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and then abruptly ended. still slept,
laborously, painfully, as oppressed by a
heavy nightmare, yet, by n strange
clairvoyance, became conscious of the
existence of external objects. saw the
black shadows of the floor, the lmpenc-
trabe darkness brooding in the corners
of the room, and heard the wind raging
without. More than that, though my
brother lay with bis back towards me,
and his face to the wall, | saw his face
as distinctly as if it were fronting mine
in MONDAY. And Il do not pretend to
explain these phenomena, and can hardly
expect to obtain credence, though it was
SOY | knew his thoughts. 0. The mortal
agony that it was to know them and be
unable to str hand CT foot to prevent
their execu ou!
Gently and cautiously he put the bed
clothes aside gently and cautiously he
stepped over me lay watching him
through an awful medium which dispen-
scd with ordinary means. One long look
at the troubled midnight sky, another
at the mirror-what dreadful attraction
WAS there In his own face, then | wonder!
and he stole across the darkened floor,
and out of the room. My preternatu:al
vision followed him.
Up the black staircase. To my I'M
clc's room!
The blood surged and throbbed in my
brain. There was dazzling fasI, as of
polished steel before my eyes, aud then
great darkness. With a cry of horror,
| awoke, my hair bristling. My brothers
place WAS vacant.
slirpei from the bed and stole after
him, a mortal terror in NY heart, my
blood congoalins to ice, my knees knock
cd together. In the midnight black
ness his outstretched hands met mime
wet with what knew must be blood
Why should | write more Boy as
he was, he died on the gallows, myself
barely escaping the same fate. Katy,
waking up to that night Of horror, never
closed her eyes in the sweet sleep OF
health or sanity again. My life has been
passed in self baniahncut from nay native
land. l AIN lonely cid man, the la t
of my race. And my story is told.
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MAylNs or WAsuJNGTON. -Irse n,

MAxlMs OF WAsHINGToN. Use no re-.
proachfdl language against any onc-reitlIcr
curses no, rey,lings. i" not too hasty to be-
levc lying reports TO the dispa'agcmcnt Of
any one.
If your apparel be modest, and endeavor
to accomtiudate nature rather than TO pro,
cure admiration
Associate yourself only with men Of good
quality. II vou esteem your reputation, for it
is better to be alone than in bad company.
Let your conversation be without malice or
envy. for it is the sign Of tractable and
co,nmcndable spirit; and in Casts Of passion
admit reason 10 govern.
Use not bad and frivolous things against
grown and learned men, nor very difficult
questions m subjects against the ignorant.
nor things hard to I've believed
Speak not Of dolefnl thIagS in time ofm.rth
nor at the table: nor Of melancholy things,
as death or wounds and II others mention
them change, If you can the discourse.
Break not jest when none take pleasure
III ninth.
Laugh not loud, nor at all without occasion.
Decide 10 mans mis- fortune, thro' there
seems to be some cause.
BE not farw rl, but friendly and courteous
the first to salute, hear and answer and
be not pensive when it u time to converse.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-02-26

1t isa vast treasury Of political thought AN
armory Of political facts in itself the Magns
Charta Of ON liberty and our rights, which
bears the sign rlanunl hot Of Kings or their
Ministers. bat .f the Muse Of History
After these publications, Mr.. Ilalam turn.
cd from political to lit,rar, history. preparing
10 write n full account of the revival Of letters
and the various steps by which a literature
came to h. cultivated IN the vrrracular lam
guagcS Of Europe. II was while engaged in
this work. and while his heart was full Of
JOY in the acQuirm"ntS nf his cider SON. who
had just left college, AID who under his faith
ers eye, was Tnw studying the InI1fuie or
Justlninn and the Commentaries Of Black stone.
now writing short papers for various works
reviews OF T'nnyson for magazine. hccra-
phics Of Burke and Enlt,re for the Portrait
Gallery o. tn" ts,fnl Know Iedsc Society. that
the great afl!.liun cam" which seemed for Il
time 10 prustiste the historian, snd which
certainly gave a 0!rlluwp,sS to his lailiS If
thought a. well a. depth Of feeling to his
whole character ,hat had the hspriest iniiu-
enre on his cri zeal di>quis'innS.
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VOL. YYlII.---No. 80
5elcrte0 I)octrp.
Intrinsic Worth.

