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Year: 1859

q MEETING OF THE CENTRAL CoMMIrTEE.-By a
notice above II will be seen that the Democrat
ic State Central Committee are requested to
meet at Sacramento, on Thursday April 2lst.
The object of the meeting is to call Conven-
tion TO nominate candidates for State officers
to be supported by the Democracy at the next
general election. AS the next election is an
important one, we trust the Convention will be
called at as early day as practicable, so that
the candidates will have an opportunity to can
Yass the whole State.
Year: 1859

The CORRUPT ACT.-The State Senate passed
the supplementary bill to exempt all counties,
with the exception of Sierra. Nevada, San Die
GO and San Mateo, from the operations of the
act to abolish the service of copies of COM
plants in civil cases. The supplementary act
is undoubtedly unconstitutional. inasmuch as it
conflicts with the general application of the
Civil Practice Act By passing The supplement.
tary BILL the Legislature has given a shameful
preference to county officer influence over the
interest and wish of the people.-Sierrd Citizen


We concur.
Year: 1859

who ever saw the earliest rose
First open her sweet breast:
Or, when the summer sun goes down,
The first soft star in evening crown
Light up her cleaning crest
Fondly we seek the dawning bloom
On features wan and fair
The gazing eye no oh Gngc can trace,
Bullock away little space,
Then turn, Nndlo It's there
But there's q swceter flower than Ger
Blushu on the rosy spray
A brighter star, richer bIoom,
Than ser did western heaven lllume
At close Of summer day.


'Tis love, the last best gift Of heaven;
Love, gentle, holy, pure;
But tenderer than doves soft eye,
The searching sun, the open sky,
She never could endure.


Even human love will shrink from sight
Here in the coarse rude carthi
How then. should rash iuruding glance
Breaking in upon her sacred trance,
Who boasts heavenly birth!
Year: 1859

AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS FOR MExIco.-The
Washington correspondent of an Atlantic pa
per writes as follows, in regard to the move
ment said to be on foot having for its Object
the raising of ten thousand volunteers to aid
the Liberal cause in Mexico:


1t is believed that very extensive mill
tary and financial movement is now on foot
in this country, with the purpose of uniting
in plan for the regeneration Of Mexico
About ten thousand men have already been
enrolled as Knight Crusaders of the Order
of the Montezumas." Funds and munitions of
war have been, or will be fully provided for
the enterprise. Loans based on the gener-
osity of an adequate American firm will be
taken, and by British bondholders. The re.
sources of Mexico under stable government
would be immense. The whole debt, foreign
and domestic, would be but "hea-bite," as
MIR. Disraeli would say, in comparison with
the revenue to be derived from her vast min.
eral and agricultural wealth.
Year: 1859

Our MAJORITY IN PLUMAs CoUNTY.-A we'll
posted correspondent informs us that the
Douglas majority in Plumas county will be
over three hundred. Let every county tell
as good tale, in proportion to its popula-
tion, and we shall sweep the State like a
whirlwind
Year: 1859

ritoriol Enterprise ofSaturday says;


The latest news from the Walker river
mines is of the most exciting character At
the new mines near Mono Lake, the greatest
excitement prevails. AS high as hundred
dollars per day to the man had been made
with rockers, and what few parties there
were at the old mines were doing well. Pro
visions were scarce, and parties from dis
tance were daily arriving
Year: 1859

MARY TAYLOR, resident of Carson Valley
left that place on the last Overland stage for
Salt Lake. She is the only LAZY who has
ever taken passage in the Overland stage,
over tl at route
Year: 1859

Knowing the labor and expense of getting up and
printing rspSrt Of the census and trade Of the city,
no one can well decline to subscribe for it


We hope soon to see it out and well and literally
supportsd
Year: 1859

A UCFIoNEER AND GENERAL AGENT, would oferh


services pubic Agent for the sale OF Real Ests e
Negoes Furniture Dry Goods Groceries, other species
property, either country Being determined to de
yos NV time to and having had considerable
experience myself that give satisfaction those
who in that line. always be found at the
Counting Room Patriot Office where my absence,
ers he left nar4-tfs
Year: 1859

