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METROPOLITAN
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE
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MR. AND MRS. T. Ii. HAvENNER, Priae,pal..
"
rENHE neat Session Of the Institute ~ commence the
II FIrsf Monday Ssyis-aIsr
EneusTaged by the liberal PaTOAa &c u The past year
have been made 90 secure enlarged &C
Comm Ostoas Tor the future Sessions ~ the Institute
Tbs Of study Is extensive, SnbT senE Aaeisnt
and Modern Languages, MeaLI and MOsaI PhIlo.ophy
MshrmAte. and Natural Science, Belle, letter.. Bib
ieai Literature sad the usual OfBaDss tai Brasehe, n
fefaair Ed1eatioa.
Pupil, boarding IN the lasiut. emo, is perfect sc
euriy q Hone" With tn. advantage. 20 be det,,.d
hyn sresideaee q; the seat u C'J,rrsnsht
The smithsobaB Lectures the great Psble Iibtaries
aBd the works Of Art which are constantly sreunala-
ting IN the National Metropolis oPen 20 them ssd
can Roi lie well over estsed adlanets 10 liberal
education.
Board or INSTRUCTORS.
T " HAVESSEE, Natural Science;
Mrs. 1. II. AAyESSEE. Prscepur,,
Rev y. IASE. A. NJ. Matte N attes and Mod LIZ ;
Rev l. , MOEGAN. Moral ScIrBer;
Mrs' VI V. HAHNSEss, Preparatory Opt and Music
Mis' TAcY DAsiEJ. Nguc-PIass;
MIR. =. DASIEL. Vocal Muse;
Mis-. ALItE ABAas. Dfzw.ug:
Mrs. y !. MYEBs. P-istisg
Terms
Board. Washing ani Light. per Ses. 1870,
sion, Of i've month,. ( so"
TGti0n . EnEiph, 9Uto25
frsheh. LatH, Greek. GrrmaA. Music,
Drawing and PsiaiIAE, Extra
EJ-CtrrsiATs with tull IniJTpatIun may be had By
sdJ'e..'HE the Principals lJsiy Is. lsss - Jm
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SCHOOL NOTICE.

THE upterbigncd eneoataEed ~ The very libe-
raj paifonsge heretofore titebdsd respectfully
giyrs notlce that She will :sspms her SCHOOL
iuf Lads and Missss % he q ~ September en-
suiag All the branch~s II an Esciish Eduealion
gill - taoght aod her Z-alJas endrsyrrs snf
moot sssituoss attention viii - given 20 he i5f.
itrfaUrs of her P5giis School TOWN fhe sane a.
bsUoilfr occuriei ~ Mr. k-tuew~i Terms,
a. made knssn 90 application No dTiuction
f1f shs-ac~ MAGGIE A kELLEY.
rhatL..I-.. Inlr -
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Brilliant Schemes for Aug .
I . 3 9

To 10 irs~n usosr the ssp>ti.',nd.se, 81
Go" m's''oae'' rY-r's'ed b, ne Go,.rpor
GREGORY Il MAuRY, M.s..u.
WILMINGTON pEEAWARE
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n T BROWN

The parties t. The shove suitaf, hsfeby noli6ed
to appear a. ny Once N ChAriesiowh JEFFERSON
c. Va % o. 9o'b isy rf August rry' ~ 10
uciock 4. NJ, with heir voucher, OF oihsf sVi.
dsnec 10 enable me 20 execute The shove Dccter
EUWD g. COOKE, Conf.
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HAVANA PLAN.

HAVANA PLAN.
TnIs Is THE OLD sonE oF DRAwISo
PTiEes ~ one Whs,i and r exits ~ AaofAev.
EucTy PrtsS IS TateH out
Pu=e' pad ~ tl.!i rifi0sf aAy daineiio.
MARYLAND STATE LOTTERY.
Ezra Class to be drawn in Bsitimors. Nd,
SATURDAY, AGO. -, 1859.
=, los PHIssi 20 BOO NBHmHa
We would call particular attention 10 ne hpl.
loving splrntd Ss,me, q package Of 10 Whole
pcAsis eoNiRf oaIy sro-ahd every other ticket
eeiqE saHsoted 10 dta~ tt0 dstsrmiaei By Tie
hameef drawing the CsPital Prize, whsthsr Odd
eVee.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1858-08-19

DLAiR a COS CORYZA LOLgNGEs. tof
AlC71 ia ne Head Thrss 1 tgrnEss 80 Ulff-
81 e. asafs. anl ia most iastsbces 81 sfsr iual
randy 90 ra'' in ne Ueat WarfihF in ths eYrs
suserihg a. pafiieuiaTiy W tstsu 10 40 ssuY
saFes. seldom fsi'ing 10 relieve 10 utrlesssnt
fymrtDus a'frn1ing Hose ronrlsintt For tsfrty
Aug % q b gEILER a CO
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1858-08-19
J1,Jls.

