being fired by friction, so that when
smoker wishes to light cigar, he has only to rub
the end against any hard substance.
The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03

Suspicious tailor to suspected customer: " Make
you coat, sir! Oh, yes, sir, with the greatest
pleasure There, just stand in that position, please,
and look upon that sign" Sign reads Terms
Cash
The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03

The following is cut from an Ohio paper
'Nots is here Bi Givin that Noe purson is pur
Mittud tn take Enc Nuts of Enc Kind out of Mi
Wuds Mi Hogs Must Live. Luke QUITE"
The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS The first section of the 10th article of the
Constitution of the State of California requires that
amendments to the Constitution after having been
adopted by the Legislature, shall be published three
months, with the yeas and nays thereon and referred to
the next Legislature.
Now, therefore, l. John Biger, Governor Of the State
of California, in compliance with the constitutional re-
qurement to see the laws faithfully executed do hereby
direct the publication of the amendments to the Constu
on adopted by the Legislature of 1855 for the period of
three months and commend the to the consideration
of the citizens of the said State of California.
Witness my hand and the Great Seal
of the State, at the City of Sacramento,
! L. s. this, the 31st day of May, 1856.
JOHN BIGLER.
The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03

QUITE NATURAL. A bachelor advertised for
''helpmate"-one who would prove a companion
for his heart his hand, and his lot fair one re-
plying asked very earnestly chow big is your lot ?"
The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03
In ASSEMBLY, April II, 1855.

IN ASSEMBLY, April II, 1906.
The above amendments proposed by the Senate, to
the Constitution of the State of California taken
for consideration and read third tme and all severay
adopted.
The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03

THE WORLDS PROGRESS. 1t is curious and deep
ly instructing to observe how much of the advance
which mankind has made in some of the most
sential branches of material improvement has been
effected within the last quarter of a century and
on the other hand, in how many departments hu-
man intelligence reached its eliminating point ages
ago 1t is not likely that the world will ever
more perfect poet than Homer, grander states
man than Pericle sublimer or more comprehen-
sve philosopher than Plato sculptor equal to
Phdias painter superior to Raphael. Certain it
is that the lapse of twenty or fveand-twenty CEN
turies has given birth to none who have surpassed
them, and to few who have approached them. In
the fine arts and speculative thought our remotest
ancestors are still masters. In science and appli-
cations the order of precedence is reversed, and
our own age has been more prolific and amazing
than the aggregate of all the ages that have gone
before us. Take two points only the most obvious
and the most signal-locomotion and transmission
of intelligence At the earliest period of authentic
history man travelled as fast as in the year $780,
Nimrod got over the ground at the rate of ten or
twelve miles an hour Napoleon could go no faster.
Between 1880 and 1910, we raised the maximum
speed from ten miles to seventy. The first six thou
sand years did nothing, next to nothing-the
next six years did every thing; reached the limits
of possible achievements in this direction for
one imagines that any greater speed is attainabe
wonld be bearab4e. Again: it is probable that
Abraham sent messages to Lot just rapidly as
Frederick the Great or George III transmitted or
ders to their Generals. In 1894 the old wooden
telegraph was invented and made certain though
a partial and slight advance, But with this ex-
ception, the rate at which intelligence could be
conveyed had remained satisfactory at that of ordi
nary locomotion on horseback up to 1840. In
1910 we communicated at the velocity of twelve
miles an hour. In 1850 we communicated i'm
measurable distances in inappreciably infnitesmal
subdivisions of time. The experiment was made,
and message was transmitted from Belgrade to
Liverpool nostantaneouay. A spark given at Dun
dee could fire the of the Invalides at Paris.
Here too, at a single leap we have reached the ne
plus ultra of earthly possibility In ten years-nay
in fve--we have cleared the vast space between
the speed of a horse and the speed oflightning.--
~ Br. Review
The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03

The following is the inscription on the head-board
Of grave on the Plains:
Mr. ]. II. carried away
By diarrhea and cholera"
The Empire County argus., 1855-11-03
NO. 49,.

