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San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30
ssThe Harp of Thousand Strings y

Come generous friends, a little while,
And listen to my song,
And though my subject is very great,
MY story won't be long,
Pm going to sing about the times,
And several other things
We'n sing the words and play the tune
On Harp of Thousand Strings.
Religion, Politics and Law
Are ranging under par,
As seen by microscopic air,
In pulpit, forum, bar:
A focus brought on either one,
The same result still brings
A human being playing away
On Harp of Thousand Strings.
The preachers don't as they used to do,
In the good old Gays gone by;
They used to preach of the souls of men,
Till they made the women cry;
But they read their sermons nowadays,
And the choir strike up and sings;
The folks can't join when the tune is play d
On harp of Thousand Strings.
The members don't as they used to do
Their zeal and loves grown cold;
Their thinking of the wheat they've raised,
And how to get more gold.
And though the preacher reads quite well,
Their conscience never stings;
They'd rather steal the crown Of gold,
And Harp of a Thousand Strings
The politician used to be
A man of some renown;
Now, half dozen would -be-such,
Are found in every town;
For when one finds he can make speech,
Or soar on buzzard's wings,
He mounts hobby and plays away,
On Harp of a Thousand Strings.
No matter how corrupt he is
How oft he turns his coat,
The nomination sets him right
He gets the peoples vote;
He eats his fill at the public crib,
He drinks at the public spring
The charm succeeds-he plays so well
On Harp of Thousand Strings.
Then let us take hasty view
Of Justice and the Bar;
Alas how quickly we discern,
How altered all things are;
The sword and scales are little used,
The culprit seldom swings
For gold will make the lawyer play
On Harp of Thousand Strings
So turn your eyes to every part
OF Uncle Sans machine,
You'll find screw that's working loose
Some place that needs pin
But must end my story now
Although my muse still brings
A verse or two for every chord
On Harp of Thousand Strings.
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30

undertook but once to set at naught the
authority of my wife. You know her
way-cool, quiet, but determined as ever
grew. just after we were married, and
all was going nice and cosy, she got me
in the habit of doing all the churning.-
She finished breakfast before me, and slip
ped away from the table; she filled the
churn with cream, and set it just where
I couldn't help seeing what was wanted,
so, [ took hold regularly enough, and
churned till the butter came. She did Mt
thank me, but looked so nice about it that
I felt we'll paid. Well, when the next
churning-day came along, she did the
same thing, and l followed suit and fetch
ed the butter Again and again it was
just so, and I was regularly in for it eve
ry time. Not word said of course.
Well, by and by this began to be rath-
er irksome. / wanted she should just
ask me, but she never would, and could
not say any thing about it SO on we
went At last | made resolve that |
would mt churn another time, unless she
asked me- Churning day came, and
when my breakfast-she always got a
nice breakfast-when that was swallowed,
there stood the churn. got up, and,
standing few minutes, just to give her
a chance, put on my hat and walked out
DOORS | stopped in the yard to give her
a chance to call me, but not word said
she, and so, with palpitating heart, |
moved on. / went down town, up town,
and all over the town, and my foot was
as restless as Noah's dove-I felt as if |
had done wrong-I didn't exactly feel
how, but there was an indescribable SEN
sation of guilt resting upon me all the
forenoon. 1t seemed as if dinner time
never would come, and as for going home
one minute before dinner time, | would
as soon cut my ears off. So / went fret
ting and moping till dinner time came
Home went, feeling much as criminal
does, when the Jury is out, having in
their hands his destiny-life or DEATH
I could mt make up my mind how she
would meet me, but some kind of storm
| expected. Will you believe it? she
never greeted me with sweeter smile
Never had better dinner for me than
on that day; but there stood the churn
just where l left it Not word was
passed. / felt confoundedly cut, and ev-
cry mouthful of that dinner seemed as if
it would choke me. She didn't pay any
regard to it, however, but went on as if
nothing had happened. Before dinner
was over, | had again resolved, and shov-
ing back my chair, / marched to the
churn and went at it in the old way
Splash, trip, rattle, kept it up. I sup
posed the cream standing so long, had got
warm, so | redoubled my efforts. Obsti-
nate mattef-the afternoon wore away
while | was churning. I paused at last,
from sheer exhaustion, when she spoke
for the first time.
"Come, Tom, my dear, you have rat
tied that buttermilkquite long enough, if
it is only for fun you are doing it p
knew how it was in flash. She had
brought the butter in the forenoon and
left the churn standing with the butter
milk in, for me to exercise with. I nev
er set up for myself in household mat
ters after that.
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30
CERTIFICATE.

