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The weekly ledger., 1857-07-25

COLLECTION OF TAxEs.-Mr Evans, our
efficient County Treasurer paid into the
State Treasury sl7,225,75 as the States
portion of revenue collected in Amador coun-
ty from Jan. lst to July lst, 1857. This
exceeds by a large amount-some thirty per
cent, or more-the sum collected and paid
over during any previous term of six months;
and it speaks well for the increasing prosper
ity Of our county, the promptness of our cit
izens as tax payers, and the energy and eff
cheney of the officers who have been engaged
in collecting the public revenue. 1t is always
our object TO avoid fulsome praise, yet we
believe that honor should be awarded when
honor is due All are interested in the a.
mount Of money collected, and all will agree
in awarding Sheriff Paugh, and the other OF.
fcers who have to do with the collection Of
portions of the public revenue the Just and
undeniable mede of praise to with they are
entitled They have 'acied well their part"
Two Men KlLLED.-R Richard Daveys and
VIM Curnow were killed at Suffer Creek on
the 23d inst, by the caving of bank of
earth Daveys was twcntyfour years of age,
and from Doddssille, Wis. Curnow was
thrty-two years old, and from England
Mining accidents are fearully frequent
Hardly week passes that we arc not com
PEELED to record one or more violent deaths
in this immediate vicinity. VIII not the
meners learn to be more cautious.
THE Sac DAILY Age comes out American. +"
taking upon itself the task of galvanizing de-
funct Know Nothingism into active existence
AS well might that or any other paper at
tempt to infuse new life into the dead and
decayed body Of can old bay horse.' 1t is
thing that can't be did," and we fear the
paper in question, for its temerity may be
compelled to initiate the example Of the afore-
said bay horse at a premature Age
DECLINED 1t will be seen that Mr. C. A.
LaGraye has declined the nomination for
Supt of Com. Schools. We regret this, for
/ Mr.. LaGraye is one of our most substantial
citzens-jnst the kind of man to fill the
important and honorable, though not lucra-
| tive position for which he was nominated
Theoflce is of very much more Importance than
seems to be generally understood. Mr.. La
/ Grave declines for the reason that his private
business would be nterfered with The Coun-
ty Cen Com win take action on the matter
next Monday
JEWISH SYNAGoGUE-The Israelites Of
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FOR ATTORNEY GENER.aL,
THOMAS III. WILLIAMS.
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w. j. PAUGH,

BY JOHN DoDLE Deputy,
Jackson, July 22d, 1851.
jy rs l0iT
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Democratic Central Committee.
Regular Democratic Ticket.
FOR GOTER.NOR,
JOHN B. WELLER.
FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR,
JOSEPH WALKUP.

JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT,
STEPHEN ]. FIELD.
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The Mouth.

The mouth is symbolical of the SEN.
suons qualities of man. This is its
primary signifcation, especially of its
lower part, because it is the hendpiece
OF the digestive organs. 1t is the gate
way of the stomach, that laboratory of
nature, in which goes on the process
of converting fluids and solids into man,
mertal as well as physical. But the
mouth has also a hlher meaning. Its
upper part is connected with the physi-
cal character, as its lower with the cor
porcal nature. Hence the upper lip
should extend beyond and govern the
lower. A short upper lip, deeply hol-
lowed in the middle, tells of wit and
livelincss; feshy, protruding lower
lip. of scnsuallty and Incidence. The
mouth should be of medium size :;
when it approaches either extreme it
becomes animal in its symbolism. A
somewhat large mouth Is manly, and
denotes energy one somewhat small
is feminine, and sign of less power.
There is a large thirsty mouth of the
orunkard, and the close piached mouth
of the mlser. There is the scornful
mouth, with its lowor lip upralsed and
compressed upon the upper, and the
long swollen upper ! p which tells of a
rough nature There are the large,
thin, lndrawn lips of the dry, passion
less men of intellect, and the soft beau
tifully chiseled, in those of refined
sense and poetic nature. There is the
repulsive, cavernous hole, indicative of
a vile nature. and the rosebud mouth
of beauty and innocerce But char
actcr is not always determined by size :;
it turks in the corners, in the constant
position Of the angles which resemble
the transient expressions whose mean
ing is always clear'-Portland Trans
rrlnf
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and command. The vast portal open
ed, and from 1T marched host, such
men had never seen before, such as
men shall never see but once again.
the guardian angels of the city of Da-
vid. The came forth gloriously, but
wo in all their steps, the stars upon
their helmets dim, their robes stained,
tears flowing down their celestial beau
ty. Let as go hence p was their song
of sorrow. Let US go hence 2 was an
swered by sad echoes of the mountains.
Let as go hence p swelled upon the
night to the furihermast limits of the
Land.
The procession fingered long upon
the summit of the hill. The thunders
pealed, and they rose at the command,
diffusing waves of light over the ex-
panse of heaven. The chorus was
heard, still magnificent and melancho-
ly, when their splendor was diminished
to the brightness of star. Then the
thunders roared again-the cloudy
Temple was scattered on the wind, and
darknes, the omen of the grave, settled
upon Jerusalem.-Croly.
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interesting Facts concerning Phosphorus,

