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Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-09-04
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BANKERS.
MACkLOT L CON hin,
pAvsxpons, IooA.
yIACKLO COR hin 4 WHITE,
r. DssxCisss, Iowa.
REFER TO:
Messss. p. Chotesu, Jr. 4 Co,
Cashier American Exchange Bank, ( New Yssks
Nsssrs. Tesson ! DAMIEN, bankers, !
. Lsss. . s.m".a.. :. 81. Louis.
L. 4. Henoist 4 Co.,
Cashier Atlantic Bank. Boston, Mas.
Messrs. Thompson 0udesluys, Baltimore.
= \. Swift, ESQ, bAnSsr, Chicsgo, III.
0ctlO dAWtf
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-09-04

Awful MURDER. - One of the most
atrocious an brutal murders which has rv-
er come unier our notice was committed by
pack of TENDS at a house of i'll fame, in
the town Of Rock Island, about two miles
west Of the lily, on the Camden road. The
name Of the murderel person we are I'M
able 10 give. 1t appears that he came TO
his end some days ago, 4 was by his muir.
derers buried in the cellar Of the House. -
Some of the inmates of this den having bad
some trouble among themselves, one o,
them, to be avenged, went 10 Rock Island
and divul,sed the whole affair. The body
was found as indicated by her, cut all,
mang'ed in the most horrible manner,
We shall give particulars as soon as the,
can be obtained.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-09-04
81 Lnnis Afnrch III 1854.

81 Louis, March 7fa 1854.
Prof. Woah My hair commenced falling Oh som"
three " four since, and oiuusd To do 10 uh-
III became quite BALI. Tried all III" INpuar ui'ii-
,ines u III. day, but io no riiec. Al last was m
duced to try vour cl bIate Hair Restorative and an
happy To say. IL II doing Wonders. have uow a
tine growth Of Young hair, and chccIfuy recommend
Is use " all similarly affected.
AC WILLIAMS. I33 Second street
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-09-04

Gentleman ~ Boston writes to his friends In Now
Bedford, thus:
To your inQuir y would reply, that first com
mcuc,d using Prof Woods Hair Restorative. NV
hair was almost Whit, and had been tor the iast
ten years and il was very thin on the top ~ MIA
head and very loo,e, aud pulled cut freely but y
found that befpr" hid used all the second bottle.
(which was eight We ks,) my hair was eniir,ly
changed "a its original color Uishi browh.) and IL
nov free from danrun, aud quite moist. have had
my hair iiyc siN Tunes -iicr the chang, ana
have never seen anything like white hair starting
from tn roots and IL Is tLitk ~ II ever wa
ni dot ! not com. oui at all II has pTryailt Il Ia ny
case all that could " ash to ask.
July ], 1876. Yours. etc.-
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-09-04

ATTENTION TO Go, NrERfElrs.-W no
has OF taken counter felt note in his day
or felt the chagrin ard disappointment Of
discover. bad note III his money drawer,
taken perhaps by a careless or 'nexperi-
enced clerk. Such things are of SO fire.
quent occurrence, that We cannot guard our
selves too much against the lmpos.tons OF
all ,aveIlns light fingered gentry. Mr.. J.
C. Corb,n is stopping for few days in our
city, teaching such as m y desire TO lr n
very useful and practical system for de
,ectirg counterfeis. lie has rec ommenda
,ions fro IN various good judges Of money
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-12-13
BUSINESS CARDS.
EASTERN
Carriage !Es.epositorV.

.s-es:s - TIE Alvord Carriage Manufacturing
C-sS-IEs7,< 4 Company having located a branch
t.TEf- for the sale Of their Carriages in the City
AAE--&- Of Ottawa, Ill. beg to inform the citizens
West generally. that they have hand and receiving
from their MANCFACrORY IN CONNECTICUT a good
assortment of Carriages, consisting in part of Rocka-
ways, Sliding Seat, Top and Top uggcs, of different
styles, Concord Buggies, &c, made from the very best
material, and il : and wOrknanlike manner which
Will be sold reasonable terms Dealers and all wishing
purchase viii find to their advantage cali
mine stock before purchasing elsewhere. From IA
long experience in the manufacture Il" Carriages, fee!
confident that give entire satisfaction. All work
warranted
We have also connected with Repository shop for
doing ull kinds repairing. which will be done short
noticeand in the best
store few doors We.; Of the 7. o. Main street.
For reference, euIuire OF ARTHUR LOCKWOOD Esq.
Jun l4-lyF II. W. JONES, igcft.
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Reflections.