Lnuf'f tof 10 e>nsat q tho Sss'. - Il-l.ss-,
go III ioT i-S- 20 - Dra~n ~ wib-,..,..
he. - Ss'afisJ. Aug. ~. 1865
- hSmerr io''sfv-i3 Drs-R Earo.l
ssiiIfssr stasss
Grand Prife Of e37 500, Prize O. Sts-
ooo. Il 10000, l Of 500, Of 7 500 of
1000 ! OF 1000; | Of $500, 5Cof 900.
50 Of 800, liiof 2S7,
&o, DC &c
T"se'' slo.oo-Hsl'ss Soo-ossnsr. $50
0'f'h,sS' Of Ps' u -scletieteu $1,000
W. % snu DO 20 N,
10 70 quarter DO IS 90
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1858-08-19
VIRGINIA 10 NIT,

VIRGINIA TO WIT:
Al rules held in the Clerks othce ofthe Cirrpi,
lN5s 70
John Avis, PTh
IN cHANCERY.
Against Elizabeth Avis widow Of John Avs
dee q w IN. Iiicks anu May biz Nii- Thomas W .
Gideon sad MaTgarcIhi. vie r W Haley Ant
sarah Lis NIi", LdWsUiY krfchnal aud Ann
Z his vie, the saii MAry. Margaret, Sarah and
Ann being children OF the sad DEE d. and Sarah
Z. Avis, Ellen Avis, Jane Avis. MARY Avis ara
WIN Avn, beihg children Of Wm Ayi., dsc'd.
aud Grand Chitren ofthr "a IL John AVIS decd.
D-t-ndahts
TNHE object this suii j. 10 obtain tecr--
Il Tor The saie Oi Bounty Land Warrant Tor
Eighty Acres o! LEAD, which wA,Is ,a-d To- John
Ayis coed aHl iur the distribution II ne proceeds
Ct "a le among the heirs a. Law oi ih. .aid Joha
Avis deed lAPP-Afing On Affidavit hi,t 10 this
suit, hat the Defendants ThOS. w Gideon aud
Margaret his wife, SafahC g. Avis Ellen Ayi, Jane
Avis, MARY Avis, and WIN Avis are no, residents
OF this state they are hereby required 10 appear
here within one month after due publication Of
ihIs order aud Do what - necessary 70 protect their
interests IN this matter
IL is further ordered that copy Of thi. order he
Published once week Tor successive weeks "a
the Virginia Free Pres BeWspap-T pTinIttin
Jefferson County. aud posted Al the front door Of
the Courl-liuuse Oi sail County Ct the tire, dsy
a the ueIt County Court
A
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SPLENDID SCHEME.

Whole Tickets $40 Halves S. Qasusrs ~ 20
Persons tesifous o. psyibg The Ist osiy, rae
- so sa4 Ests NsEAE-rs'
Csui6cAis Of pa ~ Vt - wbolss, sent loS Sc -
10 Halves 20 20
80 Quaueus 100
50 EishIAs Des
The MahhErfs have heed sompsil-i from IAs
bumsroBs oon-Sisihrx made 20 tkssn Of anfauhfsL
hsss - he par. q tk0-s Who have heva sugpS-
ing 70 tkr eilEE ~ orders fssums The tosfvspss-
draer bstfhsss ssd ~ heir o0s naas
EVOf9sf Tiessts ffoss he MARsgsrs Ssly
Address W letters 90
FRANCE CO,
ASs 5ss. BslHaor.. Ma
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~ CHANCERY.
EXTRACT FROM EGRyE

