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those like him there are many green
isles" Not one TO waste life in vain re-
pininss. believing that Isabel had either
changed in her feelings toward him, and
took this means 10 break the bond that
united them, or that she had suffered her
self to dismiss him. unheard. in conse
quence OF a mere misapprehension, false
report. a malicious SANDER. he called
pride TO his aid, and with a compass
pointing to "the steep where fame's
proud temple shines afar." he steered on
under the light o! hopes torch, once
quenched in the cold waters OF disap-
pointed love, yct fe.kindled at the scorch-
ing res OF ambition.
WELL" said he, to himself, few
months subsequent TO Isabel's dismissal
of him. and her departure from the city.
tit was a bright. heavenly, gorgeous
d1eam--too glorious perhaps for mortal
destiny. Well for me that it ended so
early. In the sunshine of love the wings
of my ambitions spirit were fast scorch-
ing their brilliancy and wasting their
power Now that it is ended. to toll
unremitting and sleepless erergy shall be
given 10 those = paciies which else would
waste in dependency and gloom. There
is a porer within ne whose calls mus!
be anSwered. All are born for a pur-
pose. The chipping wren fills his allot-
ted sphere. as The proud eagle his, and
wren or eagle while my piuions are free,
shall speed cn to the iulfllment Of
mine"
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she pleasantly charged him with his de-
yotion the blue dominio-anG lsughingly
rallied him as at last victim. ''Ah' how
your air castles Will totter and crumble.
said she. 'when your fair incognita shall
prove to be venerable spinsler in search
OF husband and home, or staid mat
ron who Will send her liege lord TO de-
maud the meaning Of your sentiments
Take care. Mr.. Stantope." and the light
hearted girl bade him good night.
And take care. Mr.. S,anhope, say we,
with tie fair Julia, for venerable spinster :,
sober ma:ron or blooming maiden-of a
verify did Howard Slanhope that night
dream Of bIae rose buds. There, reader.
you have it, sober. sensible. Houard
Sfdnhope dreamed. actually dreamed Of
blue rose buds--whai an anomaly They
were showered around him. but he could
not grasp them. They hung above him,
but they were beyond his reach
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Business Cards inserted one year $500.
Legal advertisements must be cash in ad-
vance or accepted security. Advertiser ents
time not marked will be inserted till forbidden
aud charged at the above rates.
Smyrna times., 1855-07-11
A Nightingale in the Camp.

The men before Sebastopol! more heroic host
There never stood, in hardship and in peril, at
their post.
The foremost of those warriors 'twere famous
thing to be!
And there the first among them goes if thou
hast eyes to see.
'Tis not the good Lord Raglsn, nor yet the
great Omar,
No, nor the fierce peissier, though thunder
bolts OF war.
Behold the soldier who in worth eXcels above
the rest;
That English maiden yOnder is our bravest and
our best.
Brave men, so called, are plentiful the most
Of men are brave.
grave;
Their valor's not selfsacrifce, but simple want
of heed;
But courage, in a woman's heart, is bravery in.
deed
And there is Mercys Amazon, within whose
little breast
Burns the great spirit that has dared the fever
aud the psst.
Aud she has grappled with grim Death, tina
maid so bold and meek:
There is the mark of battle fresh upon her pallio
cheek.
That gallant. gentle lady the camp would fail
review;
Throughout the Chief escosts her with sucl
honor as is due.
How many prayer attends on her, how man
blessing greets!
How many glad and grateful eye among tina
host she meets!
Nov goes she TO look forth upon the Enemy
stronghold
q damsel, when its story shall in after time
told,
When not a stone of that thieves den shall rel
upon stone,
No name shall with its memory live longe
than thine own.
Among the worlds great women thou hal
made thy glorious mark;
Men will hereafter mention make of thee wit
Joan of Arc:
Aud fathers, who relate the Maid of Saragossa
tale,
Svil tell their little children, too, of FLoRES'
NIGHTINGALE.
-.e London Punch.
Smyrna times., 1855-07-11
Civic 40tm5.
SCATTER We SEEDS.

