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The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29
LESSONS OF CoNTENTMENT.-I

LESSONS OF CONTENTMENT.-l
happened once in hot summers day,
I was standing near a well, when a
little bird flew down, seeking water.
There was, indeed, a large trough near
the we'll, but it was empty, and l
orieved for a moment to think that the
little creature must go away thirsty,
but it settled upon the edge OF the
trough, bent its little head forward,
then raised it again, spread its wings
and scared away singing-its thirst
was appeased. l walked up to the
trough, and there in the stone work |
saw a little hole about the size of a
wren's egg The water left there had
been a source of revival and refresh
ment; it had found enough for the
present, and desired no more. This
is contentment.
Again, l stood by a lovely sweet
smelling flower, and there came bee
humming and sucking, and chose the
flower for its field of sweets. But the
flower had no honey This | knew
for it had no nectary. What, then
though !, will the bee do? 1t came
buzzing out Of the cup to take far
ther fight; but it spied the stamln;
full of golden farina, good for making
wax, and it rolled its legs agains
them until it looked like yellow hose
as the bee keepers say; and then, hca
vily laden, flew away home. Thcl
said !, Thou camest seeking hone,
J and finding none have been satistie
= with wax, and hast stored it for tn
| house, that thy labor may not be i
! vain.-This, likewise, shall be to m
] a lesson of cOntentment."
The night is far spent-the dar
r night of trouble that sometimes thres
tered to close around us-but the da
; * at-hand. and even in the night thel
are stars, and have looked out on thel
!, and been conlforted; for as one set
II could see another rise, and each ";
Y lamp showing me somewhat OF Il
IS depth of the riches of the wisdom az
i knowledge of Cod Parable from t
10 German.
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

WISE MAGGy.-A lady who
caught a magpie stealing her
picked walt.uts, threw a bas
in of hot grease over the poor
bird, excIalming, ooh, you
thief, you've been at the pick
led walnuts, have you?" Poor
mag was dreadfully burned.
His feathers came off, leaving
his head entirely bare. He los'
all his spirit, and spoke not a
word for more than a year
when gentleman called at the
house, who, on taking off his
hat, exhibited a very bald head
The magpie appeared struck
with the circumstance. Pop
ping on the back of his chair
and looking him hastily over
he suddenly exclaimed in th'
ear of his astonished visitor
go. you theft, you've been a
the picked walnuls, have you
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

A FISH SToRY.-We have read
many fish stories, and they are gener-
ally of that tenor that the very name
inclines one to disbelieye them. We
have one to tell now, which as we
know the person who was the mann
actor in the incident, we can V0uch
for its being true, particularly aS
there is occular evidence Of the mat
ter.
Some days ago, the captain OF
shin. at anchor outside the Pass threw
overheard d shark hook, balted, not
expecting, in the least, as the captain
himself says, to catch anything OF the
fish tribe. There was hooked, how
ever, a shark of the spotted kind, and
os il afterwards proved a singular
k..m.p-eater. He had to be harpoon-
cd before his capture could be effected
his size and weight may be imagined
from the fact that it took to hoist mn
IT,, olevan men. with a double lift On
the main yard.
The monster measured seventeen
feet ten inches in length from tau u
snout. and nine feet in circumference
/ He had seven rows of teeth, three o.
the rows being almost hidden IN th'
unner gums. His liver exactly hlle'
ND a beef barrel.
In his paunch was found the BODY
If a man, in half decomposed STATE
So far as he could be judged lh
oornse was that of well-dressed man
of medium size-shirt white VIII
naarl buttons, coarse silk under-shlf
cotton socks, nearly new, OF inc Oon
gress gaiter kind. !. !
+, The shark had also in his stomac
!, several pieces Of old canvass such a
S are used by vessels onitheir rigging,
The jaw-bone of this sea-plrate ma
been brought up to the city II
large enough to take III a sugar -ba'
. rcl.-TN. Q. Picayone-
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

watch ! Wat cl !

