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OVER THE RIVER.

Over the river they beckon to me-
Loved ones who have crossed to the other side;
The gieam of their sunny robes | see,
But their voices are lost in the dashing tide.
There's one with ringets of sunny gold,
And eyes the reflection of heavens own blue;
He crossed in the twilight gray and cold,
And the pale mist hid him from mortal view.
We saw not the angels who met him there,
The gates of the city we could not see
Over the river, over the river,
My brother stands waiting to welcome me.
Over the river the boatman pale
Carried another, the household pet;
Her brown curs moved in the gentle gale
Darling Minnie, see her yet.
She crossed on her bosom her dimpled hands
And fearlessly entered the phantom bark;
We felt it glide from the silver strand
And all our sunshine grew strangely dark.
We know she is safe the further side,
Where all the ransomed and angels be
Over the river, the mystic river,
My childhood's idol is waiting forme
For none return from those quiet shores
Who cross with the boatman cold and pale,
We hear the dip of the golden oals,
And catch CLEAN of the snowy sail.
And lol they have passed from the yearning hearts
They cross the stream and are gone for aye
We may not sunder the vail apart
That hides from our vision the gates of day.
We only know that their barks more
May sail with us DER life's stormy sea;
Yet somewhere know on the unseen shore
They watch, and beclson, and wait for me.
And sit and think, when the sunset gold
Is flushing river, and hill, and shore,
shall one day stand by the water cold
And list for the sound of the boatmans oar.
shall watch for CLEAN of the tapping sail,
| shall hear the beat it gains the strand,
shall pass from sight with the boatman pale
To the better shore of the spirit land.
l shall know the loved who have gone before,
And joyfully sweet will the meeting be
When over the river, the peaceful river,
The angel of death shall carry me.
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SUBLIME lDEA.--The closing passage in one
of Prof Mitchel'S late lectures in New York
on Astronomy, after speaking of the unfath
omable distances which no telescope can
penetrate, lying far beyond the system on
which the earth revo,ves, and yet filed with
independent systems of worlds Of infinite
numbers, is as follows
Light traverses space at the ra te ofa million
miles minute, yet the light from the nearest
star requires ten years 10 reach the earth,
and Herschel's telescope revealed stars 2300
times further distant. The great telescope
of Lord Rosse pursued the creations of God
still deeper into space, having resolved
the nebula of the MilkyWay into stars
beautiful diamond points glittering through
the black darkness beyond. When he behed
this amazing abyss-when he reflected upon
the immense distance, enormous magnitude,
and the countless millions of worlds that
belonged to them, it seemed to him as though
the wild dream of the German poet had been
more than realized:
t'God called man in his dream into the
vestibule of Heaven, saying, Come hither,
and | will show thee the glory of my house!
And to his angels who stood around his
throne, he said, Take him, strip him of his
affections put a new breath into his noStrils,
but touch not his human heart-the heart
that fears and hopes and troubles A mo-
ment and it was done, the man stood ready
for his unknown voyage Under the gui-
dance of mighty angel, with sounds Of
flying pinionS. they sped away from the
battements of Heaven. Some time on the
mighty angels wings they fled through
Saharas of darkness, wildernesses of death.
At length from ii distance not counted save
in the arithmetic Of Heaven, light beamed
upon them-a sleepy fame, as seen through
a hazy cloud. In moment the blazing
of the suns around, moment the wheelings
of planets; then came long eternities of
twilight, then again on the right hand and
the left appeared more consultations. At
last the man sank down, crying, Angel,
can go no further; let me lie down in the
grave, and hide myself from the infinitude OF
the universe, for end there is nonep End
there is none! responded the angel. And
from the glittering stars that shone around,
there came choral shout Eud there is none!
End there is noner"
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FRED. a. WILDER.
BAKER,

at Tie Building formerly oaoned and occupied by B. p
4frery Drug Store
Manufactures and keeps constantly on hand, the fol-
lowing
The hydraulic press., 1861-01-26
DEAF AND BLIND.
DIR. PILIxINGTON,

