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Year: 1859

ex explanation to him.


They agreed that it would and they did
so. He answered with such scorn and pas
sion, with such violent assertion Of his
Annie's faithfulness, with such fire and
flash in his eyes, and with such threats
against any one who should vlllfy her un-
justly, that the suggesters wished they had
let the subject alone.


At the end of the week, on the day which
was to have been their wedding day, while
Anne lay tossing over restlessly, and talking
wild nonsense, he came into the town to set
tie in his own house and shop. As night
after night he returned homo alone to the
house he had bought and furnished for an
other, still without news of her, he took
forth from his memory the suggestion o! the
Young shopmen he laid it out, so to speak,
before him; he turned it owe: and over he
10 uoked at it in every light, on every side ;
he began to admit its possibility; and at
last, in a morbid mood. he half believed it.


His shop was still unfinished, and he spent
his time mainly in travelling hlther and thith-
er, seeking stock for it. But he went about
all his business poorly; with a heavy and
half bIoken- heart. 1t seemed mock
ery to him to he making such preparations.





them. lie did not want to do so. For the
mystery of Annie's departure, her terrible
silence, and this gradual, but surely excusa-
BILE, admission into his heart of suspicion Of
her faith and love toward him, plaeked all
the zest and purpose uot of his whole life.
1t was for her sake he had worked sub
missvey as foreman so many years; for
her sake he had stinted himself in dress,
amusements, indulgences of all kinds, and
found delight in such sacrifices. Every cut
of saw, every blow of a hammer. or nlallet,
every coat of paint, every boot and shoe in
his shop; held in his mind some relation to
her comfort and prosperity, as a part of
that household of which she was about to
be the daily sunshine; the source and center
of all its hight and warmth and pleasantness:
the measure of its work and rest.
Year: 1859

Some follow, of the name Of Foot, is
figuring in the Eastern papers, about the
terrible dsstitutioa in the northern portion
benevolent in the East to open their hearts
to supply their wants. This is all wrong.
1t is true that money and provisions arc
somewhat scarce, but for fellow to ell the
columns of the papers east about the suffer
ings of the people Of Iowa, shows that he
either does not understand the condition of
things, or else that be has some other motive
than benevolence.
Year: 1859

ry- The Steamer F'reigh'er which wen.
up the Minnesota River for the purposs Of
passing over into the Red River of the North
has been heard from. She accomplished the
undertaking, and is in the Red River ready
for business. A fortune waits upon her
owners. From the sources OF the Red Riv-
er she can travel on the right to hudson s
Bay, or to the left up the Saskatchewan to
the region Of the Rocky Mountains.
Year: 1859

- The Republican State Convention OF
California met at Sacramento on the lst OF
June, and nominated full State ticket with
sound Republican platform. The resolu-
tons declare that the Republicans Of Cali
fornia are opposed as formerly, to the in
PRODUCTION of slavery into the free Terrific
rcs; that they repudiate the dogma that
slavery exists in all the Territories by virtue
of the constitution; that the corruption Of
Federal Administration demands the stern
est rebuke which can be administered by n
free people; that they are in favor Of u
Homestead Law, and are opposed to any un-
lust discrimination against nasuralized cti
Zcns,
Year: 1859

r- The London Times is of the opinion
that the new terms made by the British
Government with the Atlantic Telegraph
Company, are not such as will secure the
taking OF the new stock to the amount re-
ouired, three million dollars, in the present
state Of the money market, and that the en-
terpriss is likely to remain in suspense at
present. The other two companies which
are preparing to lay cables do not ask Gov.
ernment aid. They have the advantage of
the experiments and mistakes Of the first
ccmpsnv, with NO burden Of debt.
Year: 1859

~ The Local wishes to return
his thanks to several young friends for that
delightful sersnade, which they 30 kindly
favored him with on Monday evening. The
singing was excellent, and the instrumental
music very fine.
Year: 1859

~ The rules aud regulations
which have been adopted by the State Ag :
ricultural Society, to govern the entres o.
Job and Book printing. are very generally
condemned by the Press throughout the
State. and We think the best policy the
Board could adopt would be to rescind
them
Year: 1859

The following exquisite lines, after
the fashion of Longfellow's Hiawatha,
are worthy piece in our columns.
Their authorship is unknown. We
hope our readers will not be too high
ly wrought up by this effusion, although
we commend it to them as worth care
full perusal