1t is now just two hundred years
since phosphorus was first obtained by
Brand, of Hamburg. SO wonderful
was the discovery then considered, that
Kraft, an eminent philosopher of the
day, gave Brand three hundred dollars
for the secret of its preparation Kraft
then Travelled, and visited nearly all
the courts of Europe, exhibiting phos-
phorus to kings and mobiles. In APP
pearance, phosphorus resembles bees
wax, but is more transparent, ap-
preaching to the color OF amber. It's
name, which is derived from the Greek,
'light-bearer, and is indicative of lis
most distinguishing quality, being SELL
luminous. Phosphorus, when exposed
to the air, shines like a star, Civ .ng out
beautiful lambent, greenish light.
Phosphorus dissolves il warm sweet
oil. If this phosphorized oil be rubbed
over the face in the dark, the features
assume CHASTITY appearance, and the
oxperimentulist looks like veritable
living Wii-o'- -the-wisp. The origin of
phosphorus is the most singular fact
concerning it. Every other substance
with which we are acquainted can be
traced to either earth or air, but phos-
phorus seems to be of animal origin.
OF all animals, man contains the most,
and of the various parts of the body
the brain yields, by analysis, more
phosphorus than any other This fact
is of no little moment Every thought
has, perhaps, phosphoric source. 1t
is certain that the most Intellectual be-
ings contain the most phosphorus. 1t
generally happens that when singu-
lar discovery is made, many years
elapse before any application of it is
made to the welfare and happiness Of
man This remark applies to phos-
phorus. 1t is only the other day that
it was sold az five shillIngs an ounce
now it is so cheap that the pennies:
portion of our population hawk it about
in the form of matches But what a
noble life, light and fre-giying offic'
does it fill For commercial purpose
matchmaking, phosphorus is ex
tracted from burnt bores.
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! blood. 1t was the shadow eff a mans
hand on the floor. The hand had on.
ly three fingers!
She OWNED the truth in moment,
the assa ssin was there, in her house,
under the toilet table. She made not
the least motion or sign, but reflected
two or three minutes as to the best
course to be pursued.
She OWNED what to do, and advanc-
ing to the door, called the servant
maid
ooh, Mary she excls lined, when
the girl entered the room. DO you
know where Monsieur Bernard lives 2
'Yes. Madame
L have to pay 5000 francs away
very early in the morning The fact
slipped my memory till just now. You
will have to run to his house and get
the money for me-
Very well, Madame
Il will write you a note which you
will deliver to him, and he will give
you bank bills to the amount
She wrote as fellows:
My dear Monsieur Bernard
The assassin of the Rue des Armes
and the Rue Grenard is now in nv
house. Come Immediately with some
gendarmes and take him before he es-
capes. HELENE BEAUMAURICE.'
And without entering into any ex.
plantations with her servant, she dis
patched her on the errand. She then
quietly re.seated herself and wait d.
Yes, she sat in the room with that
man under the table for whole hour.
She sat there, calm, cool and collect
ed She saw the shadow of the hand
shift several times, but the murderer
did not make any attempt to escape
from his place of concealment.
In due time the gendarmes arrived,
and Jacques Reynauld was arrested
not, hewever, without violent strug-
gle.
[ need scarcely add that the most
convincing proof as to his guilt was
found, and in due time he was guillo-
tined, as | have shown in the former
part of this sketch.
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Sentiment in Literature.

