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The Placer herald., 1860-01-28
Mary, the Mother of Washington.

HER WILL PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TiME-IN-
TEREsTING "REMINISCENCES, ETC.
Editorial correspondence of the Presbyterian. |
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, October, 1859.
Now that Mr.. Everett and the Mount
Vernon Association have infused into the
mind and heart of our country a more en-
thusiastic admiration than ever for the char
acter and memory of Washington, a few
things | have gathered during brief visit to
this place, where he spent portion of his
boyhood and early life may not be unaccep-
table.
The most notable object of interest to a
visitor to this old, quiet, but extremely agree
able town, is the house where once lived,
and where died, "Mary the mother of Wash
ington." Even in its present greatly i'm
proved condition there is nothing in its ap.
pearance especially imposing or attractive.
A plain, two storied, white weather. boarded
building, without architectural preiension:
with no garden, not so much as foot of
ornamental grounds to separate it from the
street; it would be passed unnoticed, but for
the fact that its once owner and occupant
has invested it with historic interest AS
it stood in the days of Mrs. Washington, it
was of much more moderate proportions,
internally cut up into small rooms, whose
symmetry and comfort were not enhanced
10y the awkward corner fire places Of vast
dimensions. Subsequent owners have modi-
fled the interior, as we'll as the exteror-
For many years it was the residence of the
Rev. DR.. Samuel b. Wilson, now professor
in the theological seminary in Prince Ed
ward county, but previously the founder, and
long the pastor Of the Presbyterian church
there.
The Placer herald., 1860-01-28

A truth telling correspondent of the San
Andreas Independent, writes from Washing
ton Flat: Every succeeding year the miner
finds that it takes more labor for him to get
his ounce of gold, and consequently the
price of labor is less, and the chances that
the miner has for making bis pile, are grow
ing gradually and beautifully small year by
year, until those who have been in the habit
of asking their friends if they would ever go
home have changed the query to- can you ever
get home? But why talk and feel a longing
after distant homes9 1t is unfortunately the
case that we can have no home in the noun
tains of California that We can legitimately
call our own. True, we may build, fence
and make i'm, rovements, on the public min
eraI lands, but we have no security that our
labor of years will not be sluiced off and our
property to be made comparatively worthless
by men who consider that they have a bet
ter right to the soil because they have found
the color of gold in it.
The Placer herald., 1860-01-28

ADuLrERArIoN OF QUIcKsILvER.-Severaf
miners at Cherokee and vicinity, have dis
covered, says the Hydraulic Press, that
much of the quicksilver purchased by them is
largely adulterated with lead, and unfit to
use in sluices until after being retorted. AS
much as fifteen, twenty and twenty-five lbs.
of lead has been found. 1t has been suggest
ed at Cherokee to call miners meeting,
and urge upon the Legislature the passage of
a law calculated to prevent further adultera,
ton.
The Placer herald., 1860-01-28

PLANT Fruit TREEs.-Five years since, a
farmer in Illinois, notwithstanding all his
neighbors insisted he was playing the fool,
set out on his farm one thousand peach trees.
and last year was offered ten THOUSAND dol
lars for the crop, which he afterwards sold in
the lot for fourteen thousand dollars.
The Placer herald., 1860-01-28

SINouLAR.-Every month missionaries to
the heather Of Asia are started from the
Eastern States. Many Of them touch at San
Francisco on their way to the scenes Of their
future labor There is more than 100000
heather in this State-the Indians. Among
this 100000 heather there is not one single
missionary. DO missionary societies believe
that Indians have souls? True they are not
negroes. If they were the Abolitionists
would doubtless long ere this have sent them
to convert them to Christianity-but they
are Intellectually superior to the African Con
go negro. 1t has often seemed singular to-
us that the Christian Church in the Eastesn
States should manifest such interest for the
of the serfs of China and the
slaves of Africa; and at The same time be
totally oblivious OF the presence in our wide
domain Of several millions Of bloody, savage
heather. 1t does seem to us that il would
be we'll for our religious folks to convert our
own heather before we turn our attention to
other peoples heahen. Shasta Courier.
The Placer herald., 1860-01-28

Parsimony creates wealth, but destroys
friendship.
The Placer herald., 1860-01-28
The Emperor of China Incog.