- o. the s.'srs referred 10 the pstits,. u lob,
uSskls III eaoft aasversE 20 the payer cad De
h'oe So'e reist the ssoe 20 eou-i,os-r S.aI s,o,.
uih thstr~rtioas o. tale svi1sscs }. ne, b, "a
cred briors hi@ to-shiaG the ssm. by The paTt.. AZ
.sea i,He asd place .. be- spPoAt, sod 90 A.d,t
thS I1iEsasst referred % 10 sstd petition .. 10 N.
ofhioa the '''desos r.lairr Notice II the TIM.
sad pl-e. q rsos1tnE s.d sYJsbes O. BE- fi,.a b, k
bb p~blieAiioa core ~s-k f1r tar successive ~,,k
10 me p~~'PsPef Pahshed IN this onunty. sud rueh
P1hheaion t. - cqa'slcEt 60 peroaal service Of no.
tee % the P.rus'. ~ aHy, or either Of them"
Cop, 1r.ie
kOHI II BROWN CI.,k
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a. MV' RE. tTsfk
Aue IL -. st w a n Iu-a. n
Virginia to wit:

In the Circuit Court Of Jefferson county.
May 26th May term Is5s
Dsntel Borders sdniutstAtor Ptryr
AsHN-T Dsn.l q Hsnkie JOhn 7 ur,si.
surviving executor 81 Joba Hebs.c deceased ana
10 ~ aNs right I,,s- H-nh. Niltpa "a Moor.
ssd LuetndA h's ~iic, J..hga MyUrf sR1 Hang
bis Niis Johu " J~Hett .n bis ovn rirht add a,
uusi,e II Daniel q Hensle william F.-r,,,
.hd MsfI bis vile. X n Lee Standardization Of
hannsh Tsytu', d.cssscd and trustee OF William
Fs-esu, John waite 10 his o~n Iisht. aud a.
trustee 81 W ill'.m fs~csu. Isaac Chapline Chs.
hEloneJ JusrPh Welshab. Alfred p. " hiie and
Bsii. !. AtEiBsoa D,Tr,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1858-08-19
Aur s. s. RI BROWN Cn
VIRGINIA TO MT:

~ rules bella IN ihs Clers. Otice 81 the Cir-ui,
Court Of Jshefsoa county, on the % Gay OF Al.
gus i~5S
GeorEe b Siephen,on reg
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1858-08-19
321 .l30 Dollars

to be diAirieuted among ticket buyers,
SOS S00 - the Grand Leading PRIZE.
PRIZES to 10 BLANKS
MA GNIFICENT SCHEME
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1858-08-19
SWAN & CO.'S LOTTERIES
TRIUMPHANT

SWAN L. co CONTINUE TO DRAW
As USUAL WITHOUT INTERRUPTION
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IOOL WANTED.

FVoUE Slightest usef. pfrr 81 ts given o.
u W. fa nrfl tsudifr
Iass : 81 Nv CRAMER
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n FRANCE AC CO,
ASs 5'ss. Bshl~or.. M
HOUSE AND Tor F0R SALE.

HD' ~ h'D kDf FDh odLB'
TUE andsfsiFned of,fs f.r SAFE his Hsuss sod
Il Lni 10 Cbsfissiuwh zoe ~ hts o~rapsney,
iVinF e. hsisR ne rofssf n Csaarsss Aaf
Wsst Sifss's. Ihs hOats Obs u he 49,
moe ccmiufisi.s 10 tAs town sea rnn. 49,
tsias sit fpoms vfh too vtaEs A. H3ftA
iaea-d afs Stabis. hmUss iosss. ca. E2As&
tsfs slvsys ssppist STA 80 shssdascs II "a
Ter Csla'. a. a. hsafsotss psriso Hosts
"a Wssi si'sstanf . Vsfanda pafck % Cossf.ss
srssi-sN hatshst ia nesi so fasstoaatAs aass-
hsf ang go ave. b. eonion sad cgaEssssrs.
Ths h1uss - 81 G.-ii si|s 900 ssl a1sptsd " o.
mp-i 49, iamtr 80 saisfsigs@d Asvins 10 visv
ne oss soHafoft % be aussesmsat Tee stas
sid - @ads feasusatic fJas-ssfts siTsa ~ ssp
uHns. Arp'V U
Asv ~ - IN wN p EAsTgRbAY
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Is ,2J6 Grand Prizes.
. U u
AND
J e " e I g.!

