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Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04
Happiness.

Happiness and unhappiness lose oil their
hcalthtul influences If they do not reach the
scnsibilities of the soul. As reality is ever
poor and shrunken by the side Of imagination,
in like manner our sentiments and ideas lose
their charm when clothed in language. In
the soil in which they grow, they increase and
flourish, but removed from their native cline,
they pine and die. Thus even sorrow pre-.
serNed in mans own breast hath sweet
ness which he would not willingly lose.
never received such comfort from others
as from myself ! should consider inability
to comfort myself under misfortune q far
greater evil than the misfortune itself Wo-
men may need consolation from others, but q
man should provide his own.
Compassion is distressing feeling, and SYM
pathy Is beautiful, but only to certain de-
gree.
Your sympathy esteem of inestimable
worth, but am very far from wishing to feel
that need it. To merit anything which do
not possess in myself is entirely opposed to
oil my principles. have ever striven to need
nothing which is not within the limit Of my
own resources. 1t is NOT, perhaps, possible
to succeed perfectly in this, but If man could
attain this, he would also attain the heights Of
friendship and love: for want in spiritual
things is as much opposed to happiness AZ
any material want. To supply q necessity is
to alleviate pain, and is but negative good,
whilst real happiness, both corporal and spir-
itual, is something positive. He who needs
friendship least ever finds Il In sweet perfec-
ton, and it fills his already happy breast with
n superabundancc Of joy. He needs none
himself and is blessed in bestowing his own
uHdistracted love upon his friend. The con-
dition Of perfect friendship between two be-
ings is, that each should be sufficient of him
sci for himself Then, If one be found want.
ing the other has strength for both.
The common idea Of the day, that in friend.
ship it Is necessary that friend should be .
support to friend, is only true for second rate
men and second rate feelihga In their mutu.
al dependence they are both very likely 10
sink. This is my meaning when I speak Of
independence IS being the noblest attribute
Of man. Too many men, most worthy in
all other respects, allow themselves TO be de.
ceived In this matter, and misunderstanding
the aim and qualities Of their mind, seek 70
conform them to the more susceptible souls Of
women. They do very wrong. A fair sud
pure spirit In woman, is only attracted by a
fair and pure spirit in man. NJ ToN Ham.
bOIlk = s@T tnaai-
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04
An English viewOf our National Anniver.

The London Athcneum lately made very
striking reference to our nations birthday
and although it makes the "Old Bay State
little older than she really is, yet it is *
well done, with so clear an idea Of the rsa
spirit Of the celebration Of our "onc grea
holiday, that we copy few paragraphs:
In less than month from this present datt
America will celebrate the eighty second an
niversary of her national birthday. Through
out the whole Of the States, however divided
by political language and sympathR by ques
tiOns Of boundry and color; tRsselwill be or
that day heard in each city and county ono
unanimous spcech-thcre will glow one con
federate banner.
From Massachusetts, the eldest, to Mime.
sofa and Arazona, the youngest -born-fron
Indian DacOtah, where the sun shines an in.
distinct light on unassigned claims and uncn'
numbered estates of green wood, to Spanish
San Francisco, where it fiaunts along the path
Of the ocean steamer, and filings gold dust in
to the eyes Of helmsman and passenger
through an affluent land which eighty years
OF labor have marvelously urged, strengthen.
ed with almost vital nerve Of telegraph, made
to thrOb with busy agencies and motive power
Of invention and manufacture, blessed and
made happy with apprcciablc harvests Of
wheat and cotton and rice, no less than a too
inappreciablc harvest Of freedom nm peace
during one day business and trade and polit-
ical cnmity will pause to keep common ju-
bilec
In honor Of that day the wagon on the prai-
rie will have its arch of leaves, the lumber
raft floating down the Mississippi will attach
to its rough pine mast July flag, the steam
or far out at sea will hoist q garland at tho
forc-a motley population, of all hues, Ger
man, Indian, civil and military, will make mu-
sic in what, twenty-years ago, were forest
streets, and along the thirteen thousand miles
Of coast, from every capc and headland,
peaceful cannon will proclaim to- the world Q
declaration of American Independence.
Nor in less favored climates will the day be
forgotten. Compliment of sympathy will
deck with American cOlors the harbors Of
Montreal, Sydney and Liverpool. Americans
will be glad in Rome, in Florence, and per-
haps too in Paris-and in token of political
nmity and fearless of clear and open search,
the portraits Of Queen Victoria and President
Buchanan will hang side by side to dignity an
hospitable dining room at Richmond"
Thank God, that all this can yet be said
with truth Of America and Americansl And
shame to any among US, il any there be, who
are so blinded by their foolish and wicked
conccits, that they cannot perceive and enjoy
the wonderful grandeur Of this real rejoicing
ofa whole and united people! What other
"nation rcjoiccs, all over the wide world,
at the recurrence Of one particular day in the
year? Not one!
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

