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Year: 1860

How THE LION Woos HIS BRIDE.-Let us first
sketch the story of the lions life-beginning with
his marriage, which takes place towards the end of
January He has first to seek his wife, but as the
males are more abundant than the females, who are
often cut off in infancy it is not rare to- find Young
lady pestered by the addresses of three or four
gaants who quarrel with the acerbity of Jealous
lovers IT one of them does not succeed in disabling
or driving away the other, madam, impatient and
dissatisfied, leads them into the presence of an old
lion whose roars she has appreciated at a distance
The lovers fly at him with the temerity of youth
and evaporation. The old fellow receives them
with calm assurance, breaks the neck of the first
with his terrible jaws, smashes the leg of the second
and tears out the eve of the third No sooner is
the day won and the field clear than the lion tosses
his name In the air as he rOars, and then crouches
oy the SIDE OF the lady,, who, as reward for his
courage, licks his wounds caressingy


When two adult lions the rivals, the encoun-
ter Is more serious. An Arab perched in a tree
one night, saw oness followed by a tawnv lion
with tul-grown name; she lay down at the foot of
the tree, the lion stopped on his path and seemed to
listen. The Arab then heard the distant growing
OF lion, which was instantly replied to by the
ioness under the tree This made her husband roar
turlously. The distant lion was heard approaching
and as he came nearer the ioness roared louder,
which seemed to agtate her husband, for he march
ed toward her as if to force her to be silent and
then sprang back to his old post, roaring defiance
at his distant rival. This continued for about an
hour, when black lion made his appearance on
the PLAIN. The lioness arose as if to 90 towards
him; but her husband, guessing her intention.
bounded toward his rival. The two crouched and
sprang upon each other rolling on the grass in the
embrace OF death. Their bones cracked their flesh
was torn, the cries ofrage and agony rent the air
and all this time the lioness crouched and wagged
her tail slowly in sign Of satisfaction When the
combat ended, and both warriors were stretched on
the plain, she arose, smelt them, satisfied herself
that they were dead, and trotted off quite regard
less OF the uncOmplimentary epitaph.


This, Gerard tells us, example of the coniu =
gal fidelity of maday; whereas the lion never quits
his wife unless forced, and is quite pattern of con-
jugal attentions Westminster ReUietg
Year: 1860

I'd inst, brings us accounts of the murder of one
man, and the attempted assassination of another on
the evening of Tuesday last. The man murdered
was found on the levee about o'clock in horri-
BILE condition. His head was beat, to use the words
OF the Argus, into jelly by blows, any of which
would have produced death. He fingered until
the next morning, when he died. The man was a
perfect stranger, but was supposed to belong to
some one of the river steamboats,. 1t is not known
who committed the dead.


The other bloody affair was an attack made on
another steamboatman by some parties also un-
known, with the intent to rob. He stated that as
he quietly walking along the levee, he was ap-
preached from behind by two men, one of whom
seized him by the throat, and the other stabbed
him two or three times with knife, and robbed
him of all the money he possessed, some Sl3. The
wounds were not serious.
Year: 1860




We gladly admit that in this proposition the EN-
peror of the French gives to England aud to Eu-
rope the very best security for the continuance of
peace. Prohibition leads to war by building up
barriers between nations, while free trade spreads
the spirit of peace by overthrowing them. Never
till system like this be fairly inaugurated will
England and France know how necessary they are
to each o:her, appreciate the full extent of that
suicidal folly which would waste in mutual conflict
resources designed for their own good and for the
benefit of the world. few years of such CONNER
clal intercourse as exists between England and the
United States or our Australian or American colo
nies would render war absolutely impossible and
give to other nations security better than that of
treaties, and more durable than the good will of
governments. All honor to the Emperor of the
French for the bold Inauguration of this great So
cial revolution! Here is, indeed, can idea" worth


fighting tor,-an idea not barren nor one-sided, but
fruitful and cosmopolitan; giving confidence for the
present and hope for the future and sure to realise
an amount of good which it is rarely granted to a
ruler of mankind to dispense to his feow-crea-
lures
Year: 1860

ACCIDENTAL DEArH.-A man named Martin Wea
yer, lost his life Temperancevile, Pa, on Fri
day night last while railing up the window of his
house in order to keep his wife from entering. He
was engaged in fastening the window of the upper
story, when he lost his balance and fell to the
ground, distance of fifteen feet, his head striking
the ground and crushing in his skull SO that be
died instantly.
Year: 1860

