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Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-05-21

LE- Mons invitons lc public i jctcr
les yak ct a lire attcntivemcnt les not "
vcaax avis que nous publions dams nos
COLONIES.
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Fiat DE La LOUISIANA.

ETAT DE La LOU 1olANE-
: corr DU SEUyIeME DISTRICT JUDIcIAIRE.
PARoIssE be La roISrE couPeE
nt4s Eagare de lt s'mosssoa Il dEyarlstc BEFre
MERE, deefde.
rONFoRNEMENT a un ordre de Honorable
l. cour du ome District. dams ct pour Ia pa.
roIsse e, Ea s,lsIits Je. sous~gne sheriff, olrira
tn vcute pubque, sur ks llcuN, le
1IarA, 2ime ioaf dc Ma 1889, =.
=, - h. 4. VI. les psoprietes snisantes, dtpcn-
dant dc lulite succession, savoif
EsCLAVES.
.,lthcc sr;fFonnc. agee dc IS ans, ayec ses en-
flrts:
Desphine. ;igee de ans;
I-;dme. age De q ans;
I.nzanna. agee de ans;
Rose. a.ee TN an;
Jos6phipe mu'atressc agec DC 3o ans CT son GU
FAINT
Algire. agse dc ans;
Aida gritionRe agec dc 10 ans;
Louise. negresse agee dc 50 ans, ct Eoa en.int:
Frederic. Age dc ans; =
finn ere asf de 26 ans;
RAYMOND. age de rs ans. charpenuer;
Joe griiTc age de Il ans:
ference eriffe il &c dc Is ans;
aleidc griffe age de l3 ans;
Francois, negre age de Ii ans.
MOB1I.lEH.
scbevaux vaches ct lturs suivan's. voitn-
re-. eutIs aratoires mcubles de maison DC, &c
Trrmes ct coadittons dc la reate:
lie mobIicr: compliant
| 1rs eseiaves: un gitart compliant ct Ia balance
! 4, nrix a.achat .n ) +efmes Ggaux. payable res
! n.ctveu,cnt les Irrs mars 1850 81.
! les asaudrcurs devroat fournir lenrs bilets
svcc hanncs ct soivables cautions solidalrcs, une
hvpotheesc sphciale sera rfsersee snr cbaque
prarri.ue ,endue ju-ep,a paiement f'nal desdiis
billcts qui porteront pour 100 dintelst apres
echeance.
SEVERN POHCIIE.
Sherlf
! Ponte Coupee, 23 avril 1850.
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r- La Convention demoeratiquc sc
rc,lnira lc 90 JUN !. Vilalia, paroisse Con
cordia, pour choisir un ca'iiidat pour lc
Sane District congrcssionncl
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Ncr Yak, l. mAi-I.cs courtiers ct
autrcs ont JprouvC unc vlve sensation
cc mat:n, cu apprcnant Ia faill1tc de ia
cob Little, un lies principaux courticrs
dc Ia place, On asurc que son pass;i
est dc plus DUN million.
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ETAT DE La LOUISIANA.

CorR Dtf NEyyieAE DISTRICT If'picTtIRE.
-t rAReISsE HE LA rofNrE CorreE.
Aarie-Jeannc AeRae, fpouse' ~ ,,,z
r. w Mc2ae. SOD mari.
TETTE affairs. ayaut ete appellee conierme-
u ncnt soa assignation: la Csur ayant con
sidere resilence eerte, ct. III loi ct evidence
etant en- favour & icelle:
II est orfionne. adjugc ct decrete Ihe ia-dc-
manderesse Marie-Jeanns Bisland, ootlenne 1age-
ment contre son epoux Robert " Mchae; gu enc
soft dtcretGe separee dc proprle'e d avec iai, e'
autprisde administrcr ses liens sans assistance
de son dit tpoux que la communicate pfeceden-
p,ent eyistante entreux soft dissoutc. rescrvant a
la dcn,anderesse le drQit de rtelamer. par apres
toute somme d argent qui pent lui etre due Ell
vertu de ses droits paraphernaux dc'qaieonque
ellie pourr,, avoir droit de rGciaaner cetie meme
samrnn AD. NJ IIARiLSDN.
Inre de la cour du One District.
tAyrii ic 20. 1873.
Pour copie conf'rrnc, =
A. BCt-4NlW1ID.
1tmai deputG gr"flier
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%,1 y \ \ a
ETiT DELI LOUISIANA.
c,,r pr SEryIexE DISTINCT JuD'crAiEE.
PsselssE De La FoINrE coEreE.


