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THE NEVADA JOURNAL
VOL. 4. —NO. 4.
THE JOURNAL,
published evkry fkidav morning dv '
SUDD 3c SKELTON,
Office on Main Street, over Wells, &.
Co.’s Office.
TERMS.
For one yenr. in advance $7 00
For six month*. 4 00
For three months. 2 tto
Singlo copies, 05
Lcjal BlanllS of nil kinds for sale ut this oflicc.
Job Work it* “I 1 its varieties, promptly and neatly
executed, at reasonable rates.
Advertisements inserted at low rates.
L. P. FISH Kit is J.rar only authorized agent at
'an Francisco. He may be found at his desk at the
Al&rhants Kxohange.
A. DKL AXO«t Wolls, Fargo <y Co.'s oflioe, is
Mir authorized agent at Grass Valley.
BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBERS.
THE undersigned Leg to rot 11 his
thanks to the citizens of Nevadafor
tin- liberal patronage thus far bestow
ed upon his establishment, andto in
form them that he is now ready to
wait on them
In his New Erick Store, lately erected on
the corner of Main and Commercial sts.,
where ho has been doing business for the last two years
and a half. 11 is- '-Turk is now I.AR6KK and the VAUIE
f V GREATER than at any former tide, having been se
lected personally from tins
Best Houses in Sen Francisco,
whicli. With the practical experience of the undersigned,
cannot fail to give salisfei lion to all. Alt work, purchased
at libs establishment, if ii rip. before having done reason
able service, will be Repaired Kkek or Ciiakok.
Having established himself permanently
in Nevada, the undersigned is desirous that his work shal
commend him to public confidence and lavor, and it will
'be bis constant aim to accomplish this object by doing
j nstice to Ids customers.
He has also on hand an assortment of Sad
dlery, Harness , Whips, Spiers, Sc. Sfc.
N. It. Surgery performed on old boots and Shoes as
usual, by mending Hie broken; heather Soles put on
Rubber Hoots stud Shoes, tints reuderingj.beiu more du
rable and less injurious to health.
Th-'re will also be a I*R.V<TH’AI. HARNESS MA
KER in’readiin ss to makv and rspair at short notice, and
on reasonable tenns. P. J. KSPKXSt’II ii! I>,
33tf Corner of Main and Commercial sis
PACIFIC RESTAURANT.
At ""Tain Street Bridge,” Ncva»3a.
r f' , llD UNDEHSKJNICD having purchased
.1. 1 1 be entire interest of Ids former partner, respectfully
rmiminces. that it is ins intention to make this
Facorile ll: daurunt Fi/iud Ic any vf the kind
in the City.
Every endeavor shall he used, and no expense spared, to
make litis place a *>NJiff »RTA REK AND QI’IK.T
111) t .- K for their enlet lathi ment. And he is in hopes Unit
with Urn co operation ut itmso who Imve been in his em
ploy since the opening of-the above establishment, to ful
ly meet the .vault o die public in general.
And my individual exertions shall ho used to give salts- i
faction to till who may give me a call.
1 sh.fl luit cash hu-dness. upon the most reasonable
'terras : and strictly adhere to temperance principles, OS
heretofore. Nevada < itv, Nov ggj, Ic'jJ
31 tf " S. W. CRUSH. :
N. B. Wo are ready to give MEALS TO
ORDER at all reasonable hours, ani OYS
TERS every evening at reduced prices. |
IVM. M. STEWART. ME Kg SHARES. ;
s' r ewa iit a vSKAm.s,
JIT'I'fJHNE YtS ASD (OLWSFLLOL'S AT
LA W.
Office mi Ufoud street, in Davis' Erick building.
AV ii.i.iam A*. tSvKw.utr. District Attorney. 321
reat Attraction.
VfEYS CALIFORNIA JEWELRY and
In WatchmakingEstablishment,Commer
cial st., Nevada city.— The above bouse haw*
one of the best workmen in the State, will Manufacture
< aliforniu Jewelry of every detcription, at the shortest
possible notice.
AIso—ENGRAVING Well Executed.
