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Jttrci |)os ft Demo era t. WARREN HAKR, Keillor and Publisher. VOL. 1. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. B. A. MEIUtITT AI.KX. PKKKINO. .VEItHITT H m i ll ATTOR N E Y S A T T. AW. Office on Main street, between Fourth and Fifth, MARIPOSA. allf ALEX. DEERINQ, NOTARY PUBLIC. Henry G. Wmlliiiit'lnu. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. f)ffice in Fremont's Adobe House, corner Main and Fifth ats. altf MARIPOSA. r . h . DALY, COUNSELLOR AT LAWi DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND NOTARY PUBLIC; MARIPOSA. .. 0 Office in the Court House Building. ftfl-tf HAUL. U, ALISON. . . B. H. HARRIS. ALI SOX & HARRIS, ATTO R N 1: Y S A T LA W , M ARJPOSA. Offick on M ain, rktwkkn Fourth and Fifth Sts. •it f J . S . WATTS, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR TOWNSHIP No. 3. Office on Mam street, two d<»oni below the Pont Office, 'MARIPOSA. altf ALFRED F. WASHBURN, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR TOWNSHIP No. 3, OFFICE IN MARIPOSA. altl Dr. 11. .1. Paine, DENTIST, J.ATE OF THE Flt-M OF PAINE k BEERS, DENTISTS. SAN FRANCISCO, Is now permanently located at a a n -VITOS* ■fTfUERK HE WII.E ME HAPPV TO ATTEND TO CALKS y\ in hi.-, p. .>:V. Mon. iluviii,: dur >.■ nit extensive prae tic • of seventeen years. made many improvement)! in the Dental Art, and luwlaled materially in bringing il toll* pres ent high state «>f perfection, tie feels warranted in saying t<> all those wishing Denial operation- performed, of Artificial Teeth inserted, on line gold plate, that his work cannot he excelled in the United Status. Terms moderate. Comulta tiuns free. V B —l'r. P. will make, occa-i mally. profes- moal visits to the neighboring Towns, when he will attend persons at their residences, upon application, either by letter or other wise. allf IDr. «T. Xj/Asotox*, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, LOWER AQUA FRIO. OFFICE —FIRST D*H}H BEIjOW WHITTIER'S HOTEL. ; DR. L. WILL DEVOIR HIS ASSIDUOUS AT-, tention to the examination and treatment of auch i ns-s and disorder** tv- may be brought to his notice. l Personal attendance will he given in any part of the County, on short notice, when required. A new stock of Medicines, pure and fresh, just re ceived. Agua Frio, July H, I‘•.M!. altf | DR. W. S. KAVANAUOH. OFFICE —ON MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE DR. HUBBF.I.I/S j DAGUERREAN GALLERY. MARIPOHA. altf DR. JAMES L. CLARKE. OFFICE “ PINK TREE HOUSE,” CORNER FIFTH AND j MAIN STREETS, MARIPOSA. altf 1 DR. THOMAS PAYNE. OJT frn'T— A* Dr \ D. Boyce's Drug Store, opposite the Vosemde Hotel. M irijmsa,—where ho may be consulted at alt hours. altf J. B. ISB AIL, X) 33 NT T I S T , MAIN STREET, MARIPOSA, 1 FORMERLY OF PHILADELPHIA, (PENN.) IS PERM A- j * nonfly located in Maripn-a. having a comfortable and J convenient Office, next door to the Pacific Express, with all the necessary In-lruments so l appliances. Will do any j kind of work that pertains to the profession of Jtentistry, in a manner winch shall give entire satisfaction, or the money refunded. Artificial Teeth Inserted on Gold Plate or on , Pivot, as tlii* eaae may require. Teeth Plugged with pure Gold, or extracted. Children's Teeth regulated when neces i aarv, and all Di-*ea s es of tl«e Ouros treate<i, the most of which are called scurvy of the gums. Cure, or no pay. Chloroform administered. If desirod. Terms reasonable Examination free. altf U. H. Hull, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MF.RUEJI KAMA MERCED COUNTY. allf •111 11 N A . 1. EX T , Attorney anil Counsellor at Raw, No. 42 Montgomery Block, Montgomery street, altf Pan Francisco. E. U. CARPENTIER, COUNSELLOR AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Corner Merchant and Montgomery streets, altf San Francisco. R . B . THOMAS, ARCHITECT AND CARPENTER, MARIPOSA, Will furnish Designs for Buildings, Spot ideations. Bills of Lmnlter. Estimate of Cost, etc., and undertake Building* on moderate terras. All wmk i ntrusted to bi n will be executed with naatnoM and despatch. Shop on Bullion street, near Concert Hall. Jyfltf TIN- S H O P .... AND.... STOVE-DEPOT, Next door to Phillips' Hotel, Mariposa . The undersigned, gratffi i. for past patron age. announce* to the Public, that he continues to olfer fur sale a large assortment of PARISH AND COOKING PTOVES ; TINWARE AND HARDWARE; CARPENTENKS’ AND MINERS' TOOLS ; CAMFIIENE AND Oil- LAMPS; LEAD PUT AND PUMPS. Sheet Iron, Tin and Zinc worked to order. *0“ All work dune to ord*r promptly and satisfactorily gl- Kmiti henceforth I adopt the Cash principle CASH ON DFUVFRY [allf, S WORMSER HORNITOS, MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1857. iPariposit democrat. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY WARREN BAER, KDITOII AND PUBLISHER. TERMS: Per annum, in advance $6 00 For »ix months, in advance 3 00 Single copies -.. .. 26 Advertisements Inserted st tlie lowest rates. Every description of Plain and Fancy Job Printing neatly and promptly executed. a « e n ts. JAMES VAN DYKE. corner of Main and Fourtli streets, Mariposa, is our nutli ri/ed agent to receive Subscriptions. Advertisements, and Job Work. All orders left with him will receive prompt attention. THOMAS BOYCE, north east corner Washington and Montgomery streets, San Francisco, is our duly autboritM agent to receive subscriptions and advertisements. T. M. HESTON. Express Rider between thisjdace and Kern River, is duly anthoriaed to receive subscriptions, ad vertisements and Job Work. MR. F. I>. TO|>n, of Stockton, lx our duly anthoriaed Agent to receive subscriptions and advertisements. POETRY. From the Louisville Journal. (>OD l\ MPRIIVU. ity rcv r. nnmmD. Hosanna* to Thy Deity f"r this. Giver of burnting loaves and son;; and bloom, And the gold opulence of flowers, which is A type of man's sure triumph o'er the tomb! 0, goodly are th n -e ranks of sunny d »ys [ Wliich the warm breath of budding woodlands b-ing ; We fling our care away one hour t > gaze 'Noath the soft eyelids of Thy angel, Spring, And lift h 9 s.lver wing. We will bow down before his face as one | Who conus with tidings from the only King— I Yea, he is Thine ; Thy hands d.d weave this crown, i These golden garlands round his temple fling ; i All mute things know his presence and give pnti j c. The woodbine yearns around his arms to cling, i Mi ra weaves his palace from her inmost rays, And sweet birds nestle in his hair and sing, “ God of the purple Spring!" We thank Thee for the morning’s vest d blaze, i And evening with her locks of sober brown ; i We thank Thee for the emerald summer days 1 And autunfti with her nights of weary moan ; I We thank Thee for the quiet Habbath hours, Which speak for man a fairer blossoming. We thank Thee for the sunset's burnished towers, Hut more, more than for these, with all they bring. We thank Thee for the Spring! Angel, thy splendors never could have shown Upon the Orient Uz as here they shine, Else her immortal bard from thee hud known A softer music for his glorious line ; He would have seen the bursting of the graves. lie would have heard their mouldy silence ring With pecans like the noise of many waves, And ocean's oozy charnels throb and dug Through the green gates of Spring. What is so sweet as clover by the wav. Ho fresh as violets lifting the dead leaves? What is so dawny as a bouchen spray, Ho musical as swallows round the eaves? What is so queenly as the Jasmine bells, Between whose walls the bee forgets his sling? Yet these are thine, all these, the spicy dells, The balm, the glorious tints, the caroling, O, rosy footed Spring ! Lover of mossy banks, we welcome tlico Back to the orchard paths and yearning hills— Come, hang thy mantle on the crownless tree, And scatter dappled pinks and daffodils ; And w'o will wreathe thy brow and clasp thy knees With blooms, prefer our fre h thank offering Of gentle moods, new hopes, while glossy bees Hum through the delicate urns that roll and swing Around thy limbs, () Spring! The royal blue-bird whose soft vest was dipped Long in the August firmament’* rich wave. And the fine robin of thy dews have sipped, And league to sing the blossoms from their grave: All spirits of the amber-budded boughs Cull thee sweet names, Biidegroom of Flowers and King ; The distant valleys and the near hedge rows, The silvery vault and glimmering mountains sing 10, delicious Spring! Great Pan reclined in odorous shades and woke The echoes of the bills, long, long ago, And white-armed Dryads danced beneath the oak Nor marked the rapid seasons o’er them flow. The Oreads tripped along the mountain ways; But all are past, gone is the Satyr-king, A purer breath tin* grove and woodland sways, And with a better Name the flute-notes ring Of lily-bosomed Spring. Hosannas for the bird-'and flowers, 0 God! I see Thee in the bloom and mellow l»oams, Yet T