A FASHIONABLE BELLE AT SARATOGA. Saratoga
is a magnet, drawing with magic force, thousands
from every part Some come here to contemplate
to revere, and to write others to grasp chance
in the lottery of life while others here to ad
mire and be admired. Time is wasted in disspa
ton and the study is how to dispose of it, Let US
see how fashionable belle passes the day.
She generally rises about 9 o'clock, A. NJ. takes
a half hour to array herself in her morning robes
and arrange her co,feur, then she perhaps goes to
the Springs, and drinks mineral water, tumbler
after tumber, till it is impossible to swallow more
it is her ambition to have drank more than her
neghbor; then she returns to breakfast and salts
fes her delicate appetite by eating half broiled
chicken, small beafsteak, an omelet some milk
toast rolls and coffee and then she is ready to
make conquest of the first mechanical body that
wears vest. Then she rolls ten-pns for an hour,
in order to give herself coler; then returns homo
to dress for dinner; two hours are generally taken
for this at the sound Of the bell or the gong she
sails in all her dry goods to the dining hall The
greater the expense of Dress the greater the style
the farther it drags behind, the more you must ad-
mire her taste. When she is seated she casts her
eyes up and down the table to the effect she
has produced, then calmly prepares to do justice to
the materials before her. Fashionable bellies are
always fine epicures they can instantly detect the
difference between a tame or a wild duck
One hour and half is spent in dinner, and then
for a promenade and an arrangement into couples.
Then is the time when all will pass under observa-
ton; every false diamond will be detected no
bachelor but will be discovered, if he have wig
Or not; rouged face will be scanned until the
tural color of the face will outvie the artificial
unnatural tooth, glass eye, wooden leg, blind
people, rheumatic people, deaf people, lame people,
red headed people, padded people. Ten-penny cal
icoes cannot pass muster as silks, and imitation
lace must be put down. You must run the gaunt-
let, and every flaw will cape and spread itself. and
become large in your own eyes If you have been
discovered Sitting in corner with companion,
especially if you have been whispering low, you
will be surely pointed at The belles-Saratoga
bellies rule here, and you must submit to custom
without complaint. The belle now eats her tea,
and then she enters the ball room and between
Irritation and dancing, she passes through the day
and evening. This is the routine of life, admirably
adopted to dyspeptic constitutions.
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-11-06

Deed OF Trust, securing to Enos Lowe. the
"A payment Of the sum OF Fourteen hundred
Dollars, on or before the lst day Of January,
4. D. 1855, having been executed by Madison
Dagger and Joseph r. Moffat to Lysander !.
Rabbit, bearing date July s%th, 4. D. 1854, sf
the following described hand, situated IN the city
az Councii bisis, county ol Postawattamis and
state u Iowa, being "a undivided two-tAirds ct
Lots numbered one hundred and eighty ksar
(Is4l snd one hundred and eighty -6vs. 1857 In
~ .urvev Of said city Of Coaseil BiuAs, ~ the
County Judgs 4 s,id county, under IN aet OF
conxren, eeatainIng eighty acres, more Or less,
which the said Deed was duty acknowledged.
4 IA the said Lysander ". Babbitt having bean
n said deed, duty authorized to sell ssid ssad,
Is case Of failure In the payment Of said sum OF
.eney. therefore, ae.ies Z hsrsby xivsa, that
a the l7eh day a November, \. p. 1855, the
id Ivs,ndsr w. Dabbitt will sell the above
described premises q public auction. At the door
q IL eface Of the County Judge ofPottawatta-
- county. At II o'clock n.
4. ]. POPrLEToE, ATTY.
vknl1W6
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-11-06