We DO not know when We have met
with more beautiful poetieGl neorcsdu
than the following. 1t breathes sent
meat of holy inspiration, which touches
every chord Of tbs heart. Read IL:
Mother. watch the litJis fee,
Climbing over the garl"n ,eaIl,
Bounding through the busy stro,t,
Ranging cellar, shed and hail.
Never count the moments 10 :,
Never count the time it ,ts,
Guide them, mother, while yoI may.
Mother, watch the Little hand,
Picking berries by the way,
Making h5usas in the sand,
Tossing Up the fragrant hay.
Never dare the quo ton ask
Why to me the weary task
The same little hands may prove
Messengers Of Light and Love.
Mo,har, watch the little tongue,
prattIng, eloquent and Wild,
What II said and what is sung
BY the Joyous, happy ehlI.
Catch the word while yet unspoken,
Stop the vow before lis broken;
This same tongue may yet proclaim
blessings in Sayiors name.
Mothcr, watch the little heart,
Beating soft and warm for you;
Wholesome lessons now impart;
Keep, O keep that young heart tlu'
Extracting cN e.y woel,
Sowing good and precious seed,
Harvest rich Oh llen may see
,ipel for eternity. -s# .a
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29
A Song for October.

. . ctobcr strcws the woodland DER
With many brilliant color
he would is brighter than before,
Why should our hearts b. dlllor
orrow and the scarlet leaf,
Sad thoughts and sunny weather.
Ah, mel this glory and this gricf
agree not well loSether.
This is the parting season, this
The time when friends are flying
And lovers now, with many kiss,
Their long farewell are saying.
Why is earth SO gaily dressed? .
This pomp that Autumn baarcth
4 funeral seems, where every guest
y bIidal garment wreath.
Each one of us may often here,
On some blue morn hereafter,
Return to view the sauly year,
But not III boyish laughter. s.1
We shlil then be wrinklcl men,
Our brows with silver laden,
AMI thou this glen niay'st see again,
But mover more a maiden.
Nature, perhaps, fore7ccs that Spring
Viii touch her teeming bosom,
And think few brief months viii bril
Tho bird-thc betAthe blossom.
Ali these Forests do not know,
Orwouil less brightly wither, SO
The vng.n that azores theu so ..t.s
viz never ia0.e co.. h.t.sv5.
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29
SEA-LIFE.-I find the sea-life

/
an acquired taste, like that for
tomatoes and olives. The con-
cold. motion, noise and
odor, are not to be dispensed with.
The floor of your room is sloped
at an angle of twenty or thirty
degrees, and / walked every
morning with the belief that some
one was tipping up my BERTH
Nobody likes to be treated igno-
mini0lsly, upset, showed against
the side of the house, rolled over,
suffocated with bilge, mephitis
and stewing oil. We get used to
these annoyances at last, but the
dread of the sea remains longer.
The sea is masculine; the type OF
active strength. Look, what egg
shells are drifting all over it, each
one like ours, filled with men in
ecstacies of terror, alternating
with cockney conceit, as the sea
is rough or smooth. Is this sad
colored circle an eternal cemetry ?
In our graveyards we scoop apt,
but this aggressive water opens
mile-wide pits and chasms, and
makes mouthful of a feet. To
the geologist the sea is the only
armament; the land is in perpetu-
Il hux and change, now blown uI
like tumOr, now sunk IN the
cIlasnr, and the registered observa
tons of few hundred years tint
it in a perpetual tilt, rising an'
falling. The sea keeps It's ole
level, and it is no wonder that th'
history of our race is SO recent,
the roar of the ocean is sllencln!
our traditions. 4 rising OF tn
sea, such as has been observed
! say an inch IN a century, troI
east to west on the land, will bur
all the towns, monuments, bone
] and knowledge ofmanklnd, stead
" and insensibly. If 1t IS capabI
of these great and secular ms
chiefs, it is quite as ready at pr
+, vate and local damage; and
II tins no landsman seems so 1ear1'
i IS the seaman. Such disconio
: and such danger as the narrative
IT OF the captain and the mate dl
is close, are bad enough as the cost
L Zee we pay for entrance to Europe
le but the wonder is always lie
y that any sane man can be sallo
/ -Emerson's Eng. Traits.
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29
EF Sportsmcn NAV be interest

@ Sportsmcn may be interest
ed to learn that small shot, when
mixed with about one-third its
quantity of fine sands, will keep
more closely together when fired,
and kill at distance of eighteen
to twenty yards farther than or
dinary.
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

"My dear Coleridge," said Chas.
Lamb to him one day, ''you are
one Of the very best men in Eng
land you have but one infirmity
you always fail just when you
happen TO have a duty to perform.
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29
A SHORT PATENT SERMON.
BY PROFESSOR BARRIMAN.

