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Year: 1859

SYMPATHY OF THE NERVES. - When the
nerves from long habit have been accustom
ed to transmit their messages from distinct
parts, and are suddenly cut off from them,
they still retain along their trunks the sym
patn,tt::e or sensational actions. Thus, q man
who has had a leg amputate1 will feel dis
tinctly along the course of the trunk of the
nerve sensation from toes which no longer
exist The mind also is influenced by this; ;
and frequently this peculiar direct nervous
action can only be allayed by that which is
negative and reflex. A curious incident oc-
Cured within my own experience. An old
sailor suffered much from this, he retained
his diseased foot too long, but at last con-
sented to amputation. l knew him only with
q wooden leg When he had his nervous
pains. he always called for hot water, into
whirh he put his wooden stump. If told of
his folly in supposing that such proceeding
could do any good, he would become enrag-
ed, and his paroxysm of pain would increase;
but if gratifed, he took things easy, and the
process actually appeared to do him good,
though all must know there could be no real
benefit. Still, here is the effect of mind over
matter.-Ridge on Health and Disease.


GooD NEws,-We congratulate the citizens
of this section on the dawning ofa new era in
staging between this and Yreka The Long
IL Sullaway line of stages and passenger
trains have been withdrawn between Shasta
and Yreka, and We learn from Mr. Van
Wyck, Sullaways agent in Yreka, that an
arrangement has been entered into which
will resultin the re-opening, within twenty
days, of a line direct from Yreka to this
place, with a cross line connecting from Ken
yons on Pit River, to Shasta. He says that
under this arrangement trips will be made
from Yreka to Red Bluff in the same time
required by the other line from Yreka to
Shasta. What power can stop the onward
course of our town? We will soon be in d.
rect communication with every place in
Northern California. The day is not far dis
tant when daily line of stages will be run.
ming between this place and Honey Lake.
Our destiny is onward and upward.-Red
Bluff Beacon.
Year: 1859

PAcIFIo RAILRoAD.-This measure has been
defeated by vote in the Senate of the Uni
ted States. Who is to blame for its defeat
Look at the vote, as given below, and see.
The vote was upon the question of striking
out the entire body of the bill excepting the
enacting clause and the last section:
Year: 1859

Who was It came here nearly dead,
With tatter'd clothes and narv red,'
And asked for supper and bed
Myself
Who was it then began to quiz,
And said he didn't like my pbiz,
That pork was sea 'ce and beans had rig!


The Landlord.
Who was it hoastcd of the pay
himself and partner made each dav,
And how to mine he knew the way?


A Bummer
Who was it told me not to fret,
He knew claim that could get
Would pay an ounce a day" you bct!'
ID A Miner,
MILO was it sold me grub on tick,
Would like his pay d-nation quick,
He must 60 home, his wife was sick
The Merchant.
Who was it offered mo this lay
10 furnish water by the day,
From gross receipts to take his pay


The Waterman.
WHO said my fall would never do
4 It's nothing to me--if | was you
la raise the hume foot or two ~
A Muggins.
Trinity River, Jan. 9Th. JcINro.
Year: 1859

a lyre that woke to sweetest strains is hushed,


And be who swept it's chords is mute in death
The melody that from the heart oft gushed
Vill never echo more the sleeper's breath.


He sleeps a quiet and unbroken sleep


Nor harmony Of sound can break his rest


BIT Geni DER his names their vigls keep,


And lightly lies the turf upon his breast
6leep minstrel sleep! Thy minstrelsy is DER,
Thy weary pilgrimage Of earth is done;
Non pain nor sorrow will befall thee more
Since life immortal is in Heaven begun. G..
Year: 1859

The better Thought how oft in DAYS


When youthful passion fred my breast,
And drove me into devious ways,


Didst thou my wandering step arrest
And whispering gently in my ear


Thine angel message, fraught with love,
Check for the time my mad career,


And melt the heart nought else could move
Thine as no stern and harsh rebuke


No friends advice so true, so cold
No message wise, such as in hook,


Or by the teacher oft is told,
Which like the pOintless arrow falls


And rings perhaps with hollow sound,
But ne'er the wanderer recalls,


And ne'er inflicts the healing wound.
Thy voice was gentle, winning, mild;


