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Year: 1859

Rosalia, the Prairie Flower.
On the distant prairie,


Where the heather wild


In its quiet beauty,


Lived and smiled


Stands little cottage


And the creeping vine,


Love around its porch to twine:
In that peaceful dwelling was lovely child
With her blue eyes beaming soft and mild,
And the wavy ringlets of her fiaxeu hair,
Floating in the summer air.
Fair as lily. joyous and free.
Light of that prairie home was she-
Every one who knew her, felt the gentle
OF Rosalie, the Prairie Flower.


On the distant prairie


When the days were long,


Tripping like fairy,


Sweet her song


With the sunny blossoms,


And the birds at play,


Beautiful and bright as they.
When the twilight shadows gather in the
And the voice of nature sunk to rest,
Like cherub kpesling, seemed the lovely
child,
With her gentle eyes so mild.
Fair as lily. JOYOUS and free. &c.


But the summer faded,


And chilly blast,


Ger that happy cottage


swept at last


When the autumn song birds


Woke the dewy morn.


Little Prairie Flower was gone!
For the angels whispered, softly in her ear,
Child thy Fath er calls thee, stay not here; /;
And they gently bore her, robed In spotlsss
white.
To their bissfuI home Of light.


cHoRus-Finale.
Though we shall never look upon Ter more
Come with the love and joy she bore;
Far away, she's blooming in fadeless bower,
Sweet Rosalie, the Prairie Flower.
Year: 1859

Doctor Brown considered himself
pillar of the Church and chief conserv-
ator of the public morals, nor was this
idea of his altogether delusion. H.
was a strenuous advocate OF church dis
cipline, and IN hi, every day walk pre-
sented to the world an example of the
most rigid piety. Though, perhaps,
tnfe Puritanlc and bigoted, he Was yet
a man of sternest and most uncolnpro-
missing virtue. But as Tom Hood says


Alas for the rarity,


Of Christian charity,


Under the Sun y


The old Deacon had not the least bit
of it. Having no faults o, fobles Of his
own, (at least he thous ht So, that called
aloud tor charity, he could not under
stand why they shoul form component
part in the natures OF other people. He
had passed the hey-day oi youth and
had quite forgotten that he was once
young With much business and res
sponslbility resting on himself, he tailed
to see how those with fewer cares could
possibly be merry and unconcerned.
Indeed, the Deacon witnessed many
common human phenomena for which
be could assign no other cause than moral
depravity, and withal, be had one weak
ness, which very n.turally grew out Of
his lack Of charity. This was most
unbounded credulity as to short com ngs
which gossip is daily charging upon some
member OF the community. So credu.
lous was the Deacon 10 one re. pect, and
SO ready to believe in the culpability OF
another, that he was made the victim
of practical joke and though be lived
IN village Of not over five hundred in
habitants, he had been made to believe
it contained several gambling dens, and
at least two Peter Funk auction shops.
He was at one time convinced that
party Of Freelovers held meetings in
the Town Hall but, before completing
the plan for their suppression, they
turned out to be lodge Of Know Moth
ings. Thus he was often put en- the
wrong tract, but, unlike knight Russ
Ockside, M. D., he never quite sue
oeeded in " getting his eye teeth cut. F"
But it is only the last drive played of
on him that We design to record. 1t
happened in this wise


Elder Wisely, pastor of Deacon
Browns church, was on a tour at the
South for the benefit of that clerical 6is-
order, he..bronchitis. Mrs. Wisely, the
Year: 1859

WIZ should blush to own l love,


'Tis love that rules the realms above


Why should blush to say to all,


That virtue holds my heart in thrall


1t is a weakness thus to dwell


On passions that dare not tell


Such weakness would ever prove


IT'S painful, though tits sweet to love.


LET no man be too proud to work,
or be ashamed of hard fist or sun
burnt countenance. Let him only be
ashamed of Ignorance and sloth. Let
every man be ashamed of dishonesty
and idleness.


