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Year: 1859

GRAY HAIRS
Gray hars-when sprinklcd here and there,
In beard and whiskers too,
Inspire respect and confidence
More than the youthful hue
OF knowledge of mankind they tell,
Perhaps of serious thought,
And lessons at the expensive school
OF sage experience taught.
Gray hairs-I think them beautiful
Around the ancient face,
Like pure, unsullied SHOWS that lend
The wintry landscape grace;
When found in wisdoms ways they crown
With wcalths exhaustless store,
A prelude to that home ofjoy
Where change is known no more.


Mrs. Sigourney.
Year: 1859

PERSONS sending letters to the States can do so
at any time, by simply marking on the envelope
"per Overland Mail" This mail goes very often,
and with quicker dispatch than by steamer.
Year: 1859

THE MONSTER STEAMER GREAT EASTERN
Our readers will remember that our London cor
respondent mentioned in a recent letter that Mr.
Lever, the protector OF the Galway line of steam
ers had made the handsome offer of 800, 900 Il
the Great Eastern company for the privilege OF
running that marine monster on her first trip
from Galway to America. We are now in pos
session of information, through a private des
patch received by the Jason, to the effect that
sue will sail from Galway on the 18th of this
month, and her destination will be New York
and not Portland. The Great Eastern will touch
at ST. Johns, leaving there mail, her dispatches
for the press, and such passengers as may be
bound there, and will proceed directly to New
York, where she may be expected to arrive a.
bout the Oath INST, or thereabonts.
Year: 1859

DIAMOND Cur DIAMOND. -Burleigh the New
York correspondent of the Boston Journal, re-
lates the following incident:


A little incident took place in New York a
short time since that | will put in this place
We have a noted gentleman in New York whom
| will call I. He is q member of one OF the N.
Y. clubs Opposite to him was another person,
who one evening sported an elegant diamond
ring. 1t dazzled T. He wanted it, but the
owner seemed to care little to part with it,
Yielding at last to the importantly of T., the
the ring was sold for the sum OF $780,. 1t pass
ed to 7. amid the titterings and suppressed mirth
of the crowd, which did not escape the quick
ear of T. He knew that both the ring and the
purchaser were sold T. said nothing. The
next day he called upon jeweler, and learned
that the ring was paste and worth about $50
He called for some real diamonds, and among
them found one not unlike his ring of paste T..
made bargain with the jeweler for the use of
the real diamond. He pledged $1,000, the
price of the diamond. He gave $l0O for its use
for time. He had the paste removed from the
setting and the real diamond putin its stead
Thus armed, he appeared among his associates
at night, fourished his ring, and seemed to be
in high g!ee, to the astonishment of his chums,
who believed he had been sold. But the advan-
tage was with t. He talked about ''tool and
his money" &C., said that if any gentleman
present had a $1,000 ring that he wished to sell
Tor $500 I. knew where purchaser could be
found. Bets were freely proposed that the dia-
mond was not real. One man bet $1,000; so
did another; and two bet $500 each; and all
were taken by I. Umpires were chosen, the
money and the ring put into their hands, the
test applied, and all said the stone was dia-
mond of the first water, and was worth not less
than $1,000. 7. quietly put the $4,000 in his
pocket and went his way. He carried the dia-
mond back, recalled his $1,000 paid for the use
OF the stone, and with the paste ring in his hand
went back to the Club at night The man who
had sold the ring was at the Club waiting, for
he wanted to regain the ring. He had sold it
for fun. He knew all the time it was real dia-
mond. He never had any false jewels. He
could tell real diamond at any time, by its Pc
culial light. He would not do so mean thing
as to cheat his old, dear friend, I. And. he
knew that T. would let him have the ring
back But 7. was stubborn; said that the sell
ler was cheat and now that he saw the value
of the ring, wouldn't undo what he had DONE
at length, T. agreed to restore the ring on the
payment of $500, which was joyfully paid
But the matter came out, and all parties came
to the conclusion chat when diamond is to cut
diamond" some more pliable, and one less sharp
than T., will be selected for the operation.
Year: 1859

Going Out and Coming In.
In that home was joy and sorrow,
Where an infant first drew breath,
While an aged sire was drawing
Nigh unto the gate of death.
His feeble pulse was failing,


And his eye was growing dim,
He was standing on the threshold
When they brought the babe to him.
While to murmur forth blessing
On the little one he tried,
In his trembling arms he raised it,
Pressed it to his lips, and died.
An awful darkness resteth,


