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Year: 1860

TRUTH FITLy SpoKEN.-The Black Repub
lcan leaders and press are libeling the nom
shareholders of the South, and alledgng that
their support Of slavery degrades white la
Dor; that poor laboring men are not respect
ed and cannot rise to distinction. Here is
word just spoken by r. NJ. r. Hunter, of
Virginia, in the u S. Senate:


Nor is it true that the institution of slav.
cry makes manual labor on the part of the
whites despicab|e in the slaveholding States
There is no country on earth in which hon
est labor, as believe, is more respected; and
of this am certain, that every white labor
er in the slavehoding States is moro nearly
on an equality with evrey other man in the
community than every white aborer in the
North is on terms of equality with every
other man in the North"


The Black Republican lbellers of the
white laborers of the South may put that in
their pipes and smoke it. Every word of it
is true--knowh to be SO by every man who
has ever worked in the South. No man in
the South is excluded from the best society
on account of his calling or poverty, ty,-but
the brightest and richest are if they are
guilty of conduct unbecoming gentlemen.


Mountain Democrat.
Year: 1860

A BLUsHING BR1DE.-A widow lady was
married to her second choice, in this city, on
Thursday evening Friday night "the boys
turned out and gave the happy couple a
charavar. In the midst of their singing and
shouting and tin pan accompaniment, the
enraged bride rushed forth in her night lin
en-, and with big stick in her hand, put the
entire crowd to flight Marysville Demo
crat.
Year: 1860

The STATE PRIsoN CAsE.-The following
is the substance of the decision of the Su.
preme Court in the case Of the State .. Nc.
Cauey and Tevis: The act Of March 2l, ls56,
was constitutional, and the contract under it
was valid and binding upon the State. As
to the demurrer, we must look to the case
made in the complaint, and we are clear
that the State is not entitled to rescison OF
the contract upon her own showing. In the
first place, she has equally failed to perform
the contract on her part. She neglected to
make the monthly payments as they became
due, and for months previous to the institu-
ton of the present suit she refused to make
any payments whatever. And the rule is
general, that the right to rescind a contract
rests only with the party who is without de-
fault In the second place, the contract has
been in part performed, and the parties can
not be restored to their original position.
The right of rescision cannot exist under
such circumstances. In the third place, the
State does not offer to make restitution OF
the property received, or pay the value OF
the claims relinquished at the execution Of
the contract, or to payiwhat she owes in the
complaint remains due thereon. Such res.
titutiou and payment must precede the right
of the State to ask for rescsion. When
the State has complied, in good faith, with
her own engagements. it will be time to
consider whether she can invoke the inter
position of Court of Eqnity to cancel her
contract for breaches of it's stipuations by
the lessee, or those who represent him.
Judgment affirmed.
Year: 1860

MULE TRAINs.-A number of laden mule
trains have passed through town this week
on their way to Washoe. A noticeable item
of freight by the same was lots of "red eye"
sad to be one of the indispensable "necessa-
ries of life" in that hopeful land.
Year: 1860

The Secretary of War has promised to
place company of Infantry at Gravelly
Ford, South Fork of Humboldt River, or in
that vicinity and ifpossibe to place conn
pany Of Calvary there also,
Year: 1860

EE The S. F. Bulletin publishes letter
from Washoe from practical miner, who
talks sense, but as that does not suit the
taste of those who have the fever, we shall
not publish it. Ninetenths of the Washoe
excitement he considers humbug, and says
people are rushing there from all directions
10 see only one or two claims of any value.
He does not despair of the country proving
rich in minerals, but does not consider every
LEDGE of rock silver lead.
Year: 1860

THE GUNs-Some anvil cannonading was
done here on Wednesday evening, that is
reported ty telegraph in the Sacramento
Union as in honor Of Gov. Downey's veto of
the Bulkhead bill. Upon inquiry, we learn
from some that the guns were in honor of
the incorporation of Auburn and election of
town officers-and from others that they
were Anti Bulkhead.


