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Year: 1859

a CHILD AT PLAY.-lt is always a most
curious spectacle to watch child alone at
play, and see it contriving pleasures and
MIME business for ITSELF 1t is marvellous
what imagination does for this little poet,
who works not with words. but creates
strange visions for itself out of sticks and
stones and straws Dive, if you can, into
the urchin's mind, and follow to its source
that exclamation of joy and surprise which a
mere nothing has called forth. 1t is a most
curious spectacle. But when, at the same
time, we call to mind that we ourselves have
been just such another charming simpleton,
there arises before us one of the most fascin-
citing Of day dreams which the grown up
man can indulge in. 1t is verita6ly fairy
laDd We are peeping into -Erchange.
Year: 1859




a split has lately taken place among the
Spiritualists of San Francisco, on the ques-
ton of Free Love. The majority being
against the doctrine, and refusing to have
anything to do with the Free Lovers, the
latter organized a separate society and pre-
pared for going to country where they
could have everything their own way. Ac-
cordingly, an Agent was dispatched to San
Salvador, Central America, and bought a


large tract of land for the society consisting


of about $4,000 acres. 1t cost him only


24 cents an acre small ship load of them


left for their new home in a sail vessel on
Friday. The balance, we presume, will soon
follow 1t is reported that Dr. Tyler who
lately sold his farm in Alameda to Governor
Weller is one of the company. His fortune
consists of $4,000, and he has invested it
all, it would seem, in this movement.


The Free Lovers, as their name indicates,
are very free in all matters of love. They
ignore the marriage tie. altogether. They
believe in what they call "affinities" When
a man and woman have an affinity for each
other, they proceed to live together If it
should so happen that they cannot get along
well together, then it is concluded that they
were mistaken as to their affinties and they
no longer cohabit. This system of Free Love
draws more persons into its circle than one
would at first suppose. Affnities reach into
domestic homes of long standing and snatch
from them husband or a wife, who had for
many long years been wholly ignorant of
such things as atfinities. Awaking on a sud-
den to the light of n new day, he or she as.
certains that somebody else is little better
looking, little younger, or little richer,
and straightway flies off at a tangent, and
gravitates to a new partner. 1t is somewhat
singular, but it has been repeatedly noticed
that men, whose wives are getting somewhat
old or grabbed, invariably find their affinity,
under this system, in some young and hand
some woman. 1t so happens, however, very
frequently, that persons who are both equal
ly old or ugly, failing to find affinties in
younger and better looking persons, accept
of an ultimate affinity between themselves,
and so settle down into the beatitude of such
free love as may fall to their share


1t is proper to say here that Free Love is
generally discarded by the Spiritualsts, and
considered heresy in their faith.
Year: 1859

A ASoRINMAeE-Nighth before last, at a very
late hour, some Of our Irish friends were hav-
ing good time in one Of the liquor saloons,
in this city, when a recently elected county
official entered, and commenced conversa-
ton One Of our said Irish friends, being
very intelligent man, supported the Douglas
ticket in the recent election. and is for Doug
las for the Presidency. Shortly after the
county official came in, he began talking poll
tics and our Irish friend, not to be backed
down, remarked that for his part he did not
vote for the said county official, and gave as
reason that the candidate in question had at
one time belonged to the Know Nothing Or
der. Not knowing his man, the county Off
eial pronounced the assertion a lie and added
q few insulting epithets Our Irish friend
told him he had to take back what he had
said. lie refused to do it, and our said Irish
friend pitched into him, with the intention
of getting satisfaction. Up and down, heels
over head and head over heels, through the
barrels and among the bottles they had it, in
a style worthy Of commemoration The first
blood, we believe, was drawn out Of the
county officials face, and how much more
claret might have been spilled it is hard to
say, for the bystanders or sitters interfered
and put an end to the difficulty. We shall
specify no Names unless the correctness of
this report is disputed when we shall pro-
ceed to give names, locality, ct eetera.
Year: 1859

IHE MariPosa Star says that the suspension
OF work by the Merced Mining Company.
caused by the recent injunction suit of Ere
mon mas thrown great number of men out
Of employment, and is sensibly felt, not onlv
by them, but by all the business men of the
town of Bear Valley.
Year: 1859

TIE CASE OF BARMoRE-The case of John
Barmore, charged with manslaughter, which
was transferred from the San Francisco Court
of Sessions to the Fourth District Court, has
been sent back, as the murder did not occur
in the Fourth District 1t took place in the
Twelfth Judieial District.
Year: 1859

Jenny is poor, and am poor.


