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NITRIC ACID.-One of the most useful acids
employed in the arts is made from salts found
in natural condition in various parts ofthe
world, under the names of nitrate of soda
and nitrate of potash, or saltpeter. The
mamoth cave, in Kentucky, furnished a con-
siderable portion of such salts for making
our gunpowner during the war of 1912, but
most of those which are used come from
India and South America. From such salts
nitric acid (aquafortis) is manufactured, for
the purpose of refining all our California
gold; and were it as cheap as sulphurc acid,
it would be very extensively employed for
refining all oils which have a repulsive odor
as it possesses powerful deodorizing proper
ties. Were the salts of inter more abundant
and cheap, very great improvement in sew
eral arts would be effected, just as has been
accomplished by improvements in the manu-
facture ofsulphuric acid. Two hundred years
ago, this acid sold at the rate of one dollar an
ounce-now it costs three cents per pound.
So necessary is this acid in the arts, that Lie
big actually considers that the quantity of it
used in any country is fair test of its status
in the useful arts.-.Scienhfc -4mercan.
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In 1852. Calico, then youth of eighteen,
was seated in church, when the lamps sus-
pended from the roof were replenished by
the sacristan who, in doing SO, caused them
to oscllate from side to side as they had done
hundreds of times before when similarly dis
turbed He watched the lamp, and thought
he perceived that while the oscillations were
diminishing they still occupied the same time.
The idea thus suggested never departed from
his mind and 50y'rs afterwards he constructed
the first pendulum, and thus gave to the
world one of the most important instruments
for the measure of time. Afterwards, when
living at Venice, it was reported to him one
day that the children of poor spectacle
maker, while playing with two glasses, had
observed, as they expressed it. that things
were brought nearer by looking through
them in certain position. Everybody said
how curious, but Galileo seized the idea and
invented the first telescope
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Total

Every single vessel of the fleet thus con-
stituted is of the very best kind, as regards
both propulsion and armament. All the ships,
alike, from the smallest gun-boat to the
heaviest three-decker, are not only steamers,
but screw steamers, and they mount guns
that are, or at least were, considered the
most formidable they CO uld carry. So much
for cur first-class screw steam navy. After
these vessels there follow no fewer than
seventy-fve vessels propelled by paddles-a
machine gone rather out of fashion, but
which is, nevertheless, considered as possess
ing not only utility, but possibly, even GER
tain advantages. To complete the tale, we
have two hundred and one sailing vessels of
war, making an aggregate of six hundred
and thirteen fighting ships, bearing $40
guns, and carrying among them engines of
nearly 100000 horse power.-London Times
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THE BRITISH NAvY.-Mr. Reed, late of the
Portsmouth (England) dock-yard, in recent
survey of the state of the British navy, rep
resented its strength as follows:
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| "DIFFERENcES OF OPINIoN."-In reply to
to stating it as a general truth that virtue IN
poor coat would be despsed or neglected
by the world, the Placerville Observer very
courteously maintains its opinion that such
is the case, saying:N W -
| "The world will bend the pregnant hinges
of the knee at the shrine of Mammon, while
honest poverty goes weeping to the grave
with here and there a solitary friend. Wealth
is power-and power is the prerogative of
despots. The chief object in the establish
ment Of our Democratic system of govern
ment, was to weaken as much as possible,
this oppressive attribute of wealth therefore,
when we find plain American citizens, either
on steamboats,, or elsewhere, making invidi-
Gus distinctions among other Americans SIM
ply on account of dollars and cents, we have
a right to denounce those who do it as snobS
and funkies. These kinds of distinctions
are being made continually, both on land
and water, and tits for this very reason that
our whole nation is becoming a sort of
bogus reflex of wealth -worshping Europe"
The honest anger which fires this extract
extorts our admiration, and must come from
one who would never be guilty Of the snob-
bishness he contemns. Still, we are not
converted from our delusion that mean sub
serviency to wealth. amongst Americans, is
only hateful exception and not the rule.
We love to believe, with Emerson, that men
are better than we know and that it is the
best policy in our intercourse with them to
credit them with the best traits until they
prove by their actions that they do not pos
sess them. 1t has been our good fortune
we say it without latent irony-to be always
poor, and our experience has certainly led
| us, even in California, to love human nature
as the very noblest thing on Gods earth we
hope to live and die believing it so.