It would appear strange that the people of
Auburn should find cause for burning pow
der over either the success or defeat of the
Bulkhead. We imagine they are not much
exercised in spirit on the subject.
Year: 1860

@-The numbers going to Washoe have
diminished considerably within week, as
people have come at last to understand that
the chances are good for starving at the
new El Dorado, until an Improvement in the
state Of the roads will permit a fair supply
of provisions to be taken there. The silver
hunters would like good leads, but they also
want the wherewith to sustain life.
Year: 1860

sETE EsQ-lt gives great pleasure to state that af
ter trial Of Of the "vsper Gas Lamps in study for
past observing closely for the length Of
time the experiment lighting "Union Tent with these
lamps entire confidence in their efficiency. It
they aor all the advantages Of the best lights to thOs
who live Of the cdes and large towns.


The process Of preparing and lighting the lamp is so readily
learned the fixtures simple and little liable 20 out
Of or the cost Of the light comparatively little, and the
whole free from all danger that it need only acquain
the part Of the public with the Yeper Gas Lamp to
bring them into general use throughout the country.


Yours tr1ly, STUART ROBTEsCN.
Year: 1860

TORONTO, Oct. 13.-It is said that the Messrs. Ba.
rings OF London, and another firm in the same city,
have actually obtained Judgment against the
Grand Trunk Railway Company, to the amount of
ABOUT four million dollars. The outside opinion
seems to be that the company will be unable to
weather the storm, and that winding up of their
affairs will be absolutely necessary. The affair has
caused much comment, not only here but elsewhere
Year: 1860

FIRE AT ITrsBURe, PA.-We learn that the en-
gne house OF the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad
at an early hour yesterday morning. At the time
OF the FIRE four freight and four passenger engines
were in the building, all of which were damaged
such an extent as to be unfit for use The loss
estimated at $4,000
Year: 1860

How Music Is MADE UP.-The following in
genious and beautifully expressed thoughts up
on the sources of music, are from the pen of
Taylor, of the Chicago Journal:


!" 1t is curious thought that the great trans
lators OF the dialect of heaven-the Mozarts, the
Handels, and Jubals of all time have caught
their notes from the hammer of Tubal Cain, or
murmur of running streams, or the wind singing
among the reeds, or the songs of singing birds !:
that, should there be bird convention upon a
summers day by flowing river, near a ringing
forge, and some masterpiece that has rolled a
tone OF melody through mighty ministers were
performed, its author would be pronounced a
faithful listener only this and nothing more
How the robin would claim its warble, and the
brown thrush recognize its own the bell-note
robert O'Lincoln would catch up and repeat,
and the quail whistle back its little share of the
song The soft signing winds would echo
tone now and Them the stream through the
reeds murmur on with its own the hammers
beat out the battle like strain, and the rain on
the roof wash away whole bar of sthe score
80, when the anthem was ended, it would all be
drifted, like the down of p thistle, back to ma
ture and labor again. The lark would go up
with carol, and the little ground sparrow fly
away with note, and the musie~be scattered
abroad
Year: 1860

A PARAGRAPH MATRIMoNIAL.-Choos a wife
is perilous piece ofbusiness. Do you suppose
there is nothing of it but evening visits, bo-
quets, and popping the question:? My dear
simple young man, you ought not to be trusted
out by yourself alone Take care that you
don't get the gilt China article, that looks ex-
eeedingly pretty on the mantel-pi until the
gilt and ornament are all rubbed off, and then
is ht only for the dust-pilel wife should be
selected on the same principle as a calico gown
Bright colors and gay patterns are not always
the best economy. Get something that will
wash and wear. Nothing like the suns and
showers of matrimony to bleach out these de-
ceptive externals Don't choose the treasure
by gas-light or in parlor sitting. Broad day
light is the best time-a kitchen the most sem
sible place. Bear in mind, sir, that the article
once bargained for, you can't exchange it if it
don't suit. If you buy watch and it don't run
as you expected, you can send it to a ieweler to
be repaired; in the case of wife, once paired,
you can't repair. She may run in the wrong
direction-very well, sir; all that is left for YOU
Is to run after her, and an interesting chase YOU
will probably find it If you get good wife,
you will be the happiest fellow alive if you get
" bad one, you may as well sell yourself for a
quarter at once! Just as well to consider all
these things before hand, young man.
Year: 1860

PLAYING CARDS FOR HUsBAND--Most of our
readers have +" hearn tell' of the young man out
West who won his wife at a game of " seven
up" With the old man.. 1t has always been be-
iieyed that he played it " low down. on the old
one, as he had way of cutting the keerds
kinder curious" Howsomever, the gal was
" "willin" and he took the stake. Not SO fortu-
nate was the gal who played for a husband The
story is given in a late Western paper