Setter We seeds, and flowers will spring;
Strow then at broadcast o 'er hill and glen ;
Sow in your garden, and time will bring
Bright flowers, with seeds to scatter again
Scatter We seeds-nor think them lost,
Though they tall amid leaves, and are buried
in earth;
Spring will awake them, though heedlessy
tossed
And to beautiful flowers those seeds will give
birth.
Scatter We seeds; tire not, but toll;
'Tis the work OF life, it's the labor Of man;
In the head, in the heart, and on earths own
SOL,
Sow, gather and SOW, through life's own span.
Scatter ye seeds in the field of mind
Seeds OF flowers, with seeds of grain;
In the spring and summer sweet garlands yell
find,
And in autumn yen reap rich fruits for your
pain.
Scatter ye seeds in the garden of heart,
Seeds ot affection, of truth and of love;
Cultivate carefully each hidden part,
Aud thy flowers will be seen by angels above.
Scatter We seeds-the seeds of Hope;
Plant in your BOSOM the Tree of Life
Then the flowers here budding in Heaven shall
ope,
And IN Heaven will ripen the fruits of strife
Then scatter ye seeds each passing year;
Sow amid winds aud storms of rain -
Hope give the courage, Faith cast out tear,
God vii. requite thee with infinite gam.
Smyrna times., 1855-07-11

Not drop of intoxicating liquor is sold within
a mile and half of it. 1t was infested with
groggcry until last Christmas, but the atmos-
phere of the place had become so pure that the
rumseller was obliged to seek another locality
in which to continue his existence. We have
fiourishing Division of the Sons of Temper
lance which has exerted a very salutary and
powerful influence not only in its immediate
neighborhood, but over the greater part of this
county. Its members include nearly all the
respectable men Of the neighhorhood. 1t is to
it that we owe our present exemption from the
evils of drunkenness The effect of such
state of things l need hardly detail. We have
no disgracefnl exhibitions Of intoxicated men
staggering through our streets, disgusting the
peaceable portion of the community with thelr
coarse and bosterouS language and their brutal
merriment. The shouts of midnight reveiry.
and the mingled curses ard groans OF nturlatcd
combatants never meet our ears. Those mis-
cradle objects of pity, the tattered and woe
begone children of the drunkard, with their
emaciated forms and their tear-begrmed fca-
lures are never seen in our streets. The
whole current Of affairs runs on smo hthly,
peaceably, quietly.
But we cannot say so much for many places
near the State line. The unfortunate victims
of intemperance in your State now visit ours
for the pHrpose of indulging their gnawlpg ap-
petite, and yielding to their morbid desire for
unnatural stimulants. Thus the rumseller of
this Stale at present derives pecuniary ad-
vantage from the Prohibltory Law OF Delaware,
as long he can keep 50 we'll ordered house
that his license may not be suppressed. Let
him hare his REGARD!
w. ii. S.
SUDLERsvILLE, MD., July 4, 1876.
Written for the Smyrna Times.
Smyrna times., 1855-07-11

ate desire in my heart to do something to help
the right and crush the wrong. When worn
with the tolls Of the day, there is nothing more
refreshing, more soothing to my spirits than
life for moment-gves my mind pleasant
recreation, and fits me the better to grappc
again with life's realities.
LEwEs, Del, June 1855.
Smyrna times., 1855-07-11

