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San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13


Bsg~We don't know where we picked
up the following bit of fun and wisdom
but wherever it came from it is good.
There is genuine humor in the idea that
an Arkansas man finds the most natural
expression even of parting advice to his
son, in the language of the card table
and the manner in which the terms OF
the game of "euchre" are fitted to the
game of life, is ingenious. The advice,
translated into the ordinary language OF
caution and warning, is about as good as
we ever encountered.
An arkansas Fathers Adcice to his
Son.-Bob, you are about leaving home
for strange parts. You're going to throw
me out of the game, and 90 it alone. The
odds is agin you, Bob, but remember al
ways that industry and perseverance, are
the winning cards-they are the bow
ers.' Book farming and all that sort of
thing will do to fill up with, like small
trumps, but you must have the bowers to
back 'em, else they ain t worth shucks.-
If luck runs agin you pretty strong, don't
cave in and look like a sick chicken on a
rainy day, but hold your head up and
make believe you're flush of trumps; they
won't play SO hard agin you. I've lived
and travelled around some, Bob, and I've
found out that as soon as folks thought
you held a weak hand, they'd all buck
agin you strong. So, when you re sorter
weak, keep on bold front, but play eau
tious; be satisfied with pint. Many's
the hand I've seen euchred cause they
played for too much. Keep your eyes
well skinned, Bob; don't let 'em "nie"
on you; recollect the game lays as much
with the head as with the hands. Be
temperate; never get drunk, for then no
matter how good your hand, you wont
know how to play it; both bowers and the
ace wont save you, for there's sartin' to
be "miss deal' or something wrong
And another thing, Bob, (this was spoken
in low tone,) don't 90 too much on the
women queens is kinder poor cards; the
more you have of 'em, the worse for you;
you might have three, and nary trump
| don't say discard 'em all; if you get
hold Of one that's trump, it's all good,
and there's sartin to be one out of four.
And above all, Bob, be honest; never
take mans trick wot don't belong to you,
nor sslip" cards, or "nig," for then you
can't look your man in the face, and when
that's the case there's no fun in the game;
it's regular ''cut throat" SO now, Bob,
farewell; remember wot l tell you. and
you'll be sure to win, and if you don't,
sarves you right if you get "skunked."
San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13
THE FIRST STEAMBoAT-This vessel

THE FIRST STEAMBoAT.-This vessel
was launched from the yard of Charles
Brown, at Corlears Hook, in July, 1907,
"a little over fifty years ago. She was
fully completed, and made her trial trip
in August following, taking her first de-
parture from the old State Prison dock at
the foot of Amos street, for Albany, which
place she reached without accident, max
ing the run in thirty-two hours, equal to
five miles an hour The Clermont was
named after the country seat of Chancel-
lor Livingston, who was Fulton's patron
and friend. Her voyage to Albany was
the first successful one ever made by a
steamboat, and marked an era in the his
tory of this country The excitement
which it occasioned rang through the
country from North to South The aston
ishment of the inhabitants on the banks
of the Hudson, excited by her appearance,
many of whom had never heard of steam
engine, much less steamboat, has been
the subject of many quaint and interest
ing sketches of both pen and pencil, some
of which were most ridiculous, while 9th
ers were of that character which nothing
but an object of real grandeur could have
excited. She was described by some. who
had indistinctly seen her passing in the
night, as living monster moving on the
waters, defying the winds and tide, and
breathing flames and smoke. She had
the most terrific appearance to other yes
sells which were navigating the river at
this time The fuel used, the same as in
all steamboats, for years after, was dry pine
wood, which sends forth volume of ig-
nited vapor several feet above the top of
the smoke pipe; and, whenever the fire
is stirred, a galaxy of sparks fly off, which
at night presents beautiful and effective
appearance. This uncommon light first
attracted the notice of crews of other YES
sells, who, although the wind and tide
were adverse, were astonished to find that
the object producing it was rapidly ap-
preaching them; and when it came so
near that the noise of the machinery and
paddle-wheeis could be heard, it is said
the crews, in some instances, shrunk be-
tween their decks from the startling sight;
some escaped to the shore by the aid of
their small boats, while others prostrated
themselves and besought Providence to
protect them from the horrible monster
which was marching on the tide and light
ming in its path by the fire which it vom-
tied. 1t is said that one individual, when
he first saw the Clermont on her passage
and as she was passing the now city of
Hudson, went home and told his wife
that " he had seen the devil going to AL
bany on a saw-mill Emerson Mag.
San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13
TO MY BIRD,

