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VOX.. I, NO. 10.
, "BEAUTIFUL ERIN."
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' , -. ' BY AIRS. WE1I.1XGTOS BOTAK. ,
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Beautiful Erin; I leave thy shore,
. Fora home far over the sea ;
But where N iagara'n waters roar,
ThU heart kill will boat for thee, .
In fancy I'll roam the mountain side,
' "Where the homes of my fathers stand ;
' ' And I'll amid the dark woods wide,
r, The sougs of my own given land I'll sing.
I'll sing, I'll sing the songs of my own green
v . land,
I'll sin jr. I'll sing the songs of my own green
land." 1 "' . ' ''
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breaking the bough with wtary toil ,
, . In that land where plenty flows,
.I'll sigh for my own dear verdant soil,
Where iny native shamrock grows.
Oh! lieautiful Erin, fare-thee well,
Dear heme of my childhood's hours !
A No more 'mid thy fond bright scenes I dwell,
Farewell to the fields and flowers.
. Farewell,' farewell, "farewell to thy fields and
'. - flowers;
Farewell, farewell, lor'd Krin, Oh! fare thoe-
.... . well. .
From the Albany Dutchman.
- A HOUSE DODtlE.
- "; OR -
- .Taiiuf ThiJiH Very Leisurely. .
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1 , T KALCONBRID3E.
. 'Wvll, my wife has been ding donging
we "about that carriage business so much,
that, by George!' says Slocum, 'I must do
- something, or bust!'
y'Do do tomethinyV he soliloquised;
j - ah1 1 see it's impossible, out of my fluc
tuating salary 7 to do much," Mrs. Slo--'"'-
"cum; tut something is to be done some
body's to be done, by thunder! for Mrs.
J . Slocum must have a ride, the little Slo
' .j c'ums have an airing and, old boy, Josey
Slocum, you must be trotted out!'
-" C Next day, Jim Sneider, a bosom friend
of Joe Slocum, hinted it around that
Joe Slocum had "fell into a small windfall
. by the decease of his wife's sister's aunt,
.and which report Jim propogated after this
"fashion: - . ' ,.',.
. 'Sure thing know it heard Joe gay,
too,fccv was going iulo a spread; and,
- look adhere! it youjkaow of anybody who's
- - . : got a good hqrse . or tJo, ana a good car
' ,4. .riage, b sell, send 'emto Joe,'
.V'.-f "'- .'DoVt say o?' quoth, a listener.; 'Well
-0 iVe g6t,a. good horse and a blame nice
, C?,amtly concern on four wheels, .and a
' - Vust the thing!' cries Jim Sneidekcr;
V - ' - just the thing, my boy ! Go gear up, trot
v"4owl Ao Joe's office sell him, sell him!'
I will, hf hookey! Thank you, Mr.
T Sneideker, forthe information. 'Spose
vre take something cornel'
1 " " Joe drinks--the one-horse chaiscman
. disappears, and comes up in a new place.
. 4 Wo-woo-wol Woe! I tell you.' says he,
driving up his. really pretty concern in
front of Slocum's cramped and sultry of-
" fice, ' '
'Understand, sir,' says the man of the
..one-horse chaise, 'that you was thinking
of .buyinga family carriage.'
r 'A yes!' quietly responded : Slocum,
I vraX-as you say, thinking of it think-'-:.ingof
it!'. ' r , . " : . - ' .-
,-... Yes weJl.' says the horse man, 'I
r think I've got something that'll suit you
' to'aT.' ... :. - . ,
. . , 'Have you? says Joe. . 'Where?'.
'Kight outside come look at it at
once there's a horse '. ,
. , 'Looks like one,' facetiously echoes Slo
. . cuai.: .
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. , 'He aint nothing else, sir! Look at him.
. Kee that carriage? rides like a duck.;
, Just get on your coat, and take a short
. clrivet .I'llshowyou how he moves.
' v;JIaint gof-time.'
' !' 'Psha! wtn't take us a moment come
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; ThusinpOrtuned, Slocum went in for a
fide twa miles out of town felt pleased
with the horse, but thought he had better
' have his wife see the concern and its
. movements also; and so, after a pleasant
drink and a nice little ride, Slocum was
. delivered, quite fresh, at his office again.
f , Next : day, according to promise, the
yowner of the one-horse-family-turn-out
ends the horse andchaise,all in good order
to Slocum's house, to take out his wife
and baby, ancl xj the run of it as a fam
. ily horse and carriage. And they had a
ood timc.f .'Twas in the merry month
W May country in bloom Mrs. Slocum
" tna merry mood ditto Slocum and the
horse. A long and pleasant ride termin
ated with going home, sending the horse
and carriage to the owner, with a very po
lite note that the horse was very fair, but
the chaise too small too low too low,
too a- in fact, Slocum had consulted his
; Jady, and she wanted something better.
