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Year: 1860

We had hardly crossed the Atlantic and
were beginning to look eagerly for our first
sight OF the New World, when a sudden
change occurred in the temperature, and
the balmy days of April were followed by
May cold and cutting almost as winter.
At length we entered the broad estuary of
the st. Lawrence, and then the mystery
was solved, for its entire surface was
checkered with masses Of ice (; evidently
the broken up winter covering of the river
above being swept by the current out to
sca. Nothing could exceed the beauty of
the ice.fcds as they flashed and sparkled
like gigantic gems in their setting of azure
sea Many were of great size also, like
floating islands, and the heaped up blocks
upon their surface cleaned from distance
like cities of dazzling crystal.


The wind was in our favor, and our good
ship sped up the gulf, threading her way
through the channels of the floating ice
fields, whilc, hour after hour, her passen'
gers stood watching with unwearied eyes
the splendid scene around them. Even
when night came, there was the same eager
throng of gazers, for those large frozen
plains glittering in the moonlight with {
strange spectral beauty none of us hae
e5er seen before.


After time, mass of ice huger THAI
common,appcarcd floating down the stream
Subsequently, we learned that it was par
of the cone the spray forms every winte
before the falls Of Montmoreney. On
came, cleaning palely against the dee
blue sky like castle of spotless marble
rising in tower and turret, and massiv
buttress, and enriched by the most delicat
tracery. Every eye was fixed upon it i
breathloss admiration, as it swept majesti
cally by; until, as it passed between U
and the wind by its loftincss it momentaril
becalmcd us. Suddenly the statonar
ship received q severe shock, which NJ
only vibrated through all her tilnbers, b'
through every one of the hundred an
forty human beings who formed her livir
freight, Never shall forget the shriel
of terror that followed, as women well-nig
frantic with fear claspcd their childrC
to their bosoms, believing that the ship ha
struck upon rock, and that their la
moment had como. A cry from the boz
that it was but blow from the ice, som
what relieved their fears, and they atoc
quietly by, while the helm was put dow
and the sails drawn round, in the effort
free us from the huge mass of ice whit
still lay across the vessels bows pressil
and grating aubibly against her timbe
A minute more, and above the din


blocks and cordage, and the stamping
mems feet, there arose a wild cry that &c
oed far and wide over the surroundi
fields of ice, and through every Granny
the neighboring ice castle-"Tho Ship
sinking"


1t was an appalling announcement; a
Unfortunately it was true one. The
had struck us heavier than we thought, a
its hard, sharp edge, keen and resist
as a knife, pressing against the bow of
newfoundland as she was by
double timbers needed for ice-encount
had cut them completely throug gh,


that the water rushed in with the 10
and rapidity of cascade.
Year: 1860

THE PRESIDENTS ORGAN on DoUGLAS.-The
Washington Constitution, organ of President
Buchanan, referring to the action at the
Charleston Convention, says:


One thing, nevertheless, seems to be
very decisively determined-nam that
the person whose pertinacious partisans have
caused all the difficulty at Charleston, can
not possibly be nominated for the Presidency
as the candidate of National Democratic
Convention. We need not now go into the
reasons for this conviction, which every
clear-headed man must possess, whether it
is agreeable to his wishes or not. We shall
not suggest what patriotism, what magma
nimity, what party fidelity, nay, what an
enlightened and sagacious self-nterest
dictates to that person, because our motives
would be misconstrued by scheming parti-
sans who care not for their party nor for the
country.


The idea that the great Democratic party
of the country-the party which has done
so much in the past and has so many bright
promises in the future-is to be sacrificed
to the self ambition of one man. is too alb
surd and prepoSterous to be entertained for
4 moment.


':Let our friends everywhere be of good
cheer, and with hearty good will go to
work to correct the errors and mistakes
which have brought us to the very verge of
ruin. Let etselhshness be rebuked, and vain
glorious boasting be made to hide its head
in shame and notification"
Year: 1860

ORIGIN OF WEDDING RtYss.-The singular
custom of wearing wedding rings appears
to have taken its rise among the Romans
Before the celebration of their nuptials there
was meeting of friends at the house of the
lady's father, to settle articles of the mar
riage contract, when it was agreed that the
dowry should be paid down on the wedding
day or soon after. On this occasion there
was commonly feast, at the conclusion
of which the man gave to the woman, as
pledge, a ring, which she put on the fourth
finger.
Year: 1860