Thy words told thou vert from above,
Like those with which the wayward child


Is wooed by a fond mothers love
Or like strain of music stealing


Across the calm and moonlt seas,
Which moves the'heart of sternest feeling,


And wakes its deepest harmonies.
Sweet was thy presence. welcome guest


And |, responsive to thy call
Arose, and felt within my breast,


A power that made the letlers fall
From off my long enthralled soul


Aud wove, as with magic SPELL
Grers which yet owed the soft control


OF hopes that all might yet be we'll.
But, all thou vert an injured guest;


How soon departed suon forgot
Were all the hopes Of coming rest


That clustered round the Better Thought
The tender gries the firm resolves,


The yearnngs after better days,
Like transient sunlight which dissolves,


And leaves no trace Of its rays
Yet despair not--through the night


That long had reigned With tyrant sway,
Een now | see the opening light,
The harbinger Of coming day;
To heBven now direc my PRAYER


o God Of love forsake me not
Grant that my waywardness may neer


Q1cnch the returning Better Thought
Year: 1859

Young man, keep your eyes open
when you are after woman. If you
bite at naked hook, you are green.
Is a pretty dress or form so attractive
or even pretty face2 Founces, boys,
are Of no consequence. A pretty
face will grow old; paints wear off;
the sweet smile of the llirt will give
place to the scowl Of the termagent;
the coquctte won't shine in the kitchen
corner, and the once sparkling eyes
and beaming countenancc will look
daggers at you. Bewarel if the dear
girl is cross and scolds at her mother
in the back room, you may be sure
you'll get particular fits all over the
house. lfshc bushes when found at
the wash tub, with her sleeves rolled
up, be sure she is of the dish,rag ar
ristocracy; little knowledge and a
good deal less sense. lfyou marry a
girl who knows nothing but to com.
NIT woman slaughter on the piano,
you have the poorest piece Of music
ever got up. Find one whose mind is
right, and pitch in.
Year: 1859

er Of our institutions, and the dilfu-
sion of that knowledge without which
their permanence cannot be MAIN
tanned. N ID


1t is the purpose of the respected
body who have initiated this truly
patriotic work to make their profess
orships entirely independent Offices; to
have, in fact, the curriculum Of study
regulated and controlled by gentlemen
who will be able to maintain witt.
becoming dignity Of character, spirit
and independence, tho honor and
Difference due to them and to the great
duties devolved upon them to dis.
charge, for the besetting Air of cis.At.


antic education is the laxity of collie
giate and scholastic discipline, and
such must ever be the case where
proiessorships are unendowed and
their ncumbents dependent upon fees
for subsistence and existence.


The question then presents itself for
the public consideration, whether ev-
cry one will do this duty on this occa.
sion--whether our wealthy men, who
have all that is valuable, all that is
dear to them, all that they cherish
here with us in the South, will relax
their purse.strings and aid in the
foundation and establishment of an
institution that ages yet unborn will
point to with pride, honor and reve-
renee, as the imperishable work of
predecessors, friends of their country,
devotedly attached to learning, and
imbued with the true spirit of repub-
lican frecmen. The South, political
" considered, could not combine to
form such an institution as the heads
of the Episcopal church have here
designed, nor is it necessary il should,
for as no religious test shall ever be
exacted from students, nor disquaif-
cation Of any kind ever be allowed in
it on account of creed, no objection
can be made to the great and good
work which is presented for our en-
enlargement and support. We hope
New Orleans will stand first of cities
in its subscription to found the Uni.
versity Of the South. and that Louisi-
ana, sparce as may be its population,
will have no name before it on the
list of Southern States which will
honor their age and nation by their
contributions to the noblest achieve
ment, we--a lready consider it achiev-
cd-of our day and country.-M 0,
Delta.
Year: 1859

weak and erring creature is thus ex-
cluded from the pale of human char
ity, the sympathes of an excellent and
sensible world are lavished ON the
husband, who, withthe full knowledge
of the character of the adulterer and
with repeated warnings Of his Grim
inal designs, left his young and giddy
wife to his mercy, permitted him to
be her escort to the theatre and other
public places. and, as if by design,
threw temptation and opportunity in
her way. This man, who is accused
by the press Of his own city of being
himself a veteran rouc. and of having
himself been often guilty Of the very
crime for which he killed Philip Bar
ton Key, is lionzed and visited in his
prison, and overwhelmed with demon
strations of respect, from the Presi-
dent to the tide-waiter, while his
wife is made the scape,goat, and upon
her solitary head break the thunders
of that society which strews its flow
ers over the grave ofKey, and bedews
with sympathetic tears the unclean
and bloody hand Of Sicklcs.