Why should one man harm an"therf
Is not man to man a brother
Strength was given to the strong,
Not FOR purposes of wrong,
But to help the weak along.
Why should Envy move the breast
When a neighbor seemeth blestY
Gifts that from high Heaven are shed,
Though they fall not on our head,
Bcdeck the ground on which they tread.
Why should Pride our thoughts engage!
''All he world is but a stage
Brief the most applauding call;
And upon the great and small
Drops the cdrtain like pail.
Why should Hate our breasts excite
Doing wrong ne'er serves the right;
Hearts that on brooding malice feed
Ope their own pores and bid them bleed
Die by their own mistaken deed.
Why should Scandal move the tonguef
Falsehood's old, but Truth is young.
Mischief-witch Of darker time
Trails along in fiita and slime,
But angel Love is all sublime.
Why should Bigotry defy
The opening Of the mental eye?
lie serves the wrong who fears the righs2
God hath said-''Let there be light ~
The sun doth ever change the night.
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CONCLUDED next week !


PLowISG BY SrEAM.-Plowing by steam,
says the Prairie Farmer, is no longer .
prohlem-it is a fixed fact in agriculture,
and England has the honor Of having first
successfully applied this mighty agent to the
cultivation Of the earth. We had hoped
that American ingenuity and skill would
have taken the lead in this as they have
done in other departments Of agricultural
machinery, but we have been disappointed.
Fowler's steam plow. which was tried before
| a committee Of the Royal Agricultural Soci-
ETY., proved itself in every way adapted to
the work for which il is intended, and by its
very efficient performance, won not only the
admiration of its most sanguine friends, but
dispellcd. to very great extent, the preju-
dices which many who were present had a.
ways entertained. What remains now, 10
for some genuine Yankee to improve upon
Fowler's machine. This, We are very sure,
can and will be done.
The Farm Journal remarks as follows:
"The result Of last Thursdays trial OF
Fowler's steam plow was as follows: the
plow went through the isnd at the rate Of
acre % perches an hour employing . force
equal to % horse power. To perform the
same amount of work with horses it would
require nine plows, and Of course eighteen
strong horses. Tho authentic result speaks
for itself; let us hope that Mr.. Fowler will
at last receive at the hands Of his fellow.
countrymen in general, and especially q
those of the Royal Agricultural Society, thas
encouragement which SO much perseverance,,
ingenuity snd mechanical skill 20 richly Do
serve. I'VE are not acquainted with the q.
act conditions laid down by the society Ter
obtaining the prize of f5O0 offered for the
practical adaptation of steam to land cult.
vation, but If they consist abstractsdly in
the discovery Of . practical and economical
mode of preparing the soil BY means Of
steam we fearlsssty assert that in our opinion
Mr. Fowler is fully entitled to that reward"
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Mark Well.
[e,v 's'Dissri,,r R,ss1hs i.lars,pnt !.

THE undersigned having located in Ottawa, would re-
.pccrfuiy inform it, inhabitants and vicinity that he
ha. opened shop IN the room lately occupied Te!e-
graph office. IN rdlck block, for the purpose OF Gus
tom Tailoring in AZ it, branches. Having ha much
pcrencc in several of largest cities, both
and maker, Halter myself that my work shall not be
surpassed. either tor elegance % style eaness Of
workmanship, This ic Of Chicago Al work entrusted
ry charge shall with promptness and despatch.
itLa2s nAN II AsHTON
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AUCTION! AUCTION,