" Another trader appears- he has heard
that Mr. Slocum has a notion of buying
n xpan. "
' '.Yes, I have a notion of something of
that sort, says Slocum. 'What kind of a
horse have you?'
A pair, sir fine animals they are,
' too. '":t '. . .
. " 'Broke to harness? quoth Slocum.
-' 'Broke?' says the trader, 'you can bet
, they are. , . '
Good in a family carriage?'
V "Elegant, sir, I'll hitch up, if you say
, so, and ve'll trot cm oitt.'
.V"'.'Vcrjr wclL' says Slocum; 'gear up,
bring them around, and if my family ap
; prove of the horses and carriage
.... . .'The carriage is not ' mine, says the
- . horse jockey. . ;'
' - Oh, no carriage, eh?. .
' 'No, sir, bat I .. can borrow one, to :" let
r you see how the'horses move; you'll be
..-delighted.'
'Yery good, come down to my house
about 4 P. M., we'll drive out and see all
about it.'
At 4 P. M. you better believe there was
a team standing ready at the door; Mrs.
Slocum had the children ready, and in
they got the whole family the horse
man and Slocum mounting the box to see
the animals move.
'Don't they step?' animatedly tays the
owner.
'That's a fact,' says treacherous Slocum
'they do step as you observe, sir.'
'Lock at that, see ! Ga-a-lon:'-, s?ir.
There's muscle!'
'Plenty of it!' was Slocum's echo.
'Action too!' says the driver, touching
them up with the string.
Grand action, sir!' Slocum responds.
'Ga-a-a-long, bill, you lazy rascal, step
out. You ecc that off horse, sir, is a lee-e-tle
lazy; you'll have to tickle him with'
the mere end so, you see end of the
lash,' says the owner, whipping up the
team to a line of travel not overly pleas
ing to Slocum, who, unused to outside
travel, added to the fact that the 'off
horse' seemed inclined to kick up sus
pected it was slightly dangerous.
Not fond of fast travel, in a coach, my
self, any how, says he, 'and as the road
is some down hill here, suppose you draw
them in a little, sirl'
'Ah, nothing like making 'em step out,
sir!' replies the driver.
Oh! yes, poppy, let the man make 'em
go! shouts a young, delighted Slocum.
Oh! do give .it to em, sir!'
'Nonsense, child!' cries Slocum, 'you'll
fall out; keep your head and arms in the
carriage, my -dear; don't you know you
fell out of our carriage once, and a '
'Oh yes, poppy, but Sis pushed it over
while Maggy was a pullin' me; I did'nt
fall out! cries the child, to the modifica
tion of the anxious father, whose design
in mentioning the fact was to have the
horseman impressed wi'.h the idea that
the Slocum's had before been in the car
riage way !
But the party of the delighted Slocums
now reached the five mile house ;. the
horseman insisted on having them all act
out and partake of some refreshment;
they did'nt refuse, and so having indulged
they finally drove back home in a beauti
ful train of thouoht and feeling- Some
how or other, Slocum satisfied the horse
trader that the pair were not exactly up
to the mark, they were most too lively, or
a little too high or not exactly the color
his wife liked, and so that man was dish
ed ! Next day a man with a fine saddle
horse rode up, having heard that Slocum
wanted a 'critter.'
'Nice horse to look at, says Slocum.
'Yes, a great critter to go,' says the
man. lou km mount him and try; just
take a ride out for a spell if you've got
time, and I'll go to the stable 'till you get
back.'
An hour's ride, upon altogether the
hardest mouth, hardest back "cuss" he
ever bestrode, fully convinced Slocum he
was hot got up for equestrian exercises ;
so, after essentially, anathematizing the
brute, the man took his horse and went off
in a crrcat huff !
Now, the very next day, another indi
vidual appeared. He had understood
Slocum was looking up a family turn out,
anl here he had the most lovely pair of
little ponies, and the loveliest carriage,
that ever collapsed a man's pocket book !