1t may be that Mrs. Sickles is not
deserving much pity or iorbcarance;
but at the worst she cannot be more
debascd than the two criminals who
have received such tokens of special
honor Why should one of the guilty
parties be carcssed and treated with
respect, and the other despised and
cxccratcd! Yet, even in cases of ac-
knowlcdgcd seductions of female in
nocence, where the pure affections of
some coniiding and generous maiden
are arttully converted into Instruments
of her destruction, the immcasurablc
villain who works her ruin is taken
by the hand by gallant men and even
by modest women, whilst the victim
who loved him with a love that was
boundess in its depth and sell-sarilice,
and whom he has cast off as careless.
ly, and more contcmptuously than ne
would a withered flower, is excom-
municatcd from society, avoided rs "A
moral leper, thrown down a bottom
less abyss Of scorn and shame, where
never again shall the sunshine Of
hope visit her eyes, or soothing voice
of compassion console her sorrows.
This is one OF the mysteries Of life;
one Of those amazing wrongs and in
euualitics which can neither be justi-
fed nor cxplained.-RicAmonM Dis
y0tch.
Year: 1859

Among the mysteries of life is the


difference in the punishment which


society awards to male and female


sinners. A notable illustration OF this


was exhibited in the finale Of the trag-
ic scene at Washington. The man
who sacrificed a wretched woman at
the shrine of sensuality, is followed
to his grave by a grand procession,
and his magnificent coffin decorated
with garlands. In the cold hand of
the auditor are placed flowers, emble.
matte Of innocence and purity. The
female partner OF his crime is univer-
sally deserted and despised, and, il
she should die tomorrow, would prob
ably 60 to her grave unattended, save
by her immediate relatives and un.
mourned BY any one. Whilst the
Year: 1859

SELECTIONS FOR A NEWSPAPER.


Most people think the selection of
suitable matter for newspaper the
easiest part Of the business. How
great an error. 1t is by all means the
most difficult. 10 look over hundreds
of exchange papers every week, from
which to select enough for one, espe-
cially when the question is not what
shall, but what shall not be selected,
is no easy task. If every person who
reads newspaper, could have edited
it,, we would hear less complaints.
Not untrequently is it the case that
an editor looks over all his exchange
papers for something intere sting. and
can absolutely find nothing. Every
paper is dryer than a contribution
box; and yet something must be had
his paper must come out with some
thing in it, and he does the best he
can.


To an editor that has the least
care about what he selects, the wri-
ting he bas to do is the easiest part
ofthe labor. Every subscriber thinks
the paper is printed for his own bene-
fit, and if there is nothing in it that
suits him, it must be stopped-it is
good for nothing. Just so many sub
scribers as an editor may have, so
n any tastes he has to consult. One
wants something smart, another some
thing sound. One likes anec dotes,
fun and frolic, and another wonders
that man Of sense will put such ar
ticles in his paper.


And so, between them all, you see,
the, poor fellow gets roughly handled.
And yet to ninety nine out of u hum
dred, those things do occur. They
never reflect that what does not
please this, may please the next man,
but they insist that if the paper does
not suit him it is good for nothing.
Year: 1859

If Education Is the great buckIer


and shield of human liberty, well de-
veloped Industry is equally the buck
Ter and shield of individual indepen.
dence. As an unfailing resource
through life, give your son an honest
trade. Better any than none; there is
Year: 1859

THE GREAT SOUTHERN UNlVER.


SlTY.


The address of the Board Of Trus-
tees Of the "Univcrsity of the South" ="
to the Southern dioccscs, in reference
to its choice Of the site for the Univer-
sity, is now being delivered through
out the States of this section Of the
Union. We have read it attentively,
and now accord to its clear, brief and
explicit contents the need of well de-
served and high commentator. Our
readers will have, in recollection, our
cordial approval OF the plan to estab-
lsh, under the direction of the Epis-
copaI Church, a Southern University,
accessible to students of every creed,
when it was first broached in this
place, and now that the lands whcre0n
it is to be built are procured, and the
site. Scwauce, selected on the Cum
bcrland plateau, the earnest of the
sincerity Of the highly influential,
wealthy and intelligent denomination
of Christians who have taken the tru-
Iy great work in hand, has been given,
and it only remains for us and others,
each in his own way, to push on the
noble undertaking.