~ The majority against the prohbtory
law in Illinois, is over l4,000. A correspon-
dent of the TribMne lays the defeat to the mix
ing of Know Nothinglsm, while a correspon-
dent of the Boston Telegraph, gives this rea-
son:
The battle for prohibition in this State has
been fought, and the prOhibitionists are with
out doubt defeated. This is contrary TO the
general expectation, and creates much sur
prise and regret among the friends of temper
ance. The cause Of defeat is to be found i'm
that feature of the prohbtory law, framed by
the Legislature last winter, which forbds the
sale of cider in smaller quantities than ten gal
Ions. The Illinois State Register, published
at Springfield, one of the oldest aud most in
tuential papers, attacked the law chiefly on ac-
count of this clause, and how successfully, is
shown by the majorties against prohibition in
the principal farming counties. The question
submitted to the people by the Legislature was
on the adoption or rejection OF the law direct
ly; that might have involved constitutional
objection. To AVOID "a thc i4w provided th.
il should take effect on tnr first oF July. pro
vlded the majority OF the voters went in favor
OF prohibition.
Smyrna times., 1855-07-11

SwEARING.-The absurdity and utter folly of
swearing isadmirably set forth in the following
anecdotc of Beelzebub and his imps: The
latter went out in the morning each to conn
mand his set of men, one the murderers. ano.
ther the liars, and another the swearers. &c.-
At evening they stopped at the mouth of a
cave. The question arose among them who
commanded the meaneSt set of men. The sub
jeet was debated at length, but without coming
to decision. Finally his Satanic Majesty
was called upon to decide the matter in dis
pute. Whereupon he said: the murderer got
something for killing, the thief for stealing,
and the liar for lying but the swearer was the
meanest OF all, he served without pay. They
were his majesty's best subjects: for while
they were costess, their name was legion. and
presented the largest division in his (Satan'sl
employ. a. i"
Smyrna times., 1855-07-11

, OF God requires the service OF the wno'e
being. Strive therefore for a pure heart a
clear mind. and sound body. .at,aa .
Smyrna times., 1855-07-11

Or5- Robert Hall said of family prayer, at
serves as an edge border, to preserve the weo
of life from unraEeling. a.aga -.a .a.. .rs..H
Smyrna times., 1855-07-11

Z. ts7- A man is slow to perceive his own slow
ness of perception. ''F 's ..'''.,'' ~
Smyrna times., 1855-07-11

6T DAubigne. in bis history of the Refor-
R,ation, says, "The Gospel triumphs by the
bleod of its eonfessors, not by its adversaries."
0Those who exceed in strength are not
the most likely to show contempt of weakness.
A man does not despise the weakness of a
child.
Smyrna times., 1855-07-11
SuDLERsvILLE, MD., July 4, 1876.
AY DR. E A NJ S .

Written for the Smyrna Times.
The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20

BEAUTIFuL.-It cannot be that earth is
mans abiding place 1t cannot be that
our life is cast up by the ocean of eternity
to float upon its waves and sink into moth
ingness. Else, why is it that the glorious
aspirations which leap like angels from the
temples of our hearts are forever wander
ing about unsatisfed? Why is it that the
rainbow and the clouds come over with a
beauty that is not of earth, and pass off to
leave US to muse on their faded loveliness
Why is it that the stars who hold festival
around the midnight throne are set above
the grasp of our limited faculties, forever
mocking us with their unapproachable
|glory' And finally, why is it that the
bright forms of human beauty are presen-
ted to our view and then taken from us,
leaving the thousand streams of our affec-
lion to flow back in Alpine torrents We
are born for higher destiny than that of
earth. There is realm where rainbows
never fade, where the stars will be out be-
fore us like islets that slumber on the
ocean, and where the beings that pass be-
fore US as shadows will stay in our possess
ion forever.
The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20
Steep Hollow Canal Go,
10 all VI hOm il may CCncrn.