Oh why art thou SILENT my sweet, sweet bird2
And why hast thou hushed thy songs
Dost for liberty grieve?
Thy friends woaldst thou leave,
To mingle again with the throng
OF songsters who wakened thy own native bowers,
And gladdened thy heart In youths brightest hours
Oh why droops thy plumage, my sweet, sweet bird!
And why dost thou spread thy wing9
Woud'st thou now fly away,
And no longer stay,
Where thy song much pleasure bring?
Woudst leave me- who's cheer'd in sickness and pain
And ne'er glad my heart with thy song again?
Oh! why close thine eyelids my sweet, sweet bird?
Art tired, and seekst thy rest?
Come, dear one, repose,
Thy tired eyes close,
And sumber again my breast;
Here cradled I'll nurse thee till thou wakst once more
To gladden. my heart with thy song as of yore.
OH why dost thou struggle my sweet sweet bird?
For thou art free from thy chain;
Thou singest no more,
Thy struggingis is o'er
Thy pumage is smoothed down again;
And thine eye beams not in its once softened light
And to heaven thy song ike soul took its flight
Anna
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E. ". II d Y IL TON.
WATCH MAKER AND JEWELER
MAIN ST., OPPOSITE ODD FELLOWS HALL,
SAN ANDREAS,

SAN ANDRE AS,
NM HERE may be found large assortment
w of good Brass Clocks, such as enQ
Eight Day, and Thirty Hour Striking E!A
and Marine Alarm Clocks. Also, beau sNs.zG
tiful Parlor and Bedroom Clocks, all of which
will be rarrantad TO keep good time one year.
Also fine magnifying Glasses, with double
power, expressly for examining Quartz Rock
Also, Spy Glasses, Spectacles, Thermometers
Pocket Compasses, American Pocket Knives,
Steel Tweezers, Watch Guards, Keys, first
quality Italian string, fnger-boards, tail
pieces, bridges, rosin, bows, &c.
Also large assortment of fine Gold Pens,
Gold Fob Chains, Fob Buckles, Seals, Slides
Ladies Gold Curb Chains, Belt Buckles, Pen
cils, Silver thimbles, Coral Beads, &C. Also
fine Gold Rings, EARRINGS, Breast Pins, Lock-
cts, Snaps, Infants Coral and Gold Armets
Necklaces, &c.
Special attention will be given to all work,
such as repairing Clocks and Watches, manu-
featuring Rings, EARRINGS Specimen Pins, &c.
n. B. All work warranted if well used
| would also embrace this opportunity OF
thanking the public for past favors, and hope,
by trying to please them, to still merit their
appreciation. iv l-tfy2:15
San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13

SHARPl-We entered an omnibus in
Broadway on Friday evening, making
twelve inside. Immediately after. pen.
tleman made application for seat. and
was told by the gentleman next to us to
come in and take seat on his knee,
which was done. After riding some dis,
tance, the gentleman who had given the
other seat, said Allow, me sir. to ask
if you board out?' and was answered, NO.
sir, | live at home Excuse me. sir
ne replied, I thought from the way your
bones were sticking into me that yeu
boarded out -
San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13


