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The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23
AUSTRALIAN HEAT The Stunt

AUSTRALIAN HEAT The Sumter
Is. C.) Watchman publishes the follow
ing extract from a private letter dated
Adelaide, Feb. IS, 1858:
81 can assure you we have nearly
been roasted alive; we have had ten
days and nights of the hottest weather
remembered for several years past
The heat at noon in the shade was
136 to 1A6 9 according to situation,
and during the night it was never less
than "a . to LOG . in doors. The hot
wind never ceased blowing, and the in
Vulnerable deaths from coup de soliel
have been appalling in the extreme"
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

SCIENCE REWARDED IN FRANCF.-
According to the last news the French
government has resolved 10 present to
Professor Morse the sum of four hun
dred thousand francs eighty thousand
dollars) as a recognition of his inven-
ton of the electric telegraph system
which is used in that empire. This is
a generous act, and highly creditable to
the French government. When the
treasury of the United States was run
ming over with money, Congress hesita-
ted about paying the bare expenses CT
setting up the first line from Washing
ton to Baltimore.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23
~ The sale of Rachers little librar

" The sale Of Rachel's little library
in Paris produced the enormous sum Of
2l,925f The copy of Adrienne Lecou-
yereur, Of which she used to learn the
part, and which contained TWO notes in
her own hand writing, sold for 1500f.
and that Of Phedrc, which she had also
used but not marked brought l20Of.;
Angelo brought 58Of; LIE Gid, 574f;
Polycute, 360f.; Virginie. 3OOf; Cleo
patra, 390f The other pieces that had
been used by Mile. Rachel sold for from
1907 down to 1O0f; but none went for
less than the latter sum Strange to
say; however while other plays used
by The actress sold for such fabulous
prices, The study plays Of the great
Talma, with valuable notes and stage
directions. in his own handwriting.
brought 3OOf
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23


q The La Paz correspondent Of the
4lha, says / hear tha the Amorioan
Consul, who, with his family. went to
view the procession on Good Friday eve,
narrowly escaped the vengeance ofsome
Of these wretchcd fanatics When the
party were leaving, some person in the
procession threw a stone. which struck
one of the ladies on the back. The
ground Of offense seemed to be that the
lady wore bonnet, which SO outraged
the feelings of some Jealous bigOt fol
lowing the image of our cruci6ed Re
deemc-. that he had to vent them by
stoning the offender
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

A Coop ExAMPLE-Tilman Watson,
Jr. of Edgefeld, S. c., member of a
wealthy family, and not under the ne
csssity of working for a living, has
since his college graduation adopted a
mechanical trade, and recently signali-
zed the event by manufacturing beau.
tiful black walnut char editorial for tic
editor Of tho Edge6eld 4adosrsise II
more coilegians wooid throw away their
false pride and betake themselves to
some mechanical employment, instead
of over-crowding the learned profes
would gain by the operation.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

- 1t is stated in an Athens journal
that manuscript copy On parchment OF
the gospels in Greek. and bearing the
date 4S0, has recently been found n the
garnet of house il that city / rs sra
ted 10 be in good Preservation, aud mas
been deposited IN the public library at
Athens
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23


ATLANTIC CABLE We have contra
dictory accounts Of the experimental
cruise Of the Atlantic cable squadron,
which returned to Plymouth. on the Sd
inst. The Times reports that the ex-
periments were quite suoeessful, and
says The Agamemnon and Gorgon
arrived in latitude II 10 n, longitude 8
% w. about 200 miles from Ushant, on
Monday afternoon and left on Wednos
day, having made several successful cx-
periments The weather was fine;
depth of the sea, $3.50 fatboms, or about
q miles The cable was spIiced four
times. andthe Agamemnon and Niagara
separated on one occasion nearly four
miles. The ships were put al va.ious
speeds, and by the aid Of the new ap-
paratus the cable witbstood the strain
in satisfactory manner. Since the
last trial the power Of hauling in has
been greatly increased and improved
The cable was paid out from the Ma
CARA on one tlial atthe rate Of seven
knots, and from The Agamemnon at the
rate Of eight knots, per hour. Buoys
were occasionally attached to the cable,
which also passed from the stern to the
bow, and sometimes rested in vertical
position. Electrical messages were sent
through the wire when in various po-
sitions. The expedition is appointed to
start from Plymouth finally on Wednes-
day, the 10th.
Another account states that the YES
sells had arrived from their experimental
trip, after an unsuccessful trial Of the
paying-out machinery. About eight
miles of the cable was satisfactorily run
out, when, owing to the fracture of the
eye of the buoy, the wires suddenly
parted, and the experiments were in con-
sequence suspended.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