am sad even where so lately trod Thy radiant feet and w’oko the sleeping streams ; Our bosoms for a purer region yearn, We feel the flutter of the immortal wing ’Gainst its clay walls ; unsatisfied wc turn From Summer’s crown and the fresh tints that fling A glory round the Spring. The Retout Courteous. — Chesterfield was at a rout in France where Voltaire was one of the guests. Chesterfield seemed gazing about the brilliant circle of Indies. Voltaire accosted him: “My Lord, I know you are a judge: which are the most beautiful, the English or the French ladiesf M “Upon my word,” re plied Chesterfield, with his usual presence of mind, “1 am no judge of paintings.” Some time afterwards, Voltaire being in London, happened to bo at a nobleman’s parly with Chesterfield; a lady in the company, prodi giously rouged, directed her whole discourse to Voltaire, and engrossed his whole conversa tion. Chesterfield came up, tapped him on the shoulder and said : “ Sir, take care that you are not captivated.” “My Lord,” re plied the French wit, “ I scorn to he taken by an English craft under French colors.” A lad who had lately gone to service, having had salad served up every day for a week, ran away because, said he, “ they made me cat grass in the summer, and. I was afraid they’d make me eat hay in the winter, so 1 wur off ” "T HE UNION AND ITS GOVERNMENT. ” From Dr. Kane’s “Arctic Explorations.’’ Walrus Hunting. The walrus supplies the staple food of the Rensselaer Bay Esquimeaux throughout the greater part of the year. To the south as far as Murichison Channel, the seal, unicorn, and white whale alternate at their appropriate seasons; but in Smith’s Sound these last arc accidental rather than sustained haunts. The manner of hunting the walrus depends in a considerable degree on the season of the year, In the fall, when the pack is but par tially closed, they are found in numbers, hang ing around the neutral region of mixed ice and water, and, as this becomes solid with the ad vance of winter, following it more and more to the south. The Esquimeaux approach them then over the young ice, and assail them in cracks and holes with nalcgcit and line. This fishery, as the season grows colder, darker, and more tempestuous, is fearfully hazardous: scarcely a year passes without a catastrophe. It was the theme of happy augury last winter, that no lives had been lost for some months before, and the angeknks even ventured to prophecy from it that the hunt would be auspicious—a prophecy, like some others, hazarded alter the event, for the ice had continued open for the walrus till late in December. With the earliest spring, or, more strictly, about a month after the reappearance of the sun, the winter famine is generally relieved.— January and February arc often, in fact nearly always, months of privation; but during the month of March the spring fishery commences. Everything is then life and excitement. The walrus is now taken in two ways.— Sometimes ho has risen by the sale of an ice berg, where the currents have worn away the floe, or through a tide crack, and enjoying the sunshine too long, finds his retreat cut off by the freezing up of the opening, for, hko the seal at bis attuk, the walrus can only work* from below. When thus caught, the Esqui mcaux, who with keen hunter craft are scour ing the floes, scent him out by their dogs and spear him. The early spring is the breeding r eason, and the walrus then are in their glory. My obser vations show* that they tenant the region throughout the entire year; hut at this time the female, with her calf, is accompanied by the grim-visnged father, surging in loving trios from crack to crack, sporting around the berg water or basking in the sun. While thus on their tours, they invite their vigilant enemies to the second method of attack. This is also by the lance and harpoon; hut it often be comes a regular battle, the male gallantly fronting the assault and charging the hunters with furious bravery. Not {infrequently the entire family, mother, calf, and bull, are killed in one of these contests. The huts—those poor, miserable, snow-cov ered dens—arc now scenes of life and activity. Stacks of jointer! meat arc now piled upon the lee-foot; the women arc stretching the hide for sole-leather, and the men rutting out a reserve of harpoon lines for the winter. Tusky wal rus heads stare at you from the snow-bank, where they arc stowed for their ivory; the dogs arc tethered to the ice ; ami the children, each one armed with the curved rib of some big nmphibion, arc playing ball and bat among the drifts. On the day of my arrival, four walrus were killed at Elah, and no doubt many more by Kalutak at Petcravik. The quantity of beef thus gained during a season of plenty, one might suppose should put them beyond winter want; but there are other causes besides im providence which make their supplies scanty. The poor creatures arc not idle; they hunt in domitably without the loss of a day. When the storms prevent the use of the sledge, they still work in stowing away the carcasses of previous hunts. An excavation is made either on the mainland, or what is preferred, upon an island inaccessible to foxes, and the jointed meat is stacked inside and covered with heavy stones. One such cache, which I met upon n small island a short distance from Etah, con tained the flesh of ten walrus, and I know of several others equally largo. The excessive consumppon is the true ex planation of the scarcity. By their ancient laws all share with all; and, as they migrate in numbers as their necessities prompt, the tax on each particular settlement is excessive. The quantity which the members of a family consume, exhorbitant as it seems to a strang er, Is rather a necessity of their peculiar life and organization than the result of inconside rate gluttony. In active exercise and constant exposure to the cold the waste of carbon must be enormous. When in-doors and at rest, tinkering over their ivory harness rings, fowl n. Is, or other household gear, they cat as wo often do in more civilized lands—for animal enjoyment and to pass away the time. But when on the hunt they take but one meal a day, and that after the day’s labor is over; they go out on the ice without breakfast, and, except the “ cold cuts,” which I confess arc numerous, cat nothing until their return. I would aver age the Esquimeaux ration in a season of plenty—it is of course a mere estimate, but I believe a perfectly fair one—at eight or ten pounds a day, with soup and water to the ex tent of half a gallon. At the moment of my visit, when returning plenty had just broken in upon their famine, it was not wonderful that they were hunting with avidity. The settlements nt the South seek at this season the hunting grounds above, and until the seals begin to form their basket holes, some ten days later, the walrus is the single spoil. I incline to the opinion that these animals frequent the half broken icc margin throughout the year; for, after the season has become com paritively open, they are still found in groups, with their young, disporting in the leads and shore water. They are, of course, secure under such circumstances, from the Esqlmeaux hunt ers of the far north, who, not having the kay ak of the more southern settlements, can only approach them on the icc. The Transatlantic Telegraph—Depart arc of the Niagara. I The new steam frigate Niagara, at once the largest and most beautiful war vessel afloat, ' being 345 feet long and measuring 5800 tons, has sailed for England to take on board one half of the Atlantic telegraph cable which is intended to establish instantaneous communi I cation between Europe and America. After a most successful trip of two days—a trip which fully justified the formed from I her majestic graceful lines, and from the repu -1 tation of her architect, the late George Steers, the builder of the Yacht America which out sailed the best crafts of England at the World’s Fair Exhibition—she proceeded on her desti nation on Friday night, having on board Pro fessor Morse, not only the inventor of the electric telegraph, but the first constructor of a submarine cable fifteen years ago. The difficulty experienced by Morse from the impossibility of insulating the wire from contact with the water was obviated eight years ago when the valuable properties of ( gutta pcrcha were discovered. This substance : not only completely protects the wire from tfc* rorrosivo action of the water, but being at the time a non-conductor, the strength of th<; [electric current is maintained unimpaired, un ■ less so far it is weakened by friction through i the wire itself, which is equally great by land l or water. The first telegraphic marine cable I 1 ever successfully laid, was between France and 1 I England in 1850, tlie termini being Dover and ; Calais, a distance of 21 miles. The work was accomplished in six or seven hours. The next wire