Columbia weekly news., 1858-08-26

the presence of the Governor, but it is
the first time Jessie M'Kenzie, William
Thompson and Christiana Veitch have
ever figured in print as the recipients of
rewards of merit" The little ones
will at least bless the Yankees for print
ing newspaper among them. The pro-
Gee lings Of the House of Assembly "
are also reported The members of that
body, whose words had probably never
before passed beyond the walls Of the
building, must have felt thrill of some
kind upon picking up the morning paper
of the Yankees and seeing, for the first
time, every line they had uttered the
night before in print. John Bull will
yet learn the secret of American pro-
gress Golden Era.
The LITTLE GATHERER.-A short
time ago, we saw little child, gathering
flowers it was bright, rosy-cheeked
boy, just able to run about and Chamber
up the small knolls whereon nature had
spread her frail and tender blossoms !;
and his tiny hands being filed with flow
ers, he fastened, with laughing eyes and
shouts of .uurestrained happiness, to pour
thep into the lap Of his mother, who sat
smiling with love and Joy upon the scene
beautiful exempli6cation of infantile
innocence and purity and affection; sweet
dream of childhood, not yet expanding
into the future, with nothing of regret or
painful remembrance in the past; an
ever present vision of sunshine, with but
momentary obscuration Of clouds to dar.
ken its day Of happiness; elysium Of life.
when thought is in the bud, and care
and grief, except for the instant, are un-
known And what p to be the future
Of the little being, whose earliest aspira-.
ions are so evidently for the beautiful,
Blank page Of whose tender
M ind prints her sweetest ima-
kes o Lore hat shall bs the.
sfoNn xnd l 50 Isnt Of this 6caus|
tifuI geu e haxe u1s o.
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spread out before 0s like q q rich azds in
viting landscape, with but small strip
Of int .rvening desert, which, once enter
ed, we find we are never to leave: the
joyous scenery ever before US, but never
reached, till age, disappointment and
care exhaust our energies and dim our
vision, and we see it no longer.
But it is cruel to anticipate. Go on,
dear little child, whoever thou art !; Gull
the buds and blossoms around thee:
anon, chase the many hucd and gilded
butterfly: more advanced, strain thy
knowledge Of numbers in trying to count
the stars, or lie upon the grass, engaged
in speculations upon the age and char
acteristics of the s man in the moon ;"
sufficient for the day is the evil thereof
and may thine glide on in happiness and
end in peace : Sierra Citizen.
JOHN noE AND RICHARD RoE.-
The distinguished gentlemen, above
mentioned, are as We understand it, the
regular Democratic nominees for Con-
gress at the ensuing election.
In submitting their names to the pub
lie as the representatives of our party,
at this important crisis, we cannot ab-
stain from a brief reference to their
past lives, conduct, and services. I'M
like one Of their notorious competitors,
neither MIR. Doe or Mr.. Roe, have ever
been dragged from a coyote hole and
transferred to the Senate of the State,
&c. On the contrary, at tho same
time that they have been valuable and
important members of society, their mo-
desty has been their principle virtue
Of old English stock, (therefore not OBJ
uoxious to the charge ofKnow- Nothing
ism,) they have been known to the
'eommom law' Of the land, before the
adoption Of the Topeka Constitution,
or the organization Of the Cocos Island
Treasure scheme. We solicit for them
the support of every honest Democrat,
who detests the treachery Of the amia-
bic Joe, the imbecility of the redoubt-
able Dudley or the Ethiopian proclivities
of the virtuous and erudite Tracy
San Francisco National.
The wind blew, the snow few, and
raised particular thunder-with skirt
and hoops and chicken coops-and all
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