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Year: 1859

QUAIL SHoorrNa.-A writer in the Spirit Of


the Times waxes enthusiastic on this theme.


Hear him:


Of all cunning sports of this country, mo-


thing can come up to quail shooting. 1t is


the poetry Of sport. The beautiful noun


tain scenery, the rippling streams, the roll
ing hills, the cunning of the birds, the sa-
gacity of the dogs, the strong exercise, the
perseverance of the sportsman, the trial of
reason against instinct, and then when you
are out of wind, and struggling up q stee,.
hill, whnr, Uhtyr, up get couple of q.all
and to bring them down is the perfection OF


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Then the mountain camp, the crystal
spring, the blazing fire, the glorious appe.
tite, the steak or bird cooked on the Goals,
the calumet of peace, the dogs doing
around you, and dreaming of the hunt, the
beautiful spread on the turf, with heaven for
canopy, and the quietness of the scene,
away from the hum of the world"


So much for quail shooting as relates to
the sportsman. Now read the poor birds'
side of the story as told by correspondent
of the Mariposa Gazette:


81 shot quail the other day. 1t was An
old cock, and had charge of the first brood,
hatched this season. not half grown, while
his mate was sitting on the eggs for the se-
cond brood. He got upon rock on hearing
my approach, and was fearlessly giving the
alarm to the fledglings of his charge which
he induced to fly in all directions, when
discovered him, and at a short distance /
fired at him with most miserable gun. Tho
poor bird was not killed but tumbled off the
stone with his legs and wing broken, and
with his bill split to pieces. picked him
up, and as he wasn't injured in any vital
part he wouldn't die and had to be killed.
was callous and hardened, but was sick
of my inhuman deed, and would have giv-
en-, / know not what, to have been able to
fix his bill and his manglsd limbs, and set
him at liberty. But could not, and must
put him out of misery, and tried like a
sportsman, by biting of his neck to kill him,
which only hurt the bird and filled my mouth
with feathers. He couldn't complain, except
by futtering. l never undertook such
task. Finally, through my efforts his bright
eye glazed and he died. put him in the
crevice of rock near where his mate was
sitting, and where his brood was scattered
in the chapparel with no one to call them,
and tsok my way homeward with enough to
think Of for long time to come. shall
kill no more quail"
Year: 1859

A LESSON OF PATIENCE.-The ropes over
the top ofthe Washington monument, which is
more than ITO feet in hight, were raised by
means of pigeon, in this wise: after
trying TO throw over a small thread attached
to stone, and failing to accomplish the
same object with arrows and ramrods, a
pigeon was procured pack Of thread tied
to his leg and the bird induced by various
expedients, such as shouting and discharging
a pistol, to fly to the top of the monument
and thence down on the other side. The
pack of thread was caught, heavier cord
was attached and drawn up, then heavier
and stronger cords yet, one after the other,
until rope of sufficient size was secured
over the top to enable the rigger to proceed
with safety to the work of re6tting the ma
chinery in complete order for future opera
tions. In manner similar to this were the
great cables of the wire suspension bridge
at Niagara conveyed across the stream, a
distance of 800 feet, at hight of 230 feet
above the water. A kite took across the
first slight thread, by means of which larger
and larger cords and ropes were drawn over,
until the wire cables themselves were
stretched from shore to shore. And thus all
enterprises of great pith and moment" are
accomplished; proceeding from the slightest
agencies to the most important, advancing
slowly and by degrees to ultimate compile
ton. Thus all great reforms, once slumbsr-
ing, perhaps, as has been said in a single
brain, progress tardily but surely, until an
evil is removed or a nation born unto free
dom.
Year: 1859

A FIRST CLASS LITERARY PApER.-That is
what we conscientiously call the California
Home Journal. 1t is not only the best liter
ary paper ever published in this State, but
is also equal to any in the Union. Its New
York namesake is brilliant, chatty, gossip
ing, fashionable affair, but contains less or
iginal matter and less solid mental pabulum


Morris Il Willis are living on their reputa-
ton; Duncan and Bowman are nobly de-
serving one. An editor pays cotemporary
the highest possible compliment when he
tells him that he peruses his paper and
that is what we tell the editors of the Home
Journal. If our readers want to maintain
faith in our veracity, let them subscribe for
the Home Journal themselves, now that it
is about to enter on its third volume, and
no longer be deprived of pleasure that is
cheaply purchased at FIVE dollars per annum.
Year: 1859

