April 13, 1855 (4 pages)

= ? 5 . ee a —— VOL. 4.—NO. 50. ‘THE JOURNAL. PUBUISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING SARGENT & Co., Proprietors A. A. SARGENT, J.P. SKELTON, N. P. BROWN. OFY-CK ON MAIN STREET, OVER 4, JOHNS STORB. Ms. = a TER r one year in advance For six months. . For three month Single copies LEGAL BLANKS of all kinds for sale at this dffice JOB WORK in allin allits varieties, promptly and neaty executed, at reasonable rates. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at low rates. L. P. FISHER is our only authorized agent at San Franfisco. He may ‘be found at his desk at Adams & Cos cflice, Montgomery Block. KIRK BROS, are our regularly authorized agents at Ficramento. MR. BELL, at Adams & Co.’s office, Agent at Grass Valley. S. €. Melntyre, SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST is our authorized know:. Dr. j bp ant} wig able to id graduated under the . in 1840; and 4 cor vives him confidence in be tit > a 2 . $iof, . & °. . eriect Satisfaction to his Patrons. e He keeps constantly on land an excellent article of OTH FOWDER, and an INFALLIBLE REMEDY FOR 4 MOUTH ACHE. oficc.--United States Hotel, Nevada. Gor Pr. M. visits Grass Valley eve ry Monday.-g%@ Of fics, sver Adams & Co.’s Express Office. y To bidting adieu for a short time to my friends and pat vucin California, 7 take pleasure in recommending Dr. 8S. MeIn.yre asa gentleman well skilled in his profe snd wort'y of all confidence. T. A. LIVERMORE. I cheerfully s: bseribe tu the above. E. N. CLARKE. ORIENTAL HOTEL, IVER 72. rat xreot, ME Rea oy ! ios & MARR, Propriet a a4 ee i 1 and popular house wd, fe" : vev ida Ho retitted and . wuULILi st he proprietors would res. pret ty a share of patronage. . TEtt iy papered, thoroughly . ce nse uivrior to no house in are i 2 Ser per week. Ny na) sloreia\eeraeineieanie aa ee bh, TAR! viila NW times be filled with every luxury i : tyle ; by cooks 1 found, willal wii $ : Ara ia ' ‘ e every cusCMON pe tistied e the house 1 ttis t i iis stepping lace vada ary 26—tf STEVENS & MARR. DEALER IN . ~ ? i wen WS7 Te cr ey G3 HR Ty Y iuiuieW. 2 ee ers tothe Nevada public the finest and >), bes s ‘tod stoen of goods ever exhibited ok n Nevada, avd at prices lower than ever etore known, e¢ n part of the following. , consisting ) oe Gold Magic Cased Watches. ENGLISI! GOLP LEVERS. . manufacture of David Taylor, ‘. Fk. Cooper Chas. Taylo:, Joseph French and others. gcautifiul Creammellod Watches, for Edies, €very variety of COLD & SILVER ANCHOR AND CYLINDER ESCA PEMENTS. Vest Chains, Diamond Rings } betor AH ‘ 5 s R Soll, Guard, Foo and Tyghidal es aa. y f Sata di dt 5 fall patterns, Pins, eys, Bracelets, Armlate, Necklaces, Gold Fins, Rings. Ear Rings, Cull inc, Guard slides, Pelt and Fob Buckles. — SEWELRY IN SETTS, ‘old Pens, with silver and gold cases, Spectacles, f all kinds, Lockets, and in short, every thine hat can be velled tor. JUARTZ ROCK JEWELRY made to order, iamond Setting done in the latest and most apreored style. Canes mounted and all articles of California Jewelry manufactured to order. Perticular attention paid to Watch repairing. “tevada, May 12 1254-3-tt. —~ AMERICAN LIVERY AITO SALE STABLE. a ie SUBSCRIBER RETURNS HIS THANKS to the Citizens of Wevada, for the liberal patronage thus far bestowed upon hiv establishment, and would inform them thet he continues to keep the best selection of SADDLE HORSES, For their xnecommodation, that the country wil afford. . lie would especially callthe attention of the Ladies to his stock of -PIRITED but Gi NTLE ANIMALS at such times rs they are desirous to enjoy a healthy and invigorating ride. J. 8. LOBDELL, Broad street. Shariag Saloon and Bath Rooms, At the Metropolis Hotel. The undersigned aro pre pered to attend tothe comfort ofthe public inthe euercise eS of their profession at all heurs , + ‘ HAtR® CUTTING, SHAMPOOING ond SHAVING done io the brst manner. There is a well-fitted BATH HOUSE in connection with . hoir Saloon, where warm and cold baths may ba had at} all hours. Perfumery of all kinds on hand BeDR JENNING’S REPRODUCTOR, celebrated for its medical powers over the human hair. It entirely erad. ieates Scurf or Dandruff. opens the pores of the skin, . gives a perfect action to the diseased organs of the head . and by its frequent use causes the hair to assume its forme. Health and Brilliant appearance. Sold only by THEODORE LAMPE November 3—tf FREDERICK MAY, Metropolis Shaving & Hair Dressing Saloon’ UNITED STATES HOTEL, . BRJAD STREET, NEVADA. 4 WELL-KNOWN AND COMMODIOUS HOTEL haa . been opened by the subscribers, for the accommodahe traveliing public sevada upo tion of their fr To strengers visiti che Honse will be pleasantl city weil supplied yith eemfoert For the vse cf Ladies and Families, And in ali resvects as a residence unequalled in the mining business or pleasure itly . “din the heart of the ale apartinents especially resion The Kiteue inder the control of Mr. ated for his ialents as a caterer, is suf thac the table willat all times be sa; up in the vt e selection of Wines, Liquors and Cigars, propose io keep in all respects a first e of liberality hitherto unequalled in er’ celicaey ef the s¢asow, ser he. Dav is supplied with a choi ablishment a place of public nents have been entered Line for the reception from thy Scue of the current news of the day, incluciar ivpcitant Tecislative proceedings, OULSUKN & JENKINS, Proprietors. T. W Conres, A. R, JENKINS Nevad: Fee. i%, i384--i Hay for ale. ew YCONS UF GAY FORSALE BY THETON, for Cash 15 onty by 42—tF A. B. GREGORY. C. T. OVERTON, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, AYING obtained his profession in one of the principal Medicai cnivers'ties in the United Mates, anid ~euuivd SURGERY acer the celebrated Surgeon, P ced hr eral satisfac avd OBS] ; nent tu Frisbie's fal ~essor ud years, Done MEVICHENE, : LoTR aR a SRE INEVADA JOURNAL. . The United States and Europe. ‘. WEDNESDAY MORNING, April 11. For the Nevada Journal. To one Departed. And art thou gone, forever gone, Thou lovely flower that erst was blooming, And hast thou left me here alone, All future joy from me entombing. And can I never see thee more, Thou whom of late all were adoring; Has death’s dirt pierced thy young heart’s core, And left me here thy loss deploring. Though death has chilled thy flowing veins, Methinks with life I see them flushing; And from thy lips I fancy strains Of sweet melodious music gushing. Ob has thy spirit truly fled? Thou seem’st but calmly, gertly sleeping Too true indeed, for round thy bed Are stricken friends in sorrow weeping, ‘Tis hard to yield thy beauty o’er To the dark grave, cold dread and yawning; Farewell to bid the tender flower {ing. Thus snatched away in youths bright mornAnd must it be—oh can it be, That one so like a rose-bud blushing, Slight as the blue animonie, Has fled—my dearest hopes thus crushing. Oh, there is rising o’er my soul A pressing wave of bitter feeling; My brain's convulsed—my flesh is cold ; Alas! ’tis frenzy o'er me stealing. But hush my raging spirit now, Be calm and cease all thy repining; Though . have lost a gem below, On high with kindred ones 'tis shining. Shine on thou fairest one of earth, Though pained; I'll fancy thou art smiling; Thy smiles will give emotion birth, Pure, pleasant, lonely hours beguiling. SS : The Blazing Grate. BY =. c. We used to have a blazing grate, And I would sit and sew, And when the