Lieutenant A. w. Habersbam, in letter
from Pekin to the Philadelphia Ledger, says
that at the close of one of the interviews
between Mr.. Ward and the Chinese Com
missioners, one of the Commissioners took
Mr. Martin, the interpreter, aside, to tell him
that the Americans must not feel offended
at the hateur of their manner at their first
meeting, as there acere higher persons than
themselves present, for whose express benefit il
had been INDUCED in. This confession serv-
ed to strengthen the previous opinion of the
Emperor having been a witness to the in.
terview. 1t would not have done to let tim
see his Ministers treating foreigners with
consderate politeness.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24
CHRISTIANITY.

The London Quarterly Review closes
an article on Z" The Order of Nature ;"
with the following extract:
at arose in an enlightened and sccp-
tical age, amongst despised and SORROW
minded people. 1t earned hatred and
persecution at home by its liberal genius
and opposition to the national prejulices;
IT earned contempt abroad by its connec-
tion with the country where it was born,
but which sought TO strangle it nits birth.
Emerging from Judea, it made its way
outward through the most polished regions
of the world--Asia Minor, Egypt, Greece,
Rome; and in all it attracted notice and
provoked hostility. Successive massacres
and attempts at determination perse-
cuted for ages by the whole force of the
Roman empire, il bore without resistance,
aud seemed to draw fresh vigor from the
axe; but assaults in the way of argument,
from every quarter it was never asham-
ed or unable TO repel aud, whether at
tackled or not il was resolutely aggressive.
In four centuries il had pervaled the
civilized world; it had mounted the throne
of the CeSars, it had spread beyond the
limits Of their sway and had male in
roads upon the barbarian nations whom
their eagles had never visited; it had
gathered all genius aud all learning into
itself, and made the literature of the
world it's own; IL survived the inun1ation
of the barbarian tribes, and conquered the
world once more by converting its con-
querors to the faith; it survived an age
of barharism; il survived the restoration
Of letters; it survived an age of free in.
quiry aud scepticism, aud has loug stood
its ground in the field of argument, and
commanded the intelligent assent of the
greatest minds that ever were; it has been
the parent of civilization and the nurse
of learning; and if light, aud humanity
and freedom be the boast of modern
Europe, it is to Christianity that she
owes them. Exhibiting in the life OF
Jesus a picture, var.ed aud minute, of the
perfect human united with the Divine
in which the mind of man has not been
able to find deficiency or detect a blem
ish-a picture copied from no model and
rivaled by no copy-it has satisfied the
moral wants of mankind; il has accommp-
dated itselfto every period and every
cline and it retained through every
change, salient spring of life, which
enables it to throw corruption and re
pair decay, aud renew its youth, amidst
outward hostility and inward divisions"
In a note the Reviewer says
This passage, which, for the condensa-
tion of its wide historic survey, and it,
vigorous aud glowing eloquence, is one Of
the finest in the whole range Of lttera-
ture, is extracted from No. 20 of the
Cautions Of tkO Times, aud is known to be
from the pen Of DR.. Fitzgerald, the pres
ent Bishop of Cork.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24
ABIDETH FOREVER.