!, the undersigned, the Governor of Hunpa-
rTy, do testify hereby, that DR.. L. J. Czapkay
has served during the contest for Hungarian
liberty, as Chief Surgeon in the Hungarian
army, with faithful perseverance-whereof
have given him this certificate, and do recon-
mend him to the sympathy, attention and pro-
lection of all those who are capable of appre-
clatlng patriotic self-sacrifce, and undeserved
misfortune. KOSSUTH I.AJOS
[nov 28-23] Governor of Hnncarv
washington City, Jan. 9Th, 1852.
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30
An ACT

Concerning the Board of Supervisors of the
Counties Of Amador and Calaueras.
SEC. l. At the next general erection there
shall be elected in each of the Supervisor Dis
tricts of the counties of Amador and Calave-
ras, by the qualified electors thereof, One Su-
perTisor the Supervisor in the first district in
each county to go out of Office at the expira-
ton of one year, the Supervisor Of the second
district In each county to go out of Office at
the expiration of two years, and the Supervi-
sor of the third district to go out of office at
the expiration of three years so that after the
next general election, there shall be annually
elected but one Supervisor in each county.
Sec 2. Whenever it becomes necessary to
elect any Supervisor to fill any vacancy occa-
stoned by death, resignation, or any other
cause, the person elected shall hold his office
for the unexpired period for which his prede-
cessor was elected.
SEC. 3. So much of the act entitled " An
Act to create a Board of Supervisors in the
Counties of this State, and to define their du-
ties and powers" approved March twentieth,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, as
conflicts with the provisions of this act, in its
application to the counties of Amador and
Calaveras, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. The Supervisor filing the term near
est expiration, shall be Chairman of the Board ;
provided that in no instance shall this apply
to member of the Board elected to fill a va
cancy, unless each member shall have been
elected to serve out an unexpired term.
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30
A Pretty Thought.

The night is mother of the day,
The winter of the spring;
And ever upon old decay,
The greenest MOSES cling.
Through showers the sunbeams fall
For God who loveth all his works,
Has left his hope with all.
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30

EAR. L. J. CZAPKAY'S Medical and Surgi
l1 cal Institute is on Sacramento ST., below
Montgomery, opposite Pacific Mail Steamship
Company's Office, San Francisco. The Doctor
offers free consultation, and asks no remuner-
alton unless he effects cure. Office hours
from A. NJ. to 9P.M.
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30

"Why did Adam bite the apple?u asked
schoolmaster of one of his pupils. "Be-
cause he had no knife to cut it." replied
the hopeful biblical student.
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30

s You can generally tell what the
mother is like by looking at her child
Ii she is amiable, kind and neat, and
blessed with commendable characteristics
generally, or vice versa, they are sure to
be observable in the child. He who is
careful cannot err in the estimate of the
mother by this method.
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30

An honest farmer thus writes to the
chairman of an English Agricultural So
ciety: Gentlemen, please put me down
on your list of cattle for bull"
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30
VIM. MILLER. ConstabIe,
Upper Calavertas,

WILL ATTEND to the Collecting of Ac-.
counts and all other business pertaining to his
once All orders left at Justice. Breeses
office, Upper Calaveritas, viii be promptly at
tended to. " 25:m tt
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30

Rp As the shadow follows the BODY in
the splendor of the fairest sunlight, so
will the wrong done to another pursue the
soul in the hours of prosperity.
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30

Mr Go without your breakfast, and if
you do not feel happy when dinner time
comes GO without that also.
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30

w All letters enclosing $40 will receive
prompt attention Office hours from 9 A. M.
to P. NJ. Address, - w.
dc 3m:25 7 n vorrvr ,.n
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30
A Bill in Relation to Supervisors.

The following is copy of the Supervisor
Bill, introduced by Senator Ketcham, of Anna
dor. The object is to avoid the contingency
of having the Board composed entirely, each
year, of new members. 1t requires almost, if
not quite, a year for the members to become
thoroughly acquainted with the county busi-
ness, and the propriety of changing the man.
ner or rather the time of electing, is therefore
obvious. The bill lays over, and a number of
counties aside from Amador and Calaveras,
will be added. 1t will undoubtedly pass
Azao1oy T.ayTer
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-12-25
Money in Dead Letters.