DIAMOND. - ? set to order. Eenllemen desiring Gold
! leaded < r olherwise ornamented A'aues nnule v. ill do well
to give us a cult. 3-1-lui
DISSOLUTION.
CTIHE UNDERSIGNED (inn have tins day dis- j
ta. -solved partnership by mutual consent. <«. \V. Dickin
mil li n ing sold out Ills interest in tin: Bakery and (’oti
teclionary business to Thos.T. Thompson. Tim business
lii'i'i alter will be conducted by Copp St Thompson.
Tim lute lirm beg to return tlmir sincere thanks to the
patrons of this establishment, lor their liberal patronage I
since their commencement, and hope they will extend ,
their favors to the new lirm.
Nevada, March go—hv DRIKINSON&I’OI‘P. j
NEVADA MILL.
TO LOVERS OP CrOOD COPPEE.
rT is a well known fact that the city of Nevada, j
has hitherto been very deficient with respect to
the above named invaluable article. In order to '
obviate this lack cf an article so eminently Useful I
and wholesome, Messrs. CAIvKE &• CO. have .just
opened a coffee mill, nuder the name of Nevada, Mill,
On Ukoah street, two doors delow the llotei
he Paris,
where the residents of Nevada and vicinity may be
supplied with ready fresh ground Coffee, whose su
periority over any article ot this kind ever imported
iu this place, will be contested by none who will fa
vor Carre ,t Co. with their patronage.
N. Is. Orders promptly attended to, and charges
moderate. 40-dm
GRASS VAL L E Y
BVGiEuuEorrrE gallery.
Main Sheet, nearly opposite Mill Street,
1 TWITTED with all the modem improvements, by
. which lam enabled to take superior pictures in
lair or cloudy, sunshine or stormy weather,
Citizen* of Grass Vnf/ry and mi) ••Outsider'’
friends gene rati i/, me invited to call.
Sept. 1,1853. titJ-tf GEORGE D. DO UN IN
POUND!
4 MEMOBANDI d BOOK. marked Oa Ivin Franklin
containing a Note of hand for $.10.. also other pa
pers. The owner can have rtiv same by applying to T.
\V. t'olhurn, Ksip. and paying for this advertisement
JOB WORK.
The proprietors of tho Journal have just ma le, and w il
coutiuue to make important and
KVTKNtJI\ H IMP 110\ KMK\TS
IT| -I'llK* H
1?
consisting of
latest styles
lira min'
Which, together with their
Former Exceik^
WILL ENABLE THEM TO DO WORK EQCAL TO A.W
IN THU
Wm. J. Kuox, M. I).,
OFFERS Ills services to the citizens of Nevada
and vicinity. He will devote himself exclu
sivcly’to the different branches of his profession,
medicine, surgery, etc. Bv proper attention and
moderate charges, he hopes to receive a liberal slultc
of patronage.
At the Nevada Drug »tw t) Broad si. above Pine.
12-3m*
£2IGZZT CHECKS
San I
T ar
on Sacramento and
San Francisco in sum, to suit purchasers at
Jau’v Ist 'oi
11. DAVIS.
death.
‘AV it at is Death T asked of an infant child—
It covered its innocent face, and smiled ;
" hilc I mused on ihe answer the child had given,
Behold Hie King’s messenger came from Heaven,
And lie said to (he babe in its innocency,
‘•Sweet one, the angels are calling for tliee; ”
And e’en as it slumbered he hushed its breath.
While 1 started, and whispered ‘ Can this be Death 7”
No answer came, and I asked a boy.
Whose blue eyes danced with exeese of joy,
‘‘Tell me.” I cried. •• who is this Death-,
That twines round each brow an icy wreath I”
And the hoy replied, with a meiry gaze,
‘•He’s a giant king of ancient days :
His step is feeble, his visage old ;
I fear not his touch”—yet his form grew cold.
And ids young limbs stiffened henejuh the blow
U hich soon laid his joyous spirit low ;
Ami Death smiled grimly as upward he bore
That merry laughter, whose joy was o’er.
