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The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-12-20

THE SHIFTING HUEs OF LIFE.-Life has for an
observer such a quick succession of amusing
adventures. that it is almost inconceivable that
he should ever feel dull or weary oft No one
day resembles another. Every hour, every
minute. opens new stores to our experience. and
new exctements to our curiosity. We are al
ways on the eve and tomorrow of some sur
prisng event. Like the moth we are forever
fiy ng towards the star-but with this difference.
that we alta it; and if sometimes We find the
halo we fancied glory but some deceiving
mist. at least We nave learn, a lesson. If we
look upon life merely as humble students we
shall not feel any great bitterness at such dis
apartments. 1t is only when we hug our igno-
ran e our hearts, when we are and serve
20 be. miserable when we embrace the cloud.
that we lose the goodness. But if we open the
eyes of the mind and determine to be neither
wantoniy stupid or inattentive. an enchanted
world begins to rise from chaos. The aspect
of the roea in which We sit grows lively with a
thou>and unsupported cufiosites. We discern
the most ordinary person is invested with some
noticeable characteristic. If we deign to look
ont TOR five pleasant minutes at any common
place thing We become aware Of its peculiar
beauty and there is not a bird that wings
through the air. ner a flower that blossoms in
the garden. nor an insect that crawls in the
depth of the earth, nor fish that swims in the
water. but has its own singular and delightful
story-Iiousehold Words.
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-12-20

An INTELII4EAI ECHo.-M hat must he done
to conduct newspaper right Write, What is
necessary iot farmer to assist him system.
What won Id give blind man the greatest de-
light ! Light What is the best counsel given
by the justice of the peace? Peace. Who COM
mits the greatest denominations? Nations. What
is the greatest terriierg ire.
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-12-20

INITDLiIIT---' 90 hot o,ider at the supersti
ton OF the ancient Magians, who, in he NOM
ing of the world, went up to the hill-tops of
Central Asia. and. ignorant of the true God,
adored the most gloriaus work Of his hand But
| am filled with sTnaz nent when en- told that
in this enlightened age. and IN the heart OF a
christia0 world, il re ere persons who can wit
ness this daily i, static, O. tn pow er and
wisdom of tie Creator. and vt say IN their
hearts, he g Is ne Sod "-Euata's Or ton az
the Dudleg Otserratoru
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-12-20

DANTE.-The secret Of Dantes struggle 'hro'
life was III the reckless sarcasm of his answer to
the Prince of Verona, Who asked him how he
accounted for the fact, that in the household OF
princes, the court fool was in gre ater favor than
the philosopher. Similarity of mind" said
the fierce genius. 3 is all over the world the
source of friendship
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-12-20

A COSTLY ADvERTIsENENT.-TheL Legislative
Assembly of Victoria, Australia, having ordered
a list of all the registered voters to be publis-
he'd in the local newspapers, the Melbourne
Argus came out on four different days with
forty-eight pages ofdouble denny; the charge
for the advertisement amounted to 10000, or
in the vicinity of $4,000.
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-12-20

SAcRAME"~o VALLEY RAIL- oA1 CoMPANY.-
a. meeting oftle Beard o. Directors of this
Company. ned Yesterday tie following gentle
meu were elected TO serve as officers for the
ensuring year: President-J. 3. Crockett ::
Vice Pr sident-R. s Fretz Secretary ard
Treasurer-H r. Havson F. ce Comm tee
r. s. Fretz. W. T. Sberman j B. Bayerque !;
Executive Committee. Nicely Johnson v NJ
Freedom, j. F. Robinson, Chas. Hosmer.-
Cal. Chronicle
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five work opon marble, it will perish; if
work opon BRASS time will eface it. 1--WE rear
temples, they will crumble into dust. But if
we work upon immortal minds, if we Undue
them with high principles, with the just fear OF
God and of their fellow-men. We engrave on
those tablets something which no time can ef-
face-but which will brighten to all eternity.
Dan. Webster.
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PUTID Soia THnoAT.-A correspondent, wri-
ting from olcan, Amador county, furnishes
the following receipt for cases OF putrid sore
throat, which is said to be all lnialible cure:
: Take two tablespoonful OF cayenne pepper,
one teaspoonful OF salt, to ball pint OF boiling
water let ii stand one hour, then add half a
pint OF warm vinegar Dose-one tablespoon
lul every hour, and use as gargle."
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-12-20