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AN old story tells that Actaon, famous
hunter, who kept many hounds, and they
ended by eating him IN. ActRon is an old
name-it is Greek besides. How many Ac-
taons do you and know-men eat up by
their own dogs! l know men who damage
their body by their business; so do you.
many more | know, who break down their
conscience, their affections, their higher man.
hood Mechanics sicken of their craft ;
painters have the lead collie; tailors and shoe
makers are pale and dyspeptic-looking men
printers go off in consumption, which they
have caught by breathing ink and type-met-
al. Is that the worst | know men whose
ambition, whose vanity. whose covetousness,
has wrought them to mischief-a consump-
ton of the mind, a numb palsy of the affec-
tions. gout in the conscience, general dys-
pepsa of their humanities.-Pmker.
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ADALINE.
BIZ EDWARD POLLOCK.
There were two lovers long ago,
All wall adarf-

There were two lovers long ago,
All. well adayl-
OF spirits warm and chaste as snow,
That things SO pure shou d pass away
And Oft alone and whispering lowly.
Among the woods they wandered slowly.
When twilight shades were sweet and holy
For cearest shine.
Love glances then. like thine,
Ny tender brisht-eyed Adaline;-
And this true-lover. and the maiden,
In ae, s yanished-lost and gone
Made for themselves dim Star-Aiden,
All in the silent dawn.
Oft in the morn's transparent mist,
All. well aday,
Before the the clouds had kissed.
That things so kind should pass awayt
They met. while stars above were shining,
Where leaves and flowers were INTERVENING,
Her head npon his breast reclining
As now on mine gently rrposes thine
My fair. my peerless Alkaline -
And tins the lover and the maiden
In ages vanished-lost and gone
Dwelt fearless in their dim Star-Aiden
All in the silent dawn.
He saw no beauty she no truth,
-Ah. we'll adayl
Save in her form and his fresh YOUTH
That things So foni should pass away -
And snoth tosay she stood serenely,
With her fair head rf'clined yet queenly;-
Tho not like thine.
Nor with thv grace divine,
NV own beloved Adalinel-
So the fond lover aud the maiden
In ages vani-hed-ost and gone
Stood dreaming in their DIM Star-Aiden
All in the silent dawn.
They loved and they were b'essea,-they died,
--Aii. well aday,-
The bridegroom and his fair Young bride.
That things 80 fair should pass away
The flowers wet the stars are cleaning
They eep while all around l. beaming,
Not even of each other dreaming
CloSc-clnser twine
Thy soft white arms in mne;
Oh. could save thne A,alue,-
Oh luye--oh death ,-Alasl the maiden,
And lover. in the ages gone.
Pass'd from their pleasant dim Star-Aiden
Like shadows in the dawn
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PERHAPS the most remarkable of the many
Burns banquets in Scotland took place at
the village of Alyth, in Perthshire. A number
of female admirers of the poet resolved on
having tea party, composed of women ex-
clusively.-Sixty of them assembled in hall,
where all enjoyed themselves with a comfort
able tea, under the presidency of one of
their sex. After refreshment, their husbands
were admitted, when there were reels, polkas,
and vocal muSic
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SKETCH OF BANcRoFT.-The Century, closes
a critique on Mrs Fanny Kemble Butler, by
saying: ave must acquaint our readers with
an amusing incident of the evening After
the hall was we'll crowded, and it was diff
cult to find a vacant seat, an elderly gentle
man of very lively and knowing aspect, en-
tered and walked with noticeable selposses-
sion towards the platform. He was not q man
to 90 unobserved His angular-shaped head
was streaked with iron-grey, andapair fgold
spectacles bestrid his nose. He deliberate
ly unfoldeda bunch of sticks which he carried
in his hand. spread ont set of wooden legs.
planted them firmly on the floor and reioiced
in the independent possession of chair. di-
rectlv in front and within twelve feet of Mrs
Kemble's desk. There was not more atten-
tive auditor in the hall than this chairs own
er-Mr. Bancroft, the historian"
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Our NATIONAL STARs.-The act of Congress
establishing the forms and character of our
National Flag, passed April A. ls4s, declares
that on the admission of every new State in
the American Union, one star shall be added
to the cluster already grouped on the Union
of the flag, and that such addition shall take
place on the Fourth of July next succeeding
such admission. Let our flag makers take
notice. Thirty-three stars must adorn the
national banner from and after the Fourth of
July next. Till then thirty-two.-S F. Herald.
