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SLEEP.

The first sensation Of drowsiness is natures
call for sleep. Waking shows the body is
rested. After the degree of strength, Of
which the state Of the system is capable, is
restored by sleep, longer stayi in bed only re.
lakes. He perverts reason, who, by habit
of artificial excitement, keeps awake so late
that he is not ready'to rise by day.break-
natures undoubted signal for quitting repose,
obedience to which secures a desire to rest
at the fit hour. Some people close their
shutters against it. George III, consulted
his household physicians, separately, as to
the modes of life conducive to health and
longevity as to the importance Of early
rising, there was full coincidence. Old
people, examined as to the cause Of their
longevity, all agree that they have been in
the habit of going to bed early. In debili-
tated people, degree Of fever, or something
resembling it, comes on towards evening;
going very early to bed is of great conse-
quence to them. Rising an hour or two ear
lier than usual often gives vigor which
nothing else can produce. Many people, at
waking, feel disposition to rise; they lose
it by indulging lethargic state, or lolling
awhile. We lose vigor by lying in bed in
health, longer than for sleep the mind is
less tranquil; the body is less disposed for
refreshing sleep; appetite and digestion are
lessened. Afterlong or late mental exertion
sleep is a watch; the thoughts continue
themselves, efecting useless fatigue. Some
people cannot go to sleep; others wake too
early. Without spirit to rise, they hope to
find refreshment in an additional nap; an
other, and another, leaves them more Ian
guild; they fancy themselves unfit for exer-
ton until they have taken breakfast, which
they make no effort to merit. Nothing
breaks up the strength sooner than want of
sleep at the hour nature obviously designed
for repose, marked, as well by the regular
return of day and night, as by our own feel
iugs, if not prevented by artificial habits.
Labor, which is light in the day, is burthen-
some in the night. The accumulated stimuli
of the day are sufficient for the temporary
exhaustion of the system the rest of night
is requisite to recruit us for each successive
day.
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LAND MEAsURE.-Every farmer should
have rod measure, light stiff pole, just
sixteen and half feet long, for measuring
land. By a little practice he can learn to
step just rod at five steps, which will an
swer very we'll for ordinary farm work. As.
certain the number of rods in width and
length of lot you wish to measure, and
multiply one number by the Others and divide
by one hundred and sixty, and you have the
number of acres as one hundred and sixty
square rods make square acre. IF you
wish to lay off one square acre, measure thlr'
teen rods upon each side. This lacks one
rod of full measure. ...,.... ,--..-
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GOV HAMMOND'S LETTER.

in Boston, on the 18th inst, IN honor OF the
birthday Of Daniel Webster, many letters
from distinguished gentlemen Who could
not be present, we're read. Among them
we find one from the Hon. J. Fl. Hammond
which we append:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1858.
Dear Sir: lam very grateful to you and
to those whom you represent, for your polite
invitation to attend your dinner in Boston on
the 18th prox., in honor of Mr.. Webster's
birthday; and for the kind assurance accom-
panyiug it in which have full confidence.
My duties here, however, so entirely en-
gage all my time that must respectfully
decline your invitation.
You say that in the Revolution Massachu-
setts and South Carolina stood 'shoulder to
shoulder" 1t would be we'll for the world
if they stood so now. And why do they
not? To have brought about their present
relations, one of them must have erred much;
possibly both, another age, will decide be-
tween us.
Born and bred in South Carolina, of which
State my mother is native-my father is
Massachusetts, man, college friend of Mr..
Webster-and descended I am proud to say
from your earliest Puritan immigrants. In
the antagonistic positions of these two small
but noble States have personally much to
to regret-as patriot still more. I wish the
breach could be filled up and obliterated. If
we have done you wrong, if we have been
the aggressors, I think can assure there is
not q man in South Carolina who is con-
scious of it; not one who would deprive
Massachusetts of single political right; not
one who would thwart in the least any of her
peculiar and legitimate interests; and could
it be shown that we have done any of these
things, not one but would desire to make
prompt and ample reparation. If the same
spirit animates the people of Massachusetts,
to the same extent, we may justly hope that
the deluding falsehoods of political aspi-
rants trampled under foot-our two States
may yet stand "shoulder to shoulder" the
pillars of constitutional republic, wisely and
Justly administered for the protection and
advancement of all, without special privili-
ges or endowments to any section, class OF
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@ A physician, after a post-mortem ex.
animation in case of infanticide, reported
that he was unable to discover whether the
child was alive or not at the time of its
death.
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CHAPTER VII.

