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Year: 1860

There is always a "place" talked of
among miners which is supposed to be "the
p ace" No sooner do you arrive at one of
these "places than you learn that it is no
longer the place, but that hundred miles
further on is the place; the newest, the best,
and in every respect decidedly "Me place"
You forthwith pack your mules and start,
feeling sure you are right this time. At
length you reach your journeys end and
begin to look about you. You see men liv-
ing in tents, in brush shanties, and some
with but the blue dome of heaven above
their heads. Here and there men at work
with pans, toms and rockers everything
looks new; surely we have found it at last;
we've struck "he place!" But hold why,
why are those mules being packed in such
haste What can these little knots of men
here and there on the street be talking so low
and earnestly about p? and who is that tall
sunburned, sinewy fellow, with a crowd
of eager miners around him who devour ev-
cry word as it falls from his lips? See he
points to the east; every eye follows-he
points southwark and every eye turns that
way; what orator ever so enchained his au-
dience? What can it be; what can it mean
We approach knot of miners, they glance
suspiciously toward us, stop talking, nod
knowingly to each other and separate. We
follow one and question him he "knows
nothing" but we can see be thinks he kno,cs
a good deal. We try another and another,
and at last find out all; it's" the placer
the place and no doubt about it-just struck,
tall fellow yonder brought the news-plenty
of water, plenty of ground, plenty of gold
gold in ravines and streams, gold in quartz
and placersl Only forty or fifty or sixty
miles, east or west or south; everybody GO
ing they don't know exactly where; or how
or when they'll get there; but go they're
bound too. And so goes the chase after
that -the-wisp; that shadow of
shadow" the place."


Northern miners hurry off south to Big
Oak Flat, to the Chowchilla, or Kern River
cursing Shasta, Siskiyou and Trinity, and
meet southern miners pushing north to Shas-
ia, cursing Oak Flat, Chowchilla, Fresno
and the whole id southern country. Go
to Shasta or Siskiyou and you are told of
diggings in Oregon, at Big Oak Flat, they
talk of over the mountains" But have
found the placel Well, where is it? My
friend, its right where you nop are if you
are making one dollar a day ADORE expenses;
but if you must change your home, fix on
some camp before you leave home, where you
know there is considerable extent of min
ing country and plenty of water for the
greater part of the year; go there and stop,
and above all go to arork at something and
at some price. 1t is of no use to go to
place and stop a day or a week looking
about; man must get acquainted with the
ground and the people, and the best way to
do this is to go to work.


EBESEZER.
Year: 1860

From Frazer's Magazine.


UnspOken Love.
/ Iors her-but, with earnest voice,
Calm duty pleads with me
To hide my secret like rock
Beneath a sunny sea.
She must not wreck her bark Of love
Upon this unknown reef;
Sooner let me forever bear
A solitary grief,


Dear girl,
A solitary grief
gaze in secret at her face,
So sweet, and yet tits sad:
To know that she is fondly loved
Might hap'ly make her glad.
But no! 1t should not, shall not be,
My passion must be kept,
Like some red sin DER which for years
In secret We have wept, ......-.-


Dear girl,
In secret We have wept.
It may be but FIRE Of leaves,
This IassiOn-blazc Of mine
And not the quenchless lamp that burns
Upon loves golden shrine.
/ have but seen her angel face;
And beauty's anchor chain
Would break, and leave the ship to drift
Der passions wave again,
Dear girl,
O'er passions wave again.
1t is not that she is so fair,
But that she looks SO good,
Which makes my purple rose Of love
Burst into leaf and bud,
That face SO thoughtful, pure and sweet,
D, may not believe
That such a token never did,
And never will deceive,


Dear girl,
And never will deceive.
! cannot tell her Of my love,
But secretly pray
That the time soon may come when
With crystal conscience may;
With the rare beauty Of her soul
Now hidden from my view
May fully prove this passion-th
To be pure love and true,


Dear girl,
To be pure love and true.
Year: 1860

A PRoFANE country bookseller desired
to send a telegram of eight words to a
bookseller in the city, but was informed
by the telegraph operator that no dispatch
Of less than ten words would be received,
unless he chose to pay the price for that
number. The bookseller determined to
have his moneys worth, and made ten
words of his dispatch-thus "Send me
Immediately, by express, six polyglot
BibleS-oh h-n."
Year: 1860