A late number of the North British
Rer'e'o contains the following very truth
full statement regarding the preservation
of the original writings Of the Holy
Scriptures:
1t is a matter Of congratulation that
the Bible has passed triumphantly through
the ordeal of verbal criticism. English
inlidels of the last century raised pre-
mature pean over the discovery and pub
lication of so many various readings
They imagined that the popular mind
would be rudely and thoroughly shaken,
that Christianity would be placed in i'm
minent peril of extinction, and that the
church would be dispersed, and ashamed
at the sight Of the tattered shreds Of its
Magma Charta. But the result has
blasted all their hopes, and the oracles Of
God are found to have been preserved in
immaculate integrity.
The storm which shakes the oak only
looscns the earth around it's roots, and it's
violence enables the tree to strike its roots
deeper in the soil. So it is that Scripture
has gloriously surmounted every triul.-
There gathers around it dense " cloud
of Witnesses" from the ruins OF Ninevch
aud the valley of the Nile; from the
slabs and bas.relicfs Of Scnnacherib, and
the tombs and monuments of Pharaoh |;
from rolls of Chaldce paraphraists and
Syrian versionists; from the cells and Ii.
braries Of monastic scribes, and the dry
aud dusty labors Of scholars and anti
quariaus.
Our present Bibles are undiluted by the
lapse of ages. These oracles, written
amidst such strange diversity Of time,
place and condition-among the sands
and cliffs Of Arabia, the fields and hills
OF Palestine, the palaces of Babylon, and
in the dungeons of Rome-have come
down to us in such unimpaired fullness
and accuracy that we are placed as adj
vantageously towards them as the gene.
ration which hung on the lips of Jesus,
as he recited parable on the shore of
the Galilean lake, or those churches
which received from Paul or Peter one Of
their epstles of warning exposition.
Yes! the river of life which issues out
from beneath the throne of God and of
the Lamb, may, as it flows through so
many countries, sometimes bear with it
the earthly evidences of its chequered
progress; but the great volume of its
water has neither been dimmed in its
transparency or bereft of its healing
virtues.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24
Selected goetru.
THE ORPHAN noY---A TnUE STORY.
SELECTED.

A little boy, sn orphan too,
Whose finger ends with cold were blue,
With pearly drops In either eye
Ready to start when PHYS nigh,
With timid steps approached door
Some scanty pittance to Implore,
Whose brazen knookor smooth and bright,
Mocked all the efforts Of the wight,
His little hands its place supplied,
And open flew the portal wide
A clergyman OF modern date,
Less fam'd for kindness than estate,
Now ey'd the boy from top to toe,
And listened to his tale Of woe,
Said, take this crust, Ills mouldy too,
But still, "tis good enough for youp
The boy received IL with good grace,
And turned about TO quit the place.
Stop said the priest, an orphan boy
Should not pursue such bad employ:
Answer me this, pray, can you readf
All no, sir, 'tis truth, indeed,
Not read why then you cannot pray
I'll teach you-after me thus say:
Our Father who In Heaven art,
"Our Father touches his little heart,
Is lie your father, then, and minei
Yes, said the reverend Divine;
God is the father Of us all,
or rich and poor, great and small.
With feelings undisguised, the boy
Summ'd up the whole IN this reply
lV.fea Hr1 lat 10 -
You ever gave me mouldy bread.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24
MUSIC.

Give me music but not the laws
Tint loudly tell of warriors praise
q ve me music, hut not the song
That whispers Joy TO a soulless throng
But give me the note
That seems 10 float
Where mernory's waters lightly play;
On rive me the strain
That sinks again
Into that fearful tide away
Give me the music that seems 10 meet
Kindred melody, sad yet sweet
Deep where the hearts best feelings flow,
Half nged with rapture, half with woe
on give me the lay
That dies away,
Soft a, thought Of happier years
Tho song that may roll
Back again from the soul,
Percha ce In n sigh-or in tears.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24
GROCERIES sc.