The fellow had such a winning manner,
such a pressing desire to sell, that he at
once clinched a bargain
'Now, . Sir,' they had tried the team
on a ride to the outskirts of the town
'Now, Sir, as I am much pressed for mon
ey, I'll sell you this team and carriage for
$500!'
'Thunder! you call that cheap?' says
Slocum.
'I do, sir, they cost one thousand. But
as I was about to say, I'll sell you the
whole concern for 8500, and if you are
short, why a pay me $300.'
'Can't do it!' says Slocum.
'Well, say two hundred, says the tra
der.
'No, can't spare it.' .
'A hundred and fifty?'
'How long will you wait for the bal
ance?' quoth Slocum.
'Oh, your own convenience; say four
months!'
'Say eight and I'll do it!'
Slocum got the team, paid down a hun
dred and fifty dollars, the man slid, and
he was in great glee" for two days ; at the
end of that time, he found himself arres
ted for buying stolen property! He got
off, finally, but it cost him a heap of mon
ey and time, and he learned one fact that
there were people in this gregarious world
about as sharp as he was in an animal
transaction! Slocum thoiight he'd run a
saw upon the horse dealing fraternity, by
gratuitous rides and 'slow notes,' buflord!
didn't he get cornered on the last trade !
Florida has a white population of less
than 66,000 smaller than any other of
the thirty-one States, yet St. Augustine is
the oldest town in the United States, hay
ing been founded iu 1564,"and the 'city of
Key West' is the most .populous town in
the State, and is the southernmost settle
ment in the United States. : - '
The editor of the N. Y. Sunday JTimes"
says that rather than marry ; Miss Lucy
Stone, he would consent tobe spliced to a
small .volcano.
Thc.ungallant nvjjrue!.
UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 30. 1853.
Envy.
Of all the spies, human oranimal, Envy
is the most persevering, prying, observant
and indefatigable in its serpent-like attri
butes. When the great Frederick of Prussia
put the question severally to each of his
coutiers, requesting their opinion as the
best remedy to sharpen the eye-sight,
some recommended fennel, some one thing
and some another, till it came to Actlas,
who gravely advised his sovereign to try
Envy.
Whatever Ave do or say, is straightway
snapped up by this lurking, sinister med
dler, and distorted and disarranged by this
eldest born of malace, and then given to
the crewofsemi-demons ever lurkinarslono
the hedge row of vice, as a by-word and
matter of ridicule. Whateve r we do ill, is
magnified by this imp of Hate to absolute
wickedness, and even our best actions and
moiives are distorted to every liidcousness
of aspect. All our failings are watched
and blazoned forth to the gaping crowd,
ever ready to grasp at a fault to crucify
him without mercy.
Envy is the lowest, vilest, meanest of
all the passions that ever swayed the hu
man heart. And Avhile Faith, Love, Hope,
Justice and all their sister virtues, com
bine to ennoblp and elevate humanity; and
while Hate, Revenge, and blaer-eyed Mal
ice, are but semi-aclive qualities, depen
dent upon other circumstances foreign to
their influence for their action, for their
very existence, Envy is ever on the alert,
ever in action, playing the insiduous spy.
Dependent upon no circumstances, in
digenuous to no clime or country, it leaps
into instant being, full-fledged like Miner
va from the brain of Olympus' Thunderer,
and the first act of the young fiend is mis
chief. Envy is so cowardly and contemptible
an attribute that it exults in wretchedness,
and laughs and makes it more wretched
still. The envious man is more miserable
than the serpent could be, endowed with
wisdom and sensible of the Almighty's
avenging curse; for though he has poison
within him, and can cast it upon others,
yet the plague spot, is move fatal to the
menial of Envy than to any one upon whom
the foul venom is vented, as it alw ays rank
les deeper and deeper in his heart, till
like the maddened scorpion it stings, itself
to death.
Envy sold the youthful Joseph into
Egyptian bondage, made Saul a rebel
against God and justice, David a Alurderer
Envy gave the Son of God himself to
an ignominious death of more than mortal
agony; and in short the demon Envy has
Xuscd more civil and uncivil dissentions,
wars, bloodshed, murders, and all of every
thing that is the opposite of harmony, than
all other causes combined.
- He that would avoid Envy in himself,
must possess honesty and independence
enough to dispise it in others. But he
that would avoid the danq-er of itin others,
must keep wrell clear of their company.
Fanny Fera rfter the Women.
