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The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-11

Here then we have additional In.
ducement to be indefatigable in we'll
doing, since those actions which are
benefits to others, form our only real
pleasure. Wealth may forever elude
our grasp-friends be few as flowers
in a northern winter, at the command
of the rich alone,-all the enjoyments
brought by both to the fortunate pos
SCISSOR be to as merely imaginary;
but the pleasure of doing good-the
supreme delight of cheering lonely
hearts or relieving suffering, can new
er be taken away from or lost to us,
except by our own selfish Incidence.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-11

"A MONUMENT is to be raised to the
memory of the Pilgrims at Plymouth.
Ii Is to be completed in twelve years.
is to cost from 100000 to $500, 900
and will be 153 feet high, so feet at
the base, with some 3S Colossal flo.
ures.--A better monument would be
a large free Academy for poor chill
dren, inscribed to the memory Of the
Pilgrim fathers. Why connot all
monuments be thus made subservient
to the interest of the living as we'll as
laudatory of the dead?
Franklin's best monument is to be
found in the literary, scientific and
educational institutions With which his
name is-connected.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-11

A FINE portrait Of Bayard Taylor,
in the Academy of Design at New
York, has been mutilated by the
scratching out of the eyes. The au-
thor of the mischief is unknown, but
it is surmised that some outraged fe-
male did it, under the provocation Of
his saucy letter, just after his mar
rage, in which he told his fair cor
respondents to stop asking him for au.
tographs and locks Of hair.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-11
OF far from my lonely cabin.

not far from my lonely cabin.
For a long time-pursuing nv
daily labor without thoug ht Of seeking
novelties-I was unaware of its exis-
tence.
1t had struck me that there we're
more passengers by my abode than
formerly, and the fact annoyed me for
everybody seemed curious, asking
prying questions which I did not an
swer. Sometimes in the still night I
heard shouts at a distance as of bacch
anolian orgies, and fa:ntest tones of
melody were borne to me upon the
breezy air. Thinking to find in some
far cabin up the stream a lover of
music soothing his solitude with violin
or flute, | one evening took my ears
for guides and wandered along the
river. The further l walked the lou
der became the sound Of music, but
less sweet and with less of lingering
softness in its pauses. The loud tones
of human notes.-the shouts of un-
controlled mirth-then mingled with
it. until, as I turned a bend in the
bank, [ saw at my feet an encamp>
ment of Illuminated tents; in the midst
of it a large round tent with a conical
roof and projecting pole, from which
streamed an American flag. Here
was a revelation! Rumors of good
diggings lately found, had attracted
to the spot large number of miners,
and suddenly, as Solomon's temple
went up without the sound ofhammer
or any tool Of metal, this mining
"town" was constructed. The round
tent was the source whence proceeded
the music I had heard-for there the
divine art was employed, as it has
been so often in California, to seduce
men to the seductive vices of gambling
and intoxication. These Saloons"
as they were termed, were the only
places Of resort once, and so numerous
were they that they could be avoided
only by remaining in ones own tent
or cabin. 1t is many years since my
first view of that mushroom village.
Then, its collection of canvas houses
cleaned through the woods at night
like monstrous 6re>fies, and by day
the miners were working with their
little rockers along the rivers bank or
in winding ravines.
To day, a compactly built town
stands on the same spot, tall brick
houses having taken the place oftents
and cabins, whilst the hills around
are bare of trees, and some Of them
stripped of dirt to the bottom granite
which stares drearily at the sun as
though the elements had never clothed
its form with rounding loan and YER
dant coats Of green. Huge piles of
rocks, and gravel-flled ravines, and
yawnlng chasms, and water leaping
over earthen walls in unaccustomed
places, and streams diminished in
their food, and avalanches filing up
those streams, and lofty fumes that
span the gorge's depths, proclaim the
omnipotence of labor, the skill of man,
the potency of gold.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-11
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
VIVA. z. ANDERSON.

Attorney ana Counsellor at Law,
OFFIcE..I In Adams Brick Building of Broad and
Pine Streets Nevada. p 3m
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-11
Original. I
LOG CABIN INKLENGS.