IJOUeE AND LOT FOR SALE OR TO LIST, NEWLY


built 20 by 55 three stories high in Hastings of
MaSnson avenue and toe rairosd would answer for first
work within two three blocs Of house. would
exchange for city property the and there
Ca on JOHN DEIANY, l59 avenue Is, Tenth MY
Year: 1859

timore, very much against Napoleon, speaking


of his conduct very harshly, pronoupcing him


despot and all that. A French officer, with


the politeness that usually characterizes that


nation, being present, said g Madam, am very


sorry that you think proper to express these


sentiments of his Imperial Majesty, and Lhase


no doubt it will infict great pain on him when


he hears of it" Laughter. 8 The President


will feel aboutas much pain when he hears the


opinion which has been pronounced by the SEN


ator from New Hampshire upon solemn and
deliberate act in the performance of high Adu-


ty. 20 ~ a az4ft4 Dr. tisaao9
= 1t has been said that this is an isolated case,
DO you ever, sir, see the papers from Boston,
I mean the abolition papers from that city
and not only from that city, but from other
parts of the country? Do you not see this
Union denounced = Do you not see declara-
ton that within the limits of Massachusetts,
the Fugitive Slave law never can be executed
Do you not see advice given to the blacks to
arm themselves and kill the first person that
attempts to arrest them and take them back to
the service from whence they fed2 When
you sec this, and when you hear of the blacks
and whites mixing together in public assem-
blies in Boston, can you think that the blacks
never heard the advice to arm themselves with
reyolvers and bowie knives and put down any
attempt to carry them away IF you have
read it, can you fail to believe that it must
have operated on their minds, and that thew
have thought with what impunity they might
rush into the court room, and commit the afro
cious scene which has been depicted. 9iailes
Year: 1859

CARDIFF is a well known fact among medi-
cal men, that there has long been wanted good and
reliable preparation of sARsAPARILLA, as nearly
all that manufactured in the East CONTAIN SPIRITS
and some of them even MERCURY although processing
not TO do so-consequeny for all cutaneous diseases
etc. they are injurious instead of beneficial Now in
the preparation offer TO the public we are willing
to show the receipt TO any one-no matter who--DOC-
TOR OR NO DooroR-as every man has a right to know
what he is taking:
Year: 1859

STILL PossIBLE.-We had recently thought
that Glove at first sight" was an extinct vol.
cano; but the following looks eruption-y:


A case of ''love at first sight" is recorded by


the London Court Circular in story Of a.
man who is now in st. Lukes mad-house.


and has been detained there ever since the
/ occurrence which consigned him to these


walls. Lady -- was so eXquisitely fair,
so singularly graceful, that it was difficult for
the eye of man to behold her without pre-
ferring her to any of her sex. A porter was
sent from railway terminus to this lady by
her brother; this man, the present occupant
of st. Luke's, got to the door in Park lane
Just as the beauty alighted out of her car
riage from an airing in Hyde Park. The man,
who had never seen the Lady -- as she
was then, tripping up stairs asked servant
for the lady to whom the letter was directed.
and was answered he might give the letter to
him for his lady. On the poor fellows re-
fusal, as he was ordered to deliver it into her
own hands, he was shown into her apartment
The man being with the lady alone while she
was employed reading the letter. fixed his
eyes on her intently, as if lost in thought
but before she had done reading it, he vio-
lently, and with transport. flew into her arms.
and gave her numberless devouring kisses
Lady - was so surprised that she lost
the power of crying out but in the struggle
with such a sudden and strange lover, she
caught hold of the string Of the bell rung it
violently and servant appeared. From
that moment the unhappy man lost his rea-
son, and was committed to the mad house
1t is due to Lady - to state the fact,
that the maniac lover is frequently visited
and wholly supported vy her.-Home Jour.
Year: 1859

DAY BEFORE THE WEDDfNG.-We mention
ed yesterday says the Union of Friday, that
contemplated marriage at certain Fifteen.
Mile House was bau ked by the abduction Of
the contemplated bride, and that the would
be groom was left to dispose of certain chick
en- fixings and to entertain crowd of invf.
ted guests. One of the parties abducting the
lady was her cousin, as we learn, and took
her to Folsom, where they spent the night
the house, and the nuptials were Immediately
solemnized by the Justice who was engaged
and in readiness to perform his part Of the
performance in the first instance.
Year: 1859

During the last State canvass in Virginia, Mr.
Letcher, the democratic candidate for Cover
nor, proclaimed throughout the State on the
stump that Virginia herself should be the judge
of the limits of the federal compact, ana that
while he was Governor 10 federal soldier should
set hostile foot on Virginia soil, either to COM
pei her to submission to federal jurisdiction or
TO cross her soil TO invade her sister States of
the South Texas also has taken a leading
part in gascOnadug against the Union, and for
a Southern coDfederacy.