Intrinsic Worth.
Tis not the bird of brightest wing,
Doth lottiest soar or sweetest sing;
For brilliant plumage who would mark
The pnions Of the warbling lark
tbs not the eaiIy painted flower
That sweetest blooms in wood or bower,
TIL. violet Of humble mcin
Breathcs OUT its iragance all unseen.
IT'S not the sparkling fountains flow
That glaldrns most the vale below;
The silent dew, the gentle rain
VIII more refresh the thirsty plain.
'Tis not the costly pearl or gem
That forms the lovclicst disdcm;
The ornaments that most adurn,
Are by the Lowry spirit worn.
Tis not the faircst form or face
That most reveals the spirits grace,
The nublcr virtues Of the mind
Lie deep within the soul enShrincd.
'Tis not the man Of shining parts
Yields strongest sway Per human hearts;
But he of sympathetic soul
The willing passions doth control.
Tis not the Boosting Phansec
Who finds acceptance for his plea;
The contritc heart alone will bring
To heaven u pleasing offering.
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How TO KEEP WARM Just now every.
body l. deslrous Of knowing how to keep
warm. The following specific. which sc,cn.
ttic authority recommends as a sure means
of keeping warm on cold nights is just the
thing for this season when the mercury is
almost ont of sight: :" Put three or four
lumps Of sugar with half teaSpoon(ul of
cayenne pepper III II tumblcr and till up with
hot water; when the sugar il dissolved drink
1t is not only pleasant to the palate, but
warns the whole body more eitclually and
quicker than spirits.
albany Eucn,ng Journal.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-02-26

A NATURAL CLIMAX In the hearing of an
Irish case foi assault aud battery, coun,cl,
while crosS-ex mining one of the witnesses
asked him what they had at the first place
they stopped
Four glasses If alc,' was the answer.
What next 2
Two glasses of whskcy.
What next g
'One glass of brandy
What next g
A fight =
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PUBLIC SALE.

ENIlE subscribe; will sell at Public Sale
l. at tie Farm Of i. NJ. Steele, ifcer tho
BRICK MEETING liorsE, Oh
Thmsdoy the 3nd dag Of NAECN. 1859,
the following Personal Property;
- R.W0oEs MARE, yyisss fsa7,
..JT>l two.year oil CO!r. pai,sss
lELA. of MULES. very gentle; IL tn
head of Cattle. AMONG Which are -.l.ass r.
-sY,SsF-!--szss42 YOKE OF OXEN, 3 MlLCN
ssas COWS, G of tner expected to
--K---11 have calvrs before salr). four
Young Cattle, 8 Shouts, l Sow, With Fig.
FARMING UTENSILS:
| 2-HOESE TNH ASKING A...NNINE,
Whea, Dlill, Straw and Fodder Cutter.
E--t--7--r Conn Shelter, new ! horse
GasstfeG ,fsS,i Wagon, 3-horSc WAGON,
ssLi.s. : * i'!"ws, lidrrows. Cultvators,
iiuano Sewer, Ok Cart. Carriage, Sleigh,
Wagon. piow and Carnage Harness; 10:
"i q rain BJgS;
WHEAT IN TIE GROUND,
with many articles too tedious to .nl.aio2,
Household and Kitchen Furniture.
4 lsn--A lot OF BOOKS. Sc Re.
&C. 5 he to c"mn"ncl at y o'ci.ck NJ.
Credit Of 8 and II moiths; particulars on
day Of sale, when attendance viii he given
10y II. C. STEELE.
Feb. T. 1Sj0--ts.
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III curse the hour when we were mar
lied y exclaimed an enraged gentleman TO his
better half. To which She mildly replied
= Don't, my dear. for that was the only hap.
py Que that we have SEEN
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

SHEEP AND Woot.-The San Andreas In
dependent, very intelligent and useful jour
nal, thus concludes an able article upon the
subject of the adaptability of the mountain
regions to mutton and wool growing:
"Upon the whole we think there is no
safer investment for moderate capital than
in a small flock of fine weoled Merino, Sax
ony, or Australian sheep, and no better pas
lures for them than among the hills and val
leys of the mining portions of this State
The following will show the relative prices
of wool clipped from the different breeds OF
sheep Merino, lbs wool, at 6Oc., So Sax
ony. 6lbs wool, at 6Oc, IS 60; Half bloods,
lbs. wool, at 33c., S 9s; Scrub, Abs.
wool, at l2c. 4sc. So it appears shat whilst
the wool crop of flock of scrubs will barely
pay for the shearins, washing, baleing, and
marketing, The fine wooled animal produces
annually enough from his back to pay al
the expenses of his keeping and leave a con-
siderable profit for the breeder.
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