Y1JHE subscriber Tncst respectfully To the inhsh
u ants Of Ottawa and surrounding country Lis Scr
,ie.. as City Auctoneer and Commission Merchant for
the .ae of Real Estate, Horses Carriages. Dry Goods
Furn.ure sc, &c. assuring those who favor him
,it t,.;r commands that honorable effort will "a.
,.utip. TO effect good sass AID prices Cash advances
xi br made f needed good. consigned for nmedi-
oil store north side of Main street, nearly oppo-
- ,hs pos, Once JAS. LANCASHIRE.
Cys w Kryr, .SIle,-rnn. Ottawa. October 4,lsos.
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1t was among the lovelisst customs Of the
ancents 70 bury the young at morning twi-
light; for, as they strovs to give the seftsst
interpretation to death, 20 they imagined
that Aurora, who loved the yeusg hsd seolss
them TO her embrace,
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Planilg and Saving Hill.

-r-IIE uuaHF--s4 itv- 'ai- lay entered into "c-pIr
r.rship u % i- above ht.siUe-- under -.lr arm Ui
KNIGHT "a EATHHiN-
Thy prepared E. furnish dressed flooring and
-iI.a- tI-fT s-'H.-i.r.at tb" hydraulic h.-in
o-t-sa. or superior wor.uaa-i.ir. "n tl.r triumph
iu,' Doc aas laa'.-.-,, and 80 price 70 -Et iuT-
.I4r.rs. ii.y VIII Iu custom Eu-a. "t planning ana
.-r short NOTICE brr-,.l and uura--ai Lumber
constantly ol aali ~ .ca-eI ca-.. price. Conc and
-... E. = KNIGHT,
rrrsE-f-e 7 T. ENTHHUN
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NEW ENGLAND RA AKEEYt
4. W. ~A.i:sGfB,
.srcai, Cakes. and. Crackers,

~ Nsfs,og. 1D'U,lI,fs I-eet. OftGlr0, N!iao,s
now prepared 70 furnish al the shortest notice.
- very superior article ol sugar, Soda, Boston, Batter,
water, Pc Nc, Wine, and Ginger CEUcNeTs Pilot and
Navy Bread.
i go bushes strictly Cash basis, and have
- lc.'y for Manufacturing. an enabled to sei. - ON
a any other l!ul-, 10 :hr Wet.
AZ aigI- n. Fancy aud Wedding Ctke kept constantly
ilrri and raaf. @" order. Irov-Jl g ". SANFORD
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OTTAWA MARBLE YARD.

THE undersigned having purchased the shop and stock
OF GeWell Finley, where he intends to carry the
business ON more extensive scale. lie has hand
il always receipt Of the best quality Of American Ita
liam and Egyptian Marble r Head Stones, Tomb Stones.
Nonrmeno Nantes. Furniture, &c. As he has Of
,i hest vorknen in the country, he feels
sred THAI he can up anything in his line superb
style together With low prices he 'eeis assured that
h. viii give AL those who favor him With their support
entire satisfaction.
v H. Orders from distance earnestly solicited and
promptly attended TO. 1AAEs WILLS.
6. $50.
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MRS. GRAY

YYYOULD inform the public that she sfh continues
w give lessons on piano, guitar, and meiodeon to
Also instruction in thorough bass. Lessons gwen at
her boarding place at Amasa Fosters west Of the sido-
cut, and at the residence Of pupils Jan IL
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g....., ,. r..r.i 81, ,.'.-i ,..s ,.-.-- ON. a,.g
r. E\IGIIT
Tor -a u - t.,TtIutrS
= 90
Srou tGiErto.E., .,D,,. .3oc
az ~ -. 4 o.. &. i =. .rI.r- ~ g..l - g.
W. -l, -,. ~ s.,r ta,,- az -. ..t ~, ar,.r. -.
-s h- procured 90 Ia sale c. Hlra-ui'h, VII please
',.. "".s ua' &C. are Do" '2r,ns Two huge hr,- one
ro - ,r Ii VOL, rn, co.,
lr~
An ra--r-- 7-ir,. f contract rr- f-- winter stock
o. Coal pr WOOD rarI, 80 y calling ~ our Office ON t.
b. d. ,r al our new ward usfl1t sIr t....r Ila,-
a--ay : " A!:N EE fNEDISf; 4 co
tsbSiANf.l;'
EshiiL subscriber beg, 90 call attention e. IL bccA..ia
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Agricultural implements.