Pierre Curct &-Jean Cazenarye,
Pb ~ Moore.
TN yertu IL ct pour satisfaire un writ de j.. fa.
n lance dams III cause e-desstIs intitulGe.. ct a
moi alressG par lHeerable Cour dn SeaTem'
Districk dams ct pour In paroisse ct Etat sus Its.
pour satisEtre IA Ia detaande du Plaig1ant ct aux
frais. iai sais ct o.frirai tn ycnte puthque, la
Naisoa de.c cour. le
Samcdi, 4me 9our de JUN 1859,
II H. L. NJ tons les tlroits titres et intfrets que
lc deirnleur "A lans ct ladite propriete ei-apre'
dGcrite, ssror:
Unc yoiture ct une paHe dc Harnais
7rfases ct conditions de Ii reate::
Compliant, avec estimation.
SEVERN POEcHE, Ske>.f
Fointe Coupe Il mai 1850.
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hsg~I.a Convention dGmocratiquc pom
clloisir les officers d'Etatr aura lieu le
% lnai i Bsito1i-Rouge.
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Ill., L. Y. PORCH !

H. L. W pORGMLi
Annoncc respectucuselnent aux 'otants
qu'iI est candilat pour la place d'As-
scsscur dc taxcs-sujct au choix, i la
volonte ct "a la sagacitG des vrais de-
muerates, les scuis amis du peuplc.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-05-21

nE mon lIabtation, dams, F,le dc Ia
IL Faussc-Rlvierc, IN CHETAL anne
ricain, de couieur noire, marq,ie dune
petite ttnlle au trent, nne paftic de Ia
erinierc (pres des Hpaules1 blanche. --
ce cheval nc va pas le train.
Tn r6compense liberalc cst ofI"rte !.
! celni qui lc ramcnera' rltfz
! , lsr1 GEOisGLt FhslI
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-05-21

PARoISsE De La foiNTE CotFtE.
Andrew 4 siereau,
A.W: Ballard.
I'm vcrtu de ct pour satisfalre a IN
IA writ lie f. ia. lance dams In caHse ci-des-
ssls ntitulec ct Il moi atlresse par 'Honorable
cour du Neuverne District, dams ct ponr Ia pa
rosse ct Etaf s,islis pour satistaire la de1nande
du plagnant ct aux frais. j al saisi ct Joflflral
en- veute publique, ala Mai<on decour, le
.Sameli, 4ne jonr de JUN 1889,
Uh. \, ". tous les droits titres ct interets qsr
le tefemdeur dams ct a laalIte proprete c'7
apres dfcrite, sayoir:
Powell negre age denviron 45 ans
Termes ct condifions ne la re"te
Les frais compliant eli la balance a Il H1'is de
credit.
L'aeaneraur dcvra fournir Ees biliets avee bon
no ct soIvahle canton soEidafre. ct nne hvpothe'
ar,e speciale safa reseryee sur Ia pronr'ete yen,
due. ;.,sqn'a paiemcnt final dessilts blllets. gu
porteront p 100 'intfr&t de Ia date dn joHr d.
i Ii vente- r,-,o,c,r
: Foiate Coupe, mai 1859.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-05-21

| PasJurg, s mai-Un dtsastreux III
ccudie GclatG &c matin. 10 stsambodts
ont tfe totalcmcnt brults, ct so autrcs
ont Gchappe avcc peinc gu dGsastre.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-05-21
H. I yDl3 4a..!e..AI u. D2

sc met sur les rangs CONNIE candidat 4
Ia place d'Asscsscur de taxcs-suJct au
choix du parti democratic.
Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-05-21