Hor AIR ENGINE-The press of the Sac
samento Union is now driven by one of En-
IesoaTs caloric engines. 1t occupies but lit
tie space, is perfectly safe, easily managed
and remarkably economical The cost OF
running one in the Office of the Cincinnati
Press for SIX months was but fifteen dollars
while the expense of steam engine for the
same period would have been upwards OF
four hundred dollars. The hot air engine is
perfectly adapted to every purpose not re-
quiring immense power.
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

FROM UTAH.-Dr. j. B. Warfeld and NJ A.
W;nham returned this week from Carson
City ria Placeryille. They report the road
in very bad condition, and much inferior,
on the score of natural advan ages, to that
through the Henness Pass. Their estimate
of the mines of Western Utah does not vary
from our own. Silver and gold veins of i'm
mense richness and extent have been found,
and others will be, but the majority of for
tune hunters who go there will be disap-
pointed. If water could be abundantly in
troduced there would be great amount of
profitable surface slucing and ravine wash
ing done. Carson City is growing apace land
would increase very rapidly if building ma
terial could be procured faster. The orders
for lumber at Colburns MILL in Eagle Valley
are 400, 900 feet ahead, and still pouring in.
Parties are taking up water rights on Carson
river, and preparing to run quartz mills by
wheels. By next year but little rock will be
taken away from the territory for assay.
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26
WAGON ROADS.

The citizens of Nevada are becoming alive
to the necessity of connecting their city with
the eastern slope, by means of direct road
ria Eureka and Jacksons Ranch, and thence
on to Carson City, or the diggings, by the
route selected for the Truckee Turnpike A
meeting to discuss the project and take mea-
sures for its prosecution, is to be held at the
Court House on Saturday, the Sd day of
December, at 7 o'clock P. NJ. A general at
tendance from all parts of the county is So
aicited. The local papers estimate the cost
of the contemplated road at $4,000 or
$4,000, and state that it will bring them
within ninety six miles of Virginiatown,
making the distance to that point about
seven miles less than from North San Juan.
The road already built from Nevada to Eu-
reka, crossing the South Yuba onto this
ridge at Illinois Bar or at Webber's, is one
of the best mountain roads in the State, and
when it shall have been extended, as pro-
posed, to Jackson's ranch, twelve miles be-
kee Turnpike, our friends on the other
ridge will be able to attract through their
town, especially after the completion of the
Auburn railroad, considerable amount of
freight and passenger travel that would 9th :
erwise 60 by Placerville. The distance from
Sacramento will not vary much by either
route, and we are assured by intelligent gem
tlemen--who made the trip to Carson City
during the present month by the Henness or
Truckee route, and returned by Placerville
that the road already in existence through
the Henness pass is infinitely better for uni-
formity of grade, smoothness and good con-
dition, without further labor on it, than the
Placerville road could be made by the ex-
penditure of thousands.
Nevada is able to make the connection to
Jacksons without appealing for aid to the
county, as once proposed. Our Ridge has
subscribed $4,000 out of 100000 for the
road of its choice, and will subscribe the
remainder if necessary. The business men
of the county seat will not be less liberal.
We can heartily wish the Eureka road pro-
ject success. There need be ne rivalry be-
tween that and the Truckee Turnpike, for
both are needed to accommodate two differ
.ent streams of travel and two sections of the
county that are geographically separated.
The two roads will bring more travel through
the county than one would, and thus increase
the amount of public good which such great
highways always effect.
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26
The Right to the Minerals.

The decision of the Supreme Court in the
case of Boggs u.s. the Merced Mining Compa-
ny, involving Fremont's right to the Min
erals in his Mariposa grant, effectually dis
poses of the arguments by which that right
was sought to be disproyed, and gives to the
plaintiff certain property in dispute which
he held on lease from Fremont and upon
which defendants had constructed works
and machinery costing upwards of SS00,00
Fremont's grant embraces ten leagues of
land that is mostly mineral, and his supe-
rior right as the holder by United States pa
tent gives him the power to cause hundreds
of miners serious loss. He can, however
by exercising liberality, and selling his land
in small lots at low rates, prove a real bene-
factor to those who are delving on his es-
tates
The Court emphaticalfy denies that the
general licence to search for minerals in the
public lands can be by implication extended
to private lands There must be more spe-
ci6c legislation than any yet resorted to-
before the invasion of private property can
be permitted to the miner. The Court also
uses language which indicates disposition
to afford full protection to the owners of
private land claims. 1t says:
''There is something shocking to all our
ideas of the rights of property in the propo-
sition that one man may invade the possess
sions of another, dig up his fields and gar
dens, cut down his timber and occupy his
land, under the pretense that he has reason
to believe there is gold ander the surface,
or if existing, that he wishes to extract and
remove it,
Since the above decision was published
the Court has granted an injunction restrain
ing large number of Chinese miners from
working upon land claimed by one Henshaw
under a patent from the United States. In
this case the opinion is again expressed, that
although the public lands are, by the suffer
ance of the General Government, left open
to the gold seeker, private lands can be en-
tered by him only with the consent of the
proprietor.
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
State of California.

