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THE nNYE.


Twas midnight! solemn, dark and deepl
And vainly I had cOurted sleep,
When worn with pain, with anguish tossed,
Hope, faith and patience nearly lost,
! heard II sound, a gentle sound
Breaking the solemn stiffness round;
gently soft and murmurinR sound,
Making the stiffness more profound.
huShed my breath !-again Il camel
Ny heart beat faster-still the same
Low, gentle murmur met my ear,
Approaching nearer and more near:
single sound, yet soft and clear,
And strangely frAught with memories dear.
- A food Of clear and silver light
Then burst upon my raptured sight,
Filling my little chamber quite,
And in that light bird was seen;
Not "grim and black with stately mien,"
But purely white and beautiful,
With lOOk 80 mild and dutiful;
A lovely bird with plunage white,
In that calm, still and clear moonlight.
Floating moment round my head
ltsreeted opposite INV bed,
Beside picture lOYelier
Than heather god. and h0lier;
= Two brauteous babes, whose Sinless eyes
Bespeak them still in Paradise
Whose loving. soft and gentle eyes
Tell where the land of beauty lies.
There sat that radiant, white-winged bird
listened, but no sound heard
And then spoke: ''Sweet bird" said,
"From what fur country hast thou fed!
Whence c0m'stiholI. and why cam ~ thou here
Can'st thou bring aught my soul to cheer?
Hast thou strange news !-speek. gentle dove
And the bird answered." G0d il lore"
They tell me sO," family said,
"But joy has flown. and hope Is dead,
And am sick, and sad, and weary,
Aud life ID long, and dark, and dreary-
Think not thy words my spirit mover"
Still the bird danswered-"God 10 love-"
Some dearly loved are far away,
And some, who fDndly near me stay,
Are sick, and sad, and suffering,
While am weak and murmnrimg.
Each for the other grievvs, and tries
To stay the tears that fll his eyes
Why comes not comfort from above"
Firmly. but mOurnfully, thedO
Distinctly answered." God is love-"
I started up" The world said,
Though beautiful IL once was made,
Is full Of crime and misery now;
Want sits on many haggard brow;
The wHrriOr wields his blOody sword,
Slaves trenlble at the tyrant's word
hoHared, virtue seorned, we see-
Why are these ills allowed TO be?"
He raised his head, that sIft.eyed dove,
As though my bOldnesS he'd TeprOve
Then bowed and answered." God is love-"
"Forg,ve." I said, in accents mild,
{" would we're again . child.
I've wandered from the heavenly track.
And IL is late 10 journey back;
Ny wings arr clipped, cannot soar,
] strive to mount, but DER and DER
BY feeble wings raise in vain-
hutter. sink aud fall again! u
In low, but earnest tones, the dove
Still softly murmured--" God is love-"
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

AFRICAN REvIvAL.-A correspondent ofthe
Hartford Times thus describes q scene at q
negro revival meeting:
"The preacher was Of the kind Ia make an
impression upon his audience. He represen.
ted the place where the bad folks GO in true
Orthodox manner; place where black imps
Of despair gnash their teeth, and dance and
howl in ever.to.be-extinguished fames.-
Heaven he pictured as q place made of gold /;
and having golden pavements, and . golden
throne, on which sits the Deity Of the place
clothed in white, and . gold Crown on his
head.
As be waxed fervent in his descriptions Of
these opposite places, his hearers followed
and groaned, or laughed and clapped their
hands, as the subject grew dismal or pleasant.
When the preacher sat down they struck up
some Of their " songs Of Zion, which al
ways set them on their high heels and high
heels thy seemed to be on, literally as we'll
as Rguratively. Such . stampede Of heels as
kept time to the music, could have been made
by none but the genuine African. Some got
up and danced the gospel jig,' as they call it,
Others walked the floor, clapping their hands
and hallOOing glory One Of their songs
begun
'lheard nmbling In the sky,
begun 70 think my end was nigh
Glory Hallelujab r
Satan threw ball at me,
IL missed my soul, and hit my shield;
Glory HAllelujah!
Had it hit his knee instead of his Shield
the, rhyme would have been much better, but
his knee might have been worse"
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07
A Story Of Female. Haraisa.