•‘Death 1 what a strange, unmeaning thing,”
t?aid a Joyous maiden oiuj morn in soring ;
An orange wreath circled her youthful brow.
Ami her fair face flushed with love’s tell tale glow :
Vet e'en at the altar Death stood to kiss
Her beautiful cheek, mid proclaimed her his ;
And Ihe wail of sorrow wag mournfully strong,
As it look the place of the bridal song ;
And the fruitless buds oflier morning wreath
Were twined on her brow by Hie linger of Death.
Death I ‘ Tis a dark and dismal won!.
Thai ne’er our joyous home has heaid
Thus spake a mother, her young heart’s pride-.
Her tirst-born, slept sweetly at her side ;
And Death laughed at Ihe beautiful guileless pair
Saying, - One soul shall be wanting there ’
Before the risi* of to-morrow’s sun"—
1 looked, and Death a mighty work was done !
‘•Death, ’said a widow, in accents wild.
‘•He has snatched from my bosom both partner and child:
1 know hint—his visage is grim and old.
And bo mortal awakes from his kiss so cold ;
'et lie takes not one who would gludiy go.
N'ow no treasure is left to cheer below.”
De ath paused, and something of pity he knew,
As forth for Hie lone one a wreath he drew ;
No wail of sorrow awoke the morn,
U hen Death passed out. and her soul was gone.
••Death ! i am weary of Wailing for thee,”
Cried an aged man impatiently ;
••1 have borne the sorrows of men for years.
And my cheeks are furrowed with many tears.
Long have I listened at dead of night
for thy footsteps to bear me to realms of light.
Come twino thy flowers around my brow,
And release my soul (ruin the bondage of woe !”
Death (tune; and the spirit was upward borne
Dll the rosy wings of the blushing morn.
A LOVE STOIIY.
He sir Airbed to kiss her. She struggled the same
i 1 o prevent him, fu hold am] undaunted ;
! iit, ns smitten t>y lightning, he heard her exclaim,
“Avaunt, sir ! nnd off he avaimted,
I’nt when lie returned, with the finuliahcat laugh,
She win" dearly that h • was affronted.
Am! threatened hy main force to carry her off',
the cried “Don't!" anil the poor fellow donted.
When he meekly approached, and cot down at her
feet,
Praying loud, as before he had ranted.
That she would forgive him, and try to ho sweet
And laid “Can’t you V lire dear girl re-canted.
Then softly he whispered—“l low ronld you do so 7
I certainly thought I was jilted;
Out com.- thn i with me, to the parson we'll go ;
Soy, w i*t thou, my doai 7" and she wilted.
Then gaily he took her to sec her new home—
A shanty hy no means enchanted
‘ See ! In re we can live with no longing to roam," j
He said. “Shan’t we, my dear 7” so they shantied !
Spanish Custom in Clija.— They have a
very singular < uslom, at a certain season of the
year, among the .Spanish Catholics on the
Island of Cuba. A gentleman writing from
Havana thus describes it:
“At a great cathedral Were drawn up an es
cort of troops. Soon comes forth a full sized
wax figure of the Saviour, with open wounds,
standing upon a platform or pedestal, highly
decorated, and borne upon the heads of men
who are shielded front tne public gaze by a deep
c, rlain. reaching neatly to the ground. M ith
music playing, the procession, with priests,
crosses, candles, Ac., moved slowly along the
street.
“Soon appeared, coming in an opposite way,
a full,sized figure of Mary Magdalene, borne on
the shoulders of four priests. It approaches
the image of the Saviour, until a seeming re
cognition takes place, when it turns suddenly
round, and by the peculiar running motion of
the priests, the image appears to run very hard
up the street, with her long curls shaking in
wild confusion. .She meets the image of the
Virgin Mary, and tells her of the resurrection,
when they both return down the street, the
Virgin .Mary being in advance.
■•When the Virgin Mary arrives near the
Saviour, by the sudden motion of the forward
bearers each figure is made to bow to the other
several times, and they all proceed onward to
the church from which the two Marys were
taken. Both images of the Marys are dressed
very gaudily. The dress of the Virgin Mary
was of a yellow satin, trimmed with gold, and
she had a crown upon her head. Mary Mag
dalene was dressed in bine.
