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DEEP SEA SoUNDNGs.-Some persons are sur
prised at a statement that the waters upon the
telegraphic plateau between Trinity and Valen-
tia Bays is from two to three miles deep in its
deepest parts, having been told that there it is
comparatively shallow A comparison of deep
sea soundings will show that the idea of its
shallowness is correct, when measured by the
almost incredible abysses to which the plummet
has been sent. Lieut.. Bergman, in 1858, made
sounding in the Atlantic ocean 5000 feet in
DEPTH equal to little over y miles and Capt.
Denham, of the British Navy, has obtained
soundings at the vast depth of 1926 feet, or
81 English miles. The highest mountains upon
the globe might be hurled into these immense
chasms, and still leave a vast ocean above their
talest peaks. The giant Himalays, that overtop
all other mountains, would be swallowed as
easily as the Alps. The highest peak of the
chain is only 2s,l78 feet above the sea level.
and its summit might be submerged about three
miles at the point of Captain Denham's deepest
soundings.
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The September Gale.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
I'm not a chicken l have seen

I'm not chicken; have seen
Full many chill September,
And though / was youngster then,
That gale well remember
The day before, my kite string snapped,
And /, my kite pursuing,
The wind whisked off my paln1-leaf hat =
For me two storms we're brewingl
n came as quarrels sometimes do,
When married folks get clashing;
There was heavy sigh or two,
Before the fire was flashing
A little stir among the clouds,
Before they rent asunder,C
A little rocking of the trees,
And then came on the thunder.
Lord how the ponds and rivers boiled,
And how the shingles rattled
And oaks were scattered on the ground
As if the Titans tattled;
And all above was in howl,
And all below clatter,-
The earth was like frying-pan,
Or some such Kissing matter.
1t chanced to be our washing day
And all our things were drying;
The storm came roaring through the lines
And set them all flying;
/ saw the shirts and petticoats
Go riding off like witches;
lost, ah bitterly | wept,-
| lost my Sunday breechesl
I saw them straddling through the air,
Alasl too late to win them
! saw them chase the clouds as if
The devil had been in them;
They were my darlings and my pride,
My boyhood's only riches
farewell, farewell" l family cried,-
"My breeches Omy breechesP
That night | saw them in my dreams,
How changed from what | knew them
The dews had stepped their faded threads,
The winds had whistled through them
! saw the wide and ghastly rents
Where demon claws had torn them;
A hole was in their amplest part,
As if an imp had worn them.
have had many happy years.
And tailors kind and clever,
But those young pantaloons have gone
Forever and forever
And not till fate has cut the last
OF all my earthly stitches,
This aching heart shall cease to mourn
My loved, my long-lost breechesl
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History of Life.
BY BARRY CORNWALL.

Day dawned. Within the curtained room,
Filled to faintness with perfume,
A lady lay at point of doom.
Day closed. A child had seen the light:
But for the lady fair and bright
She rested in undreaming night.
Spring came. The lady's grave was green
And near it oftentimes was seen
A gentle boy, with Thoughtful mein.
Years fed. He wore manly face
And struggled in the worlds rough race,
And won, at last, a lofty place.
And then he died. Behold before We,
Humanity's brief sum and story
Life, Death, aud all there is of-GLoRy.
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VICTORIA AND HER DAUGHTER.-The Boston
Post is responsible for the following:
I" We are sorry to say tive do not wish to
say it-but must, as faithful chroniclers, say il
namely Victoria's daughter, Mrs. Princess Of
Prussia, quarrels with her husband or, Mr.
Prince OF Prussia quarrels with Mrs. Princess
that is, they do not think alike, and Mrs. Vic
toria is with the happy pair trying to tie the
true lovers knot little tighter. The story thai
the young princess actually elected the young
prince from the nuptual couch by placing hel
royal little feet against his highness' ribs, and
then suddenly extending her royal curved organ;
of locomotion into a bee line, is doubted by
Prussian engineers"
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The Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps

Is consequently in great demand by persons
travelling or about to settle in new parts of the
country especially, as well as by many in every
community, where it has become known, on
account of its various other remedial properties
In all cases of a Dropsical tendency, it is gen.
orally the only remedy required, when adopted
in the early stage of the disease.
In dyspepsia maladies, when taken in proper
quantities, as a diet drink, and especially at
dinner, it is found, by uniform experience, to be
emnently efiicacious in the most obstinate cases,
when even the best of the usual remedies have
failed to afford more than temporary relief In
cases of Flatulency, it is an immediate and in
variable specific, and it may be administered in
diluted and proportionate quantities, even to
YOUNG INFANTS, in all those paroxysms of grip
ing pain in the stomach and bowels to which
they are especially subject, as well as in the
collie of grown persons.
Its judicious adoption in connection with the
principal meals, or when sense of exhaustion
dictates its use, never fails To relieve the debili-
ty attendant upon protracted chronic maladies,
low temperament and exhausted vital energy, by
whatever cause induced. These are facts to
which many of the most eminent medical men,
both in England and the United States, have
borne testimony, and which are corroborated by
the highest written authorities.
Put up in quart and pint bottles, in cases of
one dozen, with my name on the bottles, cork,
and fac-simile of my signature on the label.
For sale by all the respectable Druggists and
Liquor Dealers in California and Oregon.
UPOLPH0 WOLFE Sole Importer,
% Beaver street, New York.
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FOR RENT.

