The weekly Columbian. [volume] (Columbia, Tuolumne Co., Cal.) 1856-1???, 1856-09-06
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sad nobler attributes OF humanity that they
| sneer at. and ridicule every act, or word of an
| other, that shows the existence of mind Of
tender sensibIities and soul of higher aspira
tons than their own. The blush on the cheek
Of beauty-the tear that the fond mother drops
on the grave Of the child, the prayer of the
christian, the appeal of the phlanthropst-
n ther turn. are made the objects of rdcue
aud sarcasm by those individuals who have no
sympathy with anything pure devoted and re-
lined. Obscenity. vulgarity, profanity, drunk
mess. and every thing that tends to drag man
Iowa to level with the hrutes are safe from the
shafts Of their Wit, if wit it can be called Satan
loes not war against satan; but how little do
uch ople ref ct upon the position they are
placing themselves in. and how they are looked
Oh by those whose regard is worth having. Their
wicked jeSts and vile insnuations may raise
laugh among the coarse and abandoned, and
raise a smile on the lip of the malicious and de
PRAYED, but they only sink themselves deeper
in the estimation of the good and intelligent
Closely allied to this class of individuals are
those who seek only to find out and expose the
faults of their neghbors. real or imaginary, for
getting all the redeeming qualities that may
palliate or ought to conceal those faults if they
are real. and make the sin of publishing to the
envous world greater if they are imaginary
Like men looking at the spots on the sun, forget
ting its light and heat and all the blessings that
flow from it: or looking at it through smoked
luminary that exists only in the blackened me-
dunn through which they look. The brightest
iuminary has its spots the best aud kindest
may have faults - the night has its stars
and there may be redeeming traits in almos,
every mans character except perhaps in that of
those harples that prey on others characters, or
make sport Of and sheer at the refinement, the
sympathi,s. the woes. the elevated hopes, the
aspirations, or the noble efforts of others. A
character so utterly debased can hardly have
one redeeming pointer if there be such
thing as total deprayty they have reached that
point They may not have murdered man
physically but they have murder, d his reputa-
ton-may not have woanded his body, but
keenly wounded his sensibilites; may not have
stolen his purse but he has flched from him his
good name, so that be is both a murderer and
a thief: and his murders and thcfts have no ex-
cuse-they have all been prompted by malice.
Contested SEAr.-Patr.ck Farley. of this
place believing hims Ito be duly and truly
elected 10 the Office of Town Trustee. appeared
before that body on Wednesday evening of last
week aad presented his credentials they hav
iag been prepare far tie occasion by his numerous
frieads Not meeting with favor from the Board
he was Undue d to make complaint before self
constitut court aud on Thursday evening the
case was tried before an impar6 jury, when &C
cord.pg to evidence it appeared that in as much
a. h had not ceircd any votes be had been
wllfnliy and maliciously wronged by the Town
authorities: whereby verd ct was rendered
mt Ting him to seat with the Hon. Board O
Trustees. AID damages against the incorpora-
ou to the amount Of $4,000 The damages
were rendered. in consequence ofinjuries which
loss of character would entail On his Saloon 10
the liquor business! The scenes in the court
wlre the r ch ,st have ever witnessed!
MUDDY STREETS Main street the principal
fhoroneh'are OF Columbia. has been in an un
ghtly cond OF for loag time, and it was