1t was a calm winter evening. Not a
cloud obsured the sky, and the gentle breeze
scarcely rustled the dry leaves as it played
above them. Woodlawn was sleepipgia quiet
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A PRETTY CoNcEIT.-We saw yesterday,
in the parlor of friend, very beautiful
conceit. 1t is of course the fancy of lady,
and consists Of the burr Of pine tree placed
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D@ The best method for man to reap 90.
vantages in love matters, is to turn his hand
to the cultivation of wosss property.
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THRILLING VERSES.

The circumstances which induced the
writing of the following touching and thrill
ling lines are as follows: A young lady in
New York was in the habit of writing for
the Philadelphia Ledger on the subject OF
Temperance. Her writing was SO full OF
pathos, and evinced such deep emotion OF
soul, that friend of hers accused her OF
being maniac on the subject of Temper,
auce-whereupou she wrote the following
lines:
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Go feel what I have felt.

es:
Go feel what have felt.
Go bear what have borne
Sink meath the blow father dealt,
And the cold worlds proud scorn;
Then suffer on from year to year
Thy sole relief the scorching tear.
Go kneel as have knelt,
Implore, beseech and pray
Strive the besotted heart to melt,
The downward course to stay:
Be dashed with bitter curse aside,
Your prayers burlesqued, your tears dehed.
Go weep as I have wept,
Der loved fathers fall
See every promised blessing swept
Youths sweetness turned to gall
Life's fading flowers strewed all the way,
That brought me up to woman's day
Go see what have seen.
Behold the strong man bowed
With rnashing teeth lips ba'hed In oi""d'
And cold and livid brow;
90 catch his withered glance and see,
There mirrnred his souls misery.
Go to thy mothers side,
And her crushed bosom cheer;
Thine own deep anguish hide;
Wipe from her cheek the bitter tear;
Mark her worn frame and !withrred brow;
The grey that streaks her dark halr now;
With fading frame and trembling limos;
And trace the ruin back to him
Whose plighted faith, in early youth,
Promised eternal love and truth,
But who foresworn, hath yielded up.
That promise to the cursed cup;
And led her down, through love and light
And all that made her prospects bright
And chained her there mid want and strife
That lowly thing, drunkard's wife
And stamp'd on childhood's brow so mild,
That with ring blight, that druuSards Child
Go hear. and feel, and see and know,
All that my soul hath felt and known,
Then look upon the wine cups glow,
See if its beauty can atone
Think if its flavor you will try,
When all proclaim, "'tis drink and die!
Tell me hate the bowl,
Hate is feeble word;
I loathe-abhor-my very soul,
With strong disgust is stiT'd,
When see, or hear, or tell,
Ofthe dark beverage of hell
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individual, but insuring to all and each the
full development of themselves.
I have the honor to be, most respectfully,
your obedient servant, j. n. HAMMOND.
Peter Harvey, Esq, Boston.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-09-07

