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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

iEASrr. EEceNFroN The New York Freeu,an's
Journal, a Catholic and Democrats journal, is
very severe upon the Administration for its
eoursse upon Kansas. Itisays:-.i sis-7'
r"what is the practical difference between
the /" royal pterogative" claimed by the weak
and tyrannical Stuarts, and the executive infu-
ces so impudently Haunted in our faces by the
advocates OF the fraudulent Constitution Of the
Lecomptonitesf The only difference is, that
this executive influence us vilerin its nature,
more demoralizing, and more potent, than the
royal prerogative -" which lives in the execra-
ton of free men. we-haSe been told, day by
day, hy the servants and the seekers Of the gov
erument pelf, that some ten millions Of dollars
of patronage " are to be employed in buying
the-votes or the absence Of a sufficient number
of the representatives Of the people, to secure
the passage of an act deadly to the interests Of
the count, ' and to the Fundamental principles
or our ;nst;tut;ons.s r -EG st1f 1ri iuil q
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

A SPEECH By DRUSKEN INDIAN IN MINNEso-
TA.-Said Indian is supposed to have heard of
Logan sr
appeal to any Democrat to say if have not
adopted the customs of civilization, or if ever
he entered nv cabin and refused to drink his
whiskey. During the late noisy canvass have
remained idle in my cabin, and would have re-
NAMED there still had not our friends, the Red
Democracy, insisted that our country demanded
our votes. Such has been my love for corn juice
that I, with many chiefs and braves have been
induced to leave our cabins, and We have even
thought to live with you until after the election.
Our brothers, last winter, in cold blood and I'M
provoked, murdered many whites, not sparing
even women and children. This called for atone
ment. We have sought it. We have killed
mauy-Black Republican votes. We have fully
plutted the bellot box with sound Democratic
tickets. For the whiskey we have received, l
rejoice at the beams Of success, but do not har-
Dor thought that mine is the Joy of a-sober
Indian. / never felt so Dem0cratically happy
before. will not turn on my heel away from
the cause of my country as long as there is one
drop left. - !. ii'o''.i
Who is there to mourn because Of our patri-
otism7 Not one-save the Black Republicans
whom we have defeated -HoDGrd 7Fibant.
4 mHE
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

CsnE Eoa PeLEsAnF-Punch slys that Prssi.
dent Buchanan need not throw Gssg powdsssa
shot upon the Mornous. Let him ssnd then
fashim boekss he necessity Of erinolins IN
destroy pOlygny; It wiz render Brigham Yong
himself unable 70 support more wives than one.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

PLAIN srEAKrSc.-At " recent anti LecompT
ton Democratic Convention in Indianapolis
Henry B. Payne, Of Ohio. late Democratic can
ddate for Governor of that State, is rePossed
to have spoken as follows:
cit would create civil war in Kansas, and he
believed, if he were there, and the beconpton
Constitution should be attempted to be forced
upon him, he could ti6h. He agreed with MT
Prather. of Kansas, who has said in = letter %
Mr.. Cox, Of Ohio, that he mould resist ritt' ms
musEet such en- sHfrsgs, and he uCOuIS beqreafA
10 his children The duty Of resisting Il TO deai--
This declaration was received with vOeiferous
and long Applause) The South. he said. had
been supported by the Northern Democracy IN
all their demands till now. They had acted TO-
gether, and he had been proud TO act with that
section. But he would submit 70 no such degra-
dation as submission 70 the LecomPton maud. J
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-08

land, Rspubethe rst Government that proclaimed the
,Oysrsisnty Of the people.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-17

TIE SEVEN SLEEPERS-The story Of the
Seven Slecpers is the most romantic of the
legends of the Church. 1t is as follows:
When the Emperor Decius prosecuted the
Christians, seven noble youths Of Ephesus
concealed themselves in q spacious cavern, on
the side of an adjacent mountain, and were
doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave
orders that the entrance should be firmly Sc
cured by piles of stones. They Immediately
fell into deep slumber, which was almost
miraculously prolonged, without injuring the
powers of life, one hundred and eighty-seven
years. At the end Of that time, the slaves Of
AdOlus, to whom the inheritance of the noun
tain had descended, removed the stones to
supply material for some ediflce. The light
of the sun darted into the cavern, and the
Seven Sleepers were permitted to awake
Soon after rising from their sleep, which they
thought had lusted only q few hours, they
were pressed by the calls Of hunger, and re-
solved that Jamblichus, one of their mum.
ber, should secretly return to the city, to
purchase bread for the use Of himself and
his companions. The youth, if VIC may still
employ that application, could no longer re-
cognize the once familiar aspect Of his native
country; and his surprise was increased by
the appearance of largo cross triumphantly
erected over the principal cato of Ephesus.-
Ills singular dress and obsolete language con-
founded the baker to whom he offered an an
cient medal of Decius, as the current coin of
the Empire and Jamblichus, on the suspi-
cion Of having discovered secret treasure, was
dragged before the judge. Their mutual in
quiries produced the amazing discovery that
two centuries had almost elapsed since Jam.
blichus and his friends had escaped from the
rage Of a pagan tyrant The Bishop Of Ephe-
sus, the clergy, the magistrate, the people,
and, it is said, the Emperor himself, hastencd
to visit the cavern Of the Seven Slecpcrs, who
related their story, bestowed their benedictiOn,
and at the Same instant peaceably expired.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-17
TAU Men at Home and Abroad.