o. THE LIGHT AND COMMODIOUS
ltd Fire Proof Brick Store, next door to
I'LL Stevenson Il Co., and now occupied by
Hoffman as family grocery, Is offered for rent
on reasonable terms, For particulars enquire Of
DR.. ROETHE.
City Drug Store, Main st,
Shasta, Dec. IL, 1857. deoI2tf
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nSz- Geo. D. Prentice the best of all squib-

B9S- Geo. D. Prentice, the best of all squib-
lists, recently let off the following:
{" A Northern editor, retorting on an adversa-
ry, says: Now, this is matter of taste-or,
rather, of common decency-something Nth chich
ace hare nothing TO do
A friend of ours, the other night, discovered
a fellow stealing COAL The thief, observing our
friend, but thinking himself unob7erved, stole
array"
The editor of the Southern Mercury gives his
experience of an hour in the Penitentiary.'-
Pity it hadn't been a year.
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HAPPINESS EVER R-DIsTAST--Youth beholds
happiness cleaning in the prospect. Age looks
back on the happiness of youth and, instead of
hopes, seeks its enjoyment in the recollections
of hopes. Thus happiness ever resides in the
CoEsrtdqe
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RS5~ How eloquent the old, homely word
Fall The flowers fall in the garden, the fruits
fall in the orchards, the nuts fall in the woods,
the stars fall from the sky, the rain falls from the
clouds, the mercury falls in the tubes, the leaves
fall everywhere, and man falls into eternity
Man falls into eternity p Nay, that is not
the true idea. There is no exultation in it
Upborne by angels wings he scars into eternity.
q Fall " is not the word
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BIvALvULAR PUNCH BowLs.-The bark Storm
Bird, Capt. Gerard, which arrived yesterday from
Batavia, says the Alta, brought pair of oyster
shells of such extraordinary size as to convince
the most skeptical that they once were tenanted
by the father of all bivaves. Each weighs two
hundred and seventy-fve pounds and either will
hold five gallons of water. What magnificent
punch bowls these 'shells ofocean' would make
for the Boniface of some metropolitan hotel
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EMPTY MINDs.-Some men do wisely to coun-
terfeit a reservedness-to keep their chests al
ways locked-not from fear any one should steal
treasure thence, but lest some one should look
in, and see that there was nothing within them.
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CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.

London Cordial Gin,
Club House Gm
Schiedam Schnapps.
dedicated Schnapps,
Royal Schnapps,
&C., &C., &c.
Under the above and similar titles, the liquor
mixers of this city are bottling large quantities
of adulterated, unwhoesome trash, costing but
little, on which they hope to realize large profits
by selling in California.
Avoid all compounds. Some are SO skillfully
prepared as to pass for good Liquor, except with
the best judges. If you would be safe, use only
the long established, renowned genuine Wolte's
SchiedaDa aromatic Scbnapps
UDoLPHO WOLFE, Sole Importer,
augl4-6m 22 Beaver street, New York.
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THE LONG PATH.-Oliver Wendell Holmes,
author of the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,
in the Atlantic Monthly Magazine, closes one of
his talks with the following strikingly original
and beautiful incident
" 1t was on the Common that were walk
ing. The mall, or Boulevard of our Common, as
you know, has various branches leading from
it in different directions. One of these runs
downward from opposite Joy street. southwark,
across the whole length of the Common, to Boyl-
ston street. We called it the Long PATH and
were fond of it.
" | felt very weak, indeed, Though of toer-
ably robust habit as we came opposite the head
of this path, on that morning. | think tried
to speak twice, without making myself distinctly
audible. At last got out the question Will
you take the Long Path with me2' Certainly,
| said the Schoolmistress, with much pleasure.
| Think said, before you answer. If you take
the Long Path with me now, shall interpret il
that we are to part no more 7 The Schoomis-
tress stepped back, with a sudden movement, as
if an arrow had struck her.
"One of the long granite blocks, used as
seats, was hard by; the one you may still see
close by the Ginko tree. Pray, sit down.,
said. No, no., she answered, softly; Il viii
walk the Long Path with your
The old gentleman who sits opposite met US
walking, arm in arm, about the middle of the
Long Path, and said, very charmingly: Good
morning, my dearsp"
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Bs5@ The Washington Union boasts that our
government " carries its head high" 0 yes, the
deeper it is in debt and bankruptcy, the higher
is its head and the more it 1aunts itself. Per-
haps, reader, you have heard of the lady who
dismissed a humble servant girl and meeting
her few months afterwards, expressed aston
ishment at the gaudiness and extravaganza Of
her dress d" La mistress" said the girl, "don't
you know have been ruined since left your?
-L0uisrNLe Journal.
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BITING WEArHER.-The Crockett Printer says
that the hot weather is improving the move
ments of lazy negroes, in Texas. One of the
LATEST crossed the sandy street the other day on
a run, exclaiming: Fore de Lor', de groun' so
warm he bite dis nigger's foot clean trough"
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JUST RECEIVED.