s/NOW ye that the undersigned did locate by
IN due notice, a Canal for mining and other pur-
poses, in the county Of Nevada and State of Cali
tonia, on the 23rd day Of May A. d. 1855, at
which time they did claim the right and privilege 10
erect the requisite dam in and across the stream
commonly known as Steep Hollow in Little York
township, at place called Negro Flat, and about
swo miles above the dam of the Chalk Bluff Lum-
nes ana W ater Company; such dam 10 be sufficient
70 MI ditch and tloom of the following dimensions
to wit = Said loom 10 be three feet Isl wide. and
twenty go inches in depth, to conduct the water
nom the dam into ditch io1r ~ feet wide upon
the top, two and one t24l wide at the bottom and
two and nehalf ED feet in depth Said Ditch or
Canal and Hoom to on the north side of Steep
Hollow, at grade of twenty-one i2l) feet to the
nile, and to follow in line with Steep Hollow
canon uLto the Chalk Bluff Saw Mill then to divide
and run BY branches to Wallogpa, Red Dog. Mule
ttavlne and intermediate places
The Undersigned hereby notifying all persons
hat they clam the right to build said dam. as well
as the right Of way to contruct the foom and ditch
IS herenbeiore described and also water sufficient
90 fill the said ditch and floom from and out of tba
waters of Steep Hollow which are at this dat
Eightfully and legally to no other person or persons
Glaimed or beionSiHg JOHN LOBDELL, p
T. r. MORGAN,
WM. A. BEGOLE,
D. A. CRANE
June Isl 1855. 5-3nl*
The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20

WOMEN AND CoMroEr-A friend, wri
ting from Australia, says that society is
growing wild, and that nothing but wo-
men can bring it back to civilization again.
He is right. You may iou;ld prisons and
erect gibbets, pass laws and establish court
houses and deputy sheriffs, but till you en-
able men to become husbands, they will
run into all kinds of ungodliness, beginning
with unshaved boards, and leaving off wi.b
dirty shirts and highway robbery. A vir-
tuous woman is sedative in dimity-her
presence exerts soothing influence that
makes the most brutal not only tractable,
but tidy. Wherever she moves, there Won
will find cleanliness and churches, well
kept door-yards and Sabbath schools.-
Without her ministering aid, men would
drift away from decenoy and religion, and
bring up in broken breaches, i'll ll-kent neck
ties and utter darkness. Woman Is a clo
rious institution-the only created beinc
that takes precedence of sunshine Lons
may she wave.
The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20

ARRIVAL OF THE SIERRA NEVADA
The Nicaragua steamer Sierra Nevada
arrived at San Francisco on Saturday.
The news from Central America and
Mexico is important Col. Walker, the
fillibuster, landed on the coast - miles
from San Juan on the night of the 2Sth
June, and marching for Rivas the next
day battle took place between the
Americans and Gen Boska leader of the
Legitimist party. Walker succeeded in
cutting his way through the enemy coo
strong Five Americans were killed and
six wounded. Boska lost near 100 men.
The cholera appeared on board the
Sierra Nevada on her passage mp. The
number of deaths are variously stated at
from 20 to 70. Twenty-Five cases were
on board the steamer Sunday, lying at
the wharf
A private letter to the Alta from Ac-
apulco, contains the important informa-
tion that Santa Anna had abdicated. -
The particulars are too full for this paper.
The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20

PORTRAIT OF THE YOUNG FRENCH EN-
PREss.-A London paper draws the fol-
lowing fattering portrait of the young
French Empress Eugene:
"She belongs to one of the rarest of all
styles, that Of the Spanish blonde. Stamp
ed by natures impress, there is an unmis-
taxable evidence of blood in her refined
and spiritual face. Extremely fair, with
gentle blue eyes, and charming natural
color, the Empress Eugene possesses the
additional charm of a most expressive
mouth. The classical elevation of her
countenance reminds one of the chiselled
master pieces of Grecian art. She has
more, however, of the outward and visible
signs of high Spanish race in the long and
dellcately drawn features, and especially
in her Castillian air, so remote from ought
that is suggestive of vulgar associations
Nor are her voice and manner the least Of
her attractions. She can sustain dignity
without losing afability, and in her cour-
tesy there is none of the affected conde-
scension that wounds more than wins
Her words, gestures, and department are
those ola noble lady, of an illustri
gentle-woman, formed to grace a throne
and cast an additional lustre on her posi-
ton.
On Thursday the heat Of the weathe,
and the prolonged exertion ofreceiving the
acclamations of what we should call the
levee of the Londoners, gave rather tn.
appearance of languor to the Empress
But in the evening, at the opera, her love
illness was heightened by the attractive.
ness of her dress, and by her brilliant jew.
els AS she acknowledged the greeting.
of the house with radiant smiles, it seemed
that if ever clay was cast in an imperia
mould, it was when nature fashioned thai
Grecian head, with its graceful neck anc
bust 1T is gratifying to know that hel
amlabillty is equal to her beauty She i.
adorned by her attendants; and the words
"Elle est So bonnie, S, amia6le," are in the
mouths of all who knew her. We cannot
close this notice of one so lofty in station
and so highly endowed, without recording
that her Imperial Majesty's influence ha,
been directed to raising the tone and char
acter of the Court of the Tulleries.
The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20
Written at MY Mothers, Grave,