Now the Governor of Virginia Tushes 70
Washington for federal troops to cave the State
from an invasion oftwenty two men. and her
army is poweTless TO take them.


Texas also is invaded by gang Of Mexican
robbers, who have taken possession Of a town
and held it for some weeks, while the State has
not made an effort to drive them out, and i'm.
potently calls on the federal government that
she has continually defed to save the State
from an invasion of three or four hundred Gfeas.
ers, whose numbers will probably decline as
rapidly at the sight Of federal troops as they
did at Harper's Ferry when the Marines aIrv-
d-Stae Jour
Year: 1859

A CARDIFF is a well known fact among medl-
cal men, that there has long been wanted good and
reliable preparation of sARSAPARILLA, as nearly
all that manufactured in the East CONTAIN SPIRITS
and some OF them MERCURY, although protesting
not to do for all cutaneous Diseases
ETC., they are injurious instead Of beneficial. Now in
the preparation offer to the public willing
10 show the receipt to any one--no matter who-Doo
TOR NO DooToR-as every man has right to know
what he is taking:
Year: 1859

DEAD CHILD FoUND.-The dead body of d
child was found yesterday in the water at the
foot of Market street 1t was placed in a can
die box, and was floating about at the time
1t was discovered. 1t was reported at the
Coroner's office that Chinaman was seen on
the evening before last on the wharf with
candle box under his arm, and it is supposed
that it was by him that the body was thrown
in the water. 1t was, from appearances, a
"seven months" child-AHa, Wed
Year: 1859

have seen young men enrich themselves By
pleasure IN the same way. sparing no pains.
~crupling at no sacrifice Of principle, for the
sake Of 1t last carrying a burden which no
man can bear


III the world are busy in striving for
.hingS that give little pleasure and bring
muen care; and | am accustomed in my walks
among men, noticing their ways and their
'o!.y. to think, there's man stealing can.
non ball; or there's man with ball on his
head know it by the way he walks
/ be money which clerk purloins for his
pocket, a: last gets into his hat like can
non ball PRIDE bad temper, selfshness,
c'ii passions will roll man as if he had a
hall on hi> head and ten thousand men in
New York will die this year, and as each
one falls, his hat viii come eff and out will
roll AZ irgn bali, which for years he has
worn ont his strengh in carrying
Year: 1859

\ CAHSoN BALL - TIE HAT-Au an
ouymous writer, generally supposed to be
the Rev HENRY WARD BEECHER. after
describing how, when boy he stole can
non ball form tue Navy Yard at Charleston,
Mass, aud with much trepidation and more
headache, carried it away in that universal
pocket of youth, winds mp with the follow
ing reflections, which though philosophical
ly trite, are conveyed with much force and
freshness


When reached home | had nothing 10
do with my shot did not dare TO show
it in the house, nor tell where | got It. and
after one or two solitary rolls. | gave it a.
way on the same day to Prince >treetcr


But, after all, that six-pounder rolled
good deal Of sense into my skull, think it
was the last thing | ever stole, excepting
little matter Of heart now and then and
it gave me a notion Of the folly Of covetiU .
more than you can enjoy, which has made
my whole life happier. |; was rather Sc
we're mode of catechising. but ethics rubbed
in with SIX pound shot are better than none
al all.


But see men doing the same thing
into underground and dirty vaults and pa
thering wealth, which viii. when got, roll
round their heads ike ball, and Tot be a
whit softer because it is gold instead of iron,
though there is not man tn Wall staeet
who will believe that | have seen a man
put himself to every humiliation to win a
proud woman who has peen born above him
and when he got her, be walked all the rest
of bis life with q cannon ball in his hat. |
Year: 1859

have ever seen on record, occurred at the
Catholic Church, yesterday morning.
Some twenty persons were engaged in put
ting up the new bell which arrived from
Pittsburg the evening before There was


a wIndlass erected on the ground, to which


was attached a snatch block and shieve.