In a cemetery at Dunkirk, a stone is
erected over the names of deceased old
lady, on which her survivors intended to
write the stock cpitaph, LET her rest in
peace" The space gave out at the word
''her," so that only the initial letters of
the remainder could be inserted. Thus
the old lady was commended to the mould
with the somewhat slangy inscription,
"Let her ip."
Year: 1860

The Mountain Democrat insists that Brcck
inridgers are the salt of the nation, and can
not fuse with Douglasites.-AppeaI


We would remind the "Breckinridgers, "
since they assume to be SO salty, of the fol-
lowing striking passage, in the celebrated
sermon of Christ on the Mount: "Y are
the salt of the earth but if the salt have
lost his saror, wherewith shall it be salt
ed it is thenceforth good for nothing, but L
be cast om and to be trodicn under foot O
men,"
Year: 1860

1t seems that the Western Union Telegraph
Con pany have concluded to change their
line from the Central route to the Southern,
assigning as a reason that there will be more
settlements in the South and consequently
more business, and also that the heavy SHOWS
and storms on the Northern or Central
route will be constantly impeding the opera
tion Of the wires They judge that this OBJ
structicn will subject them TO an expense
which they can just as well avoid, by chang
| ing the route.


The President and Secretary of the Hum
/ boldt and Placervile Company, on this side
who expected to connect with the Eastern
line on the Central route, are greatly exer-
cised over the matter and have written to the
Sacramento Union in vehement strains upon
the subject


Well, the present control of the business of
constructing this line is in the hands Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, of
which Mr. SiJley is President, and we are
not aware that the objections of the Hum,
boldt and Placerylle Tor Sacramento) Com.
pany will make any material difference in
one way or the other


No doubt the change has been made upon
mature reflection, and capital always consults
its interests. Political considerations have
no influence on capital 1t goes straight on
to its object and considers what will pay.


The objections raised against the Southern
route for this Pacific Telegraph line it seems
to us, are attributable solely to political and
otherwise selfish motives. There are men
who would sooner have no telegraph at all
than one which was not strictly Northern
one and for the benefit of Northern commu-
mites. Now, ,ce say, let capital be its own
Judge as to the fitness of the outlay which it
makes. All things considered, we have but
| little doubt that the Southern route is infin-
itely better for telegraph line than the
Central. at any rate, we are willing to ac-
quiesce in the decision of those who are to
spend their time and money and energies
upon the project. They will of course con-
suit their own interests, and act according to
their best judgment.
Year: 1860

| WoMANs MAGIc-Of late all the women
in town have been buster than ten thousand
bees, (and sweeter too, as for that matter)
getting up festivals fairs etc, for the bene-
hit of their churches and pastors Did any
one ever observe what herculean tasks these
tender little angels could perform, when once
their souls are fired with the zeal of doing
something for SomebodyS A pale, tired look
ing woman, who has more work to do at
| home than four stout servants could accom-
! plish, gets it into her head that there ought
to be something done for her church The
thought tastens itself upon her like disease
She can not sleep o nights Finally she put:
on her "6nneF and goes out and unbosom:
herself to a neghbor What is the result I
The enthusiasm spreads, widens, deepens, till


all crinoinedom is enlisted in a crusade
against the mems pockets. Then what p
Why, all the men who have mary red sneak
around and eye the pretty creatures from sly
corners and curse the fates that made them
poor indeed" while all the fellows who
have plenty of the necessary material for
building temples to the living God and buy
ing fair ladies smiles, stand around "kind o
keerless' and wait for the attack.


