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Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-17

THE LIVE YAxxEE.-IIes decided charac-
ter. lie loves to swap; he loves to whittlc;
he loves to guess and ask questions; he keeps
an eye out he takes care of number one, and
he'll do it on barren rock where any body
else would starve. What II he does fatten'
the vowel sounds, aud talk in Outlandish pro-
vinciAlisms, and ask plain questions. He
makes himself understood, teaches others
some things, and learns more himself What
he knows he turns to advantage. What il no
does want to swap; he's willing others should
make as good trade as they can, and cheat
him II they can? What IL he does whittic;
he knows how to whittle his way--his bigneaH,
~ bullet out west among the gunners. Put
him on any desolate island on the globe, and
only leave him his jack-knife, and he'll get
home as soon, II not sooner, than the ship
that left him there. He never knows when
he's beaten he never says die. Put him any
where, and he will get out If he wants to put
him out anywhere, and he will get in il. he
wishes to.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-17

WHINMG.-There IL class Of persons Ia
this world, by no means small, whose prOmi.
nent peculiarly is whining. They whine be-
cause they are poor, or 10 rich, because they
have no health TO enjoy their riches; they
whine because II is too shiny; they whine be-
cause It is too rAiny they whine because they
have "no luck" snd 0thsss' prosperity ex.
ceeds theirs; they whine because some friend
has died and they ase StiIl living; they whine
because they have aehss and pains, and have
aches and pains because they whine, and they
whine no one CAM tell Why. Now, / would
like to say word 10 these whining persons.
First. Stop whiningl II is Of no Use
this everlasting, complaining, frctting, scOld.
ing, fault-flndiDg and whining. Why, you are
the most deluded set Of creatures that ever
lived. Do you not know that It is well SET
tied principle Of physiology and common
sense, that these habits are more exhaustive
Of nervous vitality than almost any other vic.
lation Of physiological Iawl And do you not
know that life 10 pretty much a. you take Il
and make it? You can make It bright, sun.
shiny, or you can make Il dark, shadowy.-
This life Is meant only to be disciplInary-tC
1T ~ for higher and purer state Of being
Then stop whining and Itettins, and ''g0 on
your way rejoicing"
Second.-Sing the song Of life cheerily.-
Harkl Do you hear yOnder bird singingjoy.
ously It's merry carrOIs, "a 1t hops from bOugh
in its native fOrest-hOmep Initiate II! Take
up your song Of life, using It jCyously and
bravely. Sing on, though you feel II not.
You are miserable, nervous, dySpeptic, in
wrong relations to yourselves and all Gods
universe, and that's all that ails you. Then
stop short, take up the song Of life, and leave
of forever that whine Of death.
"a merry heart dOsth good like medicine;
but broken spirit drieth up the bones."-
Live simply, cheerfHlly, trustingly; and by
and by your troubles ''wiII take to themselves
wings and fly away" You will gradually
grow more and moro Into harmony with the
natural order Of things, and the bright light
Of heaven will shine pleasantly down into
your souls and baptize them into new life
LIFE HIustrGted.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-17