cable was laid between England and Ire land from Holyhead to Howth, in 1852, a dis tance of sixty-live miles. Others have since been laid, but the longest was that through the black sea from Bnlaklava to Varna, a distance of 374 miles, put down during the late war with Russia. Rut for the first time it is now attempted to connect the shores of the Old World and the New, by this most subtle and mysterious agent. A few years ago when the stupendous undertaking was talked of, scarce ly any person believed it within the range of possibility. Even men of true science scouted at the idea. But then the advocates of the Transatlantic telegraph recollected that (he great Dr. Lardner, whose name stood so high in the scientific world, had demonstrated that the Atlantic could never he crossed by a steam ship, and exactly in one month after the deed was done! Should this great enterprise he crowned with success there can be no doubt that it will be regarded ns the great work of the age, not only from its difficult nature, but from the ex traordinary consequences that will flow from it. Not only will wo have instantaneous intelli gence of what is passing in England, hut, par adoxical as it may seem, we shall know the : event before it happens. That is, if a speech should be made in Parliament at four o'clock in the afternoon, wo shall have n report of it here at twelve o’clock, four hours sooner, which is the dilfercncc between the meridian of the two countries, that is the sun rises four hours sooner in London than it docs in New | York; so that if Parliament met in the day time like Congress and at the same hour, we > would have the news of its doings several hours before we could have telegraphic con gressional reports from Washington of the same day’s proceedings! — K. Y. Citizen. Con.D’NT hold ms Tonouk. — Dr. Locock, the Queen’s physician, has been peremptorily dismissed from further attendance on the royal family, where he has been hitherto admitted on terms of familiar intercourse. His salary, £5,000 per annum, a royal present on each safe delivery of the Queen, and a largo prac tice among the nobility, is no small loss. The doctor has made every effort towards recon ciliation, but the Queen remains inexorable.— It seems that it came to the Queen’s cars that Dr. Locock was given to too much talk, and that though she told Prince Albert that his habit of sleeping between the blankets was “a | vulgar dirty Dutch practice,” she did not care to have it told abroad. Commutation of Blaiu’s Sentence. — C. F. Blair, whose sentence was commuted from death to imprisonment for life, left Shasta on the 7th tilt, for San Quentin. The Shasta Courier says, that in some previous remarks upon the subject, injustice was done Governor Johnson, and adds that the Governor was ex- ceedingly loth to interpose in behalf of this man, and only consented to do so after re cciving petition in behalf of the convict, signed by some sixteen hundred names, among them those of the Senators and Representatives of the counties of Shasta and Siskiyou. TERMS:- FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE Liquefaction of Q,unrl»—Letter from Profcn ■or Hnrdlngc. We have received, says the San Joaquin Republican , from Professor Hardingc, the in ventor or discoverer of the new process of 11- | quifying quartz for the extraction of gold, a private letter dated New York, May 4th, con cerning the introduction of his system and ma chinery into this State, from which we make the following extract. The subject is eminent ly worthy of the attention and investigation of our quartz miners. The letter is in answer to inquiries propounded by us on the subject: “ With reference to my plan for the intro duction of this discovery into California, it is simplified and easy, and calculated to come within the reach of every quartz miner. Avoid ing any great offer from any one person for my patent, my plan is to do the greatest good to | the greatest number. I shall encourage the i organization of small companies, each one to have the full enjoyment of all my patents in hut one locality, giving them my supervision, by sending an expert foreman and machines! to keep every set of works in perfect opera tion, that my reputation and that of my busi ness he protected. I shall furnish drawings (already engraved) fur working drawings, &c., for each full set of works. My charge for all this will be $2,000 —one half to be paid when I sign the papers, and the