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THE reckless proiigllity with which in an
clent Egypt upper classes squandered away
the labor and lives of the people is perfectly
startling. In this respect, as the monuments
yet remaining abundantly prove, they stand
alone and without rival. We may form
some idea of the almost incredible waste
when we hear that two thousand men were
occupied for three years in carrying single
stone from Elephantne to Sais; that the
canal of the Red Sea alone cost the lives Of
a hundred and twenty thousand Egyptians ;
and thatto build one of the pyramids required
the labor of three hundred and sixty thous-
and men for twenty years.
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COnStable's Sale.

State Of California, county Of Nepada, Topnship
Of Bridgeport.
1EY virtue Of an execution to me delivered issued
Id rom fe Court of james Collins, Esq. an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid
bearing giiate April l2th 1852 satisfy judgment
rendered by said conrt the 18th day of April A. D.
1889 in favor of Aaron Davis and against John Lane
for the of SIS and 30 cents debt interest damages
and costs of suit have taken in execution and will
sell to the highest bidder for cash the entire right, tt
tie and interest of the said John Lane in and
tain mining claims situated in Cherokee mining dis
trct, and known the claims of Driscol Lane.
bounded by the claims of j. Sullivan & 90. Lawton &
Co.. and Hannah Co.. together with the Hose, IIy-
dranc, siuices and other appurtenances thereto be-
lonng. Wedne sday, the 1Ith day of
May, A. D. 1859, between the hours of II o'cl,ck NJ
and o'clock P. NJ in front of the Office of James Col
lns. Esq in Cherokee to satisfy the above demand and
accruing costs.
36 CIV. CORNELL, Constable.
Cherokee April 2Oth A. D. 1859
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HUME remarks in one of his essays:
81 was never more disposed to see the fa-
vorable than the unfavorable side of things
a turn of mind which it is more happy to
possess, than to be born to an estate of ten
a year."
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bedding is, how it grows and where it comes
from, is thus told by the S. F. Times:
"Pulu grows upon trees, which attain an
average hight of about six feet. 1t is sort
of silken moss, very light and feathery, and
is found in lots of nearly pound in weight,
sticking by a bud in the crotches of limbs
The trunks of the trees are small-in fact,
mere shrubs. 1t is indigenous to the islands
in the Hawaiian group, but is gathered chief
ly upon the islands of Hilo and Oahu. Upon
Hilo, some three hundred natives are en-
ployed in its collection. They receive ff-
teen and twenty cents day for their labors,
and are engaged for the year round. 1t is
collected by hand, similar to the cotton boil,
and placed on mats slung from the neck of
the laborer. Then it is packed on mules to
the sea-shore, and shipped in bags to Homo
lulu, whence it is shipped to every part of
the world. There is no monopoly, excepting
that of enterprise and the legitimate employ
ment Of capital to control the article; so pulu
is free to the world.
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mentioned BY the Richmond Cosnty Gazctfe, Of
December 1ith.s Near the sastern terminus Of
the read Il travcrses . morass. This was treated
Is such places utually are by railway engineers;
earth was crtcd from . distance and laid on
WAS hard and solid. To the surprise Of the
he'd sunk some inches bsiow the sdjsoeat
hnd. Mere earth v las piled on Il and troddsn
down but II sank a. bsfore. Again earth
was smptisd on the limo, with the same
fSsr Ss Il I'm. v u; PEOPLE p have
earth to the spot, with no more effect than n
they had tried TO al Shs ocean. The moras Is
aquicksand, which swallows all the earth that
Is thrown into II. The discovery Is not without
precedent. On tho line Of the railway bot wecn
Liverpool and London. similar quickssnds occur.
When the road was first built, the contractors
were thunderstruck at the stesdy subsidoncs %
the track, upon which they he'd vainly dumped
thousands Of cart loads Of earth. With dogeed
perseverance,, however, they went on c,rting
earth to the spot, and sfter time the ground
ceased to sink. They had found bottom
At depth, 1t Is said, OF something less than
mule. In other parts Of England-in Lin
colnshire, We believe, and also In parts Of tho
Weet-similar quickssnds are trayersed by rail-
ways on wide platforms, which act like snow
Shoes, and keep the slsepers afoat on ths surface
BY their great breadth. The only safe plan Is
bottom Ia reached. We hear that the spot TO
which We refer Is 90 spopgy In Its nature, that
while the track iit ks few inches daily, some
meadows adjacent hsSe been raised several feet.