Suddenly he heard clink as Of money
Then he began TO examine the old gaementa
aud found, to his almost mad joy, that they
contained immense treasures in gold and jewels
diamonds, sapphires, pearls and rubies, "a
the value, - he thought, Of ten thousand
francs, but in reality more than hundred
thousand.
Far in the depths Of that dark wood, the
murderer hid the most precious stones, to be
brought forth in after time. There were two
thousand FIVE hundred francs In money and
with this amount he started for home, nc
longer . poor man, but alasi even further
than ever from being happy one.
He travelled in his ragged clothes As far a.
Nismes, fearful Of spending one Of his lilac
Fquired coins sooner but ct Nismes he ven.
tured to purchase . new and gcnteel suit, and
in this, shortly after, he appeared before Lu-
cile, showed her father the snm required,
which he represented as having been honestly
obtained in his profession, and claimed her
hand.
In due time Henri Du Barre married Lu.
cile Montaigne, and happy were an at she
wedding but the guilty groom, who was never
to know happiness again. He kepthis secret
however, and profited by II, making an occa.
siOnal journey to the dismal spot Of bis crime
under pretence Of travelling on business. lie
took away and disposed Of the jewels one by
one, and gradually grew opulent, and was re-
garded by all who knew him US an honest
man Of mark. -
But the remembrance Of his crime had q
strange fascination for him, and much of hi
time was spent in brooding over It in secret
Being aH artist, he ut length naturally con
v.1 eha SAnm nf he SpR h.
murder and he finally drew In miniature, on
ivory, picturing himself in the act Of drag
ging the dead body Of the Jew into the forest
whose features, from memory only, he define
sted with wonderful fidelity. And as r. thin
were not enough to satisfy bis morbid infatu.
alton, he wrote underneath: LsG0c, a .JeW
tenlber the tenth in a dark scOOd, about tUentI
Ledgues SOuth from LyOns"
Ii was strange, insane idea, that Of pre-
serving q memory Of the horrible deed in thii
manner; but this miniature Of the scene HI
had vet in neat little frame. and carried it ir
belt around his waist.
But the Strangest part Of this horrible affail
is yet to be told. On his last visit TO the for
est, for the last jewel that yet remained Of TIN
proceeds Of his awful crime, he Was shot deaC
by highwayman, who on searching his per
son, found the miniature, and recognized il
the features Of the murdered Jcw-his 0w,
FATHER.
This produced 20 strong an impression up
on the second murderer, that he carried it Il
the authorities, and mudS full confession o
his own crime. A full and thorough investi
cation took place; and among the papers o
Du Barre, was found one containing the state
ment Of the whole transaction, as we hav
here recorded Il.
The second murderer, the son Of the Jew
was subsequently executed, and 20 ended tn
chain Of dark and bloody events
Truly, the ways Of Providence are wonder
ful and mysterious.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-17

THE ToxATO.-Dr. Bennett, a professor Of
some celebrity, considers the tomato an inval-
liable article Of diet, and ascribes to II very
important medical properties. 1.-That the
tomato is one Of the most powerful aperients
Of the liver and other organs-whence calomeA
is indicated. It is probably one of the most
effective and the least harmful remedial agents
known to the profession. 2.-That chemh
cal extract can be obtained from 1t that win
supercede the use of calomel in the cure Of
disease. S.-That he has successfully sreaAsd
diarrhna with this article alone. z.-ThaG
when used as an article Of diet, II is almost .
sovereign remedy for dyspepsia and indiges-
tion. 6th.-That II should BE- daily used tor
food. Either cooked. raw, e. 10 the form Of
catsup, it is the most healthy article now ID
USE
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-17

HAD HIA THERE.-A Piedmontese Colonel
was presiding over q court-martial when
man Was brought before him charged withbe-
ing an Austrian spie, who, nevertheless. vehe-
hcmently maintained that he was MilAnese
trader. He, however, could not produce any
documents to prove his allegation, and could
not satisfactorily explain why he was in Pied.
mont. "PrisonCr," said the Colonel, ell ct
once, "COmc closer to me, do not hear we'll p
The man advanced. "Ah," said the Colonel,
IL sec that You step with your left foot for.
ward, with your arms close to your sides, aud
the finger on the scam Of the trOwsers. You
are soldier" The man, greatly confused,
could no longer deny that he was both q sol
dier and spy.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-17

CrinOIins vas originally the name ofA Pari.
sian HsOdiste-0nO Madame Crinoline. who
kept aet Of drsasmaklng rooms IN the Rue
dc la Paix. Il eventually came Into use to de.
note the article most IL repute ct her establish.
ment. She Il was who. by the invention d
hOrSO-hair wOven into sort OfclOth and manu-.
factured intu petticoatS enabled the fair rex 70
dispense with that clumsy abomlnatIon which
always placed thetAs Z not ia s'hsadl6ne huE.
~, CeTtaiRly 10 bustle. The RGtns II (ht pet
ticoat was given fNOm thAt Ofthe mvsAtus, q
has frequently, happened +; The crsnOllne, de
pstticOat, ,wssderiVed from CrHhOaine, The dsss-
maker.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-17

