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The Nevada Democrat., 1861-03-09
HoRRrD PvRAMID OF SEnPENTs.-A tray-

HORRID PYRAMID OF SERPENTs.-A trav-
eler in South America writes:
In the Savannahs of Izacubo, in Guiana,
| saw the most terrible spectacle that can
be seen and although it is not uncommon
TO the inhabitants, no traveller has ever men
toned it. We were ten men on horseback,
two of whom took the lead, in order to
sound the passage, while preferred TO
skirt the great forest. One of the blacks
who formed the van guard returned at full
gaIlop, and called to me, "Here, sir, come
and see the serpents IN pile" lie point
ed out to me something elevated in the mid
die of the savannah or swamp, which look
ed like bundle Of arms.
One Of my company then said, "Thls is
certainly one Of the Assemblages of serpents
which heap themselves on one another after
q violent tempest; have heard of these,
but have never seen any let us proceed
cautiously and not go too near" We were
within twenty PAGES of II the terror of our
horses prevented our nearer approach, to
which none Of us were inclined. On a sud-
den the pyramid mass became agitated /;
horrible hissings issued from it. Thousands
of serpents, rolled spirally on each other,
shot forth out of their circle their hideous
heads, and presented their enormous darts
and fiery eyes to us.
own was one of the first to draw back;
but when saw this formidable phalanx re-
naming at lis post, and appearing more dis
posed to defend itself than attack us, rode
around to view It's order of battle, which
faced the enemy on every side. then
sought what could be the design of this nu-
mereus assemblage, and l concluded that
this species of serpents dreaded some ene-
my, which might be the great serpent or
cayman and that they united themselves
after seeing this enemy, 10 order to resist
in O macs.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-03-09
Number AL
A ORDINANCE LEVYING AND PRO
Number AZ

A
"A VIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE CITY
PROPERTY TAX.
The Trustees Of the City of Nevada do ordain as
follows
SECTION l. There shall be- and is hereby levied
upon all assessed and taxable property within the
corporate limits Of the city of Nevada for the fiscal
year ending Nav 1861 a tax OF fifty cents upon each
one hundred dollars of assessed value
SEC >. It shall be- and is hereby made the duty
Of the CITY Marshal or his Deputy to collect said
taxes said Collector shall forthwith give notice, by
publication in some newspaper, published in this
city, that the city taxes are due and payable, and
the time and place at which he will receive the same
also that the law in regard to their collection, will
be strictly enforced.
SEC. 3. Upon the first Monday in January 1861,
at the close of the business hours for that day the
tax collector shall enter upon the tax list or assess
ment roll statement, that he has made levy upon
all the property assessed in said roll and upon which
the taxes have not been paid On or before the third
Monday of January 1861 the tax collector shall COM
plete list of all persons and property then owing
taxes and the tax collector in addition to the tax
levied shall collect upon each delinquent, the sum
Of one dollar costs incurred in preparing and pub
lishing the delinquent list.
SEC. 4. On or before the first day Of February,
1861 the tax collector shall cause the delinquent tax
list to be published, giving the name OF the owner
of all real estate and all improvements the same,
together with such condensed description OF the
property, that it may be easily known, and also q
similar condensed description Of any real estate or
improvements assessed to unknown owners and also
opposite each name or description, the amount OF
taxes including costs, due from each delinquent per-
son or property such list with the levy thereon as
heretofore provided shall be published for three sue
cessive weeks, in some newspaper, or supplement to
a newspaper published in the city of Nevada. Such
publication shall also designate the time and place Of
the sale which shall not be less than twenty one or
more than twenty eight days from the first appear.
ance Of the publication. All real estate shall be sold
in front of the Court House door and all sales shall
be made by the Marshal or his deputies
SEC. 5. The provisions of the Act entitled an Act
provide revenue for the support of the Government
of this State, approved April 10Th 1857 from Sec 10
to Sec 2S inclusive Of said act shall control direct
and regulate the sale issuance of certificate record
and all further proceedings of the tax collector under
the foregoing ordinance.
Passed November 2Sth 1860.
JOHN WILLIAMS. President.
T. II. R0HFE, C1erk.-nov29
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-03-09