To what extent this phenomenon may compli-
cate the difficulty tho engineers must decide
We beleve that nesr,y the whole eastern slope
Of the island from the hillsidss 10 the ses rcsts
on shifting basis. If thi, be the fact, the con-
sequer ces may hereafter prove serious TO heavy
buildings.
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Lake ssparior Nlisinx News.

Cur Lake Superior dies have come to hand.
From them we gather some late intelligence Of
the mining operations u the district. The total
amount Of copper shipped from Ontanagon for
the season just closed was two thousand SIX hun
dred and sixty-siN tons, one thousand three
hundred and thirty seven pounds. Of this the
Minnesota furnished oLe thousand Tx hundred
and sixty-four TONS Rockland, three hundred
and sixty four tons the National, threo hun
dred and fourteen tons, two hundred and sixty
three pounds the Adventure, ono hundred and
forty. three tons and the 0gims, Evergreen
Bud, Norwich, Aztec, Nobfassa, Toltcc,
Mass and Lidss quaint los varyiug from
thirty SIX or ten tons each. This, says
the Miner, shows decrease Of thirteen
tons Us compared With the aggregate shipments
Of last yesr Tho main falling OF Is In ths Mir-
neso,a which last year shipped one thousand
nine hundred and eleven tons; yet her loss Of
two hundred and forty -seven tons u nearly com .
pensatsd by the gain In product Of ths National
and Rockland, the former shipping one hundred
and forty, and the latter one hundred and four
tons over their exports in 1853. The greatest
per cenfdse decrease Is in TOltec, which last yeal
shipped thirty-one tons eight hundred and
twenty six pounds. The largest per centsg,
inersase-where any was shipped last year
is In Evergreen Bluff, the lalt years shipment,
Of which we're only five tons, one thousand six
hundred and fourteen pounds.
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ssu,hers Pis. Of self.Dsfsnce.

There Is At present much discussion at the
South Is to the best plan to put dowu the North
sin Abolition sentiment. The Washington Star
thinks the plan Of non- n-intercourse with States
that refufs to abide by the Slavery Compromises
Of the Constitution Just the thing. This also
seems TO be tho prevailing sentiment among some
Of the leading minds Of Virginia The Star
ssyE-
It's execution will require the manifestation Of Just
such spirit sniuAted the forefsthers OF tho pros
ent g'nsrstion OF Sothera for ton year, before
the American Revolution, involyipg priyAtions on
their part for the time being, and Arm adherence
70 the purpose Of seftAxAton In some degree 10
oomplsh the good end Of comp psllng the North 10
tie South, without the destruction Of tho existipg
zach southern st.ss may law fully ds.srm.a. wss,
lance q Ne pouce laws, and may virtually exclude
them from its huits. 30, tco, every State may lew
felly disc,,minste h taIing The .Ae q good. wsrss
revenue necessary foI state purposes from tho sac Of
such articles ~ X may choose 70 tAI, and entirely
eIempt any othsr articles from State taxation, dleot
Ss. upon :. s,.ag s p Now S1Ss shoe.
within u oompe ling tbs seller 70 swear
monthly, quarterly OF annually to the number Of
shss no .rsdsr sling only snisa and southern @sds
ssrs northern mads goods shall pay double oristing
iosDsss Of every dascption- And Ibis system OK ~
taliatiou may b ehacienuy susAlned by the vtlun,
tary sssocaecn 10 That end ON the part Of southern
ooCsumefu.
II the abolitoa ssntmsat Of Massachusetts, shah
cost the ospitA Of the stass the loss Of half was
l would oil erwise have been the NEXT yesr's south
tm demand for hAssschusstts bosts, shoes, cottoi
Il goods, and Massachusetts, YAnkss notions gensr-
ally, by tho advsnt Of January 1, 1861, thsfs wi.
l TO such en- Srrsy Of the tIausnos OF hassssausstt
ospttsi 70 put down ourreat 20 oos1y kusa,ba
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Mf. Secretary Conn has besn applied 10 for
permission TO place tho time ball on the Custom.
Houta that being . higher elevation than the
Exchange, ard batter adapted for tho purpose.