Yet we will wed-so, say 10 more!
And should the BARNES To us come
As few that wed but do have some
No doubt that Heaven will stand our friend,
And bread, rs well as children, send.
So fares thY'ncn IN farmers yard
TO live alone she finds il hard
I've kD"wn her weary every claw
In search of corn among the straw;
But when in quest of incest food,
She clucks am )ng her chirping brood
With JOY we see the self same hen
rhatscratrhrd for one, could scratch for ten.
These are the thoughts that make ne willing
10 take my girl without a shilling;
And for the self same cause, you see,
Jenny resolved to marry me.
Year: 1859

10 Tho apartment in the -Armory building
occupied during the past winter as Police
Court, is rapidly being converted BY paint and
suitable furniture into the most comfortable Po-
lice Station Of the ctr.
Year: 1859

NEVER DO TOO MICH AT TINE.-Sir Edward
Bulwcr Lytton, in lecture recently delivered
in England gave the following history Of his
literary habits:


Many persons seeing me so much engaged
in active life, and as much about the world rs
if had never been student, have said to
me-'Whcn do you get time to write all your
books! How ON earth do you contrive to do
so much workr' ] shall surprise you by the
answer make. Tho answer is this: i con-
trive to do so much by never doing too much
at time. A man, to get through work well,
must not Overwork himself; or, il he do too
much to-day, the reaction Of fatigue will come,
and he will be obliged to do too little tO-usOr.
row. Now, since began really and earnestly
to study, which was not till had left college,
and was actually in tho world, may perhaps
say that have gone through as large course
Of general reading as most men Of my time
have Travelled much and have seen much !;
I have mixed much in politics, and in the va
rious businesses Of life; and in addition to all
this, have published somewhere about sixty
volumes, some upon subjects requiring much
research. And what time do yOn think, As,a a
general rule, have devoted to study-to read
ing and writinge Not more than three or
four hours day and when ParlhnncDt is sit
ting, not always thnt. But then, during those
hours l have given my whole attention to
what was about"
Year: 1859

MAD DoGs.-The present Dog Law seems
to be imperative. Itprovides that the police.
men shall apprehend and impound oil dogs
that may be found without a tag and, if the
owner does not come within five days, they
are to be killed. Now, the great difficulty
in carrying out this law is that police officers
cannot, in the first place. catch every dog
that is running around loose without tag,
and, in the next place, they run great risk
in seizing strange dog, for the reason that
II may be mad. Just the other day, mad
dog rushed into the house of Thos. Seaward,
near the corner of Seventh and High street.
and undertook to bite every body present.
Women and children precipitately fed, and,
finally, man from the country. who was
present, known as Hog John, seized billet
of wood and Stayed the animal just as he was
about to seize him, with foaming mouth, by
the leg. How many more animals of this
kind there may be running around it is i'm
possible to tell No policeman, at any rate


will be rash enough to catch hold of strange
dog, and, unless the police force is authorized
to kill all dogs found without tag, the city
must contiaue to be overrun with these ami
mails, and the people in danger of being bit
ten and poisoned with the hydrophobia.
Year: 1859

prepared for the OCCASION those persons who may feel
like indulging In the DANCE do so in place Sc
lected and fitted up for the purpose, under the green
and shady trees.


outrageous walks will be arranged, together with
pleasant bors and cool retreats for sitting down and
resting.


Dressing rooms will he arranged for the ladies, and
barrels of pure ice water with dppers convenient,
will be found in various places on the ground.