ERIN's SYMBOL, The SHAMRocK.-It is an
old tradition that ST. Patrick, preaching
ole day on grassy mound, and explaining
the doctrine of the Trinity, one of the by
ISLANDERS asked how there could be three in
one st. Patrick, STOPPING down, plucked
shamrock from the turf, and pointing to
the three leaves united in one stem, told
them it was an illustration of what he wa.
an illustration of what he was endeavoring
to explain. From that day the shamrock
became the emblem of Ireland
Year: 1860

The TaRIFF.-Ths Philadelphia Press pub
fishes an article of several columns upon the
the necessity of tariff of specific duties, showing
that the finances of the government and the ma
ton, as well as the manufacturers of the country
depend upon the adoption fixed and definite rates
in order to enable the domestic manufacturer to
count with certainty upon the competition to
which he is to be subjected, and also to provide
home market for the agriculturist. In the
last ten years we have exported, of bread -stufs
and provisions, four hundred and sixty two
millions worth to all the world, including the
tropical countries and the other regions of the
EARTH from which we receive no manufactured
commodities; and we have imported for con-
sumption in the same time, two thousand five
hundred and eight millions worth of all sorts of
commodities
Year: 1860

A writer in the Alta, making notes of
travel in the Sandwich Islands speaks of
the pulu tree thus:


81 The pulu tree is a species of fern, re-
sembling the common fern very much in
appearance, but growing to hight of ff-
teen to twenty-five feet. 1t has few
branches spreading out at the top with
broad leaves like the palm tree. Its trunk
is very thick, and covered with heavy
bark. A good sized tree is five feet in cir
cumference. 1t grows in vet, marshy soil,
and is usually covered with dense growth
of vines and creepers. When it attains a
certain degree of maturity, the leaves be-
gin to wither and the trunk to decay. The
pulu is taken chiefly from the top Of the
trunk, where it adheres to hard, sappy
substance of about the size of .cocda-nut:
1t grows upon this head like hair, protect
ed by light covering of bark. When first
taken out, the pulu is as soft and glossy as
silk.


1t is found also in small quantities, where
the branches join the main trunk. Picking
pulu is very slow work. Two pounds is a
very good average for each tree. In some
places the head of the tree is nearly pryed
out with q chisel, while, in others, the
practice is to cut down the whole tree with
an axe, within two feet of the ground. In
either case, the tree sprouts again but it
is uncertain which practice facilitates the
second growth most. When completely
cut down, the tree requires three to five
years for new growth.


Pulu is taken from the tree in very
damp state, and requires to be exposed for
several days in the hot sun, in order to be
thoroughly dried. 1t is not often that it
can be dried in the mountains when it is
gathered, but it has to be carried to dry
place. From these mountains, the pulu is
packed in mat bags, and carried down to
Waiinea, when it is dried, pressed into bales
and shipped to Honolulu. The natives
make very good wages picking pulu as
each member of the family is available for
the purpose. They are paid four or FIVE
cents per pound for gathering it. The men
cut down the trees and cut ont their heads,
the women collect it, the children pick it
over and attend to the drying"
Year: 1860

The Spaniards have established paper in
Tetuan, the first one published in Morocco.
That a journal should be priuted in that part of
Africa is singular enough, but it is not the least
singular thing about the transaction that it
should be printed by Spaniards.
Year: 1860

Our city was aroused on Friday morning
last BY the always appalling cry of fire. The
fire was found to proceed from Sullivan's
Ball Court or, according to some, from the
adjoining building, the Keystone Hotel, near
the head of Broad street. The cry was
given at about 24 o'clock, or few minutes
earlier, and in few moments the Ball Court
and the Keystone Hotel were entirely in
flames One building adjoining the Ball
Court and another adjoining the Keystone
were destroyed-four buildings in all
There was no wind on the occasion or the
destruction might have been greater. As it
was, but for the exertions of few men aid
cd by short and very inefficient piece of
hose attached to hydrant of the Nevada
Water Co.'S works, and which was torn by
O dog at critical moment, large amount
of property must have been destroyed which
is now safe. The fire was with difficulty
kept from catching to the buildings imme-
diately opposite. Had it once got under
headway on the other side of Broad street,
the Methodist Church must have been con-
sumed and probably the largest part of the
block bounded by Broad, Commercial and
Pine streets would have been destroyed also.
We may congratulate ourselves on lucky
escape.