SOTt -The spl~ntit Prize 80 al eOn va, sent
b. nail from thu, Agency IN Glass 20 to . CORES.
Pondent IN Bridgeport faitheld Co, Com lie
a { lear gain of sis ISM
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AHNN FafF
ROBERT T BRowN class

The parties o. thr sbovs suii afs hsfsbv so'iast
70 spr~-f - Tpr once 10 Chsfisstovn Jsnsrson
Cpuby Yrrtsia an ~ 3isi ca ~ AaFua rsIt
at ~ ar.0rs NJ SIN ihstr vou-hrrs ~ othrf
fYf~nrf t1 rnssis ~ fn es-fntr fhs ssuvs derrss
EDWARD COOKE Comr
Hhufaaf.w~ r.#g - 49,
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Sheep Wanted.
TINE Aigtrf pfi-rs -Hlh- giyss
i - ssr ssmt~s ffus ONE 70 SWTA
ONs THOGHAND sbEEr -
LAHHs. ihos~ harrta itsa - -
ssis an raii ors1 ihs sutss flh~f 81
usrrfft fsffg .f aftfrss $50 - isftsf
MAJ n t-js.- sAht. Y THAN.
GIuEBFERRATED TiNCTLhgoFBAER
y stnss kiiHf % Yeas puayiss Bar
UEmP'oas Vsgs.abis Tiaetufs
tisdsu5's Osfnaa BtusIs
OUEssatsd husn
Sistlsft DisffsUa Cefiisi ~ ssls ~
Jrr a. CAMPBELL = COOK
RFeuh Groceries.
drown ar1 C.sffasf saEsfs
- hgiasssa. Ace. Cfstksfs Cases
Asfrafoai e. Ia rsesivsd ~
Jass2f INAL T. sbDLEa
Ser Harvest.
- hAaa go 0fam sfFfkss
~ Nsssssoas. h'ass Hssss -
Is~sa J. 4 sAbi1R
WOOL WANTED.
I CAsH PSI ~ " DOL sttss Chsfisssvs ~.
| 49, AlsaUtTR
npMEsrics a isiss .sa so 10, -
isss i1 =. uEDGgss TRUssELI
/ GsHAD nor f8fssstv
- Js.s 70 - HED0gsA TaussgIL
RaCoS ssl LAID ~ "a. y. -
' A1A'y % ~ cnAHES
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NEW a00RR

FT0HE tnts-fitrf gsu'F frI -eIfafiF iaf.fa BE
4 EHsnarfs raf hs iFb.r sstsfvIrF BE tap.
biz RI srfIrF GO ssHusf % l..s ls uhth b. ts-
vifss .ts.f Tftflra.
Ma i-s- THDs RAwLys
The Placer herald., 1858-01-02
Shaking their Feet at Us.

In the Los Angeles Star of December
18th, appears letter from "W Mormon
Missionary" on the Mormo-G Gentle question.
He says they established themselves in San
Bernardino "In the name of the Lord, and
under the authority of his holy priesthood,
as vested in his prophets and apostles in
these late days, to establish his kingdom
in this modern .Sodom" But the selfish
ness and hardness of the hearts of the peo-
pie" and the continued believing of the
press" rendered nugatory all of their philan-
thropic efforts. The letter concludeth after
the manner following, to-wit:
Gas you properly remarked in the Star
of the 2lst inst, that we were "honest, up
right, peaceable and law-abiding citizens"
in many instances this was true-not that
we cared for or respected the laws of the
Gentiles, only so far as they corresponded
with the higher and purer laws of the priest
hood; so far as your laws answered our pur-
poses so far we were claw abiding" citizens
For we acknowledge no law, no creed, nor
system of men. But we revere and honor
the laws and commandments of God, as He
reveals them through His living servants, the
Prophets, and those who are ordained and
inspired by the holy priesthood. In obedi-
ence to His commandments we are now re-
turning to Zion; and in obedience to His laws
we are willing to sacrifice our lives for re-
demption of Zion, and in defense of lions
noble sons. We have borne our testimony
faithfully and sincerely, to the inhabitants
Of the State of California, but it has been
rejected, and our names and characters bit
terly used by their hireling press. We cease
our testimony; we now shake the dust from
off our feet, as testimony against you. We
seal the fate of this wicked State and it shall
be subject to the curses of Almighty God,--
to famine, drouth, war; and earthquakes.
Nay! This State shall not be alone in its
weipeng woes; but inasmuch as this nation
has dishonored the servants of God, and
rejected his word, sudden destruction shall
speedily overtake it, unless it repenteth.
Farewell"
The Placer herald., 1858-01-02
The Currency Question in the Eastern
States