“After entering the church, the troops fired a
fen-dt-joic, and slowly the crowd of wondering
! spectators dispersed.”
The following, which is sent us from !
“Old Virginia, to fill a nook in the drawer,”
is described by a “constant reader” as hav
ing “at least the merit of being true
A native of the Emerald Isle, having
emigrated at an early age, found his way
finally to the “Ancient Dominion,” where
he settled, and growing up to man's estate,
took unto himself a “better half.”
Turning his attention for the first time
to the mysteries of horticulture, he among
other edible vegetables, had some beans
planted by a female servant.
On going into the garden a few days af
ter, he found them sprouting up, but to his
astonishment and dismay, saw the beans
sticking to the leaves of the sprouts an
inch or more above ground. Reflecting
i for some moments on this singular phe*
i nomenon, he came to the satisfactory con
clusion that it was attributable altogether
to the fault of the servant, and calling to
him discharged upon her a volley of Irish
invectives for having planted the beans up
side doxca ! It was in vain she assured
him that the appearance of the beans in the
| situation described was by no m< ans an
1 uncommon occurrence, Paddy “could not
be humbugged” in that way ; so he had
all the beans drawn from the ground, and
the same end replanted upon correct and
scientific principles. His most intimate
friends, however, have never been able to
extract from him the actual yield of the
crop during that season.
informations have been sworn against
the Rev. Mr. Clafldr, P. F. of Newtownbut
ler, for having celebrated marriage between
a Protestant and a Roman Catholic.
NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1854.
From Harper's Magazine.
The Grand Lodge of Masons that assembled
in Sacramento city the Ist inst, was very full,
there being 154 votes in the election of officers,
j Grand Master Ratcliffe presided over this body
during its session with patience, prudence ami
j ability. His assistant, the Deputy Grand
j Master, T. A. Thomas, was constantly at his
! post and with able, industrious and zealous cf
| f <>rts drew about him a host of friends who
j "ere unanimously in favor of his re-election to
| the high position he had so honorably and
ably filled—which for good reasons he declined
accepting.
'1 he subject Of educating the Orphans was
prominently brought before the Lodge, but
for want of time the plan proposed was not
matrtVed. A committee was appointed to
take charge of the School Lands donated to the
Grand Lodge for a College by Gen. A. M.
Winn, the locality of which is highly commen
ded by the Sacramento papers. The committee
will receive donations from all benevolent per
sons, cither in lands, town lots, money, books,
charts, and other things suitable for educational
purposes. The deputy Grand Master Col. X.
G. Curtis will receive and answer all commu
nications upon the subject, he being one of the
committee. Col. Curtis is the Recorder of
Sacramento—having the confidence of the peo
ple and the esteem and support of his brother
Masons. Xo beltrr selection could have been
made for the high cilice of D. G. Master.
The Grand Master, Win, 11. Howard, is a
man of most exemplary character, an amiable
man, free and pleasaut in conversation, a devo
ted Mason and is most enthusiastically in favor
of a permanent and effective syetem of Edu
cation to be established and carried out by the
Giand Lodge of this State; He may be ad
dressed at San dose.
I. O, O. F.—The Grand Lodge of Odd Fel
lows closed their annual meeting on the 11th at
Sacramento city. The attendance was very
large, considering how hard it is for a man to
be qualified to become a Past Grand and none
others can sit in the Grand Lodge. A man
must faithfully serve and have the full confi
dence of the members of a subordinate Lodge
for two years to reach that high position.—
Hence very few but men of moral bearing and
industrious habits ever attain to that degree of
eminence--yet it is much more difficult to hold
sufficient ipflueucc over the members of tbe
Grand Lodge to become its master. Rut some
one must hold those high positions. The
Grand Master for the last year not only filled
the place with honor to himself and benefit to
the Order—but so commanded the esteem of
his brother Fast Grands as to receive at their
hands a most beautiful watch 'and chain, pre
sented by bis successor, Dr. Morse. The
speeches on the occasion Would have road well
on the pages of the history of Odd Fellowship
and should have been preserved.
