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The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-20
QUARTZ MINERS ATTENTION y
nR. BEERs WOULD CALL PARTrC-
~ ui@r attention 90 his Improved
AMALGAMATORSl

For Gold or Silver Ores, which are claimed to nos
sess the following advantages over all Others now Ia
use, yiz.:
LIST. They are equally adapted 70 the amalvama
ton OF Ores, either Wet or Dry crushed.
I'd Being Selfteeding and Self diseharQlnt, they
require but little attention; one man being suiyeiPnt
TO attend thirty or more.
30. During the process Of amalcamation thew
reduce the ore to an almost impalpable powd4f in
close contact with large surface Of mefeufy. but
do not grind the mercury.
4th. II Is claimed for them, and demonstrated
that they will save from 2b 70 100 per caht. more
gold than any other amaleanatbr now IN use Ivy
The Amaigamating Pans are put in sets of three.
dlscnarging into each other; three o which salts
are capable OF thoroughly amalgamRtng al least ten
tons OF gnld ore per day, and, with Slight adatidn
are equally adapted 20 the amalgamalioh of SILVER
Ores by any OF the old or new prUcesses
The Pans about four feet In diameter and
supplied with a false perforated. or CRATE bottosn
upon which the grinding il done, which alowsthe
gold as soon as united with the mercury. 10 seftle
beneath the CRATE, and, remain az safe az II under
lock aud kew
In cleaning mp the pans and separating the ANAL
gam but one tenth of the usual labor h REQUIRED.
Inc parts most exposed 70 wear are made of hard
IRON and easily replaced, at triHing cost.
All orders for these Atnalgamators can be sent 10
PEfhh ONAfiUk, ON FIRST street, San FAnciseo AZ
whose Foundry they can be seen Ia operation.
Fof Iurther particulars, inquire OF the Patentee
J. B. BEERS
apfio-om 1856 CLAY street
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-20
Special Notices.

Atmospheric changes exert vast Inhu-
ence over the human system and sensations; upon
their recurrence of all persons Of plethoric habits
sufferers from scrofua, eutaneous eruptions, stub
born ulcers from an injudicous of mercury, and
in chronic constitutional disorders should have re-
sort to SANDS SARsAPARLIA, the original and genu-
inc article so long celebrated for the cure Of the
above named diseases and all Others arising from an
impoverished vitiated or innamed condition Of the
blood or habit of the system.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-20
How THE LAST PONY NEws WAS TELE-
40 a,PuFD-The Alta of Tuesdav saws.

GaAPHED.-The Alta of Tuesday says:
At six o'clock last evening the Pony arrived
at Sand Spring Station, some fifty miles east of
Fort Churchill, with dates to the sth. by this
extension of the wires the Pony news is only
seven days in coming. As the wire is extended
the time Of the Pony will be regularly shortened.
We mentioned in the Alta of Saturday, that Mr..
John r. Yonts, one Of the most experienced
operators, had been dispatched to the end of the
wire, where he had just arrived when the Pony
came along. He Immediately fitted up an i'm
promptu office, consisting Of an empty barrel,
an old box and a frying pan. As all first rate
operators read by sound, it is necessary to have
metal or glass to set the sounder upon, SO the
operator put his sounder on the uptnrnec DOT,
tom of irving pan, and with the old barrel and
box went TO work, telegaphing directly through
to this city. This is the first news sent on the
Overland wire, and on the arrival OF the next
Pony on Friday, we may look for both the short
summary and our long Fort kearny dispatches.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-20
San FranoiscU Adv's.
r OMAN EVE BAL SAM.
FOR INFLAMEp RYIeI.rbs.

A NDFoR THE CURE OF scROFUIOus HJIMOUR9
"A and soreness surrounding or near the Eve. In
all diseases Of this character 1t Is almost cektsin
cure The following extract nom letter lust re-
eelved refers to one Of the many similar cases con-
stantly reported: lfi
Messrs. A. h. & d. SARDe: III.
Dear Sirs'-l have fora number Of wears been
troubled with sore and nfamed eye.lids. which
though they never caused me much pair were very
annoying on other accounts. have tried A number
OF medicines at different times without the slightest
success. Seeing advertisement of your Roman
Eye Balsam, in spite of my scepticism resolved TO
got some and at least try it. am now writing this
IN the fullest gratitude TO inform yOU II could al
most send you City dollar bin that few and only
lew, applications have resulted IN complete cure
Respectfully yours,
+. ZABIdSKfE.
per mail to any part of the United States upon re.
celpt OF so cents In postage stamps.
:, frepared by A. ,. y d. SANDS, Druggists, 100
Fulton street. cor. William N. Y.
FOR sale by Redington Co., San Francisco r.
H. Mcdonald Co. aud Dr. Justin Gates 4 Bro. Sac
ramepto II. II. wickes & Co., and Rudolph h Hunt,
NeYaua. tieq51m
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-20