DIR. PILNINGTON,
Late of the Eastern Ear Infrmaries and ah einin-
emily successful operator the EYE and Ear at his
Infilmary in san Francisco is working wonders in
he has treated in California, many Of whom have been
afflicted for twenty thirty years, and cured
by mild and gentle treatment.
Deafness, Dizziness. BuZznr. Earache. Noise in the
Head aud all offensive discla ses from the mouth
or nostrils, entirely removed
DR.. PILkINGT0N has discovered medicine that
will absorb cataract and vision to the eye,
without the of the knife Read specimens of what
his patients say
From the Evening Mirror
San Francisco, Sept. 1, 1850.
To the Public: have been afflicted for the last ten
years with deafness in my left occasioned by ta-
king cold; also ringing. discharges. and ut times Sc
we're pain. About the middle of last March found
that l was getting deaf in my other Feeling al
armed lest should lose the of botlI,I applied to
Dr. pilkington the Ear nfrmary. of this city, and
receiving some encouragement though doubtful of a
the five months that have elapsed, am glad to say
that have found complete cure. am entirely re-
leved of all difficulty in both and desiring that
others may experience the same happy results. TAX e
this method, unsolicited. of informing those who are
suffering from similar complaints Anybody wishing
verbal testimony, fnG me by inquring at the Am
erican Exchange Hotel. EDWARD L. K1RWAN.
Early attention is desired. Infrmary the north
east of Montgomery and California streets. op
posite Wells Fargo Il Co.'S Express. do 5w
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SANFORD'S
Family Cathartic Pills,

COMPOUNDED FROM
Pure Vegetable Extracts. and pat Glass Cases. dir
fight, and 1oiH keep IN any Climate.
The FAMILY CATHARTIC PILL is gentle but ac-
tive Cathartic which the proprietor has used in hs
practice for more than twenty years.
The constantly increas- N ing demand from those
who have long nsed the 4 PILLS, and the salts
faction which all express "A IN regard to their use.
has induced me to place II them within the reach
of all. p
The Profession well Know that different
Catartics act different portions of the bowels.
The FAMILY CATH = ARTIC PILL has. with
due reference to this well - established fact been
compounded from var = ETY. of the Purest Veg
etable Extracts, which act - alike every part of
the alimentary canal and " good and safe in all
where a Cathartic is q needed. such De-
rangements of the Stom C ach Sleepiness, Pains
in the Back and Loins = Costiveness. Pain and
Soreness the whole body from sudden
cold which frequently. if neglected. end in long
of fever Loss of Appetite. creeping sensation
of cold the body Restfessness. eadace.or weight
in the head. all infiammatory Diseases Worms in
Children adults, Rheumatism great Purifier of the
Blood. and many diseases to which flesh is heir, too
numerous to mention n this advertisement.
Dose to3.
PRICE THREE DIMES.
The Liver Invigorator and Family Cathartic Pills
retaed by Druggists generally and sold wholesale
by the trade in all the large towns.
S. 7. w. SANFORD, M. D.,
Manufacturer and Proprietor, Broadway, New York
Sold by the Druggists evervwhere. and bv
PARK & WHITE
Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast 132 Washington
street, San Francisco sept 1y
The hydraulic press., 1861-01-26

Why should an alderman wear tartan
9aistcoat? To keep a check on his stomach.
The hydraulic press., 1861-01-26
Feed Stable and Corral

DIo,Irc The following Blanks can always
ADlOA1MSs be obtained at this office, at San
Francisco prices. Executions, Warrants Summons
Constables and Sherifs Sales Afidayits Garnishees,
subpoenas Deeds. mortgages, Releases Leases Under
takings, attachments. Examinations, commitments,
acknowledgements, jury summons's Venire, writs,
appeal bends, Recognizance: &C., &c.
Blanks of all kinds printed to order.
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BR TUT ::

Manufactures and keeps constantly hand, the fol
lowing
BREADS STUFF
BREAD: Domestic, Crackers: Butter,
do Graham, do Sugar,
do Rye and Indian, do Boston.
Rusk; Cakes: Plain;
FRENCH Rolls: Cookies;
Cakes. rich: (made to order) Molasses cakes;
Fruit fake; Small Fancy Pound;
Pound do. Ginger Bread;
Sponge do; Ginger Snapps
Delicate do; (or Btides cake; Fried cakes;
Gold do; Pies of all kinds
Black do; very rich) made with some
thing in en-"
Wagon will run regularly to Cherokee, Badger
Hill, and Columbia Iiil every Monday and Friday.
To San Juan. Sebastopol, Sweetland. Birchvile,
and French Corral every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday.
in connection with the Bakery is a LUNCH ROOM,
where parties be accommodated with cakes, pies.
coffee, tea, &C.. &c.
YEAST put up in bottles, for family use, kept con-
stantly on hand
Family and Miners custom particularly desired.
and regularly served with any OF the above articles,
at rates they afford To pay.
Citizens of San Juan! hope yoa will consider me
Gas do myself) fixture among you hoping to build
up business. and to make for myself and family a
permanent home.
FRED'c. A. WILDER.
San Juan, Nov. 1st, 1860. If
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1861-04-19