window-pine would shake, How would the baby crow ; But mother said the whistling wind, Would make our hearts more dear, And then I laid my needle down, The roaring blast to hear. JONES. We used to set the table out, And joyous was the meal, The vapory wreath from silver urn, Would to the ceiling steal; And while the ruddy fire-light danced, We bathed us in its glow. W? ile every bosom warmed afresh, And love bad overflow. We gather round the embers now, Our silver urn is gone, Our father’s face has rugged lines, And mother’s cheek is wan; The polished walnut piece by piece, Hus beep exchanged for bread, And the dear babe who used to crow, Has gone to join the dead. Ilow stern reverses chill the heart ? We scarcely smile in woe, And they who fight for daily bread, Have lost Hope’s ardent glow. God be the friend of those who toil, By ad verse fate depressed, ’Mid this cold earth some warmth be gained, By leaning on His breast. — Ome = A Dollar or Two. With cautious step, as we tread our way through This intricate world as other folks do, May we still on our journey be able to view The benevolent face of a dollar or two ; For an excellent thing Is a dollar or two. No friend is so true As a dollar or two; Through country or town, As we passed up and down, No password so good As a dollar or two. Would youread yourselfout of the bachelor’s crew And the hand of a pretty female sue, You must always be ready the handsome to do, Although it would cost a dollar or two. Love s arrows are tipped With a dollar or two And affections are gained With a dollar or two. The best aid you can meet In advancing your suit, Is the eloquent chink Of a dollar or two. W ould you wish your existence with faith to imbue And enroll in the ranks of the sanctified few, To enjoy a good name and well-cushioned pew, You must freely come down with a dollar or two. The gospel is preached For a dollar or two, And salvation is reached By a dollar or two. You may sin sometimes, But the worst of all crimes Is, to find yourself short Of a dollar or two. The Flute Playing Ass. The fable I recite Whether wrong or right Has just occurred—and quite By chance O’er yonder pasture lawn, By hunger doubtless drawn, An ass was passing on, By chance. A flute was on the spot, Which Corydon, I wot, On Thyres’es had forgot, By chance. An ass drew near to smell When, miraculous to tell, He snorted in so well, By chance. That the air which left his snout, Made in its passage out, A most melodious shout By chance, The ass he thought, hey] hey! What music 1 can play! Though folks, perhaps, may say By chance. Yet without rules of art, An ass may get the start, And ast a clever part By chance. _ THE NEVADA JOURNAL. ——<$<—<——— NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIE 13, 1855. The London News, in giving some reasons why it thought a friendly understanding between England and the Unite weG. The sloop-of-war St. Mary’s, eas Doesticks has down from Mare Island Sunday, and will remain at San Francisco for expected inq. structions from Government, by the Sierra States should be “sedulously cultivated,” Nevada, regarding outrages upon our flag says: There is another reason why it is desirable that a friendly understanding should . be sedulously cultivated. In theory, one nation ought only to communicate with another through the medium of their respective Governments. But in practice, this rule cannot be strictly observed. In all countries there are—overlooking minor shades of difference—two great parties; the friends of free institutions and progress, and the friends of despotism, and stationary institutions, and obstructive laws. Either party in every country naturally and necessarily sympathizes with its counterpart in every other. It is not in hnman nature for the liberals of a free nation to abstain from sympathizing with and assisting those who struggle for their own emancipation from fetters in a country subjeet to a despotic rule. Above all others, the despotisms of Europe have no right to complain of this ; for the Holy Alliance having set the example of a combination of kings against subjects, have thereby justified leagues among subjects against despots. It is impossible to lay down any general rule as to how far Government may and must connive at co-operation among the different sections of their respective subjects. The circumstanees of every special case must supply the law applicable to it. Still it is necessary, for the preservation of intercours between states as corporate communities, that some limits—narrower at one time than another—should be imposed on the co-operation of the subjects or citizens of another. Hence arises one great difficulty that has always beset the great statesraan of . Great Britain when they have been called . upon to take in the Congresses of the Great Powers of Europe. In these Councils, Great Britain has hitherto been the only free and popular government. The balance of interest between peoples and princes would be more fairly held were some other first rate free power to take part in them as well as Great Britain. The Republic of North America is the only other first-class state that answers this description. When next Great Britain is invited to take part in a general Congress, it will be the duty of our Government to insist upon the United States being admitted to take part in their delibThese councils would benefit in more ways than one by the accession of the United States to them. The emancipation of American statesmen from the superstitious veneration of many old routine forms, and doctrines inapplicable to the state of modern society, would immensely improve our European diplomacy. We do not mean that Great Britain and the United States would invariably be found taking the same side in the discussion of a general Congress. These two nations can no more be invariably in the right than Austria and Russia can invariably in the wrong. But the increased number of statesmen, bound by the necessity of their position to assert popular principles, and the admission of a body of statesmen more free from . conventionalities than any others, would exercise a healthy influence over th2 deliberations of future general Congress. 5 scale aienbeicacat. “Tt will be seen by our Legislative report, that both houses adjourned at an early hour yesterday in respect of the day-Good Friday—. the anniversary of the most solemn and memorable event in the history of the world. Such an act shews a more truly devotional and religious feeling than the passage ofa host of Sunday bills and Maine Liquor Laws. There is, in that adjournment, a dash of genuine religious feeling which should be placed to the account of our legislators.”"--S. F. Herald. erations. proceeded to the horse races in the outskirts, and piously bet their money on the result-the" people being charged only $2000 for the! The friend was shown the gorgeous rooms, Enter mistress—minus day’s—sport. > <a 36h. The Union says the sporting members of the Legislature got awfully “cleaned out,” (to use the turf phrase,) at the . great race between Attila and Sakon Jake. heard, staked their money on the winning nag, but we do know of four honorable Senators who lost $1000, $450, $300, and $200, respectively. The “representatives fresh from the dear people” in the lower houses were equally unfortunate. Never mind, the losers will get their “thousand ing by abstaining from business, the Legislature . dollars one of these days. by the Nicaraguan authorities; and in case the expected instructions do not arrive, she will be sent to San Juan by Commander Farranger, upon his own responsibility. Tropica Frvuits.