Dr. John F. Morse is the Grand Master for
this year. Xo better selection could have been
made. He is able, benevolent, honest and in
dustrious and in every way qualified to perform
the duties of his high office.
There arc twenty-six Lodges now at work in
this state, what a change since the Pioneer
band of tbe Odd Fellow’s association in
Sacramento city in August 1849, threw out
their banner of charity and spent;thousands of
Dollars for the relief of hundreds, helpless and
destitute iu a strange land without home and
friends : those were the clays to try men's souls.
How pleasant it must be for Gen. AVimi, Dr.
Morse, Gen. Miles and others to reflect upon
their efforts at relief and look upon the grand
phalanx now hovering around the nucleus of
sacrificing Friendship, Love and Truth.
For the Nevada Journal-
Masonic Education.
An loxoa Verdict. — They have some
queer jurymen in lowa. A short time
since an old toper died rather suddenly—
the coroner, in consequence, held an in
quest —listened to the testimony of a phy
sician—ar.d was about to return a verdict
‘water on the brain,’ when Mr. JSlocum
Popplepodis uz to object. ‘Mr. Coroner,
I have known the deceased for ten mortal
years, and I know he has never seed a so
ber moment in all that time. To say that
such a man can die of ‘water on the brain,’
is therefore d d nonsense. It can’t be
did ! Cause why ? He never took any
into his system. The true verdict, Mr.
Coroner, should be, gin, rum, or brandy on
the brain, but as I cannot get such a ver
dict, I am willing to split the difference —
compromise—and bring in a verdict as fol
lows ; —‘Died from the effects of brandy
and water on the brain.’ The compromise
was agreed to, and the above verdict is a
part and parcel of the recorded doings of
lowa.
The celebrated Dr. Bentley,, of Salem,
was noted for his pertinacity ip refusing
to exchange with his ministerial brethren.
Having been asked his reason, he said
“He wasn’t agoing to have any strange
hogs rooting in his stye.”
It is said that in the Resevejt Refor
matory School, within the last month, have
been found two little girls who had never
seen a tlower and had no idea of the mean
ing of the word.
A man’s own conscience is his sole
tribunal, and he should care no more for
that phantom “opinion'’ than he should
fear meeting a ghost if he crossed the
church yard at dark.
The Boston Bee says—a man can get
along without advertising, so can a wagon
1 without greasing, but it goes hard.
Business at tub U. S. Mist.—Wc publish
the following statement of deposits and coinage
at the mint of the United States. Philadelphia,
during the month of March 1854:
Gold Bullion Deposited.
Value.
From California §3,807,000 00
Do. other sources 115,000 00
Total gold deposits §3,982,000 00
Silver Bullion Deposited-. .
Including silver purchases.... 147,500 00
Total gold and silver deposits §4.120,500 00
Coinage
Denomination. No. of pieces. Value.
Double eagles.... 113,013 §2,200,200 00
Eagles 24,012 240,120 00
1 la.it’ Eagles 40,147 245.735 00
Quarter Eagles... 81,982 204,955 00
Dollars 182,814 182,814 00
Bars..-.. .... 197 026,000 0(5
Total ”451,103 §3,750,884 00
Silver.
I lalf d011ar5...... 332,000 § 110,000 00
Quarter dollars... 2.204,000 050,000 00
Dimes 1.40,000 18,000 00
Total 2,670,000 §700,000 00
Copper.
Cents 0731?17 §0,738 17
Recapitulation.
Cold Coinage . 451,105 §3,759,884 00
Silvar Coinage... 2,070,000 700,000 00
Copper Coinage.. 073,817 30,738 17
T0ta1..... v ... 3,800,982 §4,400,022 17
Expenses of the Mint.—We present to
our readers a statement contained in a report
from the Directors of the Mint to the Secreta
ry of the Treasury, in answer to a call.from the
latter, of the charges accruing upon, and the
expenses incurred in, coining at Philadelphia
for the past six years. For the first five years
mentioned in the statement—namely, to 31st
December, 1852-. the actual expenses over and
above the charges amounted to §305,812 90—
being an average expense to the United States,
during the period of 0! ,102 58 dollars annually.