The ladies of the Methodist Protestant Church,
Ninth street, intend holding Festival for the
benefit of the parsonage connected with the
church, to commence on Monday evening next,
the 18th inst, between and f streets. All
are invited to attend. The ladies are deter
mined that the supper prepared by them shall
suit the taste Of all Come and encourage the
ladies. dec l3-lt
Year: 1860

LUCKY DoG.-We learn that man named
Denton was chopping wood, the other day,
near Timbuetoo, when he found in the butt
Of a hollow tree bag of gold dust worth
81 ,00O 1t had been there evidently. for a
long time and the owner is probably dead
otherwise he would have returned for it
Denton is well known at Timbuctoo, and has
been we believe, engaged until recently in
the butchering business. lie has made hi:
s. goo with more ease than the generality O
men can ever expect to realize a like sum.
Year: 1860

BRIGGS FRUIT DEPor-We are informed
that Mr.. E. j. Cummings will open depot
for the sale of Mr.. Briggs fruit, on Third
street, in the rear of the St. Nicholas Hotel
lie is fitting up the building and will have
a supply of fruit in day or two. We shall
not forget to call and sample bis goods.
Year: 1860

DIsrR3urIoN OF PREmuMs.-W G are under
obligations to the worthy Sister Superior of
the Academy of Notre Dame, for very po-
lite invitation to be present at the distribu-
tion of premiums and the recitations of the
young ladies Of her school. 1t takes place
in the basement Of the Catholic Church, on
the 18th inst We shall certainly take great
pleasure in being present on so interesting an
occasion
Year: 1860

Another anniversary of the great day of
our Country's Liberty has rolled around. 1t
has found us still in the enjoyment of all the
blessings of union and of free government.
Some of our best and wisest men have feared
for the Republic, in those many dark days OF
civil commotion which have oreshadowed 1t,
and have gone to their graves with sad fore
bodings of the future. Political economists
and writers upon government, both in the
old and new world, have not hesitated to
predict the speedy extinction of liberty upon
this continent. Their prophecies have partly
been realized, for Mexico and the Southern
confederacies have plunged, after brief
career of republicansm, into anarchy and
ruin, and will ere long be blotted from the
face Of the earth. Our Government how
ever, is still in its full vigor and perfection
and promises long to survive the wrecks Of
surrounding peoples.


The love Of the Union is still strong in the
hearts of its citizens, notwithstanding all the
animosities which have existed between
portions of the people of the two great sec
tions North and South, and Notwithstanding
all the threats Of fanatics in either quarter
All over the Nation is renewed to-day the
strong feeling Of the earlier days for the
Union. The best evidence Of the still abb
ding faith of the masses in the integrity o
the Republic, and their determination to pre-
serve it, is in the almost universal celebra
tion of the day. Throughout the boundaries
of the Nation, in almost every city, town and
hamlet, are bonfres and illumnations, re
ioicings and congratulations. In California


in particular, has there never been, since its
admission into the Union, so general feeling


of patriotism as manifested in the preparation
for the celebration of this day. Far up in the
mountains low down in the valleys, all along
the coast, in the most remote of the interior
towns and hamlets. has the flag of the coun'
try Ieen unfurcd the national salute been
prepared, the orator chosen, and the glad
festivities been inaugurated. 1t is proud
and glorious spectacle, and it affords an un.
answerable argument to those who prophecy
an early destruction cf our Confederacy. So
long as the Fourth of July is thus hailed by
the American people, there is no danger of a
dissolution OF the Government.


Desiring to partake of the general rejoic-
ing and not wishing to trouble our readers
this morning with any long homily. even
upon so grand topic as the Fourth of July.
we will bring this unostentatious article to a
close, and inform the public that no paper
will be issued from this Office again before
next Friday morning.
Year: 1860

DEATH FROM INToxIcATIoN. teamster
named James Morrison was recently found
near Rough and Ready, in dying state.
The Grass Valley National says: "a person
on approaching him noticed that he was just
gasping for breath, and was dying in n state
OF most beOsuy iutoxication-no less than
twelve empty bottles of Schnapps lying be-
side him, the contents of which he had un-
doubtedly drank. He had taken them from
box which constituted part Of his load,
which he was hauling to Columbia Hill
His stock was found scattered about in the
neighborhood. His team and himself had
been noticed in that locality for several
DAYS previous"
Year: 1860

An anecdote worth laughing at is told of
a man who bad an infrmity as we'll as an ap-
petite for fish. lie was anxious 70 keep up
his character for honesty, even while enjoy
ing his favorite meal; and while making
bill with his merchant, as the story goes,
and when his back was turned, the honest
buyer slipped Goldfish under his coattall.
But the garment was too short to cover UP
the theft, and the merchant At once per
ceived it.


