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COLUMBIA, TUOLUMNE CO., CAL., THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1858.
One of our native poets, tickled at a
little circumstance that happened in his
family, in a sentimental fit rushed into
print with it, and attempted to father it
upon the carelessness of St. Peter ; but
that old custodian, it will be seen, de
nies the soft impeachment. The two
“jims” are passing among the current
literature of the day :
My Child’s Origin.
BY DAVID BARKER.
One ntcht as oM St. I*ol»r slept.
He left theAiior of Heaven fijnr.
When through a littl® a .-el crept.
Ami came down with a tailing >!ar.
Onesnmmer. as the blessed beams
Of morn approached, my blushing bride
Awakened from s ime pleasing dreams
And found that angel by her sids-
G<vl grant but this—l ask no more ;
That when he leaves this wot Id of sin,
lie’ll wing his way to that blessed shore,
And lind the dooi of Heaven again.
St Peter’s Reply.
Full eighteen hnndrel years or mors
I've kept my door* securely tie 1,
There i* r.o "fiitle aegel" s - ray <V
Nor has been rais-bjS all the while.
I did not sleep as you supposed,
Xor leave the do rot II 1 vveu ajar;
Nor has a “little an :■ left.
And gone dow n w ith a falling star.
Go a?k that ‘‘Vushing bride” and see
If she won’t frankly o wn and say.
That when she found that ang»l b ibe,
the found it by the good ol 1 way.
Gel grant hut this—l ask no more ;
ihat should your famil>- be enlarged,
That you will n d do r.s b,fore
And lay it to old I’cter's charge.
Scene in a Log Ca’oin.
It was nearly midnight of Satuiday
that a passenger came to Col. ,
requesting him to go to the cabin of a
settlor, some throe miles down the river,
and see his daughter, a gnl of tourtcen,
who was supposed to be dying. Co!
awoke me and asked me to accompany
him, and I consented, taking witn me
the small package of medicine which I
, always carried wli.li me ia the forest ;'
1 but 1 learned soon there was no need ot
.1 » w her dlkca-e was t m core.
a slrrngc child,” said the
Colonel, “her father is as strange a man.
They live together alone on the bank of
the river. '1 hey came here three years
ago. and none knows whence or why
lie has money, and is a keen shot. The
child has been wasting away for a year
past. I have seen her often, and she
seems gifted with a marvellous intellect
She speaks sometimes as il inspired, and
she seems to be tha only hope of her fa
ther.”
We reached the hut of the settler in
loss than half an hour, and entered it
reverently. The scene was one not ea
sily to be forgotten There were books
and evidences of luxury and taste, lying
on the rude table in the centre. A gui
tar lay on the small table near the win
dow, and the bed furniture «n which the
dying girl lay, was as soft as the cover
ing of a dying queen.
She was a fair child, with masses of
long black hair lying over her pillow.—
Her eyes were dark and piercing, and
as they met mine, she started slightly,
but smiled and locked upward. I spoke
a few words with her father, and turning
to her, I asked her if she knew her
condition.
“1 know that my Redeemer liveth,”
said she, in a voice whose melody was
like the sweetest tones of an ./E dinn.—
You may imagine that the answer start
led me, and with a few words of like
import, I turned from her. A halfhour
passed, and she spoke in the same deep,
rich, melodious voice :
“Father I am cold, lio down beside
me,” and the old man lay down by his
dying child, and sho twined her emacia
ted arms around his neck, and murmur
ed in a dreamy voice : “Dear father,
dear father.”
“My child.” said the old man,“doth
the flood seem deep to thee ?”
“Nay, father, for my soul is strong.”
“Seest thou the thither shore:”
“I see it, father, and its banks are
green with immortal verdure. 5 ’
“Hearest thou the voices of its inhab
itants ?”
“I hear them, father, as the voices of
angels, falling from afar in the still and
solemn night-time; and they call mo.—
Her voice, too, father —oh, I heard it
then !
“Doth she speak to thcc ?”