CAUGHT IN THE SNow.-The Iowa Hill Netrs
says that party of gentle men from Michigan
Bluffs. who went on hu.ting excursion in the
mountains. were showed in. about So miles
above the Bluffs av.d were several days in ex
Treating themselves Tia Snow in soIne places
was so deep that two NIL day was as much
as they could ADJ ahce. During their confne
ment they were obliged to kill a jackass for
food.
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-12-20

A MovIxG DIscouRsE.-A few Sundays ago
divine preached furious political sermon at
Lempster, N. H., when finding his audience
was gradually deserving the church, he thanked
God in fervent manner, that among other
things granted him he possessed the power Of
.'casting out devils"
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-12-20

Nor ALL DEsoLArE-Moss will grow upon
the gravestones the ivy will cling to the moul
dering pile !; the misletoe spring from the dying
branch and God be praised something fair to
the sight, and grateful to the heart, will yet
Irvine around and grow out OF the seams and
cracks of the desolate temple OF the human
heart
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-12-20

~ Dickens, in his Little Dorrtt." tells Us
that tender word dropped Ike heavy stone
into the we'll of Clenbam's heart, and splashed
the water into his eyesp'
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-12-20

COUNTY RoAD.-The petition of G. Grattan
and others, praying for the location of a county
road from Stockton to the Fifteen Mile House.
was granted yesterday by the Board of Super
visors.-Rspubs3ecn.
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-12-20

Little acts of kindness, gentle words. loving
smies-they strew the path of life with flowers,
they make the sunshine brighter, and the green
earth greener and he who babe us slove one
another" looks with favor upon the gentle and
kind hearted, and he pronounced the meek bles-
sed.
Spiders have four paps for spinning their
threads, each pap having 1000 holes and the
fine web itself is the union of 4 900 threads No
spider spins more than four webs, and when the
fourth has been destroyed, they go filibustering
and seize on the webs of their neighbore.
WORTH KNowING.-To ascertain the length
of day or night, any time of the year, double
the time Of the suns rising. which gives the
length of the night, and double the time of set
ting which gives the length of the day.
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-12-20

ppetrg,
My Brother.
BY EMMA BROWN.
Oh, briar rose, Chamber,
And cover the chamber
The chamber, SO dreary and lone
Where with meekly closed lips,
And eyes in eclipse,
My brother lies under the stone.
Oh, violets, cover,
The narrow roof over;
Oh, cover the window and door
For the lights,
Through the long days and nights,
Make shadows the floor?
The lilies are blooming, the lilies white.
Where his ay-haunts used to be
And the sweet cherry blossoms
Blow the bosoms
OF birds in the Old roof tree.
When hear on the hills tne shout of the storm
In the roar OF the valley, the roar of the river,
shver and shake the hearthstone warm,
As think of his cold forever
His white hands folded and never again,
With song of the robin plover,
When the has with her bees and her grain
VIII he play in the meadow clover.
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A SOLDIER FROM SEBAsToPoL-E2 Camor
Publico, of Los Angeles says There has re-
Gently arrived in this city Frencbman named
Sauveur Merchandise, who was at the taking
of the Malakoff tower. at Sebastopol. The his
tory OF this singular man is very curious He
was seven years il. the army in the service of
France. lie was in Rom. then in Africa. and
afterwards in the third regiment of Zouaves,
and was at Sebastopoi from the commencement
Of the war. Returning to France. he found
that his father was dead. and having completed
his seven years Of service. he resolved to 60 to
America He arrived in New York. and deter
mined to trivarss the continent to California.
From Santa F. he has travelled on foot and
alone and at the end OF thrce months. of con-
tinual labors, arrived il. ills city. He left
France with 300 francs $3.50. and with this
small sum has reacbvd California.
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SINGULAR CASE OF SoNAMBuLIsM.-The TIRE
port of a case OF sonaml ulism:
On Tuesday morning about | o'c ock, cou-
pie OF gentlemen passing the Oriental Hotel,
met nan stripped to his shirt with his boots
10 one hand and his clothes in bundle under
his arm. They accosted the stranger. tad asked
him where he was going. Not receiving any
answer, they took bold of and shook him, when
the man woke np aud declared that ht had
left home while in state of somn9mbulism. and
that he did not know where be was or where
he was going. In little time he recovered
his senses, and was taken to room where he
dressed himself and started for home
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-22
NEW YORK, Feb.