A now Supply of frcsh Family Groceries has bcen
received at the Store eff John Derby consisting Of
every article in this line that is required for family
wo-groat pains have been taken in selecting such
goods are preferred by the bet Of house keepers
Tor purcness, excellence of flavor and beauty Of ap-
pearance;t will not be necessary TO say more than this
Please call and examine my Sugars, Coaees, Teas.
Spices, &c, and judge for yourselves.
LUMBERMEN's AND SHIPS STORES.
are 10 be had here in the gratest abundance and
'anety-and II is also con6lenty added at lower
.ices than elsewhere. ] would take this opportuni-
" 70 express my gratitude for the large patronage
which have received, and hope that an intelligent
public already appreciate the benefit they have
esived by the greatly reduced prices at which my
goods have been sold compared with former ones inn
posed on them. JOHN DERBY.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24
Post Office Notice.

MAILS ARRIVE.
Eastern Mails daily AZ 6 p. VI.
Portsmouth a Bay City mail daily nj p NJ
Way mail from Flint daily at l2t p. NJ.
yassar 4 Tuscola. mail semi weekly,
Tuesday and Fridays
Saginaw City mail daily at O. P. ".
MAILS CLOSE.
Eastern mails daily at p. NJ.
Portsmouth Bay City daily at A. NJ
Way mail TO Flint daily at p. VI
vsssar a Tuscola, Semi-weeky mail Mondays and
Thursdays ut p. NJ.
Saginaw City Mail laly at IL NJ.
Once hours from A. NJ to l2i p. NJ, and from
! r. NJ To 80 P. NJ
q. G. HESS p. NJ.
East Saginaw, August 4, 1859.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24

EEIf you would preserve the health
of your horses, exercise them in the open
air every day, when not actually in usc
The same thing may be said of your
children, yourself and your wife.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24
JOINER WORK.

II. L. JOHNSON BRO,
A their chop on Tuscola street, opposite Fred.
AKoehlers Blacksmith shop, are prepared to do
" kinds Of
JOINER WORK
With prompsness and ne we'll Il can be done at any
establishment in the city. Orders for any kind Of
work IN our line are solicited, and will receive imme
date attention ii. l.. j. Bro.
East Saginaw, August le, 1859. ly
C0APS. Brown Windsor, Transparent, CASTLE,
- Esssive, snd Toilet soaps Of all kinds st
II B. A co.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24
Travellers Directory.

GOING EAST
Bces d Burrell's Stage leaves daily for Flint and
Holly, at ~ A. NJ, and p NJ, connecting with
d. a NJ. r. W. 10 Detroit
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24

Two things there are that man rarely
forgets- his first love and his first cigar.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24
SETH WILEY,

ylsies Of tie Peace; office with Dillingham; 4 Rob
inSon will attend promptly TO the regular business
OF his Office, conveyan-ing executing Of papers
colloctions, &c EAST SAGINAW.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24

Attorneys and Counseors Mt Law and Solicitors in
ChAneery. Agents for buying and selling Lands,
paying Taxes, &c. Office corner Of Water and
Gsnas.e ttroots EAST SAGINAW.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24
Business directory.
East Saginaw Courier.
GEO. F. LEWIS, Proprietor.
published every Thursday morning at the City Of East
Saginaw, Michigan.
TERMs.-si5os a year. Invariably in advance

RATES OF ADVERTISING.
One square (l6 lines or iess) week. siOO
each succeeding week, 25
One fourth Column, Year. $4,000
" half 5000
" whole 5000
Business Cards, lines or less, 800
Other terms made known on application at the
ONCE.
Yearly advertisers will DO entitled TO a card In the
business Directory gratis
JOB PRINTING.
Connected with the Courier Office is New and Ex-
tsnsve Jos PRINrrSG ESTABLISHMENT, wherein Plain
and Ornamental Printing Of every description will
be done in the latest and most fashionable style.
Patronage is solicited. GEO. f. LEWIS.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24
CURTIS, HISS - CO.
wEBBER & wHEELER.-

Wholesale and Retail dealers in Dry Goods, Groce
mes, Crockery, Clothing, Hats, Caps, &c.
EASp SAGINAW
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24

w. l.. y. LITTLE IS CO.,

change, Bank Notes, Gold ami Silver, &c viii
give prompt attention TO Collections, and remit
drafts at current rates. Taxes paid for non-resi-
dents, and all mitters connected with Land Agen-
sv nromutiv attandei To EAST SAGINAW
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-05-24
IoyELAND & wALDRON.