A L A R GE AND EXTENSIVE ASSORT.
L 4 ment of very fine white and blue
BILL HEAD AND WAY.BILL PAPER
We are now prepared to do this style of print.
ing in a neat and expeditions manner, and 9
San Francisco Prices,
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BsS- 0fthe 4s Senators who took their seats
In the Eighteenth Congress in 1928, but two
survive, viz: Martin Van Buren,, of New York,
and John Branch, of North Carolina. Both of
these gentlemen, it will be recollected, were
members Of Gen. Jackson's first Cabinet.
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III Through every part of my literary ca
reer, have felt pinched and hampered at my
own ignorance" This candid, and rather sad
confession Sir Walter Scott, in his biography,
is one of those rare examples of honest self-hu-
initiation, which might be initiated with profit
by thousands of later authnrs
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LORD PALMERsToN TURNED EDIToR.-lt is an
nounced by the British journals that Lord Pal
merston has become the sole proprietor and
principal editor of the London Morning Post.
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PIcTURE.-One day this week, as we were
passing along our main street, our attention was
called to a mechanic busy at his labor, working
with zest that betokened his willingness to
earn his bread by the sweat of his brow But
it was not the man alone that most attracted US;
for, kneeling before him, with his elbows on a
stool, was boy of some seven summers, intent
ly coming over book. Anon, the man would
pause, with hammer upraised, to give the boy
some desired information or to correct some err
ror in his pronunciation, and again would fall
the ready implement with its wonted celerity.-
We stopped but moment to admire the ta5leau,
and then, if ever, wished to be painter, to
linn the interesting group. What train of
thought the scene started on the minds grand
track l-of the nobleness of honest labor of pa
rental pride and perseverance of that desire to
knop which allies man to his Maker. Mechan-
les, laboring men, it is with you TO rear your
children to be kings and queens in the far
reaching world of mind. Will you do it?-
AmadOr Ledger.
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EIF Women are true to one another in al
things but babies, and there, it must be confes
sed, they do flatter eacA other little.
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Will You Read This.

That the times are hard there is no disputing.
And to convince the most skeptica that money
is scarce, needs only to peep into TILL which,
for months past, has been empty as the stomach
of a church mouse. Now we are greatly in
want ofa few dimes, but not being of very san
guine temperament, we don't expect to get them
There are scores of people owing us from one to
two hundred dollars each. We cannot like
other people lay up during the pressure, and
thus curtail expenses, no ace can't suspend |
(for the reason it's rather difficult to owe any
body enough to make it an object.) We must
work day and night for these same people-get
scarcely a moments respite from toll, yet it
seems as if it were all for naught. A de-, --ar
is turned to our entreaties for pay. If money
cannot be got for GoD's sake: friends don't let
us starve, or freeze to DEATH We are hungry,
and cold, and naked-almost We want wheat,
flour, pork, ham, eggs, beet, lard potatoes, but
ter, cheese wood, clothes, groceries, money
&c, &c. Bring 'em along, and remember that
procrastination in this case may prove fatal
Exchange.
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THE GOLDEN PRIZE

TNHE NEW YORK WEEKLY GOLDEN
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A Gift rorth from so cents to $500 90 IN Gold,
,c1 be presented to each subscriber Immediately up
on receipt of the subscription money.
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R2F Some writer says that the word "would,
in Rufus Choate's handwriting, resembles &
small gridiron struck by lightning
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BB- When man is always sneering and
saying derogatory things of woman, it is sure
sign that be has always associated with the
most depraded of her sex
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Er Every rose has its thorns. never help
ed to shawl the flower of ballroom without
being convinced by painful evidence that she
had a pin about her.
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Bay- The corporation authorities of the town
of Columbia Pa, have sued a newspaper editor
for libel, in announcing in his paper that the
people of the town were afflicted with the itch.
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u ID o l. II HI w o L # Il s
S C. I'll n A p p S.