In the course of three or four days you are
bidden to feast You put on your Sun
day-go-to-meetin's' and step over in a very
practical mood, thinking you will just eat a
little piece of turkey "for accommodation
like" You enter, you stretch your eyes, you
stare, you gasp for breath Heavens and
earth, is this "laery lond," as old Spenser
hath it? An hundred sylph-like forms float
around you; you rub your eyes and scratch
your head and try to wake up to see if thi.
is all dream, but it is of no use YOU are
Just as wide awake now, when you find that
etherinl creature, floating in a cloud of gos-
samer laces, whom you mistooll at first
glance for Gloriana the queen of faries, is
your wife, as you were this morning when
that wife in dirty calicer rated you sound
y for splitting on the carpet. Through the
ETHEREAL, aromatic and heaven inspiring es-
cences your are some how floated (for YOU
are conscious of no power to walk into the
supper room. Here you trust your senses no
longer. spellis upon you You think OF
Aladdin and look around with sort of iu-
distinct notion of finding an old lamp You
do not find any, however, and you will be
apt to take your departure with a pretty
thorough conviction that every womans wit
serves her for an Aladdins lamp and when
she has a mind to rub it up little the result
is perfectly marvellous to the beholder.
Year: 1860

TIE USE OF PRAYER.-Prayer is not to inform a being who is perfectly wise, nor that he may be affected with our condition, and be prepared for the display of his mercy. It is ace who are changed by prayer, not God. The land is not drawn to the boat

 but the boat to the land--the result ofthe contact is the same. m
Year: 1860

H Cut out the above Petition paste blank paper to the bottom of it and place the names of males on the left and of females on the right; then send the list of names to us before the meeting of the Legislature and we will see that the subject be presented to that body in proper time. Up, lei us all act at once.
Year: 1860

In reply to frequent inquries-I would say, that

 am prepared to travel to any part of the state, and will go prepared to do everything in the line of my profession ill the neatest possible manner Per sons wishing my services will please drop me line to that effect, shall not have time to go except where have calls, and will only charge the regular Memphis and eastern prices, same as I charge in my office. N. CASE, Dentist.

 Little Rock, Ark. Feb g '59-ly.
Year: 1860



 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF ARKANSAS: We have prepared the following Pe- tition to be circulated throughout the length and breadth of Arkansas in every county and in every nook and corner of every county. Let Us all, Ladies and Gentlemen, make one uni ted effort and we can succeed by the first of January next in placing our state in an enviable position-free from those Licensed Dens of Iniqui- ty.

 Obtain every signature you can many beastly inebriates would re- joice to sign the Petition to have the temptation removed from before them that they might spend their remain ing days in sobriety, happiness and peace.

 Let us have tippling houses put down throughout the State and i'm mediateIy a population of woIth would seek homes in our growing state-unsurpassed in point of natu ral resources by none of her sister States.

 Let every lady interest herself in this great movement and take a no- ble part in freeing our State from its most potent foe.

 Let every Gentleman act nobly in this matter as much of his future hap piness in this life and that to come may depend upon the success of this movement.

 We specially and earnestly invoke the aid of all the ministers of the word of God and of all the Editors of news papers in the State. Your facilities for doing are superior to most others: will you use these advantages to aid in accomplishing this noble work? We are persuaded you all will.
Year: 1860

HONOR TO WHOM HONOR Is DUE.-The glo-
rious inguration is over, and never did any
celebration, military and civic, in the East,
or the West, North or South pass off with
more complete success and general satisfac-
tiOn. From every one who was here, we
hear only words of praise and delight Such
being the case it is right that the credit
should be properly bestowed


As Mayor of the City, Mayor senter occu-
pied q responsible position and trying one,
and we must be allowed to congratulate him
upon the quiet dignity with which he offici-
ated. Both upon the inauguration stand and
at the banquet at the Angler, we were proud
Of our Municipal Chief, and know that many
aattering encomIums were bestowed upon
him by our guests.


To Hon. Harvey Rice, Chairman of the
Monument Committee, do we owe more than
can bO computed, of the final grand consum-
nation of the two years preparation. He
has labored with energy and judgment, has
been the moving spirit from the first and is
deserving of all praise from the city,
whose reputation he has done so much to
sustain. .-..


The joint committee appointed by the
Council, consisting of Messrs. J. H. Clark, I.
U. Masters, ". H. Hayward, ]. D. Palmer
and J. Hovey, have all worked hard and eff
fciently. Upon Mr.. Clark devolved the ar
rangement of the Monument Square, with
all the details of stand, reserved space, etc.
All will acknowledge that in this Mr.. Clark
succeeded admirably. The stand was well
located and conveniently arranged, and the
space inside the ropes was kept perfectly
clear for the military and guests, which we
should have hardly supposed possible under
the pressure OF such tremendous crowd.
Mr.. Clark worked Increasingly and success
fully.