One of the most important movements of
recent date took place in the Boston Board
of trade, few weeks since. A plan was
submitted by which the business of issuing
currency would be placed on an entirely new
footing. The main idea is to allow but one
kind of paper currency to be issued, and
that to be derived from department of the
State Government, and to be furnished to
the various banks in fixed ratio to their capt.
tai and securities. So great is the number
of banks of issue throughout New England
that the Boston merchants feel it to be a
serious inconvenience This is the first sug-
gestion for a remedy we have yet encoun-
tered.
The Washington Union publishes plan
for uniform national currency, from the
pen of S. B. Paul, of Petersburgh, Va. 1t
proposes to lay stamp tax of six per cent
on all other issues than this, which is to
proceed from and be regulated by govern
ment bureau at Washington, and to be OBJ
tanned there by banks on the security of a
deposit of State stock.
The National Intelhgencer, New York
Commercial ADVERTISER and many other old
Wing journals, advocate the re-establish-
ment of {, National Bank. The Washington
Union, although it has discussed at great
length the banking system, has presented no
plan of its own, and confesses that it has as
yet fixed on no remedy for the existing evils,
of which it has been complaining. But it
says that in due time it will propose such a
plan. From this we infer that the Admins
tration has the subject under consideration,
| and intends to discuss it in the message to
Congress, where, no doubt, the plan spoken
of will appear.
The Placer herald., 1858-01-02
Reflections on Methuselah.

How many men are there who have ever
taken into their minds the full meaning of
nine hundred and sixty and nine years which
measure the life of the "odest inhabtant?"
Figures Of arithmetic are empty symbols
we measure them by deeds. One summers
life in busy, fruitful lands seem longer to
mans heart than centuries at the frozen pole.
Yet, though history records nothing of the
labor of Methuselah, we know that his hours
did not "s'umber nor sleep" They were
the same wingless messengers that outran
cashless debtors and cut short lovers dreams.
They were the same switt-sleepng elves, O
faded beauty! whose forled teeth trod thv
dimples into wrinkles. The time that waited
SO long on Methuselah was the same stliding
skeleton that swings pitiless scythe in the
pages of New England primer His fields
were moved less frequently than now, but
they yielded heavier crops. "For there were
giants in those days." We have the AGE Of
Methuselah only the sun dial Let us take
the coil of life, the nine hundred and sixty
and nine years of his pilgrimage, and roll it
out from this present over past which his
tory has lighted. 1t stretches back beyond
the landing of the pilgrims-beyond the
brightness of the reformation, into the dim
twilight of the middle ages; back beyond
the new birth cf a continent; beyond Agin-
court, and Cressy, and Hastings, and over
the graves of twenty-five generations, to the
very childhood Of the English people. Will
liam the Conqueror, if he should rise at this
day to confound the ambitious names which
claim to have "come over" with him, would
be younger, by one hundred years, than
Methuselah was when he died,
The Placer herald., 1858-01-02
The Way the Land Went.

When the Congress Of the United States
was enacting the swamp land laws of 1s49
and 1850, they little supposed they were
making a donation of fifty-four millions of
acres Of land to the States named. 1t had
been represented that few hundred thou
sand acres of overflowed land in these States
were entirely worthless, and that the general
health of the country required their being
drained and brought under cultivation. Such
lands it was intended to convey TO the State
as an indemnity for any improvement which
might be put upon them. The law has been
made to cover in its operations much of the
very best lands of the whole western coun.
try. Particularly has this been the case in
Louisiana. Under the act of lS49, the ap-
proval of the department passes the fee.-
Thus has Louisiana received title to up
wards of seven and half millions of acres
One million nine hundred thousand acres
have been patented to Missouri.
The Placer herald., 1858-01-02
A Startling Story..-The Open Polar Sea.