Now, said the customer, anxious to
improve all opportunities to call attention 70
his virtues MIR. Merchant, have traded
with YOU great deal, and have always paid
you up honestly and promptly, haven't I"


"Oh yes, said the merchant, Il make no
complaint"


"Well, said the customer, II always il
sist that honesty is the best policy, and the
best rule to live and die BY"


That's 50, replied the merchant


And the customer turned 70 depart.


Hold on. friend" cried the merchant
"Speakingof honesty, have Bit of advice
to give you Whenever you come to trade
again, YOU hud better wear longer coat, Or
steal 4 SAorter Goldfish"
Year: 1860

DROWNED. The Marysville Democrat
learns that one of the hands on the steamer
Blair was drowned on Saturday, somewhere
above Nicholas. The boat had stopped to
wood, and be sprung out for the bank lit
tie too soon, falling into the water and
disappearing under the keel. All efforts
to find the body we're unavaiIing The
mate was severely injured in trying to save
the drowning man.
Year: 1860

BRUTAL MURDEp.-The Mariposa News re-
lates murder case that occurred there on the
lst inst. An old Chinese woman who keeps a
number of her countrywomen in a house of i'll
fame, had one nearly dead with disease, and
consequently tax upon her owner. On the
day in question she tied the mouth Of the near
ly dead woman so that she could make no noise
and then actually beat her to death with club,
and with the assistance of Indians carried her
remains off in. the night and buried them.
Year: 1860

sETTE EsQ-l gives me great pleasure that
ter trial one the "Vesper Gas Lamps in ny study for
past observing closely for the length Of
time the experiment Of lighting cur "Union Tent" with
lamps have entire confidence their efficiency. It
they the advantages Of the best gas lights 70 those
who live OF the cities and large towns.


The process Of preparing and lighting the lamp is readily
learned the simple and little liable TO
ORDER Of the light comparatively e and the
whole ali danger, that need only scquain
the part OF the public with the Veper Gas Lamp
bring them into general throughout the country.


Yours truly, STUART ROBINSON.
Year: 1860

TELL YoUR WIFE.-If you are in
any trouble or quandary, tell your wife,
that is if you have one-all about it at
once. Ten to one her invention viii
solve your difficulty sooner than all your
logic. The wit Of woman has been
praised, but her instincts are quicker
and keener than her reason. Counsel
with your wife, or your mother or sister
and be assured light viii flash upon


your darkness. Women are too COM
monty adjudged as verdant in all but
purely wonanish affairs. No philo-
sophical student of,the sex thus Judges
them. Their intuitions, or insights,
are the most subtle and if they cannot
see cat in the meal, there is no cat
there. In eoancelling a man to tell his
trouble to his wife we would go farther
and advise him to keep none of his


affairs secret from her. Many home
has been happily saved, and many a
fortune retrieved, BY mans full conf
dence in his "better half.n Woman is
far more a seer and prophet than man
if she be given fair chance. As a
general rule, wives conGde the min
utest of their plans and thoughts to
their husbands, having no involvement
to screen from them. Why not recip>
rocate, if but for the pleasure of meet
ing confidence with confidence 2 We
are certain that no man succeeds so
well in the world as be, who taking a
partner for life, makes her the partner
of all his purpose and hopes. What
is wrong of his impulse or judgement,
she viii check and set right with her
almost universally right instincts
"Helpmeet" was no insignificant title,
as applied to mans companion. She
is meet help to him in every dark
ness, difficulty, and sorrow of life
And what she most era yes and most
deserves, is contidence--w without which
loyeis never free from shadow.
Year: 1860

though | haze met with disappoint-
ments; but never in the affairs Of the
affections. And this thing of being
an old maid is not so horrible after all
we have no patching to do, no socks to
darn, no buttons to sew on. And we
are free from ten thousand perplexing
cares. which make up the life of a
matron.
Year: 1860

We should not in our attempts to
elevate ourselves, loose sight of safety.
He who stands upon tall mans shoul-
anrs, can look over the heads of those
around him, but his footing is much
less secure than theirs,
Year: 1860


May God save the Union! God grant it may stand


The pride Of our people,-the boast Of our land.