such - 'o1HDtDB Securing, DH~- Horse, dMt fLfFte
PLOWS AasyOsrs. tStgtiudtOrs, Horse Rd.es, dr..
IN short all kinds Of heavy farmers tools Their maci
merry i I'll new perfect and propelled by abundant
neyer-iaing water power Farmers invited TO call
and eNane tier work. whether they vish 10 purchase
not -iHht.sr srors- l. .r,tgro.sed
Orders RON distance promptly attended 20. and i'm
p!ements PLACED board boats or cars free of
charge. feb3-f d. NJ.
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Mss IEI&IIs
r.S 'a7~a fftis f 'f-'-'f 17t NisHa--
! ) 3D.. t!-- r.r r. ~ STOCK OF NIIIrE5:T coos
-..r r., '- r.,s.- ,.a. .It. al Sc Ti. .'- J. )
d. .-. .a,..--.-. ,i-.H... 'front.' store. se,-1
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L [ NJ i Il
STONI, = Ei.s.S.

$ ssEI.t CO51sSr ~ Main amt ts'sasJHs Streets,
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.
~ Who,esIl- and retail manufacturers <
"a dealers ia - ~juAs ui
EtN7~1,N N'yIsass. Sff'i.s. BroHLs, Martin
fz-1EA gg'ss YgrlYLs. Isr'jsaS,
ELsS.A Carpet Bag, Whip LaShrs Collars,
y!a-rr--. ffrt-- ~-r-rIr-yf.--- .-r
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q. l.. THOMPSON.

Dyu1gisf B5oEseNsr GqI -Otf,HrG, IN.
Second in NsttiHgers block, south side Of ihe
court house square y
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Drugs Pot>rt -ys,li-i.e- E.lfBf- OHs IIf,HisIes
Dye Stuff. dc. .sc..
Between Glover = Cook and R.sljick'- Bicci.
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DANIEL EEAIif
T.. u. GsSIGGs.

Boot GHd !1os NIEsfrrt"Ser-D'E'rH. IN
On Madison street north pf Glover Cooks nr- Bloc
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T.. IL. fiD1T.

cEies al his Drug store Ia St!l' -rE-"t-
Residence with Dr.. Hard, corner Il Nat-"n a1 'h
tor .trects. r'p -..-N
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Gr. J.C. HATTIE ~
u .....-..a.- .L.-L SaLr--L-- ~
DOCTOR MCNAMARA.
e.. HARD ". ID.
r. VI. yscART:i.H. VI. ID

Psysici.fu and Surgeon rs'rsrs', !f.lrsi--
onice in Glover < Cook BricI. block
Residence corner Of Madison and Clinton streets
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BUSIsSELE "a GRAY.
ALFRED w. CAVtRIY

(IGte 81 tie FrHy Of Ioi'4sfs~ r 'frrEl.vt
CurN-sLfoR 4 ATrt'sNrT - Law.
WILL attend Vr.uiptiy al I-e0f---5oUa business
trdsed hj~ care Ia ti- county cr,sr, -uIr,r-
courts; the payment of t2e- -NIl-- IlEl il-
ties making collections and procuring land wrTi' Tor
soldiers their widows oud minor heirs
O7f-> N1'fSHg@.'S Block a.atl Ell. n o.. 'cFt
Hoilse Oft.trG- H. IA -
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-10
The Frozen Dead.