OsbAosh wisconsin,, l n'ai-In IN
cendic terrible u eclatG lei la nuit der
Mere, ct dttruit ponr 100000 de pro,
pr:tt6s foncieres, conslstant en- 70 Srands
batimcnts, la plupart magaslns ct entire
pots dc commerce dormant sur Ia rue
Main.
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JOHN + =. tS.+-s3 Y Z y. Z 81 81 :

1TOCtT g.. CON%EIfLEh
Son Bureau cS5 IN No. IL, Exchange
Place, i Ia Nile Orleans.
NEGRE N1fRO.v EN PRISON.
4 tt6 arrttc ct conduit Il Ia geoIe -
y j. n"trc parniSSc, lc negrc ant- Il
ricain nun1mc Asa. Sc diSant ap- ~
partcnir il James Crawford, de Thibo-
leauxviIc, sur fe bayou I.attntrchr, i. /
miles de la station rcrrcbonnc du che
min de fer. Lpdit nrgrc est ;i-c d'"nvl-
ron Is ais; il porte harbc ct est tres
nnir. lie rroprIitairc est invite II lc
vcnir ou il lc tairc rtclamcr, eli SC con-
torlnant a la lo
~ AGTILLARD. gej'icr.
Pointc-Coupt", y mai 1859.
ETAT DE LA'LOJISIANE.
corE 1T NE,-yleAE DISTRICT JrptcIAtEE.
rAKot>>E nE IA roGNrE CourcEs
. Julie Prosper. trouSc dc Francois
tsatho. No. 2.33t.
stm mari.
1tETTE a1;.irc ayan etc appellee. la loi ct lie
" yidrncc etant Ell favour dr la demand IcreS>e.
Ii est urloane. adIngG ct degreie que Ia denlaI-
lr,e.sSt. Julie Pros prr soft dcclartc sepaIte de
biens d'avec son tpolX. Francois Cntho:
! Qli. la conmunautt prCcCdemmcnt cSistante
entire euy SOFT ds>oute at que ladltc JHi'" Pros
per SOFT au;oriSte d adnlntslcr ScS pfoprlete'
Gimme fthle sV.;
.. plus. que Ia d,m1nderrsse ait ing"men
coutrc le ,ltfcndnur pe,rN. ponr la soInln" d'
S2S7 st .;G cts. aycc intCret raISoa dc olo lai
"a dater de la leInane iudiciaIr":
H.. ,,inS In lPui:t soft tt;-Ia
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tN' | )

Nv >
EST par lie present donnt Il to"s ,, ccnx
IL uns celia prut concerner, qu une asstmelte
des creAncitrs Iu dtbtcur insolrahic James T.
Johnson. aura lieu pardssant John h~bits' It
cor,lcr de cette paroisse, dams son hufea"' It
lLrdi, 7n,e jour dc Jul" 1859,
, midi !, l'tsfct dc delbercr sur les aiaTcs an-
djt tebt.ur insolval,lr. rrlativement any 'h'c
rats dcs,lts creanc;rrS 'eIire un syndic ct a'r'
glrr l.s conditions d. Ia vente de Ia prop1ete II
cux abandouuec.
Ptc-CoupGe. 80 .avril 1859.
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10y Nous 'annnnc0nS ". j. b.
GAlIII & N{A