Fanny was musing one Sunday af ter
the following style, which she has been
candid enough to talk out about. She's
a funny boy :
" I've been reaJ'mg the Bible to-day,
r.nd it strikes me that our foremothers
were not very "correct old ladies. Who
flirted with the old serpent? How came
Sampson's hair cut off and his pcepersex
tinguished? Who perforated Jael's head
with tenpenny nails? How came Jonah
sent on a whaling voyage? Who helped
Ananias tell fibs? Who put Job up to
swearing? -Who raised a hurricane in
good old Abram's house? Who danced
John the Baptist's head off his shoulder's
hey? I'd like to notice (that's all) what
a stock wre are all sprung from.
If tiiet Averen't . tcetotally depraAed
may I neArer find out which of 'em I de
scended from! ' They didn't seem to ha-e
the least consideration for future genera
tions ,'dong since unborn." Now I don't
calculate, myself, to feel, responsible for
their capers. I've read somewhere in By
ron, I believe, that every wash-tub must
stand on its own pedestal! (or something
like that.) I don't beliee with saddling
my shoulders' with their old-fashioned
transgressions.
Curious, though, isn't it? the mischief
Avomen make in the Avorld? Great pity
Noah had't set Mrs. Noah adrift Avhen he
"took one of each kind in the ark." I
should rather have stood my chance for
a ducking thau hav-e been shut up Avith
such a ."promiskus" men-age rie. Noah
was a worthy old gentleman. No men-i
tion made of his getting tipsy but onctv I
believe.
Vital Statistics. The. quarterly re
turns of the birth, marriages and deaths
in England sIioav that during the last fif
teen months more weddings have taken
place than Avere ever knoAvn to have oc
curred before during the same period in
England. This establishes one most sat
isfactory fact? that with the groAvth of
general prosperity the number of mar
riages increase, and that as "one declines
the other' does also. " 94416 persons
were married during the last quarter" of
1052. The number of births .registered
during the quartevending March 31, 1853,
was 161,508. ' The deaths during the
same period was 1 1 8J25 1 . The number
of emigrants who left the country during
the same time Ava3 58,729. ' . '
, . Make other men's shipwreck sea-marks
lo your;-iC-li'. -
What Ilopcljid.
. It stole on the pinions of snow to the head
of disease; and the sufferer's from became
a smile the emblem of peace and endu
rance. I Avcnt to the house of mourning, and
from ti c lips of sorrow there came sAveet
and cheerful songs.
It laid its head upon the arm of the
poor man, Avhich avas stretched forth at the
command of unholy impulses, and saA-ed
him from disgrace and ruin.
, It dwelt like a living thing in the bosom
of the mother, Avhoso son tarried lonir af
tcr the promised time of his coming, and
saA-ed her from desolation, and the "care
that killcth."
It hovered about the head of the youth
who had become the -Ishmael of socictv,
and led him onward to. works Avhich even
his enemies praised.
It snatched a maiden from the jaws of
death, and.,went Avub, an old rna.n to
Heaven.
No hope, my good brother? Have it;
beckon it to your side, Wrestle with it
that it may not depart. It may repay
your pains. Life is hard enough at best;
but hope shall lead you over its moun
tains and sustain thee amid its billoAvs.
Part Avith all besides, but keep thy hope.
Valuable Reciepxs. To become rich
save your money and sear your con
science. To become Aviso eat, sleep, and say
nothing. ,
To become popular join the strongest
church, and all secret societies.
To become respectable say 'yes' to ev
ery other man's opinions, and have . none
of vour oavii.
To become exalted to little offices be
ready at all times to act as a tool for 'big
men.'
To become poor be honorable and void
of suspicion.
To become insane speak your senti
ments Avithout consulting the oracles.
To become very unfortunate print
your thoughts.
' To become slandered edit a paper and
tell the truth.
Romance. For the past four or live
months the patrons or frequenters of that
well knoAvn establishment,' the Bee Hive,
on J street, could5 not have failed to no
tice a bright and interesting lad of some
14 or J 5 years of age, who has been em
ployed as a tender at the table and coun
ter. His polite and quiet manner had
made him a great favorite. On Sunday
morning he Avent to the house of a Ger
man family living near by, and informed
the lady of the house, with tears in his
eyes, that he Avas not a boy but a girl.
The lady immediately took the child with
her to a millinery establishment and pro
cured a dress suitable to her sex. Her
story is, that she came from Germany to
New Yoik with her brothers, and while
living there with them they used her so
ill she Avas induced to leaA-e them, and
having desired to come to California, she
concluded that the only proper way foi
her travel so ffreat a distance Avould be in
male attire. She did so, and has continued
in it to the present time. She has only
been in the country about five months.