CRREDs.-A common error with the pro-
mulgators of new truths, dogmas or theo-
ries with reference to tho moral and spirit
ual wants Of man, is to seek to impose upon
those who accept either an arbitrary creed,
binding them with a new bondage to cause
they would more efficiently serve if free.
Thus Christianity, which in its simple in
tegrity is the noblest religion the world has
ever kao~n, has deprived itself of its most
expansive influence; thus Compte, the pro-
found French positiyist, after making the
strongest of all pleas for intact individuality
proposes to curb it by system full of the
most arbitrary details and thus Spiritual
ism, the latest protest against mental tyr
rany, seeks to establish for its followers
conventional creed. We are told that its
fundamental article IS, of course, a belief
in intercourse with spirits it also proposes
physiological, educational and other re-
forms, the emancipation of womanhood and
the brotherhood of man. But its general
ties are so vague as hardly to answer the
purpose of creed, and it is, as one would
suppose, rather failure. There is nothing
% regret in this fact even with those who
believe in Spiritualism, which we do not fur
ther than giving inevitable credence to some
of its phenomena.


The tyranny of creeds outlives every other
form of despotism, and if the past teaches
anything it surely warns those who have es-
capped the bondage of ono formula not to
impose upon themselves another. The os-
tensible object of a creed is the assertion
and maintenance of truth-just as if that
divine attribute could not maintain itself
Now as the ultimate truth cannot be known
to man, the affirmations of creeds, although
they may embody right principle, must be
mixed with error, which is imposed upon
the enquiring mind as truth. Thus the mind
is cramped, bigotry takes hold of it, and its
progress towards positive knowledge is Ell
ther checked or entirely prevented. The
history of mental progress and scientific re-



frequently the error of tomorrow. This
should induce US to keep our minds open and
receptive. If we must have creeds, we
would do well to initiate the politicians, who
lay down platforms as if for eternity, yet
break and reconstruct, or utterly abandon
them, to suit the exigenties of the times or
the demands of enlightened experience.
Fallibility, equally with mutablity, is writ
ten upon all things human, and our creeds
in philosophy and theology are as liable to
error as the convenient platforms of politi-
clans. Remember this, oh honest soul, and
adopt as thy only creed these wise words
"Do nothing against thy conscience for fear
or love. In all matters of doubt follow the
admonition of the silent monitor within thy
own breast"
Year: 1859

GIVE THE DEVIL HIS ENTHUSIASTICALLY
a contemporary journal copies from the first
page of the Press, without proper credit,
matter that is either original or has cost
much editorial labor; and said matter is
sometimes credited subsequently to the pa
per that purloined it. We would not COM
plain of such a trifile but for this reason.
1t is so unusual for editorial to appear on
the first page of a country weekly, that when
contemporaries see it in ours they may think
it is stolen matter loaded, and appropriate
it as such. Now because we have never re-
sorted to this trick, and do not want to be
thought guilty Of it by newspaper men, We
make this appeal for them to "give the devil
his DUE"
Year: 1859

The road to Carson Valley from Placer
Vile is said by the Mountain Democrat to be
in a most wretched condition, and almost
impossible. The Observer says efforts will
be made to keep it open during the entire
winter, by means of oxen, no matter what
amount of snow may come.
Year: 1859

The richness Of the Walkers river mines
is certified to by the Mariposa Gazette, but
the seasons are said to be unfavorable to
continuous mining operations. From the
middle of November to the first of May lit
tie can be done to advantage. Snow falls to
considerable depth and lasts, and ice forms
to thickness gratifying to New Engiander
engaged in peddling that cool commodity
Besides this, the mining region 10 not known
to be extensive.
Year: 1859

We have often wondered at tho folly O


men in California who live alone upon vas


tract of uncultivated, though cultivatabl,


land, surrounding themselves by Sahars


OF isolation, the single human speck in the
midst of many dreary acres-or, if they have
companions, none nobler than shock headed
aborigines and wild cattle. If this be
wealth, heaven keep US poor, and give us
no land but a lot in Gods acre


A correspondent of the Santa Cruz Nevs,
while passing over one of these big tracts
lately, thought its owners would exhibit
wisdom by dividing it into small farms and
disposing of it to the many enterprsing fam
lilies who would gladly settle there, put the
soil in high state of cultivation, plant
shade and fruit trees and erect beautiful re-.
sidences. He wondered if its owner ever
reflected, for moment, on the amount of
happiness he could thus confer upon his
fellow men, and the immense wealth these
sales would bring to his possession. He
wondered if he ever listened to the sweet
music Of childish laughter, as the village
school poured forth its romping inmates or
if he ever dreamed Of the thrills of JOY he
might experience in receiving the MANY
greetings of youthful etiquette, the grateful
salutations of those who would live to bless
his declining years and whose hands would
hic a.
his grave. 1t is doubtful whether men of
bis class ever do have such thoughts-mores
the pity.