“She speaketh in tones most heaven
ly !”
“Doth she smile r’,
‘‘An angel smile ! But a cold, calm
smile. But I am cold —cold —cold ! Fa
ther there’s a mist in the room, lou 11
be lonely-lonely. Is this death, father ?”
And so she passed away.
“We Cro Where Democratic ]Pri»oipl©« Le ad.’»
Trip to the Yosemite Valley
The Falls—Discovery of another Mam
moth (J rove—Outfit, dec.
Editor Bulletin : —Having just re
turned from a trip to that wonder of na
ture, the Yosemite Fall, I think a des
cription of the route to the Valley may
be of service to those who wish to avail
themselves of this delightful journey.
You leave San Francisco at 4 P. M.,
on the Stockton steamer. Leave Stock
ton next morning at 6 for Coulterville—
fare sll. You reach Coulterville at 9
P. M., on the same day. At this place
you can procure horses at $3 per day.
Leave Coulterville as early the next
morning (third day) as convenient, and
a ride of ten miles will bring you to
Marble Spring Cave. There you de
scend, under a moutain some sixty feet,
to a lake of pare, living water, under
arches of solid rock. You can spend a
short time at this place, and reach the
bead of Bull’s creek (he same night for
encampment, where you will find plen
ty of good grass and water. This place
is twenty five miles from Coulterville.
A ride of twenty five miles on the
next day (the fourth) will bring you to
the famous Valley of Yosemite. Then
proceed four miles up the Merced river,
where you will find your second camp
ing-ground, in the midst of perpendicu
lar granite rocks, four thousand feet in
height, and water falls too magnificent
for description. The two following
days (fifth and sixth) can be spent in
wonder and amazement, by proceeding
five miles father—to the head of the
valley—where the Merced river enters
it over a precipice, too grand for words
or pen to attempt to picture. Here
you pause in wonder, and praise your
Maker for his grand works, and consid
er that all the nations of the earth,
should they work for centuries, could
not undo what Ged may hav < done it
em c Jay.
Ou your return, you should leave the
alley by the break of day, and ride
fifteen miles to Crane's Fiat. By leav
ing the trial for one mile, you can visit
a grove of “Big Trees”—one of which,
I think, has never before been discover
ed, at least not to the knowledge of any
inhabitant of that region. These huge
monuments of Nature wore first seen cn
the 10th of this month by a party of
gentlemen on their way to the Falls
The paity was composed of Jas. E
Cogswell, R. G Cetiin a»d seven oth
ers. Theso trees are in Tuolumne
county, due north from the trail as you
pass over Crane’s Flat. You ascend
the hill from the head of the Flat, and
pass down on the opposite side about
one-foui(h of a mile, keeping the chap
arreli to the left, when yog will find a
cluster of ten trees, each measuring
from sixteen to thirty-six feet in diama
tci. The largest one has been so de
vastated by time and fire, that you can
pass directly through its centre. Two
of these trces—-which we named The
Twins—for beauty and symmetry can
not be surpassed. They are perfect to
a fault, and tower aloft at least 230 foot
—some say 800 feet. To the height
of 13 feet they arc joined together;
above that height, they are two perfect
trees. The circumference of their uni
ted trunks measures 9S feet. A view
of these monsters of the forest—at a
short distance from the south of the hill
—is the most perfect and glorious sight
tat I ever beheld in nature’s growth.
“Tuolumne” can now say to Calaveras,
mighty are your works Calaveras—but
more mighty are mine !
For this mountain trip each gentle
man should provide himself with stout
boots, gloves, monkey-jacket, grey over
shirt, Kossuth hat, four good blankets,
and a tin dipper. Ladies should have
thick boots, gloves, sun-bonnet, brown
linnen riding habit, four blankets, and a
suit of bloomer of merino. When they
reach the summit of the hill they should
doff their habit, ere descending into the
valley. By following theses directions
the tiip will be plesant, although some
what fatiguing. You should rig out in
the above costume at Coulterville. Af
ter leaving that place, Mother Earth
will be your bed and the Heavens your
canopy ; but the air is so pure and so
rarified, that you feel no bad effects
from such lodgings. With provisions
you can suit your own fancy,, and can
procure them at Coulterville.