—Cocoanuts are retailing at twenty-five cents each in the San Francisco markets. Pineapples, oranges and tropical fruits are abundant in this market. sas> A Know Northing paper to be called the North American, is soon to be started in Columbia. It will be the first paper adyocating the claims of that party published in the State. I Miyer Kitiep.—A man named John Pea. body was killed on the 5th instant, at Santiago Hill, near Columbia, by the caving of a bank. He was hired for the day on the claim where . he was killed—was a native of Canada, about six feet high, dark complexion, about 25 years of age. ee Faran Arrray.—Several Chilenos recently got intoa fight at Chilenos Camp, near Camptonville, which resulted in the death of two of them and the wounding of two others seriously, if not fatally. A game of cards was the cause. Destructive Fire.——There was a very destructive fire in the town of Jackson, in Amador county, on 5th instant. A considerable portion of the buildings in the town were destroyed. ‘Theloss is supposed to be about $15,000. ——___——_ 2 ~<— say A quantity of fresh halibut packed in ice, arrived at San Francisco on Wednesday, from Sitka. a eee ie San Drrco Gorp.--The’ steamer America brought up specimens of gold from the newly discovered mines near San Diego. WrsaLe Orn.—-The S. F. Herald says that two gray-back whales caught in the Bay of Monterey, last week, yielded thirty-two barrels of oil. i Srrike.——The barbers at Iowa Hill put up their price for shaving at fifty cents, whereupon the miners struck for lower prices.-They sent to San Francisco and procured a quarter dollar barber, who was worked nearly to death the first day of opening. <> Gee Tne Navy Yarp.—About two hundred men are at present employed at the Navy Yard on Mare Island, opposite Vallejo. The wages of laborers are about three dollars per day. Mechanics receive from five and a half to six dollars per diem. They have commen: ced driving piles for the coffer dam, which will enclose the basin. The railway and basin will be built by them, under contract, for which they are to receive cight hundred and forty thousand dollars, 0 Drownep.— Isaac Clegg, a school boy, was drowned in a slough beyond Rincon Point while bathing, a few days ago. Bee ees Tne Bicerst Yet.--The Humboldt Times says a boy child was born in Hoopa Valley, a few days ago, who weighed at the time of birth twenty and a half pounds. ae ee Bes A colored boy, who has been in the employ of Dr. Kibbe, of this city, is up before Justice O.H. Allen, arrested under the provisions of the Fugitive Slave Law, or, it may be, under the unconstitutional and nugatory enactment made in California under pro-slavist influences. The boy is nota fugitive. it is clear, as he was sent or brought here by his master several years ago, and the Fugitive Slave Law does not apply to his case; that he is legally free is unquestionable, but he is in custody of officers, who scent the blood of a negro as a crow does carrion.--San Jose Telegraph. Suor at.-The Miner’s Advocate says that . on Tuesday night, 3rd inst., Mr. F. L. Smith, of Diamond Springs, while returning from the Railroad House on the Sacramento road, was fired at by two highway robbers, just below Kingsville. Two shots were discharged, neither of which took effect, and a fleet horse enabled Mr. S. to make his escape. a oOo weg. The Rahway Adverticer tells the following good story of one of the upper ten :— “Mr, —-is one of the merchant princes of . ments that her mistress would see me prcs-. a magnificent After testifying their geuuine religious feel. the Empire City, and though living in one of ently. the most spacious mansions on the Fifth Avenue, his entire family consists of himself and his wife. day, he invited him up to view his house.— . table, ditto chairs, Meeting a friend from the country one . Epitor N. Y. Trrsunr—Respected Sir: As the appearance of my humble cognomen in your journal conduces so much to the gratification of some of your Wall st. . neighbors, I have resolved, with your leave, and for their especial delectation, to indite a letter now and then asa speciai contribution to your hospitable columns— the first of which is here offered for your consideration and the public’s. Should it prove acceptable, others shall follow—and so, without further prelude, let me proceed to describe a visit lately made by me to a certain fortune telling den up-town. Since the memorable day of that visit my destiny is no longer a mystery. I know it all. I know what kind of a woman I’m to marry, how many children we’re to have, how many will die of measles, and how many will be choked with the croup, and can calculate to a quart how much eastor oil I shall have to lay in for family consumption. I’ve had my fortune told by a witch. The witches of modern times do not frequent graves and gibbets at midnight, to collect the marrow of innocent babes, and ‘grease that’s sweaten from the murderer’s gibbet,’ as choice ingredicnts for their incantations—they hold no nocturnal orgies with dancing skeletons and corpses, brought by the black art back to temporary life—they now-a-days take no pains to conceal their trade, but advertise it in the daily papers. Their believers are not now the great men and wise women of the earth, but chamber-maids and servant girls, who want love-powders to win some noble swain, or some verdant countryman anxious to recover the pilfered eelskin which contained his treasured . pennies. They easily satisfy these gullible . customers, by promising the first no end, of rich, handsome princes, who are to ap-. pear some day and carry off their brides . in four horse coaches; and the latter by an extemporaneous description of the thief, anda wish that he may suffer pains in his head, heart, liver, and all other important a parts of his body, until the property is restored. Witchcraft is rife in our midst, and we do not hang or burn the hags and beldames who practice it, or stick them full of needles, or duck them in the horseponds, as in the good old days of Salem— more’s the pity. In this day ofrailroads and three-cent stages, they have no occasion to perform their journeys upon broomsticks ; and in our city, where cream is only traditionary, they cannot bewitch their neighbors’ ehurnings, or throw their dire enchantments over the incipicnt cheese—so the protective horse-shoe is of no avail. They have robbed the trade of all its mystery and romance ; we hear no more of mighty magian, with hoary beard and flowing robe, with magic wand and attendant spirits ; no more ‘wierd sisters,’ with talon fingers and sunken eyes; not even romantic wandering gipsies—but ugly women, with unwashed hands, who can't spell. . The calling has degenerated, and the necromantic trade has passed into the hands of unworthy successors, who would steal their living, if cheating wasn’t easier.