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H TIKKCM r M. •' ,0.. Au; sth, 1859. sESS CAE PS. L. AVERY, M. D. TIHC PHYSICIAN. Told street, betwi en State and -Coi.rMmA. janG'tf -TANNING lED THE TRAC -ion. f . ,tt hi' ln the Adobe Bmldine. oh Maiu«trpl?t —Sonoka, Cal. jan9:tf O. H. ALLEN, Attorney ami Counsellor at Law, And Notary Public. OFFICF. next to Justice Galvin's office. State street Columbia. Jan. 20. 1859,-tf. JOHN S. GRAHAM, M. D 9 SHAWS FLAT. OFFKRs hi“ professional services as Physician and Surgeon to the residents of Tuolumne country. March 27 '5B. M. JOSEPH M. CAVIS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. OFFICE on Fulton, lietween Main street and Broad way, Co'a rnhi a Feb. 10, 1859.—tf. DOCTOR SCHMIDT. OFFICE on Broadway between State n n ,j Fulton streets, Columbia. nov, 3. if. G. W. PAULDING. Attorney mid Cotinsfllor at Law, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE State street Columbia. July 14. 1859 -tf D. M. B \LDWIN, M. D. COL UMBIA. OFFF.R? l;’s professional se-v.ee* as Phvsician and Surgeon *o the m. lent-o< Golnmhi* and v Hi » OmCK—Tlii; 1 Imi a neve fto u glas' ' s al.vn je to PHILIP SCHWARTZ. JFST RUT'” f n \ vHvsifn <•« fancy, AND STAPLE, DRV GOODS \I Int NEW YORK CLOTHING STORE Main Street, Columbia. nov 10. tf. COURT EXCHANGE, Sonora. SAM BOOSE , Proprietor. A Vo. 1 Liquors at One Uit per Glass. C DELAROYEFE, 3VCrt.iiYifrt.ctvi.T-oi* of CALIFORNIA WHITE WINE. Anil all kind of Syiupa. COLUMBIA, nov 10. 1809. tl. P II O T O (IRAP II •.AT.. JF« E CJ Main street. Columbia. 5 He is Coming. He's mmiPR : the Mushinc rose Whispers it low to me, \n<l the starhcht hastens with it. < Her the twilight sea. Ml trembling the zepbvrs tell me On light wings hurrying past. Anil my own heart ipurkly heating, (’liming, comirp at last. The soft h; peil waves of the ocean. Gathering at my feet; Breeze horre from the coral islands, Murmur the secret sweet, There’s o'-t a dew-steeped Mossom Or glistening orange tree, But furnishes leans glee-Zaden, To breathe this j >y to me. List! this is the sound of rowing Stealing along the air. I must gather round mj temples This weight of b aided h*ir ; And trust to growing Jarineas, And evening shadows dim, To hide with then wings the traces Of tears I’ve shed for him. A “ Cheap John ” Incident The Commercial st auction “ sharp ers ” frequently make consiff raMe amusement among the frequent* r« o{ their bazars The other night, our at tention was attracted to one of their sales, and standing in front of the door, i we heard the crier of the goods exclaim: “You doesn’t want tobacco; you doesn’t want nothing ! Well, I vants to sell my coots ; I sells ’m sheap, I sells ’em for nothing, or I sells ’em for yoost what you says ” The crowd were not in a purchasing humor “ Cheap John ” eloquence had no effect. At length the loud mouthed merchant rushed to the end o‘ his count er. seized a small fowling-piece, and lifting it in the air, cried, “ You doesn’t want to buy, eh 5 Well, I sells you this gun. How mooch ! You can have it for five dollars ; you can have it for four dollars; you can have it for dree dollars, and I won’t take a cent more nor have a cent less 1” Nobody seemed willing to buy, but “ Cheap John ” was determined to sell So he threw himself forward, and with the air of a man making a sacrifice, he implored a bid. At length, one man, who had taken an interest in the pro ceedings, offered two dollars for the gun. “ It’s your property.” “ Let me examine the piece.” “ Let me see your money.” Here’s the money,” and the money passed into “ Cheap John’s ” hand, and the piece passed into the hands of the bidder, who incontinently vamosed with his bargain. When he had gone “John” gave his audience to under stand that his customer was that the gun was not worth two bits, and he would have given it away rather than have kept so useless an instrument in his shop “ I can assure you shentlemen,” cried “Cheap John,” “ that, that man has lost money. It will cost him five dollars to have the piece put in order—five and two are seven—and here is a better gun in excellent order, which I will sell for five dollars. He brought forth another gun ; and, strange to say, he foun ! another cus tomer. Humbug