Before closing, I would recommend
to you Mr. Coulter, as a kind, oblig
ing host. Mr. Smith will provide you
with good horses. Yr. Wilson, a prince
of a fellow, is the raan for your stores,
and Capt. Acklin for your guide, should
you require one. You will find a good
trail, with blazed trees, the whole 'dis
tance after sinking Rail’s creek. From
Coultcrville to Bull’s creek you will
find habitations, where you can inquire
tbo way. Should you take tba Captain
with you, be careful and not ask him to
wait lunch till you reach.
Crane’s Flat.
Mining Item. —On Wednesday last,
Deputy Sheriff Palmer of this county,
was forced to sell a mining claim, in Tun
nel Hill, near the Center House, belong
ing to a Frenchman, who refused to pay
his Foreign Minor’s License. The claim
was sold for 827, the amount of the li
cense and cost, and was purchased by
Gwinn Raymond, who immediately pro
ceeded to Mokchimne Hill, paid the pur
chase money and pot his bill of sale.
The Frenchman followed, and after con
suiting a lawyer, found his claim (half
interest) was gone. He immediately
offered $2,700 to regain it, which, of
course, was refused. The tunnel had
just got through the rim-rock, and the
first day’s work of two men bad paid $3,
700. The Frenchman says his interest
is worth over 83,000. The above is a
literal fact. San Andreat Independent.
Arrival of Silver Ore at San Dif.-
go.— There was considerable excitement
in San Diego on S inday, 23th of April,
on the occasion ofihe arrival,from Gad
sden Purchase, of sis eight-mule teams
loaded with silver ore from the Heint
zleman mine. This is the first cargo.
They have out at the mine some seven
ty tons, averaging 82,000 per ton. and
about eighteen ton? worth from $3,000
to $4,000 per ton :? now lying at Fort
Yuma, waiting shir moot. The teams
here will take back .machinery necessary
for vst'acting tlv Vilver ut «bc very
moult) of the min*.,*ua it is ’expected
that they will have the works in full op
eration by the first of August. —San
Diego Herald.
Some three tons of this ore was bro’t
to San Francisco yesterday by the Sen
ator. The expense of conveying it from
the mine to San Diego is said to be a
bout S3OO a ton.—S. F. Bulletin.
Indian Fight near Honey Lake-
Twenty Indians Killed.— Mr. Gar
low who came down yesterday from the
Big Meadows, informs us that on Thurs
day last, the news was brought to Mr.
Brown’s house by a Deputy Sheriff of
Plumas county, of a fight which had ta
ken place between a party of residents
of Honey Lake and some Mormon emi
grants on one side, and a party of Pitt
River Indians on the other. It seems
that the Mormons who were on their way
from Oregon to Salt Lake, had been
robbed of their cattle by Indians, who
subsequently offered to exchange the
cattle for flour. This proposition was
acceded to. but when once the rascally
red skins had obtained possession of the
flour, they refused to give up the cattle.
Ponding the parley that followed this
treacherous act, a party from Honey
Lake who were in pursuit of cattle which
had been stolen, joined the Mormons,
and made battle with the Indians. The
fight lasted for two or three hours and
resulted in the death of 20 Indians and
the wounding of (wo whites. The Mor
mons recovered all their cattle, and the
Honey Lake party found more than c
nough in the possession of the Indians
to make up their losses. The conquer
ors scalped their slaughtered foes and
returned in triumph to Honey Lake.
Mr. Garlow was unable to learn the
number of whiles and Indians engaged
in this conflict or the condition of the
wounded men. The Indians, who were
of the Pitt River tribe, were armed with
guns.
Much apprehension is felt among the
residents in and about Honey Lake Val
ley, and a general uprising of the Indi
ans is feared. Those who have hereto
fore lived about the white settlements
have all gone away, providing themselves
with ammunition before their departure.