"Thcrc were giants in those days." no
doubt; yet the average size Of tho great mass
of human beings does not change. The great
stature Of the Patagonians, Of which so much
has been said and written, has been proved to
be quite as fabulous as the terrible maelstrom
(of the gcographieS) near the coast of Norway.
Some races are taller than others and that is
all. The English arc taller than the French,
and fattcr too. Americans arc taller than
Englishmcn; and Vermont and Kentucky it
is known have more tall men than the other
States Of the Union. That the average size of
the human family docs not change is album
dainty proved by facts which have been gath
cred by recent writer, from whom we have
this statement: "The general opinion is that
men have physically degencrated since the
early ages Of the world. But all the facts and
circumstances which can be brought forward
on this subject tend to show that the human
form has not dcgenerated, and that men Of the
present age arc of the same stature as at the
beginning ofthe world. Thus all the remains
Of the human body, the bones, and particular.
ly the teeth, which have been found unchanged
in tho most ancient urns and burial places,
demonstrate this point clearly The Oldest
coffin in the world is that found in the great
pyramid Of Egypt; and this sarCOphagus hard
ly exceeds six feet and half long That we
are not degcncrating from the effects of civil.
zation is clear, because the savages do not ex-
coed us in height.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-17
The Sunday Law.

We are indebted to the Sacramento Union
for copy of the Sunday Law. Here it is:
AN ACT to provide for the better observance
of the Sabbath.
The People 4f tie .Statect Cai;t0rnio, repre-
sentd in Senatc and -1SscmblN To enact as
.tollo~s:
SECTION l. No person or persons shall, on
the Christian Sabbath, or Sunday, keep open
any store, ware house, mechanic shop, work
shop, banking house, manufacturing establish
mcnt, 'or other business house, for business
purposes; and no person or persons shall sell,
or expose for sale, any goods wares or mcr-
chandisc. on the Christian Sabbath, or Sun.
day; and every person who shall violate any
Of the provisions Of this section shall be deem
ed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton thereof shall be fined in the sum of fifty
dollars, together with the costs of prosecution /;
and the judgment shall also order that the de-
fendant shall be imprisoned until tho same
shall DO satisfied, which Imprisonment shall
not exceed one day for every two dollars Of
such fine and two dollars costs, or in that
proportion.
Sec. 2. The provisions Of section one of
this Act shall not apply to, or in any manner
affect, the business Of hotel keepers, inn keep
ers, tavern keepers, keepers Of restaurants,
boarding house keepers, keepers Of livery sta.
bles; or the retail business of druggists, or
dealers in medicines; or the sale Of fresh
meats, fish or milk or to the sale or disposal
Of any article or thing, or to any act or thing
done in cases Of necessity, or charity, on such
Sabbath or Sunday; nor shall the provisions
Of said section one apply to such manufactu-
ring Or other business establishment as neces.
sarily require to be kept in continual opera
ton to accomplish the business thereof
Sec. 8. The provisions of this Act shall
not be SO construed as to conflict with or in
any manner affect the provisions of an Act en-.
titled An Act to prohibit barbarOus and moi
sy amusements on the Christian Sabbath, VI
passed March sixteenth, one thousand eight
hundred aud fifty-five; prOVided, that any
person who shall sell or expose for sale milk,
fish, or fresh meat, after ten o'clock A. NJ. shall
be liable to oil the penalties Of section one o.
this Act
Sec 4. This Act shall take effect on and
after the first day Of June, A. d. one thous
and eight hundred and fifty-eight,
Approved April 10th, 1868.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-17