MACHINE PoErRY.-ThO Shylock who. With
head erect, with honest people minglcs, should
cease TO shave bis fellow man and 60 to shav;
ing shingles. The lawyer would be better cfI;.
his conscience far less pliapt, who owned {
little farm In fec, and made that farm client.
We have some doctors in our midst, WHO'S
talents they should use, by practcing the
healing art-heeling boots dnd shoes 1Es
minister whose sagc advice moral IeSsASk
teaches, should swatch as well as pray" dmd
practice whathe breaches. The world GA6uld
have it's docket called, and sluggards al DE-
faulted, and those should be the "uPpet ten, :"
whom labor has exalted.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-17

The length Of the longest day and oe tksr.
shortest day depends upon the lstilUas ~ ~
place where the time Is reckoned. A. sBsats
and London the longest day has sixteen hours
and a:hAlf; atSt Petersburg. the lonssst Aay
has nineteen and the shortest Eve houH; ek,
ToFnea, IN Finland, the longest day haa twSa.
ty.one snd a-hslf hours, end fas ik6s tle5
and arhalf hours; at WandeFhns u n nv,
the day lasts fom the slst of Nay - 80
Of July, without intaruption; !, and " -
bergen. the longest day Il thtsS ~
months Ia duration. ~ ~ fEsfll =
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-17

A Cincinnati paper says that an economical
couple from Iowa arrived aI Alexandria, No.,
. few days ago, to get married. The groom
had neither hat, coat, nor waistcoat, bat tho
esquire" kindly loaned him those garments,
and then tied the knot for the pair. WhsrI
the ceremony was over, the groom told tie
esquire" that he 'hadn't red" but would
like to trade him . pet WOLF il they could
agree on the terms. The Esquire" took the
vArmint and gave the happy bridegroom one
dollar to boot.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-17

A minister, noted for combining the sornc
wnat ;ncongruous professions of preacher and
money-Iender, was offering prayer. In whlsh
was the fOllowing petition; ''Grant that %
may have more interest In heaven 7" WDonE
do Ill" exclaimed one Of the congresltion.
"dOn't do Il! The old sinner gets Gv6 bsF
cent: . month now, and thGs's enough ~
Lord knows!" =
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-17

A LIBERAL MAx.-The New York corr "a
pondent Of the Cleveland leader says:
~ was told few evenings since that Mr.,
A. Z. Stewart, the merchant dry goods prince
Of New York, intends 70 build large Home
for Widows and Indlgent Women. and endow
It most literally; and that II one million Of
dollars are not enough he will use two millions.
Mr.. Stewart says Il Is to the women (oF their
husbsnds) he Il indebted for his fortune, and
now In return he will use II TO benefit them,
without regard to sect or creed.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-17

Thsre y n0thiAe 70 &slishtfai, suys Pintoss
g The hsAEing 80 aAiisa e aUtk ROi
THE reason. thsEs ~ eouNsaion g awt6os
abIe % that of ehe nan a. ia6eGvitn. |vhn
hears without any deli 81 to 6StSay, ,sn1 -
without any intention to deceive.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-17

A pipe, like qusck medicine, is worth no.
thing Unlce5 II is pWifed.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-09-17
III z
@Onntain Democrat

puhlIshsd every Saturday, at the Once on Cooma s
PtAceFvle, by
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-03
Threatening Lettersto Queen Victoria

