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Year: 1860

1t is common for moraists TO warn mer
from vicious courses by the consideration
of the shortuess of life. Perhaps an argu
ment equally effective could he drawn from
its length


1t is terrible to think, that an erroneous
opinion, or bad habit framed 10 youth,
may continue to work evil upon the char.
acter and fortunes of the individual for 6fty
years-subtractiug something from every
days happiness and efficiency, and adding
something to every days burthen and peril.
1t is also, an inspiring consideration that q
good principle, noble impulse, piece OF
valuable knowledge, well implanted in the
soul, will go on producing arevenue Of good
deeds and inward joy while memory holds
her seat.


If we were TO overtake young man in the
moment Of temptation, we should be little
disposed TO speak to him Of the shortness of
life, until We had exhausted all the arguments
founded on its duration. We should rather
say to him Young friend life is long The
deed you mediate may be done in AN hour,
but it will write an ineffaceable record on
your memory, upon your character, upon
your countenance. You can never in this
world Outlive its consequences. You will
never be able to forget it, Ponder well the
awful length of life. What prodgious
stretch of time is the thing we call a
year What an interminable and intoer-
able procession of griefs aud miseries may
be its twelve slowly revolving months
And Fifty such years have becu the result OF
single act of shame.


This tremendous fact Of the length of life
occurs to the mind with great force, when
we observe how readily parents sacrifice the
future good of their children in order to
silence the clamorous desire OF the moment
They forget that the body which they are
deblitating is the body which their child
may have to inhabit for three quaters of q
century. They forget that the character
which they are effeminating is that with
which their child will have to confront the
world, years aud years after they have gone
to their account. They forget, in a word,
that life is long
Year: 1860

SPEAK PLEAsANTLY.-We have read
somewhere that Language was given to us
that we might speake pleasant things to
each other !" but, alas how often Is it
used. for other and baser purposes plea
SAINT word, or even an affeetiOnate look, is
balm to the wounded, Auttering heart,
when il turns toward you for consolation in
Ia the hour of misery Were we to moderate
our voice to silvery tone and thought only
of the good we see struggle up IN those
who surround us, brothers and sisters IN
humanity, how much like Paradise would
this world become A harsh, illy-adVlsed


expression or obluratiOn has crushed many


an aspiring splrit-wOunded to the death


many a noble soul-and the utterers have


Oh their way. unconscious, perhaps, OF the
evil they have done. Let US aim then, at
pleasent thoughts, and above all, pleasant
speech, for it is the language OF the angles
and has more virtue in it than wine Of Cy.
prus or balm Of Gilead. .a Ilaa
Year: 1860

II your sole object for reprOving a per-
son is to improve him. take care of the
temper with which you reprove. Bad
temper in the reprover is pretty sure to
produce its offspring in the reproVed


. Silence Is more sooiable than false speak
ing. A dog that we know is better com
.psny thana man whose language we do
not understand. .sA.--1 -ftH,t..n ..t
Year: 1860

A JAPANESE ON AMERICAN PoLITICs "A cor
respondent of the New Y ork Times, (whom we
suspect to be none other than Howe, the PA
sha, y" indites second epistle pnrpOrtiog to be
written by one Of the japanese ambassadors
to his friend Moonski:


But the government Of the country, oh
son of Frum, is that which has most filled
the soul OF thy cousin with wonder. The
people choose a tycoon from among them
selves once in four years In making choice
they do not say: Has this man wisdom
Have the planets rained their treasures up
on him But they say Can he run !
Thus, one party has chosen a man whose
legs are longer than the mandates of Mika-
do; for they say: Behold, he can run like
the bird of the desert And they say Of
him, he is used to the splitting of rails. In
the wonder of my soul l said to Gen. Scott
Kami, is rail-splitting one of the qualifca
tiOns OF the tycoons And he made ans
wer that this people designed to fence thi'
country in, and Honest Abe will do it
Another party desire to have tycoon
whom they call Dug-a las but the people
say he cannot run well; which must be true
as his legs are exceedingly short, and bis
stomach is round Another party say that
for tycoon they wish a great scribe whose
name is Ever-at.t He delineates the SEN
timeOts of his soul upon paper called the
Ledger, aud be signs himself Bonner, IL
was this great scribe who wrote that book
called the a.ker-of- Moscow, which,
as thou wilt remember. is translated into
the language of Niphon, and which the
Grand Lama reads with joy. Should Ev-
er-at-it be made tycoon, his friend, whose
surname is Cobb. will sit at his right hand,
and their united wisdom will be published
to the land in the Ledger. Truly, oh sou
of Frum, this Is singular people.
Year: 1860