Ye Catte-Ye cate dclighteth in ye roofs Of
menne's abode and thereon being perched,
doth send forth by turn, sweet muslck, plain.
lively wailing, after ye manner of deep gfiels,
and then suddenly doth this creature sound
loudly ye stirring notes Of love. Being smit-
ten by men, she doth flee. But as ye dogge
is brave when opposed to its own kind, cattc
fighteth valiantly with cate, striving with q
create hearte and an incorporate courage, in
victOric she pOureth out feelings Of triumphe
in trcInulous straynes Of gladness; but when
We mastcric clcavcth to her advcrsaric, she
flicth with much discretion and with great
spccdiness. So iratc is this beaste, and so
fierce in her hardihoOde, that when she be-
comth veXed ovcrmuch, and her bOdie is not
able to contain her rage, ye Ovcrbounding
wrath flccth to her taylc, which doth become
of huge and fearful bignesse. Ye cattc is
wylie animal, and after ye manner Of deadlic
sin, (as yo clcrkcs do tell us,) is fairc to be-
hold, but most grcvious in its iniquityc.
Thomas lOvcth darkncsss (for his deeds arc
yviD, and Tabitha bclyeth her good name by
unsccmlic noises, and lurking in hooks OF
ill-rcputc. She vcntcth her jealous feeling in
incOntincnt hOwles, and yc fattc-paunched
mowsc is rare morscl on her tongue. She
is yc grccn-cycd monster Beware of yc in
sidiOus purrings of her trcachcric! She wag-
gcth her taylc, and winkcth her eye, and ex.
alteth her back but yc wise mannc is not
deceived thereby. lie scizcth her, and he
clappcth the flbcrtc shelc on her feetc, and
yc bit Of tinder doth he fasten on her tayle !;
and when he hath find ye finder she flccth las
yc booke hath it, ccLeritGto admirable with
curions specdc, StrepituQao terribiLi, and
with icarfule clatteringe of ye shelles. Ye
wicked maine fcareth her in ye darkncsse,
and when he bcholdeth yc greene eyO and yc
flashing tayle, and hearcth ye strcpitous noise
and ye deep groans she maketh, he hceth,
though no man pursueth. OF q surety, he
inclineth to think that Sathannas hath broken
his bownds and is upon him, and SO he re-
fOrmcth.
For this service. to pietie, in ye land of
Egypt, mennc did worship ye cate, and held
her in ye highest esteem They did feed her
on choysc vians, on yc white mowsc, We gold
fish, ye snipcs, and yc crocodilcs Of tender
age. But their great kindness they reserved
till yc cate did kick ye buckette, when they
did stuiic her with spices, and Ointments, and
swcct-smelling stufits, and did great reverence
to ye bodic.
Ic cate is now held in but lightc cstecme
in these latter days but mindful Of former
gloric, she wailcth mournfullie over ye past,
for which yc mennc doc smitc her with ye
bootjack, yc blacking.brush, We emptic bottle,
and dccp-drawn curse. Water, if it be boil
ing hottie, is also good.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-17
LIGHT.
BY WILLIAM PITT PALMER.

From the quickcned womb Of the primal gloon,
The sun ruled black and bare,
Till wove him vest for his Ethop breast
or the threads of my golden hair;
And when the broad tent of the armament
Arose ON its airy slaTs,
penciled the hnc Of its matchlcss blue,
And spangled it round with stars
painted the flowers of the Eden bowers
And their leaves Of living green,
And mine were the dyes in the sinless eyes,
Of Eden's virgin queen;
And when the iiends art ON the triIstful heart
Had fastened its mortal spell,
In the silvery sphere Of the trst-bOrn tear
To the trembling earth fell.
When the waves that burst DER world accurscd,
Their work Of wrath had sped,
And the Ark = lone few, tried and true,
Came forth among the dead;
With the wOndrous CLEANS Of my bridal beams,
badc their tcrrors cease,
As wrote on the roll Of the storms dark scroll,
Gods covenant Of peace.
lake pail at rest on a scnseless breast,
Nights funeral shadow slept
Where shepherd swains on the Bethlehem plains,
Their lonely vlgils kept
When flashed un their sight the herald bright
OF Heavens rcdceming plan,
As they chantcd the morn Of IL Savior born
JOY, joy t0 the Outtast man.
Equal favor show tn the lofty and low,
On the just and unjust dcscend;
Fen the blind, whose vain spheres roll in darkness
and tears,
Feel INV smile the blcst smile Of friend.
Nay, the Hover ofthc waste by my lovcis embraced,
As the rose in the garden Of kings;
At the chry ysaS bier Uf the worm appear,
And 10! the gay butterfly wings.
The desalate morn, like Q mourner fOrlurn,
Cnnccals all the pride Of her charms
Till bid the bright hours chase the night from her
flowers,
And lead the young day to her arms:
And when the gay rover seeks Eve for his lover,
Aud sinks to her bnlmy rcpOse,
wrap the soft rest, by the Zephyr.anned west,
In curtains Of amber and rose.
From my sentinel steep, by the night-brooded deep,
gaze with unslumbcring eye,
When the cynOsurc star Of the mariner,
Is blOttcd from out the sky!
Nnd guided by ME through lhc mcrcifess sea,
Though sped by the hurricanes wings,
His c"mpasslcss. dsrk, lone, wetering bark
To the haven home safely he brings.
waken the flowers in their dew -spanglcd bowers,
The birds in their chambers Of green.
And mountains and plain glow with beauty again,
As they baSk in their nlatinal sheen.
o. if such the glad worth of my presence TO Garth,
Though ttful and hcc;iug the while,
What gl"rir> must rest on the home If the blcst,
Ever bright with the D,ity's smile.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-17
PERILs OF 81. PETEERsupU5kido. Z III