The following is a list of the losses:


Thos Buckner, Dwelling, furniture, gar


den. etc........ ....... SZ,ooo
Nat. Bailey, Keystone Hotel, furniture


and fixtures o,VoV


and furniture 1000
Joshua Cross, Dwelling l,lOO
S.r Harvey occupant furniture ETC., 600


Totai........ Slz,zVV


The loss falls particularly severe on Nat.
Bailey, it being the third time that all his
property has been swept away by fire. 1t
has also fallen to the lot of Mr.. Cross to be
q sufferer at every fire that has visited our
city in four years. The loss of Mr. Sullivan
is severe. being left entirely destitute with
a family. With Tom Buckner the case is
different. He has enough left to ask no
odds of the world But if one of the losers
by the fire has just cause for murmuring,
he is the man. He is one of the most libe-
raj men our city affords. No subscription
paper, for any public or meritorious private
purpose ever passes him without an addition
to its amount. For every commendable
object his purse is ever open. Had our city
been peopled by such men it never would
have lost million dollars by fire. Protec-
ton would have come years ago at any cost
After having paid freely for the benefit of
the public, and having been ready and anx-
ious to procure defense against fires, 1t
seems to us he has cause to complain of the
apathy of the public, by which an elegant
home has been swept into ruins.
Year: 1860

A MoRMoN ELDER ON FEMALE VIRTUE
Elder Amasa Lyman, one of Brigham
Youug's pet beasts, preached sermon at
Salt Lake on the occasion of the anuiversa-
ry of the founding of the Mormon Church,
in the course of which he used the follow
ing language:


To you that have daughters, would say
watch over them, or by and by you will
come to your friend, with a pitiful face, say
ing-O. my poor daughter, she is gone.
WhereH To Camp Floyd, to the States and
to the devil o my daughter, that we have
raised carefully. and we thought she would
live to honor US but, alas she is gone. II
your daughters associate with those that have
no interest in the truth, advise them to dis
continue their intimacy with such persons,
and enjoin upon them the necessity of pur
suing that course that will preserve them in
purity and keep them in the truth. If your
daughter will go, what then2 Why, lei
her go; do not break her neck to keep her,
for she would not be in heaven if her neck
was broken.
Year: 1860

Nor TRUE.-lt is ascertaned that the state


ment to the effect that the notorious Jack
Powers had been arrested in San Mateo, was
not true A man supposed to be Jack was
arrested but the mistake was soon dis
Year: 1860

TTNHE advertisers would inform the public that they
Il under full headway, in their NEW SEW
ING FACTORY, No. Is, e St.. and having had several
years experience in the business, feel confident that
they give entire satisfaction to all who may favor
them with their patronage They have also on hand
descriptions Of work in line to order in neat and
durable manner, and OF prices to suit the times.


Eg Orders from the country respectfully solicited
and promptly attended to.
Year: 1860

ROAD FROM RED BLUFF To HONEY LAKE
The committee appointed to take charge Of
constructing wagon road from Red Bluff to
Honey Lake, met at the first named place
Monday, and elected James Bergoon to su-
perintend the work he to be paid seventy
five dollars month. He was authorized to
employ ten men, including cook and team
ster, and two yoke of oxen and a wagon to
be used on the expedition. He will com
mence the work Immediately. The amount
subscribed for the work will in a few DAYS
be swelled to over 81 900.
Year: 1860

a HARD CAsE.-This morning a strange
Spectacle SP} was presented in the police office.
lhere was father and mother, come to com.
pam pam To the Chief of Police of their son.
william Stevens, a boy of seventeen wears
VINO was in the habit of beating them! A
sstrapping boy beating his parents-thinlS of
tnat The abuse, too, which accompanied
his blows, they said, was terrible. They
ana not know what to do with him. tbey
ana not desire his punishment, but merely
The prevention of repetition of his abuse
and blows. Big tears stood in the ewes of
his mother as she spoke of his hard hearted
ness-hiS want of parental affection. He
was her pet her darling son, and they spoiled
him. What a lesson to parentsl He will
cisco Mirror
Year: 1860