MEMsERs OF CoNeREss BE ELEctEh.
To complete the next Congress there remain
to be elected no less than eighty one mem
bers. Of these eight are to he chosen by
free States, viz: Four By Cehaeoticut on
April lst stwo by.Rhode Island on April
Sd; and two by California op September Sd.
Fifty-seven members are yet to be chosen
by the border slave States. Virginia is the
first, to elect thirteen members on, Nav 23d:
Tennessee chooses ten, and North Corolina
eight on the LIST August; Kentucky ten on
4th August, and Maryland her five not till
November 9th. The New York Post (rep. \
is very anxious that "Union" men NAV be
chosen in the border slave States. It evil
IDENTITY considers them good enough Repub-
licans for its party's ends, and it goes 50 far
as to name several gentlemen who, it thinks,
should be. voted for by ''Upion''. men,. 9 It
at present passes over Maryland, but we
presume the ''Post" will, in due time, des-
lgnate suitable candidates to represent us:-
1t will be time enough when Mr.. Lincoln
shall have dis ributed the loaves and fishes. %
Baltimore Sun.
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i. A, HORRIBLE MURDER IN Lou1s1ANA.-
pr. Williamson, very wealthy planter of
Assumption, La, was murdered on the 10Th
pit, by Henry and Frank, two brothers of
lis wife whom he had adopted having M,
children Of his own. They had quarreled
with him in the morning. The New Or
leans Bee says; q =. .;,.j ,.sY \ =,
In the evening, DR. Williamson ventt' out
to visit patient, taking with him his little
negro boy. On returning, just as the boy
was raising the Tar to let tho carriage in,
two men rushed forward. While oneself
ed the bride of the horse, the other asked
if it was DR. Williamson who was in the
carriage. On receiving a. reply in the af-
frmative, be discharged siz barrels of "a re-
vo,ver at the doctor, who fell bathed in blood
Thelittle negro fed and when the noise of
the firing attracted the attention OF THE house,
Aold,.Dr. Williamson was found stretched
on the earth in the agonies Of death, having
received four balls in the different parts Of
his body. Suspicion falls on the brosbers
Henry ard Frank, especially as the former,
when accused Of the deed, replied in his
confusion 'It was not | that fred at him,
it was my brother" Both have. been ar
rested. Public excitellaentis at the highest
pitch, and special constables have been ap-
pointed to guard the prison and prevent the
accused from suffering the rude and sum
mary justice Of Judge Lynch.
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future history the memorable response in
her hehalf stdaad 1,&on tho Gold .of Aoao. !,