Still, still, mid the storm moy our banner float free
unrent and unriven o'er easth and DER sea. I
May God save the Union! We trust in its might
In the time of the tempest, in fear and in fgnt,
Well fail not, we'll faint not, If still n the sky
We can see ALL the st ars in the azure field fly.
May God save tine Union!--the red, white and blue
Keep States still united the dreary day through
Let the stars tell the tale of the glorious past,
And bind us in Union forever to last.


May God save the Union! Still, still may il stand
Upheld by the prayers of the patriot band!


10 cement it, our fathers ensangnined the sod,
TO keep it, we kneel to merciful God. q
Year: 1860

two a'spoonsfu OF finely powdered charcoal,
drank in half a tu'nbler Of water, will, in less
than fifteen minutes, give relief to the sick
headache, when caused, as in most cases it is,
by superabundance of acid on the stomach. -
We have tried this remedy TING and again, and
its efficacy in every instance has been signally
satisfactory; and therefore, we with pleasure
commend il to the considerate attention Of all
whom it may concern; Paul Times. a8i r
Year: 1860

ABsTEMrous DIET. Said young gentle
man to distinguished medical practitioner in
Philadelphia, Doctor, what do you do for your
self when you have turn Of the beadoche or
other slight attack?' Go without my dinuer,'
was the reply. And il that does not cure you
what thenr Go without my supper But
it that does that does not cure you what then2'
go without my breakfast We physicians sci.
dom take medicine ourselves, or use them in
our families, for we know that abstinence Is bot
ter but we cannot make our patients believe
IT,
Year: 1860

THE Two SExEs.-There is nearly always
something of natures own gentility in all
young women Except indeed, when they get
together and fall giglingl. 1t shames US
men to see how much sooner they are polish.
ed into conventional shape than our rough
masculine angles. A vulgar boy requires
Heaven knows what assiduity to move three
steps, l do not say like gentleman, but
like boy with soul in him. but give the
least advantage of society or tuition to a
peasant girl, and hundred to one she will
glide into refinement before the boy can
make a bow without upsetting the table
There is sentiment in all women, and that
gives delicacy to thought, and taste to man
ncr; with men it is general acquired, an off
spring of the intellectual quality; not as
with the other sex, of the moral.-But,cer
LYii0n.
Year: 1860

FREE NEcRoEs.-Seven free negroes were
registered on the Free Negro Register Of this
county during the month of July. This is
equal to the number registered during the
whole preceding six months.
Year: 1860

Such is LIFE.-So lately dead so
soon forgotten. IT'S the way of the
world We flourish for while. Men
take us by the hand, and are anxious
about the health of our bodies, and laugh
at our jokes, and we really think, like the
fly on the wheel, that we have something
to do with the turning of it, Some day
we die and are bu led. The sun never
stops for our funeral; every thing goes on
as usual we are not missed in the streets
men laugh at new jokes one or two
hearts feel the wound of afIliction, one OF
two memories still hold our names and
forms, but the crowd moves on in its dai


ly circle; and in three days the great
waves sweep over our steps, and wash ou


the last vestige of our earthly footprints.
Year: 1860

My Dear Friends II cannot let the
blessed Christmas. time go by without send
ing you word Of afectionate greeting
of thanks, for the kindly interest you have
so often manifested in the most cherished
purpose of my life. That interest has
given me courage when l most stood in
need of it, and upheld my failing hands
renewing my reverence for the work TO
which l am called, and comforting me with
the assurance that the seeds ofgoodness
and truth, sown abroad by The Little
Pilgrim, have not fallen con stony places


have to thank you for sending mo
every now and then, bright home pictures,
that have fallen like glad sunbeams on my
path. My heart, dear friends, has ech-
oed all your household music and Taught
er. I have to thank you as we'll, (though
it grieved me y for telling me how into
some of the homes to which our Little
Pilgrim had been called. Death had en-
tered uncalled, leaving shadow and silence
in the place of the joy-light of happy love,
and the music of childish voices. Again
and again has my soul been drawn by the
sacred sympathy of SORROW, within be.
reaved family circle, or to stand with a
weeping mother beside a little green mound,
hiding what was but yesterday the delight
OF her eyes, and the pride of her life
source of a thousand hopes and fears
subject Of a thousand prayers.