The dead letter branch of the General
Post Office has just closed another quar-
rer's work. During the three months
which terminated on the 30lh ull., there
were. found fWo thousand SeUen hundred
and tventy-nine letters, which contained
money amounting in the aggregate 10
Sl2,92l SO. For The quarter which cIo-
sed 30lh June last there were received
four thousand fUe h,ndred and forty.
nine letters and S2l.49S S5 in money.
For the quarter ending the 30lh March,
iwo thousand and SeUsniy f,Co lellers
and Sl3,475 Is IN money. Quarter clO-
sed 3I,l December. fIcO thousand three
hsndrsd Gnd ff'y-f,co letters and - ,3Gl
90 IN cash. Iolsl. in the year, tteetUe
thousand one hundred and ft0o letters
and SCI ,239 ~ IN money. Il is crafty
ing to slate that under the efficiency and
promp,ilude which characlerize The g.
nance bureau, over nine-tenihs Of the
Whsle amount Of cash has been returned
10 The original owners.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-12-25
Sensible Talk.

The editor of The Leesburg Va, Wash
ingionian makes the following just re-
marks upon the abuse Of the credit sys-
tenn, which are applicable,in our opinion,
to other localities than Loudoun Counly
1--WE imagine there is no profession or
pursuit, upon which she prevalent system
of credit, makes such inroads 90 that Of
publishing country newspaper. SO
common is the practice Of crediling, by
publishers, that the great majority who
subscribe and have advertising and job
printing done, think, as matter of course,
they must have it charged, and wait to be
called upon for the amount. This is one
main cause why so many country papers
fail, and so great number Of those which
c0Rlinue their issues, draw out an eyls-
teuce which scarcely gives the publisher
his daily bread. Did they get all justly
due them, the business would be remu-
nerative, and the character of the public
press be materially improved. We care
not how gifted an editor may be. or how
jealous ahd determined TO succeed in his
profession, he cannot write with his nat
ural ability and vigor, and attend 10 the
numerous other duties of his calling, while
debts are hanging over him and scores Of
small bills, Justly due him, uncOllfcted
and uncsred for. The losses sustained
by this credit system do not spring so
much from an indisposition 10 pay, as
from The careless habit the system nalu.
rally engenders. Many forge. them and
others think they are of small consequence
as the amount is iriAing. not remembering
lha, it is upon these iri6es The publisher
depends for his support. Gould this
practice be abandoned, a1d the publish
ers Of newspapers get all their just dues,
bright era would dawn upon newspaper
dom in this State. Many o slckly jour
nal would glow with health, aud present
10 their readers weekly much more at
tractive appearance.
This practice of crediting small sums
is TOO common in all kinds Of business.
| The merchant and trsdesmsn are frequent
Iy compelled 10 enter upon their ledgers
amounts which will not pay them Tor
their trouble, when by the payment Of
few cents this could be avoided, and
probable difficulty, be prevented in set
Ting a long account at the END Of the
year. Establish he practices of paying
cash for small amounts. and mulliludes
would be spared great inconveEiences, and
not few saved from bankruptcy. 1t is
these unthough, of aud uncared for email
items which swell The amount which so
often become unmsnagesble. If we would
all adcp. the practice of paying cash for
ali purchases under five dollars, we could
pc, along much more smoothly, and all
classes of business be hene6lled by it.
Try the experiment for one year, and see
how IL works.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-12-25
Ladies Marrying Strangers.

How common it is, for worthy ladies',
widows and single girls, to marry sIran-
gers, uron very slight acquaintance !!
The man may be base william, and be
may have wife. but if he have money, is
man of good address and wears fine
clothes. those accomplishments will pass
him. while honest men, well raised, and
of known integrity, will be spurned. In
This country The basesl Williams living are
admitted into good society, if they have
money and dress well.
However pale, dresry, and ,oilsome, a
single life may be, an unhappy married
lie is teu iimes worse. And these hashy
marriages with strangers, alone for their
wealth, real or imaginary, are ever after
full OF innumerabe regtets-they are q
torment from which there is no csc apo bu
by death
Girls, our advice 10 you is, ne Ger bar
ter life long happiness for gold or fine
clothes. When these are the only ties
that bind two persons together. the unior
cannot be otherwise but unhappy. Avoic
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-12-25

An important suit is now trying a,
Charleston, hanawhs county, Virginia,
in regard 10 the "Swan lands" These
lands, amounting TO two millions OF acres,
wned by Col. James Swah, an officer of
the revelation, and who died in Paris IN
1891. The lands became forfeited for
SO, 900 of,axes, but the Virginia Legis-
Iature, in 1888, released those, and ap-
pointed John p. Dumas a trustee, 10 sell
the lands for the benefi, Of Swans credl-
tors-who were principally French off,
GERS that had assisted in our struggle with
Great Britain. Josiah Randall, Of Phils-
delphia, Edward Lacontre. Mr.. ManPer-
thus, and a Mr.. ThrOn6eId, al claim to
have purchased Part or slI Of these lands
from Dumas, the irusiree. After Dumas
dealh, Mr.. Randall was appointed trustee,
and this litigation is undertaken 10 settle
the lilles of these rival claimants.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-12-25
From the .NttO York Mercury.
Days OF our Childhood.