On the path they both begin,
Who thus meet upon the threshold,
Going out and coming in.
Going out unto the triumph,


Coming in unto the fight
Coming in unto the darkness,


Going out unto the light,
Although the shadow deepened
In the moment of eclipse,
When he passed through the dread portal
With the blessing on his lips.
And to him who bravely conquers,
As he who conquered in the strife,
Life is but the way of dying


Death is but the gate of life
Yet awful darkness resteth


On the path we all begin,
When we meet upon the threshold
Going out and coming in.
Year: 1859

An article from the Placerville (Cal) Observ-
ca says that the bush known as "chappare" are
about the size of a large pea, ard that when
they come to maturity, instead of opening in a
quiet sort of way, they do SO with a report like
pop gun, shooting the seeds ten or fifteen feet
into the air
Year: 1859

STARCH PoLIsH-Take one ounce of sperma-
ceti, one ounce of white wax melt and run it
into thin cake on plate A piece the size of
quarter OF dollar, added to quart OF prepared
starch, gives beautiful ustre to the clothes, and
prevents the iron from sticking
Year: 1859

When oxen refuse TO work equally as well
on either side or when they pull off against each
other, yoke them on the side you wish them to
work. and turn them out to feed in that way
they soon become accustomed to it, and work
afterWard on either side
Year: 1859

Good temper is the philosophy of the heart,
a gem of the treasure within, whose rays are re-
fected on all outward objects; perpetual sun
shine, impartng warmth, light and life to all
within the sphere of its influence.
Year: 1859

If this fair rose offend thy sight,
Placed in thy bosom bare,
Twill blush to find itself less white
And turn Lancastrian there.
But if thy ruby lip it spy,


As kiss it thou may'st deign,
With envy pale twill lose its dye,
And Yorkshire turn again.
Year: 1859

On Friday morning, a tremendous
excitement was created in the lower
part Of Williamsburg, caused by the
elephant belonging to Van Am.
burgh's Menagerie becoming en-.
ragged and breaking loose from hi.
keeper. A man had been employed
to bring some shavings to the Men
agerie, which were brought In o wa
|gon. The man droYe into tho tent
Year: 1859

IL The steamer Great Eastern Is furnished
with both paddle-wheels and 4 screw propeller.
the former driven by two powerful engines, and
the latter by another:-she is long and sharp and
has five masts for carrying sais-it is scarcely ex
travagan therefore, TO predict that she wi II make
the passage in any event in seven days, and with
favorable winds, which, at this season, however
she can scarcely expect, in six. Her motion even
in roughweather must be much less than that Of
any other vessel ever built, and her provisions for
comfort have absolutely nothing to be desired
Her extra firstclass passengers have spacious bed
rooms with private sitting-rOoms Of very good
size adjoining, in which their meals can be
served, and they can live as retired and in every
way as well as at any of our frs-class hotels Her
builder, Mr. J. Scott Russell, is to come to this
country In her first voyage -.f
Year: 1859

sy There is q place in Maine so rocky that
when the down casters plant corn, they look for
crevices in the rocks, and shoot the grains in
with musket; they can't raise ducks there no
how for the stones are 50 thick that the ducks
cafi't get their bills between them to pick up
the grasshoppers, and the only way that the
sheep can get at the sprigs of grass is by grind
ing their noses on grindstone. But that ain {
aeircumstance to place on the Eastern shore;
there the land is so poor that it takes two Kill
IDEAS to say 'kldea;" and on clear day you
can see the grassboppers elimb up mullen
stalk, and look with tears in their eyes over a
fifty acre field; and the humble-bees hare to
go down on their knees to get ut the grass; all
the mosquitoes died Of starvation, and the tur-
key -buzzards had to emigrate. But there is a
county in Virginia which can beat that. There
the land is SO sterile that when the wind is at
the northwest, they have TO tie the children to
keep them from being blown away; there it
takes six frogs to see man, and when the dogs
bark tEey have to lean. against the fence. the
horses are so thin that it takes Twelve of them
to make shadow, and when they kill a beef,
they have to hold him. up to knock him down
But, oh. there is region in Jersey, saith Nose
Daper, where they held a two weeks jubilee in
the churches, because il was announced that n
fresh blade Of grass had sprouted in the south
ern part Of the county. There the natives once
murdered a traveller for the SAX Q of half a GIN
gcrbread cake, which he was rumored to have
i'm his pocket, and there, too, they turned a
man . out of meeting" because after visit to
Philadelphia, he reported that while in the city
he had had at one time rs much as he could
eat. Sich is life. -at-.t.,
Year: 1859