The mining towns of California are
possessed of peculiar characteristics,
which result partly from the unstable
and heterogeneous nature of their
population, partly from the influences
of climate, and partly from that in
vincible industry which. in the pursuit
of gold, bends mountains to its will
and empties rocky channels of their
streams. In older lands-where the
people are not moved by the propul>
sion of individuality, but slowly drift
through life on the current of old
customs, obedient to the will of 9TH
ers who assume superiority, nothing
like our mining population and our
mining towns could possibly exist
There, the growth of towns, whatev-
er their origin may have been, is not
the result of accident, nor often the
fruit of private enterprise.
At first, some peaceable peasants
got together in hamlets for purposes
of mutual protection, and association
naturally begetting prosperity, ambi>
tious ruffians came upon them and
substituted for their simple independs
ence without written laws the tyranny
of the sword, or the later tyranny of
legal enactments enforced by the
sword. To secure themselves in the
possession of these cheap acquisitions,
those old fillibusters called art to their
aid. Walls arose on every side, and
palaces and monuments and there
they stand to-day-the descendants
of the same peasants subject to the
descendants of the same ruffians.-
More happy than this-not forced to
be great by the necessities of despot-
ism-other agricultural hamlets have
been allowed the felicity of unregard-
ed insignifcance and where they
aourished or decayed,in vale, or wood,
or on the taountain's side, have grown to
be part of the surrounding land
scape, giving it touch of grace and
sentiment of poetry. The physical
chara cteristics Of the country have so
impressed themselves upon the minds
of the inhabitants, and the love of
home has grown Sc strong with them,
that death would be preferable to ex>
lie, and the sight of foreign art less
beautiful than the grassy mounds Of
their buried ancestry.
How different with the American
Born in a new world, amid the UNI
tanned forests and savages wilder
than those,-knowing tyranny but by
tradition and some quickly resented
essays of it from across the ocean =
living in daily companionship with the
noblest natural objects, but every cir.
cumstance of his position forcing him
to energetic action and teaching him
self-reliance; his individuality uncom.
promised by cramping Journalism and
hereditary prejudice and all around
him the grandest incentives to enter.
prise and adven.ure;-hcw could he
but grow up new creature on the
earth? With character lacking the
grace of old association, unsoftened
perhaps by the tenderness Of accu.
mulated traditions and local affections
and possessing the frmest confidence
the bravest determination, the mos
restless aspirations, the American is
lust fitted for his destiny as the con
queror Of nature and the inauguratol
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-11

IHE ORIGIN OF THE SEWING Ma
cH1NE.-Thc Springfield Mass. Re-
publican tells what it was that first
fired the genius of Allen Wilson, the
inventor of the sewing machine
Within sight of his shop eight years
ago, three orphan sisters sat and sew.
ed for bread. ''The younger stitched
the elders winding sheet, and the
other stitched her own. One by one.
pale consumption claimed them, and
they dropped as the red leaves of Au-
tumn drop. AS the mechanic helped
to lower the last within her narrow
house, shedding upon her bier the
honest tear of neighbor and of friend.
he resolved that a way should be
found, whereby the slavery of the
needle should end" They did not
die In vain; for before the graves were
grassed, the village paper, that an
uounced their death, contained a
paragraph describing how its editor
had seen machine that sewed cur
we'd seam, the first ever made in the
world.
So humanity blossoms from decay.
and sympathy festoons the chambers
OF invention with garlands too green to
fade, too useful to be lost"
So poetry links itself to the tri-
jumps of mechanism, and the benevo-
lent thought of one redeems thousands
from the thraldom of toll.
If Thomas Hood, whose feeling
heart produced that pathetic "Song
OF the Shirt" could have lived to see
this invention, he would have welded
1t Joyfully to the melody of his muse.
Morris has written one song in its
honor, why not celebrate the circum.
stances of its origin in another
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-11
Not to he found in Tom Moore.

sat with my dear where flowers were smiling,
But none smiled so sweetly as she did;
Her eyes had look that was so beguiling
No wonder for love that pleaded
L took her small hand which she did not withdraw,
While prayed might not be Tilted;
ana then, with glance that her melting orbs saw,
sald-'Wilt thou, my love?"-and she yiltedi
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-09-11

How often, as we advance in life,
do the mere fancies Of our younger
days, become the most painful reali~
ties! Sentiments which once were
fctitiously uttered or written, become
feelings, real and deep.
The very expressions we employed
IN our inexperience, returns to US
subsequently as the best we can use.
The soul seems to have had a foresight.
and to have dictated an utterance Of
Its future passions, its happiness an
its sorrow.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-04