In the course of'G recent speech IN Con.
gress, by the Hon. Joseph KanG of OFeIon.
he related the following incideaG which -
CURED in the Indian war Of Oreeonl -, ste,2
While in Oregon last summer, ] took ocaar
sion to inquire Of the chief; who was mslnIv
instrumental in getting up this war, to Ie9ttS
the particulars Of the fato Of some az our ~
pie who disappear ed in the war of 1o0kiSnA
OF whom we had been able to learn nolkInR.
When suggested to the agent in the conn
cll, that proposed to inquire into the fSco az
Mrs. Wagner, Mrs Haynes, and Others. ka
was inclined to think it would raise the haoaet
feelings of the Indians, but said that We coNItf
make the inquiry. ] told him that I "a
passed through the country where thssa ansS
pie had lived, and that their friends wrN
very anxious to learn their fate. We inquired
in relation to Mrs. Wagner, who was 4 wen
educated and handsome woman from NsR
York, who had lived long in the country: inA
spoke the Indian tongue huentlY.
She kept public house by the rnAdrs6a.
and the good cheer which she always fhrtna1'Ie
ed made it place where travellers dslluAIIa
to stop. The Indians informed us tASt ~
the morning Of the 9th of October, theY caas
in sight Of the house, where they nHSp - ~
tcamsters and packers, portion of. -
they murdered, destroying the was5as "a
cargoes, as we'll as the animals, wins ~ ~
standing in the door. r.; r'f.a,Nl k!ilsas
As soon as they had mGrdttsa - II
outside, they came tOwaFSla the haesa s1
was strongly built of hewn lo9n - =
heavy door, which fastened with cs,s ~.
When she saw them running ts
house she shut the dOOlra6d thy
to come out, and bring her ,liGilS "a -,
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

-A-040-S-
YANKEE CoURrsHIP.-"G Get eOut, you nasty
puppy let me alone, or I'll tell your ma
cried out Sally, to her lover Jake,
who sat about ten feet from her, pulling dirt
from the chimney jam.
~ arn't touchin' you, Sal, " responded
Jake.
We'll, perhaps you don't mean to. nuther
do your"
"No, don't"
"Causc you're too darned, long-legged; Ian
termed jawed, slab.sided pigeon toed, lubcr-
headed, gangle-kneed owl, y0n--yOu amt got
tarnal bit o sense; get along home with
you'll!
" Now, Sal, love you, and you, cant
help it, and if you don't let me stay and
court you, my daddy will sue yOur'n for thai
COW he sold him tOther day. By jingO, ht
said he'd do it"
"Well, look here, Jake--if you want to
court mc, you'd better do il as white man
does that thing--nOt set of there, AZ If you
thO't was pizen.
"How on airth is that, Salt"
"Why slide right up here, and hug and
kiss me, as If you really had some Of the bone
and sinner Of a man about your Do you
'Spose a wOman's only made to look at, you
stupid feol, you No they're made for prac-
tical results, as Kossuth says--tO hug and
kiss and Sich like.
"Well, said Jake, taking long breath,
"if must, must, for love you Sal, "and
so Jake, commenced sliding up to her, like a
maple poker going to BATTLE. Laying his
arm gently on Sails shoulder, VIC thought we
heard Sal say:
That's the way to do II, old hoss-that's
acting like white man Orter. .e
"Oh, Jerusalem and pancakes, exclaimed
Jake, ifthis arn't better than any appleSass
ever marin made, a sdarned sight, Crack
e.c buckwheat cakes, slap jacks, and 'lasses
amt nowhere longside O'you, Sal Oh, hos,
love you'll" Here their lips came together
and the report that followed was like drawing
horses lloof out of the mire.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

Inventors rarely fail Of their reward. Jen.
kiRs invented new style Of lock picker, anG
was re~arded by situation In the. Jail for Z
couple Of years.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

"Sir, said IN irascible man to his OppO-
ncnt believe you are either deist or an
atheist, I" Wrong, sir, " was the rejOindsE;
slam . dentist This was throwing cha
thing right into his teeth. -.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

An editor in Iowa has become 90 hollow
from depending upon the printing business
alone for bread that he proposes to sell him
self for stOve-pipe, at three cents . foot
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son PAINTING.

ne MoeuTAin DuaOcaAS Book and job Printing Once
a he oss eempies 0stabshment Of the kind in the Mines
Shl slWays ssppsA with the beSs material to D. had In
YaIphiets PoSsTs MandbEs Ball Tiekets, Programmes,
CeTtinsates u Sect DepOss Cheete, BIZ Heads Re
espts carda &c. In the bsSt Ay!s 0' 'ne an ana ~ ne
HoA reasonable pricss, FOR CASH:
H~ LEGAL AND OTlIR gLANKS pEtnesd' 70 Or Ier'
Win aeaanass end dispatch.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