Ak 1EcrDskr ATA FukkalEZTNSy yNisSsHl iNisSSJs:HIl
Of the late Mayer Wavhs, n DsVulssAA IW637
was attended last week By en- lliamshse cnspa
course Of persons. The Necs after sAaeane,
that the services OF the Episcopal church and
those Of the Masons and ODD Fellows Wse6
performed at the grave, followed By q vOllsyo
fired by the military, ssysI = t,l tnii,
We must not neglect 10 mention : mast in,
teresting incident Of the day, which was alike
crcditable to those engaged IN h and ieelinG
testimonial Of regard and esteem fOr the dS1'
ceased. 1t is well-kn0Wn that The lats Mhy6il
Wayne had endeared himsslf 10 Ell By hia,
uniform kindness Of heart IN courteousnGes !,
Of manner towards al With whom be came / ia K
contact professionally or otherwise. Bpt
none will miss him morn than the colored
people, to whom he WIS always 4 kind frietd,s
and they testified theif love 6r HIN yesterday
in MOST beautifAl and imrros1ive ma6nen~st
In the procession, immedlataly fpllowlAs thes
hearse, they marched 70 Tia npmbeNof abpNf,
three hundred. Aitef sntesihg The cepStssff1Yi ~.
they ranged themselves Oh one sidS tf'uf
route chosen for de ptusetsl6U end IN ksSb
of the most beAutifhl aha aapprdpsisAa kSlhpsH
to one Of the sweetest times We hare ezlg -.
the pleasure Of listening 10. H W. 8 9rlIl..
fui tribute to their departed h1Sa& ~
q most graceful and t6ashlag maizsEs sefaiines
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04
PLAcERvILLE POST OFFICE.
NAIL ARRANGEMENTS.


MAIL u dispatched from this Office daily Sundays
~ cept"d. to Sarramcnto San Francisco, and all parts
Of this state, which closes ht > O'Clock, M.
special mail is dispatched daily, sundays Excepted, TO
COOnA ria Cold Springs, which closes at o'clock r. VI.
special all s also dispatched daily, sundays except.
ed. 10 Georgetown ria Spanish Flat which closes At
o'clock T.. NJ
The mails for the Atlantic States. Europe, &C. close at
this Office about the III and 18th of each month"; except
when those days Saturday, and then they will
close the day previous.
The Mails Tor Oregon and Washington Territories
diSrHachcd sCmTnuniy, immediately arr the arrival
Of the Atlantic maLs
weekly mail will hc dispatched from this once to the
Atlantic States vii Carson Naly AID Salt Lake city to
ST Jassph Missouri he closed Friday at o'clock
NJ Letter. Intended To be- scnt by this mail must be
marked " riI Salt Lake City.
~ weekly mail will he dispatched from this Office 10 In.
dian Dggnga. rI NcWtown and CcdIrye Ia h. closed
an SUNDAY. ~ o'cluk +. ".
OFFICE IouRS-Th, Office will he kept oren daily
Sundays rVccptc from o'tlucl A. NJ. ill ~ NJ: and
from \ tii -. pM-HnX de"rry open Till ). l.. NJ
On SundayS-From TIL 10. A. NJ. aud from till s. P.
n A. NJ. THATCHER, Post Master.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