TIMES of calamity and confusion
have ever been productive of great
minds The purest ore produced in
the hottest furnace, and the brightest
is elected from the darkest
storm
Year: 1859

second wife of the Elder, was for some
reason left at home. This lady was
quite youthful, and had by her gentle
qualities won the esteem Of the entire
parish. During the absence of her
worthy husband, Deacon Brown, on 60
ing to the Post Office one morning, re-
ceiyed the following communication
Year: 1859

Ar the last accounts there was considerable
gossip in Paris about the singular marriage of
a celebrated ballet dancer:


Mdlle. Paquita, Spanish dancer from the
kue Montmarie, had attained to such excellence
in her art that she could dance the cachuca on
four flying steeds at once and burst through
the hoop at the end She was SO clever that
she had obtained an engagement in the troupe
OF the brothers Loyal, well known all over
France. Last year, ut the Jste of Passy, an
aged gentleman, with snow white hair, being in
frolicsome mood, went to the Loyals' tent,
with other gay youths of his own age, in order
TO quiz and encourage the dancers Towards
the end of the performance the charming Pa.
quita appeared. She whirled round the ring
she dew-she spun-and at the end she burst
through the hoop just above his head-hcr foot
slipped, and she fell plump into his bosom !
Both were taken out senseless-Paquita carried
to her garret at the inn, and the old boy 10 his
blue satin bedchamber at his Chateau de Mou.
Inns, in the neighborhood; and yet, henceiorth
Paquita is to occupy the best place in the cha
teau and the warmest corner in the old boys
embiazoned carriage, bearing his name and
title.
Year: 1859

GTWe are Rratifed 10 learn that Miss Paul,
lus, al estimAble young lady who was thrown
from her horse on Wednesday evening. in front
of buggy whose wheels passed over her. was
so little Injured az not to pay any particular at
tsnton to the matter She was attending 10
her domestic duties yesterday as though moths
ing disagreeAble had happened Her hat
shielded her head and face. 40 that the fall up
on the bridge did not very seriously bruise her,
and wonderful as il may seem, she does not
RENE mber that the wheels passed over her. and
certainly does not feel any soreness from their
contact Miss P. may surely be called hero
inc who is possessed Of remarkable vitality and
rare powers Of endurance, We make note OF
this happy termination Of an accident which
threatened seriously, because Of lis almeSt mi,
raculous result.
Year: 1859

s@-The people who reside in the neigh'
borhood OF the canal bridges, and those who
pass them, justly complain of the vulgar
nuisance of the boys, who are in the canal
every evening at those points. We feel sure
our worthy Marshal, Mr.. Hannah, (who has
shown desire to have things kept straight
iu the city,) will at once take measures to
have this bathing along the canal broken up
We believe it is only necessary to call his
attention to the fact
Year: 1859

CHcAGo IN CIEcINSAT.-1he Chicago Excur
sionists had fne time in Cincinnati yester
day, and the papers say they were immensely
pleased with their reception by the deLizens Of
the Queen City. They are reported TO have
been the BEST looking class Of gentlemen that
ever went into the city on au excursion trip;
which is probably as high praise as could be
said ofthe Chicagoans. They visited all the
places of note in the city. and we learn, passed


in columns through the mammoth wine cellar
of Mr.. Longworth, by the aid Of torcheti and
while they were permitted to smell, they were
no. given a taste Of the contents of the place
1t is further related that when they got out in
to the open air they made amends for their
abstinence in the cellar. 1t is said to have
been the largest aud most pleasant excursion
party ever passed through this part ofihe State;
and we have no dobt of the truth Of the claim.
When our Cincinnati friends return the call
of their Chicago guests, we doubt not that they
will bO equally well received by the citizens Of
the Garden City. Great calculations Of pleas
ure are being uilt upon that trip.
Year: 1859

"TnE FouRTH. "A, great many persons, both
in the city and out of it. have asked US what
is to be the programme here for the Fourth Of
July We answer that we do not know. A,
present, there is no feeling about the matter
visible; and If we were to judge from the apa
thy existing, we would say that it was imma
terial whether the Day was observed above any
other day in the year or not. We hope we are
mistaken. We presume the day WILDE devoted
to pic MICS they re the rage.
Year: 1859

GIDDINGs TRIUMPHANT.-The Statesman
says the influence of Giddings and his Dis
uuion crew was omnipoteut in the State
Convention. The aid and succor be got
from the Columbus Central Junto, and which
was arranged for when he was here in April,
and the unexpected support from Hamilton
county enabled him to carry out his We've,
and made sure the defeat of Judge Swan. -
Giddings came here full of fury at Judge
Swan, and the Central Junto aided him to
the revenge he demanded. The honest Re-
publicans of this county can now see the
motive and object in leaving them of of the
Delegation to the State Convention. Chase,
Dennison and Stone desired n Delegation
that they could manage, and they got it,
putting the country Republicans off with
the post Of Alternates. We shall have more
to rny on this subject in the future
Year: 1859