political campain proceeds,
morality makes a retogate
movement and wances back
wards. AS lecshun day proach-
es. de sale ob rum increases.
dll | spect dat by de fort OBJ
November St. Louis will be
flooded wild de same. Things
hab got to dat pitch wen a rise |
in camfene am considered ne
cessary, in order to meet de
CRATE demand by be fibe cent
dealers. Takm all desc tlngs
into sideration, | hab cluded,
by de hcly ob de aImanack, to
discord to you dis ebenln on de
subject oh DlsCoNTENTMENr;
IAN ebber since old fadder
Adam and mudder Ebe war
distented wild all Paremdice,
and Ionged for sumiin more,
till dis day, eberybody am fiIct-
ed wild it more or less. Broad
way used to be putty street,
but de folks war not contlnted
wild it, and dey keep it in an
uproar all de time to alter it to
please dem, till it am kept in
such a state dat it Amt sale for
dc ladies to lemonade 1t no
more. Discontcntment don't
only feet de sinner, but II also
hicts de preechcr man, for how
many ob de hole squad ob
dem are con,ented wId dar
salary. As for me, L got to
be sassageIrled, kase, war
odders am got all, darS none
, ieh lcf Oh de same sort fol
me. Dose dat aint sassage.
fried wild my lecturs, under
S stand dat | don't care for dt
c black scorpions. I'll lectur ''
d you till | take de shirt of you
{ backs, but beat edlcashuI
and suspec!iblllry in you.
was, de odder day, standin OF
: de "sclIer door, a trying t
IL suffer up and ascertain d
$ difference atween San old saw
p nill dam, and a dam old say
/, mill" Pun my sole, | can
n tcll de difference at dc preser
r time spokin, kase a dam
wickcdIy out ob place widou
de mill, and a mill woodent b
N WORT a cent without dam
d howeber, | may tink dltferen
IF ", arter | take chaw OBJ bacl
E. er on it, and ef | do, Ill ope
70 de floodgale ob my elemqueno
on de subjick mex week. ID;
am a gratc difference in a saw
lt mill now and wat dey used
rs was. 1t used to be dat de woo
ht was brot to de mill to de WOO
ct Now, as | hab lost de subjec
[ llnk l had better end my dl
cord, at dc same time tank
ur you for your airnest tentlo
n and for wat small change "
th will put into de sasser W.
on Julius Hosshed handsit rour
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

A man with small appetite
dined at hotel, and after eating
the whole of a pig, was asked if
he would not have some pudding !?
He said che did not care much
about pudding, but ifthey had an
other little hog, heed thank them
for it."
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

GENTuITY consists not in birth,
wealth, manners OF fashion, but III
a high sense of honor, and deter
IMITATION to do what is right, to
the best of our ability, under all
circumstanees-that is. ''to do
Justice, to love mercy, and walk
humhly before God"
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

70 A farmer returning home III
his wagon, after delivering load
of corn, is a more certain sigu of
national prosperity than a noble
man riding in his chariot to the
opera.
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

Some clergyman says, that your
wife, your stomach and your con-
science are three companions with
whom YOU should always be on
good terms. Good advice that.
Wonder who doubts. it.
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

"That's whal | call a fair
shake" as the IllinoIsan said
when he shook his toe-nails
off with the ague.
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

Or ALL DESCRIPTIONS, from large Hand
Bills to Fancy Cards, done with Neatness
and Dispatch, and on reasonable terms.
All communications must be ad-
dresse TO NJ. 5. WARD, Esq, Pamela,
Mississippi. - ...
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

eeg A Yankee at Panama sought
shelter at the American ConsuI's
from the earthquake he thought
even the earthquake would respect
our hag.
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

Voltairc defined physician as
AN unfortunate gentleman, ex-
pected every day to perform a
miracle-namely, to reco nclle
health with intemperance.
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

sk Be temperate in all things and
you will enjoy health and wealth.
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29

.-Gs 4 Western cattle dealer,
who rarely had the privilege OF
sitting down to meat with a taml-
", and had never been III a minis
ter's house in his life, was not
long ago benighted and lost IN his
ride across the prairies, and COM
nel,ed to ask for lodgings at the
first house he could find. Happily
for him it proved to be the dwell
lnr of a good man, parson, Who
gave him cordial welcome, ana
what was specially agreeable
told him supper would soon be
ready. The travellers appetite
was rayenous, and the momcnt he
was asked to sit by he comyhed;
and without waiting for second
invitation, he laid hold Oh what
he could reach.
"Stop, stop said the good
man of tbe house, eve are III the
habit Of saying something before
we cat"
This hint to wait till blessing
was asked, the rough customer
Gd not understand, but with his
monthfull he muttered,
"Go ahead, say what you like
Won cont turn my stomach no"
r Mr.. Solomon P. Flicker, III
cuttinp n stick of white-oak TIM
Der the other day, opened upon :
tree toad, that had "come doWi
to us from former generatlohs'
as Webster said to bis fsh. oVel
him had grown sixty seven Sfa'l
or rings of the oak, indicating tina
that had been his home tor sixty
seven years at least, where he lla'
existcd without air, without water
without food. At first he paid n
attention to being turned out i
the world again, and renamed !
. nerfectlv torpid state; but aite
lying in the sun a few minute, ,,
he marched off shopping mac
> and Just as fresh, and vigorous
new one.-Newburyport Hefai'
September 2.
- Better always to ho'o ~
once TO despair.
The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-10-29
GODS HAND IN THE SPRING.