GREAT CLOCK AT STRAsBURG.- corrcspon-
dent Of Boston paper thus describes the great
clock in the Cathedral in Strasburg; | am
now sitting in chair facing the gigantic clock
from the bottom to the top not less than
one hundred feet, and about thirty feet wide
and fifteen deep. Around me are many stran.
gers waiting to see the working of this clock
as it strikes the hour of noon. Every eve is
upon the clock. 1t now wants minutes OF
II. The clock has struck and the people are
gone, except few, whom the sexton or the
head man; with wand, is conducting around
the building. The clock has struck in this
way the dial is some twenty feet from the
floor, on each side of which is q cherub, or lit
tic boy, with mallet, and over the dial is a
small bell; the cherub on the left strikes the
first quarter, that on the right the second
quarter Some fifty feet over the dial, in a
large Mich, is huge figure Of Time, bell in
his left. and scythe in his right hand. In
front is a figure Of Q young man with . mallet,
who strikes third quarter, on the bell in the
hand of Time, and tlicn turns and glides, with
slow step, around behind Time; then comes
an old man with mallet, and places himself
i'll front of him.
AS the hour of twelve comes, the old man
raises his mallet and deliberately strikes
twelve times on the bell, that echoes through
the building, and is heard all around the re-
gion Of the church. The old man glides
slowly behind Father Time, and the young
man comes on ready to perform his part, as
the time comes around again. Soon rs the
old man has struck twelve and disappeared,
another set of machinery is put in motion
some twenty feet higher still. 1t is thus {;
There is high cross, with the image Of
Christ on it. The instant twelve Is struck,
one Of the Apostles walks out from behind,
comes in front, turns, faces the cross, bows
and walks on around to his place. As he docs
so, another comes out in front, turns, bows
and passes in. So twelve Apostles, figures as
large as life, walk around, bow and pass on.
AS the last appears an enormous cock, perch
ed on the pinnacle Of the clock, slowly flaps
his wings, stretches forth his neck, and crows
three times, so loud as to be heard outside the
church to some distance, and so naturally Us
to be mistaken for a real cock. Then all is
silent as death. No wonder this clock is the
admiration of Europe. It was built in 1871,
and has performed these mechanical wonders
ever since, except about fifty years, when it
was out Of repair.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

A member of Western debating club,
wished to display his proficiency in the Ian
guages' when moving for an indefinite adjourn
ment Of the club, said:
"Mr. President l move we adjourn E Plu-
ri6us Ununa,"
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

Since the year S5s B. G. we have record Of
e24sO0 persons, 785 cities, and 800 villages as
being destroyed by Earthquakes. Now as.
suming that each city contained 5000 inhabit.
ants, and each village 500, the aggregate de-
struction Of human life by this terrible and
dreaded phenomena has been 31798OO.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04
TIRDA7s