Sentiment in Burns was essentially
modified by tenderness, in Byron by
passion, in shelley by Imagination me-
citation fostered it IN Petrach, extreme
susceptibility in Kirke White. In the.
French Quietists it took the form of
religious extasy. In the Old English
drama it is robust, in the Spanish bal
lads chivalric, in Hamlet abstract and
intellectual, in 'As You lake It, full
of airy fancifuness. Miss Edgeworth
and Jane Austen exhibited it as gov
erned by prudence and common sense;
Mrs Radcliffe, as rendered mysterious
by superstition. Scott delighted to in
terpret it through local and Legendary
accessories, under the influence of
sensuous temperament. In the Dant-
esque pictures of Francesca da Rlmini
it is full of tragic sweetness, and in
Paul and Virgininia perverted by arti-
fetal taste. In Charles lamb it is
quaint, IN Hood deeply human, in Cow
per alternately natural and morbid, in
Mackenzie soft and pale as moonlight,
and in Boccacio warm as the glow of
Tuscan vintage Chastened by will,
it is as firm and cold as sculpture in
Alferi, and melted by indulgence, it is
as insinuating as the most delicious mu-
sic in Metastasio. Pure and gentle in
Raphael, it is half Savage in Salvador
and Michael Angelo; severely true in
Vandyke, it is luscious and coarse in
Rubens. And yet, to a certain extent
and under specific modiica tons, every
one of these authors and artists pos
sessed sentiment ; but held in solution
by character, in some it governed, in
others it served genius, in some it was
predominant source of enjoyment and
suffering, and in others but an occa-
sianal stimulus or age ICY. Who doubts
over a page of the Nouvelle Heloise,
that sentiment in all its fearful bliss
was known to Rousseau The aban-
donment of his offspring to public char>
ity does not disprove its existence, but
only shows that in its nature it W a
mere selfish instinct. The history of
philantropic enterprise indicates the
same contradiction. Base cruelty has
at times deformed the knight, gross
appetltes the crusader, hypocracy; the
missionary, and the men whose names
figure in the so-cailed charitable move
ments of our day, are often the last to
whom we should appeal for personal
kindness and sympathy. The same in
consistency is evident in that large
class of women in whose characters the
romantic predominates over the domes-
ties instincts. Confessions form a po.
pular department of French literature,
and are usually based on sentiment.
Yet their authors are frequently tho
rough men of the world and intense
egotists. 1t is this want of harmony
between expression and life, between
eloquent avowal and the practical in>
fuence of sentiment, patriotic, religi-
Gus, and humane, which gave rise to
the invective o. Carlyle, and the other
stern advocates of fact, of action. and
Of reality. Meanwhile the beauty, ihe
high capacity, the exalted grace of SEN
timent itself, Is unnvaded. We must
learn to distinguish its manifestations
to honor It's genuine power, to distrust
ITS rhetorical exaggeration.'
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T HAVE often had occasion to