The Washington correspondent Of the
Journal of Comncrce, telegraphs that Gen.
Quitman it is said declares he will never re
port bill to send troops to Kansas to butch
or American citizens, whether OF one side or
the other.
The Herald's correspondent tclegraphs that
letters have been received by Gov. Shannon,
direct from Kansas, which state that the Free
State men are making extensive preparation.
for desperate fight. Munitions Of war and
men are constantly arriving from the. Free
States. He anticipates civil war. Letters
also say they are fortiIying at every point
Large sums of money have been contributed
within the last few days by Southern men, tc
raise and equip companies in the South to
send to Kansas.
The lower branch of the Nebraska Legis
lature passed bill giving women the righ
to vote.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-22
Home for Sale,

7 WILL sell, on the premises, on Friday, the
l. 18th day of March, 1856, the FARM upon
which formerly lived, seven miles South OF
Athens, Tenn, on the South bank of Chestua
Creek. adjoining the lands of Ephraim Saw
tell, Robt. Stu6blefeli, aud others, contain
ing, by estimation, EIG ACRES, about
one-half in civilizations; good Apple Orchard;
plenty of spring and stock water; well adapt
ed to the growth of corn, clover, wheat, de-,
with Houses and Springs for two families.
Terms :-One-third of the purchase money
to be paid down on the day Of sale, and the
balance in two equal payments of nine and
eighteen months, with interest from date
A good title will be made to the purchaser
Oh The day of sale, and deed OF trust taker
on the land for the subsequent payments.
JAMES DOUGLASS.
| Feb %. lS5G-2t-3S7
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Sign of the skeleton Wagon.
Southern Carriage Repository.

ME subscriber begs leave to inform the Merchants
and Planters, that he has opened repository for
the sale of Carriages Bug0ies, Harness, de-, at No 26
eekman street, running through to Is Spruce street
entrance either street. The main floor (lS5 feet in
length affords ample for keeping always on hand
n large and complete assortment OF every description
and variety.
Having learned the trade in the Factory OF his father
he Is particularly familiar with every department In
the business and Is therefore enabled to oversee orders
for any kind OF work entrusted to him. and superntend
every stage OF its manufacture. His long residence i'll
the South and West, and intimate knowledge OF every
section and his experience while with Messrs Baldwin
Starr, and Messrs. rockingham, Newell Co., gives
him many advantages In the selections required for the
different parts OF the country. Also, an acquaintance
with the character work draft track height Of wheels
quality and size OF springs and aXes necessary for the
particular localities. Particular attention paid to spe-
cal ORDERS either through merchants or to the subscri
direct and all prices guaranteed to he as low as the
work can possibly be furnished, and which will be equal
in every respect to that OF the very best anu oldest city
| or country establishments.
90 Beeknlan street Is within few doors OF the Park
on the Southeast side across from the Astpr House
and in a line from Park Place, Murray, warren and
Chamber Streets the Brick Church, LoveJoys and
Clinton Hotels. Having convenient office accommoda-
he trusts that may haye the pleasure of call from his
friends and from those who will do him the favor to ex
anime his assortment, and being the only establishment
adapted the Southern trade in the lower part oil tt
cty he respectfully solicits share OF patronage.
lie begs to refer those unacQuaned with him. TO any
of the Jobbiag Houses in New York city engaged IN th'
Southern or Western trade. Great care will be taken
in packing and engaging freight, insurance. &c. dis
| "annt oinwed 10 The trade WM. l.. MCDONALD.
| n B-Wm l.. Mcdonald takes pleasure IN referring
| to the merchants of this place
New York, Feb !, 1s56-6ni-3si
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Notice,

T WILL sell at PUBLIC AUCTION. in the
l. town of Philadelphia, Monroe county.
Tenn, on the Goth March, 1856, to the high
est bidder a tract of LAND, containing l6o
ACRES. lying one and quarter miles North
of said town, on the road leading from Madi.
sonville to Kingston, adjoining the lands OF
W. G. Julian, Esq, Jno. Stanfeld and others
Terms of Sale Twenty five per cent, tc
be paid down, balance on credit Of twelve
months with interest from date, retaining O
fen on,same until the full amount is paid.
For further particulars, apply to the un
dersigned at Charlotte Tenn, or to George
Alexander, Philadelphia, Tenn.
G. w. ALEXANDER.
Feb %. lS56-4t-3S7
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Heads Up! Eyes Right !!