We heard q lawyer and doc
tor disputing the other day about bill
q fellow owed each Of them. He was
only able to pay one, and left It for them
to settle which should have it. NV by,
[ ought to have the money, ofco9rse, "
said the lawyer, u saved the fellow
from going to the penitentiary. >
:sVel," said the doctor, u saved him
from going TO help It IS needless to
add who got the ncney.
Year: 1859

A CURIOUS CIR cvxsrANrE has just happen
ed TO N. Aguado. whose talent in photograph
ing has given him European celebrity. He
laid wager that he would so exactly imi-
tate a French bank note that the difference
should not be perceptible. By the time ap-
painted. the note was ready and laid side by
side with the original upon his desk. Julgr,
jury, and all were there ready to seize the
rmallest Indication which should lead them
into the right guess. The gentleman who
laid the wager took both notes in his hand
TO examine them in the strong light from
the window. By some accident be changed
or shuflcd them from one hand to the other
aud when he returned them TO the desk.
neither NJ. Aguado himself nor any one of
the company could tell which was the false
note, and which the true There they lie
still-two thousand frank notes-and all
connoisseurs are invited to give an opinion.
Needless to say that the Banqne de France
has sent its most expert judges, but without
effect.
Year: 1859

BELLs.-There is something beautiful in
the church bells-beautiful and hopeful
They talk TO high and low, rich and poor. in
the same voice; there is sound in them that
should scare pride and envy and meanness of
all sorts from the heart Of man, and that
should make him look on the world with
kind, forgiving eyes; that should make the
earth seem TO him, at least for time, holy
place. Yes, there is whole sermon in the
sound of the church bells, If we have only
the ears to understand it. There is preach
er in every belfry that cries: "Poor. weary
struggling creatures-poor human things
take rest-be quiet. Forget your vanities,
your follies, your weekday craft"
Year: 1859

Dangerous Pides.-0n the east side Of 18th
street, near its intersection with VenabIe, and
in the county of HenYico, is a man pit, which
has caused the death OF one valuable slave,
within the past month. and the inj;iEy of a
number of animals and vehicles. This bit is
Immediately on the side of the main ro3 lead
ing to and from the city-is in q thiekly set
tied part of the suburbs. and is so very dan
gerons at all times, that the County Court
ought 10 have it closed at once, One-twentieih
part of the value of private property destroyed
in it within six weeks woRid he sufficient to
fence it in. or fill ii mp, and yet no one seems
authorized to abate the nu uisance. II the owner
of the slave killed in this ditch were to
the county for the recovery OF his value. there
is very little doubt that he would obtain. q
verdict.
Year: 1859

THE FCLToN.-The. u. S. steamer Fulton,
lost off the Florida coast was in command of
a lieutenant at the time, the captain being
down with fever. A letter to the Washington
Star says:


In the mid-watch, the gale increasing still,
1t was again consulted about and at a quarter
before A. NJ, while every one was up and
anxiously canyassing our fortunes, the vessel
ner possible, upon the sandy beach. When
day dawned We were lying broadside to the
shore which was only about twenty yards
distant, with q fearful surf beating against us
outside. The kind hand of Providence only
has saved u.s. Not a soul is lost or hurt We
are getting our men and provisions ashore as
fast as possible.
Year: 1859

GIFT BY THE EMPRESS EuGESIE-The En-
press has just presented the dress worn by
her on her first appearance at church, after the
birth OF the Prince Imperial, the embroidery
of which cost twenty five thousand francs. 10
the statue of the Virgin on the altar of Notre
Dame de IA Garde at Marseilles--t,ourt Journal
Year: 1859

IRoS CARs.-The Boston and Worcester
Railroads are about TO substitute the new iron
passenger cars for some of the old wooden
ones. They are said TO be much lfgher, and
less liable to injury from collision.
Year: 1859

FoUED DKAD.-Geosge T. Gambler who had
been stopping for short time at the cabin of
Mr.. Fowler, about three quarters OF mile from
town, on the road to the Buena Vista ranch,
was found dead outside Of the cabin last Thurs
day morning. He had been in i'll health for
some me, but went to bed as usual on We'd
died some time during the night Several per-
sons were sleeping in the room with him. but
they did not know when he went out Coroner
Bazeiy held an inquest the same day, ald DR..
u. N. Hunt made = post mOrtem examination.
rnoas size, and the jury returned verdict that
his death was caused by enlargement of the
heart
Year: 1859