PERIs or ST. PErkzRsuuuki y II q q ~
to contemplate the constkue 0du " u NSsicGo
this brilliant capital q plGoCb rAbn4sNN nE1i1i
picture Il not CRorchafRod, thodD aaE1f
. strong westerly wind and high yWslpn ipFk,
ct the breaking up Of the Ice, M0Iid II ny
time suffice to occasion IN i2tltld az 81
cient to drown the whole pobuliticas t1p
vert the entire city, with allcits sasluzznr
palaces, into chaotic mass, Of EHia9 !, IA
Gulf of Findland runs to . point e Il aps.
proachcs the mouth Of the News whef1 o.
most violent gales are always those ANWs 49,
wcst SO that the mass of water, on such occAr
siOns, is always forcibly impelled t0warde 4he
city. The Islands forming the delta Of. the
Ncva, on which st. Petersburg stands, ar0
extremely low and fiat, not more than twelve
or fifteen feet above the average level Of the
sea. A rise of fifteen feet, is therefore, elough
to place all st. Petersburg under water, and q
rise of thirty feet is enough to drown almost
every human being in the place. The poor
inhabitants are, therefore, in constaut danger
ofdcStruction, and can never be certain that,
the whole 100000 Of them may not, within
the next twenty -four hours, be washed out Of
their houses like so many drowned rats. To-
say the truth, the subject ought hardly to boz
spoken of with levity, for the danger 10 toe
imminent, and the reflection often makes
many hearts quake in St Petersburg. The
only hope of this apparently doomed city Il,
that the three circumstances may never occur
simultaneously, viz: high water, the breaking
up of the ice, and q gale Of wind ftDm tho .
west. There are SO many points Of the. COM
pass for the wind to choose among, that It
would seem pcrvcrsc in the extreme TO select
the west at 80 critical a moment; nevertiIe!
less, the wind docs blow very often from the
west during tho spring, and the ice floNtin9
in the Ncva and the Gulf of Findland is Of :
bulk amply sufficient to oppose formidable
obstacle to the water in the upper part of the
river. Had the ancient sages Of Okhta kept
meteorological records, one might perhaps be !,
able to calculate how often IN thousand
years, or in ten thousand years, such food .
as we are here suppOsing, might BE- likely to
occur. As it is, tho world need not bo at alI Il
surprised to read in the neMspapers one a,
these days, that St Petersburg, after rising
like bright meteor from the swainps Of
Findland, has as suddenly been extinguished D
in them, like a mere wil-o-the-wisp May
heaven protect the city yl"-F0reign Quarterly
Reriew
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-17

Inn. -------
"Why not wait till night" 1 asked Mr..
Croop, "when you could approach the inn
without being seem"
" Because, after dark, we should be pretty
sure Of finding half-a-dOzen rough customers
there, who would make the matter awkward" "
Then why not take halfa.dOzen men with
you, SO as to avoid all risk ?"
"What credit would there be in that? -
When Timothy and fail it will be time
enough to talk about calling in other assist
ance. There he isl "
Timothy was lounging against the door post
smoking long clay pipe. While we were
watching him, he took off his hat and scratch
ed his head vigorously; q second time and a
third time.
b "All right said Mr.. ChOOp. "That was
the signal. Lend me your cap, Fred, and you
take my hat; l don't want Riley to recognize
me till get into the house."
Having made the transfer, we set of, Mr..
Choop walking with an assumed limp.
Timothy was still smoking his pipe ut the
door when we reached the inn.
"Foino day, master"
every fine day, my man." replied Mr..
Choop. "What sort of tap have you here?"
"Oh, tOidyish. You'll find the landlord
somewhere inside. All the w0men-folk seem
to be gone out somewhere"
1.-Two glasses Of your best ale, landlord, "
exclaimed Mr.. ChOop to a burly, red-headed
man, with villain0us countenance, who came
forward, scOwling suspiciOusly. The land
lords back was hardly turned before quick
whisper was exchanged between TimNk6y and
Mr. Choop. We were lighting our cigars
when the landlord returned with the ale He
showed us into small room, and VIC left the
cOuntryman still smoking at the door. He
seemed to be thirsty soul, this countryman,
for he called for glass after glass rapidly, as
If he fully determined on getting drunk in the
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-17