She is xioav in the hands of some very
kind friends, Avho will do all they can
! for
htr. Qoliforwctn. -
$? Walter Scott, in a narrative of his
personal history, gives the following cau
tion to youth :
'If it should ever fall to the lot of youth
to peruse these pages, let such readers re
member that it is Avith the deepest regret
that I recollect in my manhood the op
portunities of learning AA-hieh I neglected
in my youth; that through every part of
my literary career I have felt pinched and
hampered by my OAArn ignorance; and I
would this moment give half the reputa
tion I have had the good fortune to ac
quire, if by doing so, I could rest the re
maining part upon a sound foundation of
earning and science.
Cure for Yellow Fever.- The Brit
ish Vice Consul at Cape Bolivrar, writing
to Her Majesty's acting Consul General at
Carraccas, says au old woman named
Marequita Orfila, has discoATered a perfect
cure for the black A'omit and yellow fever
by means of Avhich seAreral persons have
been completely cured after a consultation
of doctors had declared that the cases
A"orc quite hopeless, and that the patients
die in a fevr hours.
The rcmed)T is the !
juice of the powdered leaves of the ver-
bena, given in small doses three times a
day, and injections of the same every tAvo
hours, until the bowels are emptied. The
verbena is a wild shrub, to be found
growing almost everywhere,' and particu
larly in low, moist ground. All our doc
tors have adopted its use, and noAv few or
none die. of these late fearful diseases
'
There are tAVo kinds of it, male and female
the latter is the one that is most used.
Distinguished Stanger. C. Went
Avorth Dike, proprietor of the London
Athenaeum,' and one of the most efficient
members of the Royal Commission for the
British Exhibition of 1851, arrived in the
Pacific as one of the six commissioners
sent out by the British Government to th'e
Noav York" Exhibition. Also, Prof. Bat-
ta, of the University of Turin, sent out by
th
he Sardinian Government to iuquire into
he American system" of 'Popular'Educa-
(ion. . ' - s
GENEUAL NEWS.
Love is a child of folly. It is the stran
gest of the passions, and often found in
the Aveakest minds.
The steamer John L. Stephens, arrived
at Panama on the 30th ult., from San
Francisco, in 12 day and 15 hours.
Hon. Roeere Toomus has ordered an
engine, on the ericsson principle, for his
cotton gin. in south-western Georgia.
Joe Philips, a boy, charged with killing
Reuben Gains, of Culpepper, Va., has
been convicted of murder in the first de
gree. The first railway in Asia Avas opened at
Bombay, amid a vast concourse of peo
ple anl unprecedented rejoicings, on the
16th of April.
Mr. Seymour, the missing California ed
itor, it is said left Boston for home by the
overland route, which accounts for his ab
sence. A Mr. C. Roach was recently killed by
a lady in Licking county. He Avas first
cousin to Mr. Wood Cuck, who Avas inhu
manly butchered at Cleveland a short
time ago.
Dcel. Two youngsters, whose mam
mas did not know they were out, fought
a duel with guns, at Lake Borgue, near
New Orleans, on she 8th instant. One
named Lessts was killed.
Chops Destroyed by Locusts. A
"locust plague" appears to be afflicting
the people of several parts of Central
America. A cloud of these devouring in
sects had alighted upon the territory be
tween the Barrenca and the Ahacarite,
consuming the crops.
Great Oversight. The police should
have broken into Kossuth's nursery.
They then would have discovered CA-en his
children in arms, and the nurse teaching
the young idea how to shoot ! The Aery
floAvers . of his garden would have been
found to carry pistils Punch.
A Goon One. There is a laAvycr in
Dearborn county, la., knoAvn no less for
his eccentricity than for his legal lore.
Many are the anecdotes told of him.
A man once went to him to be qualified
for some petty office. Said he, "Hold up
your hand; I'll swear you, but all
could'nt qualify you.'
American Goods ijj Australlia.
Mercantile letter received in New York
from Melbourne to the 26 th February,
states that sales of American goods had
been made on very favorable terms.
American lumber has sold at $95 to 8135
per 1,000 feet. Shovels 65 shillings; and
nearly all American shipments were pay
ing handsomely.
The Proposed Arctic Settlement.
