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The weekly Columbian., 1857-02-21
GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM.

Down by the river log hut stands,
Where father and mother once dwelt;
And the old door latch that was worn by her hanos
And the church where in prayer we kneit-
Years, years have pass d since that happy time,
And the river is rolling along,
And the ripping sound on the mossy bank
Is singing the old song
Row. row, row, gently down the stream,
All that's passd is gone, you know,
The futures but dream.
Row, row, row, gently down the stream,
Row, row, row, the futures but a dream
There stands the tree we used to climb
And the mill with its rolling din,
And the old wharf boat as it used to float
Where the school boys used to swim.
Years, have passed since that happy time,
And the river is rolling along.
And the BIRDS and the breezes the blossoms the tree
Are singing the same old song
Row, row, row, gently down the stream,
All that's pass d is gone you know,
The futures but dream.
Row, row, row, gently down the stream,
Row, row, row, the futures but dream.
The weekly Columbian., 1857-02-21

CAMEO CUTTING IN SAN Francisco
The EUening Bulletin says:-"It will
perhaps be surprising to many of our
readers to learn that the exquisite art of
cameo cutting is practised in San Fran
cisco; but such is the case, and some of
the most beautiful and finely cut shells,
sold IN this city, are the products of Cali
fornia's labor. The art is laborious
one, and requires the highest order of
talent to execute it with success; but
there IS no necessity for, or use of much
machinery in it, as all the instruments
used may be carried in carpet bag or
small box. Where the artist is therefore,
may be said to be the mandatory of
these beautiful and highly priced orna-
ments. The artist processes to be able
to cut likeness, and appears to be able
to DO it well. A miniature of this kind,
II the face be fine, is a gem.
The shell in which these canoes are
cut IS procured from the West Indies.
1t is very large one, being irregular In
form and thickness. The cutting is done
with small steel instruments something
like engravers tools, an art which cameo
cutting resembles. The outer shell is
cut away, leaving the figures, by slow and
small degrees, and the labor requires all
the talent Of the sculptor as well as the
skill of the incest workman.
The weekly Columbian., 1857-02-21

GENIUs.-"I know no such thing as
genius" said Hogarth to Mr.. Gilbert
Cooper: "genius is nothing but labor
and diligence" Sir Isacc Newton said
of himself, that ifhe had ever been able
to do anything, he had effected it by pa
tient thinking only"
The weekly Columbian., 1857-02-21
One and TWENTY.

We Ind the following truthful para
graphs lying loose in our drawer, and
cannot therefore give due credit to their
author; we appreciate him however, as
possessing reflective mind, and acquain-
ted with the fraiIties of life and the vicis-
situdes of human hope:
With youth the period is looked for
ward to with so much impatience as the
hour which shall end our minority
With manhood none is looked back to
with so much regret. Freedom appears
to the young man as the brightest star in
the armament of his existence, and is
never lost sight Of till the goal to which
he has been so long travelling is reached.
When the mind and the spirit are young
the season Of manhood is reflected with a
brightness from the future, which nothing
can dim but its own cold reality. The
busy world is stretched out before our
boyhood like the exhibition of mechanical
autonlata. We behold the merchant ac-
cumulat;ng weath-the scholar planting
his foot upon the summit OF the temple of
fame-the warrior twining his brow with
the laurel wreath-and we yearn to strug-
gle with them for the supremacy. In the
distance we see nothing but the most
prominent part of the picture, which is
success-the anguish of disappointment
and defeat is hidden from our view. We
see not the pale cheek OF neglected mer-
it, or the broken spirit of unfortunate ge-
Mus, or the suferings of worth. But we
gaze not long, for the season of youth
passes away like the moons beam from
the still water, or like dew drop from
a rose in June, or an hour III the circle OF
friendship. Youth departs, and we find
ourselves in the midst of that great theater
upon which we have SO long gazed with
interest. The paternal bonds, which,
in binding having upheld us, are broken,
and we step into the crowd with no guide
but our own conscience, to carry us
through the intricate windings of the path
of human life. The merchants wealth
has furrowed his cheek. The acquire
ments ofthe scholar were purchased at
the price of his health-and the garland
of the conqueror is fastened upon his
brow with a thorn, the ranking of which
shall give him no rest on this side of the
grave. Disappointment damps the ardor
of our first setting out, and misfortune
follows closely in our path, to finish the
work and close our career.
How often, amid the cares and troub-
les of manhood, do we look back to that
sunny spot in our memory, the season of
our youth; and how often wish to recall
it escapes from the bosoms of those who
once prayed fervently that it might pass
away!
From this feeling we do not believe
that living man was ever exempt. 1t is
twined around the very soul-it is incor-
porated in our very nature, and will cling
to us even when reason itself has passed
away. And although the period when
parental enthralment is broken, and wher
the law acknowledges the intellect to be
full grown, may, at the time, be consid
cred one of rejoicing, yet after life will
hang around it the emblems of sorrow
while it is hallowed as the last bright hour
of happy youth.
The weekly Columbian., 1857-02-21

AN ExAMPLE.-A member of one OF
the first and wealthiest families in Buenos
Ayres, having challenged another man
to fight duel, has been sentenced to
three years banishment from the prov
ince for the crime, and will then only be
allowed to return upon giving bonds o1
100000 not to renew the challenge.
The weekly Columbian., 1857-02-21
Literary Gfeanings.