During the past year, namely, to 31st Decem
ber, 1853--the coinage at Philadelphia, instead
of being an expense, has been a source of profit
—the sum of 102,420 90 dollars having been
realized therefrom over and above the expenses
Washington Union, March 31.
“ Coming Me cuts oast their Shadows lie
fore'' —In the latter part of the year 1830,
and the beginning of 1537, occurred the
singular fact in the commercial history of
the Country, of Hour then ranging from ten
to twelve dollers per barrel, being actually
imported from Liverpool to New York,
where it had been previously exported from
New York to Liverpool. This strange
event Was a symptom of the disturbing el
ements then at work in the commercial
world, and which resulted in the terrible
explosion that convulsed the country in
May, 1837. This explosion caused many
thousands of bankruptcies and debts, which
amounted to more than five hundred mil
lions of dollars, all of which were wiped
off by the application of the bankrupt ld\V.
“Coming events cast their shadows be
fore.” Flour is now sold at very h'gh pri
ces ; and we find that it returns from Cal
ifornia, after having been sent there from
New York. The disturbance and confu
sion in the state of trade at present devel
oped, to throw out a warning to all bus
iness men to take very good care of
themselves and their business for the next
year or two.— N. Y. Herald.
Indian Fandango— The mountain In
dians and those of the valley had agreed
to meet on Saturday last,at the Long Val
ley House, and have a fandango. Those
from the valley arrived first and went to
dancing. When the mountain Indians
came on the ground they stood round look
ing on, but would not participate in the
dance, but kept murmuring at the others
for commencing before their arrival. It
was not long before both parties were quar
relling, this put an end to the dance. The
women and children hid themselves and the
men prepared for battle. The mountain
Diggers armed with bows and arrows, lined
the brow of a hill, while the others, with
guns, stationed themselves in a ravine.
Before, however, they were ready to fight
the rain commenced pouring upon them,
and put an end to th a fandango. Some of
the mountain Indians were in town .Sun
day vowing “Valley Ingen no good.”—
Placer Herald.
Carson Valley. —Dr. King, of Eagle
Valley, arrived in Placerville on Wednes
day last and reports the passage of the
mountains difficult in consequence of the
snow. He passed two trains at Peavine
Hill, one of which was bound for Missouri.
They intended to cross the summit on the
following day. The trip of Dr. A'ing is
the first this spring, we believe, made all
through with animals.
Mining in Sierra. —The miners in Si
erra are doing remarkably well. The Cit
izen says that considerable excitement has
been caused at Goodyear’s Bar by the dis
covery of new diggings near there, on the
foot trail leading to Forest City.
Mr. Amos Brown, an esteemed eitiren
of Granville, S. C., died in convulsions re
cently, and a subsequent post rnortom ex
amination showed conclusively that- his
death was caused by eating cloves, which
he had been in the habit of using as a sub
stitute for tobacco. A verdict was ren
dered accordingly.
Sentenced. —The notorious Jim Turner
was recently sentenced by Recorder Baker
to sixty day’s imprisonment' in the county
jail, for his conduct a few evenings since
at the Metropolitan. As on various pre
vious occasions, however, Turner appealed
from the. sentence, and is now at large.—*-
1 Transcript.
From the Sonora Herald of the 6th
we copy the following items;
'The Weather. —The weather this week
has been delight!ul, and we hope will loner
continue so r i he sun rises every morning
in a sky ot undo tided brilliancy. We
would recommend all persons who intend
to pay a visit to the mountains to come
now, as it is the most favorable time in
the whole year.
•Algerine Camp -On Saturday last two
boys found a solid piece of gold, weighing
fourteen ounces, on the surface of the
ground in the main gulch in Algerine.
1 here can be no fear of the mines giving
out, vvh'lst such pieces can be found with- j
out expending any labor in search of them.!