Capt. Penny Aviil leaA e England in the La
dy Franklin sailing vessel,accompanied by
the Sophia, to form a colony on the shores
of Cumberland Sound, where, the Esqui
maux haA'e reported there is abundance of
plumbago and copper with other minerals
Mrs. Penny goes out Avith her husband,
as it is their intention to have permanent
residence in the Arctic regions. -
Desertion and Seduction. The
Wheeling Intelligencer says that 'a fellow
Avho Avas married on the first of this month
in. Union township, Washington county,
Ohio, ruthlessly deserted his wife, a few
days ago, and -then coaxed off, and ran
away Avith a girl under age, and daughter
of a respectable citizen. Ex..
Vlia-. 5s t.ViO Zci..jj tvl-inn tlio rti.-7a ! a -n i
..... .i.. j iiiv. y.ltfj Jill I
no more sense than to run aAA-ay Avith such
men? Girls should learn better, if in no
other way, by sod cxpcticiicc.
Emigration from Germany. Mr. Mil
ler, a citizen of Chicago, has written from
Altona, on the Elba, under date of May
2d, a letter, of which the following ex
tract is furnished in the Chicago Tribune:
"It is only at this moment that, Ave are
starting from here in the Bremen ship
Amerland, Captain Addicks. Sloman
had to pay some three thousand six hun
dred dollars for one week's provision for
passengers engaged, which he could not
get off. There neA-er was -such a croAAd
before from here, so that it is easy to cal
culate that
t passage must De rattier nigiier
than expected
JST" Fun is one of the most costly arti
cles in the market. On Thursday, wc
saw four men, one wagon, and a sorrel
horse, set out on a fishing expedition.
After an absence of ten hours, they re
turned with four Moss bankers and a dead
crab. Had either of these men been re-
quested to subscribe for a neAvspaper, they
Avould have thrown themselves back on
their poA crty, and complained of the hard
ness of the times Queer animal, , that
human species aycII he is. Ex.
Wc believe that AVyaudot county can
produce more men of the above character,
than any other county in Ohio. It is not
pleasant to us to have this to say, but it
is true as sad.
Another Model Legislature. -The
late New BrunsAvick Legislature passed
what is called.the 'Contingent Bill.' This
was to embrace those ordinary expenses
attendent on a public . body, such as sta
tionery, &c. The members of the Legis
lature, however, 'put a most extraordinary
construction on the bill, by Avhich they ob
tained 'gold pencils, seals, "paper, pens,
tfcc, kc, , sufficient to last several .years. J
One man: the noblest Roman of them all i
as has just come to light, succeeded in
making' the bill include a whole set of
false teeth and a wig."' V These useful arti-
ck's cost, in our curranev,. about $30.
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-CALIFORNIA ITEMS:
The following' items of news we take
from the Times & Transcript, printed at
San Francisco:
Rain fell in torrents throughout the
Southern mines on Wednesday of last
week.
Propositions are on foot for the con
struction of a plank road betAA-een Marys
villc and DoA'vnieville.
The Avoik of builJing the Catholic
church on the corner of California and Du
pont street has commenced.
Four men. Avorking at Jackass Gulch,
divided 83300 betAveen them last Avcck,
the proceeds of six days labor.
New" County. A neAV county, Hum
boldt, has been created out of . the lower
portion of Trinity. This county lies upon
the ocean, and bay of the. same name,
and is essentially au agricultural county.
" A Trpo graphical Error. Our neigh
bor ef the Columbia Gazette remarks that
"the health of Columbia continues good,
and the D. D.'s are not making grub mon
ey"
Festiatal. The passengers avLo anrv
ed here in the steamer Panama, on the
4th. of June, 1849, are to celebrate the
anniversary of their arrival by a social
re-union.
The Downieville Echo says that busi
ness of all kinds is brisk in that place.
The merchants look smilingly, the miners
jolly, and good nature beams on every
countenance at the prospect of the best
season ever knoAvn in the mines. .
A New Quartz Lead has been discov
ed on the middle Yuba near German Bar.
12,000 were taken out in four weeks by
the simple process of burning, crushing
in a hard mortar, and amalgamating with
quicksilver
From
'
Trinity
River.-
The Shasta
Cour ier states that miners are flocking OAer
on to in
any river, as tnougn tiiey naa
just began to discover where the best min
ing districts Avere, and pack trains have
been following in an almost unbroken line
for the past week or ten days.