PoLITIcAL PAnsoNs.-The New York News
says Political preachers have their uses-as
thunder has its uses But preacher implies
religion aud thunder electricity. Without
religion preacher oughtto be a nuisance, as
thunder would be worse than a noise without
the air cleansing electricity which should bear
the acting share in its power and purpose. But
a religious preacher who mskes politics his
guiding principle, or even gives politics n
principal part in his preaching, is worse than a
nuisance-he is a talking malady, preaching
calamity, by whom nothing but political OF
social disease can be generated.
Year: 1859

DThe pic mic Of the Brown st. Sabbath
School comes of tomorrow. The destination
is Sunderland Falls the excursion will be
made over tho D. d NJ. Road the time to be at
the Xenia Depot, the place Of starting, is half
past o'clock, A. M; the fare will be only s
cents the round trip the prospect for delight.
full time is excellent,
Year: 1859

1.-THE Daily Empire is really the only pa
per in this city which gives the local news
and fresh items Of interest transpiring abroad.
It does not give the news by "hts and starts"
but keeps up the line Of Information from day
to day, and from week to week. Price of the
paper only 10 cents per week, payable to the
Carrier, or at the office.
Year: 1859

An amusing incident occurred in one Of
the New Orleans churches on Sunday of last
week. The pastor and congrc .tion are
Germans, and their mutual relations have
always been of an amicable nature but at
the evening service he took some theological
stand which displeased a portion Of his con-
gregation, and they openly commented upon
it in an unfavoraDle manner. Rev. Mr..
Pressly stopped in his discourse and gazed
upon his flock in astonishmcnt. Could it be
possible that the faithful would differ from
him on n subject which he had made the
study of his lifetime Again he thundered
forth his position in tones that should have
stubborn congregation again differed from
him, and several told him from their seats
that he was entirely mistaken. ...


His professional character was at stake; so
down he marched from his pulpit, through
the middle aisle and out Of the front door.
The members of the congregation looked
around at each other with blank faces, con-
vinced that their pastor had resigned his
post rather than any OF them should be dis
satisfied with their spiritual counsellor, but
they were much mistaken in his character and
intention, for in n moment more he marched
in again, and with a policeman at his heels.
"Arrest him, and him, and him." said
he to the officer, until he had pointed out
between twelve and fifteen of the congrega-
ton, Sand take them to the lookup;
charge them with disturbing the peace Of my
church." .'ey 10 IT," 80 . -


Quite coolly the reverend gentleman re-
nscended his pulpit, and took up the thread
of his diccourse from where it had been bro
ken, after having first repeated the .objec-
tionable passage in an emphatic and triumph
ant manner. For the balance OF the even
ing the congregation kept quiet.-L.otisiona
Year: 1859

saw Great Heart one day in a railway
train. He was well dressed, and appeared to
be re .ding ,through:his spectacles the M.orsiAg
paper. A poor woman sat opposite with SIX
children, the eldest, scarcely n dozen Years
old. The husband was stupid, hard hearted
wretch, and administered blows unsparipS-
ly to wcaried little thing who expressed


its discomfort by crying and fretting as the
hot, dusty air swept over his flushed face.
The mothers countenance wore n look of
patientc despair and continual anxiety, rs
the little company sat crowded together in
the loaded car. Not one Of them looked
shabby nor untidy, though very plainly
dressed. When the engine stopped for fuel
the poor woman took out from basket
some bread and cheese, which she distribu


ted sparingly among the little group
Great Heart had watched their movements
all the morning, and boy approached the
carriage with basket full Of berries, he
bought up boxes enough to 90 round, and
gave them to the hungry children, whose
eyes glistencd as they saw such II rnre des-
sert spread before them. One little girl,
perhaps five years old, was nearly sick, and
tried to rest in her mothers lap /; but the
tired infant disputed vigorously her right,
and she was obliged to yield the claim.-
Great Heart had been gravcly considering
the company, and he did not hesitate to take
the poor child tenderly in his arms, lay her
carefully down in the seat beside him, with
her head in his lap, and gently famed her
with his paper until she sank into deep,
peaceful slumber. When we stopped for
our dinner we saw them all seated by
bountiful table, loaded with lux"ries to
which they seemed almost strangers, yet
which they knew very we'll how to appreciate.
We knew it was Great Hearts, and we
mentally blessed the kind, generous nature
that had thus shed sunshine on the hard
pathway of the humble strangers. Chris
tian reader, in caring for the soul Of the
poor, do not forget their bodies.
Year: 1859