The scene of the greatest interest at the
Hospice Of the grand St. Bernardo sol
emn extraordinary interest, indeed-is that
of the Morgue, or building where the dead
bodies Of lost travellers are deposited
There they are, some of them as when the
breath of lite departed, and the death an
gel, with his instruments of frost and snow,
stiffened them for ages. The floor is thick
with nameless skulls and bones, and human
dust heaped in confusion. But around the
walls are groups of pocr sufferers in the
very position in which they were found, as
rigid as marble, and, in this air, by the pre-
serving element of an eternal frost, almost
as uncrumbling. There is mother and
her child, most affecting image of suffer-
ing and love. The face Of the little one re-
mains pressed to the mothers bosom only
the back part of the skull being visible, the
body enfolded in her careful arms-careful
in vain, affectionate in vain, to shield her
offspring from the elemental wrath of the
tempest.
The snow fell fast and thick, and the hur-
ricane wound them both up in one white
shroud and buried them. There is also a
tall, strong man, standing alone, the face
dried and black, but the white unbroken
teeth, firmly set and closed, grinning from
the aeshless jaws; it is a most awful specta-
Gle. The face seems to look at you, from
the recesses of the sepulchre, as if it would
tell you the story Of death-struggle in the
storm. There are other groups more indis-
tinct, but these two are never to be forgot
ten; and the whole of these dried and frozen
remnants of humanity are terrific demon
stration of the fearfulness of this mountain
pass, when the elements let loose in fury,
encounter the unhappy traveller.
Y GU look at all this through the grated
window; there is just light enough to make
it solemnly and distinctly visible, and to
read it in powerful reco.d of mental and
physical agony, and of maternal love and
death. That little child hiding its face in
its mothers bosom, and both frozen to
eath.-one can never forget the group,
nor the memento mort, nor the token of
deathless love.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-10

LEAP YEAR-A WEDDING AND VICTIM,
"A most amusing wedding came off at tho
Sheriff s Office in Wheeling. Va, recently,
the parties being from Faderland. The
Argus says: The bride, fifty years of age,
native of Holland The hesitating BRIDE
groom, q native of Austria, aged ffty-fve
years, was persuaded, only by capias, and
entered the holy bonds, in measure, under
a protest. The happy man arrived in this
country some four weeks ago, and having
bought ticket in Baltimore for the far
West, via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
and found the rivers closed on his arrival
here, and being compelled to remain, took
lodgings in German Cast Haus in the
Ninth Ward, where he made the acquajnt-
ance of his bride, who talked low Dutch to
him, and availing herself of liberties allowed
in leap year, proposed the question. He,
not underste nding the weight of the propo-
sition, couched as it was in language of
which he processes entire ignorance, though
determined to be gallant, said Yaw! to ev-
erything, and the result was capias found
ed upon his alleged breach of promise.
The poor fellow was arrested this after
noon, and upon reaching the Sheriff S office,
expressed his willingness to submit to two
mans wiles" rather than go to jail. One
messenger was sent for the bride and an
other for the preacher, while Madame Ru-
NOR convened a full house Of ladies and gen.
tlemen bent upon seeing the fun, whidh was
ultimately done up in German, and in ex-
cellent style. After the ceremony, the re-
tiring crowd found themselves "locked in"
and were compelled to finish the sport by
waiting until Sheriff Wickham and his dep
uties had handed Ground the cakes"
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-10
sELucetta.'1

Reader! do you not remember the sweet,
innocent face Of some little favorite, where
the image of GoD was craven in beauty and
purity? Well, such an one do we remem-
Der; away down by the Potomac, and
snowflake might have fallen on her brow
without losing aught of its light and chas-
tity.
We were the village school-master then,
and every morning LuCETTA came bounding
down through the woods to school, gally as
though some one had told her that Time
had broken his hour-glass and put up his
sharp scythe.
"True,' say the children, sit may happen
That we die before our time:
Little Alice died last year-the grave is shapen
Like a SNOWFALL in the rime."
Rest thee, LUCY! They say that thou
art dead and that the Snow Spirit has hid
thy narrow sleeping placein the old church,
yard. Thou sleepest only; and when the
jewels that at eventide come up from behind
the Blue Ridge and sparkle over thee, CD
the brow of night, have one by one gone
out, there will be found sitting close by the
Mercy Seat, one of whom the angels will
say one to another, "She is holier than we;
for ere tie evil days had come GoD took
her." Sierra Citizen.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-10