| @~~ t'f-f' -
"AmI yO.s aist ~ ss1y lstOs'e ti11 q
bright stsd gislhS ~ eat q - 4 - :
moulded b.:w uPpa ~ &
s,.t ES; I.;:NI Ell S.J. SOs &c =: sS
before I saw yop IUvsd szo1w: - b fav5T
that other stitlf .llalI .lliTstasii sesesba
Love thai other stilt4-AnA hstA1e fhen raj
Paid, why do you teA - this n - askSk
raising her dark blue eyes and Kazing slssH.
lastly Into those q her Lover, half 10 sssoaish-
ment half in SOTTowt while hor 1B1nAt
gers tightened convnisitely npOn HI Aaait sid
"You asked me, Leila and answ a t,iOk
sincerity; you would not have ~ HocOET1
you, would your I'm Jy91'Ta
"YOu love her stfll, Ghenf1 "a .'aalud
81 love her STILL" III. brD
"And better than you do met" "a na!J
"NOt better but as we'll" .'yD
"And will love her still :" Ho!.J
"Until death and even beyond dGwQs+ON~0'
her last resting place will strew spvinks1s 1sr1'
liest flowers, and bedew the spot With puFtst
tears that love eter shed" -
d" "HAnds0msr than /. is She not - ---44lll-.
Her eyes ave 40 black as night, asd ,her'
hair in glossy blackness outvies the wing Of
the raven. She hasn't your sweet blue eyes,
nor your soft, brown hair, yet Oh, Leila, hef
eyes have been the sweetest eyes 70 ne that
ever looked the love Of eternal love-" GaDi
.. Paul, do you wish TO break myr r-heaftP4-,-
Why have you taught me to love yOa 30 Wild.
ly and blindly, and then, in the midst Of INV
happiness, tell me there e en- impossible bar
rier between usf This night Paul. We part
forever would not haze believed this had
another told me-" and her eyes grew dim wiGh
tears -. II lniOI
Be not too rash, Leila, hear Ne to.thO
end. You love me too dearly to pAtt With
me thus; think you that you could cot sl1zf0
my heart with one that1 % deasly lsvN* ,Sr4
Never, Paul, nevcg Z" u 'a9~ Z.
"YOu shall, Leila, and masGf fistsn' ybr 4
moment while tell Of my naut hUvaGNaaAE
Am sure you will be willing to -shAst itW1lR
me-" ~ : : liIilI;.
~ will listen, Paul, bat I win NJ aHsrSl
your love; must have all OS Holet lanE
selfish in that respect, and who tAat hiVusHG
do, is nOtf Forget me. Paul, OrlssSsshsF
Forget her, teIiap Nevssi IwOusanct I
lose one jot Of her pure affection for the nitese
face that ever bloOmed; nO,,not GoF de kisdIs
OF Venus, or the love Of . second HSIsnv-
Then, Paul, you are lost 70 NJ SdssvuFOA
We must part. Farewell to our every ArtAm
Of . brighter future. love you toe - uad
am too proud to share your love wsse aakAo
created: 0, Paul, you have wSsasa lm6
curled with indignant sorrow. .13Fll yaitT
"Stop, Lelia, or you viii deeply Wf6de ne
also. / met the loved one, a | 'naiar bsalal
long years ago. In ONeOf tAe SweStests ssunAlex
Wales OF cur broad Illinoisj wa6d WITH
her hand in hand, for years, beside thS spaskI
ling waters Of my childhOOd's home. FisshY
her smile Of exquisite sweetness, Ahs 4auk6e
my heart that she loved with unaltssahls as1a.
mess. and never have dOObtsdI ny a1SEt1
her has ever been steadlast and ~
never mas ner eye looked with -
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

Felicity depends not upon external cOndi-
ton, but the state Of the mind. Paul washap,
py in prison, while Nero was miserable in a
palace. Haman, after telling his wife and his
friends Of all his promotion and glory, adds,
yet ell these Availeth me nothing 80 long as
see MOrdeCai the jew sitting at the Kings
gate.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

A speaker at stump meeting out West
declared he knew no east no west, no north,
no southi
"Then," said = wagish bystander, "you
ought to go to s;hOOl and learn your gCogra.
ply"
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

A correspondence of a New York paper writes
that while travelling at the South, he attended
a negrI meeting, where the sable preacher
offered an earnest prayer for de white element
in our population"
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

Our endeavOrs after greatness proceed from
nothing but desire of being surrounded by .
multitude Of persons and affairs that may him
der US from looking into Ourselvcs--which is
view Ne cannot bear.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

Love can excuse anything but meanness
but that vice will mildew the most beauteous
blossom that ever opened its petals to the dew
Of affection.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

Why arc "colored gemtneu" merchants
and friendly to home protectioni Becaus,
they deal in ebony and ivory, and wear thcil
own WOOL
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

It Is said that ivy will not cling to apolsoas
GUS tree or other substance What . ply
that tho tendrlls Of wOman!s heart have no<
the same salutaTy instinct.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

A fop in q company wanting his servant,
called out "Where's that blOcEheAd Of minsf''
A lady Of the company answered, ''On your
shoulders, SIR" . h
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04
A Card.