Go into the country to hear what news is
in town.
Go to bed with the lamb and rise with
the lark.
Give neither counsel nor salt till you are
asked for it.
God help the poor for the rich can help
themselves.
Grieving for misfortunes is adding gall
to wormwood.
Give clown your finger and he'll take
your whole hand.
Give child bis will. and q whelp his Gil,
and neither will thrive.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-03-09

MENTAL AND CoRPoREAL SUFFERING
There is very pretty Persian cpilogue on
the difference between mental and corpo-
real suffering. A king and his minister
we're discussing the subject, and differed in
opinion. The minister maintained the first
to be most severe, aud to convince his SOW
ereign Of it, be took lamb, broke its leg,
shut il up, put food before It. He took an-
other, shut IL up with tiger, which was
bound by strong chain, so that the beast
could spring near, but not seize the lamb,
and put food before him. In the morning
he carried the king to see the effect of the
experiment. The lamb with the broken leg
had eaten up all the food placed before him
aud the other was found dead from fright.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-03-09

A FAMILY WEAKNEss.-W Washington r.
wing chanced to be caught one day in
thunder storm with rustic neighbor, who
refused to join him under the shelter of
tree. and gave as q reason that his father
was killed by lightning. "Ah," said Irving,
1T runs in the family then?"
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-03-09

A MAN whom DR.. JohnsOn'once reproved
for following useless and demoralising
business, said:
"You know, doctor, that / must live"
The brave old hater Of everything mean
and hateful, coolly replied that be did not
''see the least necessity for that"
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-03-09

ONE of our exchanges advertises for two
compositors "who don't get drunk aud
adds that "the editor does all the "getting
drunk necessary to support the dignity of
the establishment"
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-03-09
LIST OF LETTERS.

Remaining in Post Office at Nevada City California,
March lst 1861. Published officially in the NEVADA
DEMOCRAT having the largest circulation of any pa
per published in the county.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-03-09

You have splendid ear, but very poor
voice, said the organ grinder to the DON
key.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-03-09
CITY BREWERY.

THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RE-
l. spectfully inform the lovers Of good LAGER
BEER, that he manufactures an article that can
not fail to please the taste.
RS- Lager Beer furnished regularly to Bar-rooms
Saloons, Families and dealers generally, at Reduced
Rates.
A. BLASAUF,
dec25 City Brewery, Spring st., Nevada.
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J. W. WEBB'S
PATENT DOUBLE RIB GIN.

HAVE invented and obtained letters patent Tor
A Double-chiled Reversing Rib ior CoItoh
Cna which will manufacture ct cotton Sahe!,
Macon county, Alabama.
The advantage of my Improvements IN the Cot'on
Gin Rib, consists in making them resersioie ~ -
to do double service. Each half OF my improved
Rib Is made with the same curve, ana the TWO enos
are of the same size and shape; SO that wheh one
end is worn out and becomes unht TOT use, 'ne
farmer can take them off himself, reverse ana re-
place them again, and make them DO double the
service Of these heretofore used. 1t will save the
farmer the trouble and expense of transporting hS
Cotton gin to some factory and procuring nes
set of Ribs. Any one can take them oil and re
place them again. All thst it requires is take Out
the screws and run them back again, and then yos
will have new set Of Ribs. +,
Ny Improved Rib will not be very popular with
gn-makers in general, for they say that the gi.s
last too long. Some have acknowIed that it Is
superior to any Rib they have ever seen 1t is the
farmer that l want to please, and if he will give
me trial, will certainly do it. With twelve
wears experience, I 6atter myself that I can make
as good q gin as any one and with my improve
ment. know that can make them last ohe-ttird
longer, without any expense for repairing. All
that ask is to give me a trial. Persons wishing
to buy nv Double Rib Gin, win please order them,
for it will be impossible for agents to call on all
will deliver Gins at our Factory, for Two Dollars
per saw.
eH Particular attention given to Repairing.
Address j. w. WEBB & CO.,
Cotton Valley, Macon county, Ala.
March. 80. 46-y*
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I IGHTE BRADBURYs, Piano Forte Manu-.

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PORTABLE STEAM ExGINEs-With either I.ocomo-
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Hardware, Iron. etc.
Il Il EQIGER & Co.