OvER-EsTIMATED MEN.-The follow
ing truthful article we clip from the Trim
ity Journal We commend it to some of
our whilom "political leaders," whom a
lack of capacity and moral worth-of ev-
cry quality of head and heart that would
endear man to an honest and intelligent
people, have laid on the shelf. 1t NAV
console them. There is another class of
men-men of fair intellect and acquire
ments, but lacking in nmoral honesty, who
even at this late day, by loud professions
of patriotism and disinterested motives.
succeed in obtaining positions to these,
also, we commend the article, with the
assurance that the people of California
will place their seal of condemnation upon
them at no distant day, and permit them
to retire to private life and merited OBJ
obscurity:
"California is full of over-estimated
men, who took advantage of the time,
when others of greater capacity were in
tent on their pursuits, to climb to emf
nence from which the competition of
genius or talent would have hurled them
to inglorious prostration. All professions
have some of these half-baked mud gods !;
they are found in legislative assemblies,
at the bar, on the bench, behind the sa-
cred desk, in the medicine shop, and at
the tables where editors write, burlesqu-
ing statesmen, betraying confidence, mis-
interpreting law, leading the blind to
deeper darkness, poisoning the public
health, and beglooming the community
with the smoke of gone-out tapers
But, one by one, they are falling from
their perch into obscurity, like worn-out
idols in which the people find nothing
more of deity. We could mention scores
now, the tail ends of all professions, Topped
off for inutility, who wriggled in the early
dawn and died in the Strengthening light
Political declaimers rivalling the great
Roman, lawyers initiating Burke in feroc-
ity of denunciation, judges personatine
the profundity of Story, and editors WELD
ing the incendiary pen Of Marat-as they
believed-all gone out, set aside, forgot
ten, like machinery superseded by new
invention. They have failed in the battle
of life, been distanced in the race, trod-
den under the shoe of latent enterprise
and ambition. Like noisy brooks, fed by
no certain source, they have run down to
the level and lie in stagnent, useless
pools.
San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13
THE BUDDING LEAF.


Now nature wears her vernal hue;
Again will poets sing
Of 8 daisies pied, and violets blue"
And all the charms of spring:
The budding leaves with Joy we see,
And former bliss recall;
But oh! what may our feelings be,
When these young leaves shall fall?
Then hearts which now are throbbing high
With hopes that widely soar,
May heave sad disappointments sigh,
And learn to hope no more:
The maid achose eyes, achose smile, achose bloom,
Are soft enchantment all,
May sink loves victim in the tomb,
When these young leaves shall fall.
The mind whose energy and fire
Shines through the sparkling eve,
May then-O fate fororn and dire!
A wreck, ruin le
Its reason fed, its judgment lost,
While fancied fears appal,
In whirls of stormy passion tossed
When these young leaves shall fall
And many a one whose soul is twined
With soul of kindred truth,
Whose passion, ardent yet refined,
Survives the charms of YOUTH
May sadly mourn loves broken tie
Within the lonely hall,
And heave the solitary sigh
When these young leaves shall fall.
Man thy date of joy is brief,
More brief is pleasures hour;
1t withers like the blighted leaf
Fades like the gathered flower.
The view is awful, yet sublime,
of earths still changeful ball;
shrink while musing on the time,
When these young leaves shall fall
But bark l hear an airy voice
Soft whispering in my ear
"Thou who dost mourn when most rejoice
And saddenest hope with fear,
Thy worldly cares and woes may rest
Within the church-yard wall,
And dark weeds wither on thy breast,
When these young leaves shall fall"
San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13
d. ID. VEZEY.
Carpenter, 10 iner and Undertake

"a Shop on ST. Charles street, oppositeA
& w the Willow Greek Lumber Yard, "
III M san 4NDREAS, III
Where Miners can be furnished with Pumps,
Toms, Patent Rifles, Water wheels, Horse
powers, and all other machinery for mining
purposes on short notice.
- 4LSO-Constantly on hand, Sash and Panel
Doors. Window and Window Blinds Door and
Window Trimmings, Chest. Drawer, Closet and
Wardrobe Trimmings, Bedsteads. Dining, Cen
ire. Gard and Toilet Tables, Wash-stands, and
all other articles of Furniture made to order.
my 33-5m-t D. u. yElEf.
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exquisite delicacy of feeling that is the
most beautiful popularity of woman's ma
ture, if you habitually breathe the same
atmosphere of lewdness and profigacy.
Then let us reform these things alto
gether, and prove that we have taste for
something else than mere animal enjoy
ment. Let us resolve to elevate the moral
standard of our community into something
having at least the semblance of home
associations. And know gentle friends,
that with you the porer rests-will you
exercise the will? OBERoN.
San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13

Doom OF THE WoRLD.-What this
change is to be, we dare not even coniec-
ture, but we see in the heavens them
selves some traces of destructive clements,
and some indications of their power
The fragments of broken planets-the
descent of meteoric stones upon our
globe--the wheeling comets welding their
loose material at the solar surface-the
volcanic eruptions in our own satellite
the appearance of new stars and the dis.
appearance of others-are all foreshad.
ows of that impending convulsion to
which the system of the world is doom
ed. Thus placed on a planet which is to
be burned up, and under heavens which
are to pass away thus, treading, as it
were, on the cemetries and dwelling upon
the mausoleums of former worlds. Let
us learn the lesson of humility and wis
dom, if we have not already been taught
in the school of revelation.
San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13
Dr. m. w. LYON,
9. lib. stevens.

