The Nevada journal., 1858-10-29
Scraps from Prentice.

ocratic party. Why we suppose, that,
if we should break in, he could, like the
smallpox OF the measles, break out.
The Cairo Times says that large
district of Cairo is "still overfowed and
entirely useless to the owners" We
presume that it has been permanently
reclaimed by the Mississippi.
A skillful worker III wood, whose
name we have mislaid, has sent us the
figures of two little children beautifully
carved. We thank him for these babes
an tile aoood.
Mr.. Orr, of Sonth Carolina, processes
a sincere desire to unite the North and
| the south. DIR is not likely disjoin
them. "Or is a distinctive conjunc-
tion."
| A Tennessee editor says that we are
"barefaced." That's just as we ought
to be. A handsome young fellow like
us had better go with his face bare than
wear mask.
A Douglas correspondent of an Illinois
paper says that Mr.. Douglas is "bright
light and not gas-light either AS he
is decidedly aoicked, we suppose we may
consider linn candle.
1t is said that thirty thousand dollars
are still due to the crew of the Niagara.
They have finished the paying out of
the cable, and are awaiting for the pay
ing out of the money.
A Chicago paper says that "Mr. Doug
las policy is very. strong one.' lthas
always been doubled and twisted.
At ST. Paul's few days ago one Jas
Buchanan was badly whipped-but not
the right one.
The Charleston Patriot Of the 4th
inst, mentions four suicides in South
Carolina. Suicide is. of course, very
wrong generally, but we are half in
clined to think that . is less crime in
the South Carolinians than in any other
people on earth outside of Ireland
Where there is no other virtue, perhaps
suicide is one.
The Tuscaloosa girls must be "hard
up" for husbands. We see that three
of them have just married South Caro-
iinians.
Parson Brownlow is now having a
discussion of slavery with the Rev. Mr..
Pryne, and we see that Mr.. Brown
has challenged him to another. We
Judge from the language of the challenge
that, if it were accepted, the contest
| L. lot, L.
Brown.
A respec able German woman in New
Orleans has just buried her fifth hus-
/ and. No one of them lived a year in
wedlock with her.-ErcAange.
Ho! We fire-eatefs Ye call your
selves the bravest of the brave Yc
pretend to WOO danger. Ye profess not
to shrek from mortal peril. Ye talk of
rushing to meet destruction face to face
I in all his ways. And now which of you
all will dare to be the sixth husband of
that respectable German woman in
New Orleans 2"
The editor of the Henderson Com
merc,M asks if some Of the sportsmen
won't give him "smell of Green river
bass" If "smelP' is what he wants,
they had better send him some week
out of the water.
We see some discussion as to the
name by which the wire upon the bed
of the Atlantic should be called TIE
word cable is thought Inappropriate
Suppose we call it the Atlantic bed
cord.
Pierre Soule has been taking a circu-
lar tour round the country, from New
Orleans to New York, with no Osteud-
sible object, but he may be arranging
another Central American conquest with
General Walker, just to keep their
hands in practice until the Cuban pear
is ripe enough to fall.
1t is observable that dogs always
turn round and round several times be-
fore they lie down to sleep. We judge
from certain symptoms that the Buchan-
an administration is getting sleepy.
A young couple passed rapidly through
Maysville the other day on their way to
get married The indignant old folks
were full three hours behind So the
adventurous young couple had what
might be considered fair start in the
world.
The telegraph announces that the
Democrats of the sixteenth Congression-
al district in Pennsylvania, now repre-
sented by Mr.. Able, have good deal of
difficulty in selecting candidate. The
Convention, we believe, is anxious to
effect nomination to-day, but it will
probably not be Able.
A Democratic pape in Virginia charges
that "Mr. Buchanan has played his
game badly" He has had to make use
of very miserable set of creatures in
playing It. Not even an old blackleg
could play with such pack.
There are said to be numerous young
girls in the streets of ST. Louis stealing
whatever trifes they can lay their hands
on-petty thieves in pettycoats.