"a constable in Williamsport Indiana, while
paying visit to young lady living few miles
away, proposed game of euchre as the even
ing's entertainment, which was accepted by the
young lady. When the cards were dealt, the
young lady proposed a 4" flyer" of $50, to which
the constable demurred The young lady pro-
tested that she would never play with gentle
man unless there was some stake up, but the
gent still demurred, when, as compromise the
lady proposed that they would play and if she
beat him he should marry her, which the GAL
liant couldn't do otherwise than accept. At it
they went and the lady proved the winner. The
constable was invited to stop all night, and in
the morning they would proceed to the Squire s
and be made one flesh. He plead pressing busi-
ness and went away. She followed him to his
fathers and stayed there three days without
seeing the young man, when compromise was
effected by paying the disconsolate lady $3.50
to fill the breach"
Year: 1860


You're tired, dear mother, your cheek is quit,


paes
Won't you lay down your sewing and tell me (


tale
OF fairies that sent, in the good times of old
Rich banquets, and jewels, and purses of gold
Not about little Riding Hood crossing the moor
Was the wolf that she met like our wolf at The


door?
Shall we never walk out where the houses SC


tall
Have lace DER each window, and lamps in each


hall;
Where the curly-haired children play over the


grass?
We might hear their gay laughter and talk as


we'd pass.
Must yon sit here and work till your fingers are


sore?
! think we might steal by the wolf at the door.
I'll lay down your work-oh, how warm it will
Ny nice little cloak ?-why, l thought twas for


me?
Once, always in garments as fine was dress'd,
But shan't ask for this, you think 'twould be


best;
Yet ! can't understand what you told me before,
That it might, for while, keep the wolf from


the door.
The clothes have on are so thin and so worn
try to be thankful they never stay torn;
But should like some new ones, with tassels


and braid
And stockings not shrunken, nor faded, or


frayed;
And new pair of shoes-how they'd creak on


the floor
But then he might hear them-the wolf at the


door,
The rooms growing dark, and can't see to


play
By the light of the lamp that shines over the


way,
And the shadows that fit DER its CLEAN on the


wall,
They frighten me- coming so shapeIess and tall ::
Oh, how would beg for candle once more,
If you thought he'd not see us-the wolf at the


door
And the fire on the hearth, it has died away


quite;
Won't you kindle new one, dear mother, to-


night?
Don't you love the soft flames ss they crackle
They would warm your poor hands, that are
cold as the snow;
sAnd the kettle would sing-hark lis that the



oh mother II fear tbs the wolf at the door
Well, hear me my prayers, and I'll lie down in


bed,
And while your soft arm is passed under my


head,
Won't You tell me again to be trusting and


brave,
Though march over thorns on my way to the


grave?
To keep sin from my heart lest it eat to the
Dear mother, is sin like the wolf at the door?
And tell me of mansions still grander than


those,
Where the rich children play and the grass


greenly grows;
Where they'll give me bright robes and a crown


for my head,
And on fruits from the gardens of God I'll be


fed
Oh, mother to think there we'll live evermore;
And be in no fear of the wolf at the door
Year: 1860

MUrToN.-We mean to repeat a thousand
times, or at least till what we say has some eff
feet upon our countrymen, that pound of lean.
tender, juicy mutton can be produced for half
the cost of the same quantity of fat pork that
it is infinitely healthier food, especially in the
summer season, and those who eat it become
more muscular, and can do more work with
greater ease to themselves than those who eat
fat pork. We know nothing more delicious than
smoked mutton hams, of the Southdown breeds
of sheep. Venison itself is not superior.-4Der-
lean Aqric,ltgrqlist
Year: 1860

The WIFEs HELPING HAND.-At no moment
OF dlfllculty does husband, knowing his own
utter helplessness, draw SO closely to his wifes
SIDE Tor comfort and assistance as when he wants
button sewn on his shirt-collar.
Year: 1860

EPITAPH FOR DEFUNcT MILLIoSAlRE.-His
men was mean; he was liberal 70 the poor, and
those who came first got nothing he was gen.
erous to a fault, and the fault was himself; he
believed every dollar raised him the eighth of
an inch nearer heaven during life he bounte-
ously supplied his children with advice, and dy-
ing, he made his last investment in real estate,
leaving to the world the only part of him men
respected-his money.
Year: 1860