ESIssARIEs.--We are credibly informed that
Latham or Gwin, probably Gwin, has been bu-
~ lately sending emissaries into Plumas cOuu-
~, with money TO he used in influencing the
election for Senator aud members Of The Leg
islature. Similar agents, similarly furnished,
have been sent also into various portions OF
the State. A desperate effort is to be made to
secure the success Of the Leeomplon candidates
for the Legislature, 10 order to bring on the
Senatorial election next winter, and thus Sc
cure the reelection Of VIM. N. Gwin 10 the
United States senate. Travelling agents, we'll
provided with money, can do much. and it
would be we'll for the people to look out for
these mercenary individuals, and give their
words just such weight As they are entitled to-.
One Of these emissaries bas lately been up in
this region. we believe, circulating all sorts OF
miserable roorbaeks 10 reference to the Doug
las party. They are disproven almost as fast
as they are uttered, but bis fertility Of inven.
tion far suTpasses any facility Of contradiction,
and thus he spews out slander after slander.
aud Misrepresentation after misrepresentation.
with unintermitted perseverance,. Persons not
knowing the hireling character Of such venom
splitting bipeds, might be imposed upon some
times by their vile falsities, ISLANDERS and dis
tortiOns. All that is necessary is TO look out
for these imported venders of Lecompton men
dacity. Be assured that man who has moth
ing else 10 do but travel through the country
electioneering 10 this low way for any ticket at
ell, ispaid for a.-MarysviLs Democrat.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-09-07
Withdrawal Of the Republican candidats
for State Printer. f


Mr.. T. B. Mardock, who was nominated By
the Republican State Convention for the ONCE
OF State Printer, has withdrawn his name MS q
candidate and recommended his friends TO vote
for John O'Meara, the anti-Lecompton eandi.
date. In card to the Republican Stats Com.
mittee, Mr. Murdoch gives the following very
good reasons for his course:
The Office Of State Printer is one which should
net be Identified with Political parties. and the
faithful and economical administration of itt
duties demands that it should not be made q
thing Of party machinery aud corruption. Mr..
Bolts, the candidate on the Lecompton Demo.
ed he designs to use the State Treasury through
the public printing. TO uphold the Admnistra-
tion Demoeracy-that the profits of the ofice
will be devoted 10 that end. In such Gaze il ID
to be feared that through the cOntrivanees Of q
dominant party in the Legislature, an immense
amount Of public print would be ordered for
the benefit of the State Printer, aud that the ap.
preparation for that service, instead of being
confined 10 about forty thousand dollars, as un-
der Mr.. O'Meara's administration OF that Office,
would be swelled again TO the enormous sum OF
from one to two hundred thousand dOllars, ~
under former administrations From the pres
position divided upon Republican and anti
LecOmptOn State ticket, there is too much reas-
on to apPrehend, IL all parties remain the
field, the success the Administration ticket the
election Of Mr.. Bolts and the Democratic eau.
didates, and injury which would inure by the
subsdizing of the public Treasury, through the
State Printers Office, to the accomplishment of
party purposes. These considerations have in
duced me to decline the nomination, and to
hope that the entire Republican vote Of the State
at the approaching general election will be
cheerfully conferred upon Mr.. o'Meara, who,
during the last two years. has discharged the
duties of State Printer with eptire satisfaction
to the public and at much less cost than has
been heretofore known in California. If this
step shall be the means in any degree, of de.
feati & the Administration ticket in California,
it will be the source of sincere qualification to
me, my first desire being it's overthrow, as es.
sential and preparatory to the success Of those
great principles Of Government to which we
are so devotedly attached.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-09-07