BUcHASAS's GRANNAR.-The grammar Of thu
Presidents Message seems to be as faulty as il
politics. The Philadelphia Bulletin quotes the
following examples, the parsing Of which 4
recommends as an exercise for the pupils in the
public schools Of that city:
Tlepresenf Emperor, as rreH az his pSedeees
sors, hare nereT failed, when the occasion offer
ed, 20 manifest their good riH to our country
and their friendship has always been highly ap-
preeiated BY the Government and people Of the
United States. i-e
Our great staples have commanded high pri-
ces, and up till within brief period, our manu-
featuring, mineral and mechanical operations
have largely partaken Of the general prosper
ity. a'--a
Ihave determined that, whilst no useful Gov
enment works already in progress shall be sus-
pended, new works, not already commenced,
riU &c postponed, if this can be done without
injury TO the country. 90 - 90
A syntactieaI avkwardness Of President Tsy-
IOr (.s all the world AMI the rest Of m1nkind, y
excited infinite meniment and the unbOunded
.ridicnle OF lOcofoeO critics; but ye aPPrshend
they viii be dumb a. oysters at the blunders Of
his present exeelIeucy, Who has far Less excuse
for his ignorance than the old soldier, bis pred
ecessor, inasmuch as he pretendss largely 10
schoEarship. while q Rough and Ready" could
hardly boAss Of eounnpR school education,&
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-04
Selttt Galt.
THE OATH OF MARION,
A STORY OF THE REVOLUTION
BY CHARLES J. PETERSON.
(coNrrNuEp.N "
(coSrrSuED.)
CHAPTER w.
H,reS q good world

HsreS good world r.r.r. -.--
Know " Of this fair work t-KEo Las.
The news Of so important an event as the
capture Of Me-, Mowbny, vas not long in trar-
cling to Mrs. BIakely's. One morning, as she
and her niece sat at work together, the butler
rushed into the room, betraying considerable
agitation. We have already alluded TO his POM
Posity and affsctation of high sounding phrases;
another fOibIe, the desire to play an important
part, sometimes got the better Of his discretion.
as in the present instance. $50 -s-l.eit
I've just heard such news. Missus Blake
~" he exclaimed, breathlessiy wiping the per
'piration from his face. I've run all de way
from de head 90 de abenue, where heard Il
from Jim Benson, who listed Wid de British, and
is now going home on furbelow; berry res
pectabIe person he Is fora Tory. and common
white man. In his new uniform he looks almost
like an officer. insure you!" 81 ig.i
Here the old man paused, overcome by the
rApidity Of his utterance Both Mrs. BIakelv
and her niece understood his peculiarit;es too
well to interrupt him, but they looked up at him
smiling. q.
Such news" he, began again. al hope
young missns won't faint. Be sure, such thinps
must occur; but TO think It would happen to Mr..
Mowbray-Lor' save u.s."
Kate, after the mention of her fathers name.
turned pale, and could no longer endure the
speakers perplexity.
What is the matter with my fatherf'' she
gasped; ais be dead7" aFtr.
Oh no, missus, only taken BY de Tories
But dey say he is to be hung" 81; grs. ---
The sight of Kate's ghas.ly face stopped the
O'neious annOuncement-but il was TOO late;
with shrek she fell TO the floor. At this spec
'ae'e the old slave. struck with ssdden remorse,
cned' Wringing his hands, al have killed her!
on, LOr'-Oh, Lor'-will she ever survive
againl" -1, = p
you have only made her swoOn BY the has.
:. announcement OF this terrible nevs,' said
ms. Blakely, sternly. "Run and send her
twas long before Kate was restored to con-
Seriousness. Meantime, Mrs. BiakeIy learned
nom Jacob all he had 70 impart. ofher broth
y . ultimate fate she could scarcely entertain
00O0t She knew the character Of that bitter
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-04
THE KANSAS IMBRoGLIo.

The National Intelligeneer, in the course Of
an elaborate article on Kansas, suggests by way
Of remedy, the acceptance BY Congress Of the
Constitution Of the State of Kansas conditional
upon its ratification BY the people who shall be
empowered by Congress to express their will up
on this point This course was adopted In the
case Of Wisconsin, with reference 70 precisely
the same topics which compose a part of the
Constitution of Kansas not submitted to the PEG.
pie. Slavery was not in question on that occa.
sion, yet Congress deemed the "other institu-
tons" Of State too important to incur the risl
ofthrusting an odiOus charter upon a reluctant
people, and therefore, by an act entitled can
act for the admission Of the State of Wisconsin
into ne Union," approved March 81, ls47, by
Mr.. Polk, sent the Constitution back for popular
ratification. 81 7sl Ell!
At the election held in accordance with this
act the people rejected the pending project of a
Constitution, and, another Convention being
held, another Constitution was formed, which
the people ratified. and which Congress finally
adopted, on the 29th Of May, ls4s- Here, as 4
Democratic contemporary truly argues, was q
direct recognition by Congress of the right OF
the people to vote for or against their eonstitu-
ton; twas direct refusal BY Congress to force
upon the peoplea Constitution which they had
not had an opportunity of passing upon By .
vote at the polls. The question of slavery was
not involved In this Wisconsin case. But Con-
gess thought that no form of State government
ought, in the existence of well founded doubt on
the point, to be imposed upon the people without
their expressed consent.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-04
Miistfaalreuus,
THE PRINTERS TOLL.