DAYS OF our Childhood.
As we revert to the days Of our child
hood, what myrisds of happy thoughts
and pleasing reeoIleclIons crowd upon our
brain
The memory Of a fond brother, do
ting sister, or a loving mother. who, per-
haps, long since have been called by The
Grea, Giver OF all good to celestial realms,
is unconsciously reflected upon The bright
mirror Of the mind, and tear OF love and
affection unwittingly flows from eyes
long since dried TO most Of The gentle leel-
ngs.
When we reflect upon the many Joyous
hours and happy days of our gu'le'ess
we compare The merry
moments Of those innocent times win
out slerner, ,harsher, aller-hte-Shen trou-
tie comes and sadness drags Us down
" ho does NOT, from his heart, excIaim'
wv ould were boy again !!
I'm our y-day life, we constantly
IN, et with such happiness as once iell TO
our lot; and We can but look back. as II
were, inio the past. and wish we had al
ways renamed children. Happy, inno'
cent, iovous. cay childhood While 1t
lasts, lis like some pleasant dream but
our waking moments are IN our manhood
and the dream is changed TO sad' stern
reality
See kat lovely, golden-haired boy. But
five short summers rest upon that lovely
brow, aud better would il be, could but
the non wheels of rigid Time be clogged,
and leave him still child. The merry
laughter, as it pouIs in lquld melody
from mouth which mighi be envied by
The angels, falls s~eetly on our ravisheo
ear, as does The music oi sUme ripping
ril laugningly ieapng down NE "ouh-
lain's rugged sides. In calmer moments
when his gentle nature is al rest peace
fol, heavenly smile plays around that eX'
ouisile mouth. and illumines his whole
face, like The hight from bTIilIsn! sun
beam. In sleeping, as in waking, That
same sweet smile fingers, as though he
were conscious that angel spirits are how
erng round his lItle bed, and in his
dreams he sees their airy iorms guarding
| him with eaIoIs care. Sleep on. sweet
child Enjoy thy happy days while YET
thou mays Thou sull srI young, and
DO no, know the trouble which awaits
Ilhee, and which will as surely come as
night fellows day. As yet thou art 100
young 10 comprehend this. Thou know'sl
not vet hat with thy growth thy misery
viii increase; and well II is thou should 81
not Why DIM those lovely, laughing
ewes with tears shed for he future ? Why
crush thy happy spitIl down in anticiPa-
uon Of coming sorrow An alI-wlse Ma
lure and an ommporenr Deny has other
wise ordained it. and our juvenile days
are the sunshine, our manhood the dark
ness, Of our existence.
Rest happy, noble boy,uPon Thy moth
er's knee Thy sweet caTe.ses give her JOY,
rhy gushing laughter rings mcTrhy on her
delighted ear, and Thy every lock Is cher
ished in her heart.
Bot when lhou rearhesl manhoods age
I-whe that same loving mother has been
rolled away lron thee-when Deaih's =
cold hand has .nalched from thy presence
devoted sister. or torn from thee cher.
ished hrolhcr-Ihen thoo'll know the
pan2S Of msnhOod's angush-ihen thou il
wish thou hadst died IN time infancy.
W. B. B.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-12-25

Z M, written in rare curls, and choice csll-
CO, and goods principles. Men stand up
before her as so many admiration points,
10 melt into cream and buher. Her
words hos, round her like music, or
chimes of Sabbath bells. Without her,
society would lose It's truesi attraction,
and church its firmest reliance, and young
men the very best of companions. Her
influence and generosity restrain The vi
cious. strengthen the weak, raise the low.
ly, flannel shirt the heathen; and strength
en- the faint hearted. Wherever YOU find
the vlrtuous woman you also find fire.
side boquets, clean clothes, order, good
living, gentle hearts. music ligh, and mi od-
ell Institutions generally. She is the
flower of humanity, very Venus dlmin-
''y' and her inspiration the breath Of Hea-
ven. go
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-12-25
THE INTEMPERATE.