Should you ask us why this dnnning,
Why these sad complaints and murmers
Murmurs loud about delinquents
Who have read the papers weekly,
Read what they have never paid for,
Read with pleasure and with profit,
Read of church affairs and prospects,
Read of news both home and foreign,
Read the essays and the poems,
Full of wisdom and instruction
Read the table of the markets,
Carefully corrected weekly
Should you ask us why this dunning,
We should answer, we would tell you
From the printer, from the mailer,
From the kind old paper-maker,
From the landlord, from the carrier,
From the man who takes the letters
With stamp from Uncle Samuel;
Uncle Samuel the rowdies call him;
From them all there comes a message,
Message kind, but firmly spoken,
Please to pay US what you owe us


Sad it is to hear such message,
When our funds are exhausted,


When the last bank note has left us,
When the gold coin all has vanished,
Gone to pay the paper maker,


Gone to day the telling priuter,
Gone to pay the landlord tribute,
Gone to pay the faithful mailer,


Gone to pay old Uncle Samuel;


Uncle Sam the rodies call him;


Gone to pay the Western paper,


Three and twenty hundred dollars.
Sad it is to turn our ledger,


Turn the leaves of this old ledger,
Turn and see what sums are due us,
\


Due for years of pleasant reading,
Due despite our patient waiting,
Due despite our constant dunning,
Due in sums from two to twenty.
Year: 1859

My fair young reader, if you are not so
perfect beauty as peerless Lndamira,
Queen of the Ball; if, at the end Of it, as
you retire to bed, you meekly own that you
have had but two or three partners, whilst
Lindamira has had q crowd around her all
night yourself with thinking that,
al fifty, you will look es kind and pleasant
az you appear now pt eighteen. You will
not have to lay down your coach and six OF
beauty and see another step into 1t, and walk
yourself through the rest Of your life. You
will have to forego no long accustomed hom-
age, you will not witness and own the de-
precigtion of your smiles. You will not see
fashion forsake your quarter; and remain.
all dust, gloom, cobwebs, within your once
splendid saloons, and placRrd in your sad
windows, gaunt, lonely and to let. You
may not have known any grandeur, but you
won't feel any desertion. You will not
have enjoyed millions, but you will have es.
capped bankruptcy.--Taac &
Year: 1859

Death among ,huse we know, and some
OF hon we regard and esteem, and sick
ness OF those We love, torcibly reminds US Of
the many ills TO which flesh is fe'fj a"a OF
the sad fate OF those who know no consola'
ton, and can not meet misfortunes with that
true estimate of lille and its use which dis
n.ms them of half their tflllctive power.


There is more true courage, more real for
titude displayed in braving the His, and bear
ing the sorrows OF ordinary life, than armies
ever " itness or hospital records recount
Disappointed hopes, and unforeseen, newt
nble uisforiunes in bHsines, or calamalies in
the domestic eircle--any of these try a trde
man more than all he himself alone might
suffer. He is more tirtuous who cares most
for others and least for himself--hence the
better q man, however brave and enduring
the more he must suffer. But there are few
misforunes in which or IN their effects o
bright side may not be seetI.


There are calamities which are greater
than the death Of q loved one, but we are
wont to estimate that as the most terrible
that can sfflct US. Even the vety love foF
the dead which constitutes the source OF our
misery in bereavement is blessing of un-
told worth. A cotemporary, referring to
this love, beautifully remarks, "to have laid
a strong affection down among the dead
may be great sorrow, but it is not real
misfortune. Whatever ones aftergoings
may be, there is deposit for the future life
q stake in better country, a part of the
hearts which the grave keep holy in spite o.
the 'evil which is in the world The living
may change to US or we to them sin may
divide, strife may come between us, bu
through all times and fortunes the dead re
main the same to our memories and our love
The child taken from US long ago is still tn
innocent lamb that was for our holdipg.-
The early lost friend or lover is still th'
blessed Of our youth, q hope. not to be with
cred, .. promise not to be broken, a posses
sion wherein there is no disapp ppointmens."
Year: 1859

YIELD OF WHEAT IN INDIAxA.-Tbe latest ar
counts that we have seen, indicate about eleven


bushels per acre in the northern counties or prairie


region, which is considered the best part Of the


are abundant, but all concur in saying the quality
! 10 goo 1'
Year: 1859

Names all familiar to those who take an interest in
the 'msnly game" They have, we are informed,
been selected with great Judgment with reference to
fine Fieders, and it will be noticed they are from
all parts of the country. Mr. Wheatcraft, of New
ark, has been selected to perform the responsible
duties of Umpire.