ATTORNEY AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC AMI
r CoNyEYANCFR.
VNILL also draw up Deeds, Mortgages
w Powers of Attorney Agreements, Me-
chanics' Liens and other articles in writing
and will give advice in regard to titles to land
free of charge, when he is employed to draw
up papers. Agreements, Promissory Notes and
Contracts written, and all other instruments Of
writing executed with neatness and dispatch
psA. Office in the Jordan Bath Building
San d,,drsds. jan 81 '57:v2:4
San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13

B@~ A gentleman who recently put up
at log tavern in Wisconsin, was awakened
by young man who commenced to sere-
made thus:
Oh Sally Rice,
I've called yon twice,
And yet you lie and snore;
pray you wake,
And see your Jake,
and open to him the door or window, don't
care much which, for it makes but little differ
ence,
To either you or L
Big pig little pig,
Root hog or die
San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13
sgrH Henry Newman, convicted Of steal,

la Henry Newman, convicted Of steal
ing copy of the Alta California news
paper at the door of one of its subscribers,
has been sentenced to pay fine of fifty
dollars, or labor in the chain-gang for
fifty days.
San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13

B@ Betting is immoral, but how can
the man who bets be worse than he who
is no better
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Gutrls, Restaurants, Mf.
KIndcriaook Exchange!
M CALLAHAN, Proprietor. 1 fiji
saA=aA.
Corner Of Broad'oay & Main sts., San Andreas.

Corner Of Broad,cay & Main sts, San Andreas.
VNHIS POPULAR AND COMMODIOUS
IL Hotel, situated in one of the most pleas
ant and convenient localities in the town, is
constantly open for the reception of Tran
sient and Permanent Boarders. The
rooms are spacious, thoroughly ventilated, and
furnished with a view to comfort The dining
hall is the best in the place, where the patrons
of the house may depend upon finding the ta-
bles spread with the choicest edbles the mar
ket affords.
The Bar is furnished with the choicest brands
of Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Board and Lodging:
Per Week, single rooms, $1,000
Per Week, double rooms: :.............. 500
Without Lodging, 100
Single Meal, ,........... ............. rs
Meals at regular hours.
BSSH Payment to be made invariably in ad-
vance. sep 26-mtf:l3
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M h I'D Il G. A H. .
8. w. HsrOckway,
Drs. AUSTIN & EsHNGO,

HAVE associated themselves in the practice
of Medicine and Surgery.
They have also purchased the stock of DR..
Brotherton, at his late stand in San An N
dreas, where they intend keeping gen-H
eral assortment of Drugs and Medicines. IN
R3s- Office, Main street. West side, atew
doors below Odd Fellows Hall. oct Alb
San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13
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is PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING,
B Y A R MI o. II & CO.
R. P. koosrR, o. NJ. cLAYEs, ....cro. AnMoR.

n. r KoosER, ,......o- NJ cLAYEs, -...GEo. ARMoR
Office in the INDEPENDENT Building st. Charles
street, above Main.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:-0ne year,
Invariably in advance, So; six months, So !;
three months, 81.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING One square
of twelve lines, first insertion, $3.50; each
subsequent insertion, Sl.25. liberal dis
count will be allowed to yearly advertisers.
Business Cards, not exceeding four lines, 81
per month.
San Andreas independent., 1858-03-13

Misgivings-A young lady's affections
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"Truth, Fitly Spoken. !"