is a great institution. C O Morning Call. The Hammer. The hummer is the universal emblem of mechanics. With it are alike forged the sword of contention and the plow share of peaceful agriculture. In an cient warfare, the hammer was a pow crtul weapon, independent of the plate which it formed The hammer is the wealth of nations. Hy if are forged the ponderous engine and the tiny needle It is an instrument of the savage and civilized. Its merry clinck points out the abode of industry ; it is a domestic deity, presidng over the grandeur of the wealthy and ambitious. Not a stick is shaped, not a house is raised, a ship floats, or a carriage rolls, a wheel spins, an engine moves, a press speaks, a viol sings, a spade delves, or a flag waves, without the hammer. Without the hammer, civilization would be unknown, and the human species only be defenseless brutes ; but in skill ban Is, directed by wisdom, it is an in strument of power, of greatness, and of true glory.— U. T. Taylor. COLUMBIA, CAL., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1859. A Wife’s Prayer Tf thorn that panics nonror to the imploration of Naomi than the subjoined, we have not seen it: “ Lord ! bless and preserve tb it dear person whom thou hast chosen to he m.v husband ; let bis life be lone and blessed, comfortable and holy ; and let rue also become a great blessing and comtort un to him, a sharer in all his sorrows, a meet helper in all the accidents and changes in the world ; make me amiable forever in his eyes, and forever dear to him. Untie his heart to me in dearest love and holiness, and mine to him in all |swcctness, charity and compliance Keep me from all urigendeuess, all dis conteutedness and unreasonableness of passion and humor ; and make me hum ble and obedient, useful and observant, that we may delight in each other ac cording to the blessed werd, and both of us may rejoice in having our portion in the love and service of God lorever. Amen.” Tltr Marriage Tie too Easily Sundered. Of all tilings tending to corrupt the influence, and lessen the sacredness of tf.e true marriage principle, none are so blighting and deadly as uudue facili t ■“» f>r annulling the marriage tie. Many an incompatibility of temper, do rric-'ic difference, would have been Fm-'therid an! buried, instead ut having nursed to quenchless feud, had tin re t een less accessible legal avenues to Jivjrce. The facilities provided by indi-crect legl-lition, have betn the prime cau c e of thousands of separations and family wrecks, which would not otherwise have occurred. Therefore do we rejoi -e, that in some of the States of our Fnim, where divorce has been most scurid douslv accessible, a better sense has moved the law makers to amend iheir statutes so as to give greater sanc tity and security to the marriage tie. The Best of Servants. If you would wish to have a good ser vant —one that is faithful, honest, and a tentive, and whom you will never quarrel with ; one that will never bother you tor wages, nor drink your win« he hind your back ; one that will never object to wear the clothes you Lave been wearing yourself, nor make a fuss over what meals you give him ; one that will not grumble if y< u keep Lira up half the night; one to whom you cou! 1 at any tune give with a clear conscience the very best of characters; one that will m ver wish to leave you, but would rather he remained with you all the days of your life, then you must be i/'mr own Servant —and that is best achieved by your diligently learning how. ou all oc casions. to help yourself.— The Hermit of the Hay. larket. Queer Phenomenon. The extraordinary fact of a black wo man turning white, has recently occurred at Cairo The woman is married to a black soldier, belonging to the Pacha’s guard ; and, according to the evidence brought forwa.d, it is during the last two years that her black skin peeled off by degrees, and without any inconvc niencc to herself, and has been replaced by a white skin. Her features distinctly belong to the Ethiopian race ; and her flat nose, thick projecting lips, wool! • hair, peculiar cheek-bones, accent, and the shape of her feet, all denote her or igin Fiv£ European medical men at Cairo have certified to the above facts. The woman