FEVHE BOARD are able to announce that the Agri-
Il cultural and Mechanical University ofthe State of
California, will commence its first session the 23d
OF November next 1t is private enterprise. They
ask no gift or donat on of generous public. They
ask only to be patrczed. An institaton of flearnng
must like every other enterprise be deserving. to be
sustained if worthy the pub ic will support it WE'LL if
not. no bequest of dying millionaire make it sue
cessful The University is business enterprise Its
projectors working men. They intend to make it
in every way worthy of the people the Golden State
confident that the people will appreciate their efforts
1t is working mans college. We believe that the
farmer and the meo hanc need education Just as
much as the lawyer and the doctor, the common man
as much as the professional gentleman. Has the far
mer less need of brains than the attorney the nven
torthan the physician? The colleges Of the present
time cherishing mothers for young physicians ami
lawyers and preachers but the of toll finds them
step-mothers who thrust him aside for ong-gowned
young professor who intends to rise above labor
Our University shall be mother to the aborer who with
the sweat his and the his hands,
forth in the true dignity of his race-the full grown
developed man.
The Bo ,rd have located their Institution at Heads-
burg. in Sonoma county. the hank of Russian river!
i'll one of the most beautiful and healthy sections of
our State embracing lands unsurpassed III fertility
the Pacific coast. system of manual labor has been
adopted for the pppose Of impartng practical well
as theoretical instruction in the various branches of
Agriculture and Mechanics. and also of essening the
expenses Of the student. one-faf of whose board bill
for the present session propose to take in labor
be performed at such hours will not interfere with
the pursuit of regular of study for which the
usual rates viii be allowed
farm and steam power are connected with the
University. large and commodous boardine-hous
will be ready for the reception of students, where the
young men will be under the immediate supervision of
some of the faculty. Connected with the Univer
sity is Academy. for which the same system has
been adopted.
Arrangements have been made for boarding num-
ber OF young Ladies' in private families in the village.
TIE II MS.
For the Primary Department .....S 81 so per month.
Academc ga lases.-."--.....-.. 90 do
Music, Drawing, Embroidery..... 2 co do
Doard.--.... t OO per week.
Besides the faculty the following scientific and Ito
rary gentlemen have been engaged to lecture for the
benefit OF the classes
Hon. DIR. !. S. Ormsby. Rev. z. p. Henderson,
Rev Jas Woods, G. W. Granniss, Esq,
s. DR.. BOnham, DR.. J. j. Piper,
g Jas, Pierpont.
By order of the Board Of Directors.
Ws. N. MACY, Prest.
CHAs. L. HUTTON, .Secy. nov Il 3m
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

LARGE EGa.-Mr. VIM. Black, of this city,
laid tremendous egg on our table yester-
day, which had previously been laid in his
stable by an ordinary hen. Longitudinalfy
it measured seuen and a half inches, and in
circumference si1! There is not the least
-aggeration in this statement, as we
measured the fruit ourself. IF there are any
ambitious hens in this State, either Shang-
ha, bunty-tai, feather-leg, top knot, or
hook bill, that think they can clay over" the
above egg, we would like to see them spread
themselves '-MaryscHe Democrat
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

EASTERN NEws.-The last overland mail
announces that the Plug Uglies, Thunder
bolts and other ruaians again have posses
sion of Baltimore in defiance of authorities
that do nothing to oppose them. At the
late election they controlled the polls, and
created riot in which many persons were
wounded and some killed There is talk Of
forming a vigilance committee.
Old Brown, the Harper's Ferry slave lib-
orator, has been convicted of conspiracy,
treason and murder in The first degree.
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