HQueen Victoria crossed over to
France on the 18th, TO remain six days.
Eg DR.. Praker has been appointed COM
missioner TO China.
1 The Central Baak of Tennessee. 1t
cambridge has just gone into operation.
~ Potatoes are plentiful in Bedford,
Ind. af95 cents. per ba>hel.
r. Honey is defined TO be . compost
tien for taking stains out of characters.
o. Lecomp'e has been chosen as the
Capital of Kansas.
OF Wheat is advancing at Nashville
There were sales OF extra on Tuesday At
80 cents per bushel.
o. Elk Governor Collier Of Alabama,
died of Choiera-morbus, at Bart,ey's
Springs near rorence, on the asth inst.
or 6rst class hotel is about to be
built II Os.o~a, eighty by one hundred
feet, and Two stores high.
or NJ. Buchanan will leave England
on his return to 70 the Unstcd States, on
che 9th of October.
4rTAe Bstsoa Rogue Advocate HOSTS
the name II Hon George u Dxllss for
the Presidency. "a.
or The cholera . psevaling With dread.
faitatahy on the Aonongaheia river shove
Pittsburg.
r. On enc acre OF ground ia Franklin
CO., No, Judge e. B. Inye, raised $40
pounds OF hay. ssss.
r. The price ofliquor-selling lecepses
in chicogo has been reduced from 800,
10 800. Z
~ nn. 6xisshelm. the abvaition lady
OF Pitssbarys ha. come out 10 faver Of the
K. n. doctrine.
Judge earle. Of Alabama. formerly a K.
n member Of congress. is out against the
AS sa.s..a HI. hs sa. s,#@
Ja,nes Z. Whsstou. for twessy yeass
editor Of the Wbeeling Times md Ga3stie.
hAa retired fron that position a private
Life. $50 - #.sss Isl - -
The tobAeps crop IN Tsns@sses i nov
more promising Aaa il haf besa Il . cor
responding Psr;ol 1ss fs4 y1ars.
i is no. .aoesaae4 III o. PoP.l.sioa
OF New Yort city. = isd9 lpseel = n, he,
census nafshala, ! eo1si1e-
Wsoosns; fAe tfisl56pesisl DssuloGsss.
ic S:ass ceassa6es Il ~ et = Midssa.
On fses3 Dninated Gov. Barstov
sor re-elss4ion-
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CO They have in Germ my small green
frog, termed BY them the ''le.f frog" which,
when caught, Is placed in glass jar purity
filed with water, and steps, erected on which
the little chap sits. Ii the weather is to be
clear and fine. he reclines 90 the upper step;
but if storm Is approaching he goes down
part gay, and if the Storm is to be severe
one, he goes to the bottom. He 10 seldom
more than an inch and half long, and his
rstions consists of one ny per day.
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1D&yAosO -
-. Jeaa Kisoi.e. So n IA !ny wlss.os
@A 11ai6 10, No. - e1ilsd 3 oar OF
h>s 81 xivsn = the tbllowiAg inform asioa
in r>S>eeaes - the runorsa nAssaers Of en-
isranh . Devils 6atA:-
7ssfhS tain consisted OF tan wagons, S.0OJ
head al 1ock, and according v the statesasat
ofCapt. DolipAan of the company there we're
800 souls. II. Wisxins Gays lie has no means
Of knosinx the stact Aumber Of people In
the train, bds he heard Capt. Doniphan say
sAers vers 300. The greater part OF The
company wsrs flsn Missouri
s.fAu LETT St. Joseph, No.. on the lSth Of
March, 4bd spt along sery wall until tho loth
OF Julyr when they camped at Devifs 6ate
for Ae,nieAt. Up 70 this time they had seen
but fen, IDdians on the road; consequsntiy
tAsy becszAs sarslsss, and declined standing
suard' q night. About u'clock ut night
About 200 Sioux and Chryennes charged
upon them while the whole company was
s5und aslssp, killing oil but six ren, SIX
women md seven children and driving Cd
every apimal- @
Among those who were killed were Capt.
Daniphan, Col. Pierre Choseau, Of st. Louis;
Col. Gilpin, Of Jackson Co., Mo-; Samuel
Lane and fairly, OF lndisoa, lbrotner OF Jo-
seph Lane Of Oregon } Mr. Cody aud family,
of Weston. NO.; Nj. Barch, (single man, of
Platte Co., Mo-; Dick Murphy, Of Weston,
DO. !, Mr. John Wagxias ssr infsn1ant, loss
his whole family, consisting of wife and
three children.
The sassges, after hurried slaughter of
such ~ fell m their way, refreshed to the
nountAins, driving the stock before them.
In the morning the survivors packed up
What prorisisas they eoald we'll carry, burn
ed the wagons and everything that remain
Cd, and then started for Salt Lake on foot
They accomplished the journey in Is days.
foar Of which they we're without norsel to
eat. They lasd their case before Brigham
Ysung who kindly called Mormon council,
levied contribution, AID fitted them out
with Eve teams, with which they continued
their journey 10 Sacramento DIR. Virgins
il aos On his way 10 Portland, where he has
brother residing. He has walked in from
Saeramente."-Oregon Argus.
TIE indians have brought in the repor,
that ths Blackfeet Indians have killed Gov.
Stephens and company. The report was very
generally credited in this region. Ibid.
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Sarpy's Steam Ferry Boat,
HBRAsKA,

v1NhE steamer Nebraska No. /, 10 running
i bstWsen St. Mary aud Bellevue. 4 The
Nebrssks is = nsw aud splendid boat, manned
by experienced officers and crew. Bsllsyps.
Nsbraska, 10 opposite St. Mary, Iowa. III 8
Emignnts coming TO Nebraska, should come
directly 10 ST. MARY. This il the froas
gateway to the saost important and interesting
portion Of Nebraska. Bear in mind that
ST. MARY AND BELLEVUE,
are the two bes. points for the emigrsaion 70
center.
st, Mary, Iowa. March "a, '55 (n4s-s1
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The stsaoship Orizaba has arrived at New
Orleans with dates from the city Of Mexico
to the 5th inst. ~
Gen. Alvarez has been elected President
by the college at Cuernsvaca, but the militia
~ power viii deny him entrance into the cap
dial, AMI hard fighting is anticipated.
Vega had vithdx&wn from civil power,
having refused - obey the orders Of Alvarez
Q arrest the fugitive i iniatsry of Santa An
ma, and arm the National Guard. His pre-
decessor In ONCE had again assumed the d.
ties.
The rumors that vlrs current to the effect
that the American ei.tsr had furnished
money and arms xalnf, and signed .
PROFESSIONALS, have s. ID By both Gen.
Alvarez and Mr.. Gad50
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HI. =. GILLMORE'U
GENUINE