Immediately above the open space in the


cupalO, to which the bell was to be drawn


up, there protruded beam, to which was


attached another snatch block and pully,


and the bell was to have been conveyed


to the top by the means of strong ropes,


working through these shelves by the
power of the windlass and cylinder upon


the ground. The bell had been raised in
this way almost up to the open space in
the cupalo, ana the men were just ready
to pull it in.


A man named Thomas Newton. was
below, engaged in guiding the folds of
the rope as it wound round the cylinder.
To do this, he had firm grasp upon the
rope. When the bell bad reached great
height from the ground, one of the cogs
in the wheels of the windlass fixture gave
way. Another revolution of the wheel
ripped off all the cogs; the bell fell
to the ground, and Newton, who
had hold of the lower end of the
rope, was carried up, with frightful We
locity, distance of one hundred feet
from the ground, and about four feet
above the aperture where the bell was to
have been taken in For the instant
every one was surprised beyond measure,
and before those engaged in the work
could comprehend what had happened
Newton, with his hands all lacerat and
bleeding, worked himself down opposite
the aperture, and called for help to those
within. Bishop Whelen, who was on the
platform in the cupalo, reached out at
the risk Of his life almost, and seizing
Newton by the waist, pulled him from his
awful position.


The accident struck everybody with
amazement, and ali but the eye witnesses
were 10th to believe in the lncredulous
feat. The bell weighed three thousand
seven hundred pounds, and as it fell with
out hindrance, some idea may be formed
of the rapidity with which Newton as
cended. He says he thought of letting
go the rope, but before the thdug: very
clearly defined, he was at the beam, a
hundred feet above. He had not time to
let 90 his hold upon the rope. Some cogs
aud pieces Of machinery were hurled a
distance of two squares from the church
and a Mr.. Smith, who was standing near,
received an ugly wound in the face from
a flying particle. Mr. Newton was taken
t the Office of DIR Hupp, where his
wounded hands were dressed The flesh
was all torn from the palms Of his hands, /
even to the bone, which is opposed to
have been done by the death grasp, and
his sliding down the rope during the swift
passage into air. Altogether, we suppose
there Is not a more startling or remarka- I
bic accident, Or more miraculous escape
on record.
Year: 1859




From the Neac York IadcpendeRt.


ONLY A PICTURE.
Only picture-and is that all!
Only picture upon the wall:
! ne smile SO becoming, the cheek so bright.
The eye so dancing with sunny light.
! almost fancy my baby boy
IS spunglng to me in his pride and 10y
But It's only a picture upon the wall.
A silent picture-and that is all!
Only lock of silken hair
lying alone in its casket there
Where is the head that IN sportive glee
Was wont to toss it SO careless and free?
The baby head that upon my breast
50 lovingly nestled each night to rest
Only locket of siIken hair
Is lying alone in its casket there!
Only n shoe that is soilcd and torn
Bat where is the foot that that shoe has worn ?
The darling foot SO dimpled and small,
Ihat made music SO merry in chamber and


hall2


Oh, to catch of that little step one sound,
How wildly now would my pulses bound!
But there is Onya shoe that is soiled and torn
The foot comes no more that that shoe has


worn.


Only these relics-and nothing more
Can nought to our arms that lost restore?
Must we hopeless yearn, as the years go by,
For the bounding step and the bcaming eye ;
And all that beauty and life and grace
50 tondly cherished, retain no trace
Save these Relics Oh. neveImore
VIII the grave to our arms the lost restore
Oh, woe for love when from all its store
1t points to these tokens, and nothing more I!
When the vacant hall and the silent chair
But echo the groans of its wild despair,
And from all the voices in earth and sky,
Comes back no words to its living cry,
Saye the mournful echo Oh, ncyermore
VIII the grave to thy arms the lost restore "
Oh. JOY for love, when it Yearns no more
For that which the grave cannot restore
When it upward stretches its dropping wings,
And in darkness and sorrow still sweetly sings
OF the brightness and bliss of the better home,
Where the lost are found, and no parting


comes:
Oh, JOY for love, when its priceless store
There safe is garnered ever more.
Year: 1859

{" How to be happy" is very connnop
heading to an article addressed to the
Young. | have seen it in the paper 50
often that | should not think Of writing
upon it. But I believe l have never seen
anything in print to tell young folks how
to be miserable.