THE GHr EETKRrATNMENT.-Tho tickets in
Charley Young's second grand gift entertain
ment are going OF at the rate OF four or five
hundred 9 day, and there is no question that
ell will be disposed Of long before the enter
taiument comes OF. Parties wishing to invest
in The enterprise should not put it OF too long
or they may fnd that the chances are all taken
We again refer TO the list Of prizes to be drawn,
which will be found on our fourth page.
Year: 1859

Miss ANNETTE INcE was playing at Placer
vile last week, supported by an excellent CON-
pany She is now making a tour through the
interior of the State and will doubtless visit
Nevada in the course of a week or two.
Year: 1859

Hsa- A paragraph, originating in a Phil
adelphia paper, stating that persons who
send newspapers and pamphlets to Europe
should be careful not to enclose them in
wrappers, as it subjects them to letter post
age, has been widely copied by the press
1t is very well known, however, to news
paper publishers who are in the habit of
sending papers to Europe, that the above
statement is not correct. All that is re-
quired by the foreign regulations is that
the wrapper shall not cover so much of the
newspaper as is customary with people here.
The wrapper should be small-a5out one
third of the length of the folded paper
thus leaving the ends of the paper from
any covering, so that it can easily be exam
ined by the post office officials.
Year: 1859

A n. I. correspondent of the Delta writes
mat the New York delegation in the Charles
1on Convention, will give united support to
DANIEL ). Dickinson for the Presidency. In
that event he will be formidable aspirant-
40 Northern man will be more acceptable to
the South, than the patriot who declared in
the United States Senate that he would draw
his sword, and shed his blood if necessary, in
defence Of her rights.
Year: 1859

ftF We notice that the Democratic candi-
dates for the Legislature in the Eastern por-
ton of the State, are declaring their opposi-
ton to the revival of the African slave trade
and the repeal of the State law. What says
the Mississippian now, on this great question
so essential to the salvation Of the South p
Are the Eastern Democracy good Southern
men p Wing.


Your assertion is entirely too sweeping to be
correct; but even if true, the Democracy have
promised to treason together about the slave
trade in the spirit of brotherhood, and to stand
united upon the platform of the State Conven,
ton. Never mind about the slave trade ques.
ton, Mr.. Wing, it is a stout, healthy, vigor-
GUS young bantling which can take care of it,
saic
Year: 1859

NEW SrEAMsHIP.-The Southern Steam
ship Company have contracted for new iron
steamer of medium size, to ply the coming
season between northern Mexico, Texas
and New Orleans. The Picayune rejoices at
the increase Of this trade.
Year: 1859




/ am going to Los Angeiss. Thus spoke a
young man in reply to question which was
asked him. He was young lawyer in lit
Tie town of Calayeras, in good practice, well
read in the law and eloquent at the bar. As
the stage for the Southern country drove up
to the door Of the hotel at which he was stop
ping. he stepped into q room where were
assembled number Of his friends, and, in a
very solemn manner, bade them all fdre'0eH
adding that it might be long time before
they should see him again. They very nat
urally asked him where he was going. He
replied. with melancholy smile; - am go
ing to Los angeles" They all shook hands
with him, and he departed. A few moments
after his leaving the door, the report Of a pis-
tol was heard in one of the rooms, and, in
great CONSERVATION, every one in the house
rushed to the scene In the room occupied
by the young lawy er. he was found stretched
upon the floor, dead,--a pistol in his right
hand. which was clutched convulsively, and
hole through his skull from which the blood
and brains oozed freely. He had murdered
himself


In the Spanish, Los Angeies signifies "The
Angels" or the land Of the angels. AT the sight
oftbis bloody and fearful spectacle, the mean
ing of his late reply was apparent to the
friends who hadquestioned him. lie did not
mean that he was going to the county of Los
Angeles, as they had understood him, but
that he was taking far lengthier journey
he was going to the Land of the Angels-the
far land of the dead


1t was a wonder to many that young man
SO brilliant, so promising, so loved and ad-
mired, so sure of fame and fortune and all
that usually makes life happy, should thus
cut himself of, in the very flush and glow of
his manhood, from the thousand charms of
existence. But, he had sorrow which
weighed him to the earth. lie had loved and
been deceived. He had layished his affec-
tions upon beautiful but heartless creature
"A vain coquette who had trihed with his
feelings; who had led him to believe that she
loved him: who had showered her smiles up
on him, and answered him with an icy re-
pulse when he came to offer his name and
hopes and manhood at her shrine. There are
some who can bear these disappointments,
but there are fner.strung natures which can
net His was one of these. Thenceforth all
his life was a discord. The music Of his soul
was gone. Ambition had no more incentives
to him, glory had lost its charms, his life was
a blank. and he hoped for rest in the Land of
the Angels Let us hope that he found it.