—Butte Record , \Olh inst.
A Lover’s ‘Hi-Dea’.—There is a
Cockney youth who, every time he
wishes to get a glimpse of his sweetheart
calls out ‘Fite !’ directly uuder her
window. In the alarm of the moment,
she plunges her head out of the window
and inquires ‘Where ?’ The lover then
poetical y slaps himself on the bosom,
and exclaims my Hangelina !’
Womanisms by a Frenchman.
The following truths and fancies con
cerning that deeply interesting subject
to all mankind, Women, are selected
from works of the French writer Al
phonse Karr, and principally from his
book called Les Femmes:
WOMEN FEVER YOUNG.
It is not unusual to see little boys,
that is to say children, who one day
will become men. They have tastes
and pleasures, peculiar to them of boys.
Untin all of my life I have never seen
more than one or two little girls ; little
girls are women only smaller than other
women, but still most decidedly women.
At the age of six, they think of pleas
ing, and they are ready for anything.—
Watch them in their games apparently
the most innocent, they always imagine
they arc at the theater, and every now
and than they send their little eyes slow
ly round to judge of their success. A
little girl not older than six has already
the melancholy air and the dreamy look
of a girl of sixteen ; this docs not mean
to say that she is cither dreamy or mel
ancholy, and more than that the same
appearance will prove that she is so
when she will be at the age of sixteen ;
no, it is only an air that she has chosen
in the same way that she chooses a rib
bon, because it becomes her. Stop any
day in the Tuilleries, and study these
pretended children at their games.
They are not children who are playing
to amuse themselves, they are little ac
tresses, wrho are playing a part to be ad
mired. Listen how the little dressed
up dolls talk for the benefit of the spec
tators—see how happy they are tb bo
noticed, and observe with what sidelong
glances they repay any little admiration
they receive !
* * * From the ago of
six, a woman has nothing to gain, ex
cepting iy height and size. But if wo
men are never young, then, as a com
pilation; tircy'*aie Oevsr old. i
WOMEN KE-KH 01.0.
What is an old woman ? At what
age does a woman become old ? I have
questioned many women, old and young,
upon this subject, and I have arrived at
the conviction that they knew no more
than I do. * * * Listen
to a woman at the age of twenty talking
about old women. She does not speak
of them as a traveler who is about to
start on a long journey speaks of those
who have arrived at the end of it; she
does not speak of them as if they were
human beings to whom she must one
day boar some sort of resemblance her
self ; no, it would seem that they wore
two species of women perfectly distinct
like the white woman and the black wo
man, and that the woman of the age of
twenty who is speaking to you belongs
the young species in the same way that
she belongs to the white species. Noth
ing is more common than to hear a wo
man who is no longer young say, with
the greatest comtcmpt, of a woman of
her own ago, “She’s an old woman I”
A woman of the age of twenty calls all
the women who are of the age of thirty
years old, and a woman of thirty is scan
dalized to sec a drawing-room crowded
with nothing but women of forty, whilst
the latter say, “When I be fifty, like j
Mrs. So and so, I shall give up going in-!
to society, and certainly shall not wear
flowers in ray hair.”—The women of
fifty in their turn chatter freely about
the giddiness and impudence of women
who only number a few years less than
thcmsclves.
A woman is never old so long as she
can inspire a feeling of love. Besides,
what is it to be old ? It surely does
not consist in having spent a certain
number of years out of the mysterious
number which has been allotted to each
of us. To be old is (in my opinion) no
longer to possess either beauty of charm.
If a woman preserves up to the age of a
hundred all the attractions of her youth,
she would even then be younger than the
woman of twenty who had lost them all.
* * * * I prefer any day an old
woman who is young, to a young wo
man who is old.
women’s passion for new dresses.