Ice Creams and all sorts OF desirable articles for
such occasion, both for grown persons and chill
dren, will he on hand, and indeed everything that
could be osked for or desired on such an occasion
will be present.


Families from the country or from distance, Will
find everything pleasant and convenient.


Coaches will run to and fro from the grounds at all
hours of the day.


In the meantime before the Fourth arrives, the
grounds will be ready for the accommodation Of vis
tors (eiiher in couples amilies) who may choose to
drive out on a Sunday or during the pleasant moon
light evenings, in order to have agreeable time
outside the city. Ice Creams and other Refreshments
will be constantly hand and subject to their call


The entire arrangements are in the hands Of )BT.
It OIIANLON, who will take especial pains to see
that entire satsfactonis given TO each and every
dividual who may upon the grounds, either be.
lore or at the time Of the Celebration. jel4-td
Year: 1859

DENTAL NCTICE.-Dr. H. N. Esss-zS CASE, office next door to Gov. Conway's UlII-D' residence where he is prepared to operate in every branch of his profession Artificial teeth with artificial gums from to full set inserted as to look perfectly natural. All full sets inserted on the suction, or atmospheric pressure principle, feel perfectly natural and easy in the mouth, and all the legitimate uses of natural teeth.

 Teeth if taken in time, can be plugged so as to preserve them for life.
Year: 1859

In reply to frequent inquiries-l would say, that am now prepared to travel to any part of the state and will 90 prepared to do everything in the line of my profession in the neatest possible manner. Per sons wishing my services will please drop me line to that effect as shall not have time to go except where have calls, and will only charge the regular Memphis and eastern prices, same as charge in my office. Il. N. CAoE' Dentist.

 Little Rock, Ark. Feb 3 '59-ly.
Year: 1859

THE WHEAT HARvEsT.-The wheat growers
Of this and the adjoining States are now en-
gagged in cutting the valuable crop-some
having completed their harvest, and others in
the upper part of Georgia have hardly com.
menced. From all we can learn from the
public prints, and otherwise, we are happy
to say that the yield will be about a fair ave-
rage for this section Of country. There has
been steady increase of area sown to wheat
at the South for several years and there is 8
good prospect that this branch Of agriculture
is destined to extend and improve among US
for long time to come. Our knowledge of
the serious injuries done hy the wheat ridge
at the North, diminishing the cultivation of
this cereal in the Genesee country and West
ern States leads US to believe that the South,
where it is unknown, will soon find wheat a
profitable staple Deeper earlier plowing, to
prepare land far better for the seed, will make
wbcatgrowing more remunerative in the
planting States. Naturally, our soils are too
poor for this grain, and we must learn to.
enrich them ut the least possible expense.
Where the land is rich, good farmer will
hardly ask for better business than to grow
wheat at present prices. We trust that no
reader of this paper will he SO unwise as to
let his wheat remain in fell TO be consumed
by birds, mice and other drpr ilators, 9 day
longer than it Is we'll cur. d.-Field snd
Fireside.
Year: 1859

Pleasure may be aptly compared to many
very great books, which increase in real value
in proportion as they are abridged.


A legacy is posthumous despatch affection
sends to gratitude to inform us we have lost
q kind friend.


The man OF middle rank believes that the
man above him stands one step higher on the
social ladder merely to overlook him. This
one, however, has his eyes less upon the man
beneath him than upon the back Of the man
receives from the higher no other forgetfulness
than he again throws upon the one beneath
him.
--A poor spiri. ;sapoonar than poor purse ;
very few pounds year would ease man
of the scandal of avarice.


Envy is fixed on merit; and like sore, is
offended with every thing that is bright.


Infancy is loveable, Notwithstanding fret
fulness and the whoopng-cough.


One doubt solved by yourself, will open
your mind more by exercising its power, than
the solution of many by another. \


Fond as man is Of sightseeing, life is the
great show for every man-thc show always
wonderful and new to the thoughtful


Wisdom is the olive which spriugeth from
the heart, bloometh on the tongue, and beareth
fruit in the actions.


1t is characteristic of youth and life, that
we first learn to see through the tactics when
tue campaign is over.


