Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-12-19
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CALIFORNIA NoTRs.-It is said that the Kla-
math county Jail consists of a live oak tree,
with staple and chain attached. 1t is we'll
ventilated, and affords good opportunity
for the study Of astronomy a-d the baronetar
especially when blankets scarce
a case of larceny recently decided in
the San Francisco Court of Sessions by meana
of microscope. The trial hinged upon the
identification of q buckskin purse, which Il
was alleged had been found with the stolen
money, hid in certain house. The
painant swore positively that it was the purse
IN which the money when stolen. A
witness for the defence-one of the parties
implicaed-swore as positively that the purse
belonged to him, and that he had sewed up
slit in 1t with black thread. No stitches were
visible to the naked eye, and in order to test
the truth OF the assertion, microscope was
sent for. The result coDclusively showed
that there stitches; the defendant
was convicted, and the Witness in addition
to the charge of larceny, would be tried for
perjury.
The San Francisco Chronicle saws the Chi.
nese merchants in that city do not place their
names upon their sign boards it beng a
the national custom to do so. The use of the ~.
sign board to them springs entirely from their ass
belief in the eticacacy of certain figures or tfa
characters in insuring prosperity. These 6g- ss
ures have to them mysterious Specification
favorable to the business in which they are
engaged. The Chinese merchant commences
business, and selects as presiding deity some
particular word or words; if these prove I'M a1iaas
prOpulOus, ne nlngS them away and cfOosel
others, When favorable character is found
the owner often assumes it as a designation
and it is applied to him in conversation as Y.
proper name. The word sam, ''three," is
supposed by them to possess peculiar virtue.
Chinese druggists prefer the word cham
'sprng; po ''protecti2n 5oag, ''eternnl;' ot HsH
AID shan, longevity" There arc other
words that the Chinese consider particularly Eas d
lucky. Among them, 400, hsrmony = hop, sI Is {fsi
"coHcord;' XII, "nemory;'' King, sHoursh-
ing;' san, "iaith:'' kwoag, ..expaaded =
and e6Inq, correct" The last two we pre.
sumo, intended to signify liberality in - ssse9s
CONNIE rcial dealing, and honesty in business
transactions. 1stA %
The ChrOaice Gays that the Indians OF Cali lsH "a :.
forna are fast becoming exterminated By dis s
ease and famine. The whites who have colo
nized California, in their work of deyeloping
its resources. have killed or driven off their
game-the vast fields of grass from which
the Indians obtained the nutritious seed t 4sE
which was one of~the principal sources of acs
their sustenance. have been fenced in and d
placed under cultivatioa-in fine. their al bsk7v
been appropriated. They have learned the
fashionable vices of the American, have be-
come drunkards and debauehes, and are fast
being swept from the land of their inheritance
by pesuence and famine, which have follow. -
ed as a consequence OF civilization. sH =
-- PES
TELEeRAPH ExrENsIoN-It is announced
that the funds subscribed, and the wire
making, for telegraph across the ocean,
which will be completed in time for us to
send greetings to all quarters of tile world
now running from Europe to Asia, and by
others that viii be laid from France to Africa,
we shall then have the four quarters of the
globe within ten minutes Of each other This
submarine extension is to be continued in
other directions. The New York Times states
that project has been originated in that CITY,
OF connecting Cuba with the United States by
a submarine telegraph line. 1t is supposed
that the Spanish government viii cbeeifuIv -lsE
consent to this project of annexation. The s&4a
line Will doubtless be hereafter extended to hasai
TO the other principal West Indie Islands-- 81, rs
jamaica Hayti, Porto Rico; and from the ID is, -
islands west of Mexico. and South to BaeziI
II is almost beyond Imagination, and vet we
are likely to realize the fact, that the inaugu-
raj address of Mr.. Buchanan's successor to AHe
the Presidency, will be reported, printed in aas
newspapers, and placed upon bulletin boards,
upon the four quarters of the globe, in less ,sreH
lime than the come from Boston to "a s.ss.
Newburypor 1t will go quicker than the
sound OF a voice or the report of a cannon
can travel, to ireland, and thence to the Mes.
chants Exchange in Liverpool to the columns
OF the Ihunderer in London, and the club
rooms of that famous metropolis on in bAaf8
French, to the newsroons of Paris and the 90
church shadows of Rome in German TO Is a5i4
Central Europe; and to Moscow and st. Pc bsii3s
ters0urg in Russian. 1t will cross from 1874
France, stopping at the birthplace of the Great
Napoleon, to Algeria, where tho Moors and
Zouvaves will catch it. 1t will go down from ia
turnbad Turk Constantinople to HOLY asgal8
Land where the Arab will stop his steed TO bne
get the news for the Desert populations and his.om
on, noislessly as the flow of blood in our -4sso
veins, it will reach Calcutta, and affect ex-.f.s ~ -
changes with Canton and the East Almost
as soon as it is known here, the Spanard will
be looking at it in Havana, to see what @s
new movements the board for annexa- #
ton, if that question is settled before and 'in
but minute AFTER the Portuguese will have oisigoaq
it at Rio, and be specializing thererom upon bsa1
the future prices OF coffee, sugar aud hides. b DOB
Weshall literally have the Penticostal time re- -.s.e
turned, when all the different nations and
tribes istning to the man, shall each
hear in his own language.-Nswburgpor Her
aid tsAM
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