— And the trade thrives, and the swindling practicers thereof flaunt in silks, while honost virtue staves off destitution by making ‘hickory’ shirts at eight cents a piece. For at this time of triumphant and successful humbug—when indiscriminate puffery is freely used to boost into notice all kinds of sham,'deception and deceit, which thereupon grow fat and thrive—when vermin exterminators, lucifer matches and patent blacking employ such high-flown language in commendation of their merits, that inventions of real merit and importance must resort to the bases bombast to keep pace with the foolery of their neighbors—when solid merit which would succeed, must vie in cuphuistic phrase with . brainless emptiness which w7l/—when, in. Literature, inane collections of stolen wit, diluted humor,and feeble fiction are spawned in scores from weak brained fops and aspiring women, inflated by unsparing puffery into a transient notoriety, and palmed upon the public as works of sterling . merit—when even these Doesticks Letters . are purchased and perused, it may easily . be imagined that no impudent humbug, if} properly managed, will turn the stomach . of the enlightened Yankee Nation. Having read the advertisement of a Grand street fortune-teller, who advertised herself the ‘seventh daughter of a seventh daughter,’ a lineal descendant from some of the Egyptian magicians who couldn’t kill the frogs—I straightway resolved to pay her a visit. Weut up tuwn, found the house, rung the bell, and . was shown into a shabby room by a stut-. tering girl, who informed me by instal-) } Examined the furniture—rickety . bare floor with knot-, holes in it, unctuous mirror, two hair . trunks, a clothes-basket, and.a hat-box. . y youth, mops) with tessellated floors and magnificent fres. hair-pins and clean stockings. She wore coed ceilings, and finally was taken into thejno flowing robe figured with cabalistic . pardon me, and, in token of your forgiveness, . signs, she bore no sable wand of magic, . lower rooms, in one of which he found a small regiment of colored servants seated at a bountiful dinner On his return home, he was asked if had seen Mr. So-and-so? ‘Oh, yes.’ ‘What is he doing now” ‘Well, when I saw, him he was keeping a nigger boarding house None of them, so far as we haye . 9 the Fifth Parveaue.’ ge ¥G-The following natve promise was offered as irresistable temptation to a fair inamerata: ‘I like you,” said a girl to her suiter, “but I can’t leave home; I am & widow’s only darling; no husband can equal my parent in kindness.” ‘She is kind,” replied the wooer, “but be my wife, we will all live together, and sce if I don’t PEAT YOUR MOTHER. but she was clad ina calico dress, and had a brass candlestick in her hand—she drew no mystic cirele, she performed n0 inscrutible incantations, she spoke 1 RO unknown tongue—but she put the candle. stick on the rickety table, sat down in a 'cane-bottomed chair, and asked me what my name was, and what I wanted. Told ‘her I wanted to find out who I was going . to marry, and wanted her to tell me a lucky number in the lottery, which should draw a prize big enough to support the family—also wanted a description of the man who stole my jack-knife, and a knowledge of the place where I could find the le His Fortune Told, . sme. WHOLE NO. 257 . Now she began to work—she did not consult the stars—she did not cut my horoscope—she did not even ask me where . was born, or what my father did for a living—she exhibited no strange paraphernalia of sorcery and conjuration—ano obscure language, suggestive of divination or enchantment, fell from het prophetic lips. She only asked me if I had any moles on my person, and what TI dreamed about last night—then plunging her hand through a slit in the side of her dress, she fished out from some unknown depth a pack of cards. Greasy were they, and well worn—the knave of spades had his determined and deliberate affront, that when her admirer cailed she ordered the door to be closed in his face, refused to listen to any explanation, and resolutely broke off the match. Before many weeks had elapsed, means were found to make her acquainted with the history of the objectionable present; but she nevertheless adhered firmly to her 1esolve, deeply lamenting the misadventure, but deter mined not fo let the burden of the ridicule rest upon her. oe ee From the Boston Times, Feb. 12. Exposure of Mormonism. By the following letter it will be seen that we are soon to have the startling legs torn off, the queen of diamonds had} disclosures of Mormonism, referred to in her face scratched with a thimble, two of. the aces were stuck together with beeswax, and the king of clubs had evidently been used to skim flies out of the molasses. After much shuffling of the royal and plebian members of the pack, she got them fixed to her satisfaction, and I proceed to draw therefrom nine cards, which she disposed in three symmetrical piles; then looked them ovet—bit her lip—-stamped her foot; then told me that my knife had been stolen by a squint-eyed Irishman, who had disposed of it to his uncle for a dozen cotton night-caps, sixty cigars and thirty cents ready money, and that if I was anxious to reclaim it, I would find it at No. 1 Round the Corner. Asked her if I was big enough to lick the Irishman, at which she waxcd indignant, and for a moment I half feared she would turn me into some horrible monster; that, like Circe of old, she would exercise her magic power, and qualify me to play a star engagement at the Metropolitan: Theatre, by transforming me into an elephant, a she wolf, or a Bengal tiger.—. But, as my mouth didn’t get any larger, . iny toe nails growany longer, or my fingers change to claws; as I felt no grow. ing appetite for blood and my nose didn’t elongate into a trunk, I soon recovered my equanimity. Then she went on to say that No. 67 would draw me a prize in the lottery, and that I could get it of ‘Sam’—-that I would marry a red-haired . woman, who would die and leaye me with anursing baby—that I would then be ‘jilted? by a widow, and finally wed 2 lady whose description corresponds exactly with my present washer-woman; our family is to increase to seventeen; my second son is to be President, and my eldest daughter is to run away with the Czar of all Russia. She wasn’t exactly positive about the matter of my death, but from the looks of the jack of clubs, she ‘judged I should break my neck coming home from a clam-bake.’ Gave hera dollar, and left. has passed—67 seems a promising number—havn’t yet got my knife, but hope soon to doso; am not yet married, but have seen the woman, and from her appearance, I do not fear any objection to the alliance. She had a basket on her head full of smelts. Have not spoken to her yet, but trustingly wait—hoping that something will turn up. Q. K. Puitanver Doesticks, P. B. a Unlucky Present. It is related in the “Ingoldsby Legends,” thatan old gentleman, a merchant in Bush Lane, London, had an only daugther possessed of the highest attractions, moral, personal, and pecuniary. She was engaged and deyotedly attached to a young manin her own rank of life, and in every respect well worthy of her choice. All preliminaries were arranged, and the marriage, after two or three postponements, was fixed, “positively for the last time of murrying,” to take place on Thursday. April 15, 18 -. On the preceding Monday, the bridegroom elect (who was to have received £10,000 down on his wedding day, anda further sum of $80,000 on his father-in-law’s dying—as there was hope he soon would) had a little jealous squabling with his intended at an evening party, the “tiff” rose in consequence . of his paying more attention than she thought . justifiable to a young lady with sparkling cyes and inimitable ringlets. The gentleman re: torted, and spoke slightingly of a certain