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Year: 1859

sale life around you-the dullness and the
earthliness and the bruitishness of men p
Fret not Go forward into the realm
which stretches before you; climb the high
est mountain you can reach, and plant a
cross there. The nations will come up to
it some day. Work for Immortality il you
will then wait for it. If your own age
fail TO recognize you, coming age will not.
Plunge into the eternal forest that sleeps
in front, and blaze the trees. Be a pio-
neer Of Times armies as they march into
the unseen aud unknown. Signalze the
advance guard from afar. If you have
the privilege of living the glorious life of
which you dream, are you not paid ? Why,
there are uncounted multitudes who walk
under the stars, and never dream that they
were beautiful. There are crowds who
tramplc a flower into the dust, without
once thinking that they have one of the
sweetest thoughts Of God under their heel.
There are myriads of stolid eyes that gaze
into the ethereal vermllion Of sunset with
out dreaming that God lighted the fire.
The world could see no beauty in the great
est life and character that ever existed,
why they should desire it, and yet God
does not get impatient because He is not
recognized. The stars stud the sky as
thickly as ever the flowers bloom as fresh
ly as at first, and breathe no complaints
with their dying perfume the sunset pa
tiently varies its picture from nightfall to
nightfall, though no one praises it and
Christ, in the garb of humble men and wo-
men, looks from pure and patient eyes in
every street, and looks none the less sweetly
because he is not seen. Therefore, Opoet,
be patient, though the world see not the
visions that enchain you, and remember
what companionship is yours. Aye, be pa
tient !
Year: 1859




If there be one attribute of the Deity
which astonishes me more than another, il
is the attribute of patience. The Great
Soul that sits on the throne Of the universe
is not, never was, and never will be, in a
hurry. In the realm of nature, everything
has been wrought out in the august con
sciousnesS of infinite leisure and l bless
God for that geology which gives me key
to the patience in which the creative pro-
cess was effected. Man has but a brief
history. A line of nineteen old men, cen.
tenarians, would, if they were to join hands,
clasp the hand of Christ and the sixtieth
of such line would tell us that his name
is Adam, and that he does not know who
his mother was. Yet this wonderful earth


unquestiOnably constructed with reference
to the accommodation of our race, was be,
gun so long ago that none but fools under,
take to reckon its age by the measurement
of years. All what baths Of fire and floods
Of water what earthquakes, eruptions


upheavals and storms what rise and fall


OF vegetable and animal dispensations


what melting and moulding and combining
OF elements, have been patiently gone
through with, TO fit up this dwelling place
Of man When / look back upon tn,
misty surface Of the dimly retiring ages-
Year: 1859

The Springfield Republican has capital
article on the subject. Here are the extracts !:


HIS REGULATIONS wIfiI THE TOLD NAN"


We suppose the first severe trial boy has
10 undergo, is to submit his will to the old
man, whom he is taught to consider his father.
10 be restrained in doors at night, TO be for
bidden to go in swimming five timesA day,
or be hindcrcd from pinching the rest Of the
children just for fun, iS an Interference with
natural inalienable rights, every way injurious
to the feelings, And then when upon some
overwhelming temptation, the boy asserts his
independence Of parental control, and receives
n tanning" with switch from ounce
bush. either upon his back or his bare feet, it
became really very serious thing. We new
or could see that the smart Of an operation
like this was at oil aSsauagcd by tho election
ate assurance that it was bestowed out Ofpure
love.
Year: 1859

Our friends at Ell Mendaro, the county
seat of Madison county, are just now hav-
ing a rel oicing time over the arrival at their
place of a first rate saw Mil, with corn mill
attached The new Mill viii be set up in
a few days, when the great want, of FL
Mendaro-lumber-w be constantly sup
Piled We understand that nearly if not
quite, twenty new buildings will be erected
there during the present season. We are
glad to record this evidence of prosperity
and growth On the part of our neighboring
town. and We hope it may long continue.
Year: 1859

We are informed that a difficulty occur
red at Council Grove, on Friday The 10th
inst, between the citizens and a large par
ty of Kaw Indians. The Indians shot a
white man IN the neck, wounding him dan
gerously. The citizens mustered to the
number of fifty or sixty and took two of
the Indians. who were supposed to have
done the mischief, and hung them on the
spot Our information is incomplete, and
We are unable TO give any further particu-
lars.
Year: 1859