The credit Of keeping the crowd from in
truding upon the reserved space must be
given chiefly to the admirable police sys-
ten under direction of Marshal Craw, and
Deputy Marshals McKinstry and odell.-
Mr.. Clark requested of Marshal Craw fifty
policemen for the Square, and fifty men were
furnished who knew their duty and obeyed
orders. Thanks to the police, not a disturb
anee known in all the vast crowd, and so far
as heard from not one hundred dollars were
picked during the day We saw not one
really drunken man, and not more than half
a dozen who were at all noisy. We venture
to say, that there has meyer yet been anoth-
er gathering, of eighty to one hundred thou
sand people, with so little disturbance. At
the supper at the Angler House on Tuesday
evening, Gov. sprague spoke in the highest
terms of the order everywhere observable,
and said that we "must have the best police
system extant.


Before We close let US say word in favor
of Mr.. o'Brien, the Sculptor of the Statue
He is young man of high artistic talent,
and with skillful hand he has carried out
the design of the artist He should not be
forgotten when the magnificent Statue is
being considered.


Finally, let US congratulate the whole city
of Cleveland, individually and collectively,
upon the conception and contamination of
the Grand Inauguration Celebration as one
the events of the age.
Year: 1860

LAST NIGHT's CoUNuL.-The City Council
clock which has thus far borne patiently the
dull routine Of municipal business, has be-
come impudent, and last night rang out the
hours as they came around as though it had
always kept up such gentle reminders OF the
lateness of the hour.


In our regular report will be found ala ac-
count of an unpleasant personal matter
which occupied much time of the session
We make no comments to-day.
Year: 1860

Feb. Sd, Olevia NJ, daughter of Charles B.
and Louisa J. White, in the 10th year of her
age.


After many weeks of intense suffering this
gentle child was called away from her sorrows
OF Earth to the bosom of Him whose gracious
invitation is Suffer little children to come
unto me, for ofsuch is the kingdom of Hea ven"
During all the weary days of her sickness she
never murmered or complained, but endured M
patiently as though TO her infant mind "He
had been revealed who was more perfect
through suffering" She was endeared TO all
who knew her by her amiable and docile dis.
position, and her parents dotted upon her as IN
obedent and devoted child. Bat this loss has
been her gain. She has been called away from
the Sabbath School and the Church ON Earth to
sit at the feet of Jesus, as her teacher. and he.
come one OfIhe happy wOrshippers in the church
above.
Pure as the drop pendant from the flower.
Uunsullied as the snow fake IN the mortal hour.
Thy spi nrs gone Too heavenly here to live
lie bads thee come who did thy being give.


C..
Year: 1860

Ange knew it was her husbands step
over the stairs, and by its hurried way she
must not disturb him. Still she wonder
ed at the tramp, tramp, tramp, up and down
his study floor above her head. Pretty
soon she became accustomed to it, and al
most ceased to wonder, though at the tea
table she remarked
Year: 1860

A cherished friend of ours-a member of
the Grand Divislon-relates a circumstance
that is full interest. Years ago he was mucii
addicted to the sin of drunkenness. A neigh
Dor possessing like thirst for tine ardent,
one Saturday night proposed that they should
purchase jug full to stand them over Sum-
day" An objection here presented ITSELF as
neither of them wished to carry liquor into
their house. The matter was finally CON-
promised by agreeing to deposit the i.Ig and
its contents in the barn. Early Sunday NOR
ming the ncighbors met, and in company
with a little boy of our friend, proceeded to
the barn for the purpose of quenching their
thirst, having done which they offered some
to the boy, alleging that twas beer. After
smelling it, he expressed bis repugnance and
adherence, on the ground that It ''snel.ed
bad" Two or three hours after, becoming
| thirsty again, another visit was made to the
barn, and in the yard the hogs were saosiag
the jug around, minus its contents Sur
prise was felt as to the manner in which the
/ jug came in this position, but the little boy
soon solved the mystery by saying TO his "a
| ther, II turned the nasty beer out, taiat
.Jft to drink r The father saw the finger Of
1 Providence in this act. HIS heart went Out