BEHIND AGs.-Mr Leonard made
q successful balloon ascension from
Montgomery, Ala. ecentIy He states
that while "up." and but short dis
lance from The capital, he was shot at
three tines by Minnie ridein the hands
Of some one who probably took the
asrial navigator for q monster ''manbat.
and no doubt a descendant Of the same
family which ran out to stop the first
high pressure steamboat they saw going
down the river, mistaking it for runa-
way saw-mill
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23
SILAs WRIGHT's WEALTH The

SILAS WRIGHT'S WEALTH. - The
Daily IE.consin, edited by Gramer,
formerly of Albany, speaking of the
wealth of the most eminent American
statesmen, concludes his list with the
following reference TO Silas Wright
''Silas Wright, with his estate of $4,000
was really wealthier than many others
are with 100000. He owed no man
anything; he met his obligations with
the utmost promptness, and never in
dulged in any luxury he could not pay
for. He was model of republican
simplicity. 1t should also be under
stood that he was not mean in saving
money. There was something glorious
in witnessing great statesman like ST.
las Wright, never asking pecuniary
favor cr accepting one; yet possessing
only an income that could support him
and his wife in frugality. When he
was elected Governor of the great State
of New York he was known to be too
poor to furnish bis Louse. His rich
friends got together, and without his
knowledge made up a subscription which
was rendered to him as gift, in order to
furnish his mansion. This lie respect
fully but kindly declined, saying with a
true Roman grandeur, that he could not
consent to receive such a favor from
any one-even from his most esteemed
friends; he was elected by the people to
be Governor of the State of New York,
and he considers it his imperative duty
to live on whatever income the people
had appended to that office, and he did
live on that income while he was Coy
ernor. in good style, but with no osten-
tation. Such al examaple on tho part
of so eminent a man as he was, is one of
those precious legacies, that the young
men of the present day should bear in
mind-as no true greatness can ever be
achieved SO long as they are the pecu-
MARY slaves of even their nearest
friends. When public man receives
favors that he cannot repay, he loses
that sturdy independence so essential to
usefulness, and an enduring popularity
Live within your income is moro i'm
portant to one who aims 10 be an inAueu-
tial and useful statesman, than any
othar rnaxim
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23
EDITORIAL AcclDENT.Harry Mighe

EDITORIAL AccIDENT.-Harry Mighels
the spicy Assistant Editor of the Butte
Record, lately walked accidentally out
the window of his Office In the second
story, falling and injuring himself SC
verely. One arm was twice broken and
he was otherwise badly bruised
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23
The LONDON PREss.-The London

IHE LONDON PRESS.-1hc London
correspondent of the Baltimore Er
change says that the amelioration of tn :
stamp law relating to newspapers, four
years ago, has resulted in some import
ant changes in the English press.
There are now three leading and promi-
nent penny two cent? papers in Lon
don-the Star the Telegraph. and the
Standard. The former custom of city
newsmen loaning out the Times to be
read and then sent into the country the
next day, has greatly diminished. An
other result of the change is the ap-
peararce, for the first time in London, of
that wonderful genius of the day, tie
newsboy. The correspondent says.
The Times, from a circulation, Of
$4,000 or 10000, in the Crimean war
period, is probably down to a circula
ton now of 10000 or $4,000. 1t had a
little over 10000 in 1850. Not only is
its circulation diminishing, but it has a
diminished advertising patronage. Ad-
vertising terms also are cheaper, and
the Times old rates are not kept up
The Manchester Guardian, once paper
of 1900 circulation, twice a week, at
81 pence number, opposed, abused
and ridiculed the penny press as "cheap
and nasty" but it finally had to become
one itself to save its bacon and keep
from total extinction. 1t is now penny
daily"
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

~ Capt. Charles r Webb, of Star
ford, Connecticut, who, with the aid Of
a green boy, who had never before beer
at sea, navigated The yacht Charter Oak
% feet long, from New York to Lives
pool, is now building yacht IA fee
keel and 16 feet beam, with which h
Intends to visit the Isle Of Wight 81.
Petersburg, and some French port. to
let the crowned heads Of Europe see
what Yankee can do
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