cousin, whose waist-coat was the admira:ion of the assembly, and which, it was hinted darkly, had been embroidered by the fair haud of the heiress in question. He added. in conclusion, that it would be time enough for him to be schooled when they were married; that— reader, pardon the unavoidable quotation— she was “ putting on the breeches a little too soon . ” After supper, both the lovers had become more cool ; iced champagne’ and cold chicken had done their work, and leave was taken by the bridegroom in posse, in kindly and affeetionate, if not in such enthusiastic terms as had previously terminated their mectingsOn the next morning, the swain thought with some remorse on the angry feeling he had . exhibited, and the cutting sarcasm with which he had given it yent; and as a part of the amende honorable, packed up with great care satin dress, which he had previously bespoken for his beloved, and which had been sent home to him in the interval, aud transmitted it to the lady with a note to! ing effect : 2° pms: —: Ihave been unable to close my eyes all night, in consequence of our fysligh misunderstanding last evening. Pray . A month deizn to agcept the following dress, and wear it for the sake of Your ever affectionate -—--.” Having written the note he gave it to his shop-man to deliver with the parcel, but as a pair of his nether garments happened at the time to stand in need of repairing, he availed himself of the opportanity offered by his-servant’s having to pass the tailor’s shop, in his way to Bush Lane, and desired him to leave them, packed in another parcel, on his road. The reader foresees the inevitable contretemps. Yes, the man made the fatal blunder-consigned the robe to Mr. Snip, and left the note, together with the dilapidated babiliments, at the residence of the lady. Her indignation was neither to be described nor appeased ; so tt eee ee a letter lately published in the Times.-~ The lecturer (one of Brigham Young’s wives) has left Chicago, and, it will be seen from the date of her letter, is at present located in Pittsfield, in this State. She is expected to arrive here as soon ag the necessary arrangements for the dclivery of her lectures are made. Pirtsrrenp, Feb. 8, 1855. Once more I embrace the opportunity of writing to you, to inform you that I shall be in your city to give lectures on Mormonism next week or the week following. Iwill admit have some fears to lecture on this point, fur . have been informed, upon good authority, that Mr. Young has sent on two men fo stop my career. They say I shall not give a lecture ; I shall try—and I hope the people of Boston will protect me—a woman ; for I have done nothing that I regret, except joining the Society cf Mormons, and marrying their leader. They cannot find or bring anything against wy moral character. [am ready to meet them, or any other Mormons, at tho hall. They say f wasiegally married te Brigham Young. I was, in theiz way; but will this Government tolerate that? Will it give me up, and let these Mormon emissaries carry me back to Salt Lake? If [have dore anything eriminal, I wili go without resistance. But they donot pretend to say that. All they say is, he (Mr. Younz) ismy lawfal husband; but they forget ne had twenty-cdd wives when we were married. T was at the time imnocert and sincere. Simce [have seen esough and know the seciety tobe corrupt, and governed by bad men for bad motives, I shall teil everything just as it is. I shalt not step for the feelings of thuse wko may be present—no, not fer Mr. Young himsclf—-but shall tell the whole truth, and uufold all the mysteries connecied with the institution. I am well aware what the consequences would be, providing they had me in their power at Salt Lake. Death would pay for that which I am about to reveal: There are two very important seercets in Mormonism, of which none but the head leade’s are aware, and they are brought toit by the most solemn oath. <A part of this information I obtained from papers that I found. One morning after Young left my bed, I discovered under the pillow a paper, of which I have acopy. It is a secret plot, contrived to overthrow this Government. In that package J also found the plan of a fort; at the top of the plan it said, ‘““Three tiers, two hundred and six guns each.” I also heard one of the leaders say ‘¢ Uncle Sam would not disturb them before they got the underground work done, and they should not then fear the whole United States army, with their Scotts and Youngs.” This I heard by eavesdropping, besides a great deal more, of which I have not time to write. The Indians have had the promise that all tie land that has been taken from them shall bereturned. Mr. Young pretends to be their friend, and they all, toa man, will ficht for him and the Mormons. Not oaly one tribe, but all the chicfs in the far West, are favorable to the cause, and to the people. They will all follow their chiefs, and with their help, after they have the ground fixed for battle, the emievants to and from California will find no You will also hear them boast of iheey, : their strength, and bid defiance to any power. They say they will also appoint their Governor of Utah, and they mean to enlarge their territory, and extend it to the Pacific, and as far north and south as they like. I can tell more when I have time to write. Saran Younac, Eurza Wiritams. oor Romance sw Reat Lire.—Some years ago a very beautiful young lady was the ward of a person in Lonisiana, who defrauded her out of quite a large fortune. This lady caine to ‘bis city, where she married, but not living on good terms with her husband, finaily cbtained a divorce from him and retired to 2 convent. While she was there she received a letter from the son of her former guardian, iuferming her ct his father’s death, and that himself had heired all his vast property, but. that he could not consent to retain that which ad been treacherously taken from another, and offevieg te make restitution. The lady immediately proceeded to Lonisiana, had an interview with the heir, and received back, both principal aad interest, all that shc had been wronged out of. The strangest part of the story remains behind. No sooner had she got possession of hcr fortune than she returned to thiscity, sought out her former husband, and in a few days was re-matried to him. Verily, the love of woman [25% eth understanding. ‘The parties are vow living in StfLouis, and it isto be hoped will agree better than former.--St. Louis Inte/l:gencer. -———_——wooo ——_ Arrest.—The Jackson Sentinel says that on Monday night, 2d inst., Sheriff Clark, of Calaveras county, arrested the Mexican charged with the murder of an Italian in Maripo: sa county, and for whcse apprehension $1,0C0 reward was offered. The prisoner's name is exasperated was she at what she considered ® . pancho Contra. F