Grief and Joy-IIope and Fear-Tears
and Smiles-Pains and Pleasures are all
twins, children of the same mother, linked
together throughout the whole humanity.
No lot, no country, no climate, no scene,
no condition may claim the enjoyment of
one without the rebuking companionship of
the other. No cloud, however dark, is
without the inner light The blue sky still
harbors beneath the gloomy canopy, ready
with its sunshine, and keeping the sad soul
from being entirely delivered to despair.
No condition is SO Owly, as to be without
hope no sorrow so poignant and oppres-
sive, as to permit the consolation of some
sweet minister, interposng at the right
moment, with compensation and perhaps
delight. There is no such thing as uumiti-
gated evil as there is no such thing as
pleasure and joy without cloud and quail
fcaton. We have only to open our hearts
to the smile of sunshine not turn our
backs or shut our eyes 10 the angelic visi-
tor, who is always sure to stand upon the
threshold, whenever we desire, most need,
and are willing to give him welcome.
Year: 1860

1t is indeed humiliating spectacle that the
press Of this State has exhibited during the last
eight or ten DAYS. The Democratic party Of
California, with full knowledge of the then ex-
isting difference of opinion between the follow
ers of Mr.. Douglas and the supporters of the
Administration, with full knowledge of the
war made by the former upon the latter, with a
full and perfect knowledge that they differ solely
upon the question of squatter sovereignty, adop-
ted platform, in which, not content with once
indorsing the Administration, they, in thfee sep
arate Resolutions expressed their entife apprO-
baton of the course pursued and the principles
proclaimed by Mr.. Buchanan: On this platform
we engaged in a contest with the advocates of
squatter sovereignty that, for rancor and bitter
ness, has not had its equal in the annals of po-
litieal watfare. Everywhere Mr.. Douglas and
the doctrine of squatter sovereignty we're de-
nounced by the Democratic party. From the
press, from the stump in bar f-fooms and at street
corners it was one continued gush of objuration.
We were called, and called ourselves, ''Admiu-
istration Democrats :" our opponents were de-
nounced as political hsretics. and unfit for con-
munion with any but Black Republicans. They
were beaten and then they were refused the
privilege of political coinihunioh. All this was
done the whole tight was made upon the single
issue of .quatter sovereignty. Will any gentle
man be good enough to point US to sir gle jour





not denounce the Senator from Illinois and the
doctrine of which he was the putatiye father?-
Of all of them the STANDARD was the least viO-
lent and the most liberal. Well, a numerical
majority of the delegates to Charleston, in spite
Of objections upon the part of the seventeen
States that are known to be Democratic, pass a
resolution indorsing the doctrine which the par
ty in California nine months ago so bitterly re-
viled. Upon this simply say that unless the
platform is modified, it is impossible that the
Democratic party in California can stand upon
it. In Our unsophisticated simplicity we believe
I that when our cotcmporaries denounced the doc
trine of the minority platform, they were honest
and sincere in their declarations. But we are
now given to understand that none but an old
fogy or a very Eccentric individual would
have looked upon it in that light; that these
expressions of disgust were all simulated that
they were adopted merely because they were
supposed to be effective in electipg the ticket,
and that any practical man would have un-
der.tood that it was the duty of a party press
to hoist any banner under which they could win.
How absurd it is. say they in Democrats to talk
about Dem ocratic principles, as if all principle
WAS not merged in sustaining the organization
by which alone We can win the spoils.


