Daily national Democrat., 1861-04-04

tHCl n" lut lttll- ln'lI lt4lN TO g tlACr dark
ly and onino sly over its path
MunDGGous A-sAuLr.-About half past nine
o'clock Monday evening, says the Nevada
Democrat a uurderous assault was made on
MIR. Wagoner " no has tailors shop on Pine
street. and resides ju,t above the school
house lie started home about half past .,
going round 10y way Of Broad street, and
when near hi oWn house was met by two
men. ~ no caught him and commenced beat
ing him over The he.d with revolver Mr.
W goucrcaied Tor help and def nlrd him
,eIfas we'll as he could lie asked his a>s,i!-
ANS if lhey wanted his money. and one OF
them sail, "ilond it over lie then offered
them his watch aud money, but they did not
take them. aud it was evident that rohtpry
was not their object Mr. Wngouers mother
aud another lady who HIVES in tine urj4hbor-
hood heard the di.tgr' Huee, and on going TO
the doors Of thyjr houses, could hear Wagner
le44iug theta not to- Kill him The women
commenced screaming and the wold-be mur
drrrr,. finding they h.d alarmed the rri4h-
boIh0od, let 20 of Nayourr. h,iug lhreeshots
at him as he was crawling off on MS hands
and knees One of lbe shots took effect in
hi- u-ht shou err bul the wound is not re-
larlel as Dangerous. He was bld'v bruised
about the face anl he'd, and one Of III, haud-
was cut with knife while he was cudaavor
ing to take the money oot OF his pocket.
Tur View Orle,ns Picayme ceu-uros, with
di9utirl severity, the course Of the Southern
Congress in imposing upon the people Pre-i.
dent and Vice President in whose selection
the people had no share.
A You>o Indy shouldn't be unhippy lie,
cause She isn't duite As tIi as she would like
TO be. It is very easy thing o ret "splieed"
AiFRrp H,uN, Of Cincinnati lately re
returned from visit to Arkrusas. where. hy
~pacul.tjon 'he am tsed lac snug sum of ST.
400 Instead of dcpu~itilg the amount with
-oue bank, he placed ii in the hands of hi
wife, being the more secure place If the
two. Ina day or two afterwards the lady
decampcd, leaving the husband to realize the
truth of the saying. that riches take unto
themselves wings and fly away
TuouAs FpA>cs MnAcuGn ouce more is on
the I'm b stand He has lyclurpd ON " Eug-
g,i-h couurcliou and French INVASION He
Iru.liucd il his stirring address. that here
was an awakening brightness ,rhiug across
the Irish sky. At the conclusion Of his ieuu-
tlul add'ess, he used highly tigurali,r i'm
age to illustrate the just hopes of Ireland
for her Independence: should the snddr-t
memories If !rrlaud be tru sfrrrod only To
,uarDlr, and those alone survive, her hopes
would shine forth as the ,tars, the lilht OF
which, long hidden, and for centuries trav-
cling, viii reach the earth at last
Coy D,wNEY CouLDN'r HAVE Dovr Ir -
Tie Shasta Courier relates the following as a
fact:
Willie young Gos.ert, lotely struck 10y
lightning reur the Canyon House, was nm
loading the freight for Mr.. Sreri4, on its be-
ing discovered that some Of the goods hal
been considerably damaged Mr. Seerg, with
assumed seriousness remarked:
Why, my good friend. you won't charge
frrighmge on those damaged goods, will
-you?'
"Why not" responded the yoanc Ajax
who successfully d~ded the lightning, e" |
coudn't help jt---no man could have helped
it--~l y, even Gov. Downry couldn't have
saved that ID stuff from that streak of
lightning.