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R, JENKINS Nevad: Fee. i%, i384--i Hay for ale. ew YCONS UF GAY FORSALE BY THETON, for Cash 15 onty by 42—tF A. B. GREGORY. C. T. OVERTON, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, AYING obtained his profession in one of the principal Medicai cnivers'ties in the United Mates, anid ~euuivd SURGERY acer the celebrated Surgeon, P ced hr eral satisfac avd OBS] ; nent tu Frisbie's fal ~essor ud years, Done MEVICHENE, : LoTR aR a SRE INEVADA JOURNAL. . The United States and Europe. ‘. WEDNESDAY MORNING, April 11. For the Nevada Journal. To one Departed. And art thou gone, forever gone, Thou lovely flower that erst was blooming, And hast thou left me here alone, All future joy from me entombing. And can I never see thee more, Thou whom of late all were adoring; Has death’s dirt pierced thy young heart’s core, And left me here thy loss deploring. Though death has chilled thy flowing veins, Methinks with life I see them flushing; And from thy lips I fancy strains Of sweet melodious music gushing. Ob has thy spirit truly fled? Thou seem’st but calmly, gertly sleeping Too true indeed, for round thy bed Are stricken friends in sorrow weeping, ‘Tis hard to yield thy beauty o’er To the dark grave, cold dread and yawning; Farewell to bid the tender flower {ing. Thus snatched away in youths bright mornAnd must it be—oh can it be, That one so like a rose-bud blushing, Slight as the blue animonie, Has fled—my dearest hopes thus crushing. Oh, there is rising o’er my soul A pressing wave of bitter feeling; My brain's convulsed—my flesh is cold ; Alas! ’tis frenzy o'er me stealing. But hush my raging spirit now, Be calm and cease all thy repining; Though . have lost a gem below, On high with kindred ones 'tis shining. Shine on thou fairest one of earth, Though pained; I'll fancy thou art smiling; Thy smiles will give emotion birth, Pure, pleasant, lonely hours beguiling. SS : The Blazing Grate. BY =. c. We used to have a blazing grate, And I would sit and sew, And when the window-pine would shake, How would the baby crow ; But mother said the whistling wind, Would make our hearts more dear, And then I laid my needle down, The roaring blast to hear. JONES. We used to set the table out, And joyous was the meal, The vapory wreath from silver urn, Would to the ceiling steal; And while the ruddy fire-light danced, We bathed us in its glow. W? ile every bosom warmed afresh, And love bad overflow. We gather round the embers now, Our silver urn is gone, Our father’s face has rugged lines, And mother’s cheek is wan; The polished walnut piece by piece, Hus beep exchanged for bread, And the dear babe who used to crow, Has gone to join the dead. Ilow stern reverses chill the heart ? We scarcely smile in woe, And they who fight for daily bread, Have lost Hope’s ardent glow. God be the friend of those who toil, By ad verse fate depressed, ’Mid this cold earth some warmth be gained, By leaning on His breast. — Ome = A Dollar or Two. With cautious step, as we tread our way through This intricate world as other folks do, May we still on our journey be able to view The benevolent face of a dollar or two ; For an excellent thing Is a dollar or two. No friend is so true As a dollar or two; Through country or town, As we passed up and down, No password so good As a dollar or two. Would youread yourselfout of the bachelor’s crew And the hand of a pretty female sue, You must always be ready the handsome to do, Although it would cost a dollar or two. Love s arrows are tipped With a dollar or two And affections are gained With a dollar or two. The best aid you can meet In advancing your suit, Is the eloquent chink Of a dollar or two. W ould you wish your existence with faith to imbue And enroll in the ranks of the sanctified few, To enjoy a good name and well-cushioned pew, You must freely come down with a dollar or two. The gospel is preached For a dollar or two, And salvation is reached By a dollar or two. You may sin sometimes, But the worst of all crimes Is, to find yourself short Of a dollar or two. The Flute Playing Ass. The fable I recite Whether wrong or right Has just occurred—and quite By chance O’er yonder pasture lawn, By hunger doubtless drawn, An ass was passing on, By chance. A flute was on the spot, Which Corydon, I wot, On Thyres’es had forgot, By chance. An ass drew near to smell When, miraculous to tell, He snorted in so well, By chance. That the air which left his snout, Made in its passage out, A most melodious shout By chance, The ass he thought, hey] hey! What music 1 can play! Though folks, perhaps, may say By chance. Yet without rules of art, An ass may get the start, And ast a clever part By chance. _ THE NEVADA JOURNAL. ——<$<—<——— NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIE 13, 1855. The London News, in giving some reasons why it thought a friendly understanding between England and the Unite weG. The sloop-of-war St. Mary’s, eas Doesticks has down from Mare Island Sunday, and will remain at San Francisco for expected inq. structions from Government, by the Sierra States should be “sedulously cultivated,” Nevada, regarding outrages upon our flag says: There is another reason why it is desirable that a friendly understanding should . be sedulously cultivated. In theory, one nation ought only to communicate with another through the medium of their respective Governments. But in practice, this rule cannot be strictly observed. In all countries there are—overlooking minor shades of difference—two great parties; the friends of free institutions and progress, and the friends of despotism, and stationary institutions, and obstructive laws. Either party in every country naturally and necessarily sympathizes with its counterpart in every other. It is not in hnman nature for the liberals of a free nation to abstain from sympathizing with and assisting those who struggle for their own emancipation from fetters in a country subjeet to a despotic rule. Above all others, the despotisms of Europe have no right to complain of this ; for the Holy Alliance having set the example of a combination of kings against subjects, have thereby justified leagues among subjects against despots. It is impossible to lay down any general rule as to how far Government may and must connive at co-operation among the different sections of their respective subjects. The circumstanees of every special case must supply the law applicable to it. Still it is necessary, for the preservation of intercours between states as corporate communities, that some limits—narrower at one time than another—should be imposed on the co-operation of the subjects or citizens of another. Hence arises one great difficulty that has always beset the great statesraan of . Great Britain when they have been called . upon to take in the Congresses of the Great Powers of Europe. In these Councils, Great Britain has hitherto been the only free and popular government. The balance of interest between peoples and princes would be more fairly held were some other first rate free power to take part in them as well as Great Britain. The Republic of North America is the only other first-class state that answers this description. When next Great Britain is invited to take part in a general Congress, it will be the duty of our Government to insist upon the United States being admitted to take part in their delibThese councils would benefit in more ways than one by the accession of the United States to them. The emancipation of American statesmen from the superstitious veneration of many old routine forms, and doctrines inapplicable to the state of modern society, would immensely improve our European diplomacy. We do not mean that Great Britain and the United States would invariably be found taking the same side in the discussion of a general Congress. These two nations can no more be invariably in the right than Austria and Russia can invariably in the wrong. But the increased number of statesmen, bound by the necessity of their position to assert popular principles, and the admission of a body of statesmen more free from . conventionalities than any others, would exercise a healthy influence over th2 deliberations of future general Congress. 