% Foote once asked man without
a sense Of tune in hirn, Why are you
forever humming that tunel"
Because it haunts mel" was The re-
ply.
No wonder said Foot, you are for
ever numbering it
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23
80. ESsgsgesN a 4. an,

r a n x ERS-
No. 80 MAIN STREET NEVADA.
DuRCaA5E COLO DUST ana BUIILON-Advan
4 sas made o Cuid 5us fog Assay o. Coinage 8t the
u s. Mint sell ehecks on San Francisco Sacramento
and Marys~iIic
Depostoa received, Collections nade and transacf q
Eoner8i Ba1king bus ness.
Nevada March 18th. 1887
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23
CHARLES Sc. HzUEF0REH.
Is g III e YaER

Al his Cd 'sand Nair STREET. Ncsaaa.
Gold Dust Boushe ii .hs nignsst market la-ea
signt Cheeks d. Sgc-a.aeqto ana San trancisco At
PAR
Dust oTardeu 20 ,hs - : Braact siat foi Assay o.
Coinage ana advances ma0e o. tPe same if eouired
Nevada, Dec Atm 1857
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

CoLT's PATENT.-Among the patents
issued May 4th, was one to Col. Sam.
Colt, for an improvement upon his pis-
toll Col Colt, says the Hartford Times,
has now a number of patents on his
pistol-six or eight in all-covcring the
most approved parts in the construction
cf the arm-improvements which arc
considered essential by the army off
GERS One Of his patents only has run
out, and almost every manufacturer Of
armsin the country has an idea that he
can initiate Colts pistol, and make as
many Of them as he pleascs. Such is
not the case. Any one who should at
tempt to make them, with the improve
ments now demanded by the War De-
patmont, would trospass upon half a
dozen patents, which have years to
run It has required years of labor,
experience, and practical tests to perfect
This arm, and patents have been taken
cut from time to time as improvements
have been made.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

TIE STATE CoNrRoLLtFsBlP. = In
he Sacramento District Court. Judge
Bolts las decided that A R Meloncy is
entitled to tie Contfolersbip, and that
G. W. Whitman is not. The matter, of
course, will be appealed to the Supreme
Co,.rk
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

THR HAa--Lt Is great mistake to
plait the hair Of children under eleven
OF twelve years Of age. The process of
plating more OF less strains the hair at
their roots by pulling them tight: tends
to deprive them Of their requisite sup
ply cf nutrimenti and checks their
growth The hair Of girls should be
cut short, and allowed TO curl freely
When they are about eleven or, twelve,
the hair should be twisted into a coil mot
700 light. nor tied at The end with thin
thread. but with q piece Of ribbon.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23
10 The Boston transcript claims

70 The Boston transcript claims
that horse racing may now be regarded
as one of the "institutions'' of America,
as it has long been of England, and
says, "lf racing is not considered an
institution in a country where the num-
ber of races average three day, Sun
days included; where more than fifteen
hundred horses are kept in training for
the purpose of making money ard af-
fording amusement; where upwards of a
million of dollars is yearly expended in
its support and where fortunes are
made and lost in the course Of "the sea-
son"-we cannot imagine to what ex
tent it is necessary to carry the business,
in order to have it regarded as ''popu-
lar amusement or national SPORT
General HouSton's Expedition to Mcr-
ico.-We understand that Gen. Hous-
ton, Immediately after the adjournment
of Congress, contemplates an expedition
into Mexico with a company of four OF
five thousand men, who are anxious to
follow the hero of the Alamo to new
conquests Walker and Henningsen do
not inspire the adventurous youth of the
South with confidence, and it has been
sgnifed to General Houston that if he
would lead them, there were thousands
ready to follow him to any part of Mex
leo. The understanding is that they
are to Texasize another slice of Mexico
and bring it into the Union, and with it
Houston into the Senate.-Erening
Post
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23
Business Cards.
BucIiner Il Hill,

OFFICE II KELSEYfS BUILDING. SECOND FLOOR
Commercial street. Nevada.
AVTNC associated themselves together in the prac
tice of the Law win attend promptly TO all business
eonhded to their care Nevada and adjoining counties
Nevada Jul5- vs. lS5e-if
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23
NEVADA AsSAY OFFICE

F. SCHOTTE
NO 80 Main Street. continues 20 men ava Assay
y Gold ana Ores cfcvcry description.
ifetsrRs made IN jrcr, .fou, 70 sar aours.
sly Assays aro glaIarteed and Bars discounted II Ne
saa, 81 Mar sY-le rcran cufo raSoG.
. Entrance 70 nly office, irs. doc: above Bank
ms house Of J. { Birjsey" 6 -. apes
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