is about forty years of age, has always enjoyed very tolerable health, and comes from the province of Sjwauli in Zanil-ar. in the dominions of the Em’ peror of Muscat. A German came to a certain judge in our city to take his final oath of natur alizatinn His Honor asked the usual questions—if he was attached to the Government of the United States, ami would make a pood citizen. The wit ness hemmed and hawed and scratched his head, not exactly understanding the questions. Upon their being repeated, he hesitatingly replied that he didn't know ; he supposed he would, and added, his face brightening up, “ I’m pretty sure of it. I voted last October.” His Honor’s bland smile changed into some thing very like a frown, and he sug gested that the man’s voting before he was naturalized was a poor way to show bis qualifications to become a good citi zen. The witness was a little taken back at this, but found courage to reply: Well, your Honor ought not to eom lain, I voted for you ' ” A Good One. How to be Handsome. If the younjr ladies knew how ranch their habits of life have to do with their beauty of form and feature, they would ventuie to set a-ide some of the customs of fa -hionab’.e life to secure so desirable •in end It is perfectly natural for all women to be beautiful. If they are not so, the fault lies in their birth, or train ing, or in both. W e would therefore respectfully remind mothers that in Po land, a period of childhood is recognized There girls do not jump from infancy to young ladyhood They are not sent from the eraße directly to the parlor, to dress, sit still, and look pretty Dur ing childhood, which extends through a period of several years, they are plainly and loosely dressed, and allowed to run, romp, and play in the open air. They are not loaded down, girded about, and oppressed even? way with countless frills and superabundant flounces, so as to be admired for their much clothing. Plain simple fool, free and various exercise, abundant sunshine, and goon moral cul ture during the whole peri «d of child hood, are the secrets of beauty in after life Home. Love watches over the cradle of the infant, over the couch of the aged, over the welfare and comfort of each and all ; to be happy, man retires from the out door world to his home In the house hold circle the troubled heart finds Con solation—tie disturbed finds rest, the joyous finds itself in its true element Pious souls, when they speak of death, say that khey go home. Their longing for Heaven is to them a home-sickness. Jesus al|o represented the abode of eternal hiqdness under the picture o p a home, a mther’s bouse. Does not this tell us thm the earthly home is appointed to be a pftture of Heaven and a fore taste of that higher, happier, holier, eternal h«ne ? Che Man. not the Coat. JiyrMjßMi little deference to the ar tificial distinctions of society. On his way to Leith one morning, he met a man in hodden grey—a west country farmer ; he shook him heartily by the hand, and stopped and conversed with him. All this was seen by a young Edinburg blood, who took the poet roundly to task for his defect of taste “Why, you fantastic gomcril,” said Darn*, “ it was not the great coat, the sconce bonnet, and the Sanquhar boot hose 1 spoke to, bit the man that was in them ; and the man, sir, for truth and worth, would weigh you and me. and ten more such, any day.’’ Something Sew, A machine has been patented in Eng land for copying the written manuscript of a message, and though it has worked successfully for a distance of turee hun dred and ninety miles, it is yet in a crude state. The communication is written on tin foil with varnish. The foil is placed in the machine, and b> the use ot some ingenious devices, which come alternately in contact with the non-conducting varnish and conducting foil, make and break the circuit in a manner corresponding with the torn of a letter, which is duly registered at the other end of the line on chemically pre pared paper. Why lie Didn’t Kiss Her. In a new book called “ Heart Pic tures,” there occurs the following pa- a graph, which is quoted as an instance of heroic self denial; From Camden to Lancaster, a dis tance of thirty-eight miles, I traveled alone with Mrs Greaves She was a sweet and interesting w.mian—so sweet and interesting that fa-ti lious as I am on that subject, I believe 1 would have been willing to have kissed her 1 had, however, several reasons fur not perpe trating this aet Ist lam such a good husband I wouldn’t oven be guilty of the appearance of disloyalty to ray sweet wife. 2d. I was afraid the driver would see me and tell Greaves. 