= n II = e
rom,nc Giant candis..at pour ttre rt:,:In
Assessor --- sujct .au choix du parti de.
ulucratc.
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sei Mkl
La Co,lr est en- session. ce Il avril 1859.
T3TLE cause .syant etc rc-ultreni"nt appellee
~ ce jour. sHiv;snt assi gHatpH le dtfcudcur
ayaat mtnquts.a eomHaraitre ct repondre: Ia,
d.nlanderrsse'a 'ayant prouve "a dcmande ct la loi
ct l'evidence eiant en- t;.vrnr de la meme;
IL est CONSEQUENCE ortl"nne, a'iJuse eide
L crete que la dcmail reese Marie J. Taylor Oh
tfennc jugsmant eontre et rs'couvre de soa mari.
lie detendrur la semme de s.il0p. avec 7. 100
linteret dater du Ter Jour 'aodt 1858, j,is4u a
iiial p;aienent;
Que la comnnnaHtG preccaemment cylstantc
entire la demandcressA ct ic defeneleur soit>dis-
snute ct que ladte aenanderess1 SOFT antoris9
atunstrer.ses hien proprcs sans l'aide OIL ausg
risation de son dit mari
One lalite dcnlandercsse sIit decretee avoi'
nne-hypotheque gale sur tonte propritte posse
dee par ledit detenlenr, deptis lr ler de jaavier
1858 pour le pairmentde sa dlte reclamation:
Es auc lie defendcur pale les fras dn process
\. d. VI. II.iR.ALSDN.
Juge du 9mc District.
70 avril | so.
Pour copie conIorm".
Ii. DImER.
II mai Dtpnte grcfIicr.
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VExrE DE rEEREs-Les terres publlqnes
nui wont 6tre venduessen plillet, aout ct
scptcmb., consisteA en- 5,250,eoo acres
au Kansas, ct 4,sssss, ,eoe .an Nebraska.
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n4s~ Notrc Jury dc POLICE sc rtnnira
samcdi, II mai, scion l'aj"urncmcnt.
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uIRcHE DE Ia :Etie-ORLEANS.
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MARRIAGE.

NAklAIIE.
@ST 4te maries. niardi. II mai, par ie Rsr
uttelbronn, NJ. F. A. Lebeau ct Mile Ma.
ri,L Lo,,ise {.eleaai, tous deux de eette paroisse
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EGARE OF yOLE

Po;nte Coupte, 23 avril 1850.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

only valuable for stock raising, as the short
ness of the season viii prevent any extern
sive culture in grains, although a sufficient
quantity for their own supply may be CAL
culated on. This is the headquarters on this
side, of the Central Overland Nail Company,
one of whose stages passed US on the road,
loaded down with passengers, two of whom
were females. A gentleman of Salt Lake,
Mr.. Holiday, who has 10000 head of cattle
coming across the plains, bought of the
government contractors bringing supplies to
Salt Lake, recently paid the Stage Company
500, to land him at Placervills in six days,
which feat was accomplished.
have been shown specimens of cinnabar,
which l believe to be as rich as that of the
New Almaden mines. l was desirous of CO.
ing out and examining the ledge, but the
owner of the ledge could not go then, but
promises to do so on my returnto this place.
The price of beef in California must cer-
tainly decline considerably after the present
season. There cannot be less than 10000
head to arrive and that are now grazing in
these mountain valleys. This; in addition
to what California herself produces, must
have the effect to reduce the price within a
year to five cents. A. j. E.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

MORE WoNDERFuL THAN THE MAMMOTH
CAyE.-Dr D. L Talbot, in the Fort Wayne
Times, says: "Wyandotte Cave, one of the
most extensive and remarkable in the world,
is in Crawford County, Indiana, about Is
miles below New Albany, On Blue River.
The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky has hith-
erto been designated as the greatest known
cave in the world. 1t may staFtle your sci
entific Hon1ns to hear me assert the fact,
that th1 ee staIagmite alone in Wyan-
dotte G massive than all The stall
agmtes stalactites in the Mammoth
Cave put t0gether. This cave have sur
veyed distance of twenty miles in length,
and there are numerous avenues have never
penetrated to their end, although have vis-
tied the cave tor scientific and other pur-
poses, over dozen different times-spend,
ing on one visit four days and nights within
its darksome halls. The Mammoth Cave is
distinguished more for its rastness than its
beauty; the Wyandotte for its great extent,
its mammoth hall, its lofty ceilings, reach-
ing frequently to the height of 267 feet. aqd
especially for its numerous and beautiful na-
tural fountains, which almost contiulaljy
meet the eye in every direction"
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

