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Year: 1872

Orientals do not change their style of
dress. Among them each nation and
tribe has its peculiar customs, as well
as its insignia of religious creed. These
fashions are perpetual, centuries seldom
bringing any change. It is related of
the young Bing of Siam that having
cherished a friendly regard for lady
who had, during the reign of his father,
resided in the royal city, he requested
her to send him her likeness. This was
accordingly done by the hands of mu-
tual friend, and the gift was received
with marked pleasure by the monarch.
But after long and careful scrutiny he
asked, with a puzzled air "Has my
friend changed her nation, or her relig-
ion? It must be one or the other. The
features are the same, but the dress!
This is not the costume shs wore when
I saw her last"
Year: 1872

The loveliest adornment of perfect


wOmanhOOd is unconsciOusness Of self.


If the woman possessed of this rare


virtue be lacking in physical beauty,


nay, even plain, there is a charm in


her innocence and simplicity more


potent than the smiles Of the fairest


featured siren that ever deluded the
susceptible heart of man. There il
something in the presence of q vain
and pretentious woman that, be she
ever so fair. repulses rather than at
tracts admiration. She is regarded
only for the symmetry of her form and
features, and like cold and senseless
statue of stone, her eyes never change
or lose their fixed and soulless express
sion; they never tighten up with the
beauty of thought nor sparkle with the
conception Of any new and sublime
idea their changeless look is not the
repOse Of peace, nor the steady gaze OF
unclianging happiness-it Is only the
fixed stare of heartless, worldly wo-
man, whose only thought is of herself;
who is ever insensible of the pleasure
of doing good to others-an expression
of Interchangeable happiness.


True beauty lies in the hidden per-
fection of the soul. The most lovely
type of perfect womanhood is the be-
ing whose heart is not insensible to
refined and tender feeling that min
giles and blends itself with every act
and deed of her life. No feminine
face is truly beautiful that does not
wear, to q certain extent, an expression
of contentment and repose. Ruskin
has said: "Do not think you can make
a girl lovely if you do not make her
happy. There is not one restraint you
put ON q good girls nature-there Is
not one check you give to her instincts
of affection or of effort-which will not
be indelibly written on her features
with q hardness which is all the more
painful because it takes away the
brightness from the eyes of innocence,
and the charm from the brow of vir-
tue. The perfect loveliness of WON.
an countenance can only consist in
the perfect peace which is found in the
memory Of happy and useful years,
full of sweet records, and from the
joining of this with that yet more ma
jestic childishness, which is still full
of fchange and promise, opening always,
modest at once and bright with hope
of better things to be won and to be
bestowed. There will be no old age
where there is still that promise-it Is
eternal youth.-Eugene.
Year: 1872

Martin Luther wrote to his wife,
Catharine, from Eisleben, in reply to a
letter in which she expressed great anx:
iety for his safety:


Dear Kate: Read Johns Gospel
and the Smaller Chatechism, in which
you once said, Everything in this book
is said of you You are SO anxious
about your God, just as if he were not
Almighty: He can create ten DIR. Lu-
theirs, if the old one were drowned in
the Saale, or put out of the way in any
other fashion. Do not bother me with
your anxieties have better protec-
tor than you and all the angels are. He
lies in the manger at the breast of his
mother, but at the same time is seated
at the right hand of God the, Almighty
Father Hence be not uneasy. Amen.
Year: 1872

The balmiest sleep we ever expert
enced was when we were nesting In the
old trundle-bed with q curly headed
brother Just turned out of the parent
nest to make room for a new customer.
But the trundle-bed dreams were soon
at an end, for when the next customer
came we were crowded out of the trun-
dle-bed to make room for the next that
was turned out of the parent nest, and
SO they kept altering for years, until we
were turned out into the wide world.