A few days since while travers-
ing at railroad speed the prairies
of the West, we looked anxiously |
for whatever signs of promise the
inexhaustlble resources of their
soil might give for the harvest of
the passing year. But in many
sections their vast expense was one
arid desolation. The drought of
last summer had withered the
grass to the roots; and though
the heavy SHOWS of winter had
since melted into the earth, the re-
turning sun had since baked its
surface into iron. The dust was
choking; the wheat looked tim
and pale; the grass scared and
lifelcss. Apprehensions of drought
were already upon the lips of the
farmers and merchants, aud IA
mine prices were anticipated for
the boasted granary of the world.
The night broughtrain ;coplous,
flooding, oyerpowering ram
swelling the streams, endanger-
ing the bridges, hindering the
trains; rain, rain, rain-as if ac-
cording to the old Hebrew belief
there were sea above the frma.
ment, and windows were opened
and the floods poured out. A few
days later, as we again rode owe
the prairics, we saw one vide
sea of green; the grass all treShl,
growing, the wheat sprlngin'
perccptibIy into life, and the cat
tie rejoicing upon evory side
Men, a few days before fearful
and gloomy, now shook hands to
t gethcr il joyful anticipation OF
u fruitful season. Our thought
: turned upward to the bountlt'
Givcr, who had once more oper
ed his hand. "IIe causeth til
grass to grow for the cattle, an
herb for the service OF mum. =
y. y. Independent.
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Larger advertisements.
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~ Better always to hope 'n''
once 10 despair.
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San Andreas independent., 1856-10-18
Miners Convention.
SAN ANDREAs, October 4th, 1856.

In another column will be found the
proceedings of the Miners Convention,
held in this place, on last Saturday. A
full Legislative ticket was nominated; sew
eral Resolutions, of special nature, were
proposed and adopted, which every miner
of Calaveras county will heartily endorse.
Of their nominees we know but little,
but think the ticket will compare favor
ably with any other now in the field. Mr..
j. +. Beckett, thorough-going and ex-
perienced miner, was nominated to the
Senate, (Amador county concurring,) and
Messrs E. B. Robertson, j. G.Jordan and
James Stivers for the Assembly. They
also nominated Superviors, and appointed
a Central Committee.
Mining interests are certainly the most
important in this County. No man or
set of men should be supported for the
Legislature who are wanting in education
or practical mining knowledge We want
men to represent us, who live and thrive
among us, knowing our wants and wishes.
Let not party or the. thraldom of political
preferences instigate any man to cast his
vote for candidates who do not embody
sufficient correct principle, or requisite
knowledge, to subserve the great interests
of Calaveras county.
San Andreas independent., 1856-10-18
MURDERS AT SHAw's FLAT.-We learn

MURDERS AT SHAw's FLAT.-We learn
through the Pacific Express Company,
that two men were killed near Shaw S
Flat on Monday. Itappears that a young
man by the name of Bonds, was witness
in mining suit. Shortly after the trial,
man by name Of Carr accused Bonds of
testifying falsely, at the same time using
harsh threats Bonds drew a pistol and
fired at Carr killing him nearly instantly
A friend of Carr, by the name of Macau-
ley, interfered in the matter, and in the
course of some words with Bonds, drew
his knife and stabbed him. Bonds lived
but few moments.
Macauley, was hurried to Jail, where
he now remains. There was fair pros
pect for the operations of Lynch law, but
owing to the determination of the Sheriff,
nothing Of the kind was attempted Ma
cauley bears bad reputation throughout
the neighborhood and has rendered him
self by this last act a fit candidate for the
gallows. Bonds was young man of about
20 years of age and much respected
The Grand Jury is in session and will
probably find a bill for murder Stockton
Argus
San Andreas independent., 1856-10-18