] HAVE often had occasion to re-
mark the lortitude with which woman
sustains the most overwhelming revers-
es of fortune. Those disasters which
break down the spirit of a man, and
PROSTATE him in the dust, seem to call
forth all the energies of the softer sex,
and give such intrepidity and elevation
to their character, that at time it ap-
proaches to sublimity. Nothing can
be more touching than to behold a soft
and tender female, who had been all
weakness and dependence, and alive to
every trivial roughnes, while treading
the prosperous paths of life, suddenly
rising in mental force to be the COM
fortrr and supporter of her husband
under misfortune, and abiding, with
uushrinkIng frmness, the bitterest
blasts of adversity.-Irrtng.
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DR. HALEY, the astronomer, being
in company with the great Sir Isaac
Newton, in the course of conversati On,
threw out some contentious reflection
on Christianity. At length SIR Isaac
Newton said, Or HALEY, | always
like to hear you talk on philosophy !;
YOU have studied those subject. you un-
derstand them well but you have not
studied the subject of Divine Revela-
ton. I hare, very closely, and l know
that you know nothing of the matter.
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THE OLD CENT.-The cent propos-
ed in 1882 by Robert Morris, the great
fnancier of the revolution, and was
nmed by Jefferson, two years later.
1t bore then the head of Washington
on one side, and a chain of thirteen
links on the other The French revo-
luton soon created rage for French
ideas in America, which put on the
cent, instead of the head of Washing
ton, the head of the Goddess of Liber-
ty-a French liberty, with neck thrust
forward and flowing locks. The chain
on the reverse was replaced by the
olive wreath of peace. But the French
liberty was short lived, and so was her
portrait on the cent The present staid
classic dame, with fiillet round her
hair, came into fashion about thirty or
forty years ago, and her finely chisel-
led Grecian features have been but
slightly altered by the lapse of time.
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RUSSIAN TYRANNY.-Potemkin had
a merchant dragged from Moscow to
St. Petersburg, by the police, in order
to show a lady his immense beard,
about whose length she had doubted.
The merchant was brought to the capi-
tai and kept in chains for months, till
Potemkin happened to think Of the
beard. Aftor the curiosity had been
inspected, the Muscovite returned home
with shattered health, to find fortu7e
ruined, and his wife dead with grief
RccoItecti0ns, of Russia
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sBY what charms canst thou control
thy husband thus , was asked of the
spouse of Scipio, if we remember right
ly. 4 rule by obeying = replied Cor
nelia. And it was this noble Roman
matron, who, impatient of being only
known as the wife of Scipio, exclai u
ed to her sons when shall | be call
ed the mother of the Graceful ? Pos
terity answered that question, and pos
terity shows, likewise, the name of d
Mary, the mother of Washington. Say
not, then, that woman hath not heI
reward. Let her be true to her sphere
exalting by her influence the sons ant
husbands, and fathers of the nation
and to the last epoch of time. her chill
dren will rise up and call her blessed.
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THERE is but one way Of securing
universal equality to man, and that is
to regard every honest employment as
honorable, and then for every man to
learn, in whatsoever state he may be,
therwth to be content, and to fulfil,
with strict fidelity, the duties of his
station, and to make every condition
a post Of honor
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Mosr men live in a world of their


Mosr men live in world of their
own, and in that limited circle alone
are they ambitious Of distinction and
applause. Thus cases of injustice,
and oppression, and tyranny, and the
most extravagant bigotry, are in con-
stant occurrence among US every day.
1t is the custom to trumpet forth much
wonder and astonlshment at the chief
actors therein, setting at defiance so
completely the opinion of the world, but
there is no greater falIacy; it is precise
ly because they do consult the opinion
Of their own little world, that such
things take place at all, and strike the
great world dumb with amazement.
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So prone is the mind of man to sus-
picion, so intimately are We convinced
in our hearts of the fallbility of oul
nature at every point, that accusation
often repeated, will ever leave doubt
in the most candid mind. BE thou as
chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou
shalt not escape calumny,' said Shak-
speare and he might have said to the
whole race of man, 'Armor thyself il
in the whole panoply of virtue, cover
thee from head to foot in the triple
steel of honor, honesty, and pure
heart, still the poisonous dart Of malice
shall! pierce through and wound thee
if not to destroy james
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IT WAS A MAXIM Of General Jack
sons: Take time to deliberate, but
when the time for action arrives, stop
thinking.
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THERE'S good time coming is an
expression by Sir Walter Scott in Rob
Roy, and has, doubtless, for long time
been famiar saying in Scotland.
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LIFE belongs to the living and he
that lives must be prepared for yicls-
STUDIES.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-02-26