BIT GEO. D. PRENTICE.
The trembling dew drops fall
Upon the shutting flowers, like souls at rest,
The stars shine gloriously-and all,
Save me, are blest.
Mother, love thy grave.
The violet, with its blossoms blue and mild,
Waves Ger thy head when shall it wave
Above thy child
'Tis a sweet 1ower-yet must
Its bright leaves to the coming tempest blow,
Dear mother, It's thine emblem-dust
Is on thy brow
And conld love TO die
To leave untasted life's dark, bitter streams
By thee, as erst in childhood lie
And share thy dreams.
And must linger here,
To stain the plumage of my sinless years,
And mourn the hopes of childhood dear
With bitter tears?
Ay, must linger here,
A lonely branch upon withered tree,
Whose last frai leaf, untimely scar
Went down with thee7
Oft from life's whitening bower,
In still communion with the past l turn,
And muse on thee, the only flower,
In memory's urn.
And when the evening pale,
Bows like a mourner on the dim blue wave.
stray to hear the night winds wall
Around thy grave.
Where is thy spirit aown2
/ gaze about-thy look is imaged there
Ilisten-and thy gentle tone
Is on the air
Oh, come, whilst here press
My brow upon thy grave, and in those mild
And thrilling tones of tenderness.
Bless bless thy child
Yes, bless thy weeping child,
And o'cr thine urn, religions shrine,
Oh, give his spirit undefled,
To blend with thine
The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20

NEWSPAPER PoETRY-Perhaps it is
betraying secret of the sanctum, but
we cannot help wondering why most of
the anonymous effusions that sigh over
"reminiscences of "boyhood'' come to us
in delicate female handwriting And
why those purporting to be indicted by
unhappy maidens are invariably in mas
culine chirography' manuscripts were
published as well as sentiments, readers
would be astonished to see with what a
steady hand Thoughts of Dying Old
Man, are penned and how little knowl-
edge, critics of the sublime sometimes
evince, of Webster's spelling book Ro-
mances of foreign lands generally come
from people who have never seen salt
water, and stories of Humble Life from
those who would be shocked at an iron
spoon. Everybody thinks this is poetry
in everybody's life but his own. If peo-
pie only wrote about what they know,
and not about what they know, and not
about what they imagined, what tons of
trash this world would have been spared
from reading Alb Eue. Jour
The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20

soar crusty, rusty, fustt, dusty, musty
old curmudgeon of a man, gave the follow
ing toast at firemen's LIBERATION "Our
flre engines,-may they bA like our old
maids-every ready but newer wanted.o
The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20
United STATES HOTEL.
8hCAD STREET. NEVADA.

