Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-26


sue of that paper;
r. j. Walsh, Of Monroeville, Colusi, ex-
hibits the trim year old bulls Colusi and
Shelton, pure bred California raised short
horns, and as handsome pair Of animals as
the sun shines on Colusi, rich red and white ;
Shelton, beautiful rich roam. If the choice
of these bulls were made a present to us, we
think it would take "a hours consideration,
and IA fearful amount of handling and meas
uring before we could make up our mind,
and then we don't believe we could tell, but
would end in toss-up. However, talking
of presents let us make suggestion: The
Worlds Fair, and the Royal Agricultural
Show of England both come off in London
next spring Creation generally will be there.
California is to be represented at the W orlds
Fair and why should she not at the Royal
| Agricultural Shos Let the State come
forward, buy those two bulls Of Mr.. Walsh,
and send them for exhibition to Old England
to prove what California can do in raising
improved cattle. We think it would do good
in more ways than one, and certainly would
let the old country breeders see that when an
order for short horned stock, to start a herd
with, is sent to England they must mind
what they are doing, and not send us as
good enough for California" any of their
third-class ~ cross" small farmers stock, but
the richest, purest, best and most fashionable
strain, from first-class herds, such as rank
with Butes, Booth, Col. Tswnley, Lady Pigot
and breeders known to fame.
We don't know any greater pleasure we
could promise ourselves than to see at "the
Royal" in London, Cousi and Shelton, look
ing as they look tu-daY, and to be able to
point them out to "the old folks at home as
a specimen of California short horns. Yes |!
by the bye the State might as well "throw
in" a California raised "thoroughbred;' our
cup of happiness would then be full We are
not joking. Think of it, ye liberal legisia-
tors who dispense our public dollars with
unsparing hand.
All who saw Mr.. WalSh's splendid stock
contributions to our District Fair, will en-
dorse all the praises that can be bestowed
upon them. We agree with the Atlas cor.
respondent that the "stalwart Englishers'
would learn from seeing Colusi ard Shelton,
that here in California, we want the best
when we have anything. We hope the Roy
al Agricultural Show at London may con-
tain these splendid specimens Of California
stock
REMINIscENCE OF WAnINGroN IRvING.-
Washington Irving, if the New York cor
respondent of the London Telegraph may be
believed did not refuse himself the tender
passion. He says:
| "Whcn young he became intimately ac-
quainted with a daughter of one of the Knick-
| ,f,,ln Of fl,a ctt Il
wealth. With the young lady he pressed
his suit successfully; and in time the father
might have succumbed, despite the fact that
| he regarded the resources with which Irving
proposed to support wife too slender to
maintain the style of luxury to which his
daughter had been accustomed In an evil
hour, as it seemed, a DR. Creighton, "A minis
ter of the established church, despite his
Scottish parentage. fell in with tie gentle
| man whom Irying was 50 deslrous to make
his tather-in-law. The cergymans eyes
were dazzed by the beauty of the same
young lady who had won the heart of the
aspiring author, and the eyes OF the father
| were blinded to all other considerations by
the wealth which Dr. Creighton offered to-
gctler with his heart. Time and persistency
| pushed Irving from the scene i; and the girl,
obedient to her fathers urgent entreaties,
gave his preference the precedence of her
| own.
Bat the saddest part Of the story remains
to be told When the question of the mar
| riage portion was under consideration, the
| father stated that the family had been tainted
with insanity, and to guard against the evils
| of harsh treatment, should his daughter be
afflicted with the same malady insisted that
certain sum should be set aside, which, in
the event Of such calamity, should be de-
voted to her maiatcaaRee on her estate on
the banks of the Hudson, and that in no
event should she be removed from the man
sion there These terms the ardent suitor,
hoping for the best, complied with. 1t may
| have been the result of hereditary disease,
or the effort to crush out and kill her young
hopes, but not many years elapsed before the
| wife was n raving maniac. She became so
| violent that confinement was necessary, and
| the family mansion was converted into an
asylum, DIR. Creighton building another
house on a distant pert Of the estate. The
unfortunate woman is still living, and on
quiet nights her shrieks may be heard along
the banks of the river-almost audible, too,
at the secluded retreat which Irving occu-
pied No heart but his own knows how
much the sad event may have tinged his own
| life, or to what eXertons it may have urged
him in attempting to drown all remembrance
OF his own disappointment DR. Creighton
has for years oifciated at the humble chapel
where Irving worshipped, and, singularly
enough, reSd the burial service for his former
rival"