Here then are thousands of land seeking
emigrants pouring into the State by every
route across the Sierra Nevada, many of them
with their wives and little ones. They all
want homes-permanent homes, where they
can live and die at peace, going no more
westward. Some of them will find homes
in the mountains, but larger number will
wander through the valleys and grow dis
heartened at contemplation of the uncer-
tainty of land titles or at the impossibility
of paying such monstrous prices. Now if
these large grant holders will divide their
property into farming lots, and sell them al
ternately at low prices, as building lots are
sometimes sold by those who would found a
city, the intermediate parcels of land would
soon acquire great value, thousands would
be accommodated with homesteads who
otherwise might never attain them, many
fourishing agricultural villages would spring
up and the whole State be largely benefited.
Are the grant holders wise enough and lib
eral enough to do this easy thing?
Year: 1859

A waggish fellow wrote to the Golden Era
editors that he had forwarded to them by
Express specimen of gold weighing fifteen
pounds, as slight token of gratitude for
the pleasure he has derived from their paper
within tho past six years. The lump has
not yet come to hand, and that is not all.
Year: 1859

KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRoLE. - Secret
Societies are multiplying in the Country to au
astonishing degree and, il we may place the
least credit" in "private and exclusive" dis
patch to the Cincinnati Commercial from New
York, we may say an alarming degree, We are
informed that a new institution has just been
elevated entitled the knights Of the Golden
Circle" whose mission, it seems is to "take
Cubs" and take every thing else which they
may deem essential to the spread and prosperity
Of this great nation The name has au attrac
tive sound, and the order will probably devote
its energies towards colOnizing the poor devils
who, in their insane desire for gold, are in
state bordering on starvation in Western KanS
sas.
Year: 1859




TEMPERANCE LEcTURE-Prof. Maxwell Pier.


son Gaddis, Jr, of Cincinnati, will lecture on
the subject Of Temperance in Huston Hall on
Thursday evening of this week. Professor
Gaddis has lectured on different subjects in
several of the principal cities of the Union, and
has the reputation of being one of the most elo
quent and entertaining speakers now in the lee.
ture field He is represented to equal the cele.
brhted Cough, and in point Of intellectual cul.
lore, he certainly is his superior. That he will
interest and please his audience we have strong
reason o believe that he will be the means o,
doing good we have no doubt. The subject is
one of vast importance, demanding the serious
attention Of every rational man and as it will
Re presented in the very best style of cbaste
and impassioned speaker, we hope to see the
Hall filed on the occasion.
Year: 1859

GIVE THE LOCOMOTIVE WIDE BERTH. es
terday friend of ours, who had some business
mile or two below the city, took the O. H. 4
D. r. r. track as short cut to reach his destina.
tion. Soon after passing the Miami Bridge be
heard the down train coming, and stepping Of
the track, he took position near the ends Of
the ties, TO await the passing of the train. He
did not get away far enough, however, for the
frame work of the Locomotive barely struck his
aim, and his hat was carried off his head by the
current Of air in passing. This was close
shave, and will learn him, as it ought to learn
every one who reades the item, to give the
Locomotive wide berth. Always take posi-,
tion far enough away from the track when
train is approaching to allow broad margin
for chances.
Year: 1859

" Three men were taken up on Sunday
evening for drunkenness and disorderly CON
duct They were before the Mayor yesterday
were severally fined, paid fines and costs,
(nmOunting to over 50 apiece,) and were dis
charged man who was running his horse
about the streets at an alarming gait on Sunday
evening, was arrested and gave security in a
Sufficient sum of money" for his appearance
before the Mayor on Monday He failed to
make his appearance, but his "surety" was
made to pay the cost Of fast driving.
Year: 1859