In the life of a woman every event,
every alliance, every friendship, is the
pretext for a new dress. A friend gives
a ball—a new dress ; she marries— a
new dress; it.is her birthday—a new
dress; her husband dies—a new dress ;
she goes to court —a new dress ; her
children are confirmed—more new dres
ses, and so on to the last now dress she
puts on at her death. The life of a
woman is a series of dresses, and her
biography might be written from them.
React for a Fight.—Speaking of
the prospect for another Indian war in
Oregon, the Statesman says :
An Indian war at this time would bo
disastrous to us—much of our money
having been expended in the wars of
1555-SG, and as yet wo have not been
reimbursed. Our farmers, our mcr
chants, and our population generally,
are just beginning to recuperate from
the shock they received during the war,
and it will be some time, unless our war
debt bo promptly paid, before we could
prosecute with vigor these savages to
merited punishment. Should the gov
ernment even refuse to pay us back
what is due us for repelling the Indians,
in case another Indian war should bo
forced upon us, there is not a man in
Oregon but what would spend his all in
defending our homes against these mer
ciless invaders.
Generous. —Yesterday, wc got into
a conversation with Bottlegreen, who,
everybody knows is notoriously Iho
most improvident, shiftless old bachelor
in this community. Imagine, then, our
astonishment when this degenarate re
cluse announced to us, sub silent w, that
he was ou the eve of committing matrix
mony!—“Bottlegreen,” we exclaimed,
“what in the name of ail that is reason
able will you do with a wife ?” “11l
give her half of what she earns,“was tho
cool reply. —Placcrville Judex.
CtTßious —A company of minors at
work-in their tunnel in Cedar Hill, at a
depth of two hundred feet from the sur
face, have found large quantities of shot
dominated throughout the pay dirt.
jSvcry time they wash up they find shot
in their sluice boxes, mixed in with tho
gold. If the shot were scattered upon
tjje surface and has since settled down
sficb a distance, it is a curious fact—
Mountain Dem.
A Fatal. Hoax;->-A She.neld paper
contains the following; “A singular
circmnitance happened at our union, last
week. For some misconduct, the mas
ter had pat a boy, for punishment, in
the dead-house. At that time, there
was a corpse in the dead ward, in a cof
fin The boy took tho corpse out of
the coffin, dressed it in his own cloths,
propped it up against the wall, and then
himself got into the coffin, lay down,
and covered himself over. In the course
of a short time the master came, looked
in at the door, and saw, as he thought,
a sulky lad standing against the wall. —
‘Now,’ said the master, ‘do you want
any supper ?’ There was no answer.
Tho question was repeated with the
same result. The boy looked out from
the coffin and said. ‘lf he won’t have
any I will.’ The master fled under ter
ror, and received such a shock that it is
said he has since died from the effects.
Tulare Valley —A friend writing
from this flourishing section of country,
says the Mariposa Gazette , appears to bo
in excellent humor with the fine pros
pects before him. lie says : “The peo
ple of the valley arc very prosperons
and are getting along finely. The crops
promise to bo abundant, and in fact,
everything the ncart can desire is here
to be found in plenty. The placer and
quartz mines of White River are paying
handsomely to all who work. Times
are much better, and money more abun
dant on Kern River than has ever beeq
he case, at least for many years.”
Petrified Corpse. — A cofrespond
ent at Cold Spring informs us that, on
Thursday last, the people of that place
were engaged in removing the remains
of their friends from the old cemetery,
and interring them in newly selected
ground, when they came to tho corpse
of a woman that was partly petrified—
that portion from the hip-joints down
to the knees being in a state of preserva
tion and perfect in form, all the other
parts of tho body being decayed. The
body had been in the grave for seven
years. When the corpse was removed
the grave was full of water.— Coloma
True Republican.
Another Link in the World’s
Great Chain.— With a feeling of na
tural pride we take pleasure in announ
cing that a Telegraph Company has
been formed in this city, for the pur
pose of immediately establishing a
telegraph line from California to reach
Carson Valley and Salt Lake,
the line to commerce at this point.
The company composed of the right
kind of material—men of tho real go
ahead stamp. — Placerville Index ,
NO. 29.