Attorneys and Counselors at Law aud Solicitors in
Chau,ery EAST SAGINAW
VIZ J. LovrLASp. Gro. w. WALpRoN.
New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-26

For great many years had Mfr. Twist borne the
title Of Deacon. Clergy and laity recognized it,
and everybody called him deacon. Good morn.
ing Deacon TWIST was common salutation, and
it seemed fitting that he should be deacon be-
canse he was such good quiet, benevolent man.
great fayorite,n one said, who had lately moved
into the neighborhood, to an old settler; awhat
church is he deacon of?n "Not Of any church, 2
was the reply. well, what gives him his title,
one questioned, q when they were pastering the
new church down here, he and another one sat up
one cold night to watch the fire so that their
works should mt freeze; and to keep awake they
played old sledge in the organ lott and he's been
called deacon to this day.H
New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-26

e FxfxTIs REaLAn TRADE. 1.-The late Henry
Inraan used U relate the following story-
BE was sitting il his studio, then iii Murray street
near broadway. ore morning, when jaunfy look
ing young man and woman entered, and wanted to
sse tle picture he had painted of S'phiar q -, in
- streetn Il was unfinished, but was readily
shown q them by The always obging artist
VI aif't that good amt that goods partcu-
larly gse comb That's S'phar's comb for ali the
#sEld Should ha known it anywheres'
1ae sppfedativs young a6y's companion ad-
mit1ea tlat srus good and added dafteringIy to
the agtiss ssts''sss Y
: After 81, painini Is res'sas. tyole. is INT it?
hs tod sis companion however, that I. the best
\. May 70 19aS a. picture. il you wanted TO threw
!. gn g g, and ne stopped down and looked I'D
~ g y tsronsh hls legs Somebody had probably
Landscape ny that process. Difference of costume
rendered his improved lens unavailable 70 his com
New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-26
8 8 = j. 4 / 6 H 8 DooR.

ssygho ii 1t knocks this stormy night
Ec very careful Of the light
ID The good man said 10 his wits.
And the good wife went to the door;
But never again Ia all his life
VIII the goed man see her more.
Fer he who knocked that night was DeesAs
And the light weBt out sith 8 little hreatas
Ard the good man will miss his wife,
TIL he, too, goes to the door,
When Death viii carry hzsn up to life,
~ behold her face once more.
Country Gentleman.
New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-26

CARrETINGs, CURTAINS, WINDOW SHADES AND
FLOOR onCLoTHsWe invite the attention Of of our
readers who in want of these goods the advertisement
Messrs Dameron Co., No l3i Canal This has
large and well selected stock which comprises all the
qualities and descriptions most popular here which sold
cheap possible visit their ony necessary TO
ths
New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-26

LILLIEs SAFEs.--Merehants who desire to pur.
chase thoroughly reliable safe complete and sure pre-
seryaon Of their books and money from
glars owe to themselves call Fairbauk Co.
No % Camp street and examine the samples kept
Lilies patent wrought and chilled iron Read the ad
yerement in another column estimate of their value can
thereby be found.
New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-26
sssx,srn : at1raI Rarslatfons.