DEAD HoPEs.-Who has not got one
or more of these red and crisped leaves
in his heart? The battle oflife is close
and hot, and men have no time to pause
by their wounded companions. Yet it is
pleasant to recall the earlier days of our
earthly pilgrimage, for then friends were
friends, and were not always in too great
a hurry to stretch out a helping hand to-
a fallen comrade.
They are gone, those dreamy days;
their rainbow hopes have faded into the
sullen gray of the cloudy skies.
twhen the lamp is broken.
The light in the dust Hes dead.''
God made both tears and laughter,
and both for kind purposes: for as laughter
enables mirth and surprise to breathe
freely, SO tears enable sorrow to vent it.
self patiently Tears hinder sorrow from
becoming despair and madness; and
laughteris is one of the very privileges of
reason, being confined to the human spe-
cics.
Whoever feels pain in hearing good
character of his neighbor, will feel pleas
ure in the reverse; and those who des-
pair to rise in distinction by their virtues,
are happy if others can be depressed to
level with themselves.
In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries,
good manners required that persons of
different sexes, when invited to parties,
should sit down in couples, and that
each couple should have one plate be-
tween them. In families, one goblet was
deemed sufficient for all, and St. Bernard
was disinherited by his father, who was
affected by the leprosy, for having wiped
the edge of the goblet before he drank.
FIVE IMPORTANT FACTs.-A firm faith
is one of the best divinities; good life
is the best philosophy clear conscience
the best law; honesty the only true poll
cy; and temperance the best physie.
Ifyou have great talents, industry will
improve them; ifmoderate abilities, in
dustry will supply their Deficiencies
Nothing is denied to weli-directed labor !;
nothing is ever to be attained without it.
JUST SENTIMENTAL noble heart will
disdain to subsist, like drone, upon the
honey gathered by others labor-like a
leech, to fitch its food out of the public
granary-or, like shark, to prey on the
lesser fry, but will one way or another
earn his subsistence. o1
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The Collins steamship Atlantic, which
arrived at New York on Tuesday, when
several miles outside of Sandy Hook, be-
tween nine and ten o'clock, was boarded
by news agent fthe Associated Press,
and the substance of her news was dis.
patched to Sandy Hook by the agency of
carrier pigeons, from whence it was tele-
graphed to New York, and from thence
telegraphed to all parts of the country,
nearly two hours in advance of the arri-a
val Of the steamer at her wharf, The
news thus sent was published in New
York and in all the principal cities, inclu-
ding New Orleans, about one hour in ad-
vance Of the steamers papers in New
York.
The weekly Columbian., 1857-02-21

~ MisfortuDes are like medicines
their very bitterness cures us.
The weekly Columbian., 1857-02-21

INCREASE OF INsANITY.-The increas-
ing number of insane persons in this State,
is matter not to be overlooked by those
who have care for life, health and hap
piness! The following comments of the
Pittsburg Chronicle is applicable to Cal
ifornia:-
:" The rapid increase of insanity is
significant commentary on the times
upon our manners of living, and thinking.
Indeed, when we consider the habits,
physical and mental, of the present gene
ration, we almost feel that we shall ere
long be obliged to subscribe to the gene
raj truth of Shakspeare's aphorism,
'.We have all eaten of the insane root''
The eagerness with which all seem to
engage in the race for wealth, for pre-
emlnence in social position, in the pro-
quiring intense mental activity; the total
and entire neglect OF the laws Of physical
being, the denial of Indulgence in invigor-
ating sports, and the puritanic rigidity
with which we abstain from innocent
pleasures, all tell severely upon that del
icate portion of our organism, the nervous
system. With neglect of the observance
of the simple laws of nature, we add to
the causes that bring on hasty decay,
certain artificial habits which rapidly ia
cilitate the destruction of that susceptible
instrument of the mind, the brain. Al
coholic and narcotic stimulants are resort
ed to, which rapidly reduce the vital force
and leave us in condition but lily fit to
support us in any sudden reverse of cir
cumstances. Our original stock of vital
ity is sufficiently small without subjecting
it to the vitiation that non observance Of
natures laws is sure to bring on. sia
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TyEAD AND UNDERsTAND-ThatB Bar

DFEAD AND UNDERSTAND That Barton's
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