The PaGSIx BASD.-This n ewly organized
musical institution. under the leadership Of
Mr.. Howe, noted throughout the country as
superior musician and an excellent teacher, was
out through the principal streets of the city
yesterday evening. discoursing sweet music.
We are not critical judge of harmony, aud
do not pretend TO giving an opinion in the mat
ter although we certainly know what plenses
u.s. professional musicians, however, informed
US that the members Of the band were progress
sing astonishingly under the teachings Of their
leader Their efforts yesterday would have
done credit to older bands, and they gave prom
Use Of excelliDg We acknowledge the eonpli
ment OF q very agreeable serenade from this
Band.
Year: 1859

TTThe Washington Guard Ball was well at.
tended las, evening by as genteel party as we
hud at any place Of rational amusement Their
Armory has been put in nice trim; they have
had the room supplied with gas pipes, and
they have given the place look and air Of
comfort and elegance The best order was oh,
served. and the party passed an agreeable even.
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Year: 1859

D-The Pic Mic Of The Sears street Sabbath
School announced for Friday is deferred for the
present, for the reason that the excursion to
Chicago will leave the Dayton d Michigan Co.,
without any extra cars to be devoted to pic mic
uses Notice will be given Of the day on
which The pic nic will come of.
Year: 1859

PHI IosoPHIcAL SOCIETY OF The MECHANIC ISSTI-
T1rE.-Peter Cooper has granted the Society the
use ef tie large upper ka of the Cooper Institute
which they will inaugurate this evening. Subject
sctIo-MagLetsn as a Motor"
Year: 1859

Don't be afraid Of little fun at home,
good people? Don't shut up your houses
lest the sun should fade your carpets; and
your hearts lest a hearty laugh should
shake down some of the musty old cobwebs
there? If you want to ruin your sons, let
them think that all mirth and social enjoy
ment must be left on the threshold with
out, when they come home at night When
once home is regarded as only place to
eat, drink. and sleep in, the work is begun
that ends in gambling houses, and reckless
degradation Young people must have fun
and relaxation somewhere; if they do not
find it at their own hearthstones, it will be
sought in other, and perhaps less profitable,
places. Therefore, let the fire burn bright
ly at night, and make the home nest de-
Hghtful with ali those little arts that parents
so perfectly understand. Don't reprcss the
buoyant spirits of your children; haitian hour
of merriment round the lamp and freight of
home blots out the remembrance Of many
care and annoyance during the day, and the
best safeguard they can take with them into
the world is the unseen influence of a bright
little domestic sanctum.-Lits Illustrated
Year: 1859

LONBARDY BsEs-Intelligence has been
received at the Agricultural Bureau of the
United States Patent Office, that large
swarm of Lombardy bees had been shipped
from Havre, France, for this country. They
are deecribsd as being of larger size than
the ordinary bee, and having a longer bill,
and are able to suck flowers inaccessible to
the American bees. The product of an old
hive of these bees is sometimes one hundred
and fifty pounds of honey in one season
These bees will be sent upon their arrival
here directly to the Agricultural Bureau;
but will not be distributed till 1861. by
which time it is expected to rear from the
swarm, stock enough for six hundred hives
Year: 1859

STANDING By Hrs FRIESDs.-In the
flush times Vicksburg. when the phrase
hard case meant something more than it
does now, Harvey Jinkins was admittedly
one of the hardest. BY some strange acei-
dent Harvey found himself at church one
evening. The sermon being over, the
preacher requested all who were friendly
to religion to rise and hold up their right
hands. The whole audience, apparently.
were on their feet. After they were seated
again. the minister continued:


Now if there is single one here xho
desires to see Satan and his kingdom pros
per. he will rise and hold up his hand


Harvey, with some difficulty. got 10 sn
erect position. and said:


Had the vote been less unanimous,
should have retained my seat; hut 1 mako
it a point Of honor never to abandon
friend under adverse circumstances
Year: 1859

To KEEP BEDS WELL AIRED.-Nothing
more is necessary than to fill large stone
bottle with boiling water, and to put it in
to the bed, which, with the bolster and pill
lows, should be pressed round it in heap.
1t is astonishing the number of hours it
will be found warm. BY this simple con-
triFance, no one need fear giving friend
clamp bed." even if is only done once a
fortnight Care must be taken to have the
bottle well cOrked, and to prevent accidents,
it wcnld be as well to tie it down.
Year: 1859