THE GARDEN is bound volume of agrf.
cultural life written in poetry. In it the
farmer and his family set the great indus
tries of the plow, spade and hoe in rhyme.
Every flower or fruit bearing tree is green
syllable after the graceful type and course
of Eden. Every bed OF flowers is an acros-
tic to nature, written in the illustrated cap-
itals of her own alphabet. Every bed Of
beets celery, or savory roots or bulbs, is .
page of blank verse full OF bellies lettres Of
agriculture. The farmer may be seen in bis
garden 1t contains the synopsis Of bis
character in letters that may be read across
the road. The barometer hung by bis door
will indicate certain facts about the wea-
ther, but the garden, lying on the sunny
side Of the house, marks with greater pre-
ciSion, the degree of mind and heart-cul-
ture which he has reached. 1t will embody
and reflect his tastes, the bent and bias Of
his perceptions of grace and beauty. In il
be holds up the mirror of his inner life to all
who pass; and. With an observant eye they
may see all the futures of his intellectual
being in it. In that choice root of earth, hs
records his progress in mental cultivation
and professional experience. In it he marks,
by some intelligent sign, his scientific and
successful economies in the cornfeld. In it
you may see the germs of his reading, and
can tell almost the number and nature of his
books. In it he will reproduce the seed
thought he has culled from the printed pages
of bis library. In it he will post and an
swer to the question whether he has any
taste for reading at all. Many nominal
farmers house has been passed by the book
agent without call, because he saw a blunt.
rough negative to the question in the garden
or yard.-Elihu Burritt.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

"SEEING THE ELEPHANT. THE Marysville
Express says that on Thursday morning last,
as the elephants were on the way to Oroville,
one of them walked up to miners cabin,
the window of which was open, and insert
ing his trunk, commenced prospecting
around. A miner lay sleeping in bed, i'm
mediately under the window, and the snout
of the elephant, coming in contact with his
seeing be knew not what, leaped out of bed
and ran away, yelling bloody murder at
every jump.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

SOLD AND GOT THE AoNEy.-A gentleman
in Napa county by the name of Steele, has
been acting as agent for the Sacramento
Standard and in that capacity had collected
considerable money, with which, instead Of
remitting to the publishers, he started an
anti-Lecompton groggery. If not jugged
soon, he viii counteract the Standards in
Huence thereabouts.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

The following is auerbatim ct hteratm order
received by an undertaken in the Bowery re-
Gently, from an afflicted widower living on
Pearl street: /" Slr-my waif is dead, and
wants to be berried to mosror, for Wun er
Nok. u nose wair to dig the bole-by the
side of NY tother waifes-let it be Deep"
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03
4 Would Nor DE-" &c.-The Louis,

III WOULD Nor DE-" &c.-The Louisville
Courier "poick" gets off the following, which
is peculiarly appropriate just now:
wud not dye in ortum,
With peaches fit for eatin:
When the wavy korn is getting wrip
l. candidates are treeting.
Phor these and other wreasons,
Ide knott dye in the phall,
l. sense i've thort it over,
wud not dye tall.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

A GAinaman in the employment OF the
editor Of the Yreka Union, fell sick short
time sipce with erysipelas, and to please him
a Chinese doctor was called in who pre-
scribed decoctioa of chicken feathers. The
Union states that the patient is improving.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

PLUeKrNa HIM.-A correspondent of the
Placerville Democrat, telling of political
meeting held at Indian Springs, Ell Dorado
county, makes the feathers fly from one OF
the speakers thus: "Thos Wren was called
for, but the Broderick atmosphere, being
damp and chilly, that little bird had gone to
rOOSt ~
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

Cattle are dying in large Numbers ia the
lower part Of Shasta county, east of the
Sacramento river. Cause unknown.-Ma-
rysville Express.
Cattle are daily dying hereabouts too.
Cause-Obesity.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

pa. With whiskers thick upon my face,
/ went my fair to see; she told me she could
never wed bedr-faeea chap like me.
shaved them clean, then called again, and
thought my troubles DER; she laughed out
right, and said ] was moro bare-fAced than
before.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

SIERRA TURNPIKE.-We learn that the
work is progressing rapidly on this new en-
terprise, and that the stages will be running
over it into Downieville sometime next
week
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