For children there is no leave.taking, for
they acknowledge no past; only the present
to them is full Of the future.


Sin and punishment, like the shadow and
the body, are never apart.
Year: 1859

The following incident and episode are
related by the correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch, in his account of the first days pro-
ceedings-the. Sophomore exhibition--at the
North Carolina University on the lst inst: !,


During an interval in these exercises, Prot:
Jno. T. Wheat appeared on the platform, and
introduced student Elisha E. Wright, of Ten.
nessee, to President Buchanan, as the young
gentleman who had won the prize offered for
the most meritorious English composition,
adding that the prize would be doubly valued
if presented by himself.


The President consented, and said:


+" I confess / am taken by surprise at this
incident of this evening, but am happy to be
the honored medium in the presentation of
this token to the young gentleman. He is
distinguished for most meritorious compost.
tion-and that is the great merit among lite,
rary gentlemen. The man who writes clearly,
must think clearly, and will, by practice, come
to speak clearly. There is great merit in
short sentences. The author who uses long
sentences is always laboring with difficulty.
One distinct idea distinctly set forth, has more
potency than book full of those in which
everything under the sun is jumbled together,
as is so commonly the case among eur modern
writers. The ancient style was the best style,
and that was the style Of Calhoun and Web.
ster. wish you, sir, great honor and great
prosperity in whatever pursuit in life you may
engage. I have been delighted with the ex-
animation. I have never heard more genuine
sense, humor and wit than in the address
delivered by the gentleman who spoke to you
this afternoon DR.. Hooper,) and who was for
merly professor here-and with regard to
the more sober portions of it, I hope they
have sunk deep into the minds of every student
in this College.


"The great cause Of our country, which
has involved so many in crime is Drunkenness
It is more dreadful than the pestilence, than:
the yellow fever, than the plague, than all the
calsmities that visit man. In it, we bring on
ourselves greater calamity than Heaven has
brought upon us in any form or shape of
misery. l wish with all my heart, to repeat
what has been best said, what that speaker
said, and to ask you all to take care OF that
fatal vice, which degrades man to the level Of
the brute, and brings him into disgrace in the
eyes of the whole world. Applause"
Year: 1859

WALKING IS Goop.-Walking is good, not
stepping from shop to shop, or from neighbor
to neighbor; but stretching out into the coun.
try to the freshest fields, and highest ridges,
and quietest lanes. However sullen the
imagination may have been among its griefs
at home, here it cheers up and smiles. How.
ever listless the limbs may have been when
sustaining too heavy heart, here they are
braced, and the tagging gait becomes bouyant
again. However perverse the memory may
have been in presenting oil that was agoni-
zing, and insisting on only what cannot be
reprieved, here it is at first disregarled and
then it sleeps; and the sleep of memory is
the day in Paradise to the unhappy. The
mere breathing of the cool wind on the face
in the commonest highway is rest and COM
FORT which must be felt at such times to be
believed
Year: 1859

In that beautiful part of Germany which
borders on the Rhine, there is q noble castle
which as you travel on the western bank of
the river, you may see lifting its ancient
towers on the opposite side, above the groves
of trees about as old as ITSELF


About forty years ago, there lived in that
cas,lea noble gentleman, whom we shall call
Baron -. He had only one son, who was
not only comfort to his father, but blessing
to all who lived on his fathers land.


1t happened on certain occasion that this
young man being from home, there came o
French gentleman to see the castle, who
began to talk of his heavenly Father in terms
that chilled the old mans blood on which
the Baron reproved him, saying "sre you not
afraid of offending God, who reigns above, by
speaking in such manner ?" The gentle.
man said he knew nothing about God, for he
had never seen him.


The Baron this time did not notice what
the gentleman said, but the next morning
took him about his castle grounds, and took
occasion first to show him very beautiful
picture that hung on the wall. The gentle.
man admired the picture very much, and said
"whoever drew the picture knows very we'll
how to use the pencil"


"My son drew the picture" said the Baron.