There appears to b no doubt that Mr.. Conn will
comply with the request. Tho time bail will BE-
OF wood, six feet In diameter, and painted
red. 1hs method Of Its operation Is as fol-
low . Shortly previous TO the hour oS noon,
which "a the only hour Indicated by the ap.
paratus, the ball Is raised bv . rope and puliy
to the top Of the hssstaff, whore II Is 70 :.
tanned in lis position by . "cs,ch." Al the pre-.
cise moment Of noon, ss calculated FOR n. York,
an electric current Is sent from the DupLKr OBJ
scrvatory at Albany, over the wires Of the Hud-
son River Railroad, come citing with the top Of
the stan. lhis current, by means Of simple
wiLhdrsws the "catch" and suffers
the ball to drop. The globe which plays easily
through Its centre upon tho STAFF, falls In tri-
Nc over iecond Of lime, and comes down with
some momentum, but Is arrested by springs
which leave the pole within fsv fsst Of IL
roof, and bent outward. Tho ball, having a,-
complisbcd its object for tho day, remains at
ths foot Of the poe until tho next day, shortly
b fore twelve, whom II Is again placed In posi-
tiOn,
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Letter from .icsn X. Cook.


Tie Cleveland Leader publishes the following
extract Of letter w,ittsn by Capt. JouS K.
Cook, dated Cbsrlestown Jail, Dec. 81
Tho statements that have been made In regard TO
my o'mp snions and myself ere totally false. Thsre
has not been one siDgie instance In which have fcr
or shown any signs o. fesr or nervousness since
have been herr. Neither hA. my cOmrsde, Oorrio,
such weskntss or dread Of death We dislike tho
mode Of death 10 which We havo bson doomed; but
Notwithstanding, we arc ohecrfully aud calmly
awaiting cur fate, and trust ws shall meet II like
vi frankly admit that on ono or t~o occasions
bave been asitated BY the RECEPTION of touching
pIpsrs arc scsrer 10 than my life. The doom thss
awaits me hss not In the least affected my appstite,
nor has II oocasioue cd any lost of rcst l slscp -
have ust rosd one Of the papors publlshed at
this place, aocoutt Of tho well bet woen
Capt, Bsowr, Corrio and myself To show tho false.
seGS & q VIII is s.o-. ws't p.:'S d
pmilir e. and shook both CorrIo and my self warmly
by tho hand. He asksd kindly after our health. lie
x,tsmsu, N thsa va ma t,r., maud ,u ann As. "a
oontsmpt byh l ssked hun what had sad that
was untrue; lie told me tbs. Il. was tho statement
witch bad made. "Ihst he had sent me 10 the Per-
~" told him that he mon certainly did tsll me to
60 these. He said he had no recollection Of any
thing Of the kind; but that he rcmsmbeed Distinct,
good memeIy, and had mot the slightest recollection
Of thing Of the kind. lie unmarked that my
n emory nwt be treaoherous thsp; but thas II We
hsd goa 70 ole, 20 msst our fate like men; that
We he'd gone Into good cause, and not 70 deny il
now. He then turned to Oorrio, and aaid that he
hsd heard that he had made some false statements,
but glad ~ learn that those repoi Il were untrue
He thon sAked II he could do anything for ua We
answered In tho n"gstive. He gave Corrip 10 cent?,
remarkfng, that ~ he owed C.s brother so, which
he did NOD know would over be paid, that . little
change might do him some good. He then pressed
our hands warmly, and baie US . lsst farewell.
Bsowr, Corrio and my sslf Capt Avs will,
think, vouch for tho truth Of this .tas ncit ~ vii
Mr., CorpIu,
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The Corpus Christi Rdschero Of the 10Th ult,
has an interesting srtice treating Of the various
towns on the Rio Grande, their geoersphcsl po-
sition relative To one another, TO nsighboring
Mexicsn toUnA and To the city OF q orpus Chrisu'
According to the statement, the proportion of
Mexican 10 American or Anglo Saxon residents
along the whole Rio Grsnds frontier Is as Zen 10
one.
II we suppose ourselves st point on the Rio
Grande. In lat. 2s deg. Ann. i6s., long. 100 deg.
3Om. 10s., distant from Bro wnsvIlls about 325
miles, from this city about 205 miles, at sush
place we should find Fort Duncan and Eagle
Pass, In close proximity to which are the Mexi-
can towns of Pisdras NegrAs, Nava, San Nicolas,
PelIote, Presidio del kio Grande, San Juan do
Ayenda and ban Fernando, number some 10000