A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.-ShOrtly be-
fore the departure of the lamented Heber
for India, he preached sermon which con-
tanned this beautiful illustration:
''Life bears US on like stream of nigh
ty river: Our boat at first glides down the
narrow channel-t through the playful mur-
muring of the little brook and the winding
of its grassy borders. The trees shed their
blossoms over our young heads, the flowers
on the brink seem to offer themselves to our
young hands; we are happy in hope, and we
grasp eagerly at the beauties around US
but the stream hurrieS on, and still our
hands are empty. Our course in youth and
manhood is along a wilder and deeper flood,
amid objects more striking and magnificent.
We are animated at the moving pictures
and enjoyment and industry passing us; we
are excited at some shortlived disappoint-
ment. The stream bears US on, and our
Joys and griels are alike left behind US
We may be shipwrecked- cannot be de-
layed; whether rough or smooth, the river
hastens to its home, till the roar of the
ocean is in our ears, and the tossing of the
waves is beneath our feet, and the land
lessons from our eyes, and the Hoods are
lifted up around US, and we take our leave
of earth, and it's inhabitants, until of our
further voyage there is no witness save the
Infinite and Eternal!"
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-10
A Gem from Fanny Forrester.

Give me my old seat, mother,
With my head upon thy knee;
I've passed through many changing scen'
Since thus l sat by thee.
Oh! let me look into thine eyes
Their meek, soft, loving light
Falls, like a CLEAN of holiness,
Upon my heart tonight.
I've not been long away, mother;
Few suns have rose and set
Since last tear-drop on thy check
My lips in kisses met.
'Tis but little time, know
But very long it seems,
Though every night come to thee,
Dear mother, i'll my dreams.
The world has kindly dealt, mother,
BY the child thou lov'st so well;
Thy prayers have circled Tonnd her path,
And twas their holy spell
Which made their path 50 dearly bright
Wlich stIewed the roses there
Which gave the light and cast the balm,
On every breath of air.
1 beaE happy heart, mother,
happier never beat;
And, even now, new buds Of hope
Are bursting atmy feet
Ou, HlOtltef, IIe may De OTedtUJ
But if such dreams arc given,
While at the portals thus we stand,
What are the truths Of Heaven?
! bear happy beart, mother,
Yet, when fond eyes see,
And hear soft tones and winning words,
| ever thiuk of thee.
And then the tear, my spirit weeps,
Unbiddan fills my eye;
And. like a homeless dove, long
Unto thy breast to ny.
Then am very sad, mother,
I'm very sad aud lone
Oh! there's no heart whose inmost fold
Opes to me like thine own!
Though sunny smiles wreathe blooming lips
While love tones meet my ear,
My mother, one fond glance OF thine,
Were a thousand times more dear.
The Georgetown news., 1856-04-10

SOMETHING FOR TIE CAUSE.-THE Golden
Era remarks:
"Why females in California do not more
readily command good husbands, can be at
tributed as much 1--WE ought to say more)
to the outrageous value which they put up
on themselves, as to O want of resolution in
the men. THY come here with the modest
expection of marrying a barrel of double
eagles, and selecting from battalion of
suitors, and it takes them some time to learn
to hope for anything less. A wife, for in
stance, that an honest mechanic might Sc
lect as his equal, would scorn his overtures,
while such an one as would listen to him,
Satan himself wouldn't have"
The author of that must have had the
mltten, he is so savage; but there is great
deal of very disagreeable truth in it. When
we were young man, odds of - years
ago, we knew number of very sprightly
young ladies who wouldn't look at an hon
est mechanic or laboring man, if they could
engage the attention of professional men,
merchants, or gentlemen of elegant leis-
ure," sometimes called "Worthless cusses,"
by people unacquainted with gentility In
a contest for the inextinguishable love of a
blushing beauty of upwards of one hundred
and sixty pounds, avoirdupoise, we were
put to rout by our rival entering law Of
fee, as a student, and soon after carrying q
cane and wearing green spectacles. Faint
heart never won fair lady, and we "cove
in" Not till then had we discovered that
the false one stood on an immovable basis,
and that the impression she left on the sand
was equal in superficial area, to the track
of a Laplander on snow shoes.
Sierra Citizen.