The farmers are busy cutting their wheat.
The first cutting in this vicinity was done
last week. The crop is generally good
and there viii be fair average yield, not
outstanding that some fields have been
severely affected with the trust The
larger portion raised in this sectionz was q
variety Of winter wheat called sfclub, 2
which is a beardless and har ly kind well
suited to the climate and soil. We shall
take measures to ascertain to certainty the
number of. acres Of grain of all kinds raisl
ed in the county the present season, and


publish it for the benefit of our readers.
Year: 1859

MIsTAKE.-The Sacramento Union says,
that we claim the ownership of the Pioneer
press This is a mistake. We claim to own
the press upon which the Monterey Star was
first printed. Reference to our issue of the 9th
inst. will satisfy the craft, that we are not in
the field, as regards the Sam Brannan press
Yreha Union.


Well, if the Star was the first paper printed in
California, and the press now in possession of
the Union was the one upon which the Star was
first printed, is it not the Pioneer Press? We
think so. Mr.. Brannan's press printed the first
paper in San Francisco, but not the first in the
State, Hence we think the old Star press is the
one entitled TO the honor of being preserved by
the Pioneer Society, or what would be still more
appropriate, by the San Francisco Typo
graphical Society.
Year: 1859

While we are anxious to welcome into the
ranks OF the Democracy all national men, we at
the same time by no means wish to be under
stood as entertaining the idea that professed
Democrats, who bolted the organization last
election, are to be permitted to return into full
fellowship in erery particular, s-s-aout undergo
ing any sort of probationary test. On the SUBJ
ject of the Legislative Senatorial Caucus, for
instance, we are, at first glance, inclined to en-
dorse the views of the S. F. National, as express
ed in the annexed article:


This being admitted, of whom shall the eau
Gus be composed? This question may sound
strange to Democratic ears for the answer to
such is obvious. In view of the fact, however.
that certain pseudo Democrats have advocated
tho policy of admitting the men who, at the last
election were united in common alliance with
the Black Republicans in reasonable opposition
/ to the Democracy, it becomes an important in.
qulry Shall the Douglas Broderick boilers
participate in the election of a Senator? We
answer: Never! The man who advocates it
should be regarded with suspicion. To receive
them into Democratic counsels would be offer
ing reward to the blackest treason. If such
crime as they have committed cnn be palliated
by simple word of repentance and promise of
| future reformation, then, henceforth let treason
be the highest passport to preferment, and de-
sertion 70 the enemy the highest political vr-
| tue.


Indeed we do not for moment imagine that
the Anti-Lecompton portion of the Legislature
will seek admission into the Senatorial caucus
As to the denunciatory portion of the quotation,
the charges Of treason" traitorous alliance, y
&C., thatis all mere matter of TASTE We do not
endorse it. We know that many of those who
now declaim severely against treason to the
Democracy, were Themselves, in the same sense
traitors, when they abandoned our party and
became Know Nothings. We have seen them
admitted into full fellowship without doing the
slightest probationary service. More than ift,
delegates in the Democratic State Convention
two years ago, who had voted against jaime,
Buchanan, were permitted to cast their vote
for the Democratic nominee. We thought tha
wrong and voted against it. So now, we thinl
it would be wrong to admit men into the Sena
torial caucus who were elected by the Opposi
ton. We like TO see backsliders and bolter
give evidence of their repentance by ,corks be
fore they are permitted to resume position il
the Democratic ranks of perfect equality will
those soldiers who never have deserted the gooc
old flag.
Year: 1859

BaH James Truesdell, a gentleman Of some
seventy years, living in Liberty, Penn, has been
Tor twelve years past industriously engaged,
when the weather would permit, in digging over
a small plot of ground his dwelling, and
carrying dirt AMI stones to pile He has thua
labored, taking one stone or a little dirt at
time, until the mound has reached height Of
thirty or forty feet and is much larger than his
house He gives as reason for his labor that
he is searching for sixpeuce he once lost in
his garden. When offered assistance he alway
refuses verv decidedly, and digs on alone. He
is a well educated man, and perfectly sane on
every other question but this sixpence.
Year: 1859

A STRoSG SToNAcH-A western cattle dealer,
who rarely had the privilege of sitting down to
eat with family, and bad never been in a min
ister's house in his life, was not long ago be-
nighted and lost in his ride across the prairies.
and compelled to ask for lodgings in the first
house he could find. Happily for him, it proved
T. be the dwelling of good man, parson, who
gave him a cordial Welcome and. what was as
pecially agreeable, told him supper would soon
be ready The travellers appetite was rayenous
and the moment be was asked to sit By, he
complied, and without waiting for a second in
vitation, he laid hold Of what he could reach.