oPoLIs.-A place down in Calaveras they
have called COpperopOlis, and it is now in con-
temptation to change the name Of WhiskytOwn
and call il GTogopolis.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-20
LABOR SAVING I
ROCK DRILLING MACHINES.

A GENT FOR GARDENERS PATENT
"A for Sinking shafts, DRIFTING, Excavatine Rail.
road Tunnels, and Open Cuts. Machines WORKED
either by HAND or POWER lTT FIG'EF7T
WAI. w. DUNN.
Nos. 307 and 300 Market street. San Francisco
apr3OSm
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-07-20

1T is said that rattlesnakes are killed every
day inside of Fort PiCkens by the soldiers.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11
roo CHOSE APPLICATION.

A contemporary remarks, "enildren often suffer- both mentally and physically, from too close. constant and long continued applica- ton in school, and in studying for recitation" The remark applies not only to children, but to young ladies at popular seminarles, where rivalry in intellectual exercises is stimulated, and the physical constitution frequently en- feebled for life by the overworking of the mind. A sound body is quite as important to the welfare and happiness to the future mothers of America as a mind overloaded with every variety of knowledge, including good deal that will never be thoroughly digcsted and be of no practical use to the possessor or to society. It wop9d be difficult to oyerate the advantages of mental dlscip- line to young ladies, but the system of tram inc which is most desirable is not that which makes requirements and accomplishments the exclusive, or even the principal aim, and which regards the quantity that can be shov- eled upon the brains as the one thing needful in female education The education of men and women should have some reference to their intellectual organization and capacities, and to the sphere of action and duty winch they are hereafter to fill. It is not desirable to eive young ladies at seminarie8 unlyer- sity education, and to split their brains, dis tort their spines, and break their hearts with hich mathematical and metaphisical studies,
 unless they have a peculiar talent for such inyestioations. which is not always the case. An harmonious development of the moral, physical. and intellectual being is the kind ot education that is most required For the cultivation of the heart We may trust their luothers and of the mind their teachers, when they do not load it with burthcns to heavy 10 be borne, and stimulate it to eGer- tions which encyatc, instead of invigoratlng it. The effects of excessive mental appllca- ton upon their body at a time when the con -titution is immature, are often injurious Ior lne Our own c9untrymen, as well as tray elers from abroad are struck with the physical degeue1acy and short lives of Americans, compared with our primitive stock and TlJh Eurooe9n nations. Whatever the cause, the effect will be still more marked, if the system of oyertashing the youthful intellect of American girls becomes universal It is often remarked that the English woman is in her prime of health and beauty at torty Q period of life when that sex in our own country begins to bend under the cares and lalors of life. The one is accustomed from her youth to outdoor exercise, and plenty of it. the other, to an indoor existence; and now to an intellectual forcing, which may make her very accomplished and otherial, but which do not increase her usefulness ill society, while they impair her health and shorten her days
 TGodcy's Lady's Book
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11
TIE LIGUT OF HONE. a