6hCAD STREET NEVADA
atAIs @ELL-KNJHN AND y0NN0DIOUs HOTEL naa
opened by lhe subscribers for the accommoda-
IN ci thei- fr,ends and inc travelling public.
c stranaera visithg Nevada upon business pleasure
7 Hence TilI be pleasantly located IL The heart Of
t vel sGppiisc Ei, e3mfo-iao apartments especially
Fof the 5s5 Of Ladies and Families
Auo arfs9e5ir s sdalce ouailed in tho mining
-esIoI
The kiscnen l&rdeT OaiEs Inde. ne control Of Mr..
JENKINS celebrated for rig talents caterer is auf-
-dent guarantee that he table viii az all times be sup
red with every decacy Of The season. served up in the
best 5gyie The Bar supplied with choice selection Of
Wines Liquors and Cigars.
me subscribers propose tc keep in all respects first
class Hotej scale Of iberaty hitherto uraoueed in
The mountains
Determined TO nis establishment place Of puoic
convenience and resort arrangements have beer entered
qto with the Alta Telegraph Line for the reception from
All parts of lie State Of the cRrrsnt of the day
usluding lnFort9p- Legislative proceedings
COL9URN + JENKINS, PropriatOrs.
". CcLB RS ,. z. JENKINs
Nevada Dec ) 55s--ty
The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20

MOUNTAIN TRADE.-Trains of pack
animals with merchandise, make the trip
from Placerville to Carson Valley via
Johnson's route weekly.
The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20

AccIpENr.-Mr.J John II. CraycroA, of
Downieville, had hisjaw fractured in three
places last week while rolling saw log
The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20

RUMoR EDrToRIAL.-It il reported that
uen. y. M. Estell is to become connect
ed with the editorial corps of Sacramento
The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20
DR.. II. Y, BEoENELL,
Eclectic Physician and Surgeon.

FkR. Bt}KNELL would he.ebT give ho.ice &c mis-
~ friends and the public that e mas disconnected
lu.scf cm all ether pursuits and viii hereafter devote
rimsoh exclusively 10 the duties hs profession il its
ariuus branches OF Medicine Su gerry, Obsletricks and
Dentistry. The Electric System CT edicne dscards the
OF Mercury and aii other posonoIs minerals Med
cnes We Botanic Vegetable medicines and their
extracts We would Bdv.se mirers put mercury in
ineir suice boxes by Going they would their
gold and their health and they nseI any medicine take
simple vegetable wlich always be found at
OFFICE ON BROAD STREET, REV ADA TWO DOORS
ABOVETdE UNION I0TE5s. whe-e have a wel
selected assortment 9f Drugs Medicines Roots Herbs
md Resnaids
DR. BickheIl will ppy nAr'icUla att ntior me practice
IF eLtisty ana from his LONG experience and thorough
knowledge Of the business h. il enabled give entire
'atislacti0n 10 those Who may cal on him for Dental
operations
PRiCES-Teeh Plug gged with ours geld for 50 cavity.
fe5th plugged with Tin Fol- It - cavity Teeth insert
ID pivot FER S., each Teeth extracted fO- 81 each-
Teeth ceansed for from 81 to 81 sett.
sie also has Tooth 'uTi5r which Is lneqdalied for
curing the ScoyT. raS-us thu Teeth white and purifying
ihe Breath. May 45-n
The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20
JOHN HERZINGER,
Dealer in Boots, Shoes and Caters.

NVhHefciai osreeI, next uoOr u bloCk q 20
q The subscriber has on hand at his stand one
a. DSor below the Corner of Pine and Commercial
sA- the LARGEST STOCK of BOOTS SHOES, CATERS
ri BBEi{S. and LADIES' SHOES offered for sale in
the mountains which he will dispose Of AT THE LOWEST
RATES. BY keeping hand the best assortment to be
had in California and by giving his business his personal
attention. he hopes to merit and receive public
patronage He designs keeping fun assortment on hand
and viii at all times be pleased to wait on the public
n B-He has in his employ the best workmen in the
state, and will at all times make to order Fine Boots
shoes Ladies slippers and in fact anything that neces
sary IN his Cuisines Call in and his assortment of
boots ana shoes, Tor summer wear. May 25-3m