Joaquin's Gang. A correspondent
from the "Mountain Ranch" informs the
Calaveras Chronicle that three Mexicans
appeared in a camp near that locality, and
from the manner in which they conduct
ed themselves, excited suspicion. Infor
mation was obtained from a Mexican, a
resident of the camp, that they had be
longed to the band of robbers headed bA
Joaquin. On being made acquainted with
the charge against them, they immediate
ly escaped, and thus avoided capture.
John Chinaman in Siskiyou and in
Trinity. The Shasta Courier says that
the good people of Yreka were throAvn into
quite a ferment, a few days ago, by the
arrival of about 35 Chinamen, the first
of that people aa Iio have v isited that coun
ty. It Avas the occasion of much cogita
tion and agitation, and a number of per
sons met to take measures to expel from
that section the pig-tailed gentry. The
Chinamen promptly tendered the amount
of the miner's tax for each one in adA ance
but no officer authorized to , receive the
same being present, they.Avcre, Ave are glad
to state,, permitted to remain notwithstan
ding. , ' ' ,' "
S?"The Courier and Enquirerln spcak-
! ing of education in California had -the fol-
iOAVingC
w ...
"Five hundred thousand acres of land
haAC been donated by Congress to the
State. This land has been appropriated
to the support of schools, and something
more than 1 50,000 acres have been sold,
yielding a school-fund of more than 30O,
000. The interest on this, together Avith
such other probable sum as will accrue
from the sale of lands during this year, will
amount to about $22,000. There has al
so accumulated in the State freasury to the
credit of the school-fund about $24,000,
Avhich has been collected under a reA-enue
laAA. This would make not far from 50,
000 for distribution to organize schools on
the 1st oT January, 1 854 a sum sufficient
to place them upon a sure and almost free
basis during a considerable portion of the
year."
Excitement at Sonora. Considerable
excitements exists at Sonora owing to the
favorable gold reports from Walker's Riv
er, on the eastern slepe of the Coast
Range. The Sonora Herald learns that
the climate had on the Coast of the Sier
ra NeA-ada, is the same as on this. On
both sides of Walker's River there are
finCAvide yalleysof superior land and Avell
watered. . Gold is found between Carson's
and Walker's River, and the tributaries of
these streams. This mining sectieui has
been prospected to the distance of about
forty miles Avide and sixty long, and it is
believed to be at least equal to the raining
section of Tuolumne County. , The whole
distance is well-timbered and Avatered.
Walker's River is about the same size as
the Stanislaus, but has more tributaries.
The country abounds in a variety of game
such as Antelope, Deer, Mountain
Sheep, Grouse,Pheasant, Hare and smal
ler animals. It is far superior, in many
respects to the western slope. " .
Some forty or, fifty men haAre already
engaged to return Avith. Col. McLean to
the Walker's River diggings, where some j
time past. v Others are expected to arrive
from. ShaAv's Flat and other surrounding
camps, and Ave have no doubt that OA'er ajcarce back he was khiUing or tryinjj to
I hundred arsons will take" up their line of j knit a stocking. She' took the hint, and
march . for his highly favored region.
Times and Trans
WHOLE NO. 393.
Late from California,
Neav 'York, June '24. The. steamers
Northern Light, Avith dates from San Fran
cisco to the 1st -inst., arriA-ed at this port
this morning. .The transit over the Isth- ,
mus was effected in forty hours. C " :' '
A. private letter from San Francisco
says that the daythe steamer sailed, a du- ;
el was to take place, betAvcen Senator '
Gwin and J. W.' McCorkle, Member, of .
Congress. Weapons, rifles, distance,thir
ty yards. ' The causa of the difficulty is -
said to ba disparaging language used- by
Mr. Gwin in reference to Mr. McCorkle.V
The friends of both parties had tried eve
ry means to settle the matter, but their ex- '
ertions had proved inefficient ''-"Mr, MarC
shall acts as the friend of McCorkleV and'
Wflliam Damcrona naval officer, as the
friend of Gwin. ' ' r"
The transactions in provisions and
bread-stuffs at San Francisco, for the week
ending the, 2pth liar, werelarge, and at
the close, 'provisions Avere slightly better.'
Flour Avas less linn an l a shade lower.- "
Inspected Gallego is quoted at $10 87 "
1 1 . Mess Pork is held at 23, and clear ;
at 628. Lard in kegs sells at 1 5cand ,
hamat 20c per b.f Butter is quoted at ' '
3336c.. . V-'V r
The steamers Cortes, California and;
Panama were to sail from San Francisco, ,.
on the 1st inst., the latter had OA"er $2,- .