LARGE APPLE.-The editor of the Amador
(Jackson) Ledger has been presented with an
apple raised in lone Valley, which weighed
III eunees, and measured l34 inches in
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

JOHN MdTeHELL's paper, the Southern Citi
zen, has been discontinued, and the editor
is about to proceed to Europe.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

A Brooklyn, N. Y, preacher lately aston
ished his his congregation by appearing in
in the pulpit dressed in full suit of white
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

A correspondent of the Placer Courier
published at Forest Hill, states that genu-
inc VAMPIRE was captured near that place
lately. We don't "suck it."
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

A fire occurred in Yreka on Sunday after
Roon last, destroying lumber yard worth
Sc, 900.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

Gen. Tom Thumb has returned from Eu-
rope and settled down for life at Bridgeport.
The papers say he is looking round for q
wife.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

W. P. Wilkins Esqr., whe was shot short
time ago by Judge May, has so far recovered
as to be around again. So says the Marys-
vile Democrat.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

FLATrERY m Two CHARAcrERs.-one Of
our religious cotemporaries announces that
dattery is deadly foe to piety. Yes, but
isn't it dear friend Of the ladies?-C6U
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

There are in the United States 2l1, ,538
Free NaSons. The income from all the Lodges
amounts 10 $1,450,0oG.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

L1rH's CoNTlSGENcIEs.-From the cradle
to the grave our lives are governed by those
rare thought jewels which sparkle among
the musty tombs of antiquity, and which
receive the general designation OF proverbs.
The world is full of wild maxims which were,
doubtless, intended to serve as finger-boards
along the highway Of existence, to show us
the direct course to earthly success and hap.
piness. These old maxirns are priceless
legacy bequeathed to US by the experienced
sages of every age, since the world began.
They are the beacon lights of wisdom, to
warn US of the dangerous rocks which lie
beneath the surface of the ocean but alasi
they only serve US as guides over one old IA.
miliar channel. They are of but little use
to those who have encountered adverse
storms, and have drifted far out into the un-
known deep. To drop the metaphor, the
worlds advisers and proverb makers have All
studiously avoided to make the necessary
allowances for life's contingencies. 1t is an
easier matter to discourse about flying ms
chimes, but the practical application of those
things is quite different matter. Thus IL
is with proverbs, maxims, or any species Of
advice 1t is marvellously easy to point out
the way to prosperity, and if no accident in.
followed, the object will invariably be at
tanned but unfortunately, those dreadful,
unexpected contingencies will arise. Sick
ness and sorrow; fire and food; pain and
death, and the thousand innumerable ills
which flesh is heir to, constantly occur to
thwart our purposes and blast our hopes OF
prosperity. We are alike subject to these
contingencies, and all know from personal
experience, how hard it is to surmount
them and vet we are all so grossly un'
charitable that We rarely give each other
credit for our misfortunes. If we are in
good luck, and good health for few sue
cessiye days, we cannot, for the life of US,
perceive why others are not equally fortu-
nate. If we are in possession of a rich min
ing claim, we Immediately arrive at the con-
clusion that the whole earth everywhere is
full of gold, and the only rational reason
why our neghbors do not find it, is because
they are either lazy or improvident. If
man is unfortunate in business, we immedi-
ately set him down as bad manager. II he
is reduced to beggary and starvation, we ac-
cuse him of his former prodigality, and
spurn him away
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

A petrified pig was found on Napa Creek,
above Oakland, lately.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

There is a considerable increase over last
years wheat crop in Santa Clara county this
year.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03
Alas, for the rarity
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Under the sun 7"

Prosperity effectually fetters the generous
impulses of our hearts, and selhshness be.
comes thearuling principle of our natures.
How infinitely better would it be if men
were capable of properly estimating each
other as brothers. and having a full concep-
ton of the painful contingencies of life to
which we are all constantly exposed, we
should occupy ourselvesin pouring the heal
ing balm of consolation into the wounded
hearts of each other
"And learn the luxury of doing good"
PlaceruiIle Observer
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-03

A friction match factory has been started
at Sacramento.