A traveller was returning towards his home after long wanderings in distant lands and his heart was full of happiness and hope Many years had passed since he had seen his father and mother, and the thought of so soon meeting them again gave wings to his feet. While he was still upon the moun- tain which he had to cross before reaching his native village, night came on and for some time 1t was so dark that he could scarcely see the staff in his hand; and when he descended into the valley he lost his way and wandered backwards and forwards till at length, in deep sorrow, he murmwed to himself, "Oh that l could meet with some telow-creature who would guide me back into the right road after all my useless efforts to find 1t With what gratitude would l repay him" So saying he stood still, and watched for a guide. While he was waiting, uncertain which way to turn his steps, he saw clcaning ia the distance feeble light amidst the darkness, and its beams cheered him as t fickered in the gloom. Hail. cried he, thou ecnger ofrest. Thou tellost llc of the nci-hbor- hood of some dweliin@-placo where 1 can obtain shelter, and food, and repose The glowing beams of the morning sun have never seemed to me so oaddening as thy feeble ray which now shines before me" He went with nasty steps towards the dis tant light, expecting each moment to see the man who bore 1t. Bat 1t was only a "WilI Q the Wisp," which, taking is rise from the marshy lands, lowered ever the stagnant pools. He, however, wandered on beguiled by it, till he came to the steep bank of river Just at that moment he heard a voice behind him crying. Stop. if you wish 10 avoid death - He stood and eazcd round him. Ii was the voice of a fisherman, who called to him from his boat Why" said he, astonished, "sohuld l not follow the friendly light? 1 an a traveller and have lost my way" Friendly light do you cal it?' returned the fisherman, it is but a treacherous yapor, that lures men to destruc- tion! See how unsteadily 1t cleame, this evil production of night and darkness - As he spoke, the fickcrng marsh-light expired. The traveller thanked the fisherman for his preservation with heartfelt gratitude; but he was astonished. and said, < You ought to thank God, fJr he 1t was who SD ordered 1t that l should be in my beat upon this river. How can a man sec his brother man in error, and not strive to guide him into inc rieAt way :" Then the kird-heartcd fisherman directed the traveller in the road to his fathers dwelling. He followed the path pointed out to him. and soon saw the welcome light Of home shining with bright and steady Iav, now doubly dear to Eim from the many dangers and difficulties he Lad gone through before reaching it. He knocked the door was opened; and parents, brothers and sisters hung round his neck, Kissed him, and wept tears of joy at his return.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11
THE BLrs1LlGs oF I RUR1L Llrr.

Cultivate a love for the country; thoseroue joys which a rural life can afford are fir preferable to the noisy and. g,as. t5o oncn. vicious crat;hcat:ons which wo .eul amid ,'o whirl of city life. The city as il we're lies the souls affections to the emth-tha works and ways of the world in 1t too often hide from our eyes tho fair faco or Nature and lead us to forget tho glorious God who made us, and to whom VIC aIc indebted for life, and health, and all things
 }apid empty anI artificial arc the joys af a city life when compared with the sacred delights which rural residence can give to mind rightly c9rstyutcI Solitary com munion with Nature ia one of the hoioe lc- lights which the world c"n Icatow-a dc.;eAt which is sure to benefit llo vorll which cn- joys 1t. Purity X. cH amuo3 on Nature 4 form and coalmuuiou with her is sure to lilI the soul with all taa, i4 pure, and lovely, and ol good report.
 In every season of tho year 2 oilonco in the country has beneficial effect cn the hut man soul. In Spring when tho trees again put on their singing robes, and nurmur forth the praises of Him who made them. Spring has a tendency to give buoyancr to the spirits that heart is calous which does not awake and sing when all things around arc boaming with hope and promise.
 In Summer, the blushing flowers are seen amid rural retreats, and seem, methinks, like stolen glories from Paradise; then the sing ing birds hill forth melodies, the puroat and the sweetest ever heard cn earth, and which may well raise the thoughts away from this vanishing world of ours to the glory-land beyond.
 In Autumn, the country teaches us wis dom lessons the whispers that are heard when the leaves are falling, seem, mothinks, sweet echoes from the angel world, telling that we, too, must soon fade and vanish like the leaves of the forest, and be found no more on earth at all
 In Winter, we arc led to revere the wisdom and power of Him who docth all things well who hath hid the flowers beneath a snowy mantle to enh.nce our joy on again bohoIding them; and who sends the storms to purify the atmosphere, and the rain to cause the earth to bring forth fruit in its season.
 To the thoughtful mind, reflections such as these are suggested by a rural life which should not be decried as lstless and unpleas- ant Communion with Nature can give more real joy than man ever found in the pursuit of the pleasures of city life.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

NEW STYLE OF INvITATIoN.-Burl the New York correspondent of The Boston Journal, says that the present rage for visit ing and invitations in New York is this:
 " If a wedding is to come off among the ton, the mother of the bride elect takes her carriage, and instead of sending a servant up the steps as formerly, the lady alights goes to the door, rings, asks for the party invited hands the card of invitation, and then drives off in her coach It Is regarded as distin- guished invitation to have such semi-perso- nal invitation"
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