Wears OF FRXPERIESeE have taught me this fact
THAT there is pOaitiYc necessity that every
man should be thoroughly acquainted with the business
he proposes to do IL he would succeed and retain the
confidence Of those he seeks to and whose patron
age Is essential to his success.
The subscriber can, with propriety state (what his
customers and the public generally have right to de-
full and extensive knowledge Of and IL fully posted up
In his line Of rado. In proof Of this assertion he re-
ers you to his large and full stock Of GOODS and to the
prices at which he is enabled to sell them. There are
many parties engaged in trade who do not know the
wants Of the pubic as they have had but little expe
rencc, and even were they Old hands they would not
be fully qualified to supply the wants Of the public from
the fact that they do not know when, where how
buy to the bcst advantage My large mercantile ac-
Surmoun all obstacles that stood in the way OF
and am now enabled to say that can sell goods nj
LESS price. than my competitors, and the same time
make gOOd proft. CHARLES W. BARNES.
PlacGrvile, August 9Th, 1853.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04
BOB PRINTING.

The MorSrAIx DEMOCRAT Book and Job Printing ONCE
Is the complete establishment Of the kind in the mines
and always supplied with the best material to BE- had In
Ehe Stse Consequently enabled to print, Books
Pamphlets Po%er' IIAndbnls, Ial Tickets, Programmes
Certificates Of Stock Deposlte Checks Bill Heads, Re-
ceips Cards &C. In the best style Of the art, and at the
most reasonable prices FOR CASH.
~ LEGAL AND OTHER BLANKS printed, to Orler
with neatness and dispatch.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

She lies upon her stately bed,
Whose curtains crimson fold
Still fiings bloom upon her face,
SO still, so fair, so cold;
And yet such bloom is not like life,
The very babe might know,
The peaceful smile upon her lip
From earth's joys could not How.
The brow that CLEANS So softly out
Beneath the braided hair,
What but the angels parting look
Had left such calmness theref
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04
The Desolate Cottage.
BIZ MISS PRESCOTT,

Gay woodbines round the easement tVvine.
With star-like jessamine;
And lovely as an infants face.
The rose looks laughing In
The sunbeams glance between the leaves,
Like fond and silent smiles,
To greet the fruit that hangs
Beneath the Sculptured tiles.
As silently as in q dream
The sunny moments pass
You cen might hear the lily's leaf
Drop softly on the grass.
A deep unbroken stiffness reiRns,
Save when o flower Il stirr'd
At intervals by dHowsy bee,
Or when o summer bird
Floats onward, gayly as o cloud,
And muFmuFS forth its RIee
To earth and sky in gentle streams
or dew-like melody.
The vines young tendrils hang unmoved-
So low the winds rich breath-
But what 10 life's most silent calm
Beside the calm Of deathf
What il the rose still flourish there.
The grapes bright clusters shine,
The jessamine round the window frame
Its scented blossoms twine -
The eyes that watched their loveliness
May gaze on them no more,
The hand that trained their budding leaves,
Alas! its task Is O'er
What though full sweetly on the ear
May fall the wOodbirds strain,
The wild, impassiOn'd voice Of grief
Hath called on her in vain!
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04
THE
MOuntaim democrat
tELWTCKS & JANUARY
y. GELwICKs, wM. A. JANUA
Tcrms,-Invariablyi In Advance,
AdYCrlISkRnR.

One Square, Holiness first insertion. o3each sub equsnt
insertion 81 ~. Business Cards Of ten lines less,
wear, 02J three months, $40.
liberal discount will be made the above rates, for
all yearly and quarterly advertisements which exceed
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

DIR H. W. A. WORTlEEN,
OFFICE at the PacerviBe Drug Store few doors below
" the Theatre Main sGreet. 1871
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04
PAY UPl PAY UPiPAY up

TNII0SE INDERTRD to will confer favor on me BY
i settling their accounts Immediately. And 70 those
who have been In for two months past, would
say, PAY UP IMMEDIATELY, and save unnecessary ex.
penses. d. NEWBAUER
June 12th, 1853.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-04

DOYS CLOTHING, Shirts, Hats Boots and Shoes Of a
MARK LEvIsON.