in all its fnllness of love towards his little boy


and he then aud there made a VOW that nc
more of the accarsed poison should pass his
lips. lie joined the Sons of Temperance


and though long years have iDterveHed, and
reyerses of fortune been his portion, he has


never yet been false to his vow, or had cause


to regret the action of his boy in destroying


that which causes all who use it to ''wither


droop and die
Year: 1860

We have often been surprised to hear
persons, and especially professors of religion,
appeal to their conscience as a rule of duty.
They seem to think that if their conscience
does not disturb them, all is we'll This de-
fusion is far more general than we could at
first imagine; and the influence of this false
standard is felt in all. our churches God
has nowhere made conscience the rule of ac-
tien; and the Christian who has merely the
appreciation of his conscience may be far
from the path of duty. For conscience.
like every other faculty of our moral nature,
was perverted in the fall 1t was indeed,
impossible to have preserved its purity, when
the understanding, upon which it depends,
was blinded by sin. tits not only pervert-
ed, but may be unenlightened and hardened,
| insensible to the odiousness of sin /: and
through long course of trangression may
lose its power, so that it viii oppose no OBJ
stacle to the sinner in his downward course.
Yes. the conscience may be come so harden
ed that it will be past feeling, lost to all per-
ception between good and evil. The apostle
| Paul, before his conversion, followed the die
/ tates of his conscience in opposing the relig-
| ion, and prosecuting the disciples of Christ,
and the unbelieving Jews had zeal for God,
but not according to knowledge. Conscience
may, and often does err, through ignorance
hence said Christ, IF therefore, the light
that is in thee be darkness, how great is that
darkness r If conscience be the light here
referred to, and if it be darkened by sin and
error, as is often the case, how unsafe would
The tofollow its dictates? If conscience BIZ
our guide, then Paul was right in prosecuting
the church-many Of the Jews in rejecting
Christ-in short, every man who is consci
entious is right, let him do what he may
This would at once destroy all distinction
between virtue and vice.


And yet many protesting Christians seem
to think that nothing more is necessary ii
the commission Of an act, than to have, mo-
the appreciation, but permission Of their con
science. The very thoughts of the mind
the affections of the heart, and the acts o
life, yea conscience itself, must be tested By
the infallible word of God. There is NJ
other standard Of truth, or duty, or practice


True Fitness
Year: 1860




License Law. This is The house that
Death built.


The price OF blood. This is the malt that
lay in the house that Death built.


King Alcohol. This is the rat that ate
the malt that lay in the house that Death
built.


The Maine Legislature This is the cat
! that cornered the rat, that ate the malt that
lay in the house that Death built


The wholesale Liquor Dealers. These are
the dogs that barked at the cat that clutche
the rat that ate the malt that lay in the house
| that Death built.


Public Sentiment. This is the OK with the
lefty horn, that hooked at the dog that growl-
ed at the cat, that muzzled the rat, that ate
the malt, that lay in the house that Death
bailt


Vacant Jails aud Poor houses. These are
the maidens all forlorn, that lost their full
/ pals by the upsetting horn, that maddened
the dogs, that snarled at the cat, that put the
screws on the rat, that lay in the house that
Death built


The Tipplers. These are the men all tat
tered and torn, that courted the maidens all
forlorn, that curse not the rum, but the Anti
Rum horn that worried the dogs, that bar
/ ked at the cat, that caught the rat, that ate
the malt that lay in the house that Death
built.


Retail Rumsellers. These are the priests
with their masks all shorn, that welded it
woe the man tattered and tom, that laughed
at the maidens all forlorn, that lost theil
cream by the ruthless horn, that tortured
the dogs, that frothed at the cat, that died fol
the rat, that ate the malt, that lay in tn,
house that Death built.


Author of the Maine Liquor Law. Thi.
is the cock that erowed in the morn, tina
woke up the priests to behold themseiye
shorn, that can make no more victims al
tattered and torn, that will need no NOR
help from the maidens forlorn, that are nov
good for naught save to tell of the horn, tha
mangled the dogs, that were clewed by tn
cat, that outwitted the rat and swept off th
malt, and demolished the house that Deaf
built.