The weekly Sierra citizen., 1856-06-28
l0riginal.
A Walk in the City.
BY KITTY, OF MARYsvILLE'
'Lord, from thy blessed throne,
Sorrow look down upon!
Cod so 80 the v,Onr ~

howled above the those stately buildings and swept
moaning through the streets searching the worn and
scan'y garments Of the shivering poorshe poor from
what should be joyous, happy childhood, to miserable
decrepid old age. The withered bud, the blasted
flower remind US that all is net bright and beautiful in
this little world Of ours. There is joy and misery
wealth and poverty, beauty and deformity, intelligence
and folly. purity and vice.
We will hurry on through the crowded taoroughfare
ixor is grievous sight, wbesAs Storm King holds
his reves to see the misery stationed there. That
poor, distressed creature, her bead leaning down
hand the other extended for charity. That sad old
man. his locks silvered DER with sorrow and care.
doomed again to behold the bright sunlight the
happy smiles of friends the beautiful flowers No
but he feels the drifting snow, he toters along lean
ing upon his staff following the guidance Of his faithful
little dog
The little flower girl, with miserable smile upon her
wan and anxious features "Wil you buy this beauti-
full boquet?" Then she repeats in chanting tone
mo friendly heart remains for me-
Like to gld lifes stormy sea;
Parent and friend, and brother gone,
stand upon the earth alone ]"
cannot relieve all this misery, so turn not to the
right OR the left on, on through the streets But in
hurryng along Canal street, caught glimpse 0: such
sorrowiu face, and little stub foot In two hours
returned the child was still there. His eye has
caught mine pause. The tears, the frozen tears are
upon his cheeks. In his benumbed fingers he holds
strng-a black shoestrng, jagged at the edges. His
lips culver as he looks pleadgy in my face and says
lady will you please buy this string Of me? 1t is
very good string and only six cents"
l hardly know what impeed me, but took the
CTR i'm CIV t,r
room. Then gazed long at the string, and thought
how many, many times have wished for an opportu-
nifty 10 relieve real suffering, and yet had stood par
allied before it, and gave only six cents and this lit
tie string had evidenty been picked up in the street.
and he had tried sell it, so as not to appear to beg
Why did take it? Why did not give him more {?
started to so back but it was already dark, and he
was probably in OF the homes that the suffering
poor hase-a small rom, crowd OF miserable beings
loak .cr ta ken xasa with i9od enopsh
to s1rrsfy the cravings of hnser liCshng but the
ground to lie upon the roof above, the cold walls at
their sales.--future dwell young and old, with Hope
that great sustaner all in time of trouble, almost
crushed from their hearts, there, in that great city,
with thought that there is 20 life beyond its limits,
they sarve they beg they do almost anything to
moral perceptions become blunted that have ignor
ance, sin and wretchedness in the world? Then said,
"help me, oh, my Father pass down the stream Of
life. to sympathize with the sorrowing and if have
nothing to gve may have tear, smile, kind
encouraging word !"
Often look at that little string, for have it yet,
and the thick clouds seem to gather heavy and dark
above. From out those clouds come frozen teardrops-
tears for the misery of mortas-rattling down upon
the pavement of the CITY, Those fearful eyes, those
qnivering lips that pleading voice, those shvering
limbs. the long hands, in the st1ned fingers Of which
is that black string jagged at the edges, and those
words: "Lady. will you please buy this string of ME
1t is very good string, and only six cents' will
be remembered; and if am never able to offer more
shall always offer this prayer: "God help the shiver
ing poor, the aged the inrm, the atherless the ul
happy"
Miss FRANK BLODGETr.--In our notice of the benefit
given to the Independent National Guard the other
evening, we inadvertently omitted to mention what
indeed among the principal features in the entertain
ment, the performance of Miss Frances Blodgett,
young Miss Of eleven years ofage upon the accordion
She certainly is gr proficient upon that instrument
Suc was entnuSaStcaiy cuCOfcu duu uuHlOcr OI
boques were thrown upon the stage in acknowledgment
of her remarkable powers We learn too that she is
also excellent singer and dancer, and has proposed
that benefit should be given in favor of the poor yong
orphans whose parents were murdered by the Indians
in Oregon last fall, offering her services on the
occasion. We hope her proposition will be carried into
execution and that those little ornhans will receive
some suitable testimonial of the sympathy of this COM
muuity in their behalf.-San francisco Chronicle.
| CALIFORNIA L1rERArURE-A late number of the
State Journal contained report Of rape-case, which,
for unaduefated mast ness. takes down anything we
have ever seen in prntFrench peculiar noveliss not
excepted The publishers stated in card, next day,
that the beastly article brought in by reporter
after the editor and publisher had gone to bed which,
we presume will be quite satisfactory The publishers
had better scatter little quickme about the premises
to stop the malaria,--or the cholera. The journal,
at all events, has the honor Of having submitted the
most remarkable article of the nineteenth century,
although from its peculiar tenor, twas not calculated
to.be popular in families.
The Nevada Journal grumbles about their folks
having to pay two bits to the bridge to Downie
vile. Must shell out, Or swim! We have remarked,
however, that Nevada people have decided tendency
to hydrophobia don't take water when anything
else is "convanent