other half when the purchasers shall find the works in perfect and profitable working order, which they will be both able and willing to do. “ A business which will he spread out among | the mountain sides, and in many different di -1 rcctions, will require the industrial attention of proper persons, possessing a familiar know ledge of my plans, Ac., to sec that every set of works are in order, and the miners initiated in i their new' but only way of saving all their gold.” i Less Noise. —Western Judges have queer ideas, if we may believe all we hear of “ court rulings.” For instance, here is a yarn con cerning one Judge Scott, who formerly dealt 1 out the law, somewhere in Ohio. lie very I often gave utterance to sentiments of a clinrac -1 ter so unusual with the judiciary, that they might he said to ho extra judicial. Of that | class was a reproof which he administered one morning to certain noisy suitors and lawyers who attended at the Judge’s special levee.— The old gentleman, amidst the din and confu sion, raised his specs and looked around the court room with an awful frow n. After stri king the table with his gavel and procuring si lence, his auditory were elect *■ fled .o hear him say—“ Gentlemen! Gentlemen! you must, I keep less noise hero?—you mus* ? Fve sent half-a-dozen people to 0. p> - Hary, and haven’t heard a w >rd of th ' The thing must hi* stopped !” An Editor Whipped.-—A - since, says the San Francisco Chrou c- dal off) cer Cook had a difficulty with Waiver Walsh, i editor of the Sunday Varietic*, about a defa matory article which appeared in that paper, in wiii* h Cock's name was mentioned. Cook knocked Walsh down, and gave him a pretty severe beating. At eleven o’clock on the same evening a Mr. Andrew s, of Sacramento, met Walsh near the corner of Merchant and Mont i gomery streets, and drawing a pistol and watch at the same moment, gave the latter just one minute to divulge the name of the author of I certain correspondence reflecting upon him, Andrews. A police officer came up, seized I Andrews and took the pistol from him, when the affair ended. Napollon.—Napoleon was undoubtedly a greater general than Wellington. He had more ingenuity, more internal resources, a ! greater capacity for organization, and deeper i military knowledge, lie would have been in vincible, ha<l he not attempted too much. He endeavored to subject kingdoms and unite dis cordant nationalities under his sceptre; and believed he had accomplished his aim. It was not his want of generalship that overthrew him, hut a false step in his politics. His blunders were not those of a soldier but of a statesman. A boy got his grandfather’s gun and loaded it, but was afraid to fire; he, however, liked the fun of loading, and so put in another charge, hut still was afraid to fire. He kept on charging, but without tiring, until he got six charges in the old piece. His grandmother, learning his temerity, omortly reproved him, and, grasping the old continental, discharged it. The result was tremendous, throwing the old lady on her back ! She promptly struggled to regain her feet, hut the hoy cried out, “ Lay still, granny—there arc five more charges to go off yet!” Get-a-Boaiid. —“ What are you doing with that lumber V ” cried a steamboat captain to an Irishman who was staggering towards the boat, beneath the weight of a huge plank, just as the bell was ringing for the last time. “ What am I doing? Sure wasn’t it ycrself as said, ‘all you as is a goin’, get a-board,’ and isn’t this an ilegant one intirely?” said the Hibernian, triumphantly, amid the laughter of thp spectators. The captain gave him his “ board” passage that trip. Pauperism in California. —One ward in the Yuba County Hospital is set apart for pau pers, The conductors of the Hospital arc to he allowed one dollar per day for their support. NO. 10. I Look out for the Crash. —As the time ap proaches for its appearance the public mind seems more taken up with the question whether or no a comet can do any damage to our plan et in case of a ‘ strike,’ and if so whether such a strike will take place. It is a very exciting ques tion whether there is any danger of a collision between the earth and a comet! That there is a possibility of such a thing is generally ad mitted ; though, according to the calculations of Arago, the chances of such an event is only one in two hundred and fifty millions of times. Yet we have hod some narrow escapes. On two occasions, in 1080 