CARD-To the Pubic We invite especial atten
ton 10 our advertisement headed " Corn Planted bD
Machinery and also 10 ad yertsement headed M
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BY this machine, ths whole work Is done for tsr
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certainty Of proft and results hst look bul ns Int
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the State OF Connecticut for illustration. Ia 1850 there
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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-02-26

The Spy announced a short time since that
Rev, W. " arren of Upton had been appointed
District Secretary of the American Bosrd OF
Missions. This is the same clergyman that, ON
being asked TO sign petition for the repeal OF
the Fugitive Slave Bill, was in some trouble as to
what to do, but after careful deliberation, signed
his name, and added the following words to sat.
isfy his conscience - Proptded Ii can be done IN
good faith to the Constitution"
The next signer, DESTROYS to be equal in reliey-
ing his conscience, wrote after his name, .Pro-
v.aea q can DC done IN good faith 10 the Coastit-
ton for 1 soisA to SerGe God so as not to offend
the DeoH." ~"
How does it happen, that the American Board
plumbers upon such vrulent pro-slavery priests to
fill its offices
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THG GREATEST MEDICAL Dlscoy-
- =.
MIR. KENNEDY, of Roxbury has discovered in one


MR. KENNEDY, of Roxbury, has discovered in one
onr common pasture weeds aremedy that cures
VE x KIND OF HUMORi!
From the worst roiula down to a common Plmple
He has tried 10 eleven hundre cases and neye,
failed except in two (bo.h thunl humor) He has
in his posse over two hund Certificates If Ire
valee, all within twenty miles Of Boston
Two bottles are warranted to cure nursing sore mouth
one 70 three bottles viii cure the worst kind of PIN pies
Two to three bottles will clear the system Of hollis
Two bottles are warranted cure the worst canker In
tn mouth and stomach.
Three to i've bottles are warranted 10 cre IN tle ,or.
case Of erysipelas.
One 70 three bottles warranted to cure s humor in
and botohes among the hair.
-Four to six bottles warranted to corrupt and
running ulcers.
One bottle win cure scaly eruption of the skin
case Of ringworm.
Two or three bottles warranted to cure the most
desperate case Of rheumatism
Three four bottles warranted to cure salt rhenm
Five to eight bottles viii cure the worst case Of scroula
Directions for Use. Adult, table spoonful per
day; children eight years dess IT spoonfo children
from ave eight tea SPOONFUL As nodrectioDcen
be applicable to all constitutions take enough to operate
on bowels twice day mr. KENNEDY gyss persohai az
KENNEDY'S SALT RHEUM OINTMENT
To be used in connection lUth the Medical DISCOVERY
FoR ISFLAMMArloN AND HuMoR OF THE EYRs, this gives
Immediate relie you will apply it linen rag when 70
ing to bed
FoR soALp HEAD you will cut the hair of the a6ected
part apply the Ointment freely and you will see the i'm
proyement in few days.
For SALT hHEUM rub it well in often as convenient
For SCALES an inhamed surface you vii rub Il in IL
your hearts eotteni Il will give you such real comfort
that yol cannot help wishing well to the inventor
FOR soABsi these commence by thin, ecrid auid ooz
ing through the skin, soon hardening the surface; in
short time are full Of yellow matter; some are on an In
nAmen surface, some are noti you will apply the ONT
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foR SORE LEGLj this is common disease more SO than
IS generally supposed; the shin purple covered
with scaes itching intoeraby sometimes forming run.
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scales VIII disappear in few days. but you must keen
On with the Ointment until the sam gets his natural
date relief in every skin disease neyh Is heir TO-
Price 90 cents per box
Manufactured by DONALD KENNEDY 100 Warren
Street, Roxb1ry Mass.
For sale BY every Druggist in the United States and
British Provinces all dag1v
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E. W. v. will also attend to the Apprais of Real "a
Country.
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