We copy, from the North San Juan
Star, the following admirable deductions
collected from the facts pertaining to the
late shooting affair in that vicinity, in
which stage-driver named Reynolds was
shot by an injured husband, for seduc-
tion-the greatest crime known, against
society. In this county and other parts
of the State, the lesson, thus inculcated,
may be more valuable than that ordeal
bought in the school of experience. The
writer tells some hard truths, in plain
language, but we commend them to the
serious reflection of families, and more es-
pecially to those unthinking young men
who frequently not only seek every oppor-
tunity to destroy domestic happiness and
social bliss, but boast of, Gas thing to be
proud, their own degradation and shame:
REFORMS IN SOCIETY.
" Good name in man or woman,
is the immediate jewel of their souls.'
No one, who has read the poem from
whence the above quotation is taken, can
have failed to intensely realize, in the ex-
element that has overwhelmed us for a
week past, the sterling hitenunciates.
Although Missed into the ears of the no.
bic but too credulous Moor by that type
of perfidy, "honest Iago," for sinister
purpose, it is an aphorism worthy of an
utterance in the S'Sermon on the Mount"
"Good name p What enviable associ-
ations cluster round the phrase, CARRYING
with it inseparably as it does, the ideas of
pirtue, chastity and honor.
Is there man in this community. who
possessing that priceless treasure, vir-
tuous wife, has not, during the recent sad
occurrences, as he has wended his way to
his happy home at night, gazed thought
fully into the mysterious realms above,
and fervantly thanked his God? Not one.
Is there woman in our social circle,
sitting by her own fre-side, happily con-
sclous that she is the centre of the affec-
tlons of a man free from profigacy and
dissipation, whose eyes have not filled
with tears of gratitude that guilt and mis-
cry are the exceptions, and not the rule,
In domestic affairs? If there is one, let
her
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-04-10
miscellaneous.
sta lcrs Arithmet:cal Machine.

This machine is one Of the scientific achieve
menTs OF inc Times, performing addition.
satisfaction, multiplication and division
with great quickncSs and unerring accuracy.
and can calculate powers, roots, and frac.
tons. Externally the machine is small and
rather plain, but its internal construction is
necessarily complex. 1t is an oblong brass
box about four inches high. On the upper face
are the words. uddtio, substractio, multi
p.icalio, divisio," ranged in Il semicirrle ::
and to which ever of these an index
is turned by a small handle the machine is
then in state to reform that particular
rue or operation. Seven small holes are
seen, with movable plates beneath them,
marked by nuMcral: seven similar holes in
the pcriphcics Of seven little vertical wheels :
and thirteen nunbrr.hocs, so designated in
another piece of apparatus. Each set Of
seven holes has traversing movement, Tut
longer series is inmOvablc. The princip,c of
the operation is somewhat as follows the
two smaller frames are adjusted to the cond:-
ION OF the questions so as to represent two,
sums to he added or two to hu mulliulicd, &c.
and then on turning a handle the answer
appears at the lrIes Of the other frame
Every one og the twcnty.scv,n holes has ten
nunirr"lS-0 10 9-bclonging to it, and any
one Of these ten may appear AZ the opening
according to the adjustment for the solution
OF each question. The machine can multi
ply seven figures 10y seven figures, or millions
hy millions, and display analogues powers
in the other arilhnctical processes. There
Is one little feature in this machine which
seems to approach nearer to the volilon or
judgement Of an intelligent being than even
the calculating itself. The machine corlccts
certain errors into which the cotnputcr might
himself inadvertently fail. For instance, if
the machine Is set to substract a larger num-
Der from II smaller, or 10 divide number bv
another larger than itself. the machine can
not and will not do it it rings a bell and
then stops work. n. Y. Times.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-04-10

CARS LIGHTED by GAS. A locomotive and
six cars 60 out nightly over the New Jersey
Railroad to Philadelphia, lighted by gas, and
the difference between the gas lighted and
the candle-lightcd gives to the former the ap-
pearance of an illuminated train shooting off
through New jersey on Some gala occasion.
The gas is forced by a pump at the depot
through small iron pipes into strong
wrought iron and brazed cylinder, which is
fixed beneath each car and thence conveyed
through patent regulator to the interior. The
supply in the cylinder is enough to feed two
burners for fifteen hours. while the time of
making the trip to Philadelphia is four hours.
By the action of the regulator, the force on
the burners is so cqualized that the flame does
not vary from the moment of lightning II It'll
all the gas is consumed. The Company is
arranging in its new depot gas generator 10y
which to manufacture its own gas. The cost
of the gas consumed on single trip is ten
cents of sperm candles, which they have
heretofore USED. the cost was fifty-two cents
The time for filing the six cars is less than
two MINUTES N. Y. Times.