Teoupitoulas and New Levee> streets, De-
treen Grav;er and Poydras, New Orleans
"a Have large and well assorted stock OF
e Shelf and Heavy Hardware, Sweedes and
- English Bar Iron. They are agents Tor the
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supplied with complete assortment of the various
sizes.
They are also agents for Isaac straub's
Queen Of the South Corn and Wheat Mill,
and have a full assortment on hand.
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Gbt 9nafyfa)fnt.
1oftrp

9he Old. Daehelor. insVvihter..
Gracious! how cold
The winds are out,
And fsst about
And on the world
High driff the snows-
The streams are froze,
And am DID,.
In single bliss, :
cit and poke
Ny FIRE, and smoke:
No lips to kiss,
No arms to twine
This neck of mine,
No smile to miss.
So sad o nights,
So lonely days.
Through LIES dark ways
And DER its heights;
walk alone
Ny pathway strown
With lost delights.
A shabby coat,
Shirts buttonless,
A. faded.tress,
A tinted note,
Is all I'm worth
Upon this earth,
Except my vote.
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CHEWING TOBACCO. AN InpoRrAs1

CHEWING TOBACCO. AN IMPORTANT
IMPROVEMENT
TN putting up Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco has
j been adopted by Messrs. E. Goodwin Bro. Of
NewYork City.
Tobacco of the Best Quality is selected, neatly
wrapped in TIN Foil, and Patent Pressed.
The great advantages Of this over other b.: o
consists in the size Of the packages rem tst: III
more convenient to carry in the pocket, ana ny be-
ing presssd Solid it keeps moist and tresh, and i'm
r0ves IN quality as it used; while in other brands,
Ps soon as the package is opened, the quality rap
IDLY deteriorases-the tobacco growing dry--and
ittering the pocket to the great ANNOYANCE Of the
consumer. The dressing which the Fine CUT To-
bacco undergoes in the process Of manufa cture,
frees it from all grit or impurities, so Objectionable
in tho use of al Plug Tobacco. Chewers will do
well to give the Patent Pressed trial, and judge
for themselves.
For sale by Wholesale Merchants who receive it
direct from the Manufacturers.
E. GOODWIN Il BRO.
mo POT WA.er Street, New York.
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start nova days for a man to get round his
wife.
There e no mind that csnnot furnish
some scraps Of iptelle entertainment.
Why . life riddle Of riddlesl Because We
must all give it up.
MARRrsD.-Mr. John Strange 10 Miss
Mary Strange. Strange indeed. The next
thing may be a lille stranger.
knowledge is the consequence q time, and
multitude Of days are fit.est 10 teach
wisdom.
Every man cllerishss some object, some
shrine At which bic alteration i paid, us-
known to his fellow -nortals.
The first discovery Of the Wa.hoe silver
mines was made 10 June, 1889, By ! man
named Consstock, the owner Of th. snow
famous Comstock lead.
a malignant lever hrs been imported into
LyeIYoel By an Egyptian ftigate, and sunday
deAns nd taken place and given rise to
considerable alarm.
~ gene ral services Of funer,lsp 10 FraneA
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lied by law. managed b director, with
fixed tariff ofprices.
A pickpockst i said to have been doing
Agood business on The lines q railroad out
west By going into 4 oar, refusing to nav Ii,
fare, and picking the cnndnctorss noctas q.
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JOSEPH G. MILLER.

Commission and Forwarding Merchant,
No. % Market Street. ST. LOUIS, Mo.
ORDERS SOLICITED.
Refers t, Messrs. Walsh, Jackson Co.. Messrs.
Buckner, Stanton Newman, New O-!eans, Lou
;s;ana. 5:5l:ly
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BY MRS. NORTON.

BY MRS. NORTON.
We have been friends together,
In sunshine and in shade;
Since first baneath the chestnut trees
In infancy we played;
But coolness dwells within thy heart,
A cloud is on thy brow; -
We have been friends together,
Shall light word part US now!
We have been gay together, ,
We have laughed at little jests;
For the font Of hope was gushing
Warm and JOYOUS in our breasts,
But laughter now hath 6ed thy lips,
And sullen gloom thy brow;
We have been gay together,
Shall light word part us now.
We have been sad together,
We have wept with bitter tears,
Ger the grass grown graves where slept
The hopes of carly years.
The voices which are silent there,
Would bid thee clear thy brow;
We have been sad together,
Oh, what shall part Us now!
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PITCHER, GOODRICH + co.
cotton Factors and Commission Merchants
40 Carondelet, corner Of union@y
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