From HONEY LAKE VALLEY.-Tbe Terri.
torial Enterprise of August 4th, SAYS it learns
from resident of Honey Lake Valley, that
every thing is quiet and prosperous in that
vicinity at present. No Indians have been
seen since the expedition of Weatherow and
Lander against them. The latter is now at
work on the wagon road near Granite Creek.
Some 10 or 20 miners are making from 81 to
50 per day to the hand in the diggings near
Richmond. No other gold mining is being
done In that section, though quite number
are prospecting for silver An assay office
has been opened at Susanville, offording the
miners an opportunity to have their rock
tested. The crops are looking well, though
some fields have been injured by the grass
hoppers
Year: 1860

AN eastern letter writer says that the
marked popular enthusiasm with which Mr.
Douglas has been greeted during his tour to
the North, must be extremely gratifying to
him. Every where in his progress he was
received with ovations. His reception in
Boston was, to great extent, irrespective of
party. 1t seemed as if all Wed with each
other in treating him with respect and con-
sideration.
Year: 1860

MOUNTAIN BEEs.-A gentleman of Nevada
has recently placed two hives of bees on his
garden in Grass Valley. This is said to be
the first attempt to raise bees in the noun
tains The new experiment bids fair to be
successful
Year: 1860

The New York Times thinks that the split OF
Charleston makes u step in the history Of the
country decidedly in advance Of any taken hith-
erto, and from which there is not likely to be
any retreat hereafter. 1t adds 1t shows CON
cIusively that the political power of the Con-
federaoy must pass to the North; that the num-
erical majority, thu predonderant wealth and
population OF the Union, is about to assert its
rightful authority over the political institutions
Of the country. For loug time past we have
had a united South we are about to have a
united North, also. The d mocratic party is
the last of the great national organizations to
yield TO the irrepressbe conflict which Slavery
and Freedom have been wsging for the control
Of the Federal Government. The churches of
all denominations have given way, one after an
other, to the pressure. The Wing party went
down before this new and resistless influence
some years ago. The American party melted
before it like wax in the flame, and now the
DE- mocracy has yielded In every struggle
hitherto the Slave interest has mantainrd It's
ascendancy in the ranks OF the Democratic par
ty. 1t has now been defeated. The Northern
section OF the party has asserted its power. and
with new and unIooked.for iirmness has main
tanned its position. If it stands still in its pres
ent attitude, the sectional contest is over
Year: 1860

Horace Greedy, who as an Editor exercises
more influence on the Republican mind than
any other in the Union, thus gives his delib-
crate opinion that Lincoln was not the man tc
be nominated, and the reason therefor:


"And now. when all the world is raining
boquet on the successful nominee, so that, he
were not very tall man, he might stand a
chance to be smothered under them; when
thousands are rushing to bore him out o.
house and home, and showing him white with
letters, and trying to plaster him all over with
their advertising placards, |, who knew and es-
teemed him ten years ago, ,reiterate that think
Judge Bates, to whom | never spoke nor wrote
would have been the wiser choice. | say this
knowing that his nomination would have fallen
like wet blanket on nearly the whole party
that thousands would have sworn never to sup
port it, and that counter nomination would
have been got up or seriously thrertened. But
kept my eye steadily on the fact that the
first and only summer election that is to be held
in State that we could in any event hope to
carry is that of Missouri, where the Republicans
all earnestly desired the selection Of ftheir loved
and honored fellow citizen, and where.thousads
not Republicans were ready and eager TO coop
crate with them in case OF his nomination.
do not know that they could have carried their
State in August: but they confidently thought
they could, and would at all events have made
desperate effort. And that effort, even though
defeated, would have shown a result most in
spring to Republicans everywhere, and especi
ally propitious to the Free Labor cause in Mis-
souri,"


BY the time the campaign is ended, the Re-
publicans will find out that Horace was right.
The nomination of Bates, although it would
have driven off Giddings and a few other fanat-
les, their place would have been more than
supplied by old conservative Wings who would
have rallied around conservative man. Lin
coin is as obnoxious to this class as Seward
but has not the same hold on tho affections OF
the ultra Abolitionists. They think Seward
honest, and have doubts ofLincoln.-Nat Dem
Year: 1860