The above from the Sacramento Standard is
good to read in these times of party degeneracy,
and goes far to redeem the press of the Demo-
cratic party from disgrace. The Standard actu-
ally stands by its principles-those principles
for which the Democracy fought in the last cleo
ton and won.
Year: 1860

The FRUrr BLrGnT.-The shriveled leaf on
peach trees, which has been the subject of gene
raj complaint among gardners in the valleys, we
are sorry to say, is equally prevalent among
orchards and gardens in the mountains. We
have visited many orchards within the past week
and for the most part found the peach trees land
in some instances the pear trees also) suffering
from the disease. On trees worst affected, the
fruit, and even the smaller branches are injured
Many practical men attribute it to too much r-
rigation and to the extreme heat with which the
early spring opened, Immediately succeeded by
the strangely cold and moist weather which we
have experienced for the past two or three
weeks.-San Andreas Ind.
Year: 1860

DUSSISG's UNDER CURRENT SLUIcE.-Faror-
able notice its given of an invention of this name
owing is origin to a Mr.. Mr. Dunuing, of North
San Jsan. We had the pleasure of meeting the
inventor and examining q model Of his appara-
tus few days since. Miners concur generally
in the opinion that the invention is of exceeding
great value in saving gold end expense. The
r1ider Current Sluice is coming rapidly into use
and winning its way to popular favor. As most
Of our readers outside of this city have made an
acquaintance with the invention, and as a speci-
Co., just above town, VIC VIII not attempt a de-
scriptiOn.
Year: 1860

AT Saragossa, recently, an execution by ga
rotte took place of three notorious highway as
sassins, during the performance of which muir
der was committed under the very scaffold, and
a silver basin to receive money for prayers on
behalf of the executed, was stolen with its con-
TENTS
Year: 1860

a CREATING FURoR.-The Rev. Star King iz
all the rage in San Francisco and Sacramento on
account of his popular oratory, As Lecturer
he is counted superior to any on this coast
Suppose we have him lecture for the benefit of
the Nevada Library Association He's '' Star
teayno man to draw a crowd
Year: 1860

BAPrIsT CHURcH.-We learn that the Baptists
of this city contemplate the erection of a house
of worship shortly. An Interest seems to be
manifested in the project which promises
success. The size, material and location of
the contemplated chu rch is not vet decided on.
Year: 1860

LOOK OCT FOR HIN.-0ne of the firm. the
chunky man, with black whiskers all over his
, Some say he went on foot, others that he paid
McRoberts the gular fare: he is on a cold water
expedition, and we hope OUT brethren below will
keep an eye on him and not let the wicked Sc
duce him from the path of virtue. He reyer
was far from town before.
Year: 1860

THE HExxEss TRAu-Mr. A. 5. 0ln returned
to this city on Monday from trip to Virginia
City. lie reports the late storms have deposited
considerable snow on the trail, rendering travel
little bad for few days The present warm
weather will speedily put the trail in an excel
p lent condition. The spring has been unfavora-
bic for mountain. passes but we now seeing
thu last of stormy weather for the season, and
good roads will soon be seen between this city
and the silver mines.
Year: 1860

ATLANTIC MoSTHLY.-The Atlantic Monthly
for May is before us with its Professors Story,
and other excellent articles, from the pens of
the gifted. The Atlantic is certainly one of the
institutions of the country, which we can do
without no more.
Year: 1860

It, which must be the case If by any
error Of judgment he ran counter to the
public interests by recognizing such claims as
that OF Mr.. Howe. We sincerely trust that
the report Of his having done so will turn out to
be incorrect. Should it prove otherwise, it will
certainly lead to an agitation for the repeal Of
that clanse in the patent law which gives the
Commissioner this dangerous discretionary
power.
Year: 1860

r HAVE bought the patent of Messrs. W. F. 4


l. c. J. Provost's Iron Screw and LIE


ver Press, for the Parishes of East and Wes
Felieiana and Pointe Coupee. This press is nov
ahead Of all others in use, for durability, econo
my, strength &C.; and it is the same that took the
premium at the Mississippi State Fair, in 1858.


The sale of the patent of this celebrated Pres
for the different counties in the Southern States
has been unprecedented; and it is generally pre-
dleted that in few years, they will supercede
all other cotton Presses known.