future history the memorable response in
her behalf, ''dead upon the field of honor. .
| Sir, the gentleman from Kahawha, (Mr.
Summers alluded most touchingly, most
beautifully,to his devotion to this Old Com.
monwealth. The bones of my forefathers
are buried, like HIS. in its soil. There,
too, repose the more precious ashes Of my
own household. cannot say, like him,
that have not been often beyond its bor-
ders, but Team say, that where yer have
wandered, I have. dragged at each remove,
a frightening chain; and that my heart un-
travelled. has ever fonaly turned to her
can say, that whether upon the G. ulf or the
Lakes of our own continehs. or in the cities
of the old world, the sentiment has filed
my bosom, which the great master Of fiction
Iats into the mouth Of his Highland hero,
as he is led to execution, in the diving pray
er, that his head, when severed from the
body, might be planted upon the North gate
Of the capitol, and the eyes swimming. in
death, yet look towards the blue hills Of bis
nativity. i j,
But, much as f,love this Common wealth,
If in this great hour Ct trialhnd temptation.
she. should forsake that noble course of glo.
ry which has given to her an immortal his
tory, l, and many another worthier and bet
ter son, who could not have been induced
to leave her in any. extremity of adversely
or misfortune. will rather abandon the ashes
than the principles of our fathers, and will
say, with the old Roman, chat ..where lib
erty is, there is my country"
The President of the Convention, in his
opening address, most felicitously and beau
tlfullyi: directed DIR thoughts to tie aap of
our country; There was time. Mr.. Chair
man, when lily heart leaped with enthusi
asm, ,whene. err that flag was unrolled. Il
saw in its glorious fellowship, of stars and
stripes, pledge of mutual friendship a
symbol of equal strength and liberty. ana
type of common fame forever. It was follow
ed oy the benedictions of patriotism wher-
ever it aoated. whether in holidays of peace
or nights Of tempest, or days of battle.
But when ]. think of that flag lending its
lustre end sanction to the mockery of Tree
government, which now dish9nors the land;
when reflect that it may soon wave over
floating batteries of destruction seeking with
shot and she'll, to reduce to. ashes Southern
cities, or be borne in advance of Northern
armies, carrying the desolation of fire and
blood through Southern homes. the stars
which beamed: together in light snd glory, !
fade from my vision; I see only the en-
hlematic stripe in the red field Of blood;
and, turning, panied and indignant, from |
from the desecrated banner the native SEN
timact eflibertv and patriotism comes burst
+ ing from every fountain Of feeling ;q4 my
bosom; ''the true colors of your countr y
are the spirit and the principles OF your faith :
ers;; live under them III freedom, Or perish
with them in honor"
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THE WHEAT CRop 1NILLINoIs. The far.
mers Of Illinois have every reason to be sat-
isfed With the appearance Of the wheat crop
at this time. We have reliable informa-
ton from more. than, twenty counties OF
Southern Illinois, giving assurances that
during the past ten years the wheat fields
in Masch have never appeared so promising
as now. he"growth is admirably we'll set,
covers the ground WE'LL is healthy and
strong, encouraging large expectations Of
full granaries at the close of the season. =
The amount sown last fall was unusually
large, land 1861 bids fairto be asdistinguished
in Illinois for the affluent wheat harvest as
was 1860 for the plethoric corn crop in Cen
trail and Northern Illinois. Missouri Re.
publican.
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LUD1cRous MISTAKE IN. A TRAvslAr1oN
Miss Cooper, daughter of the novelist, in
a; late work entitled i: Pages and Piatures, 2
gives: an amusing account Of tie blunder Of
the translator who first rendered her fathers
noeyel, 1.-The Spy. into the Frsnch Lam
guage.- Readers Of the hock4will rslinem>
ber*that the residence of the Wharton fami-
~ was called "The Locusts.'' The trans
lator. referred to bis dictionary, and found
the rendering Of the wcrd>to be, Les Saute-
relies, "The .Grasshoppers%" But when he
found one of the dragons represented las
tying his horse to 9na of the locusts on the
lawn, it would appear as if he might have
been at fault. Nothing daunted, however,
but taking it for granted that american
grasshoppers must be Of gigantic dimensions
he gravely informs his readers that the .dra
goon secured his charger by fastening the
bride to one Of the grasshoppers before the
Consequently standing there for that
20 PSF asa7** -
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AT Fort Monroe successful experiments
are being made with gun 16 feet long
and weighing Is tons. 1t was designed TO
carry ball Of from a05 to401 pounds, ,e-
quirins a charge Of IS to 40 pounds of pow
der, !. It was, found that such quantity of
powder was TOO powerful for the iron, but
very large grain and easily compressed pow
der, which would create gas less instanta-
neously than the fine material, acted sa It's,
factorily. By this means the projectile was
moved and helped on its journey through
the bore. instead of the shock being all ex-
pended in one prodigious blast that would
tear away whatever opposed it !, andwas rsa
-StTong enough to resist it AupeA -ow-
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SECESSION IN CouRT x day or ito ago
one William Chester was arraigned before
the Kenton (Ky.) Circuit Court, charged
with passing a. counterfeit bill On the State
Bank of Louisiana. after the evidence was
heard, counsel for the prisoner claimed that
as the, State Of Louisiana had seeded, the
court had. 30 Jurisdiction in the cases, Judge
Moors~ however, ruled that as neither the
President of the United States nor Congress
has recognized secession, the trial would
proceed Under the laws of Kentucky and
it did, resulting in, he.jury awarding MIR.
Chester. three years in the penitentiary. -
Louisville Courier.
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THE FIRST SEcEss1oN1sT. FIRST dis
union speech ever made in the United States
House OF Representatives was BY josiah
Quineys Of Mass, in regard to the Lon
islana enabling act, January IA, 1911:
-, IL am compelled to declare it as nv de-.
llberate sopinian. that if this bill passes. the
ooqda OF this Union are virtually dissolved;.
that the States which compose it. are free
from their moral obligations, and tbat as il
will be the RIGHT of all. so i: will be the du-
ty OF some to prepare definitely for a separa-
tlon-,amicably if they can, violently ifthey
must"
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SAD FINALE OF THE DIAMOND WEDDING Z"