The Agricultural and Mechanical Univer-
sity at Healdsburg, is attracting considerable
attention. J. A. Burlinghame is giving lee
tures in the principal cities below, explains
tory of the plan and objects of the Univer-
sity, which meet with general approval. 1t
is school for the development of practical
and healthy men and women, and begs no
other aid from the public than that it shall
have full supply of pupils.
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

The Alta of Tuesday contained the clear
est and most circumstantial account of the
San Juan tempest in teapot that has been
published. 1t was written by special cor
respondent, and tells the story from the
treaty of 1916 up to the hour of Gen. SCOTS
pacific arrangement. The British authori-
ties certainly acted with little dignity in the
affair, and but for the opportune arrival of
Admiral Baynes might have precipitated a
bloody conflict.
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

How Coal OH IS MADE.-"There are Sc
veyal rows of retorts, each of which con
tains twenty-five tons Of coal, and this
amount is worked off as a regular charge at
each operation. The principal of action
embraced in these retorts is said to be to-
tally different from all others it is exactly
the same as that of smoking a pipe of to-
bacco, and on this account it is called the
'meerschaum.' Each of these retorts is built
of brick, in the form of huge pipe bowl
and when the coal is packed in, the fire is
kndled on the top with anthracite. The
draft of the heated products down through
the coal is effected by steam power, and the
oil vapors that are carried off below are con-
densed into crude oil and pass from con-
Quoting pipe into a tank. The operations
are under perfect regulation to prevent the
camel coal undergoing combustion"
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

Gen SCoIT's MIssIoN-The island of San
Juan remains in the military possession of
Americans and under the civil jurisdiction
of an American justice of the peace but
Gen. Harneys redoubt has been dismantled.
1t is said that proposition for joint occu-
patton was made to Gov. Douglass and re-
jected. The menacing aspect assumed by
the Americans having been dspelled, it is
presumed the dispute can now be settled by
negotiation. Gen. Scott came to- San Fran
cisco on Sunday, and left for the east, next
day, on the Jno. L. Stevens.
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

Express is Informed that the Commissioners
have determined to locate the State Reform
School a few miles above that city, on the
Feather river, The site selected is said to
be beautiful one, combining every advan-
tage fer an institution of that kind.
The city authorities are considering pro-
position to purchase and donate site,
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

An English paper expresses strong sus-
picion that all the tea prepared in China for
expectation is drugged in such manner
that it viii act as slow poison upon the
systems of ''outside barbarians," and grad
ually extirpate them from the earth. The
argument given in support of this monstrous
suspicion, is ingenius but not convincing.
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

According to Gfr. Jacob Poor, of Port
land, Maine, who lately read a paper on
British Colonization in America before the
N. Y Historical Society, the Plymouth ia
theirs were entirely insignificant agents in
the work of colonizingthe continent. They
were anticipated by the broader movement
of Gorges, and were but company of trad
ers or fishermen, intending not to found a
nation but to make money and return to
England in seven years
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

MAsT.-Acorns are very abundant this
fall, much to the delight of John Digger and
pork raisers. Hogs are roaming through the
woods fattening for the slaughter, and must
be looked upon by the poor Indians with
much dislike and jealousy. The assertion
of the aborigines, that large acorn crop is
followed by a heavy rainy season, seems to
be verified this year.
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

There are 1883 children in, San Fran
cisco. Of these 6,2Ol attend school. There
are children in the schools from every State
in the Union-New York alone furnishing
l4sS-and from thirty-one other nationali-
ties. The number of pupils native to Cali
fornia is 1OlO
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26
Special Notices..

Halls sSarsaparilIa Yellow Dock and
IOdide of POtass is prepared from the finest red
Jamaica Sarsaparilla and English Iodde Of Potass-
admirable restorative and purifier the blood, it
cleanses the system Of all morbid and impure matter
pimples boils and eruptions from the skin
cures rheumatism ahd pains ofali kinds All who can
afford should it. it tends to give them strength
and prolong life Sold by Druggists general " at Sl00
per bottle. K. HALL 4 CO.,
Proprietors, Wholesale Druggists, 143 and lbs
Clay street San Francisco. oil 3m
For sale at the San Juan Drug Store, by
T. & L. MCGUIRE.
The hydraulic press., 1859-11-26

SToP THIEF.-Some wretch, who loves a
first rate newspaper better than honesty, fire.
auently abstracts from the mail our copy of
the Sacramento Union Entertaining the
complimentary suspicion that he also appro-
PIRATES somebody's copy of the Press, we in
sert this plea that he will let the Union slide
with a faint hope that he may see and heed
IL