253,000 in gold on freight.'- '-" 1,;" : .;'.
A destructive fire Sccurred at San Fran-;; .
cisco, on the 31st of May, ArliicV destroy- -ed
twenty buildings on California ' end-
Reany streets.' The loss is large. '..
The Sonora expedition is still talked of.
The Times says, a Baltirnore clipper, lying ,
in the harbor, had been engaged to carry
the Jariytol its destination - a r.r . ; .
Excitement in .Calayasas Attack v .1" " -c.
on the County-Jud se. A .correspondent ': -of
the Republican, writing ' from : - Moque: ;; - X ' ;
lumne Hill, under date-May , 1 6 thy says: V;, 'J
une ot tne basest., scenes' occurred in
this, place to-day, that has eA-er disgraced; .
our streets. A man named White,, who i
resides near Camp Seco, armed wtth" i v
heavypick handle, called Judge'Eno7(pur
prcscntCounty Judge) into the street, as v-'
if to speak privately with hinvarid struck C r . ?
him doAvn at a blow. . His intentions tiot
yet satisfied, he strdcl the'Ja'dge Avith his '
club three times, and then; was-' arrested t
and committed .to prison.-, Great, excite-
ment prevailed;, a meeting of 4he citizens
was called to . discuss the propriety: of r
hanging him immediately'ai he? .was ;i'h
the hands of the Shei iff,ii Avas decided that "
he be dealt wth -ialK: ac-oraliKf talawv
It is evident that White in tended to kilP
Judge Eno, and did all in his 'power 'to '. '
effect his purpose. He says that he med
itated it, and has had his- reve"n,&, and
the authorities can do "what they "please
with him. I cannot learn that ther$ was''
any reason for the attack other 'than thei
Judge had befriended him - a don time '.. -X
since, by paying an execution fc him,and
Avas making an effort to re'cbvVr. the nion' '
or- : -. " .' , ;V. ''.:,;--'-.V-
The Judge was wounded : severely'
the head and on his arm which he raised .
to receive th'e blow, this probably saA-e'd
"his life. It is hoped that her will Veeover.
soon, although some foarsTfe entertained . .'
as to tlia result. White has been exam- .
incd before Justice "Ball, and committed " :
Miss Greenfield, : the ' vBlaekvSwan,' 4
Avho recently gave ccvcrnl concerts' in Out . ,
Atlantic cities, is aow. in England, whtre"
she is lionized by the Duchess of. Suthlr-"
land and her' circle. TheDuchess.hasi
given a morning -concerC at Sutherland.
House, at .which the Swan 6ana-evcral
pieces, and was Avarn.lv encored. A la&e -number
of the aristocracy' "was. .present-."' '
as was also Mrs. Stowe, who ; presented '
the Swan with -a splendid, drcs's'of the" '."'
moire antique, trimmed with bugles, which. ,
she wore.; . . .-. ' . ' - : , '
. .-YARIKTY ITE3iS.;.' 'f. .:.;''
Some of our readers- may think' we
select and publish too much ot this kind
of reading but Avhen it is remembered thai
wehaA-emany tastes to sur, it'wHl be re
membered that variety is absolute! v'ne
ccssary. " - , -
JS3T They are getting up anew style of
hogs out West. The inventor thinks that
by feeding them pcAvier ..with their corn,
he can raise pig lead 'from them. . Time
must determine. - '"-, "
SSF Last week, r.n Iowa editor, 'just
to try his readers,' published a chapter
from the Songs of Solomon. The next
day one of his patrons addressed hin a
complimentary letter, concluding as fol
Ioavs: 'Devilish good. Who wrote ir?
Bob Simerson, did he?' .-'.
it?" The Clevehni" Herald begs cur
English friends not to take either Mrs.
StOAve or the Black Swan, as a specimen
of American beauly. . , .
W 'Ah !' said old Mrs. D oosenbury, ;
"learningis a great thing; I've often felt
the need of it. Why, Tvouldlyou believe-;
it, I am now sixty Tears eld, and only -know
the names of three months in the;
year, and them is spring, fall and autumn."
KiT A.man in Boston cured his Avife of
an attack of blo6mcrism." He watched
the "fixing up" and said nothin g" ' His
wne Avcntputin full. rig,. Avh'efeupon he
assumed her cast off skirts, and when she
the Turkish arrangement was rut aside
imniediaielv.
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