SCoTT's Know NoTHINGIsM.-The Sonora
Herald, of August 9th, says that the charge
against C.. L. Scott, the Lccompton nominee
for Congress, that he was member of the
Know Nothing ordei and that be declared that
he would never vote for foreigner for Office,
is in the main true These are the facts rs re-
lated by the Herald:
Mr.. Scott was member OF the Know Nothing
order. iu jamestown, in 1854 '55. He bad only
taken the first degree. In the latter year. when
the new ritua. came out TO this State, q meet
ing Of the jamestown lodge, or wigwam, was
called. which Mr.. Scott attended. He was an
applicant for the second aud third degrees, but
was backbaled, the majority Of the lodge fear
ing from the disposition which be bad previously
manifested, that be would be likely To prove an
unruly member. ThereupOn he withdrew, aud
in Withdrawing asked permission to make few
remarks which was granted. In those remaks
he stated that he was as good an American in
feeling as any Of them, that he believed some
OF their principles were correct, and that he
never had and never uOuld Uoe for GJoreigner. Our
informant states that he reiterated the latter
assertion on the streets subsequently,.
We have still further proof Of Mr.. Soott's
Know Nothngism--pr proof corrOborative Of the
truth of the declaration that he would not vote
for foreigner, Tor naturalized citizen), and
which leads us TO believe that this antipathy 10
foreign born men il Que OF the true sentiments
Of his heart. The editor of this paper and wri-
ter of this, was in 1854, a candidate for the
Assembly on what was then known as the "true
Democratic" or Broderick ticket On election
day q friend OF ours, Stephen ID. Streeter, who
was member Of the same wigwam as Charley,
electiOneering in jamestown for tne ticket on
which we were running. Mr.. Scott came TO him
in the course Of the day and asked him which
ticket he WAS electioneering for, and on being
Informed, grew very indenat and demonstrated
with Mr. Streeter for violating bis oath or pledge
to the Dark Lantern party, by electi0neering
for that Lrislmdn. at the same time pointing TO
our name on the ticket, which indeed is very
Irish, we acknowledge. Mr.. Streeter has re-
peatedly related this cireu instance to us.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-09-07
A srrcrLarroS-"oc Occasional" writes to the

A SPEcULHrIoS.-"O Occasio oaal" writes to the
Philadelphia Press from Washington
"It is well known here that an association OF
New York and Western spectators, the prinsi.
pale Of which are George Law and Col Sam.
Quay mas, the highest port Ia the Gulf Of Cali
fornia. aud proposed terminus OF the railroad
through Texas and Arizona. The late United
States Consul at Guaymas, i is reported here.
effected these purchases, which include the most
valuable parts Of the town for commercial par
poses, and it is contemplated to estab blsh, in the
course Of the coming Fall permanent Ameri-
can population there. with business arrange
meats Of such character that they viii NOT
fail to eoutrol the vast mining and agricultural
resources of the region surrounding that point"
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-09-07

GwN AND HIS Man FRIDAY.-On Thursday
night we were regaled with speeches from the
old Lime Pointer and bis man Friday, Geo. Pen
Johnston, formerly one of the most rabd Know
Notbngs in the State. The old man labored
hard and cut very sorry figure as an orator.
Johnston's address, as we expected, was re-
bash Of the slang and blacksuardism OF the Ma
tionaI about Broderick aud 9th RS. Such are
Lecompton arguments Many respectable gen
tlemen who attended the meeting came away
disgusted. and all agree that Johnston got on
the vilest and most disgusting TRADE that was
ever listened to in Sonora.-SOn0rG Herald
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-09-07

Col. r. II. TAYLOR-This gentleman, who
is running on the aOti.Lecompton ticket for
District Judge Of the new District composed OF
The counties of Pumas aud Sierra, we are bap-
py to learn is almost sure Of gu election. Col.
Taylor is q gentleman Of 6ne legal attain
ments, an unswerving Democrat, popular With
the people. and will run far ahead Of his ticket
10 those counties. Judge Van Clief, Col. Tay-
Ior's opponent, sent for Judge SeaIls, of this
county, short time since, to help him stump
the District From this, we conclude that Van
Clief must regard his own chances as desperate.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-09-07