Pay, Mr. Drsmdrinker how do you Go !
What in the world is the matter with you?
How did You come by that bruise on your
head
Why are your eyes so terribly red?
Why do YOU mutter that Infdel hymn
Why do you lremble in every limb
Who has done this let The reason be
shown
And lei the offender be pelled with stone!
And The dramdrInker said: If you listen
10 me,
Ysu shall hear what you hear, and shall
see what you see d!
had a father, the grave is his bed,
] had a mother, she sleeps with the dead.
Freely wep, when they left me alone
Bot | shed all my tears on their grave and
their stone;
planted a willow-I planted yew--
And left them TO sleep I'LL the las! trLm-
pei blew.
Fortune was mine, and mounted her
ear;
Pleasure from virtue beekoned me far.
Onward | went, as an avalanche, down
And the sunshine Of fo.lune was changed
TO a Irown.
Fortune was gone, and took to my side,
A young. and lovely, and beautiful
bride
Her soon treated with eoldness and scorn
Tarrying back ill the break of the morn,
Sighting her kindness, and mockiDg her
fears,
Casting blight on her tenderest years !;
Sad and neg elected, and weary left her
Sorrow and care Of her reason bereft her,
Fix, like star, when it falls from It's
pride,
She sunk in the bosom of misery, and
died.
had child, and it grew like vine
Fair as the rose OF Damascus was mine :;
Fair-and | watched Ger her innocent
youth,
As an angel from heaven would watch
over truth.
She grew like her mother-in feature and
form
Her blue eye was laDguid-her cheek too
was warm;
Seventeen Summers had shone on her
The seventeenth winter beheld her laid
low;
Yonder they sleep in The grave side by
side
A father-a motheT-a daug ghteJ--a bride!
When they had left me, l stood here
alone
None Of my race or my kindred was
known;
Friends all forssken, and ho pc all depar-
Sad, and desponding, and desolate hear
ted
Feeling no kindness for aught that was
human-
Hate d by man, and deies ted by woman
Bankrup, in fortune, and ruined in name,
On ward ] kept in The pathway Of shame !;
And ill this hour, since my daughter
went down,
hiy brow has but known continual
frown.
Go 10 your children, and tell them the
tale,
Tell them his cheek, too, was lividly pale.
Tell them his eyes are all bIoodshol and
Tell them his purse was stranger 70
Tell them he passed through the worlc
they are in,
The vic,im of sorrow, and misery, and
sin.
Tell them, when life's shameful conflicts
were past,
In sorrow and anguish he perished al
last
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-12-25

A NICE WoMAs.-The wife Of Norris
sey, The prize fighter. who is said 10 be
,he daughter Of a weshhy man in Troy,
n. Y, won $4,000 on the result of ,be
fight with Heenan. and his fs,ber,in.lSw
won $50, 900 A nice family that, take
hem al around! That Q loving vile
might wish her husband 10 be successful
10 what be undertakes in decent way, 10
perfectly right and natural; but lof NO
man 10 let on The sueeess. 81 her husband
in brutal and ckgusrd 6ghs, is raiher
an arrangement of"sociriy" that We don't
understand. Yet we believe that Mrs.
Morri,sey is 8 very fashionable. sp-besd-
ed and brsinlees "eiTele. is considered
some, If not more So,vsgs Tie ~ofId
and the peofEe. II ass.td seem. mss, ase
with Il, or he losi in lhei' Under fhe." A
womsn betting on prize hghi Well
We give IN. 2 In sH~
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-12-25

New PREsBYTERY.-rhe churches con-
nec,ed with the Old School Presbyieriap
denomination in Maryland and tie Dis
trict of Columbia. have formed themselves
into new body, called the Presbytery Of
Potomac, which convened in Washington
a, the F Stree, Presbyterian Chuich, on
the 30lh ult
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-12-25

No EXTRA SEssIoN.-In rer!y 10 re-
cent letter from agenlleGsn Of Hampshire
County, Gov. Wise SAYS: Il inform you
that | have no idea Of calling an eA,rs sss-
sion Of Legislature, and as yet, but three
members have in writing called for one" I"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-12-25

The Civ Of AIexandns. Virginia, wss
chartered in l747, under the nsae ol BEL
boysu. The name Of AlexsDdris was as-
rived from a esntlspso Of The spsme sss
Alexander. who owned ls,ge position OF
the territory ia and near The city. His
estate extended from Alexsndris 10
Georgetown. abou. eight males along the
Potomac. Arlington. late the property OF
Y,. cpsjts. was par, Of IL. and was por-
chs.edhfkit. AIexspder by sbss sto''s'
mar. 'fhe population Of Alexaadf'a a's
about IL, 600. d esnico8 sh isl &