A great number uf miners are doing well
in this vicinity ; some are averaging from
ten to twelve dollars per ddy. °
Rich Diggings in the Mountains.— Ws \
understand that rich diggings have been !
struck about 25 miles cast from B’> Oak I
I’lat, and about 13 miles from J\larbie
Springs. It is stated that the miners are'
making from SS(J to SBO per day to the
hand.
A refiner in Greenock recently boiled up
fifty tons of brown West India sugar, from
which lie extracted three tons of clay!
Nicholas Biddle, when President of the
U. S. Bank, obtained the opinion of
Chancellor Kent on some point of law, for
which the Chancellor charged a fee of one
hundred dollars.
“That is not enough, Judge,’’ said Mr.
® > “fiore are two hundred dollars,
and your services are cheap enough at
that,” 1 °
“How is this ?” said the Chancellor: “do
you thiuk I do not know the value of my
own opinion ? \ou have insulted me, but
in the whole, I’ll pocket the insult!”
There is a gentleman in the Legislature
who can be trusted with any secret ; for
nothing he can say will be believed.
In 1 roy there is a girl who wears such
a sunshiny face, that when she goes out!
of doors the snow-birds take her for sum
mer, and follow -her about as if she had i
apple-blossoms in her apron.
A serials question has arisen as to
whether St. Paul advised the taking of a
little wine for the “stomach’s sake” or the
stomachs ache! We can’t decide.
“I will never marry a woman who can’t
carve,” said M ,
“Why notr” inquired his friend.
“Because sho would not be a l.clp-nicat
for me.”
Electric Telegraph. —“ Wife, I don’t see
for my part, hovV they send letteia on them
ere wires without tearin’ ’em all (o bits.”
“La, me, dear, they don’t send the paper
—they just send the writin’ in a fluid
state.”
A Futile Inquiry —Asking everybody
or anybody when the “perpetual motion’’
shall be discovered.
Why is a carpenter who is putting a roof
over a schooner, that lights on her own
hook, like a gal weeping in solitude for
her lover ?
Do you give it up ?
Because he is “shedding a private tear.”
“Tnr. Little Dkau.”— ‘Now, my love,
have you got your lesson oflT.’
‘No, ma, but I’ve got the back of the cat
echism off.”
The East port Sentinel records the acci
dental death of a young lady of that town,
and adds; “She is represented as being an
estimable girl, considering her circum
stances !”
a pretty girl in the “sunny
south,” a young gentleman asked her
“what made her sosweet?” “0.” she re
plied, in utter innocence, “rny father is a
sugar planter.”
Truffles in California. —We have been
shown a truffle, which was found growing
in Santa Crur. The truffle is a root re
sembling a potatoe in sice, shape and ex
ternal color. The inside is a dark brown
color and is of a spungy elastic structure.
The truflle is a great delicacy and hereto
fore has been obtained only from a small
district of France, where it is indigenous.
It grows wild and is obtained with great
difficulty. It is worth three dollars a
pound in Europe, and can be used only by
the most wealthy epicures. The discovery
adds another to the extensive list of val
uable vegetables indigenous to California,
and may prove to be of great importance.
A western editor thus fills up a
blank in a column :
‘‘Twas the dead of night—an awful si
lence reigned. The stars cast their soft
rays from the dome above. . Young Lu
cius was not to be intimidated, though he
was that night to peril his life—column
full.”
The origin of the term “windfall” is said
to be the following :
Some of the nobility of England, by the
tenure cf their estates, were forbidden sell
ing any of the trees upon them, the tim
ber being reserved for the use of the royal
navy. Such trees as fell without cutting
were the property of the occupants. A
tornado, therefore, was a perfect god-send
in every sense of the term, to those who
had occupancy of the extensive forest, and
the ictnt/JhU was sometimes of a very
great value.
WHOLE NO. K3O.
.1 ~ We are happy lo announce
hat Mr. S. H, Dosh, editor of ,ho Sl.asu
ounU 'h° was reported dahoerously
wounded a lew days since, has so far re
covered as to be able ,o walk about, and
2" few days resume liis duties as
editor.—Marysville Herald.
lliot at Goodyear's London's
express, we learn that a terrible riot oc
curred at a dance at Goodyear’s Bar on
biinday night in which one American and
two Mexicans were killed.— lb.