We find the following communication in
the National ZntelHgencer:
Gentlemen-1n the recent discussion and
speculatons touching the existence of a North
Polar (open) Sea, superinduced by the pub
llcation OF the work of the late lamented DR..
Kane and Others, have been somewhat sur
prised never to have met with any allusion
to a ''tract," entitled "a Brief Discourse of a
Passage by the North Pole to Japan, China,
&c., pleaded by their experiments; and ans
wer to all objections that can be urged
against a Passage that way, by Joseph Max
on, Fellow of the Royal Society,"" From
said document | make the following verbahn,
extract, to-wit:
"Being about % years ago, in Amsterdam,
| went into Drinking house, to drink a
Cup of Beer for my Thirst, and sitting by a
public Fire, among several People, there hap
pened Seaman to come in, who seeing a
Friend of his there, who he knew went in
the Greenland Voyage, wondered to see him,
for it was not yet time for the Greenland
Fleet to come home, and asked what acc-
dent had brought him home so soon, his
friend (who was the Seaman aforesaid, in a
Greenland Ship that Summer) told him that
their Ship went not out to fish that summer,
but only to take in the Landing of the whole
Fleet, to bring it to an early Market. &c.
"But," said he, "before the Fleet had caught
fish enough to lade us we, by order of the
Greenland Company, sailed unto the North
Pole and came back again. Whereupon
(his relation being Novel to me- l entered
into discourse with him, and seemed to ques-
tion the truth Of what he said; but he did in
sure me that it was true, and that the ship
was then in Amsterdam, and many of the
seamen, belonging to her, to Justify the
truth of it; and told me moreover, that they
had sailed two Degrees beyond the Pole,
asked him if they found no land or islands
about the Pole? lie told me no, there was
a free and open sea. | asked him if they
did not meet with great deal of ice? lie
told me no. they saw no ice. asked him
what weather they had there? He told me
fine warm weather. &c.
70 the 'tract," from which the above ex-
tract is taken there is no date, but infer
the period of Mr.. Maxon's conversation with
the "steersman" to have been in the year
1G4G from a date given in another part of
the Gocumeut
The "tract" is published in the 'Ist vol
ume Of John Harris Collection Of Voyages
and Travels, page GIG, London, MDCCV,
folio edition." the only copy Of which | have
ever seen is the one belonging to my library,
and from which quote as above.
The Placer herald., 1858-01-02
Drinking Among Young Men.

llllS lnulScrlmlnate drinking must even
tualy make its mark upon our city popula-
ton. We can see it already betrayng itself
i'll the rising generation. 1t is impossible for
any man to drink even pure liquors without
suffering feartully in his constitution And
when he transmits this impaired constitution
to his son. who in turn impairs it still further
| 10y the same source, it requires but little
foresight to see that we are preparing pop
uation for our cities, that will not in physical
frame be much better than those wretched
children called Aztecs, who were exhibited
here some time ago.
This love Of drink and bar-rooms is every
day increasing. Every day sees fresh poison
saloons springing up in various parts of
the city. Every day sees our youth be-
coming more and more the victims of this
habit, for really we think it more habit
than passion. 1t is no love for iovialitv
that tempts them. 1t is not the hot exube-
rance of youth. 1t is not the evanescent
impulse of the gay young fellow who is SOW
ing his wild oats. 1t is cold, deliberate,
confirmed habit No atmosphere of reck-
lessness or jollity surrounds the drinking
groups. No merriment atone for the act by
proving that it is at least unusual. A grim
and melancholy air pervades each counte-
nance. The drinks poured out, the glasses
raised and touched with oathsome air of
custom, and each man swallows his portion
with the same impassive countenance he
would wear if he were drinking glass of
pure water. All the concomtants that par
italy redeem or excuse drinking, as far as
it can be excused, are wanting in this sad
and formal ceremony. The actors drink
not because they love it, and are merry, but
because they were accustomed to do it ever
since they were boys, and it has now become
a habit which is more imperious than if it
were a passion. Neac York Times.
The Placer herald., 1858-01-02
Amount of Specie in the Country.

1t becomes important at the present time to as.
certain how much specie there is in the country;
in other words the amount of that currency
which cannot be deprecated or in any way dis
turbed by any explosions. The specie basis of the,
banks is stated to be about sixty millions, and the,
inquiry turns to the amount in general circulation
among the people. On this point the Philadell
phia North american says:
We have taken the palms. for our own satisfae~
tion, to look over the official figures for series
of years, in order to approximate safe opinion
upon this subject and they develop some results
of trking interest at the present junoture, which
ought to inspire feelings of encouragement, even
in the most desponding. Notwithstanding the.
enormous depletion of precious metals during the
last seven years. it will be seen that the coinage
IN that period exceeded the exports by an amount
almost equal to the whole coinage during the pre-
ceding fOrty-eight years: