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The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-08-16

Low WATER IN THE RIvERs.-The Stanislars
and Tuolumne rivers, are said to be lower at the
present time than they have been known to be
country. River miners are rcap;ng golden
harvest and will return to us in the fall season
with more of the '.needful' than they can well
take care of. The return of the river miners
to our placer towns and villages, will be the
commencement of lively times with us. We
do not expect them however, till the fall rains
set in.
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ATTEMPT TO ROB STAGE CoAcH.-From the
Marysville papers, learn that on Tuesday
evening, a stage coach containing seventeen
passengers from Camptonvile, wien just at e.
crossing Dry Greek. eighteen miles from Marys-
Vile, was attacked by band of seven mounted
highwaymen. A desperate fight ensued, and a
Mrs Tileghman was shot in the head and NOR
tally wounded. The other passen gers were
wounded. The stage was completely riddl.d
with shot, but the robbers were driven of. two
of their number being wounded. There was
between $4,000 and 100000 in gold dust on
the stage. The woman had an infant in her
arms when she was shot.
Only two of the party were disguised They
wore wells. All were Americans save one Mex
lean, and doubtless form portion of a preda
tory gang of villains who infest the mountain
regions above us.
But one person was killed on the side of the
passengers. though several were slightly wound
ed Mr.. John Campbell, miner from RABBIT
Creek was shot in the tace-the injury is said
to be slight John Gear. the driver, was shot
in the arm, receiving but little damage.
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The present week has been one, in which on,
town has been more than usually beset with Wis
ltations from paupers. Whether true objects Of
sympathy and charity, or not, God only knows
Probably some of them are, but certain we are.
that whether honest or dishonest. whether
stricken in poverty, or acting the part of vile
imposition; they are all specimens poor msera-
BILE specimens of humanity-the first unfortu
nate. the last degraded, and both the objects O.
p;ty To behold them in their degradation
what generous heart will not bleed in anguish
when he recognizes in them an affinity to the
great "family of brotherhood" which he is also
a member? Is it possible. that in that vacant
upturned eye. there can be a spark of immor
tality? Can it be, that in that haggard. crinp
ing form there is soul frought with the noble
responsibilities of an endless lifes
And yet reader. that form partakes Of III,
same nature of your own-he is your brother
or she is your sister! The thought is truly q
humillatlng enc. and at first, really discoure
ing; as in the destiny of one. may be centered
the hope of all. viii you not contribute
your influence to the reclamation of the~de
graded, and to the elevation of your race
Beggars, imposters. villains, thieves and muir
derers are among you! Arise then. in the name
of humanity, and labor hard and earnestly fol
the good of mankind. Encourage the work Of
reformation, and bear in mind that he who does
not thus labor. is exerting his influence in favor
O. degeneracy and pauperism! When you be.
gin to grow careless about the morality and
prosperity of the community in which you live
look at the beggar in your door, the drunkard
in your street, the felon in his prison CELL or thu
murderer on the scaffoll. and then ask yoursel
the question. if your apathy and heedlessnes'
has not contribnt to those results.
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PEAcHEs--On last Wednesday morning. a
nice little box was sent to US, which upon open
ing, we discovered to be dozen large, ripe
and luscious peaches. together with specimen
pods of string beans, grown in the garden of
Messrs Parsons & White. The peaches were
among the finest we have seen in California;
one of them measuring 81 inches in circumfer-
ence! These gentlemen may well be proud OF
their peaches. They already have very fine
orchard of various fruit trees, and by next sea-
son will have an orchard covering six acres of
ground, and between two with three thousand
trees.
One of the specimen pods of string beans
above referred to, is 2Sa inches in length. This
is the longest bean we have ever seen, or heard
of. Just think of it; a bean-pod measuring near
two feet and half in length!
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Lffe-Whst Is Life !!

"a flower that does with opening arise,
And hourishing the day. at evening dies;
A winged eastern blast. just skmmng DER
The oceans brow, and sinking on the shore
A fire. whose flames through cracking stubble 6y,
meteor shooting from the summer sky
bowladown the bending mountain r,lld;
A blbhe breaking, AMI fable toll:
a poontiie shadow. and Midnight dream;
Are embi'ms which, with semblance apt, proclaim
Our earthly eoufseH
Is this indeed true? Is life no more than the
passing of q sunbeam. shadow; or a midnight
dfeamsn In viewing it, alone. as thing of
mortality. life is no more! To day. the shad-
ows OF misfortune hang. in gloomy and melan-
choily forebodngs. over everything that sur
rounds us-to- morrow, land the touch ofjoy"
and gadness will enliven the feelings, making
the fall heart overflow with rtjo;cings. and
lovel But alas, this too must pass away-Sa
change will come DER the spirit of our drcams''
"--'tis much of sorrow, and ends perhaps in
DEATH"
where now, We living vanities of lfeq
ie ever tempting, ever-cheating train ~
''What ist live for tell Efes fairest tale
To'eat, to drink to sleep. to love and enjoy
And then TO love no more
10 talk OF things not worth the talking Of
Mo- no life is not all drcam-is not all
vapor, is not all misery! There is a pure foun-
tain that springs deep from the soul. the living
waters Of which are Tore. There is beacon Of
light before us, which like the pillar of cloud
by day. and the pillar of fire by night" is ever
presentfor our encourag ement--that beacon is
composed of hope There is u monitor within us
that checks our doubts. and points beyond the
clouds and storms OF life to a state of existence
| beyond the tomb-that monitor is made IN of
immortality! Over all Divinity prcsi,les. de-
claring to him that worketh Righteousness, that
in the end. he shall receive his reward
A tier ALL there is much in life to live for: the
association of friends. the commiuglng of hope,
the sympathes of misfortune. the. b antics of
nature. and the enjoyments of home, even though
it be perishable; all these, together with pure,
exalted and righteous aspirations are sulli-
cient to make life more than tolerabie. Let
| the winds blow. let the seas rage let the world
vex: the soul that hges not alone for self has an
anchor that will hold il firm. and quiet, in the
sverest through the darkest and mos.
fearful peril
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News items.
fearful peri

CLrBs.-Six Fillmore, and two Democratic &,
Clubs have been organized in Tunlnmne county
during the past two weeks.
TowN CHaRrER-rhc~ citizens of Columbia
have procured town charter, and will proceed
to organ cation the 23d instant
"PRfP TO THE MINES "--..Bcssie. of Sacra-
mento paid Columbia visit five or six weeks,
ago. an account of which appears in Hutchings.
next week.
French ship arrived at San Francisco Fri
day, from Hayre, bringing twelve hundred baS-
ket~ of genuine champagne, and two hundred
aad twenty packages of liquors
Large h'pments of produce suited to the
Coolies have lately been made to South Amer-
ca. from Saa Francisco. The brig Teresa sailed,
Fr.daN. carrying. as part of her cargoe, 3,S3S
jars Of China nut OIL
The temperance men OF Vallejo have es-
tahlshcd free reading room and library at
that place.
Charles l. Scott. Democratic candidate
for Congressional horrors, has been in town the
past few days. We have not learned what sue
cess he has mt with in fixing" things.--Cali-
fo-aa. 4-ss,scan
a gentleman recently from The extreme
Northern Counties ofthe State informs us that
tee Democratic Delegates elected to the State
| Convention from that section are all in favor Of
Vincent =. Geiger for Congress. and Charles a.
Fairfax for Clerk of the Suprcme Court--I5.
There will be an immense Fillmore Rati-
fcation Meeting al Folsom, this evening Bale
Peyton, w. w. Stowe. W. I. Ferguson. D. T.
Ba9ley, George II. Cartier, Major Bowie Frank
! Hereford and others are to address the assem-
blage. There will be band of music on hand,
| fireworks, singing by Glee Club and lots of
| fun generally.
Hon. Henry A. Crabb returned to San
Francisco Saturday last, on the Sea Bird, having
been absent some three months in Sonora
-Four arrests were made in San Francisco,
Saturday last for gambling
- Nearly five hundred baskets of peaches
are taken to the San Francisco market daily.
| from Napa Valley, Suscol and San Jose; fifty
| baskets also find daily sale in Sacramento.
| Gas~ Over eighty indictments, many for gam.
bling having been returned by the grand jury
| of Caaveras county.
! leaS- The Feather river, at a certain point, ia
now sixty-one feet lower than high-wattr mark.
Ds- A new wharf is about to be constructed
on the upper levee. Stockton.
| Hon HENRY A. CRABB-A San Francisco
| paper says. this gentleman we understand, will
soon canvass the State for Fillmore and Donel-
| son, and will not fail to make an impression on
| he minds OF the masses as regards the Presi-
dental campaign.
| SAN FRANsIsCo VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
is no one more in the custody of this commit
tee, and the reasonable hope is therefore inter.
tanned that this body will adjourn very soon.
| OREGoN.--Thc citizens of this Territory are
again troubled with the depredations of the Ip-
| dams.
RoBBERs.-The Stockton Argus, gives an ac-
count of robbery recently committed at Gala
seras Bridge.-The country seems to be alive
| with them.
| re- The Convention of School Teachers,
from various parts Of the State, met on the nth
inst, at Benicia.
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Prize Fight.

On last Sunday evening. two worthless fell
lows by the name of Alex. johnson and Brook
Ign Jack got on 'bender'' and took it into
their heads to get up fight for as much money
Palmer learning their Intentions put stop to
it. On Monday however, they attempted il
with better success. Constable Palmer was
subpened before the Court of Sessions at Sono-
ra. and was consequently absent.
There being no officers present who were aware
of the proceedings. the above mentioned scamps
met on the ground east of Columbia. took a
round or two-reconsdered- hands and
made friends On their return to Columbia
they united their proves in smashing up Ice
cream establishments and liquor saloons. 'clean-
ing out" their inmates &c. At a grocery and
provision store owned by a Frenchman. they
met with unexpected resistance. The French
man very properly defended his property with
arms, and in the melee. several persons were shot
one man losing his eye and receiving a shot on
the leg. Mr.. Learv was deputized to make ar
rests. which he did promptly. Johnson, Brook
lyn Jack and another man whose name we did
not learn were conducted to the Station House
and put under lock and key. On Wednesday
the two former were put on trial. and on Friday
were sentenced johnson to six months. ard
lack to four months Imprisonment The Other
man is recommitted for new trial. If there
ere any objections that can be urged to the
above judgement, it is that it is too len
lent Our authorities cannot be too strenuous
n maintaining order and the majesty of the law
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.MAsoN AND Dlxov's LINE. In the 18th cen
tury James IT,. of England. then tn, Duke o
York. gave certain lands to Lord Baltimore and
William Penn. and difficulty soon sprang up
as to the proper owner to these lands on The
Delaware. Again and again was the affair car
ried into the courts. till in 1850, when Georg
the Third came to the crown, the Lord Chancel
Tor made decision; but new difficulties spran.
up in drawing the boundary lines The com
missioners finally employed Messrs. Mason T.
Dixon. who had just returned from the Cape o!
Good Hope, where they had been to observe the
transit of Venus. They succeeded in establish
ing the line between Delaware and Maryland
which has ever since been called "Mason
piyon's line"-N T. Depotca,
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CaNpIDATEs-In the American party we have
heard the name of J. @. Oxley, Esq. mention
ed as an efficient and suitable man for the office
of County Judge. We have not yet heard the
name Of any particular Democrat mentioned
for that Office.
For Justice of the Peace, in Columbia Town
ship. Mr. G. W. K Gibbons has been spoken of
by those who know well. the character and abil
ity OF the man. No other names have come un-
der our observation for this office.
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-08-16

BRICK HoUsEs.-Six or eight new brick hous-
es. are now undergoing the work of completion.
among which may be mentioned the two-story
brick of Dr's. McChesny & Parsons; also Mr..
Alberdeen's excellent fre-proof store at the up
per end of Main Street. and Mr. Shotwell's two
story brick on the lower end. Fire proof build
;nys are now all the rage in Columbia.
The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-08-16

PLAN OF THE CAPIrAI..-The California Amer
ican of the 18th. says:
'The Commissioners OF the State Capitol hav-
ing deliberated upon the several plans submit
ted to them. decided yesterday in favor OF the
one presented by Reuben Clarke. of San Fran
cisco. The drawing represents building in
form of cross and the estimated cost is about
500 900 We md erstand that the plan If Mr..
Clarke is to be modified and altered so as t"
come within the appropriation. VIII CHI is $500.
O0a. This will probably spoil the symmetry
and beauty of the whole design"
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MEIoSs.-A large and excellent water mel
Ion was left in our Office. on last Tuesday even
ing. by Messrs. Tabor 4 Hope, of Main st. Provis-
ion Store The melon was one of the best we
have eaten in California. We say SO; and SO
SAYS our devil.
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To Subscribers.

AS the person who usually delivers our paper
is absent, we hope, should any of our subscrib
ers be over looked, that they Will call and get
their paper and at the same time hold us ex-
cusable.
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EDITORIAL. CHANGE.-The control of the Co
lumbia Gazette has passed from the hands OF
Messrs. Cazneau g. Steele, into those of Duchow
& Carder. Gen. Cazneau will take charge of a
Campaign paper of the Democratic school.
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mrIn consequence of the absence of our
partner, mr. Wilson) we have had an unusual
amount of bnsin SIS to attend to- resulting in q
partial neglect of our editorial.
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WELLS, FARGO & Cove are under obiga-
tons to this company for city, country and
Atlantic papers.
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PERsoNAf.--Mr Sknker of Sacramento paid
us visit during the past week. We believe
this gentleman is candidate for the Office OF
Clerk of the Supreme Court.
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