- Gen. S. G. Jacobs, formerly A.
sistant Postmaster Genersl died Al
Natchez, lately
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

RBvIvAI RHyMBs-A New York poet
in touching on the conversion Of AwfUl
Gardner, gceth it thus
We sing and shout our grateful thsnke
That Awful Gardner's joined ranks
That as the lamp holds out 70 burn,
There mag DC chance for Patrick Hcarnsi
Ana IS his metcy's all eadu-ins,
We NAV eren hone for John van Burep
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

WIt is said that Napoleon when he
was asked by Or. O'Meara, If he really
thought that he could have invaded
England at the time he threatened to do
SO, answered in the following extended
anagram;
cable was l ere l saw Elba"
Whether this is true or not. we should
like to see more ingenious and ex-
tended aasgram.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23
A BEAUTIFUL PARAGRAPH.-The man

"A BEAUTIFUL IARAGRAPH.-1 he man
who stands on his own soil, who feels
that by the laws of the land in which
he lives-by the laws of civilized ma
tions-he is the rightful and exclusive
owner of the soil he tills, is by the con-
stitution of our nature under wholesome
influence not easily imbibed from 9th
er source. He feels, other thin gs being
equal, more strongly than another, the
character of man as lord of the in
animate world, Of this great and Won
derful sphere which, fashioned by the
hand of God, and upheld by his power,
is rolling through the heavens, part of
his-his form the centre of the sky. 1t
is the space on which the generation
before moved in its round of duties, and
he feels himself connected by LAX
with those who follow him, and to whom
he is to transmit home. Perhaps a
farm has come down to him from his
fathers. They have gone to their last
home but he can trace their footsteps
over the scenes of his daily labors. The
roof which shelters him was reared by
those to whom he owes his being Some
interesting domestic tradition is connec-
ted with every enclosure. The favorite
tree was planted by his fathers hand
He sported in boyhood beside the brook
which still winds through the meadow.
Through the fields lies the path to the
village school of earlier days He still
hears from the open window the voice
of the Sabbath bell which called his
father to the house of God and near at
hand is The place where his parents laid
down to rest, and where, when his time
shall come, he shall be laid by Lis chill.
drcn. These are the feelings Of the
owner of the soil Words cannot paint
them; they flow ont of the deepest foun-
tains of the heart they arc the life
spring Of fresh, healthy and general
national character Edvard Ererc2t.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

~ Arrangements are IN progress to
remove ths .emains Of she late President
Mcntoe from New York 10 Richmond
undes the saspices or 'be proper author
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

~ N. P Willis and his sister, Fam,
Fern, met and spoke to each other. a,
the funeral of a elative not long since.
for the first time in seven years. They
have been sorely estranged.
The Nevada journal., 1858-07-23

Let every one who reads these lines
consider them personally addressed to
himself. Let Douglas;tes and Lecomp-
both answer
The Nevada Democrat., 1858-06-02
ROOrbneIra.

The last issue of the Nevada Democrat contains two -
First that this paper advocated the election Of Black Re
Republican candidates for the legislature 1855 second
that the editor Of the Sacramento Statesman s fresh from
the ranks Of the Know Nothings Relative to the charge
against 1t is silly alsehood which have branded
score OF times that In regard to the Stddn Is also
completely without foundation Mr.. Russell belong
cd to the dark lantern Party.-S. r. Globe
We were constant reader of the s. r. Globe
during the election campaign Of 1856, and from
personal knowledge, can state that it did op-
pose the election that year, Of the Democratic
nominees for the Legislature, from that county,
and as = consequence its Influence was exerted
in favor Of the Black Republican candidates.
The Peoples party" made no nominations for
the Legislature, and the only question was be-
tween the Democratic and Republican nominees
and the Globe, in opposing the former, in effect,
supported the latter. The Globe was at that
time ranting vigilance paper and its ortensi-
BILE reason for contributing to the defeat of the
Democratic candidates, was that they were op-
posed to the Vigilance Committee. Personally,
we know but little of the editor of the Statesman;
the Sacramento Mercury is our authority for
stating that be was lately from the Know Moth
ing ranks. II it is true. that he wrote articles
for that deectable sheet called the Fillmore
Ranger, during the late Presidential contest, il
is not at all surprising that he should continue
to vilify and misrepresent prominent Demo.
crats The time was, when Democratic papers
exerted their influence to maintain harmony in
the ranks Of the party but it seems to be the
highest aim of few professed Democratic pa
pers Of thfs State, to inaugurate the reign OF
faction and discord. Among these, the Globs
and Statesman stand the most conspicuous.
The Nevada Democrat., 1858-06-02