A female teacher in one Of tho public
schools Of Albany undertook to chastisc q
little boy few days ago. and the little
scamp raised her garments and took rcfugs
beneath her hoops She was compelled to
agree to truce before the impudent ittls
chap would come out.
Year: 1859

What the world calls ayarice IS oftea-
times no more than compulsory economy.
and even wilful penuriousness is better
than wasteful extravaganza A just man.
being reproached for parsimOny, said he
would rather enrich his enemies after his
death than borrow of his friends in his life
time.
Year: 1859

JSEe" ana LIE.
Yer Press, for the Parishes of East and West
fellclana and Pointe Coupee. This press is now
ahead OF all others in use, for durability, ecouo-
my s!fength, &c. and it is the same that took the
premium at the Mississippi State Fair, in 1858.


lhe sale of the patent of this celebrated Press
1or the different counties in the Southern States
mas oeen unprecedented; and it is generally pre-
oictcd lhat In few years, they will supercede
all other cotton Presses known


A word as to the cost of these presses. Tt has
been proven beyond the least possibility of a
doubt, that there has never been Press invented
that can begin to compare with this one for cheap
ness. Therefore, if there is nything in economy.
they must certainly find great favor with the cot
ton planting portion of our community. They
seldom get out OF repair, are easily fixed, and
taking all things into considerations no Press
has ever been thought of by any mechanic that
Is destined to prove of so great benefit to the
cotton planter, as '.Proyost's Iron Screw and Lee
yer Press


In the language of the Messrs. Pr vost, awe
claim for this Press many advantages over all
the Presses in use. The Press is we'll adapted to
any style of Gin House, as it can be worked in
or out OF the lint room, taking up but little space
requires bat little timber and must be durable,
as all OF its working parts are of iron, of great
power, as it combines both the lever and the
screw, and SO simple that the negroes can work
it with dispatch. We can press any weight Of
bales required with ease"


AS it is more easy to convince persons of the
superiority of this press by showing it in full
operation, this is to let planters know that have
one in Bayou Sara, and will take pleasure in
showing it to any who may desire to purchase
will also contract to put up these Presses ON
any plantation in the parishes of Pointe Coppee
and East and West Feliciana. Orders nartieu-
larly desired, as l wish to show planters the
great superiority Of Proyosts Press over all others
In existence. je1I. FL. TENNEY
Year: 1859

Prace, cents per poumd-25 per cent les.


than Rope.


ANY one considering the advantages of Iron
over Rope as material for binding cotton bales
will be surprised that it has not been adopted
long since. In its security against fire there il
an overwhelming reason for its adoption


The presses in the Seaport Cities have been
the main cause of its not being generally adopt.
ed; but, now that objection is removed gener.
ally, and the Orleans Press, the largest in N O..
give it the preference over rope. The Fassnann
Iron Hoop and Tie is the improvement of one
OF the proprietors, and is adopted from the fact
that it is found, after long experiment, to COM
bne the greatest merits in simplicity and facility
OF application of any one yet made. It is SO
prepared as to require no change for recon-
pressing. Thus obviating the only remaining
difficulty at the sea board cities.


The hoops are sent of any length from eight
to ten feet, and full guarantee given that
neither the Ties nor Hoops shall break And
further, that all cotton bound in them shall be
received on the same terms at the Orleans Press
as rope bound cotton. The weight per bale is
about the same as rope, not one pound more Or
less.


To show the opinion Ship Masters have of it,
we give the following, among numerous COM
mendations we have:


The undersigned masters of vessels having
had cotton compressed with Fassmann's new Iron
Hoops and Ties, hereby recommend the same
The bales being well compressed, and the but
tons Or hoops never breaking when thrown
DOWN. in the ships hold: or when slowed.
Year: 1859

Did you ever observe the change that is grad
ually made in the style of our crayats as we
grow in years? Up to the age of ten our necks
are left at liberty As far as eighteen the era
vat is a matter of utility. From twenty to
twenty-five it is an article of taste; at thirty it
is an object of study; at forty it is work of
art Having passed this age, our pretensions
to elegance have become extinct; our cravat
does as it likes; we take no heed of it; it gets
fabby and humilated; the shirt-collar rides
rough-shod over it, or it becomes kind of bag,
in which we bury the chin, the mouth, and
sometimes the end of the nose.