1t is unnecessary to represent to our
readers the necessity that exists for n
university at once metropolitan and
Southern in its character, one which
will secure to the youth of this portion
of the Union an education equal to
any given in the Oldest and most hon
ored of the mother land and Eastern
states, and superior to them in the
facilities it will at all times afford
parents to supervise without much
expense or any Inconvenience to
themselves the moral and intellectual
progress of their sons. Situated in q
country of romantic beauty and un-
surpassed saIubrity, one abounding in
the purest springs and the most varied
mineral waters, accessible at all times
by rail road or the finest lime stone
turnpike roads, and with every attrac-
ton to the traveller .jurneying for
health, recreation or pleasure, Sc
vance offer advantages and attrac-
tions for the establishment of a great
seat of learning not to be surpassed
and certainly not equaled by any uni
versity location in this country or any
portion of Europe with which VIC are
familiar. Here then, at this favored
spot-the Board of Trustees of the
University Of the South have made
their selection, procured their lands
and fixed the site Of their college, and
they now appeal to the public for the
means TO erect the building, procure
its outfit and endow its professorships.


Already its earliest protector and
eloquent advocate, Bishop Polk, of
this diocese, has taken the matter
with his usual energy in hand anu
subscriptions exceeding the sum oi
fifty thousand dollars have been
promptly and cheerfally given. We
cannot doubt that generous, liberal,
intellectual and afiluent Louisiana
will give at least five times this
amount to the great work which ap.
pcIs so powerfully to every true loy'
= lot
Year: 1859

Do you wish to know the reason why,
Why your neighbor often calls
On the dashng Widow Wilkins,
And attends her to the balls?
Why his carriage is seen stopping
AT some noted clothing store,
And tho widow goes shopping
Where she never went before?


If you wish it, | will tell you


Let me whisper to you sly
If they esteem i, proper,


1t is not your business why.
Do you wish to know why Peter
Has forsakcn friends and home,
And left his native country,
In a distant land to roam?
Why Polly seems SO lonely
Since the day that Peter left,
And of all friends. the only,
Should appear to be bcrcIt?


l(you wish it, will tell you---


Let me whisper to you sly
If they have reason for it,


it is not your business why.
Would you like to know the secrets
OF your neighbor's house and life!
How he lives, or how he doesn't,
And just how he treats his wife?
How ho spends his lime Of leisure,
Whether sorrowCul or gay,
And where he goes for pleasure,
To the concert, or the play?


# you wish will tell you


Let me whisper toy you sly


your neighbor is but civil,


1t is not your business why.
In short instead Of prying
Into other folks affairs,
Ifyou do your own but Justice
You viii have no time for theirs.
Be attentive to such matters
As concern yourself alone,
And whatever fortune llatters,
Let your business be your own.


One word by way Of fnis--


Let me whisper to you sly
If you wish to be respected


You must cease TO pry.
Year: 1859

Give your son trade, no matter
what fortune he may have or may
seem likely to inherit, Give him a
trade and an education--at any rate
a trade. With this he can always
battle with temporal want, can always
be independent.
Year: 1859

an ample field for the adoption of
every inclination in this respect..--
Learned professions and speculative
employments may fail man, but an
honest handicraft trade seldom or nev.
er--if its possessor choose to exercise
Year: 1859