The St. Georges Club are using every effort to
accommodate the public and to make this match a
decided success.
Year: 1859




There is no class Of people more
frequently sneercd at than editors.
1t is the easiest thing in the world TO
charge them with being mercenary;
to say that such and such an article
was paid for; that anybody can have
anything praised or abused in a pa
per, if he will pay for it; and, says a
wiscacre. every now and then. if |
had a newspaper here, wouldt pitch
into this or that. and wouldn't | show
the people what an independent pa
per is! Well, my friend and pitcher,
why not establish paper and pitch
into everything and every bodyP No
body can object to your doing so. The
papers that are in the habit ofpitching
into everything are the easiest edited
in the world. 1t is only well pracliced
and maturcd editors that possess that
wisdom and true independence which
consists in refusing to pitch i'm that
manlness which can withstand a
pubic camor, that can scorn person
alities, and that can treat public ques-
tons with the dignity and sobcrncss
that can alone secure respect for the
press.
Year: 1859

during the last twelve months, and
this from probably not over one hun.
dred persons. A more general can
vass will be made during the ensuing
year, and it is expected that not less
than one m liion CT dollars will be
secured.


Operations will be actively com
menced towards the buildings early
in the ensuing year.


1t is part of the system that the
interest of the funds raised shall
alone be uscd--thus keeping its con-
stantly increasing principal in tact I;
so that when 1t goes into operation it
will have the income orits whole cap.
ital to further its development aud
secure its success.


The plan seems very popular with
all classes at the South, and it il by
NO means considered rs restricted to
the religious body under whose pat
ronage it is created but as great
institution designed to benefit the
whole South and to raise the stan
dard Of education throughout our
whole country.


1t isa part Of the project to en-
courage the establishment Of summer
residences for the planters ofthc'SoutL
where they can bring their families
and servants and pass the hot season
with all the advantages Of temper.
ate climate, and with the pleasant
association Of literary and highly
cultivated society whi c the advan-
tagcs Of proximity to the Libraries
and lecture halls of the University
will be an additional attraction.
Year: 1859




The following rules Of etiquette are laid
down by Southern journal:


1st. Before you bow to a lady in the
street permit her to decide whether you may
do so or not, by at least look of recogni-
ton.


2nd. When your companions bow to
lady, you should do the same. When
gentleman bows to u lady in your company
always bow to him in return.


In giving them publicity, the Alabama At
las and Argus makes the following timely
and truthful comments.


Nothing is so lily understood in America
as those conventional laws OF society. so we'll
understood and practiced in Europe. Ladies
complain that gentlemen pass them in the
street unnoticed when, in fact, the fault
arises from their breach of polteness. 1t is
their duty to d" the amable first, for it is
privilege which ladies enjoy of choosing their
own associates or acquaintainces. No gem
teman likes to risk the cut in the street by
lady through a premature salute. Too
many ladies, It would seem, don't know their
trade of politeness Meeting ladies in the
street, whom one has usually met in company
they seldom bow unless he bows first; and
when a gentlemen ever departs from the
rule Of good breeding, except, occasionally,
by the way of experiment, his acquaintances
do not multiply, but he stands probably
charged with rudeness. A lady must be
civil to gentleman into whose company
she may casually be placed, but a gentleman
is not upon this TO presume upon an acquaint-
anceshp the first time he afterwards meets
her in the street. If it be her will, she gives
some token Of recognition, when the gentle
man may bow, otherwise he must pass on
and consider himself stranger. No lady
need hesitate to bow to gentleman, for he
will promptly and politely answer, even if he
has forgotten bis fair saluter; no one but
brute can do otherwise should he pass on
rudely, his character is declared, and there
is cheap radiance. Politeness or good
breeding is like law--the treason Of things"
Year: 1859