SnIPwREcK AND Loss OF LIFE.-By the steam
er Senator the painful intelligence was reesv.
ed of the probable loss Of the schooner Laura
Bevan, with IL persons on board, who are all
believed to have perished at sea. The vessel
sailed from San Pedro more than o month ago,
for San Buenaventura with very small freight
The day after she left, there was a heavy gale.
and the schooner has never been heard Of since
her departure. Subsequently, some hatches,
recognized as belonging to the schooner, came
ashore at the Malaga Rancho, 40 miles north
ward of San Pedro and the steamer Senator,
on its passage up, picked up some doors, ETC.,
which are said to have belonged to the Laura
Bevan, and brought them to San Francisco
There is little room for doubt, therefore, that
the schooner swamped, and that all on board
perished. The vessel WAS commanded by Cap
tain Morton, said to have been a most careful
and competent seaman. The Oldest of the
brothers johnson, for long time resident Of
Catalina Island, was on board, and missing with
the others.
The Nevada Democrat., 1858-06-02

Objectionable features Of the land grab ordi-
nance are rejected, but II the proposition is ac-
cepted Kansas will come iRte the Union with q
more ample dOwry than has ever yet been ac-
corded to q new State. The people, however.
have affair opportunity of expressing their
opinion on the LecomptOn Constitution. which
is the great principle the Douglas Democrats
have been csntending for throughout the con.
test. The principal objection to the bill, is,
that should the people see fit to reject the Con-
stitutiOn, they are to be kept out Of the Union
until their population is sufficient to entitls
them to Representative in Congress, and an
unjust distinction is thus made between Kansas
and other Territories. Butt il similar rule is
adopted on the admission Of new States hersaf-
ter, without regard to the character Of their
domestic institutions, then no one can complain
that the example has been set in the case Of
Kansas
The Nevada Democrat., 1858-06-02

TURNED Up AoAM.-The celebrated John Wig
gins has recently humbugged the editor of the
Stockton argus. with the dismal tale Of the
murder of his wife and children by the Indians
while crossing the plains. The account publish
ed in the Argus 10 nearly the same that he told
In Nevada last fall and on the strength Of which
= benevoleat gentleman Of our acquaintance
furnished him with money to 60 in search Of
his long lost brother. We presume our ears
were the first to listen to that story Of Indian
outrage and cruelty; We deeply sympathised
with him, and wrote out the particulars Of the
massacre" and an "information wanted" Of
his brother William Virgins, who was supposed
to be residing somewhere in the State. Had
we been publishing daily paper, in all prOba-
bility the "terrible massacre" would have ap-
peared in our columns; but it was several days
before oui paper was issued, and in the mean
ther particulars, and became satisfied that the
story was q fabrication. Virgins afterwards
went below, and after humbugging the Marys-
vile, Sacramento and San Francisco editors,
succeeded iu finding his brother, Dr. William
Virgins, who was residing ON his farm in Mon
terey county, and who utterly refused to ac-
knowledge the relationship. This was some six
or eight months ago, and we had supposed that
John Virgins had retired into obscurity, when
suddenly we are startled by reading the account
Of the murder Of Mrs. John Virgins, and the
beating of the children's brains out on wagon
wheel. The story has been somewhat remod-
died to conform to the change Of seasons, but
the essential particulars are the same.
We are fond Of giving to the public late and
reliable intelligence; and had the Democrat been
published daily, no doubt the heart-rending
particulars of the slaughter Of Mrs Virgins
and all the little Wigginses would have been
nrst read in our columns.
The Nevada Democrat., 1858-06-02

"TME MIsrENT."-The Sacramento Statesman
says ait is foolish, besides being waste Of time,
for the Nevada Democrat or any other journal
with Republican proclivities, to undertake the
task of dsparaging the Statesman before the De-
mocracy Of the State" We agree with the
Statesman, that it would be useless to attempt to
disparage that paper, for it already occupies so
low position with the Democracy, that to at
tempt to sink it lower would be time thrown
away. In regard to the silly charge of "Re-
publican proclivites" leveled at us, we have
but word to say: when we determine to join
the Republican party we shall do SO openly, and
in such terms as cannot be misunderstood by
the most thick-headed politician.