g. 4 married man. As NAV be Inferred Fcom
f,s foresoiDr. ( have wife Only one Chiiaren
ssss FI,e lsovss name IL John. the girls Mary.
Ill Hired d tencment On street : few months
Tss txlS that II Rad all the muaern improve.
ss,,tz 80 not yfsre Of the nature Of two Of
INV modern jauroyeraents.'' Had Ilknown it, i
fhiok sllu4tld have made another choice.
4 fiisxf5 81 uniSlterrusted domestic bliss for two
yao7ltha
{s5, sia r,f1t of The It'll instant TTetHrned home
tssgn s5ss hfsiyaess u The usual horr. My wife
siS i}i7refs I,et me in tile ha with kindly greet
= snus
after supper, thc children having been put 70
he'd. 81 uSseif aud wife were sisiag BY the fire,
k1s Sanahss Msse sast
~ Il NJ ssarsiea Erse scraar ard an
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IA 3 SSst .a,a4 8,,o,, ,,s fraro 80 80
I sS rs11;Scl,f y INA csyf5Iss Vhan 80 vv;se
fss snJ aiisnTde-d IN annsaranTe
s4 sstS In sa @ ~ ,s sot
MI s es 3 x ;ss as 800
s,rr;ssd n, bsar sesrchel 4he
,a , s.,,,s - ma
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sssa4 ~ r. T. nm
N s,s ,.,,ts sstor,ra,.7 rra ba.rd = sncnas
N \. III srs, n tge ,,1rsa,v III
inTs HI MIA cosnnossdiy irto III room. and
y f,ysS y iclsr M az aar Mar Mn
has hs}a ,t IA bs .i III zte irformei md with
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f a IN, n az
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saan;no o,,ar4n,ert zvit 81, xy;fa
svs sssssseif IN 4 ,Is;y ", r,fot n xyss
Snssa,,flsr - 1ssrlse 49, hsy,est rn M saated
X Yc,s W Nv yv;fsa
,i;ss a rsasri ,si mai sls5,reronm wound
Il 3vss sssrsss4a L hat mai frighter,aaj
nv r;f e al m 9aed fro ar o,,cb
IN de Iair ff hTr lsea N 4 pnst
sne,,,,s- 4hrire aronis tl,s ,,r ybiia L n
senulefraI Voices chauted the popular nepro
rs9rsSf1. S5
A3h, ain,t IL glad,
Come out of He wldsfness.,'
After Suffering for some time, as judged from
her shriekss she lifted violently TO the ceiling,
where she remained suspended. j made several
ezsnrfe I'd remove her hut With no effect. con-
cIadAd ia lat her remain where she was, while /
proceeded In my investigation. Immediately took
ny children into tho nearest neghbors first taking
the preeaption To tell my wife to remain where she
was, while endeavored to calm tho superstitious
fears III nv little ones who appeared actually
frightened.
procured a quantity Of firearms, and returned
10 the house. resolved to probe this mystery to the
quick. Ny pulss beat evenly u was Aet alarmed,
hut perfactly cool met friend on. the side
wallis He Raid, s Hew are you, ole fel s'' re-
Piled Rather saIubroas = FOR felt tie necessity
s Of being calm.
On eltering tlle hoase. the aspest Of things had
New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-26
DISEASES OF THE TuRoAr AND LuNas.-The

DISEASES OF THE THROAT AND LuNGs.-The ter
rbe fatality those diseases should amonh persons are
afflicted to adopt the best and most rational remedies without
loss of time Dr. C. r Crane, practitioner Of lh
city, has opened institute No l35 Joseph street. where
he specially these diseases by inhalation
cal yapots in connection with constitutional remedies This
mode of practice is fast becoming established the
oha and striking directly the of the disease with,
sat imp airing the strength and yigor the patient
New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-26

MILITARY TAerrcs.-we are glad to see that Dol
bear Commercial College has the our fellow
citizen, Major G. Blanchard as military instructor Major
b graduate of West Point and recently efficient officer
in he United States army during the with Mexico
rhe drill wall commence Monday the 10Th inst at r. NJ
New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-26

ekrseH AiltfiEax W. hope that dc ladies'
ra9 NM 20 ossseht III aafaIns Win zot oss,lok A.
q Ms sisas He Is a.ai tsset 4
Ivy s'oss y Fsael nisasy ead dress ooas tsr os