The Mayor Of an EngIish city put forth an
advertisement previous to the races that
no gentleman will be allowed to ride on the
course except tie horses that are to run. -"
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

Said an English gentleman to his footman
"What's all that noise in the strcct?" "Och
nothing, sir; they're only forcing q man te
volunteer.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

Horace Walp"le tells story of Lord Nay
or Of London, in his time. who, having heard
that friend bad had the sWall.pox twics, aud
died Of Il, inquired if be died the Arst time o.
the second
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

our boy Hans l''------- ----
"Can't say do"
"Well, will tell you. Der reason we call
our boy Hans-it ish his name I"
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

The folOwIr lines composed By Miss Townsend Of
PhiIadephIa, after hearing Edgar A. Pos Raven" read
Her stu on Of blindness and entire heIplessneps
tOuehlngy alluded to- and the contrast In the Sp Of the
tWo atnaI In
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

Which are the most egotistic&l lettersH The
Ia Which the most industrious9 The BA
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

The son Of fond father, when going to war,
promised to bring home the head Of one Of tho
enemy. His parent replied, ~ should be
glad TO see you come home without head,
provided you come safe.
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Mountain 9tutOtrat
I, ,-AisA svOry Saturday. 81 he oAes colOna g.,
P1acsTvins, ~
GELWICKS & JANUARY,
p. ", 0ELwIcKs, wX. A. JANUARY.
AAV0RnkN1mR.

One square, i0nes 6rS insertion o3eAeh sub 'eQuent
inSSToe q So Business CaFds Of ten lines less,
.V0ae, o1S ehTee @snths, elO.
SsTai descent vii b made on ths above rates, TOR
I'll yOaRiy ssA quarterly SAvsSs~sAss which exceed one
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

To what eye is everything invisible! 10th,
eve Of Q rotate, ---
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.%cOnnsiSi in, litfa shild .IA
s.ta. ss The shark said. wheH q
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07
PATENT MEDICINES -!
PETIT & CHOATE
a & III N II -
FOR ALL THE LEADING
FAMILY MEDICINES

Is 44Mx4A& &AA1@ANb4GNG GsS0
OF thu Day, sairs the doaen single
package,
HAt the Lowest Prices !%
= ID Dr.. TOwResndS ssTsapa: Oxygsn.ted BitteTsi
8. P. Tovnssnds do: RchsrdsOn'S do:
Sands do; Blske's do
Shakers do; Ai0natts do;
Guysutt's do Davis Pain Killer;
Buli's do Browns Essence Of Ginger
IIibbard's do; O,gOOd'S ChOlsEOGut;
HVstts life BaIsAm; Jones' American do:
sttsnsth:pinS P,...srs; oiSTMANTs ASp IiSi!
PILLS-1S kinds; MENTS-eU kinds.
FOR COU0HSA AND COLDS.
wiStaT'S BaISam wild Cherry Cod Liver OH;
Aysrs CheFr- PeetOrAI; IRVINE. Pitch LOEenEes;
Jayns's ExpeetoraDt; 'keatingS LoHengeS, &C.. &c
FOR DISEASED EYES:
Thompson's bye Water; Gr~d.nherE Eye Lotion;
Roman Eye DsIsAm; iTrask's Eye 0slve. &c.
FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES:
Thorn. EE,rAc, Of COpAba "r-eS InvigOranE Cordial
and s.rsapArllA; Chnpmanb Mixture, &c.
T;:5:. hst.s' i:;% Cor,
Gslatins CapaueS; dial;
IIuntsrs E1sdieator;. Spanish Mixture;
REMEDIES
For Every Disc ase,
-Ar THE
MINERS DRUG STORE.
%TRUssEs.
SupporSers, Breast EamTp-. NursI"G BOssles,
&C., ~. Fer Sale At the
MINERS DRUG STORE.
NOSS-
PURE
Wines AND Brandy,
For Medicinal PuFposes,-at the
MINERcf hRI:G CTORE
A Full Assortment
-OP-
Jayne's and the Gr@ffenberg
MEDICINES,
At the MINERS DRUG STORE
The M0st -" i'"Gc
European, Asiatic and American
T perfumes, -6n
And Large Assortment Of
Fancy Articles,
ConsiSsInT In part Of
Variety Of CoioGnes; Chalk Rails;
Lubin'S Extracts; Vinegar Rouge;
' Soaps; Thea d.;
Ray Rum: Nail ''ruShes;
Brown Windsnv Soap; Hair SrnShrG;
Military soaps, AsSd; Tooth Powders;
Jones' Chemical Soaps: Toilet Bottles;
balm Of Thousand Flowers; Powder Puns:
Pomades; RAsors, eleeant article;
CosmetiQueS: RaEoT etropS, &C., &C.,
PiAh 6aUeeFS
Bor Sale VERY CHEAP, at the
MINERS DRUG STORE.
oxa
FOR THE HAIR:
JAynes Hair Tonic; Eau Lusirule;
Louden's Hair Tonic; Spanish l.uatrA
Jones Coral Hair Restora- RArIy's Tricopherous;
tive: Lyons KathAron;
Rose Hair Oil; lIurd's G"ldrn Gloss;
Dcgv's Hyperion Fluid; BaEin's Bachelors, Bohemi.
Genuine Bears Oil; All and Italian IAr Dyes,
For sale At the
MINERS DRUG STORE.
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DOYs CLOTHING, ehIrts Hats, Doots anA sAoss Of al
Id deseEptloaA. Just received by
MARK LEvIsoN.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07