The above is a true tale, and we tell it for
no other reason than that it is true. III
have moral at all, it is that the warm and
generous affections of honest hearts should
not be trified with; that il is no less crime
than murder, to strike down tha bright hopes
of human SOUL and drive it to despair.
Year: 1859

WE PREFER THE OVERLAND MAILs.-We sell
dom agree with the views set forth by the
New Y York Tribune, but its opinion that all
the mails to the Pacific ought to be concen-
trated into one grand passage overland, suits
us exactly. In this opinion many leading
men Of the country, belonging to all parties,
coincide. The Overland Mails, notwithstand
ing Indian troubles, come very regularly
and small additional military force woul(
protect them completely. Indeed, mer,
fraction of the sum paid to the Steamship
Companies would maintain the proper fore,
upon the route for the protection of the mails


The mails across the Plains can be brought
in much shorter time than by sea. and there
is no necessity for employing steamships at
all.


The steamers must ultimately be superse-
ded, first by the overland stages and next
by the Pacific Railroad, and they may as
well be discarded, for the mail service, at one
time as another The sooner the better.
Year: 1859

THERE was rumor in Paris that there
was to be no Chinese expedition, and the
head of the Mandarin offending at Pekin.
had been proffered in atonement, coupled
with promises to make all the satisfaction
that can be required, and that the Ambassa.
dor will be Immediately received at Pexin.
Year: 1859

TaE inhabitants of Tubac, Arizona, were
thrown into good deal Of excitement lately
through a report that they were to be at
tackled by about five hundred Indians. For
tunately, the report proved to be unfounded
Year: 1859

RAILROAD REsrAuRANT-We call attention
20 the advertisement in another column The
proprietress is a lady. who understands the
business, and will spare no efforts to please
her patrons
Year: 1859

InE rumor. says an exchange, that Com
modore Vanderbilt is about to establish an
opposition to the California Steam Naviga-
tion Company upon this coast seems to have
its foundation in the fact that the Commodore
is to furnish engines for steamboat to be
put on the Sacramento river. provided the
party who proposes to run this opposition
shall show that he lis able to pay for them.
Year: 1859

CoSsoLIDAuoN.-In another column will
be found proclamation of the Mayor noti-
flying the people of the call made upon them
by the City Council to assemble at the City
Hall, on the evening of the 9th inst to take
into consideration the question of consolida-
ting the city and county governments.
Year: 1859

NATIONAL BANKRUPr LAVA private
letter received in San Francisco from New
York, says:


mere is large association of influential
broken merchants earnestly at work THERE
ior the purpose of procuring the passage Of
a National Bankrupt Law.
Year: 1859

From THE SAN GABRIEL MINEs-At last ac
counts the miners at the San Gabriel dig
gings were about to hold a meeting, to adopt
regulations for that mining precinct Two
Mexicans had been frtghtfully injured by the
eaving in of the earth. On another occasion
an American had his leg broken by the fall
ing of a boulder.
Year: 1859

RUNAWAY = Yesterday afternoon a lumber
wagon, to which pair Of horses were attached,
driven by countrymuu, in coming around the
Bennett House corner, came in contact with one
Of the city express wagons, breaking of one wheel
o. the latter and starting the horses Of the former,
which ran and kicked until they had reduced the
wagon to first principles small boy in the
express wagon was thrown out and bumped along
on the ground nearly as man would iu jumping
from train Of cars, but on q smaller scale. The
countryman caught bis horses and returned to the
scene Of the disaster, when he was horridcd at
being told that he mnst pay for the damage done
to the express wagon. After divers persuasive
arguments to be let of, he grew desperate, swore
he wouldn't pay, and walked of.
Year: 1859

A small boy was caught stealing dried ber- ries. in front of store. and was locked up in a dark closet hy the grocer The boy commenced begging most path i,ally to be released, and after using all the persuasion that his young mind could invent proposed" Now if you Il let me out, and send for my daddy hell pay you for them, and lick me besides The gro Ger man could not withstand this appeal, and released the urchin.