and in 1882, comets crossed the plane of the Eliptic, almost on the path of the globe. Many other comets arc mentioned, which have come within a short distance of us, but they missed their mark. The point which is now the topic of dicussion among the wise men of Europe is, what damage would be done if a comet should come in collision with or ap proach very near the earth ? Mons. Babinet, a distinguished French philosopher, who has writ ten a dissertation by command of the Empcrcr in order to quiet the apprehensions of the peo ple, says there would bo none. We side with •Mons. Babinet. At least, we hope, for our own safety and the consolation of our friends, that his opinion may be correct, though he has many eminent opposers to his theory. In the meantime, the 13lh of June approaches, and the long expected comet has actually been dis covered, rushing headlong on its eccentric course ! It was seen at Lcipsic on the 22d of ! February, by Professor Arrest; at Newark; N. J., on the 20th, and at the observatory Wash ; ington on the 27th of March. It has also been ' seen by astronomers connected with one of the learned institutions of New York. It was dis- I covered with a telescope on the evening of Tuesday, the 80th March, and Thursday, the i 2d of April, about five degrees cast of the star ! Andromeda, and moving rapidly toward the earth, in southerly direction. Its approach toward the earth will be watched with great curiosity by all scientific men, and at the rate at which it now moves, it may soon be seen without the telescope.— Wide West. . Curious Discoveuv.— The Central Texan ; teams from a gentleman near Navisolo, that while he was cutting down a tree near that place he made a most curious discovery. He i cut down a very largo cottonwood with a hole ; in it, and an aperture from the outside some ; six feet above the ground. Upon splitting open this tree the hollow was found to contain an Indian’s skeleton, which was perfect, not. a bone missing, ffhc conjecture is, that at Komc time or other, the Indian got into this hollow tree, to make his escape from some enemy or wild animal, and was unable to get out again, and so perished. “ Sally,” said a fellow to a girl with red hair, " keep away from me, or you will set me afire.” “No danger of that,” was the answer, “ you are too green to burn.” p»r a person wns boasting that he had sprung from a high family in Ireland. “ Yes,” said a bystander, “I have seen some of the family so hi"h that their feet could not touch the ground.” Don’t you remember old Towscr, dear Kate; old Towser, so shaggy and kind, how he used to play, day and night, by the gate, and seize interlopers behind ! It is conceded on all hands that ladies ar ejair, and that chickens ar ofoicl —that the money market and men that drink too much are tight— that morals arc loose ; and morning gowns. Not a word about ladies lacing. A gentleman bragging of having killed a panther whose tail was “ three feet long.” Drown observed that the animal died seasona bly, as that tail was long enough not “to bo continued.” Brown is a sly joker. “Young man, do you know what rela tions you sustain in this porld ?” said a minis ter to a young member of the church. “ Yes, sir,” said the hopeful convert; “two cousins and a grandmother; but I don’t intend to sus tain them much longer.” At a recent trial in Wisconsin, the sub ject of controversy was a demijohn of whisky, which was ordered to be brought into court.— Tho defendant was tried, and so was the whis ky—in other words, the whisky was drunk, and so was the jury. s=tr “ Don’t yon understand me, Jim ?” thundered an old man to his son. “ You must be a fool.” “ True, lam very near one, meek ly replied Jim. J-gF* Mr. Brown, you said tho defendant was honest and intelligent. “ Why do you come to such a conclusion ?” “ Because he takes ten newspapers and pays for them in ad vance.” Verdict for defendant. §y Much discomfort arises from sensitive ness of what other people may say of you or your actions. Many unhappy persons seem to imagine that they are always in an amphi theatre, with the assembled world as specta tors; whereas they aro playing to empty benches all tho while. A jockey at tho Maze races, England, asked an emigrant Yankee if they had any such swift horses in America. “ Swift?” said Jonathan ; “ why I guess we have. I’ve seen a horse at Baltimore, on a sunny day, start against his own shadow, and beat it a quarter of a mile at tho first heat.”