VIOIy
Had It bit his knee instead Of his shield,
the,rhyme would have been much better, but
his knee might have been worse.
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TERMS --$l.25 FER ANNUM.

fish where he resides, it permits me also;
but should he visit me here in Potter Co.,
where fish are so abundant in our streams,
| must caution him not to amuse himself
for an hour by fishing, lest he violate the
statute; but if he is keen for the sport,
he may walk with, and see me, one of
the resident sovereig"s, pull 'em out -
Surely, this is liberty and equality.
In your issue of May 20, one of your
correspondents, ("J, S. Nd writing
from New York, after having heard the
great Ii. Ward Beecher preach, in con-
cluding his comments on the eloquent
sermon he had heard, made the noble Of
fer to pay the expenses of the Rev. gen.
tleman's trip, if he could only be induced
to come to CouderSport and deliver a SER
mon. The offer was a generous one, and
was no doubt prompted by the truly
christian desire to do good to others. I
mention this because ~. S. NJ" could
not have known when he was writing
from \. T., that H. ". Bcecher intended
to be in Coudersport this summer on his
way to Mr.. Carson's, in Sylvania, where
he had promised to amuse himself for
few days III company with Professor Ray
mond, Of Brooklyn, his near neighbor,
and one of his most intimate friends
And once here, and knowing how
highly and sincerely be is esteemed by
the people Of this county, have no doubt
of his being easily induced to speak to us.
But if he hears, as doubtless he will, of
the arrest Of the men for fishing in Syl-
vania, it is probable he will not come, and
If he does, his friends must caution him
not to indul ge in the innocent amusement
of trout fishing, lest he violate the stat
ute and be arrested to pay the penalty,
because every person knows where I've
lives.
In conclusion, I would ask: Is such q
law as this relative to fishing, calculated
in the end to be beneficial or injurious to
the interests ofthe people of this county?
If the former, then let some one "learned
in the law" set forth the wherefore. IF
the latter, then let immediate steps be
taken to have the law repealed.
SYLVAN.
SYLvANIA, Pa, June 25, 1858.
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Communication.
PiScatOriaI Reflections
For the Potter Journal.

For the Potter Journal.
If there is any season of recreation
or rest from the tolls and cares of busi-
ness, for mankind of cities and towns, it
has surely arrived now. Leigh Hunt
says: "Eyerybody delights in being indo-
lent, or in fancying that he shall have a
right to be so some day or other"
Who that has ever doffed his business
coat for week in the hot summer and
fed into the cool, quiet shades of the
country, where, without fear of offending
against the stiff conventional forms and
ceremonies of society in the world, he
has, to use vulgar phrase, 'laid around
loose" and enjoyed, to full contentment,
the beauties of nature in its rustic SIM
plicity-has ever regretted it, or looked
back to such weeks quiet happiness
without heaving longing sigh? Who
does not desire occasionally
"To see the pleasant fields, the crystal foun-
tains,
And breathe the soft sweet air amongst the
mountains 2"
An old author describing the beauties
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From the Neac York illustrated News.
SPRING CONCERT.
BY MRS. L. H. sIGoURNEY.