The project or plan put forth by the late
| Railroad Convention at San Francisco, for
building the Pacific Railroad, seems to meet
with objections from few of our own Cali
fornia journals. This we are very sorry to
see because, If obstacles are to be thrown in
the way of this great enterprise, we would
much prefer to see them come from parties
outside our own limits. Union here at home
and harmony of feeling are essential, and We
sincerely hope that those few journals which
have seemed desirous of influencing the pub
lie mind against the laudable and manly eff
forts Of the Pacific Railroad Convention to
set on foot, at the soonest practicable period,
this great work, will tAink better of their
opposition and withdraw it.


| If there be any defects in the scheme pro-
posed by the Pacific Railroad Convention, let
them be nationally discussed and properly
obviated, but no true friend of California, we
opine, will oppose the entire movement OF
the Convention, on account of a possible flaw
in the general arrangement


The main object now to be achieved is to
obtain the assistance of the General Govern
ment, lst by the guaranty of the payment of
interest on the bonds of the Railroad Compa
ny; %, by the donation of alternate sections
of the land over which the road shall pass,
and, Sd, by the donation, to California, of
the public lands within her limits and the
repayment to her from the United States
Treasury of the sum Of two million seven
hundred and six thousand odd dollars, legal
ly due her, as having been collected for Gus
toms at her ports, previous to her admission
into the Union, said means to be used by her
in aiding the construction of this road. All
Californians, it seems to US, should agree in
their efforts to compass the above named ob
jects


As to the policy which should be adopted
by the legislature of California, it is matter
for consideration. The principal objection
to the scheme of the Convention, by those
now opposing it, is that it requests of the
State fifteen millions of dollars in aid of the
AsOuu' AhC Ob"lSJ NlVg oHlI 10 HhS"uy III
debt, and not able to incur the weight Of SO
heavy an additional sum for any purpose
whatever. This objection is, we think, well
taken. Without d, nations from Congress to
enable her to incur this responsibility, we do
not think she ought to risk the burden. Let
her first pay her large existing debt, before
she swells the demands against her. But,
the Road can progress without any of this
outlay on her part The means proposed
outside of this are ample.


We repeat. therefore, that the policy to be
pursued by the legislature of this State in re
gard to the assistance to be given to this
Road, is very proper subject of discussion; !;
but there should be no disagreement in refer
ence to the just demands which are made up
ON Congress, and in reference to the general
forwarding of the plan set forth by the Pa
ci6c Railroad Convention. The present is
the first definite movement which has been
made in this State in favor of Pacific Rail
road, and it ought to bO the pride of every
true Californian to urge it onward.
Year: 1859

iSlLLL'eENoE FROM THE SPIRITs.-The spir
ltual Telegraph has the following:


~ Napoleon the Third is now the actor of
Napoleon the First 1t is known that ,he
present Napoleon is a spiritualist, and for the
last few years has had Daniel d. Hume and
other mediums,a his house much of the lime
and has been in almost constant conference
with the spirit of his uncle ON all the matters
and movements in which he has been, and is
engaged.


The spirit of his uncle told him of the con
spiraey to assassinate him, and of the manner
and time it would be attempted, and guarded
by spirits from the pistol shot. His uncle
has been with him in the war; and advised
him OF all the plans and movements of the
enemy, and when and how to give his orders
to thwart their purposes.
Year: 1859

KANsAs-Notwithstan the tenor of the
previous dispatches, the news by the last
Overland Mail is that Kansas has adopted o
State Constitution, and will apply for admis-
sion under it, at the coming session OF Con
gress. Her population, We believe, is not
sufficient to overcome the barrier to her ad =
mission existing in the English Bill. Her
application will of course give rise to excited
discussion, and the Democracy will be divi-
ded upon the subject The Republicans will
probably present united front in favor of
admission.
Year: 1859