KIssING.-A kiss is like a sermon, ''it re- quires two heads and an application" It deals with the hidden spirit by means of tangible symbols. It is like faith, in that 1t IS the substance of things hoped for.' It is the language of affection, the echo of love and the concentration of bliss; it is of 'good report," and pleasing to our ears; 1t is elo- quence dwelling with sweet accents on the lips" It Is both vocal and instrumental "harmonies" in q language and with q senti- ment intelligible in all language and in all ages. It is the "seal' of fathers blessing, the ''witness" of mothers love, the guar anty' of brothers protection, the surety of sisters devotion, the ''gate" to a lovers heaven, and something that mere friends have nothing to do with
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

THE Mississippi river extends 2l00 miles from the frozen regions of the North to the Sunny South, and with the Missouri river, is 4500 miles in length. It would reach from New York across the Atlantic Ocean, or from France to Turkey and the Caspian sea- Its average depth is fifty feet and its width over half mile. The floods are more than a month travelling from it's source to its delta The trappers can exchange the furs of ani- mals caught by them on the upper Missis- sippi for the tropical fruits gathered on the banks below. The total value of steamers afoat on the river and its tributaries, is more than SG0,000,000 numbering 1G00 boats, with more than twice the steamboat tonnage of England. It drains an area of 100000 square miles, and washes the shores of twelve powerful States. In one single reservoir at Lake Pepin, between Wisconsin and Mime sota, 25O0 miles from the sea, the nayies of the world might ride at anchor.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

SUPERSTITI0Ns IN CuHLDHO0D.-An cd writer says: Superstition Is the greatest burden in the world;" of the truth of which remark many persons arc sensible from Lc.r earliest childhood. Indeed superstition is the bugbear of the nursery: whereas the great aim should be to diycst children of this pernicious fear. " If too great excitabilty and power of imagination be observed in childhood, much may be done by sound discipline to restrain 1t. Let the child be protected from the sheeted spcctres of ser wants, and the boy from the schidonis and rattling curtains and pals of romance writers Let his first ideas of the Almighty he those of a God Of Mercy, who gives him every blessing-who offers himself to childhood under the most benign of characters. as talk ing little children in his arms and putting his hands upon them and blessing them. Let him be taught to see God in storms, and hear them in the wind not as the poor Indian, but by having his mind uttered to trace the regular course of Gods providence In the most striking phenomena or natural science; and we see no objection, and little difficulty, in explaining to him so much of the metaphysics as may enable him to un- rayel the associations of darkness and the churchyard."
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11
POETICAIl.
THE SUNBE4N " TIE CHURCH.

- ' It sweetly stole through tinted pane
 With mild and mellow light, And stayed within the sacred fane, As though it loved the sight. It played on childhood's cloudless brow, In warm and rosy rays, And gave the mothers pallid cheek
 The bloom of other days. It touched the old mans silver head
 With ambers softest hue, And fondly OCT the hallowed font
 peaceful rainbow threw. It lit the sculptor's classic group,
 Or monumental stone And fingered long with faith and hope, And round the mourner shoue. It OCT the blessed altar hung,
 And crowned the priests with gold, 4 royal robe the surplicc seemed,
 And fell in purple fold More bright than Aarons breast-plate glowed The holy book of Cod, And gems bestrewcd the very floor,
 Whereon the people rod. Fen thus the spirits living light
 With all our lives surround, And we that heavenly gift may seek
 Within the Church bound. Then come, by font and altar come,
 With faith and works of love, And darkest days shall brightly beam
 With radiance from above.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

ADVANTAGES OF INTEGRIrY-Truth has all the advantages of appearance, and many more; and, upon every account, sincerity is true wisdom. As to the affairs of this world, integrity hath many advantages over all the arts of disslnulation and deceit. It is much the palmer and easier, much the safer and more secure way; it hath less of trouble and difficulty, of cntanglcment and perplexity, of danger and hazard; it is the shortest and nearest way to our end, carrying us thithor in a straight line, and will hold out and last when deceit and cunning, which continually grow weaker and less efectual, will finally fail us
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11
METER DESP-tLR.