THE FROZEN WEII--A correspondent at Rut-
land, VT, gives the following account of visit
to the frozen well at Brandon
"a visit to the frozen well at Brandon, sew.
enteen miles distant and the tertiary deposit
OF brown coal in which fossil fruit Is found,
will reward one for the trouble. Iron ore of
excellent quality, remarkably white and pure
pipe clay, aud bed Of manganese, make, to-
gether with the brown coal, a combination of
deposits curious and valuable. The frozen well
is dug on the eastery side, near the foot of a
high gravelly knoll, probably u glacial mo-
raine, through which the road has been cut,
showing beds of clay of three or four feet thick
ness interspersed among the gravel. The well
was dug in Nov. last, through twenty five feet
Of gravel and fifteen feet of frozen earth, when
water was found. The well was then stoned NJ
and has been frozen ever since. Last winter il
was necessary to descend and cut with hatch
ct u passage for the bucket TO the water be-
meath the ice. BY the aid Of a mirror. the sun
light can be thrown into the well, and about
three feet from the bottom rim Of ice at least
six or eight inches thick, can he seen projecting
from the sides, leaving barely room for the
bucket 10 pass through. The stones for six or
eight feet are encrusted with frost and ice. DC.
casionally a current Of 8ir can be felt. cold as
a snow bank, which may come from below, or
may be the outer air suddenly cooled. The
water is excelIent-remarkably pure. and Of
course icy cold. This we'll Is a 'puzzleT 10 the
savaus. some Of whom, at Burlington, have APP
propriated $500 TO investigate the phenome-
non. aud propose to sink one or more wells In
the vicinity, to see il the same result follows.
Whether this ice is formed by chemical combi-
nations in the earth, whether Il il caused by
currents Of air passing over water. producing
rapid evaporation and consequent refrigeration,
or whether an iceberg stranded there long ages
ago and was covered subsequently, by accumu.
lations cf clay aud gravel, being thus preserved
from melting away-wbo knows?u ?u
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-09-07

Mr.. BRoDKRIcK AND NATURALIzED CrrIzESs.-
In several OF bis speeches, Mr.. Broderick has
said that naturalized citizens who will endorse
the Buchanan Administration, after their rignts
have been hetrayed as in the ease OF tne LIE
Clere letter, are not ht to be American cl1lzens'
That sentiment will be endorsed by every in
telIigent aud respectable naturaliEed citizen 10
the United States.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-09-07

WASHINGTON TERRITORY.-Tbe total number
of votes polle6 in Washington Territory, at the
late election for Delegate to Congress, was
2.775; of which Mr.. Stevens. the late Delegate
received ,6s4 and Mr.. Wallace received l,O9l
Stevens majority 593. The population OF
the Territory, judging by the vote, is increas-
ing very slowly. and many years must eiaPSe
before she will have population sufficient to
entite her to admission into the Union 81 q
State.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-09-07
TEE Springfield Republican contains an

TEE Springfield Republican contains On
amusing account Of Mr.. Masons Court intro
duetions at Paris. 1t 10 said that on one occa-
sion last spring. thirty Of our countrymen were
paraded 10 at once. Arrsyed in court dresses
they stood like servants in livery. in semicircle
the Emperor enters the reception chamber; Mr.
Mason bows Hourshes bis hand, and says. my
countrymen. your Majesty" all bow; Emperor
mods and turns to some one else; countrymen
exeunti f-
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-09-07

NEwsPAPEa EsTERPRIsE.-The London Post
announced that Mr.. Choate bsd reached Liver
pool in safety. and accompanied the abatement
with a memoir of the distiDguisheA American.
Knowing that be was expected. and seeing the
arrival Of the steamship on which be was known
to have secured passage the Post came to the
conclusion that it might get ahead Of its con-
temporaries BY introducing SO eminent man
to the British public.
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-09-07

AND J.-There are no two letters In the En-
glish language, which occasion so much trouble
or cause so much misconstruetion as the letters
and J. as many inadvertently write them.
The rule for writing them properly, and which
should be universally understood and adopted,
is to extend the below the line, while the
SHOULD be written even with the line. II those
who write for J, knew how il sometimes puz-
zled printers, they would remember this sug,
gestion. SOL nrl
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-09-07

The coNcLrstoN.-The morning after the
French occupation Of Milan, several journals that
had been suppressed by the Austrian Government,
re-apPeaIed, One had been suppressed for Ave
years, and in the last number had promised the
"conclusion" of story in the next. True to prom
Use, the next, at the end Of FIVE years. took up the
story where II had left off, and completed il, aff
The Nevada Democrat., 1859-09-07

LATBAMs ABSENT WITYEss.--Some Of the pa
pers are against Latham for frequently calling
Heaven to witness the honesty OF his declara-
tions. Let him call, it iS the mere formslity OF
Court; be cannot bring his proof; bis witness is
out Of The STATE, and does not belong to The La
than party.-S F. Call. r rr7 ls estl.r