FORWARD march to the Forth side of the
Il Public Square, one door East of McEwen
d Gillespie's Store, where
SIEIo1N
has Just received and opened splendid as
sortment Of Jewelry, Perfumeries, &C., which,
added to his former large stock, makes it the
most complete of any in this end of the State.
Among his new purchases may be found
Watches; Jewelry;
Port Monies; Cigar Gases;
Tooth, Nail, md Hair Brushes;
Ladies Puffs and Puff Boxes;
Toilet Soaps Of all kinds; Hair Oils;
Cologne and Extracts for the handkerchief;
Extracts for Cooking Purposes;
Snuff Boxes; Work Boxes;
Lilly White; Meenfun;
Chinese Wash Balls; Transparent Wash
Balls;
Pistols-Colts Repeating Pistols Aliens
Self cooking Pistols and Revolvers;
Shoes aud Boots at reduced prices, certain;
Cheese and Crackers;
Raisins; Figs; Dates; Prunes; Pickles;
! Oysters; Sardines;
Candies, in great variety; Almonds;
Tobacco; Cigars; Snuff
And nine hundred, ninety and nine Other
articles, which time and space will not permit
him to enumerate, but which he will take
great pleasure in showing to his numerous
custonlers-and all Of which he will sell very
cheap. Call and see. Jan
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rYy-The London Times, on the Central
American question, received by the Persia,
is liberal enough to say:
"Let us frankly give up our unquestlon'
able right to the Mosquito protection and the
island of Ruetan, and, by way of delivering
ourselves of the whole embarrassment at
once and forever, throw the worthless set
Element of the Belize into the bargain. In
return, let us call upon the American gov
eminent not, only TO observe its protection of
the treaty, IN respect of which we have blth
erto had nothing to complain, but also to
root out the gang Of pirates and murderer'
who have taken iorclble possession OF the
State of Nicaragua, and hold il in defiance Of
the will of both countries. Such IN exam
pie would do more to carry ont the inten
ton of the treaty than any amount OF pro
lection to drunken savages or occupation o
worthless islands,"
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THE WILD HUHT.-"H. G." of the New
York Tribune, in his letter from Washing
ton, of 18th inst, says:
"There is an appalling pressure for office
upon the new Clerk and Doorkeeper Of the
House. Everybody who once held an Office
and the turn Of the vince. lost it, tancies thai
he will be martyred afresh should he moi
now be provided for; while those who never
vet were so lucky rs to get their noses into
the public manger, are fercely insisting tina
their turn has come ut last. There are some
forty places to give, and not less than thous
and persons severally determined to be call
ed to fill them. OF course an immense ma
jority are doomed to certain and sure d'sap
| nointmenL"
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LIsrEs-The following "bits" of advice
appear in the Pulaski Citizen. They are
pretty well calculated, however, for any me.
rcdian, and we present them for the consid-
Grafton Of "some folks" in this section:
Do not say behind ones back what you
dare not say before his face.
Don't 60 about running down what persons
OF sense aud honesty approve.
Don't have the face to call yoursclfA MAN
n long rs your wife wears the brcechcs.
Don't abuse your neighbors all the week
and put on long face when you go to caurch
on Sunday.
Don't allow others to lead you about by the
nose and call yoursclfa FREEMAN.
DON'T listen to abuse heaped upon one you
call friend.
Don't borrow paper which is not worth
paying for.
Don't set yourself up for great man be-
fore you have found out whether you contain
the elements for one.
Don't imagine for moment that nm rdltoi
cares what those who have no minds OF thel
own think of his paper.
| Don't abuse Il man because he is rich ind
| then cheat widow out OF her mite.
| Don't try to make sensible people believe
that advertising does no good and reques
| your editor to advocate this thing and that il
his paper.
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PORTABLE TELEGRAPH lNsrRUMENT.-ltis
said that one of Berguet's portable telegraph
instruments is carried by every railroad train
in France. Should any stoppage or accident
occur the conductor alights with the mstru.
ment, connects one wire with the earth the
other with the line of telegraph, and can thus
communicate with the stations on either side
of him. The same inventor has con trved an
"clertric monitor and automatic controller"
bv which the Superintendent of anv line can
be kept informed of the progress Of any train
through its whole journey, the signal being
transmitted MS it passes each distance post.
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EIGHT NEGROES FROZEN TO DEATH.-Mr.
james q. Cox, for many years citizen OF
this parish, set out with his negroes some
time in December for Western Texas, where
he had determined to locate. We learn that
while crossing prairie forty miles wide the
cold northers attacked his party and eight OF
his negroes froze to death, and two of his
wagons were cut up and burnt us iue! to save
the lives of himself and the balance OF his
nerroes.- Shreveport (La.) Gazette.
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For Sale! For Sale !