A CHAIN OF FoRrs.-A line Of fortiications is
urgently demanded on the great thorougbfares OF
emigration between Fort Kearney and the Sierra
Nevadas Nothing else will suffice to hold in
check the hostile Indians who are continually
engaging in acts of violence against travellers
and settlers vast extent Of territory yet re-
mains to be explored, and must remain so until
freed from the savages who iufcst 1t. 1t may be
urged that we have no immediate necessity for
further additions to the already enormous aggre-
gate of our public lands, but that argument Will
never answer for country as progressive as
ours The events of the past decade have devei-
oped new phase Of character in the prospector,
who now takes the place once occupied by the
trapper and fur trader as the pioneers of civili-
cation Undeterred by danger, whether from
wild beasts or Indians, he penetrates the most
inaccessible retreats of the wilderness, aud too
often his neshless bones, found bleaching in spots
never before penetrated by the white man, are
the only memorial he leaves TO remind the world
of his lruitless pilgrimage. His rewards, when
the object of his search is attained, are often
meaQre enough, and as he fu6ls the duty oi
opening the trails and mountain passes which our
explorers afterwards follow up and bring to light
he is deserving of something like protection. We
suggest this subject Of inland Notifications as q
proper field for The excrtions of our new Oregon
Senator'S EUening Mirror.
Year: 1860

NIGHT ON THE SrAKED PLANS OF Texas
know of nothing in the world more melancholy
than those vast sOlitudes seen on fine summer
night, when the moon, shining in the midst ol
the stars, sends forth the reflection of its svery


light over this boundless plain. The view is lost
in pale twilight, without shade, without echo
a light, transparent mist hovers in the space
Scorpions, in crawling along, make their scales
creak large green and yellow lizards move
slowly on the burnt grass. The meodous muir
murng of the flowing waters is nowhere heard,
nor the joyful rusting of the leaves. The birds,
having no branches whereon to rest, eniiven not
The air with their song the breeze whispers not
in the foliage nothing dsturbs the silence of
night, unless it be the monotonous cri-cri OF the
solitary cricket. The silence oppresses, over
wheIms you, like the thought of the Infinite
You fancy yourself wrapped in shroud of Grape
which envelopes the whole world, for life is only
revealed by the twinklng of the stars move
ment is only manifested by the motion of the
moon pursuing its tranquil course through the
celestial spheres. Nature seems plunged in an
awful sumber, dismal, mysterious, full of sadness
and pain. like the sleep of the dead in presence
of eternity.-Notes of TrdUei.
Year: 1860

WHAT BECOMES OF THE PRINTERs.-The follow
ing incident will doubtless be remembered by
those familiar with the newspaper history of the
Mexican War published at the time (: Occasion
occurred in the American camp for the services
of a printer, when Colonel stepped to the front
of his regiment, composed principally of men
from New Orleans, and stating the necessity that
had arisen, asked that, if there was printer
among them, he would step two PAGES to the
front. To the Colonels astonishment, almost
the entire regiment Immediately stepped Tor
ward.


AS a further answer to the above query and
still further to exemplify the patri otism enter
prise and spirit Of adventure, so characteristic OF
printers generally we give the following extract
of a letter from an officer of the Denver IN T)
Typographical Union


There are at least thousand printers in this
section OF country mostly in The mines, and there
is no chance here for printers to work at the
business, only a few-some fifteen In all-being
now employed"
Year: 1860

The LESSON OF THE GARDEN.-A garden Is a
beautiful book written by the finger Of God; every
flower and every leaf is a letter You have only
to learn them--and be is poor Ounce that can
not, if he will, do that-to learn them, and join
them, and go on reading, and you will find your
self carried away from the earth to the skies by
the beautiful story you are going through. You
do not know what beautiful thoughts-for they
are nothing short-grow out Of the ground, and
seem to talk to man and then there are some
flowers they always seem to be like overdutful
children--tend them ever SO little, and they
come up and flourish, aud show, as may say,
their bright and happy faces to you.
Year: 1860

MANY a true heart that would have come back
like the dove to the ark after its first transgres
sion, has been frightened beyond recall by the
savage conduct of an unforgiving spirit
Year: 1860