A London paper says For years past.
John Wardle, a common miner, at West
Broomwich, has attained notoriety, by not
only asserting that he is CONNECTED with the
royal family, Through his mother and the
Duke of York; but frequently annoys Her
Majesty by addressing letters to the Sovereign.
In these coarse, lengthy and i'll spelt episties,
threats are held out if demands for money are
no. complied with. The results Of such an
inexplicable course (for the fellow is sane
enough) have been regular prosecution OF
Wardle (before the magistrates, and impris-
onment for twelve months of the offender
He has also been under the constant suryeil-
lance of the Deputy Chief Constable, and
trustworthy officers report daily that they
have kept an eye on this dangerous and infat-
uated man. In this state of things. no soon
er has Wardle been liberated from iail than
he, within flew weeks past, complies another
epistle, a facsimile of its predecessors, adj
dressed as before, which he put under cover to
the Chief Constable, with request that this
functionary would forward the letter to Her
Majesty. The result was an order that War
die should be again taken into custody, and he
was brought before the magistrate at West
Broomwich, on charge of sending a threat
ening letter to the Queen. When brought 10
the station, he remarked to Sergeant Rich
ards, "They (the magistrates) can only give
me twelve months, and when come out
again I'll cook her goose" abiding to VIC
lence on the person of the Queen. He was re-
manded.
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-03
A SPEC OF DIFFIcULTy-THE u. S. GOVERN
MENT SEEING A DISPUTED ISLAND.

The last advice from California brought in
telligence of the seizure, by the u. s. Govern.
ment, of the Island of San Juan, off the en-.
trance of Fraser river, on the Psccihc. The
following is the nature of the controversy
which has occasioned the seizure, and which
calls for settlement between the British Gov
eminent and our own
The treaty of 1876 provided that the line
separating the British and American territories
should commence at the summit Of the Rocky
Mountains, in latitude 40 deg, to which point
it had previously been brought from the East,
thence run westward with the doth parallel to
the middle of the Gulf of Georgia. thence
southwark with the main channel to the
Straits of Fuca, and through the middle of
these straits to the ocean. Now, IL so hap
pens that between the point where the line
leaves the 49th parallel and the point where it
enters the Straits OF Fuca there is the Arcl-
pelago de Haro, through which several large
channels run the two main ones being the
Rosario Strait and the Canal de Haro. The
former is the one used by vessels going from
the ocean to the mouth of Fraser river, but
the latter is the wider, though INSTRUCTED by
some small islets. Both are wide channels
deep enough for the largest ships. Between
them lie dozen islands, the chief of which
are San Juan, Lopez and 0rcas Islands, and
altogether they may include about 200 square
miles of land, or $4,000 acres. San Juan
island is the most valuable, and has about TO-
900 acres much of it is good soil, covered
with fine grass. The British assert that the
Rosario Strait is the "ma:n channel" meant
by the treaty, and the Americans say the
Canal de Haro is meant; and the settlement
Of that dispute will determine who is to be
the owner Of the islands, Some British sub
jects already occupy San Juan Island as
sheep pasture.
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-03

Had you been as wise as bold,
Young In limbs, In judgment old,
Your answer had net been enscroed
Fare You we'll your suit Is cold
Merchant Of Fsniee
II there ever was a man under the higl
Heavens to whom the old saying of "Jack a
all trades and master of none'' would forci
bly, apply, that man is certainly Grimshaw
the dark lantern and abolition candidate fo
Mayor of this city. Everything that is start
ed and everything that is talked OF, Grimshaw
must have his voice and his fingers in From
public schools downto whiskey laws he fights
for the championship and swears like Hes
sian when he is defeated, as he invariably is
Though he loves his "licker'' as well as he
ever loved his mothers milk, he fought like
law, which, if passed, would have shut up all
the small fry whiskey mills in town, and throw
the ''tradei into the hands of the first class
landlords.
His action in the matter, was perhaps com
mendable enough, but his inconsistency was
simply odious. like to see man practice
his precepts, and if he drinks his whiskey
literally, concede to all others the same lati-
tude of liberty. 1t would have looked far
better in Grimshaw last winter to have made
a law abolishing the license system altogether
and opening ten whiskey cribs in Whining
ton, where there is one now. Inconsistency
is a jewel" and a jewel is jewel though it
be hidden in dung hill. For many years,
Grimshaw has worked like galley slave, day
and night, to wheedle the people of this city
into the belief that he is the great fulcrum up
on which all public enterprises must rest
And though the people seem hard of credu-
lily, drimshaw weares not but keeps his
name constantly floating on the breeze. He
is sometimes deeply mortified at the indiffer-
ence with which his ''high hopes and aspira-
tons high" are treated by the ttbone and
sinew' of the town, but under the soothing
influence of his family motto, t'hope on, hope
ever" he drives along, in blissful anticipation
of the better time coming. In the matter of
city government, Grimshaw sets himself mn ms
something more than 'punkinsn and talks
very enthusiastically about clear sside walks
public nuisances and police regulations. No.
thing pleases him, and he claims as much crit
ical acumen in the management of municipal
affairs as in profound erudition and general
scholarship. By his rant, fustian and blnstcr
about ''free education and "eIevation of the
masses, " he managed lately sofar to cheat the
State, as to be appointed Superintendent of
Common Schools, which, being the only tri-
imph Of his life, SO pulled him up with self
.onceit that not long since he attempted to
ell the city for $4,000, intending with the
money thus obtained to build tower of
Babel on Quaker Hill, in which to get up a
onfusion of tongues. But thepeople, think
ng Grimshaw not quite the man to manaeg
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-03