PAY THAT DKBT.-It is 9 sulAn ons tsAsw
sure, and apparently not worth . eeEionA n
thought Why not then pay It :. :; Why
compelled to suffer the moFtlfcation' az GO
dunr Why not take that little thorn 069Spo
your finger at once Il viii fsstefif alloii a
to remain, and cause ten times the tzopblenr,,
Why not relieve the conscience of that Wtflc
load? You will feel the better for it bk b
doing. You contracted the debt knowinsayso ~
and willingly. Did you not mean to pay ,iEi ,
Certainly you did. Then why not do ~ .
oncci Every days delay increases mGgSllYn
tho amount of the obligation. RemeIsll !. ~
too, that your little debt, and another -
little debt and thousand other mems tlttaS
debts, make a little ,t0rtune soE ..y9Uk
creditor; or they enable him. to pay klS
larger debts, or feed his workmen and keep
his machinery a-gOing in times like thee. :.
Don't you see how It ist You dop wen.
then, remit the amount at once, and Tonight
the ghost of that debt will not trouble your,
dreams. "lSd anl
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-17
PLAcERv1LLE POST OFFICE.
NAIL ARRASGENENTS.

MAIL Is dispatched from this office daily, Sundays ex-
N cepted 70 Sacramento. San Francisco. and all parts
of this STATE, which closes at o'clock, T. NJ.
special mail IL dispatched daily. Sundays Excepted to
'Coloma eta Cold Springs, which closes at O'Clock T. NJ
special mall aso dispatched daily, Sundays except
ed, 70 Georgetown cid Spanish Flat; which closes at
o'clock ?. n. ..---.------
The mas for the Atlantic States. Europe. &C. close at
this once about the I'd and 18th of each month. except
when these days Saturday, and then they will
Close the day previous.
me NaIs Tor Oregon and Washington Tcrritnrie.
dIspasched Semmonthly Immediately amer the arrival
of the Atlantic mails.
me malls for Salt Lake City and other post offices In
Utah Territory, dispatched monthly, ria San Francis
co, fan Diego, and the Southern route
OPRICE HOCKG-This Office will he kept open daily.
Sundays excepted. from ocioch A. NJ, till H. NJ; and
from ~ tA1 5k, Pm. Box delivery open till :, r ".
On eandays-Prom ill 10. A. NJ. and from till y, p.
NJ A. NJ. THATCHER, Post Master.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-04-17

LIFE IN TIE MIDDLE AGEs-Rude were the
manners then; man and his wife ate off the o
same trencher; few wooden handled knives
with blades Ofrugged iron, were luxury for
the grcat-candlcs were unknown. A ser
want girl held torch at supper; one or two
mugs Of coarse earthenware formed al the
drinking apparatus in the house. Rich gem d
tlemcn wore clothcsOf unlined leather. Or,
dinary persons scarcely ever touched flesh
meat. Tho nobility drank little or NO wine
in the summer . little corn seemed wealth.
Women had trivial marriage portions; even q
rich women dressed extremely plain. The !!
chief part Of the family's expenses were what
the males spent in arms and horses, none e.
which, however, were very good or very
SNOWY and grandecs had to lay money Gn =
their lofty towers. In Dante's comparatively
polished times, ladies' began 70 paint thsIr
checks by way Of finery, going 10 IL thsa1. =
and to use less assiduity IN spinink S6 "a
ing the distatk. What is only GymHfb
prosperity in large, is the sure sign a OfSSln ~
the small States. So in Florence WuWiaAN
very well deplOre what In London, or rSfNy
would bO praised or cause smile. Wfef6s,.
edly, indeed, plebians hoYelled; and ifnOAIA y
castles were cold and drcaEy eveFyWheeos tkays,
were infinitely worse in Italy, from the hsgiSk
bic modes Oftorture and Characteristic cru =
too frightful to dwell on. Few OF he iaIHI..
nous structures built at the time trested&
stand at present, yet their ruins disclose Ens !,
full corners. 's"' I'm ''i