5 scale aienbeicacat. “Tt will be seen by our Legislative report, that both houses adjourned at an early hour yesterday in respect of the day-Good Friday—. the anniversary of the most solemn and memorable event in the history of the world. Such an act shews a more truly devotional and religious feeling than the passage ofa host of Sunday bills and Maine Liquor Laws. There is, in that adjournment, a dash of genuine religious feeling which should be placed to the account of our legislators.”"--S. F. Herald. erations. proceeded to the horse races in the outskirts, and piously bet their money on the result-the" people being charged only $2000 for the! The friend was shown the gorgeous rooms, Enter mistress—minus day’s—sport. > <a 36h. The Union says the sporting members of the Legislature got awfully “cleaned out,” (to use the turf phrase,) at the . great race between Attila and Sakon Jake. heard, staked their money on the winning nag, but we do know of four honorable Senators who lost $1000, $450, $300, and $200, respectively. The “representatives fresh from the dear people” in the lower houses were equally unfortunate. Never mind, the losers will get their “thousand ing by abstaining from business, the Legislature . dollars one of these days. by the Nicaraguan authorities; and in case the expected instructions do not arrive, she will be sent to San Juan by Commander Farranger, upon his own responsibility. Tropica Frvuits.—Cocoanuts are retailing at twenty-five cents each in the San Francisco markets. Pineapples, oranges and tropical fruits are abundant in this market. sas> A Know Northing paper to be called the North American, is soon to be started in Columbia. It will be the first paper adyocating the claims of that party published in the State. I Miyer Kitiep.—A man named John Pea. body was killed on the 5th instant, at Santiago Hill, near Columbia, by the caving of a bank. He was hired for the day on the claim where . he was killed—was a native of Canada, about six feet high, dark complexion, about 25 years of age. ee Faran Arrray.—Several Chilenos recently got intoa fight at Chilenos Camp, near Camptonville, which resulted in the death of two of them and the wounding of two others seriously, if not fatally. A game of cards was the cause. Destructive Fire.——There was a very destructive fire in the town of Jackson, in Amador county, on 5th instant. A considerable portion of the buildings in the town were

destroyed. ‘Theloss is supposed to be about $15,000. ——___——_ 2 ~<— say A quantity of fresh halibut packed in ice, arrived at San Francisco on Wednesday, from Sitka. a eee ie San Drrco Gorp.--The’ steamer America brought up specimens of gold from the newly discovered mines near San Diego. WrsaLe Orn.—-The S. F. Herald says that two gray-back whales caught in the Bay of Monterey, last week, yielded thirty-two barrels of oil. i Srrike.——The barbers at Iowa Hill put up their price for shaving at fifty cents, whereupon the miners struck for lower prices.-They sent to San Francisco and procured a quarter dollar barber, who was worked nearly to death the first day of opening. <> Gee Tne Navy Yarp.—About two hundred men are at present employed at the Navy Yard on Mare Island, opposite Vallejo. The wages of laborers are about three dollars per day. Mechanics receive from five and a half to six dollars per diem. They have commen: ced driving piles for the coffer dam, which will enclose the basin. The railway and basin will be built by them, under contract, for which they are to receive cight hundred and forty thousand dollars, 0 Drownep.— Isaac Clegg, a school boy, was drowned in a slough beyond Rincon Point while bathing, a few days ago. Bee ees Tne Bicerst Yet.--The Humboldt Times says a boy child was born in Hoopa Valley, a few days ago, who weighed at the time of birth twenty and a half pounds. ae ee Bes A colored boy, who has been in the employ of Dr. Kibbe, of this city, is up before Justice O.H. Allen, arrested under the provisions of the Fugitive Slave Law, or, it may be, under the unconstitutional and nugatory enactment made in California under pro-slavist influences. The boy is nota fugitive. it is clear, as he was sent or brought here by his master several years ago, and the Fugitive Slave Law does not apply to his case; that he is legally free is unquestionable, but he is in custody of officers, who scent the blood of a negro as a crow does carrion.--San Jose Telegraph. Suor at.-The Miner’s Advocate says that . on Tuesday night, 3rd inst., Mr. F. L. Smith, of Diamond Springs, while returning from the Railroad House on the Sacramento road, was fired at by two highway robbers, just below Kingsville. Two shots were discharged, neither of which took effect, and a fleet horse enabled Mr. S. to make his escape. a oOo weg. The Rahway Adverticer tells the following good story of one of the upper ten :— “Mr, —-is one of the merchant princes of . ments that her mistress would see me prcs-. a magnificent After testifying their geuuine religious feel. the Empire City, and though living in one of ently. the most spacious mansions on the Fifth Avenue, his entire family consists of himself and his wife. day, he invited him up to view his house.— . table, ditto chairs, Meeting a friend from the country one . Epitor N. Y. Trrsunr—Respected Sir: As the appearance of my humble cognomen in your journal conduces so much to the gratification of some of your Wall st. . neighbors, I have resolved, with your leave, and for their especial delectation, to indite a letter now and then asa speciai contribution to your hospitable columns— the first of which is here offered for your consideration and the public’s. Should it prove acceptable, others shall follow—and so, without further prelude, let me proceed to describe a visit lately made by me to a certain fortune telling den up-town. Since the memorable day of that visit my destiny is no longer a mystery. I know it all. I know what kind of a woman I’m to marry, how many children we’re to have, how many will die of measles, and how many will be choked with the croup, and can calculate to a quart how much eastor oil I shall have to lay in for family consumption. I’ve had my fortune told by a witch. The witches of modern times do not frequent graves and gibbets at midnight, to collect the marrow of innocent babes, and ‘grease that’s sweaten from the murderer’s gibbet,’ as choice ingredicnts for their incantations—they hold no nocturnal orgies with dancing skeletons and corpses, brought by the black art back to temporary life—they now-a-days take no pains to conceal their trade, but advertise it in the daily papers. Their believers are not now the great men and wise women of the earth, but chamber-maids and servant girls, who want love-powders to win some noble swain, or some verdant countryman anxious to recover the pilfered eelskin which contained his treasured . pennies. They easily satisfy these gullible . customers, by promising the first no end, of rich, handsome princes, who are to ap-. pear some day and carry off their brides . in four horse coaches; and the latter by an extemporaneous description of the thief, anda wish that he may suffer pains in his head, heart, liver, and all other important a parts of his body, until the property is restored. Witchcraft is rife in our midst, and we do not hang or burn the hags and beldames who practice it, or stick them full of needles, or duck them in the horseponds, as in the good old days of Salem— more’s the pity. In this day ofrailroads and three-cent stages, they have no occasion to perform their journeys upon broomsticks ; and in our city, where cream is only traditionary, they cannot bewitch their neighbors’ ehurnings, or throw their dire enchantments over the incipicnt cheese—so the protective horse-shoe is of no avail. They have robbed the trade of all its mystery and romance ; we hear no more of mighty magian, with hoary beard and flowing robe, with magic wand and attendant spirits ; no more ‘wierd sisters,’ with talon fingers and sunken eyes; not even romantic wandering gipsies—but ugly women, with unwashed hands, who can't spell. . The calling has degenerated, and the necromantic trade has passed into the hands of unworthy successors, who would steal their living, if cheating wasn’t easier.