IT is a beautiful custom in some Oriental coun-
tries to leave untouched the fruits that are shaken
from the trees by the wind; these being regarded
as sacred to the poor and the stranger.
Year: 1860

"SwEErs OF OFFIcE."-Some men cannot live
away from the sweets' of public Office. " What
those sweets were," says writer in Once Week,
al never could discover. After some little ex-
perence of what is called public life, will ven
ture to assert, with considerable confidence, that
as a lucrative calling, the trade of politics is
about the most beggardly pursuit which any gen
tleman can take up" There is no doubt about
the truth of this observation. Few men ever
amass a fortune, honestly, in the public service !;
and to gain it dishonesty. is equally reprehensi-
BILE in any condition of life. And yet, how our
acauaintances-men OF sense and education TOO
will toll to obtain nomination How they
will souander money much needed at home, to
nrocnre an election How they will waste the
hest Years of their existence in the demorazng
mill.round of a public department, only to be
turned off penniless when uniitted Tor any other
pursuit in life and permitted to subscribe one
more name to the axiom, that "republics are ull-
grateful !"


Take our advice and eschew all such miserable
attempts TO win distinction. Leave 1t to those
who have less self,respect, and better appetite
for toadyism, vile company, and INSCRIPTIONS
dealings. If you devote ne-half the energy
and indefatigability to any one of the common
branches of trade which they must necessarily
employ to secure even the situation of a Consta-
BILE, YOU may acquire an easy independence All
it needs, is steadness, sobrety, industry correct
principles tact, and suavity. These cannot be
disnensed with in the smallest politicians yet
the possession of these qualities must insure to
the humblest and the poorest, an opulent fortune,
no matter in what branch of the social business
system they may be expended. Remember thaI
Year: 1860

sending no mon here who would misrepresent
them, and even In some OF tho southern States
more moderate men would be chosen than those
now here There is no doubt that II the delegates
TO the National Convention could bo selected at
this time. they would adopt a platform that would
bo just to all sections Of the country, and nomn-
ctc Douglas almost unanimously.
Year: 1860

The annexed opinion, so nicely CS'
pressed and containing such capital
and appropriate advice, has been pub
lished in the Jcurpai cnce before, va be.
lisvs, hut we cannot refrain from copy
ing it again fer the benefit OF our read
ers among the "fair sex" We are sure
that the author of the paragraph has
given expression to the opinion of an
intelligent and rejecting mind:


WHEN ARE THEY PRErTiEsT?-A wife
looks prctticr, it she did but know it,
in her neat morning dress calico, than
in that incongruous pile of finery, which
she digniries with the title of dress
Many an unmarried female first win.
the heart Other future husband in some
simple, unprctcnding attire, if consul.
ted she would pronounce too cheap for
ordinary wear, by which its accidental
suitability to her figure, face and ear.
riage, idealize her youth wonderfully
If the sex would study taste in dres.
more. and care less for costliness. they
would have no reason to regret it. a
foolish and silly man Is not worth mar
rying, and q sensible nfan will surely
Judge you advantageously in exact ratio
10 the plainness and simplicity of you'
dress"
Year: 1860

There are some people who arc by
nature ill-manncrcd and disgusting in
their actions, and not all the good exam
pies of gentility by which one is often
surrounded can reform them They
are rough, uncouth in everything they
do. At church they yawn and loll over
the seats, and spit filthy tobacco juice
In puddles over the floor. They dctace
furniture with their feet, and act on the
whole as if they were totally ignorant
Of good brc2ding.' An instance oc-
Cured the other day. We had been on
Il visit to Nashville. At Dcchcrd depot
we got into the omnibus bound for
town. A huge specimen ofill-manncrs
got in also, and the first act was to
stretch out his legs upon The seat, and
his feet came in contact with our
clothes, and bcsmearrd them with dirt
We very politely got up, brushed our
coat and shawl and moved farther down
ut the same time giving him look that
meant: "yod ill-manncred, ignorant
dog Slch man (n,f gedt'rDan,) as
him is unfit to ride where decent peo-
pie do. Tie would make any decent
man or woman ashamed. And We
thought also that il we owned an omni-
bus We should have painted inside, lin
stead OF landscape paintings the fol-
lowing notice, in big letters: "No man
who is Il gentleman will make Il Ioot>tool
Of a seat intcnded.to sit upon and where
ladies and nice folks are expected to Sit
Hope the fellow will see this.