Though fearful storms thy bark assail,
 And all thy brightest hopes destroy, Though friends and fortune all should fail, And life seem rctt or every joy Though every day bring every ill
 To which our mortal flesh is heir, And pain and grief thy bosom fill
 Never despair no, never despair! Though boisterous winds sweep OCT the sea, And of thy wealth a wreck should make, And those you thought most true would be In sorrows hour, do now forsake- And thou alone must strueele on
 From work to work, and eage to care Mourn not thy lot, oil, suffering one.
 Never despair. no, never despair
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

I'm LEAGUE between virtue and nature engages all things 10 assume Q front hostile to vice. The beautiful laws and substances of the world prosecute and whip the traitor He finds that things are arranged for truth and benefit, but there is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass. Commit crime and it seems as if coat of snow fell on the ground, such as reveals in the woods the track of every partridge, and fox, and sQuir- rel, and mole. You cannot recall the spoken word you cannot wipe out the ioot-tracll you cannot draw up the ladder, so as to leave no inlet or clue. Some damHing circumstance always transpires The laws and substances of nature-wator, snow, wind, gravitaton- become penalties to the thief
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11
o o-Ea--

IHrIpEIrY-InGJclity gives nothing in return for what it takes away. What, then, is t worth? Everything to be valued has a cmpensating power. Not blade of grass thgt wilhers, or the uglest weed that i5 flung away to rot and die, but reproduccs somcthing Nothing in nature is barren. Therefore eve rything that is, or seems opposed to nature cannot bo true; it can only exist in thc shape that a deceased mind imparts to one of its coina9es. lnGlelity is one of those coinagcs "a mass of base metal thatuon't pass current with any heart that loves truly, or any head tlat thinks correctly. And iuGlels are poor sad creatures; they carry about them load of Ioicct.on and dc5olation, not the less heavy that is invisible. It is the fearful blindness oI tLe soul.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11
HEIJTIFJL EXTRACTS.
The following beautiful tribute to Won

The following beautiful tribute to Woman was written several years ago. It occurs in a tale of touching interest, entitled < The Broken Heart -its author, Dr. r J. Suatt9a:-
 Oh. the priceless value of the love of a lrre woman Gold cannot purchase gem ID uroc.oas. Titles and hon0rs confer upon .Lo heart 10 such serene happiness. In our darkest moments when disappointment and ineratitude, with corroding care, gather thick around, and even the gaunt form of poverty nenaccs with his skeleton fingers, it cleans around the soul with an angels smile. Time cannot mar it's brilliancy; ds@nco but strengthens its influence; bolts and bars can no. limit its progress; t follows the'prisoncr into his dark cell, and swcc.en5 the home morscl that appeases his hunger, and in the silence of midnight t plays around his heart, and in his dreams he folds to luis bosom the form of her who loves on still, though the world has turned coldly from him. Tie couch made by the hand of the loyeI one is soft to the weary limbs of the sick sufferer, and the potion administered by the same hand loses lalrits bitterness The pillow carefully ad- iuzscl by her brings ropose to the weary brain, and her words of kind encouragement survive the sinking spirit. It would almost seem that God, compass;onating woman's first great frailty, had planted this great jewel in her breast, whose heayenIike influence should cast into forgctfulness mans remcm- brmcc of the Fall, by building up in his heart another Eden, where perennial flowers forever bloom, and crystal waters sush from aNLan-tln.s lnnnta.n..n
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

WHITE GUyPowDER-A letter from Lon don says: < have heard in the city of a curious invention, which concerns alike sportsmen, rifemen and the scientific It is the manufacture of white sunpowder It is made no mystery of, being composed of yellow potassa, chloride of potassium, loaf sugar, chrystalized sugar and birthstone. It possesses superior qualities over the black powder, being quicker and more powerful in its action and not fouling the gun For the delicate in the olfactory nerves, it may be added that it is without unpleasant smell. It has just been patented.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

DIFFICULTY is severe instructor, set over us by tho supreme ordinance of a parental Guardian and Legislator, who knows us better than we know ourselves, and he loves us better, too He that wrestes with us strength ems our nerves, and sharpens our skill Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable con- flict with difficulty obiges us to an intimate acquaintance with our subject, and compels us to consider it in all it's relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
The constitutional union., 1861-01-11

AN lrishman one day found light guinea which he was obliged to sell for eighteen shil- lings. The next day he saw another gninea lying in the street.
 "No, no" says he, "Fll have nothing to do with the like of you; lost three shilling8 by your brother yesterday"