A word as to the cost of these presses 1t has
been proven beyond the least possibility of a
doubt, that there has never been Press invented
that can begin to compare with this one for cheap
ness. Therefore, if there is anything in economy
they must certainly find great favor with the cot
ton planting portion of our community. They
seldom get out of repair, are easily fixed, and
taking all things into consideration, no Press
mas ever been thought of by any mechanic, that
Is destined to prove OF so great a benefit to the
cotton planter, as "Provost's Iron Screw and Le-
yer Press"


In the language Of the Messrs. Provost, "We
claim for this Press many advantages over all
the Presses in use. The Press is well adapted to
any style of Gin House, as it can be worked in
or out OF the lint room, taking up but little space
requires but little timber and must be durable,
as all OF Its working parts are of iron, of great
power. as it combines both the lever and the
screw and SO simple that the negroes can work
1t with dispatch. We can press any weight of
bales required with ease.''


AS it is more easy to convince persons of the
superiority of this press by showing it in full
operation, this is to let planters know that have
one in Bayou Sara, and will take pleasure in
showing it to any who may desire to purchase.
will also contract to put up these Presses on
any plantation in the parishes of Pointe Coupee
aud East and West Feliciana Orders particu-
larly desired. as | wish to show planters the
great superiority Of Provost Press over all others
Ii existence. Je1I. H TESNEY
Year: 1860

says;


number of workmen have been engaged
Tor some time past in making excavations in
swamp at Elenvile, Ulster county, Tor the
purpose of discovering the remains of nam
moth fossils. For the last four or five years,
several of these pre- Adamite monsters have
been discovered, and the New York Geolog
lcal Society are now going to considerable
trouble and expense for the purpose of pro :
curing. if possible, full skeleton of the
mammoth. Already an immense tusk has
been taken out. which measures ten feet in
length as we'll as several immense bones
They were found to be much decomposed
but with care may be united.
Year: 1860

BRoDERIcK's WILL-In the Probate Court
to-day Judge Blake consented to order a
commission to issue to John X Hackelt OF
New York to take further testimony but
would allow no stay of proceedings, There
is now some prospect that the will may be
admitted to probate during the coming week
Bulletin, Wednesday
Year: 1860

wherein he will demonstrate by his new pa
tent process of reasoning, called "Iuexorable
Logic" that "A minority can rule a majority
provided said minority has the President o
the Convention with them.


The fourth lecture will be given by the
Demonstrntnrn
Year: 1860

About 10 O'Clock on Monday, DR.. c. had occasion to
use the grindsone near the kitchen door, and while in
the act OF sharpening plane iron, Eliza came behind
and struck him with grubbing hoe. Ann who was turn
ing the grindslone, then seized and struck him
another blow on the head He fell without groan or
STRUGGLE probably stunned by the first blow Eliza then
seized him by TIE arms and Ann by the feet dragged
him to the kitchen and threw him on the fire. Ali day
long they kept the fire burning, until the body was
they thought entirely consumed
Year: 1860

DARING ESCAPE rRon THE Ono PEyITENuARY-A
Woman Lopers Herself By Rope.-A woman named
Mary Fuller made her escape from the Ohio Pententia
~ at Columbus Saturday week, under the following
circumstances


Passing out from the fifth story Of the prison by the
window Of her CELL she passed along the side Of the
building upon coruce or water table about eighteen
inches wide Passing along the front Of the building at
the immense height ofty sky feet frem the ground
with nothing hold to- and upon the projection
y visible from the ground she reached at the distance
Of about forty feet from her window place where
it necessary for her to jump about twelve feet to the
roof Of the west wing.


The leap was takcu-provcd a safe one-and the
dauness fastened 10 the of the roof


rope which she manufactured Of her bedding grasped
it in her hands and swinging from the roof passed down
the outside Of the wall windows where cOnyics
were sleeping and down 10 terra firma where at dis
lance of ory-ve feet below the roof she aghied in
the arms Of a mau named Checsman her confederate in
guilt The guilty pair left the city after the scene narra-
ted but in few days both again in the custody of
the aw-the girl in the Penitentary and Cheesman in
gil
Year: 1860

ACCORDING to the Washington correspon-
dent of the New York Tribune, the Commit
tee on the Pacific Railroad were to have
taken a decisive vote on Goth March. The
committee was expected to report in favor of
two roads-one through Texas, the other by
acentral route. The proposition to advance
a,oOOooO for every fifty miles was before
the Committee.
Year: 1860