3d I didn’t think Mrs G would let me. Vanity In Dress. Some youug ladies feeling themselves aggrieved by the severity with which their friends animadverted on their gay plumes, crinolines, scarlet peticoats, and flounces, went to their pastor to learn his opinion. “Do you think,” said they, “ that there can be any impropri ety in our weari»g these things ?” *• Dy no means,” was the prompt reply. “ When the heart is full of ridiculous notions, it is perfectly proper to hang out the sign.” Every Word True. An exchange gives the following ex tract an insertion, with the remark that it ought to be printed in gold: It is a great and prevalent error, that children may be left to run wild in even sort of company and temptation for several years, and that it will he time enough to break them in. This mistake makes half our spendthrifts, gamblers, thieves and drunkards No man would raise a colt or a puppy on such a princi ple Take notice, parents —you till the new soil, aud throw in the good seed, the devil will have a crop of poisoned weeds before you know what ha- taken place. Look at your dear children and think whether you will leave thiir safety or ruin at hazard, or whether you i should train them up in the way they should go A Miscalculation One Sabbath evening a gentleman of this town had made arrangements to spend the evening with a friend, but on going home, bis wife insisted on his ac companying her to church, and taking with them their child, a boy of three years. As a matter of course, be went, but be was much dissatisfied with the arrangements, and while on the way was bu-y conceiving ways and means to dodge At last bo bit it During the first prayer he would pinch the boy— the buy would squall ; then, as a matter of course, he would be obliged to take him lioine. and then be would be free the r« mainder of the evening. It w >rkr d to a charm, with one trifling ex ception. He pinched viciously, the lad bawl, d vieiuu-Iy, and Lis progenitor started out hastily, but, unfortunately, just a* he was leaving th° pew, the in fant shrieked, in a tune sufficiently loud to be heard halt way across the church— “ Mamma, papa is pinching me !” The look of commingled cuteuess and satis tactn n on the lace of the pincher, changed in an instant to one of painful sht epishness, and he subsided into his seat and braced comiqg sermon — Biieyrns Journal. ' A Clear Conscience. How bravely a man can walk the earth, bear the heavit st burdens, per form the severest duties, and look all men Square in the face, if he bears in his breast a clear conscience ! There is no spring, no spur, no inspiration like this. To feel that wo have omitted no just task, and left no obligation unful filled, this fills the heart with satisfac tion and the soul with strength. Con science, it i« said, makes cowards of us all—but only cowards when it reproaches us with some unmanliness—some shrink ing from truth and right and the com missit j of some wrong. Croup. Mothers should treasure up the fol lowing as being far more precious than a glittering diamond. It is from a most reliable medical source: If a child is taken with croup, apply cold water —ice water, if po«sible—sud' denly and freelv to the neck and chest with a sponge. The breathing will in stantly be relieved. Soon as possible let the sufferer drink as much as it can, then wipe it dry, cover it up warm, and soon a quiet slumber will remove the parent’s anxiety, and lead the heart in thankfulness to the Power which has given to the pure gushing fountain such medical qualities. This Is Poetry. Oh, if there is one earthly bliss More precious than another, It is when, with delight you kiss a pret ty girl when she sends an individual out of the room on the important er rand of seeing what hour is indicated by the hand the family time piece down stairs— Certain individual being