From the last of October to the mid


die or latter part Of November, is good


time for plowing land preparatory to SOW


ing or planting it the following spring.
The autumn weather is cool and bracing,
and the oxen and horses are strong and
hearty for the work /; while the tempera-
ture of the spring season is more relax
ing, and the animals of draught are then
apt to become laggard and faint, partic-
ularly at the business of overturning
green sward. To be seasonable, spring
work must at best be despatched in a
hurry, and it is a relief and an advan-
tage to have the blowing done in the fall.
If land in corn-stubble is first well-har-
rowed. so as to pull open, and level down
the hills, and scatter the stubbs about,
then plowed in the fall. the stubble, ly-
ing beneath the burrows through the win
ter, will not be likely to come to the sur
face by narrowing in the spring; the
grain and grass seed can be committed to
the already prepared ground, at the ear
liest suitable day in the spring, the sur
face of the newly stocked land will be
smooth, the seed equally distributed in
narrowing, the crop of grain will be ear
ly, and thereby luxuriant, and the young
grass, having the benefit Of the early
rains, will get good root, be more likely
to survive the heat and drought of sum-
mer, yielding full bite of aftermath in
the fall. and good succeeding crops of
hay. Scotland plowed in November,
will be free from growing grass in the
spring, the roots of the late overturned
sward being too far deadened by the i'm
mediately succeeding winter to spring
very readily to the surface. The pillow
land, after being subject to the frost of
winter, will readily disintegrate and
crumble down in fine particles when har-
rowed in the spring-yielding mellow
seed bed and facilitating the business of
planting and the first hoeing. and the
manure applied can be readily and nice
ly mingled with the kindly soil. Corn
planted on sod burrows turned the fall
previous, will not be so liable to injury
from the copper heads or cut worms
which eat off the young stalk at the sur
face of the ground, as though the land
had been plowed in the spring. So great
heretofore have been the depredations Of
these worms on my young corn, when
planted on the sandy intervals which
were broken up from grass in the spring,
that now the meadow land which is to
be made ready for corn crop. is inva-
riably plowed late in the fall. By means
of this precaution the ravages of the
worms have been pretty much prevented,
but few hills of corn being entirely de-
stroyed. Indeed, in passing through
seven acres of corn to-day. vacant hills
were not discovered, though looked for,
and l think there can not be enough loss
of crop from this cause to be of much
ccount.-Mev England Farmer.
Year: 1859

True Freedom, and How to Gain 1t.
We want no flag, no Haunting rag,


For LIBERTY to fight;
We want no blaze of murderous guns,


To struggle for the right
Our spears and swords are pointed words,


The mind our battle plain;
We've won such victories before,


And so we shall again.
We love no triumphs sprung of force


They stain the brightest cause:
'Tis not in blood that Liberty


Inscribes her civil laws.
She writes them on the peoples heart


In language clear and plain;
True thoughts have moved the world before,


And so they shall again.
We yield to none in earnest love


OF freedoms cause sublime;
We join the cry, FRATERNITY


We keep the March of Time.
And yet We grasp nor pike nor spear,


Our victories to obtain;
We've won without their aid before,


And SO We shall again.
We want no aid Of barricade


To show front to wrong;
We have a citadel in truth,


More durable and strong.
Calm words, great thoughts, unfinching faith
Have never striven in vain;
They've won our battles many time,


And SO they shall again.
Peace. progress, knowledge, Brotherhood


The Ignorant may sneer,
The bad deny, but we rely


To see their triumph near.
No widow's uroans shall load our cause


No blood of brethren slain;
We've won without such aid before,


And SO We shall again.
Year: 1859

The WORLD TO A MAN OUT OF Work.
To man out of employment, proscrib-
ed, marked, there is nothing so terrible
as the impeuetrabili,y of the close ranks
of society around him. Every busy man
seems to have found his place; each
locks step with his neighbor, and the vast
procession moves on. Once out of the
serried order. the unhappy wretch can
never resume his position. He finds
himself the fifth wheel of coach there
is nothing for him to do-no place for
him at the bountiful board where others
feed. He may starve or drown himself,
as he likes-the world has no use for and
will not miss him.-Aaaatie Monthly.
Year: 1859

A man who had made fortune by in
dustry and close economy, in retail
business, at length retired from trade.
and used to loan money on interest. One
day, in mid summer. friend happened
to say to him. how pleasant it is TO
have such long bright days" Why.
yes" replied he, :. but these long DAYS
the interest comes in so slow -
Year: 1859

STARCH PoLIsH-Take one ounce Of
spermaceti and one ounce Of white wax
melt and run il into a thin cake on a
plate. A piece the size Of a shilling. add
ed to quart Of prepared starch, gives
beautiful lustre to the linen and prevents
the iron from sticking.
Year: 1859

docs the court understand you 10
say. Mr.. Jones, that YOU saw the editor
have frequently seen him SO Hurried IN
his mind that he would undertake to cut
out his copy with the snufiers--that is
ALL"