A MEDICINAL DRINK of eminenty salutary
n qualities, manufactured by himself exclu-
siyely, at his factory at Schiedam, in Holland,
and well known during the last twelve years
throughout all the Atlantic and Western States.
1t is made from the best barley that can be
selected in Europe, with the essence of an aro-
matte Italian berry, of acknowledged and ex-
traordinary medicinal properties. 1t has long
since acquired higher reputation, both in
Europe and America, than any other diuretic
beverages
Analyzed, it is perfectly pure Liquor, in its
effects mild and wholesome tonic. 1t is ex-
tensively used and approved by the medical fac
ulty, the temperance people, heads of families,
&c.
In Gravel, Gout and Rheumatism, in obstruc-
tons of the Bladder and Kidneys and in Gen
eral Debility, its effects are prompt, decided and
invariably reliable; and it is not only a remedy
for these maladies, but in all cases where they
are produced by drinking bad water, which is
almost universally the cause of them, it acts as
sure preUentire.
For Fever and Ague it is one of the most ef-
fcacious preventives that can be resorted to-
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HS+ DR.. Mackenzie says that wilkins Micaw-
Der, IN Dapid Copperfeid, is very strongly
drawn caricature of Dickens own father.
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Bar Music is the art of prophets; it is the
only art which can calm the agitation of the
soul, and put the devil to aight.-Martia Luther.
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The fearful comet of tremendous size
Now making tracks through our northern
skies"
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BsE- The earth has been quaking recently at
San Francisco and San Jose-supposed from
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nSs- Among the epitaphs to be found in the
burying ground in Ridnge, N. H., is the follow
ing
This bed is cold but, oh | love it,
For colder were nv friends above it
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NEW BODEGA ONIONS, in store and for
Y sale by au2ltf N. S. ARNOLD,
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An Interesting Discovery.

We see it stated upon what may be consider
ed reliable authority, that 80 900 Christians have
recently been found upon an island north of
Celebes. 1t has been rumored for time that
there was Christian people, forgotten and for
saken, which. however, yet possessed three BIZ
bles and continued steadfast in their faith
When missioners first landed on this island, they
met with school teacher and his pupils, who re-
peated in the Malayan tongue.-"As the heart
panteth after the waterbrooks so panteth my
soul after Thee, Lord" No bibles were found,
but the most precious promises of the Bible
written upon the bark of trees. They knew the
Apostles Greed, and the Heidelberg Catechism,
and had Christian customs. Twenty churches
and schools yet existed. Through the instru-
mentality of pastor Heldrng, founder of the
Magdalen Asylum at Steenbeck, and chief patron
of Inner Missions in Holland, four missionaries,
who had been educated under the venerable
Gossner, were sent out, and 5000 persons bap-
tzed.
This is certainly most interesting discovery.
The island on which these Christians were found
belongs to the East Indian Archipelago. The
Dutch have for years had political rule in this
region. This may account for the original in
PRODUCTION of Christianity amongst this people,
and for the fact that the Heidelberg Catechism
was still found in their possession But still the
particular tine and circumstances in which this
introduction took place may well challenge
special attention, and elicit investigation from
those who have the leisure and facilities for pro-
scouting it-Germdn Messeaqer
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a MODEL JusTIcE.-In Big Bar Township there
was elected last year to the high position of
Justice OF the Peace, as whole-souled and fine a
man as ever gave dignity to the judiciary. He
had no pride of position about him, and the
honors OF his new station sat so lightly upon his
brow, that his executive character was often
forgotten in the feelings of the man. On one
occasion, soon after his election, dispute arose
between two men which threatened to lead to
blows. Our Esquire, whom we will call Jack
son, stepped up with view to peace making,
when one of the parties, taking umbrage at his
interference, insulted him. Now j., in physical
prowess, is very Vulcan, and in an instant a
blow from his brawny arm had capsized the fell
low and placed some fifteen feet of space between
them. Suddenly recollecting himself he walk
ed mp to, and standing over the PROSTATE man,
said, 'Now, you white-livered upstart, but for
the position 1 occupy, would maui blue blazes
out of you'll Get up and take drink, and il
ever | hear of yeu getting into another row,
will fine you till you can't restF' The poor fellow
drank with the Squire, and since then has been
peaceable man. Jack. was this year reelected.
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Dome THE PRIEsT.-An Irishman made a
sudden rush into druggists shop, took from
his pocket soda-water bottle, filed to the brim
with some pure liquor, and handing it across
,ne counter, exclaimed: There, DOCTOR snuff
tnat, viii you ?" The doctor did as he was di-
iec'ea; and pronounced the liquor to be genu-
ine WHISKY. Thank you, DOCTOR" said the
IT., arlsnman " hand it me again, if you Place
.e doctor again did as directed, and asked
.;m Via ne meant "0ch, thin,n said Pat, " if you
".i nave 1T the priest told me not to drink any
au.ess got 1t from the doctor So here's
your health and the priests health.v