Stop, stop" said the good man of the house:
" we are in the habit Of saying something here
before we eat"


This hint to wait till the blessing was asked.
the rough customer did not understand but
with his mouth full be muttered


20 ahead say what you likel you can't
turn my stomach nowi"
Year: 1859

CRAB IN CLOSE PLAcE.-The Mobile Tri.
bune gets off the following:


Yesterday a man fishing for crabs at
one of the wharyes, and pulled up a common
half pint bottle. Ga examination il was found
that there was small crab in the bottle, which
could not get out. The crab had evidently got
into the bottle, and finding good safe harhor,
stayed there, but, in the meantime, had grown too
large to admit OF his exit from the bottle. The
bottle, crab, and all can be seen at this Office =
The crab is alive and kicking now, and is being
fed on Jenkins best oysters"
Year: 1859

NAPoLEoNs ATTEMPT TO PASS THE RED SEA-
The author of Eothn, or Traces of Travel after
mentioning several speculations as to the point
at which the lsraelites passed the Red Sea- one
OF tn" suppositons being that they had traversed
small creek at the northern end, near Suez,
proceeds as follows:


Napoleon, when at Suez, made an attempt
to follow the supposed steps of Moses, by passing
the creek at this point; but it seems, according
to the testimony of the people of Suez, that he
and his horsemen managed the matter in way
more resembling the failure of the Egyptians
than the success of the Israelites. According to
the French account, Napoleon got out of the diff
ficulty by that warrior-like presence of mind
which served him so well when the fate of ma
tions depended on the decision of moment
He ordered his horsemen to disperse in all direc-
tions in order to multiply the chances OF finding
shallow water, and was thus enabled to discover
n line by which he and his people were extrica-
ted The story told by the people Of Suez is
very different. They declare that Napoleon
parted from his horse, got thoroughly submerg-
ed, and was only fshed out by the people on
shore. / bathed twice at the place assigned by
the lsraelites, and the second time | did so I
chose the time Of low water, and tried to walk
across, but soon found myself out of my depth
or at least in water so deep that could only
| advance by swimming"
Year: 1859

BeA. There is place in New Hampshire
where they never have any old maids. When a
girl reaches the age of twenty-nine, and is still
on the ladder of expectation, the young fellows
club together and draw lots for her Those who
escape pay bonus to the one who gets her.


Now that is a capital idea; it would work
very well in this section of the country, by sim
ply substituting the men for the women. We
know of lots of bachelors twenty mine years of
age, who are still on the L" ladder of expecta-
ton" Won't some of the ladies get together
and draw lots for them? Those who lose the
chance will not be asked to pay bonus.-Yreka
Union.


No doubt it's "capital idea" to an old bach
elor like the editor of the Union. But we tell
his sort that the ladies will "get together"
and do what he prays for. All girls worth hav-
ing are sensible, and they know that loafng
bachelor who has not energy or bravery suffi-
cient to win wife, is not worthy to wear that
inestimable jewel.
Year: 1859

TNH S CELEBRATED GIN-pretendinc to
4 nothing but what it is, viz: a pure and un-
adulterated article, and assuming no artificial
merits of what it is not, as some of its rival imi-
tators do-after five years of public approval
and very extensive sales in California has been
pronounced by the public to be superior, not on
ly as beverage of general use, to any other ar
ticle competing against it. bnt is


UnrivalIed in It's Medical Effciencv
in most cases of complaint. To persons travel
ing in these days of rapid transit from East to
West, North to South, who are constantly chanp.
ing their water as we'll as their climate: who are
drinking indeed, dozen kinds of water in ev.
cry twenty-four hours, and each draft contain
ing some property acting in chemical antagonism
to the preceding one, thereby causing an unnat-
ural degree of excitement to the stomach-it is
positively and absolutely nseessary to use
counteracting agent. From the fact that the