Blow e HOtat winas Of winter; ~
7 q Drive the ehilS, trifiRs snow; ~
; Closely housed. the busy printss
Heeds not how The winds may blow. -''-
- faardti r. 1tIr1 ~ 4ta- ~ .sFnci
=, Click, click, click, bis type 20 cropping
o. Heie and the1e upon his case, 80 2 ID '..'
Co.. Al he stands for hours popping .''
Every letter ia its place.
= Heaven sendths useful printer
Every comfort nortAls need.
III For otr nights are dun in Winter.
Had We Hot the new. 10 read. az
4 Sad woud Be the worlds condition, l
Ia Hno printers boy were found; err .-.
IsnOranee and superstiiion,
IN sad sOasrins would abound.
Yea, it is the busy printer
Rolls the ear Of KBOwledss On;
AIDA glOOmymants Mater T--.-.- o. p,
Soon would reig7, ifbe were gone.
Moneys useful. yet the Winter, 49,
Fill not half so high plsce e
D.. As the busy, tOiIing printers, '1 "a
Ensfins type before the ease. -.-.-
Ys, while the type they're bu,y ssitins, 3 s't
on ions thanklssS pOpi1jay Ell. -.-..
Leaves the eoup,Ty, kindly letting
Printers "Whistle for their psy."
OH Ingrattudei CngraeiOus:
AreShsrs on enlightened soil. .-r rsl
Mepl0yh minds so ineapacious, r-..r.
As slight the printers toiIl
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-04

TELEGRArHIc FEEAKs.-A Newark paper
says: We published an item on Monday stat
ing the sudden death Of Mr.. John H. Davis, one
Of the proprietOrs Of the Girard House, Nss
York. The gentleman is still alive, add he
mistake was ouing to the telegraph, which rsn-
dered dispatch which vas sent TO his family
stating "Father is no worse" Father ID no
more" The same family we're alarmed . few
years since BY similar blunAer created By the
telegraph operator, who sent dispatch, which
should have read Father has taken possession
of the Girard House." so that Il read. "Fsther
has taken poison At The Gi-ard House."
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-04

An APrALGIxo SIeRF,-As the smoke cleared
away, at the assault Of Delhi, the 6rst thiAg
that met the hOrTi6ed gaze Of the Ritish forces,
was an European cruci6ed, and = woman, q
European stripped naked, sore from bead to
foot. chained 20 bastion. raving manisc.-
Two European women were also feusd eruei6ed.
A round shot ended the miseries Of the poor
maniac.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-04
CHAPTER v.
"Where the greater maIady Is kxed.
The lesser is scarce fsIt.S-Kns LEAR.

"Where the greater malady Is hxed,
The lesser is scarce fslt. "-KEs LEAR
The apartment in which Major Lindsay found
himself, was one with which he had been fsrnil
lar in his preceding visit to the mansion; but
for moment after Mrs. Blakely's exit, he gazed
around him as If examining for the first time,
the architecture and furniture Of the room. II
was an apartment, too, well worthy his scruti-
nv. Few even Of the gentry Of that proud State
could boast dwelling like that OF Mrs. Blake
". The walls Of the parlor were wainscoted
to the ceiling with richly carved ccrniees; and
over the mantel-picce encircled By wreath Of
roses carved in wood, were the arms of the fam
ily. The furniture was Of mahogany, consist
ing Of massive 'abIes and chairs with elaborate
" carved feet. A couple Of fine portraits adorn-
ed the walls-one picture Of the deceased
Nr. Blakely-the other likeness Of Mr.. Nov
bray.
Major Lindsay cast bis eyes from the eornice
to the floor, and from the mantel,pieee to the
portraits. and at length stealthily turned them
in the direction Of Kate. who sat On the sofa,
her color rapidly changing. ea0ally constrained
and embarrassed. That young and almost
inexperienced giri should want perfect self pos
session, was less singular. however, than that
practiced man of the world like Major Lindsay
should be without q. But the truth was. he
scarcely knew how 70 intrOdsee his erTand to
Kate t.1er- ralr-
When his eyes. however. met those Of the fair
girl, there was an expression OF surprise and
inquiry at his silence, which was not TO be mis-
understood; and he thought u best to refer at
once to the purpors Of his business. 7ifs.i
alt pains me ereeedingly-yOu cannOtiGag
inc bow mueh-ny dear Miss Movbrsy," he
began. to come here without the unconditional
pardon of your father. But there are two sir.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-04