An attorney before bench Of magis-
trates, short time ago, told the bench,
with great gravity, "That he had two wit
nesses in court, in behalf of his client and
they would be sure to speak the truth, for
he had no opportunity to communicate with
theml"
Year: 1859

new machines. and made very comfortable livcli-


hood by exhibiting them, prosecuting his efforts


meanwhile to secure his patent intending to apply


the power to elOckwork, for which it is peculiarly


well adapted. Age crept upon him. however, be-
fore this point was reached; his highest art could
not make his heartbeatngs perpetual; and last Sat


urday afternoon he breathed his last in the old
homestead at Freehold He had been so much per-
secuted by the incredulous, that he had provided
secret place beneath the floor of his shop where his
last two machines were deposited Il was in the
form Of vault, covered by trap door which LOCK-
cd and the floor so replaced to avoid suspicion.
After his last illness commenced, he made known
TINS secret to his family who examined the spot care
fully, and found the contents exactly as described
The night after his death, the shop was broken OPEN
the floor taken up, the tFap-dOOr pred off and both
models stolen. Il is probable that the family in
their visits had not taken the same precautiOn as the
inventor, and some prying eyes had discovered the
secret Fortunately the drawings are preserved
and there is a little machine one Of the earliest
made, now running in Brooklyn, where it has kept
up It's eeaseless ticking for nearly six years. Mr.
Hendrlekson leaves a family of four sons and four
daughters all of them, believe, given to inYen-
tons. Had he died ten years ago, how emphatical-
iy would it have been said that his life has been
wasted in -the hopeless effort to obtain perpetual
motion"
Year: 1859

OF Elder say he was Uniformed by per-
sons who were present at the meeting on
the 9th inst, ''that about 500 persons, men.
women and children were in attendance in
the forenoon, and dwindled down to two or
three hundred in the afternoon" Had Ell
der been present he probably would have
made the same statement, as his informant
was locofoco, and the eyes of mem
bers of that party are all alike. When
an outpouring of the people takes place, they
console themselves as did the spunky sinner
in the time Of the flood. when he had been
chased from hill to hill--trom mountain top
to mountain top. and when he had reached
the highest craig. and the water was about to
overwhelm him, seeing the safety ark OF
Noah floating by. called to be taken on board
but when he found his cries unheeded, ne
told Noah to 90 10 thunder with his old boat,
for he did not believe there would be much
Of a storm after all, so with Elder, he did
not think there was much of meeting after
all. although the people were there by thou
sands.
Year: 1859

Fun FOR TYPo.-* of my existence give
me an ," said a printer TO his sweetheart
She Immediately made - at him, and
planting her 15- between his two rs nearly
put TO his existence. ssSuch an outrage was
the of Faust looking + + at her, 1is probably
without in this ) OF country, and is a good
subject for IT,
Year: 1859

survey of the field, 81 guess some of these in
fernal bed bugs will soon find out what | am
about-haven't slept wink all night"


With this he E'let" the bed out OF the win
dow, and went down TO the wood-pie, from
whence he took club, and gave the bed such a
beating Herewith, as would have been fatal to
any sort of ''creeplng thing" ensconsced there
in. He then took it back to his room, and
looked SO ''darned honest" at breakfast, that
his host didn't charge him but halt price for his
lodgings, and took 1t all in seIn''
Year: 1859

NARROWING PoTAToEs.-Ii potatoes are har-
rowed just before the shoots are coming through
the ground, the after labor of hoelng is greatly
reduced. The narrowing also breaks the crust
OF The soil, and the shoot can penetrate through
the ground more readily. 1t has also another
advantage II removes a portion OF the soil
from above the plant and thus the plant receiv-
es, during the first stages of its growth, when
the soil is cold, the more direct influence of the
sun.
Year: 1859

LIFE AFTER BURIAL.-A singular occur
renee, says the Albany KnickerJocker of the
9th, was discovered in vault attached 10 one
Of our burial grounds on Sunday last 1t was
that of female, who, was deposited therein


for dead some two months since, being found,
on opening the coffin, TO be laying on her side,
with one hand under her head. From this it
was evident that the woman was alive when


placed there, and awakening from the trance
into which she had fallen, endravored TO ex-
tricate herself from her entombment. This, of
course, was an impossbIIity; the cover was
not only screwed down tightly, but the space
was too contracted to allow of even an effort.
1t was evident, however, that the unfortunate
woman became convinced of The fact and
concluded 10 die. She therefore took the easy
posture in which she was found and breathed
her last. The thought that they had buried
her while yet alive, set her friends almost
crazed. The father and mother had Just arri-
we'd from the old country last week, and were
brought to the vault to see their child. The
scene is related as heart rending.
Year: 1859