"London Club House Gin"


is prepared expressly to meet such exigencies,
and to act as we know it will act, as an anti
dote, we confidently prescribe it as the very best
article in the country. The name of " Aromatic
Scheidam Schnapps" has never been attached
in any way to this article. In first presenting
Year: 1859

LOWER FRASER RIVER INDIANs.-The na-
tives of this region, owing to a more circum-
seribed intercourse with the whites, have
become much less demoralized than the
tribes further down. They are, in fact, SO
superior in all the virtuous attributes as to
constitute them quite different race. They
are also more cleanly in their habits, and
comely IN their persons, while in their re-
liglon they make considerable pretentions to
Christianity, practicing many Of its outward
| forms, and even observing some Of its more
essential doctrines For these crude notions
they are indebted othe French Missionaries.
who came early amongst them and perhaps
these Fathers might have bestowed their
labors on more enlightened men without
securing so apt and worthy disciples These
people, without affecting any great love for
the whites, still treat those whom they con-
slider entitled to respect, with frankness and
hospitality. They tell us candidly they do
not wish us to come into their country-they
foresee that evil to them will result from it.
Aware of our superiority, they dread our
presence, and equally aware of its futility,
they entertain no thought of resistance. l
apprehend that with proper treatment, there
need be no trouble with them They, in
fact, know that the presence of the white
man is inevitable, seem desirous to make
themselves useful, and to live in peace and
amity with him. For myself l went amongst
them without thought of danger, visiting,
with only my Indian servant, their villages
mostly situated in the little valley back from
the river, and sleeping in their cabins with
as little concern for my safety as if beneath
nv own roof


found, though, they had no superabund-
anee of food, still enough to keep them from
suffering. This consisted Of dried salmon,
potatoes and wild berries, several kinds of
which they pick and preserve in great guam
titles i'll their season. They occasionally kill
a horse, though this is not customary arti-
Gle OF diet amongst them, and is resorted to
at present, only because they are short of
fish, having parted with more last summer
than usual, owing to the advent of the
whites. / saw some gold in the possession of
these Indians, which they were willing to
barter away, requiring for it its full value.
1t was generally coarse and rough, as if OBJ
tanned from dry diggings, yet on this point
could get no information. as they are exceed
ingly chary in speaking of anything that re


ates to the gold-Ffaser riyer Correspondent
Of the Aka.
Year: 1859

4 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 are manufactured in the East CONTAIN SPIRITS
and some ofthem even MERCURY, although protesting
not to do so-consequenty for all cuaneous Diseases
etc. they are injurious instead of beneficial. Now in
the preparation we offer to the public are willing
to show the receipt to any one-no matter who-DOC-
TOR OR NO DooroR-as every man has right to know
what he is taking:
Year: 1859

THE GULF STREAM.-There is a river in
the ocean. In the scverest droughts it never
fails, and in the mightiest floods it never
oyerfows. Its banks and bottom are of cold
water, while its current is of warm. The
Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth
is in the Arctic Seas. 1t is the Gulf Stream
There is in the world no other such majestic
flow Of water. It's current is more rapid
than the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its
volume more than thousand times greater
It's waters, as far out from the Gulf as the
Carolina coasts, are Of indigo blue. They
are so distinctly marked that this line of
junction with the common sea water may be
traced by the eye. Often one-half of the
vessel may be perceived floating in Gulf
Stream water, while the other half is in the
common water of the sea, so sharp is the
line and the want of affinity between these
waters; and such, too, the reluctance. SO to
speak, on the part of the Gulf Stream to
mingle with the common water of the sea-
Liem. Aaury.
Year: 1859

Look TO YOUR Flowers. = We notice in
many collections of pot plants in the win
dows and upon the platforms of our citizens,
that thepots have become encrustedwitha a col
lection of moss, alkali and slime. This is
very injurious to the plant, as well as iniuri-
Gus to the atmosphere of the room in which
they stand. The surface Of the pot is por-
Gus, and through its sides, when clean, the
fire h air is admitted, and the base air or i'm
pure gasses are emitted it is therefore i'm
portant for the plants sake, that they should
be clean, to say nothing of the appearance
of such pots III dwelling We would also
urge the Importance of immediate attention
to garden plants also; the dust upon the
leave is the same as luxurious collections
upon the pots of plants. Every leaf of plants
should be clean. Remember they are the
lungs through which the plant draws its
breath of life-Cdl Farmer.
Year: 1859