The wEALra OF HATTI.-Fiiy ysaEs aga,
Hayti was noted for its extensive plantasions ef
sugar. coffee and cotton. but they have sov
almost entirely disappeared. except those Of
coffee, which are much reduced. At present
the principal wealth Of this island Is derived
from the forests which cover the great pars Of
the mountains, the timber consisting chiefly %
mahogany trees and the different kinds Of dye
wood. lr -
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-04

Nv, loved 10 mpse on AlbiOns isle, 20.
Who's soas ere brave. whose daushae'' f1ifi
On i,isa loser and rnibsd pile.
IN f.sey rise, and hngrT tbersi l 2" t-
And dearly wosld love to tread
Each honoEed and familiar SPOT
wb.,. lived and moved fhe ilIusirious dead
Where Milton mused, and shakspesTs wrose!
To Scotia sud might repair, 81.
A, reT.Tsnt pilgrim to his shrine
seek "BOruy DOonT-the ''Banki Of Ayr."
And HMelrsse faif"-what rapture mine!
Or AZ puinsries and Drybufgh, stand - p
Beside the earth their dnst inurns; >
Their u,ouugentsl-broai Scotis'S land
Lmouunent to Scott and Barns!
Fair Erin, too,-what Joys 10 view Oh
Sweet "Rantry Bay" and "LAke Killarney"
The "EIiIl Of observation-disclosures e Wicklow"
or"Cove OF Cork" and "Groves Of Blsrney"
How sweet to stand enrlPtrred, DER
"The meeting ia the Vale Of Waters"
And Il st the melting strains Of Moore, -
Sun. there By Eins lovely danghtsrs!
Yet still Of all the lands Of esrth,
And all esrhs daughters blesi and fair,
prize the land that gave me birth,
And love the briglh-syed maiJens there!
And looking from the Atlantic shore,
Through all or vast confeder1ey,
To where Pseihe's pillows roar
The veipef anthems ofths free
On many glorioas State mine eyes
Have fingered. as they passed slOnsi Dee
But one DER all the rest prize
The land Of romance and Of song!
A frankneIs through her people russ PIG
As through the soil her rnshins ~asetI;
love her m 'ulv, whole -souled soas-
love ner frank, wam-hearaed daughter!
Kentucky, Scene Of conflicts famed, H-
Land Of the dark and bloody grOundi ..ts
o, rightly BY the red man named,
IA land where pleasant things abound"
Lovely as Eden stood, when erEt .-.. --
Her primal banners day unfurled,
Kentucky on the white man burst,
The Eden ofthe weaefn World!
l.anl Of the bOlA, brave Pioneer!
OF HarOl, Har lin, Renton, Boonsi
A rsce OF men who knew not fear,
Whose pulse in danger still beat timsi sf
or Allen, Davies, Shelby, Seott,
The heroes Of later day; ..
And-neEeT be his name forgot ....
The lani-the grayaxof Henry Clay! ..-.r.
Home OF a raee still true ss Steel @
Brave men, aid women kind sS fair!
A stranger I-Gt home I feel d
To tread thy soil and breathe thine air:
And though my home, mid loving ones,
Lies fer DER fair ohio's waters,
Yet still I love Keniucky's sons,
And bid God bless Ksntueky's dsughtsrs! e.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-04

A soldier writes from Delhi that psOhAbiy
every member Of tho Gu2rds wsli b wortS
81 yooo when he reaches Edslan1. A equsi
divisioa Of Ne spoiIs q 70 he made, and hoy
exceed in riches anything that Vas ever before
dreamedof. roa6sE ~ s7,sss = ~ "a
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-04

A couple were married in Missouri few
days ago, who had never met before the we'd
ding. They cOated By lester The bride vas
a Massachusetts school teaehsEs and the green
eitisen ofKnox county, in Missouri.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-04

An AmerlcAn editor. Who has geas Over "a
the Denoc-ano side Of pOlities. eoAPlalnsiaf
"A viOlsalpaia N ths region ofths lea ssEisln'
ofthe heart" Perhaps he Ia ~ RueA e. -
side.-Lssisuiffs ,Jszrnsl.