The Sierra citizen., 1859-11-19

Observation-Disclosures INCIDEST.-An incident of
thrilling and almost terrible interest," combining in itself
all the paptating chances of hair breadth escapes ard
the strange romantic ventures of that weird semblance
of life, somnambusm, occurred night before last. The
scene was on Catherine street, at the residence OF Mr.
Israel MoretOn At about bafpast two A. NJ. he
awakened by knocking at the front door, and found
man on the steps, who in very ncoherent and excited
manner, requested him to walk the street and
look at the top of his house. He declined, and
about retiring suspicious of foul play when his eye
caught moving shadow the front Of the opposite
house.
) Il Indicated that some moving. livina thing walk
lns noisiessiy along tAe narrow idge OF bis roof. An
indefnabe chill crept him. The shadow stole
the front Of the opposite building and lost for
moment in the darkness, and then crep into view again,
returning in an opposite direction, with the slow
gliding motion. His companion had regained the op-
pose sidewalk, and stood gazing up in silence, seeming
ly struck speeches. with horror, and with trembling
steps, Mr. Moreon gained his side, when his gaze fell
upon form shrouded from head to foot in long white
night dress, about which of long hair fell in wild
confusion.
This spectral form paced slowly to and fro on the
rdgeb which covered the apex of the roof ap
preaching in rghtul proximity of the abrupt termina
ton at the ends and calmly turning about to retrace
the distance The house high one, and misstep
or step too far would have plunged the nightwalker
down to certain destruction The walker occasionally
raised her hand to her head, though engaged in
thought or troubled with pain. The head always main
tanned the position chimney stood directly in
the middle of the roof around which she passed with
ease placing hand upon it's top, and walking down
the sopiug roof to get around Once in this spectral
walk she paused at the edge of the roof, and looked
straig ahead.
A waving movement of the right hand accompanied
the act, when the walk again renewed. The same
spot reached again few moments after, when the
figure again paused and again gazed out into the dark
ness, and then, with slow motion, stretched out hand,
and with ouspread fingers cutched at something which
had existence except in the fevered mind of the
sleeper. The other hand was extended in like manner,
and the body bent forward in such way that the up
hunpO
ed out, until there no further reaching, and then
clutched again with quick convulsve SNATCH and
withdrawn. The form was moonless moment; and
then commenced it's walk again, continuing far the
middle of the roof when it turned toward the of
the house, and moving down the slope Of the roof was
lost to sight.
servant girl, about 49, named Jane Mooney. She de-
scended through skylight to her room. Hasten.
ing in, he aroused his wife, and went with her to the
girl room and found her sitting the side of the bed
wide awake, and in state of mind bordering dstrac
on She had no knowledge of the occurrence but had
been awakened by the noise of her employer entering
the house. and found herself standing in the middle of
her in the condition described The girl had
been suffering from brain fever, from which she
gradually recoyering-Detyoit Free Press 9th Sept.
HoPE.-There is no temper generally indulged as
hope other passions operate by starts particular
casons in certain parts of life but hope begins with
the first power of comparing actual with posi-
BILE state, and attends through every stage and peri
cd, always urging us forward to acquisitions and
holding out some distant blessing to vew promising
us either relief from pain increase of happiness
Hope is necessary in every condition. The mseries of
poverty OF sickness, of captivity would, without this
comfort be nsupportable does it appear that the
happest lot of terrestrial existence set above the
want of general blessings that life, when the gift of
nature and of fortune accumulated upon it, would
not still be wretched, it not elevated and elighed
by the expectation of some possession, of
joyment yet behind, by which the wish shall be at last
satisfied and the heart filled up to its utmost extent
Hope is indeed, very faacious, and promises what it
seldom gives but its promises valuable than
the gifts of fortune and it seldom illustrates without
assuring us of recompensing the delay by greater
bounty.
DTCHEs-It is estimated that there are not less than
1000 miles of water bitches in this State used for mining
purposes which have beea constructed at cost not less
than S15,OO0,OO0.
~ The Cashmere Goat is raised in Tennessee
its weight in silver offered and declined few DAYS
since for the old goat himself The blood with one
quarter mix, produces wool worth SS a pound
- An Irshman went to live in Scotland for a short
tme and didn't like the country. was sick all the
time there" says he, and if had lived there till