OF where are the little heads that We
have kissed u Thousand times DER as
they nestled in the old trundle-bed +?
Some of them have grown old and gray,
and others are resting upon their ever
lasting pillowsin widely separated lands:
We are always sad when We think OF
the old trundle-bed.
Year: 1872

Common India ink, simply dissolved
in water, is excellent for writing. Be-
ing composed of carbon, and little else,
it will keep in any climate or place
from year to year, perfectly sweet.
Even freezing does not iDjure its good
qualities, q simple cover is all that is
required to prevent evaporation and
keep the dust from falling into it. It
flows from the pen with ease and free
ness. The stroke of the pen made
with 1t is quite black il desired, and
will endure unchanged to all time,
provided the paper or parchment re-
mains sound; and even papers that
lave been burned and not iallen to
pieces, with this kind of writing upon
hem, remain quite plain to read.
Year: 1872

To think that the more a man eats
the fatter and stronger he will become.
To believe that the more hours chill
dren study the faster they learn. To
conclude that if exercise is good, the
more violent it is the more good is
done. To imagine every hour taken
from sleep is an hour gained. To act
on the presumption that the smallest
room i'm the house is large enough to
sleep in. To imagine whatever rem
edy causes one to feel Immediately
better is good for the system, without
regard to more ulterior effects. To eat
without an appetite, or to continue
after it has been satisfied, merely to
crafty the taste. To eat hearty
supper for the pleasure experienced
during the brief time it is passing
down the throat, at the expense of Q
whole night of disturbed sleep, and
weary waking in the morning.
Year: 1872

THE Pollies are determined to push a
vigorous campaign, especially against the regu-
larly organized Democracy in the two lower
counties. There is now every indication that
a permanent split will be made in the party,
and it also appears that curious combinations
are anticipated by the aid Of the Polly in
fuence. 1t is not probable that those having
the control of the party machinery will resign
it to the faction that is assaiing them more
vehementy than they assai even the Radi-
GALS nor is it probable that the "Polles "
will relinquish their earnest and prompt efforts
to secure this machinery, or if not this, to run
a machine of their own. Unless there is a
back down on one side or the other a triangu-
lar campaign is now foreshadowed


Who the leading spirits are among the
"Poles does not transpire on the surface,
for the present, but the meeting to ratity the
nominations next Tuesday, at Dover, will re
veal them. While it does not appear that this
element against the family ring has developed
material strength, it is claimed their influence
is far more potent than ever BEFORE and further,
that Sussex county will join hands with Kent
in the effort to break down this family combi-
nation that has been fattening so long and so
exclusively at the public crib.
Year: 1872

CALIFORNIA FARMS There are hundreds
of farmers in California, men who would be
thought wealthy in any farming community in
the East, who own several thousand acres, and
who do not raise even potato for their fami-
lies Wheat, wheat, wheat is their only CROP
and for this everything else is neglected. Their
families live on canned fruits and vegetables ;
all their house supplies are bought in the near
est town of the groceryman; in good season
they sell their wheat for large sum, and
either buy more land or spend the money in
high living, and when dry year comes they
fall into debt with interest at ono per cent u
month, and when the next dry year comes it
brings the sheriff.
Year: 1872

THE DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECUTIVE CON-
MIrTEE met at Dover yesterday. As the meet
ing was private but little could be learned of
the proceedings except that it was decided to
hold the State Convention and Ratification
meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 18th.
Year: 1872

father who recommended him to his pres.
emit position, where he has been so many
years I was but little child then, and
Peter used to toss me in his hands. But
the dear old fellow has not forgotten me
He is never afraid to call upon me, for he
knows that my heart is warm and sympa-
thizlng toward him. He came to me
Harry, and told me the conversation be-
tween yourself and Jasper Groome, when
Jasper came and told you of my fortune
He told me all you; said, Harry, all 8
all, and then knew how truly you loved
mellow noble you were-and how blessed
must be the woman who could secure such
heart-and Ito, Harry the fortune
has put this upon me. Say that you do not
blame meP y


Harry did not try to speak. he only
caught. the blessed being to his bosom, and
held her there, with her head pillowed
upon his shoulder-until he could find
words for utterance.