SENATORS GwrN AND BRonERIcK.-The San
Francisco correspondent ofthe N. Y. Times writing
August LIST, says:
Probably no two occupying seats in the United
States Senate ever before employed such language
in relation to each other Senators Gwin and
Baoderck are now dispensing nightly. In this
Broderick is clearly the aggressor, lie began by
denouncing his colleague charging him with all
sorts ofdenquency, declaring that he was dripping
with corruption. and attempting to support his
statements only by surmses and suspicious quite us
dshonorng to the man who uses them as TO anybody.
Gwin Mt first was silent. Broderick evidently Ind
became desperate, and proceeded To ''pie pelion
upon 0ssa until his colleague finally seems to have
lost all patience and selfcontrol. His course with
most men would have been tochallenge them either
to make good their base charges or to meet him
upon 'the field of honor" But Broderick, while
acknowledging 'the CODE had quite recently
grossly and wantonly insulted Mr.. Perley ut n
public table, and then refused to fight him, adding
insult to injury in his letter Of declnation. Under
such circumstances Gwin seems to have supposed
that 1t would be useless to try an other course with
his adversary then TO denounce his statements in
the bitterest TERMS then give him ample
to produce his proofs. He has done this in several
whitening personal speeches in different parts of the
State, but has ELECTED further evidence at the
hands Of his assaant Next Monday il is expected
that the Senators wlmeet each other in Sacramento
before public audience. As il is hardly possible
that they can stand upon the same platform with.
out personal collision wise friends of both will,
doubtless, endeavor to prevent the meeting.
Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-03
THE PROBABLE sUICIpE on. REV. IoHN

THE PROBABLE SUICIDE OF. REV. JOHN
A. McCLUNG.-From all the facts and publ
cations concerning the recent death by drown
ing, of Rev. J. McClung, we are led to infe,
that he came to his death by suicide. That
he wandered away from his hotel at Niagara.
and was absent several days is sufficient
proof that he was non compos mentiS. We OBJ
served his career for number of years, and
in all that time were impressed more with the
brilliant and cratic genius of the man than
anything profound about his intellectual
character. He was, at different times, first a
prominent Presbyterian Clergymen second,
an avowed lnfidel, and the author of a work
of romance of exceeding genius, but disfgur-
ed by the utmost profanity; third, lawyer
of fine attachments and large practice :;
fourth, an advocate of emancipation, then a
delegate for the State at large, to nominate
Gen. Taylor, at Philadelphia, and subsequent
ly preacher. He inherited from his Mar
shall ancestry an antipathy TO Mr.. Clay, and
most effectually urged it in 1S4S. In 1851 he
reunited with the Presbyterian church. His
manners were always excentric, and he was
characterized by the peculiar idiosyncraces of
his family. brother, the late Col. McClung,
committed suicide, and talented sister was
insane. Still his genius was of the finest
order. Had his mind been well balanced he
would have been one of the formost men of
the nation. Louisville Democrat, dug. %.