DISTRICT CoURT-The District Court
recently in session at Mokelumne Hill. ad-
journed on Thursday last Some of the
most important criminal cases before the
Court were promptly disposedof InJudge
Creanor, the judicial ermine is honored
by the man, and if every Judicial Officer
in this State had the moral frmness and
unfinching integrity of Chas M. Creanor,
criminals would not, as is SO often ex-
emplifed, rush from the just vengeance Of
an outraged people into the protecting arms
of the Law, to get clear of being Lynched.
Peopleus. Pedro Espinosa Murder:-
The Jury returned verdict of guilty of
Manslaughter The Judge sentenced the
prisoner to eight years confinement in the
Penitentiary.
People u.s. Wall Stewart. Murder =
Verdict by the Jury, Guilty in the First
Degree" T" and the prisoner was sentenced
to be hung on the 9th of December.
People Us. Santiago Diaz.-Murder =
This was case, of I" new trial ordered by
the Supreme Court. The case was post
poned until next Regular Term.
San Andreas independent., 1856-10-18

SAW LoGs.-Messrs. Hestres & Co., of
the Stanislaus Mills, have had lumber
men, the past three months, on the head
waters of the Stanislaus, cutting saw-logs
and hauling them into the river When
the winter rains bring sufficient water the
logs will be foated down to the saw-mills
at Knights Ferry. Over 5000 logs will
be started with the first freshet. Regular
timber-drivers, from Maine, are staioned
with their driving pixies ready, preparing
the logs for ''foat" River-driving may
yet become leading employment in our
mountains. The timber on the highest
ranges of the Sierra is not surpassed in
quality or quantity by the pine districts
of the Penobscot and Kennebeck, and we
may expect to find our mountain streams,
from the klamath to Kings river, in
few years, supplying the farming districts
with building and fencing materials
San Andreas independent., 1856-10-18

AWARD OF PREMIUMS AT THE STATE
FAIR.-At the late agricultural State Fair,
Mr.. D. c. Matteson of the city of Stock
ton, was awarded the first prize Of Diplo-
ma and $40 for the best Gang Plows; also
Premium was awarded at the same time,
to Mr.. Matteson for best steel Plow. The
Premium for best quality of Flour was
awarded to the Bay State Upper Mills at
Sacramento. J. W. Osborn, of Napa, re-
ceived the award of Premium for the best
improved farm
San Andreas independent., 1856-10-18
TO the Patrons of the "San Andreas
Independent

We, the undersigned, selected by the subscri-
bers and friends of the above paper beg leave
to report, as follows:
Acting under the powers delegated to US,
we resolved to establish newspaper IN the town
of San Andreas, to be devoted to the true
interests of the public; one, through which
the people of our county could be heard, and
true issues impartially advocated and with
the aid of Mr. George Armor, who selected the
materials, we have established the San Andreas
Independent, the second No. of which, we pre-
sent for your approval Mr.. George Armor has
been selected to conduct the paper upon an in
dependent basis; how well he may fulfill his
mission, it is for the public to Judge To the
people, therefore, we say continue your friendly
aid promptly meet your engagements, and we
guarantee the Independent to be, what we claim
for it, the friend of the miner, the farmer and
the mechanic, and the honest advocate of every
interest tending to the benefit of the people of
Calaveras county in general.
Respectfully, yours
JOHN D. SULLIVAN
A. P. HUMPHREY, Trustees.
D. D. FOX,
SAN ANDREAs, October 4th. 1856.
San Andreas independent., 1856-10-18

CAPTURE OF STOLEN HORSES. - On
Sunday last, two Mexicans came to Slo-
GUMS Ferry, on the Stanislaus, having in
their possession several horses. Having a
suspicious appearance, Mr. Frank Way
followed them. Near O'Bryne's Ferry,
he overlook them, and on being hailed by
Mr. W.. they let go three horses which
they were leading, and made their escape.
Mr.. Way fred six shots after them, but
without effect. He secured the three
horses and conveyed them to Knights
Ferry. They are undoubtedly stolen prop
erty.-S. j. Republican.
San Andreas independent., 1856-10-18

THEATRE CLosED.-On last Wednes-
day evening, the Chinese Theatre in this
place, closed, and the audience and actors,
calothumpion band and all, have gone to
the wars, to act in reality, on the battle
field, the tragic scenes of "sock and bus
kim so recently displayed in mimic life
on the Stage. May we neoer see their like
again, or hear the "howlings and chatter
ing teeth" of their Internal tom-cat squalls
and night-owl screeches.