T OFFER for sale my STORE and DWELL
i ING, in the ovn of Charleston. The
Store is near the Depot, and one of the best
stands in the town. 1t has two good rooms
and a celler. would prefer selling both to-
gether, but would sell them separate to suit
purchasers. j. B. BAN.
Charleston, Tenn, Feb. 90, lS56-tf-3s7
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FIGURING Mills.

rTNIIE subscribers respectfully announce to
l. the public that they have recently put
up MILL II miles South of Athens, on Els
tanallee Creek, on an entirely new aud i'm
proved plan, and are now prepared to ACCOM-
modate those who have Wheat and Corn to
grind. They can grind any Quantity on short
notice, and insure fine "turn out" They
especially solicit the patronage of such as de-
sire superior article Of Flour for family use
SMITH, HAMILTON d SON.
Ian IA lS56-tf-38g r..-
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YNe FarMlers, GMide

To Scientific and Pra tfcd a Or 80 Nffsre.
by HsSRy STEPHENS, YRS, Of Einbnrgh. and the late
J. r. NoRIoS, Professor Of Scientific Agriculture in
Yale College, New Haveu, vols. Royal octave 1000
pages and numerous Wood and Steel Rngrayings.
This Is confessediy, the most coinplete work Agr'
culture published, aud In ordefto give wider
circulation the publishers have resolved to reduce the
price TO FIvK DOLLARS Sos TltE Two voLuaEs. II
When sent by mail (post paidl to California and Ore
gon the price viii be ". To every othsr part Of the
Unon and to Canada Spost paldl 81 fxis~orh Is not
| t.e old Book " Ne Fdsa."
Reyntances for any OF the above publications should
always be addressed post paid, to the publishers.
| LE0NARD SCOTT CO..
| Jana No. 81 Gold street, New York.
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COM nj E r G / A L,
Aiinnfn MARKET.

ATLANTA, Feb. Is.
below please And our market quotations for the past
week We note but few changes In the prices OF pro-
ducc since our last.
BACON some shipments have been received and Is
selling Mt Nc hog round. LARD, In barrels scarce IL
q Ike; in kegs and cans 49, BUTTER, Tennessee,
10 a. 12%c. Conn, sacked, bb 90 6oc y bu. OATS duh
GOc wns1r, sacked, $3.50 a 30. fLorn, superhnc
slow sale - % 4,t5; extra family also dnl 40 40 $40
FgArurRs in small sacks, In moderate demand, BIZ @
Acc U 70.
EXCHANGE on Now York X: Augusta, Charleston and
Savannah 4 q ct prem.
Yours, truly, -
General Commission Merchants.
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s5y-T The February number of Swans Bank
Note List and Dctccter, has been received
1t is decidedly the best thing of the kind we
have seen. No business man in the South
should be without one. Price $500 year
in advance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-22

A LONG LINE OF RAILwAY.-The Portland
State of Maine says that, by the end OF this
year, there will be II continuous line of Rail.
way from the Atlantic Ocean at Portland, TO
Iowa city, distance Of l,436 miles, making,
it says, the most magnificent line Of Railway
on the globe.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-22

ry-As an evidence of the progress of
civilization, we observe in II late Melbourne
paper that the fine clipper ship General BIan-
co." of Hawaii, Sandwich Islands, Of 1900
tons burden, is adv rtised TO sail from that
mort for Hong Kong, China. II was but n few
Years ago that the Islands were inhabited by
sayap,s. but constant communication with
the nulo.Saxon race has had its effect.
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COpartnership Notice.

XXyEhave this day associated with us in business
w Mr. John &. Carter. and will be pre-
pared early In February, at our old stand corner
Meeting and Hasei streets to offer the most liberia
terms, a complete and desirable assortment OF Dry
Goods, q large portion being OF our own direct i'm
portation. !.s. D. BOWIE W.
Charlesinn & @ Inn L 1s56-3m-aS2