NAY A L q 4 E l. ! n l n I
y sovereign remedy los rheumatism bruises,
sprnins s,ilfness Of joints, burns. scaIds, fresh
date. vounds: ague cake. piles, cake In ths
brs,st. srysipels,, bites Of insects, Or rspulA4
ssss nippfss. salt rheum. neuralgia. tsoth sehs,
beile. ring. worms, and caIsAeops slectioAs q
III iiads. Also, h'will cure spyAiAs. 10 He'd
III fenlder, svs4o5, 1stsia, splIss. mig bone,
Doli svil, s.if complaint, Sel9 solse. fsrcy
1isesnper. ysllsv water, ylsadstA 4e,
Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-11-06

e. On to-norroS the bridge acsossCe.
dsr river will DO completed and the e. lvil
cross on their wsJto lows City. Utve
noashs hsnos the locomotive will sptR tn
Capitol q this 6tate; Davenport will b II
1r1t city = sFsst the good psoPas q thal
plscs With ssi6ht Of The iFoa horss and bid
then weloome 70 ~ banln oe ~ Ais5J3ipi
pi.--.Dayeppest Gss., Oct. e
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lsxaminea the above named patient lev &
Gays before he commenced taking ths Pan-ss
acea, have examined him since and fully
sanction the statement Of the parents. b.
lievs 1t to be permanent a. we'll g re-
mari able cure. Attes. So ~
"A. ID. WILLIAMS, II D
Dyspepsia Cured.
We challenge the world to produce dr.
gle case Of dyspepsia where DR.. Bruce's Pan
acea has besn nseI without decided and
valuable Improvement. Even whsrs this
fearful disease has become mark ed and con
hrmed, assuming all the most agra waited
symptoms, where he skill Of the nlost emf
nent physicians have failed, and many p.t-
emf medlclnes IN popular favor have been
tried inovain, tn r snacea has az pelled th. !.
disease and reinstatel youthful vigor md
health.
Read the followins statement ofa ea.l~.
man OF the most animpeachabls vArscity
- Henry co., ky., My 10, l85s.
U.' BRUCE Dear Sir: have been sorsiy
aiiilcted for eight years---havs take mSaf.
c'ne from several eminst phy sicians, and -,
fioas medicines variously recommsnde tokh1
paotie' q IN expense to me Of soua Sne
nunarea otiars, all without psrmananA lpp-s i
ent. | had bscoane very weak and lsAa<:-Qa
pain IN nay side and breast, great dspsea1tea
SHORTAGES Of breath, an extreme conssipskisn
OF ny bowels. going from eight q, ia day,-,
1"lIopul any action. la this coud,aoo mo
cu'sd few bottles Of ayoar IndiaA Y19ta-~
ME Fanaoss, and have found + 81 S1llcl. ;
l Am tree from pain, and sm seI,sis&nnsnys
aesn and former strength. ~ b,w6ie1e. !
now regular, and I can say !nlauf tT1f
am able IS ain - 70 perform ~ daytX ~
On my taFn. Iknow the Panaoes ~ eI1lni 4 |.
ne. aud chesrfull recomusn1 & 3 q -
addicted WITH dyspspaie scol r. - !,
torfor OF sss liver. VI G. foaRI1~ h /
= .Dr. Braces TaAacea.',
. Whenused according 70 difvsssaiss VIM ca
invariably the following di,ae,@ Dyspspsia,
.scrokula Or Aing's Evil. Iacipispt. Cepesnn->
lion, kheumatism. lnAAmatioa n IL :&2
Liver Complaints, GravsA Pile, HaoanY' -. .
and Hss1oss, Headache, Pain ID ths -
breast and Back, Diseases q the Kidnsys~ =
Spleen ana Spine, C0lduesg6 81 the Fsea Old
Sdrse and Ulcers, 0wsliiAg sc asrVi1K
Lumbago and Jaundics, .Flelil irTskn1n -
ties and oil dlssasea arising from 81 p
proper or excessive uss Of Aefenrx. NJ !
AED4uAL PR0P1 RfIES AND E>fn :
Aferative, Pureativg. nNDti,,Q1pa1g.
etc md Ipnl' u j. scli96 - HySsaad
Blood y powerful and ssnaf 4 : q rKovk
So m 81 q 1As IN / s. !
$. s,se. .1 ,sa sIas m N o. o.
1stsesk the,sies nlsan1p4s to- oan
I'm Nnd II = r. :
no ~ xkezms 81
49, IN 60 \