In this happy, yet solemn Christmas
season, may the spirit Of Christ the Lord
be born anew in our hearts-in holy char
ity, in peace, in love for all mankind, in
especial love for the Htte oues-such as
He once took in his tender arms, and
permitted to look close into his heavenly
eyes, full of compassionate yearning,
while his lips uttered for them and for all
children, the divine benediction.


can but feel that we shall join hands
for another years pilgrimage but if some
of you must fall away, why, to such and
to all, we say-a merry Christmas, hap
py New Year, and God bless you'll


Liale Pilgrim.
Year: 1860

NEwsPApEas.-A child beginning to
read becomes delighted with newspapers
because he reads of names and things
which are very familiar, and will make
progress accordingly. A newspaper in one
year is worth quarters schooling to a
child, and every father must consider that
substantial information is connected with
this advancement. The mother Of fam
lily, having more immediate charge of
family, should herself be instructed. A
mind so occupied becomes fortified against
the ills of life, and is braced for the emer-
gency. Children amused by reading or
study, are Of course considered more easily
to manage. How many thoughtless young
men have spent their evenings in grog shops
who ought to have been at home reading
Year: 1860

A TURN oE THE WHEEL,-Some years
since an honest and efficient deck hand on
board an eastern steamboat, fell off a
plank with a box of goods while at land
ing The captain is said to have mutter-
ingly called out to save the box and let
the man CO. That honest deck hand is
now the master of steamboat on one Of
the Oldest lines in the country, but that
captain has gone down the ladder,-Ban
gor Times.
Year: 1860

A LITTLE fellow, eight years old, who
was without relative in the whole world,
was asked by a lady if he did not have
fears as to whether he would get along in
life. The child looked up with a per-
picked and inquiring eye, as if uncertain
of her meaning, and troubled with a new
doubt. "Why," said he, "dont yo~ think
God will take care of fcller, if he put:
his trust in him, and does the best he can
Year: 1860

A GENIUS out West conceiving that
little powder thrown upon some green
wood would facilitate its burning, directed
small stream from the keg upon the
smoking pile; but not possessing hand
sufficiently quick to cut this off at desi
rable moment, was blown into a million
pieces. The coroner for the occasion rea.
soned out this verdict at cant be called
suicide, because he didn't mean to kill
himself; it wasn't visitation of God,' be.
cause he wasn't struck by lightning; he
he didn't die for want of breath, for he
hadn't anything left to breathe with; it:
plain he didn't know what he was about
so l shall bring in-"Died for want o
common sense"
Year: 1860

NEVER go to bed at ten, leaving your
wife up till two with a sick baby, and
look pitchforks at her at the breakfast-ta-
BILE next morning, because that meal is
half an hour too late.
Year: 1860

A country editor says the only punish.
ment equal to the desserts of a man who
strikes woman, would be to place him
on the back of hard trotting horse, and
make him collect newspaper accounts for
the rest of his life.
Year: 1860

ALWAYS AHEAD-An exchange paper
says Pennsylvania made the first turn
pike road in the United States, laid the
first railroad, established the first water
works, ran the first locomotive, established
the first hospital, the first law school, the
first public museum, the first hall Of music
and the first library in the world opened
freely to all" Let her now be the first 10
blot from her Statute Book every act that
can be construed as pullifying any portion
of our glorious Constitution.
Year: 1860

The result of the election in this State
for President is presented in our columns
this morning. We have collected these re-
turns with great care and have confidence
in their accuracy. In two election pre-
cincts we understand that the vote for
President was thrown out, on account of
some informality ,and few other precincts
were rejected on all the candidates, for
similar reasons. But our tables embrace
the who'e vote as cast by the people. Our
aggregates will therefore be fraction
larger than the footiugs of the Secretary of
the State. The following is the whole vote
anrt Ear onnL prosiAnntial candidnta