her smallest, chubbiest prettiest, and most mischiecous little devil of a brother. While musing thus one summer eve, As by the far ones side I sat, The time was near at band to leave, so, Stealing my arm around her waist, I drew her gently too me, and when in the act of applying my lips to hers the door was softly opened and a d—d intruder appeared— Certain intruder being no less a personage than my respected fair ones‘Mama,’ armed with a broomstick, and bef’oie 1 km w where I was, I was kicked down stairs and knock ed int) a cocked hut. A STRING OF PEARLS. Our life is nothing hu* a winter’s day. Some only break their fast, and so away; Others stay to dinner, and depart full fed ; The deepest age but sups and goes to bed ; lie s most in debt that lingers out the day ; \\ ho dies betimes has less and less to pay. [Queries. A “ w e bi r ot a toy ” astonished his mother a few days since. She had occasion to chastise him slightly for some offence ho had committed Charley sat very quietly in his chair for some time afterwards, no doubt thinking very profoundly. At last he spoke out thus : “ Muzzer, I wi.'h pa d pot annftzzer house-keeper ; I’ve got tired seein’ you around ” An Ohio editor says ' u What ctln be more captivating than to see a beau tiful woman, say about four feet eleven inches high, elev. n feet four inches di ameter, and thirty-four feet in circum ference, passing along the aisle, just as divine service commences ’ ” A PEAt’TiFrL thought is suggested in the Koran : “ Angels i the grave will not question thee as to the amount of wcaltu thou aast left behind thee, but what good doeds thou hast done in this world to entitle thee tu a seat among the blest.’’ Fhii.i us. the Irish orator, speaks thus feelingly of his birth-place: “There, where the scenes of my childhood re minded me how innocent I was, and the graves of my fathers admonish 1110 how pure I should continue.’' In the case of some of the newspa pers that profess to be emphatically family papers, the reader is expected to sit down and make his repast of a leg of nothing and no trimmings. It fs the great privilege of poverty to be happy, unenvied—to be healthy without physic—secure without a guard —and to obtain from the bounty of na oompellecfto of art. Tho painter plays the spider, and hath woven A golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men Faster than knats in cobwebs. But her eyes. How could he sec to do them ? Havim; made one, (his, Methinks it should have power to steal both And leave itself unfinished. (Suakspeakf All our friends, perhaps, desire our happiness ; but then it must be in their own way ; what a pity that they do not. employ the same zeal in making us happy in ours! The same ladies who would faint to see a man’s shirt on a clothes line will, in a waltz, lovingly repose their heads on the bosom of tho same garnmnt when the man is in it. A courteous answer is as cheaply given as a ruffianly one , for the former you receive thanks and a smile, and fur the latter you obtain neither ; there lies the difference. The violet grows low and* covers itself with its own fears, and of all flowers yields the sweetest fragrance. Such is humility. Those men talk the most who arc in the greatest mental darkness; frogs cease their croaking when a light is brought to the waterside. Woman’s eye appears more beauti ful when it sparkles through a tear, as a star seems more brilliant when it sparkles on a wave. “ Do you,” said Jane the other day, “ Love me in earnest, as you say ? Or arc those tender words applied Alike to fifry girls beside “ Dear, cruel girl,” cried I, “ forbear, For. by those eves, those Zips. I swear.” Bhe stopped me, as the oath I took, And cried : “ You’ve sworn— now It. s-v the hook." It is madness to make fortune she mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, hut is ruled by prudence. It is an old saying, hut a very pretty one, that a blush is like a pretty gii i, for it becomes a woman. To take her all in all. Miss Rachel Pan! Was not the worst upon the earthly hall ; But then she was so very big and tall, That no one liked to take her all in all. No pupil is so greatly to he pitied as the pupil of the eye, for it is continually under the lush. NO. 14,