"Then your son is clever man." replied
the gentleman. The Baron then wen: with
his visitor into the garden, and showed him
many beautiful flowers and plantations OF
forest trees. "Who has the ordering of this
garden ?" asked the gentleman.


"My son." replied the Baron "he knows
every plant, may say, from the cedar OF
Lebanon to the hyssop on the wall"


"Indeed," said the gentleman, II shall
think very highly of him soon." The Baron
then took him into the village and showed
him a small neat cottage, where his son had
established a school, and where he caused all
young children who had lost their parents to
be received and nourished at his own expense.
The children in the house looked so innocent
and so happy, that the gentleman was very
much pleased, and when he returned to the
castle he said to the Barou, "what q happy
man you are to have so good SON." .


How do you know ] have so good son q


"Because have seen his works, and
know ,hat he must be good and clever, if he
has done all you showed me-"


"But, you have not seen him."


"No, but / know him very well, because
Judge of him by his works"


''True," replied the Baron, "and in this
way I Judge of the character Of our heavenly
Father. / know by his works, that he is a
being of infinite wisdom, and power and good
ness"


The Frenchman felt the force Of the reproof
and was careful not to offend the good Baron
any more by his remarks.
Year: 1859

WARNING TO THE INTEMPERATE.-Gharles
Lamb tells his sad experience, as warning
to young men, in the following language.


"The waters hove gone over me hut out
Of the black depths, could be heard, would
cry out to all those who set foot in tie peril.
GUS food. Could the youth to wbm the
favor Of the first wine ia delicious as he open
scenes Of life, Or the enteri. z upu some
newly discovered paradise, look into my do
ISOLATION, and be made to understand what q
dreary thing it Is when he shall feel himself
going down precipice with open yes and
passive will-to see his destruction, and have
no power to stop it, and yet feel it al the way
emanating from himself-to see all goodness
emptied out Of him, and yet not ableto forget
time when it was otherwise-to bar about
the piteous spectacle of his own ruiz Could
he see my fevered eye, feverish Will the last
nights drinking, and feverish looking for to
nights repetition of the folly; coua he but
feel the body of the death out Of which l cry
hourly with feebler outcry to be deivered, it,
were enough to make him dash the sparkling
beverage to the earth in oil the ride of its
mantling temptation"
Year: 1859

WORTH KNow1NG.-a young lady in this
city, say the Philadelphia Moraing Post, while
in the country, stepped on q rusty nail, which
run through her shoe into her foot. The
inflammation and lain were very great, and
lock jaw was apprehended. A friend of the
family recommended the application Of q beet,
taken from the garden and pounded fine, to
the wound. 1t was done, and the effect was
very beneficial. Soon the inflammation be
gan to subside, and by keeping on the fresh
beat, and changing it for o fresh one as its
seemed to become impaired, speedy cure
was effected. Simple and 'efectual remedies
Like this should be known to every one.
Year: 1859

1t has been said that buckwheat occupies
the same position among grains as the donkey
among animals-uSefid but not popular 1t
will grow on the poorest of sandy soil can
be sown later than any other grain; and is
one of the best crops for cleaning the land and
for killing wireworms and other injurious
grubs. 1t has been extensively used for plow-
ing in as manure But though it is proved
beneficial for this purpose, it has not as good
as many other crops that might be used-suclf
as white lupin, spurry, red clover, &c.


Buckwheat is often sown too early. When
too early, the hot sun is apt to blast the flow
crs. The middle of June, IN this section, is
considered the best time to SOW though in
New England good crops are often obtained
when sown as late as the 4th of July. In sec
tions where there is danger of frosty nights
early in the fall It iffttst be so%u early, as a
slight frost often destroys the crop. We must
endeavor to steer between the two dangers
blasting of the flowers in the summer, when
sown early and the destruction Of the crop
by frost in the fall When sown late. Formerly
it WIS considered best 10 break up the land in
the spring and cultivate and harrow it d few
times before soWitig; but latterly the practice
is to pasture the land and break up immedi-
ately before sowing. From three pecks to a
bushel is the usual quantity of seed.-Gsnesee
Farmer