A DEsERrER-Charles Swift, deserter
from the United States Army, has been ar
rested in San Francisco. and sent to the
Preside. He is Prussian by birth, and it
is said. is also fugitive from the army of his
native country. He is said to have deserted
from the United States Army twice before
this.
Year: 1859

IT is believed that the growth of rice will
at some future day. become a great business
at the Sandwich Islands The rice planted
some time since, at the Agricultural Garden,
in Munanu Valley, is n.w in fine condition.
Year: 1859

HENRY WAPPNER, who was respited last
summer by the Supreme Court from his SEN
tenee of death, is still confined in the San
Francisco County Jail, awaiting the action
Of the Supreme Court.
Year: 1859

The citizens of Lexington are about taking
steps for the purpose of erecting monument
in that town, which shall better commence
rate the Battle of Lexington. The design oi
the new structure is said to be very splendid
and costly.
Year: 1859

a LITTLE ten year old stub-and twist boy.
with flag of truce fluttering from his rear,
was up in the Municipal Court lately of a
Western city, and it was suggested that he
be sworn as witness The Judge calling up
said' My little man, do you know the nature
of an oath?"


~ ~ es' id WE'LL" said the juvenile, as he
rolled up his eyes to the ceiling. lie was
not sworn.
Year: 1859

4 FEW DAYS AGO, TWO AMBROTYPEs were
IA found in the Railroad Camp, Sulter county. One
is that of young man, and the other that of mid
die aged woman. The owner can have them by pay
ing for this advertisement. oc27-tf
Year: 1859

PROBATE CoURT7Judge Tilden was occupied
yesterday with trying the case OF Barber and 9TH
ers for being engaged in the riot case at the mar
riage of Henry Metzinger in Brooklyn. Barber
was discharged, but three who were with him were
fined IS and costs each, This being settled, Met
ginger was arrested by them for assault and bat
terry He did not make much by his going to law
as he was fined $40 and costs.
Year: 1859

In almost every parlor the object that first
attracts the eye is the soft fabric, enwrought
with beautiful coloIs, that covers the centre
table and the piano. Do our ladies know from
what materials this downy cloth, ,blushing with
bouquets of flowers or fruit upon which their
gloved hands rest SO costly, is made? Have
they idea that it was woven from the wool
OF Angola or Thibet, and comes into their
possession uncontaminated with previous pie
bian use !? Never were they more mistaken.
This necessity of luxurious habits-this soft
ornament, rich with Tyrian dies, and variega-
ted with figures that almost rival the richness
of nature herself once hung in tattered shreds
from the beggar's back, begrimmed with the
filth of the fouest retreat of obscurest power
ty; was saturated with every filthy compound,
and feted with the vilest odors. Rags that
have been swept into the streets, and picked
ont of the mire with the ragman's crook tat
tered garments, no longer capable of conceal
ing the nakedness of pauperism itself, that
would no longer hang upon the tramper's
limbs, by the ingenuity of art has been resur-
rected, and wrought into the tasteful fabrics
that now adorn the boudoirs of beauty.


The mass of old, greasy woolen rags submit
ted to process which is one of the miracles
of modern art, is prepared for respinning, and
comes out of the manufacturers hands an OBJ
ject upon which an eye cultivated to apprecl-
ate the beautiful, loves to dwell. The meta
morphosis of the crawling worm into the pain
ted winged butterfly is not more wonderful.
Science ana art have not made a greater pro-
gress in any other department than in the u
tilizaton of worse than rufuse materials, by
converting it into the most costly fabrics.


The Imagination of those radiant with health
and beauty, and proud of the gifts of nature
and Providence, may find profitable field for
exercise as the eye rests upon the rich orna-
ment that covers the piano or the table, by
travelling back to the abodes of poverty where
want gains ghastly smile and vice degrades
the image of God ,and there finding the mate
rials that now contribute to deck their bowers
of taste. We know not by what singular as
sociations the objects which contribute to our
luxury link us with the abodes and habits of
wretchedness. We think not how much that
now adorns our person and marks us as the
possessors of competence, ,and the participants
in the richest bounties of providence, comes
from the very haunts of impurity and unclean-
ness.