THE PRESENT AGE.-Dr. kistfy thus de-
scribes it in the Cleaner:


''We live in critical, transitional age
The character Of our age is negative, in op-
position to the preceding positive and dog
matte ages. The ancient systems are ire
vocaby doomed, and new yet shapeless ell
ements are in course of disclosure. Hence
the parturent woes, conflicts, doubts
might as well say the anarchy Of mind
which accompanies our present transitional
age, out Of which the positive good is sure
to come; and not only are the religious, po-
litical and social spheres affected by the
present crisis, but it also draws into its yor-
tex the scientific world. The tendency of
our age is an irresistible democracy The
gates of the ancient Almas are unlocked to
the masses Diffusion, and not concentra-
ton, Of knowledge is the pervading thought
of our age. More of learning and less of
scholars is the shiboleth of our times The
great medium for the diffusion of knowledge
is the giant Journalism, of Comparatively re-
cent birth"
Year: 1859

DUELLING.-We do not remember to have
read of duel among the Romans, and yet
their nobility used more liberty with their
tongues than one may do now without being
challenged. Perhaps the Romans were of
opinion that i'll language and brutal names
reflected only on those who were guilty o.
them, and that mans reputation was not
at all cleared by cutting the persons throat
who had reflected upon it: but the custom of
those times had fixed the scandal in the ac :
ton; whereas now it lies i'll the reproach.
Year: 1859

BGS" Petitions have gone to the Massachu-
setts Legislature for law allowing judges
to accept verdict from three-fourths of a
jury in civil suits, where, in their opinion
the cause of Justice would be served there
by. Judge Nash, of the Boston Superior
Court, endorsed the proposition. The gen
eral principles of the unaninaity of the jury
on verdict is not proposed to be destroyed
by it; but if, after long consideration, they
fail entirely to agree, the judge may in his
discretion accept the opinion ofthree-foarths
of them as a verdict
Year: 1859

THERE is nothing gained by the continual
suspicion which men entertain of each other.
Confidence, which is the fruit of honesty. is
also the seed of honesty. The honestest
man has most faith in the existence of pro-
bity in Others and many men, no doubt have
been made honest, simply by being trusted.
We think we have seen such men.
Year: 1859

BY HENRY JACOB.
A man am with locks Of gray,
And eyes of misty sight,
But, when hear rocking chair
Ny veins beat warm and light;
ASi | were at home again,


And heard old Granny rock
In her old chair that used to squeak
And keep time with the clock.
Some times did not like the noise
Old GrannS's chair did make,
But now afar DER lard I'd 90,


Ger river and Ger lake,
So glad to be at home again


Tohear old Granny rock.
In her old chair that used to squeak,
And keep time with the clock.
O, many hours have | been rocked
In Granny's squeaking chair;
But o. how many changes since


Have thi'ned and grayed my hair!
0 Time! convey me back again


To hear old Granny rock,
IN her old chair that used TO squeak
And keep time with the clock.
Long years have / been far away
Far from my fathers house,
And he, and ma, and Granny too,
Are sleeping cold and lone;
And shall never hear again


My kind old Granny rock,
In the old chair that used to squeak
And keep time with the clock.
There is a charm in thoughts home
The absent only feel.
A charm, lone native to that heart.
Who's seen the parent kneel
At eve. at eve, and eve again


When Granny ceased to rock,
In her old chair that used to squeak
And keep time with the clock
How oft ct Grannys fee; I've sat,


How oft upon her knee;
How oft been petted into sleep,


Bycantle sung tome.
But that is past; 30 more again


In Grauny's chair I'll rock
That high back chair that used to squeak
And keep time with the clock
Year: 1859

BLooD LOWING CANDlDATR-Messrs. Gar
rard and Rice, the rival Democratic candi-
dates for Congress in the Sixth District. who
had the late pistol fight at Boon'ille, have
both retired from the canvass, leaving their
party to nominate somebody else. We hope
it will nominate some man who knows how
to behave himself-if it has such one
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