BY MRS. l. II. SlGOCRSEY.
There's concert, concert of gladness and
glee,
The programme is rich, and the tickets are
free
In grand, vaulted hall, where there's room
and to spare,
With no gas-Hghts to eat up the oxygen there.
The musicians excel in their wonderful art,
They have compass Of voice, and the gamut
by heart;
They travelled abroad in the winter recess,
And sang to vast crowds with unbounded
success,
And now It's favor and privilege rare
Their arrival to hail, and their melodies share
These exquisite minstrels fashion have set
Which they hope you'll comply with and may
not regret:
They don't keep late hours for they've always
been told
'Twould injure their voices, and make them
grow old.
They invite you to come, if you have fine ear,
To the garden or grove, their rehearsals to
hear
Their chorus is full ere the sunbeam is born,
Their music the sweetest at breaking of morn !;
1t was learned at heavens gate, with its
rapturous lays,
And may teach you, perchance, its own spirit
of praise.
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1T, POTTER COUNTY, PA, THURSDAY, JULY Is, 1853

The water is several feet deep in the stores
on what was once the main business street
in st. Louis, the street navigated by boats,
the steamboats, looking down on the houses
and unable to land their freight. I heard
a gentleman from Louisiana on the boat
| came up on, say, that every plantation
from New Orleans to the Balize was un-
der water. People who had two story
houses were living in the second stories,
and the rest had gone off in boats, saving
only the people, for nothing else could be
saved. The cattle and horses stood and
drowned for acant of land to goto. Yes
terday steamer from St. Louis went down
and carried up to the city, the inhabitants
of village below, every house of which
was inundated. The water is running in
to the stores on 2nd street in Alton.
Both of these cities lie mostly so high
that it would take Noahcian Deluge to
food them; but the river streets suffer
| saw grove of young cotton woods md
fields of corn and potatoes washing away
as came up. The food is now nearly
up to the climax of the past-the high
water mark of 1914. The people here
believe that these deluges occur in peri
DDS of seven years, the three last noticed
being those of A 81, and this one in So
| found the same general belief in a peri
Odicity of high waters in the lakes, when
| was in the region Of them. I will try
hereafter to hunt up reliable statistics, if
there are any, on the subject. I have
got off any subject, and out of Egypt, so
will close, and next time write of some
thing pleasanter. LIB.
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p E 4 D AND REF L &C T
A Short Patent Sermon.
BT DOW, JUN.

Ny DEAR FRIENDs.-The debt that
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tal-provided he has one-is the debt due
the printer. 1t presses harder on ones
bosom than the nightmare, gals the soul,
frets and cbates every enobling sentiment,
squeezes all the juice OF fraternal sympathy
from the heart, and leaves it drier than
the surface of roasted potato. A man
who wrongs the printer out of a single
red cent can never expect to enjoy tho
comforts of this world, and may we'll have
doubts of finding happiness in any other.
Oh, you ungrateful sinners! If you
have hearts moistened with the dew of
mercy, instead of gizzards filed with
gravel, take heed what say unto you.
If there be one among you in this con-
gregatiou who has not settled his account
with the printer, 90 and adjust it imme-
diately, and be able to hold up your heads
in society like girafe-be respected by
the wise and goOd-free from torture Of
a guilty conscience, the modification of
repeated duns, and escape from falling
into the clutches of lawyers, which is one
and the same thing. If you are honest
and honorable men, you will go forthwith
and pay the printer.
You will not go tomorrow, because
there is no tomorrow it is a visionary re-
ceptacle for unredeemed promises-an
added egg in the great nest of the fu-
ture-the debtors hope, the creditors
curse. If you are dishonest, low minded
sons of Satan, don't suppose you will
pay the printer, as you have no reputa-
ton to lose, no character to sustain, no
morals to cultivate. But let me tell YOU,
my dear friends, that if you don't do it,
your path to the toomb will be strewn
with thorns; your will have to gather your
food from brambles your children will
die of dysentery; yourselves never enjoy
the blessings of health.
| once called upon a sick person whom
the doctors had given up as a gone case.
| asked him if lie had made his peace with
his Maker? He said he thought he had
squared up. inquired If he had forgiv-
Ell his enemies. He replied, yes then
asked him if he had paid the printer?
He hesitated moment, and then said he
believed he owed him about two dollars
and fifty cents, which he desired to be
paid before he bid goodbye to the world.
His desire was Immediately gratifed, aud
he from that moment became GONZALES
cent. He is now living in the enjoyment
of good health and prosperity; at peace
with his conscience, his God, and the
world Let him be an example for you,
my friends. Patronize the printer, take
the Potter Journal and pay for it in ad-
vance, and your days will be long on the
earth, and oVerfowing with the honey of
happiness.