And so the fortune did not sever those
two pure and loving hearts, after all. It
became a secondary thing in their lives
and while they found their chiefest good
in the cultivation Of those joys that sprang
from the old true love, their friends every
where in prosperity and those in
adversity-shared with them in the bless
ings of the fortune which Uncle Snyder
had left. And we may add, that Of all
who gained sunshine from Miles fortune,
not one had more reason to be grateful
than. had good old Peter Phipps.
Year: 1872

At meeting Of horticulturists in Illi-
nois strong ground was taken against the
destruction of these birds. 10 show how
useful this bird is, it was stated that a
flock of partridges were seen running
along the rows of corn just sprouting,
and seeing them engaged in something
which was believed to be pulling up the


young plants, one ofthem was killed and
its "crop' examined, which was found
to contain one cutworm, twenty one
striped bugs, and over one hundred
chinch bugs. Another member related
that he had adopted measures to protect
the bird, and that they had become SO
numerous and tame that hundreds OF
them, after snow falls, could be seen in
his barnyard with the fowls, where they
were fed. AS result of their presence
upon his premises his wheat crop was
unusually abundant, while in many 9TH
er places not far off the chinch-bug and


other insects had destroyed half the crop.
Year: 1872

Tell me not that he's poor man,


That his dress is coarse and bare;
Tell me not his daily pittance
Is workman's scanty fare;
Tell me not his birth is humble,


That his parentage is low;
Is he honest in his station?


That is all I want to know.
Is his word to be relied on?


Has his character no stain?
Then care not if he's low born


Then care not whence his name.
Would he from an unjust action


Turn away with scornful eye?
Would he than defraud another


Sooner on the scafold die?
Would he spend his hard gained earning
On brother in distress?
Would he succor the afflicted,
And the weak ones wrong redress ?.
Then he is man deserving


OF my love and my esteem,
And care not what his birthplace


In the eye of man may seem.
Let it be low, thatched howell;


Let it be clay-built cot;
Let it be the parish work-housc-


In my eye it matters not.
And if others would disown him


AS inferior to their caste,
Let them do so-Tn befriend him


AS brother to the last. -
Year: 1872

The Washington correspondent oi
the Baltimore Eueniing Journal gives
the following sketch of Judge Bond


AS many papers in the country are
making great hue and cry about
the Ku Klux in South Carolina, and
the administration of justice by Judge
Bond, it is but just to let them know
who Judge Huge Lummux" Bond
is, and some of his antecedents. He
is well known in this city, as are the
means he used to secure his present
appointment, and confirmation after
appointment, the latter being strong
ly opposed by Chawles Augustus, Of
the Plunderer's Organ Of your city,
and who is now his chief eulogizer.
| I have been informed by reliable
persons, that when he was Judge of
the Criminal Court of your city, he
compelled the crier Of said court,
(who was once in the dog business in
Baltimore, also an engine house keep
er, but now postofice detective to
divide his salary (Which was larger
than that of the Judge) with him.
He (the Judge) was the delegate to
the Methodist Episcopal Church Con-
ference at Winchester, Virginia, Gust
before the war who seeded from the
Conference because of bis strong pro-
slavery views, which were antagonis-
tic to the majority Of the Conference.


lie it was, while a Judge of the
Criminal Court of your city, and as
such a conservator Of the peace, beg
ged an officer of the United States
army to release from his custody Ma
jor Harry Gilmor, "a prisoner of war
in Baltimore, and send lis guard
home, so that the Union men could
hang him major Gilmor) to lamp
post and he it was who caused the
arrest of many Southern sympathi-
zers in your city during the late war,
by means of his influence with the
commanding generals and their pro-
vost marshals.


While this prating Judge processes
Christianity, he never was known to
improve amy opportunity for sowing
the good seed, or of teaching, either
by precept or example, the lessons
which We are taught to believe as
coming direct from the fountain-head,
and certainly his actions do not ap-
pear to be influenced by the constant
kindliness and gentle hearing of those
who understand Christianity to sig
Nifty not only faith, purity and de-
votion, but also, that peace and good
will among men are its fundamental
principles and essential elements. No,
none Of these Duplicity is his forte,
and has frequently and faithfully


-rvad hilc r9,.7:I'e Gu q
Tine !.ri nl.t5sr -. f.it.
Year: 1872

Then fill each hour. with what will last
Buy up the moments as they go;
The life above when this Is past
Is the ripe fruit of life below.