SAD FINALE OF THE '.DIAMoND WEDDING "
"A letter from Cuba says:
a. 1T may interest my fair readers to re-
member that'HavaHa is the home of Signor
Oveido, the hero of the diamond wedding.
Here he .is known as a mulatto. at least half
BLACK. and be is said to be a Blue Beard
Tor brutality. He is rich, but as be and
MS bride are Of Course excluded from all
gooa sose,ety, his wealth can hardly COM
peasa1Snis lady for the sights and sec'u-
s.on 70 Whlch her life i>.aenceforih dsstlpedy
a esd 81 s6on 81 eanoiusion to 50
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eoeh Y. sHEFFsy. sAs. DuMeARDNEE,:
LAW NOTfCE.
'FHE undersigned Have formed parsr.erssn.'!s5 IN
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aHh n o.auasoa. They viii! attend pr9mptiy to
tenFaop paid to.the Collection of Claims.
AgeH W. SnEFFEY will practice in the Courts
OF Highland, Bath and Rockbridge, and in the
Codrt OF Appeals. HUGHW SHERFEY.
S,an,ron. ian TX 195o ~ 1"' 'h'
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adversaries by almost any concession, broke
up the conference of Gertrudenburg rather
than. acq uiesce in the suggestion, to turn
his arms against his grandchild on the Span
ish throne and the native magnanimity of
his hereditary enemies, subdued the inso-
lence of triumph, and .applauded his noble
pride This. CLEAN of generous spirit shed
around his closing hoursa brighter lustre,
than was impaired to them by all his earlier
conquests.., -.
Sir, will Virginia be- found lending the
sinews of war and the prestige of her name,
to enable this government to execute pol
icy Of coercion 2, Sir, for nations as we'll
as Individuals. there is something worse
than death. Sooner than behold this glo7
rious Commonwealth stoopt 10 thesaEaaeinent
and degradation Of this course, would SIS
her perish in some CONFUSION of nature,
whilst fading lustre from the parting .foot-
steps of liberty and hoaofs yet fingered up
on her monuments Of glory. Rather let
her, like that famous ship of war, Royal
George in the presence of assembled mulz
titudes, in the full blaze of day, with every
man at his post, and every gallant streamer
flying from the masthead, upon an ami
versary of fame, 60 down to the depths Of
the ocean. and only leave floating signal
to mark the place Of her disappearance
Infinitely would I rather see her fall in a
glorious struggle for her own rights, and
the rights Of her sister States, and leave TO
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BALTIMORE.LO LOCK HOSPITAL.
DR.. JOHNSTON .

Tue founder of this. celebrated Institution, the
l. only regularly Educated Physician ADVERT
sing, offers the most certain, speedy and only ef
fectual remedy in The world for
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Daily national Democrat., 1861-02-05

PROBABLE SHpwRECK.-A gentleman con-
nected with the steamer Golden Age writes
from Acapulco, under date of Jan. sth, to the
following effect;
. esterday we ran into large number of
bales floating on the water which proved to
be bales of cotton goods, as some of them
were bursted open at the ends. How they
came there, and where from, is matter Of
mystery. Perhaps some vessel has been
overtaken by one of those delightful south
coast squalls We have on this coast, and gone
to the bottom or been obliged to tighten by
throwing cargo overheard Time will tell
the tale"
The writer is thorough seaman, and from
his account we Judge that a shipwreck. or as
he says, vessel in distress. which lightened
by throwing cargo overheard, but from
which we have yet heard nothing was the
conveyor of bales of cotton goods-S. T.
Herald, Saturday.