" How to be miserable! Well, I guess
we don't want to be miserable"


Don't want to be miserable? How so
Then why do you take such pains to be
miserable? | cannot think how a child
or a youth, who is free from care and
trouble and full Of buoyant spirits, can be
miserable without trying very hard to be
so But as l have seen great many
young persons who not only seemed de-


ermined to make themselves miserable
but everybody around them also, |
thought, perhaps, they would thank me
for telling them how they may do it
easier.


In the first place, if you wish to be
miserable be selfish. Think all the time
of yourself and Of your own things. Don't
care about anybody else. Have no feel
ing for any one but yourself Never think
Of enjoying the satisfaction of seeing 9TH
ers Lappy but rather, if you see a smil-
lug face, be jealous lest another should
enjoy what you have not Envy every
one that Is better off in any respect than
yourself; think uDkindIy towards them,
and speak slightiugly of them. Be con
stantly afraid lest sou.e one should en-
croach upon your rights; be very watch
full against it and if any comes near your
things snap at them like a mad dog
Contend earnestly for everything that is
your own, though it may not be worth a
pin; for your rights are just as much con-
cerned as if 1t were pound of gold
Never yield point.


Be very sensitive, and take everything
that is said to you in playfulnGss IN the
most serious manner. BE jealous Of all
YOUR friends lest they should not think
enough of you. And if at any time they
seem to neglect you, put the worst con
struction on it you can, aud conclude that
they wish to 'cut," your acquaintance )
and so, the next time you meet them, put
Oh q sour look, and show proper resent
msnt. You viii soon get rid OF them,
and cease to be troubled with friends =
You will have the pleasure of being shut
up in yourself


Be very touchy and irritable. Guilt
vate sour, cross. snappish disposition.
Never speak in good nature if you can
help it. Never be satisfied with anything,
but always be fretting. Pout at your IA
ther and mother; get angry with your
brothers and sisters; or if you are alone,
fret at your books or your work or your
play. Never look at or admire anything
that is beautiful and good; but fix your
eye on the dark side of everything; COM
plain of defects in the best of things, and
be always on the lookout for whatever is
deformed or ugly, or offensive in any way,
and turn up your nose at it. If you will
Year: 1859

There is something very delightful in
turning from the unquietness and agita-
ton, the fever, the ambition, the hard
and worldly realities of mans character,
to the gentle and deep recesses of wo-
mans more secret heart Within her
musings is realm of haunted and fairy
thought, to which the things of this tur-
bid and troubled life have no entrance
What to her are the changes Of state, the
riyalties and contentious which form the
staple of our existence For her there
is an intense and fond philosophy, before
whose eye substances fit and fade like
shadows, and shadows grow slowly into
truth. Her souls creations are not as the
moving and mortal images seem in the
common day; they are things like spirits
stepped in the dim moonlight, heard when
ali else is still, and busy when earth's la
borers are at rest! They are


stuff
Year: 1859

course amid adverse winds and currents
OF temptation, by the starlight of duty
and the compass of divine truth the bear
ing us manfully, wisely, courageously, for
the honor of Christ, our great Leader, in
the conflict of life.
Year: 1859

The Wheeling htelIiyencer soberly re-
lates the following startling incident. If
true, it certainly deserves record as a re-
markable accident and escape:


The most frightful, and at the same
time the most remarkable accident we
Year: 1859

RELIGION IN DAILY Religion
is not perpetual moping over good books.
Religion is not even prayer, praise, holy
ordinances. These are necessary to re-
ligion-no man can be religious without
them. But religion is mainly and chiefly
the slorifying God among the duties and
trials Of the world the guiding of our
Year: 1859

DoN'r Touch IT.-A prominent
grain dealer and miller of this city, is
paying out bills Of the International
Bank" Canada, for wheat. The money is
utterly worthless, being wildcat Of the
most vicious character. The Bank is owned
by q lot Of Yankee sharpers, who intend
flooding the country with it. and theu let
the holders whistle. Do not touch it with
ten foot pole.
Year: 1859

ness WIS quite brisk in town yesterday
Many teams came in from the country, and
We noticed in nearly all Of them q number
of the farmers wives and daughters Hope
that they left goodly quantity ofthe need
full among our merchants.