&§5-A droll wag of a fellow who had a
wooden leg, being in company with a maa
who was somewhat credulous, the latter
said :
I . S!' v ( ,‘, amc you to haVe a wooden le<r?”
j *« hy, answered the other, “my father
ihd one and so had my grandfather before
nim, Ji runs in the family .”
Rascally Business. —We are informed
upon good authority, that upwards of one
thousand stolen chickens have been re
ceived in this city from Sacramento within
the last two weeks. It seems that feathers
and rascality are considerably above par at
the capital.— Transcript.
A civ Caledonia. — This island, recently
taken possession of by the French, lies to
the eastward of New South Wales, hein*
in latitude 28 deg. S ,and longitude 10S
deg. E. It is believed that it abounds in
gold. If so, the four groat nations, Eno.
land, France, Russia, and the United
States, will each have a gold-field of its
own.
Mr. John Potter, well known in the state
of New York, as an actor and manager,
arrived m San Francisco by one of thelast
steamers.
A cat Joast. —‘Woman! If we may
have her for a toast, we won’t ask for any
but- her !’ J
They have got out the prospectus of a
steamer in England which is to run fifty
miles an hour. Bring out the steamer it
sell.
An editor thinks that if the proper wav
of spelling tho is ‘though’ and bo is ‘beau,’
the proper way of spelling potatoes ought
to be “poughteighteanl”
The man that undertook to wrestle with
a gallon of rum, met with a most signal
defeat. He was grassed in less time than
you could throw a summerset.
The man who could’nt “trust his feel
ings” is supposed to do business strictly
on the cash principle.
Whatever the wind may do in winter
it cannot be denied that in spring it ‘ turns
over a new leaf.”
Professor Agassiz has undertaken to
prove that the negro does hot belong to the
human family
'Why cannot a gentleman legally pos
sess a short walking-stick? Because it
can never b e-lony to him.
Sir Thomas Brown says that “Sleep is
Death’s youngest brother ; and so like him
I dare not trust him without my prayers. ”
“Ah, sir,” said an usher at Eton, ns he
flourished the cane over a boy who strug
gled greatly, ‘you may shuffle, but I’ll cut.’
A writer in Harper's Magazine says—
“ The story in your December number,’’
“of the wonderful parrot, reminds me of a
true story, which if you think proper, 1
wish you would give your readers. I had.
it from the gentlemen himself, who is a
man offuth and veracity; and wonderful
as it may seem, I have not the least doubt
of its truth in every particular ;
“A gentleman’s house in this village was
overrun with rats. Traps and eats were
of no use whatever. After a time he su<-i
needed in catching a fine large old fellow
in a box trap, and having provided himself
beforehand with a hell, he succeeded in
fastening it with a wire securely around
the rat’s neck, and then gave him his lib
erty.
“The rat scampered away, and during
the night was heard rattling his bi 11, and
pursuing his former companions from one
part of the house to another. The next
day, as the gentleman was in his yard, he
the tinkling of the bell, and looking
up. saw the rat walking up toward him,
i and when within about one foot of him,
| seated himstdf upon his hind logs, and
looking up in his face, asking him, ns
plainly as rat could, to take oil the belli
j “The gentleman reached down, took up
' the rat in his hands untwisted the wire,
placed him on the ground, and Mr. Rat
scampered awa/, without even stopping to
say “good by.’
Our correspondent has forgotten to
mention whether the house was thereafter
infested with his species. The presump
tion is, that they have learned to “get out
of the way when the bell rings.”
A Dark Picture.— The Stockton Jour
nal, draws the following colored pic
ture of affairs in Calaveras County. e
hope for the sake of humanity that the pic
ture is overdrawn. ,
“There are now eleven persons m (he
Calaveras jail charged with the several
crimes of murder, manslaughter, and grand
and pettit larceny, use of deadly weapons,
*c., sc"