A great deal Of argument is going the rounds
respecting the title Of lady and the name Wo


man. The expression lady" is so much abu-
sed, that without being in the least hypercritI,
cal, have long since become profoundly DISCUS
ted with it, and infinitely prefer the sweet, un-
pretending title Of true woman. If we could
but sift the chaff from the wheat, abrogate all
the self styled clad es," there would be no OBJ
ecting to the tile; but ministers Of grace, de-
fend us from some la lies Of the present day,
who do not even know why q woman should be
so called A lady must possess perfect refine


ment and intelligence. She must be gracious
affable aud hospitable, without the slightest de-
gree OF fIssiness. She must be Christian, mild


gentle and charitable, unostentatious, and do
ing good by stealth. She must be deaf to scan
dal and gossip. Her high sense Of honor will
forbid her prying into her husbands secrets,
searching stealthily his porte monnaie and pock-
cts, and breaking open his letters. She mnst
not disdain kindly nod Of recognition to her
servents, seamstress, dress maker, butcher, ba-
ker or other enlploye she may chance TO meet.
! She must possess discrimination knowledge
of human nature, and tact sufficient to avoid OF


tending ones weak points, steering wide OF
all subjects offensive to any present. She must
look upon personal cleanliness and freshness Of
attire as next to godiness. Her dress must be
in accordance with her means, never dressy or
fashy, but. if possible, composed of the best
material. Abhorring everything like soiled or
faded fnery, or mock jeweIry, her pure mind
and clear conscience will cause the foot Of time
to pass as lightly over the smooth brow as ifshe
stepped on flowers, and, as she moves with quiz
ct grace and dignity all will accord her,,nstinc-
lively, the title of lady If had time and
you patience, could present the other ysw Of
the case, looking upon this picture and upon
that. But when one constantly comes in con-
tact, in omnbusses, cars stores, the promenade
places Of public amusement and wherever wo
men are generally found, with those that loud


v arrogate to themselves the contested title
YOU can wonder at the dis. uSt it produces
Lady Correspondent Of New Orleans Delta.
Year: 1860

AS a general rule, it is most economi:sl I,
buy the best article. The price is, of course
always little higher; but good articles alway
spend best. 1t is sacrifice Of money to bu.
poor -four, meat sugar, molasses, cheese, butter
lard, &C., to say nothing of the injurious effec
upon the health.


or West India sugar and molasses, the San
ia Cruz and Porto Rico are considered the best
The Ilavenna is seldom clean. White suga
from Brazil is very good. Refined sugars usu
therefore there is probably more economy il
using crushed. loaf and granulated sugars, thar
We should at first suppose.


Butter that is made IN September and Octo.
ber is best for winter use.


Lard should be hard and white; and thai
which is taken from hog ever a year old is the
best.


Rich cheese feels soft under the pressure o
tn, finger That which is very strong is nei-
ther good nor healthy. To keep one that i
cut, tie it up in bag that will not admit fes
anu HduS ~ III q COOli uiy pidSC' II uiOIu q
pears on it, wipe it off with dry cloth.


The best rice is large, and has a clear, fresh
look Old rice sometimes has little black in
sects inside the kernel


The small white sago, called pearl sago, is
the best. The large brown kind has an earthly
taste. These articles, and and ground r ice.
tapico, &c, should be kept covered.
The cracked cocoa is the best, but that which
is put up in pound papers is often very good.


Shells are apt to be musty. Try quarter
of pound before buying a quantity.


To select nutmegs pick them with a pin. Il
they are good, the oil will instantly spread
around the puncture.


Keep coffee by itself, as its odor affects other
articles.


Keep tea in close chest or canister.


Oranges and lemons keep best wrapped close
in soft paper and lard in drawer Of linen


When cask Of molaSses is bought draw off
o few quarts, else the fermentation produced by
moving it will burst the cask.


Bread and cake should be kept in q tin box
or stone jar.


Salt goldfish should be kept in dry place,
where the odor OF it will not affect the air OF
the house. The best kind is that which is
called Dun from the peculiar odor. Fish skin,
for cleaning coffee, shauld be washed, dried, cut
small, and kept in box or paper bag.


Soft soap should be kept in a dry place in the
cellar, and should not be used till three months
old.


Bar soap should be cut into pieces of con-
yenient size, and left where it will become dry.
1t is well to keep it several weeks before using
it, as it spends fast when it was new.


Cranberries will keep all winter in frkin
Of water in the cellar.


Potatoes should be put into the crllar as soon
as they are dug. Lying exposed to the sun
turns them green, and makes them watery.-
Some good housekeepers have sods laid over
barrels of potatoes not in immediate use. To
prevent them from sprouting in the spring turn
them out on the cellar bottom.


To thaw frozen potatoes put them in hot wa
ter. To thaw frozen apples, put them in cold
water. Neither will keep we'll after being be
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