CRoUP.-Mothers should treasure up the
following as being far more precious than a
glittering diamond. 1t is from most reli-
able medical source:


If child is taken with Group, apply cold
water-ice water, if possible-suddenly and
freely to the neck and chest with a sponge.
The breathing will instantly be relieved.
Soon as possible let the sufferer drink as
much as it can, then wipe it dry, cover il
up warm, and soon quiet slumber will re-
move the parents anxiety, and lead the
heart in thankfulness to the Power which
has given to the pure gushing fountain such
medical qualities.
Year: 1859

Among the farming population the low
price of grain, with little if any prospect of
advance, continues to be cause of universal
complaint-yet we hear that in most of the
districts they are preparing to SOW largely
the coming season. Notwithstanding the
cheapness of good grain lands in many To-
calities farms in Suisun are renting at seven
dollars per acre for single year. They are,
it is true, we'll fenced and have been broken,
so that beyond blowing and seeding, there is
no outlay necessary.-Bee.
Year: 1859

HORTICULTURE FOR WOMEN" Whoever
grows anything feels new interest in every
thing that grows; and as to the mood of
mind in which the occupation is pursued, it
is, to town-bred women, singularly elevating
and refining To have been reared in a farm
house, remote from society and books, and
ignorant of everything beyond the bounds of
the parish, is one thing; and to pass from an
indolent or literary life in town, to rural
pursuits, adopted with purpose, is another


In the first case, the state of mind may be
narrow, dull and coarse; in the latter it
should naturally be expansive, CHEEKY and
elevated. The genuine poetry of man and
nature invests an intellectual and active life,
in the open universe of rural scenery. II
listless young ladies from any town in En-
gland could witness the way in which hours
slip by in tending garden, and consulting
about the crops, and gathering fruit and
flowers, they would think there must be
something in it more than they understand.
If they would but try their hand at making a
batch of butter, or condescend to gather
eggs, and court acquaintance with hens and
their broods, or assume the charge of sim
gle nest, from the hen taking her seat to the
maturity of the brood, they would find that
life has pleasures for them that they knew
not of-pleasures that have as much "ro-
nance and poetry about them as any book
In Nudes library" .""-Harria Mdrtineau.
Year: 1859

that being the prominent industrial feature of the
county, of the State at large but believing that the
stability and genuine prosperity of mountain commu-
mites depend upon the successful development ofOther
pursuits, which less dangerous and uncertain for
labor without capital than gold hunting is known to
be- we have sought to exhibit the adaptabty of the
mountains to the important interests of farming, gar
dening. fruit growing, and many kindred ayocatons.
We have tried to make the HYDRAULIc PRESS always
representative of what is best in California, and to
correct some of those unjust preudices against her
people which obtain abroad In short. it has been our
constant endeayor to make the paper useful, decent
and respectable.


If paper conscentiously conducted on the above
plan is thought worthy ofsuppor ask for and hope
to receive it.


Connected with the Newspaper Establishment is
full stock of assorted material for every kind of


JOB PRINTING,
which we will execute as well and as reasonably as it
can be afforded ia any interior office.


The Subscription Price
is IS per annum or So for six months, payable inyar
ably in advance.


Subscriptions, Advertisements or Orders can be for
warded by Mail or Express, addressed as above, to


AVERY & WATERS.
Year: 1859

LATE advices from China state, that the
rebels were reported to be gaining ground in
the interior In consequence of this report,
the carriage of merchandise had been OBJ
structed to a certain extent.
Year: 1859

ercised over the very few poetical efusions
that have been inserted in our paper for
some time past We print the following, in


the hope that i. may so excite the patriot
ism of that paper, that it will feel like lay
ing aside for season, at least, some of its
cynical disposition aaes st.s.rss ssgz


Address to the Amer lean Flag
Year: 1859

Crate flag 1 don't know which maiks me feel
The most patriottick--you or the furth of July;
Y u amt made of the Same kind of stuff altho'
Tu are about the same age, and are both
Sublime and Terrible to kontemplate.