Sow love, and taste its fruitage pure;
Sow peace, and reap its harvest bright;
Sow sunbeans on the rock and moor,
And find harvest home of light.
Year: 1872

The meeting OF Liberal and Democratic Com
mittees ut Columbus, Ohio, during last week,
to consider plans for the future, was untimely.
It needed no joint and several address to in
form the people how the election had gone,
nor the reasons therefor. Though it is per-
fectly true that General Grant received more
votes in 1868 in the States that voted that
year than he did in the Fame States in 1872,
it is also true that the vote on the other side
WAS still smaller. The meeting WIS, so far as
it undertook to consider Of organized action in
the future, wholly prema ture. The issues and
questions Of the future will be developed BY
time, and the future action Of par
ties must be left to be determined BY
events. The country can afford to rest
fol- while until public affairs take liked shape.
It is xith the Administration to determine the
future Of parties. The men who engaged in the
Cincinnati movement did SO not for the mere
purpose of putting one set Of men out Of office
and another set in; they sought the accomplish
ment Of certain reforms, and it nskes no differ
ence by whom those reforms are carried out.
The Administration, if so disposed, my carry out
the whole Cincinnati platform, and if they do it
will be as perfect realization of reform ideas
as if the same thing Was done by any other Ad-
nainistration.
Year: 1872

arge; go large that It vas beyond all hope
OF ever being paid. The annual revenues Of
the Government were not sufficient to pay it's
ordinary expenses, much less to pay the interest
Oh the debt in addition. The annual apppro-
priations for the Papal household were regu-
larly made, but the Treasury was never able to
pay them. Financially, the condition Of the
Papal Government was very low, and was
getting worse every year, and it vas indebted
to tho contributions received from al parts
Of the world for the means Of keep
ing up even show Of respectable
power. The assumption Of the whole
debt by the Kingdom Of Italy was great re-
lief to the Papal Government, which, however,
has uniformly protested against being thus re-
leved. It has in like manner refused to accept
from the King OF Italy the revenue it so sadly
needs, and prefers to depend upon the yolun-
tary contributions sent to it from the faithful
il all quarters OF the GLOBE. It does this rather
than submit to 3 political change which it hopes
to have reversed at some time, and when the
Pope will again be recognized as the sovereign
Prince Of Rome.
Year: 1872

It has become very evident that Boston has
not the need for relief which was supposed at
first. It was a natural impulse Of gratitude and
iberality that prompted the donation Of 80
large sum from the Chicago Relief fund and
by private subscription, and no one will regret
it. On the other hand, it is gratifying to learn
not only that the suffering entailed by the Bos-
ton IRE is not so great as to demand any move
ment OF general relief, but that the people and
press there protest against the somewhat pre-
cipitate action of the Committee in an
nonncing the acceptance Of all aid that
might be profered. The highest estimate
that has been placed upon the number
of families burned out is 800, or about 1900
people in all. Boston feels generally that it is
abundantly able to provide for these people.
Boston is heartily welcome to the 100000 of
the Chicago Relief money set apart for her
sufferers, and We have no doubt that those who
have made private subscriptions outside Of this
will not regret them for one moment. But the
work Of soliciting might stop. The renewed
declaration Of the Boston press that no more
aid is needed should be sufficient assurance that
Chicago has done all that could pe expected in
any quarter
Year: 1872

Emigration from Germany to this country has
roads in carrying emlgrants at reduced rates and
without charge for baggage. An official order
Las been issued by the Prussian Minister Of
dominance forbidding the continuance of this
accent announcement by our State Department,


that the Prussian Government denied that it
Rad discouraged emigration to the United States.
Year: 1872

paper which shall not only present complete
reflex Of the news Of each day, accompanied BY
candid and fearless comment, but also the best
medium OF communication between every de-
partment of business and its patrons. It is
only necessary to add that fsthankful for the
patronage of thepast we sre now prepared to
resume business at the old stand"
Year: 1872

We extract the following, in regard to
the untimely death of an old resident OF
this county, from the Marysvllle Appeal
of the 14th:


"On Friday, Coroner Shuttle, of Yuba
City, held an inquest on the remains OF
the late Andy Westervelt, found dead IN
his boat on Butte creek slough From
the Coroner we learn that the body was
found in the boat in Butte creek slough,
from which it was taken to the cabin Of
the deceased, on Squire Hamlin's farm,
near the West Buttes. The boat and
body were taken about mile and a half
by water, and then dragged half mile
further through the mud before dry land
was reached. There an inquest was held,
the body washed and properly clothed for
the grave, aud buried in West Butte
burying ground. The jury came to the
conclusion that he came to his death from
the accidental discharge of his own gun,
and rendered verdict accordingly. Cir
cumstances indicate that the accident hap
pened on Sunday, and in this manner: 1t
would appear that deceased had landed
from his boat at point about mile from
where the body was found. That in tax
ing one of the guns from the boat he had
two double shot guns one barrel was dis
charged, the charge entering his left leg,
lust above the knee, passing through it,
ranging upward, and lodging in the inside
of the right thigh, just below its union
with its trunk. The latter wound was the
one which caused his death, as the large
artery was se-ered, causing death in a
short time 1t would seem that after re
ceiving the wound he entered the boat and
proceeded toward his cabin, and had gone
about mile when his strength failed, and
driving his paddle in the mud which held
his boat against the shore, he leaned his
head on his hands and died. His guns
we're found in the boat, three barrels
loaded, the other empty. From the ad-
vanced state of decomposition of the body,
it was evident that the accident occurred
on Sunday, and probably during the fore
part of the day. His remains were fol-
lowed to the grave by many friends, who
reside in the vicinity of the place where
he met his death


Andrew Westervelt was born In Wayne
county, New York, where his mother and
sister short time since resided. He en-
listed in the T. S. Navy and followed the
sea several years, after which he resided
for a time in Pike county, Illinois. In
the Spring of 1850, under contract with
Mudd, Mace & Co., he came to California,
agreeing to pay for his conveyance after
reaching here, which he not only did, but
being security For another young man,
paid his fare also Hon. G. G. Bush
crossed the Plains at the same time and
in the same train with Westervelt and
other Illinoisans, and settling on French
Gulch, they dug the first mining ditch
on that stream.


Ga the breaking out of the late war,
Westervelt went East, joined Berdan s
Sharp Shooters and performed active ser
vice in Virginia At the close of the
war be returned to this county, where he
followed mining for some time, but for
the last three years he has spent consider
able of his time in hunting geese aud
ducks in Sutter county. Deceased was a
thoroughly honest man, and his death Is
greatly regretted by a large circle of
friends in this county.
Year: 1872

The Sacramento Union while ago talk


ed as thought it would support the nomi-
nation made by the Liberal Republicans
at Cincinnati 1t now seems to be getting
ready to flop into the support of Grant.
The Union has way peculiar to itself of
supporting at election times the things
which at other times it denounces- Post.
Year: 1872

The shovel full OF dirt has been lifted
on The railroad, concerning which so
much has been said and written In this
community, and we were not there TO see
i. Operations actually commenced at
the henarrows just below town on Monday
morning, and by this writing n considera


bio number Of shovel fulls have been do.
posted. Work has a!so been commenced
10 Wheeling, and we understand at Other
points. In the course OF lew day,
several hundred men will be al work
along the line. The contractor for max
ingthe bridge across the mouth Of Buffalo
Is on hand, 6usily engaged In making hi
arrangements. This Is q tolerably larg,
JOB and will require from twelve TO tiiteel
hundred perch Of stone. The undertak


Ing and intention Is to have the road II
readiness for business BY tho first of Jan


nary next, and for anything we can see t
The contrary, 1t Is highly probable tha


such will be the WsllS5urg Herald
Year: 1872

American Counsel to be Brought back


to Explain things for the Presiden.


tial Canvass.


WASHINGTON, May 1O.-A special SAYS
should the next exchange Of dispatches
end unfavorably for the arbitration, IL Is
In contemplation to issue an immediate
order to recall the agent and counsel ap.
pointed to conduct our case at Geneva,
and bring them back to the United States,
in time to prepare for the next session OF
Congress an exhaustive statement and
vindicatlon Of the action Of our govern.
ment prior to and under the treaty, for
the double purpose Of setting the country
and the administration right before the
world, and conserving our interests against
such future measures, and opportunity as
may arise for the satisfactory settlement
Of the differences between ourselves and
England.