AN English traveller describes the speech
less amazement with which wild Arab chief
OF the desert watched, in tent near Cairo,
the development of photograph of the Great
Sphinx. When the feUtures of the mystic
rious sculpture were revealed on the glass,
the Arab turned to his companion and point
ing to the photographer, exclaimed, "He is
the eldest son of Satan !"
Year: 1860

ABSOLUTELY pure gold is twenty four carats
fine The gold coin of En- ;land is an alloy
of eleven parts gold and one copper. Our
gold coins contain eleven parts pure gold and
one of alloy composed Of copper and silver
Our eagle contains two hundred and seventy
grains of standard gold, of which two hum
dred and forty-seven and half are pure gold
and twenty-five aud a half alloy.
Year: 1860

A WOMAN in New Hampshire while asleep,
left her house, and jumped, or fell into a well
near by. which was forty feet deep She
was taken out without having sustained
much injury. She had long been fearful
that some of her children would fall into the
well, and had frequently dreamed about it,
and had probably been dreaming of such
an accident and went to the supposed rescue.
Year: 1860

Two Men AND WOMAN Hume BY LUNCH
LAw.-The Memphis Appeal of March Sd
has the following:


In Crittenden county, Arkansas, not far
from Marion and eight or ten miles from this
city, lived man named Robinson and his
wife. On Tuesday night, February 2lst, no
one being in the dwelling but Robinson and
his wife, just as he was retiring for the night,
II shot fired by some person outside came
crashing through the window 1t was well
aimed and the unfortunate man fell before


is wife a corpse. Who could have done SO
helish deed was a mystery Strong excite
ment arose in the neighhorhood, and, Robin
son being flvorite with his neighhors, a
determination was expressed that Justice
should be done. Investigation led to the
discovery of suspicious conduct on the part
of the wife of the murdered man. So dar k
end damning were the indications of her
guilt, thai she was arrested and placed in Jail
ON Friday of last week The wretched wo-
man, oAercome with horror and fear, sought
to save herself by denouncing others, and
made full confession.


She said that she had formed an intimacy
with man whose name our correspondent
has omitted to give us, and wished to marry
him, and for one hundred dollars she hired
his brother to do the deed of death by which
she might be vt free from her husband lie
performed his fatal task only too we'll. On
Wednesday the two men implicated were ar
rested and placed in custody. Day before
yesterday the exasperated people dragged
the criminals from the Jail to the woods, and
there hung them up until they were dead
The woman was reserved, but was to be hung
yesterday, as the populace were determined
that all who were concerned in the assassina
tion of Robinson should cumber the earth no
longer.
Year: 1860

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has
decided that loss by the stealing of goods
'not are insured, at a fire, is recoverable
against an insurance company as a loss occa-
Honed by fire.
Year: 1860

A Pennsylvania paper of recent date says:


By private letter from Westchester, we
regret to learn that Hon. John Hickman is in
a very preearious state of health He came
home from Washington several days previ-
.ously, Intending to Return on Monday last,
but his indisposition was found to be so
serious that it was deemed unadvisable to
undertake the journey and his friends are
fearful that he will not be able to resume his
Congressional duties for some time at least
Year: 1860

The London correspondent of the Philadelphia North
American writes


On Thursday Mr. Rarey gave lecture at Oxford about
goo persons present including the elite Of the Uni
versity Mr.. Rarey introduced two year old, with
very bad character appended to it. He had no sooner
commenced perform his operations than the colt proved
its title bad reputation by breaking away from Mr. Ra
rey aud pupgIg among the sters in the front row, Or
seats Of honor OF course something more than furry
ensued Some thirty persons scattered right and left


very general rising of the house, followed by an agita
ted stampede ensued but Mr. Rarey stuck TO the hly
with the bad repute and succeeded in bringing her back
to her place subduing her, and ultimately mounted on
her back riding quietly round the ring with her. being
the first time she had permitted any person that lux
ury He also tanned vicious cart horse On the follow
ing day the Prince of Wales present at his lecture
Mr. Rarey is about to give series of farewell lectures al
the Alhambra They commence on Monday next hr
Rarey will return the United States With about enough
money TO set up bank.