— And the trade thrives, and the swindling practicers thereof flaunt in silks, while honost virtue staves off destitution by making ‘hickory’ shirts at eight cents a piece. For at this time of triumphant and successful humbug—when indiscriminate puffery is freely used to boost into notice all kinds of sham,'deception and deceit, which thereupon grow fat and thrive—when vermin exterminators, lucifer matches and patent blacking employ such high-flown language in commendation of their merits, that inventions of real merit and importance must resort to the bases bombast to keep pace with the foolery of their neighbors—when solid merit which would succeed, must vie in cuphuistic phrase with . brainless emptiness which w7l/—when, in. Literature, inane collections of stolen wit, diluted humor,and feeble fiction are spawned in scores from weak brained fops and aspiring women, inflated by unsparing puffery into a transient notoriety, and palmed upon the public as works of sterling . merit—when even these Doesticks Letters . are purchased and perused, it may easily . be imagined that no impudent humbug, if} properly managed, will turn the stomach . of the enlightened Yankee Nation. Having read the advertisement of a Grand street fortune-teller, who advertised herself the ‘seventh daughter of a seventh daughter,’ a lineal descendant from some of the Egyptian magicians who couldn’t kill the frogs—I straightway resolved to pay her a visit. Weut up tuwn, found the house, rung the bell, and . was shown into a shabby room by a stut-. tering girl, who informed me by instal-) } Examined the furniture—rickety . bare floor with knot-, holes in it, unctuous mirror, two hair . trunks, a clothes-basket, and.a hat-box. . y youth, mops) with tessellated floors and magnificent fres. hair-pins and clean stockings. She wore coed ceilings, and finally was taken into thejno flowing robe figured with cabalistic . pardon me, and, in token of your forgiveness, . signs, she bore no sable wand of magic, . lower rooms, in one of which he found a small regiment of colored servants seated at a bountiful dinner On his return home, he was asked if had seen Mr. So-and-so? ‘Oh, yes.’ ‘What is he doing now” ‘Well, when I saw, him he was keeping a nigger boarding house None of them, so far as we haye . 9 the Fifth Parveaue.’ ge ¥G-The following natve promise was offered as irresistable temptation to a fair inamerata: ‘I like you,” said a girl to her suiter, “but I can’t leave home; I am & widow’s only darling; no husband can equal my parent in kindness.” ‘She is kind,” replied the wooer, “but be my wife, we will all live together, and sce if I don’t PEAT YOUR MOTHER. but she was clad ina calico dress, and had a brass candlestick in her hand—she drew no mystic cirele, she performed n0 inscrutible incantations, she spoke 1 RO unknown tongue—but she put the candle. stick on the rickety table, sat down in a 'cane-bottomed chair, and asked me what my name was, and what I wanted. Told ‘her I wanted to find out who I was going . to marry, and wanted her to tell me a lucky number in the lottery, which should draw a prize big enough to support the family—also wanted a description of the man who stole my jack-knife, and a knowledge of the place where I could find the le His Fortune Told, . sme. WHOLE NO. 257 . Now she began to work—she did not consult the stars—she did not cut my horoscope—she did not even ask me where . was born, or what my father did for a living—she exhibited no strange paraphernalia of sorcery and conjuration—ano obscure language, suggestive of divination or enchantment, fell from het prophetic lips. She only asked me if I had any moles on my person, and what TI dreamed about last night—then plunging her hand through a slit in the side of her dress, she fished out from some unknown depth a pack of cards. Greasy were they, and well worn—the knave of spades had his determined and deliberate affront, that when her admirer cailed she ordered the door to be closed in his face, refused to listen to any explanation, and resolutely broke off the match. Before many weeks had elapsed, means were found to make her acquainted with the history of the objectionable present; but she nevertheless adhered firmly to her 1esolve, deeply lamenting the misadventure, but deter mined not fo let the burden of the ridicule rest upon her. oe ee From the Boston Times, Feb. 12. Exposure of Mormonism. By the following letter it will be seen that we are soon to have the startling legs torn off, the queen of diamonds had} disclosures of Mormonism, referred to in her face scratched with a thimble, two of. the aces were stuck together with beeswax, and the king of clubs had evidently been used to skim flies out of the molasses. After much shuffling of the royal and plebian members of the pack, she got them fixed to her satisfaction, and I proceed to draw therefrom nine cards, which she disposed in three symmetrical piles; then looked them ovet—bit her lip—-stamped her foot; then told me that my knife had been stolen by a squint-eyed Irishman, who had disposed of it to his uncle for a dozen cotton night-caps, sixty cigars and thirty cents ready money, and that if I was anxious to reclaim it, I would find it at No. 1 Round the Corner. Asked her if I was big enough to lick the Irishman, at which she waxcd indignant, and for a moment I half feared she would turn me into some horrible monster; that, like Circe of old, she would exercise her magic power, and qualify me to play a star engagement at the Metropolitan: Theatre, by transforming me into an elephant, a she wolf, or a Bengal tiger.—. But, as my mouth didn’t get any larger, . iny toe nails growany longer, or my fingers change to claws; as I felt no grow. ing appetite for blood and my nose didn’t elongate into a trunk, I soon recovered my equanimity. Then she went on to say that No. 67 would draw me a prize in the lottery, and that I could get it of ‘Sam’—-that I would marry a red-haired . woman, who would die and leaye me with anursing baby—that I would then be ‘jilted? by a widow, and finally wed 2 lady whose description corresponds exactly with my present washer-woman; our family is to increase to seventeen; my second son is to be President, and my eldest daughter is to run away with the Czar of all Russia. She wasn’t exactly positive about the matter of my death, but from the looks of the jack of clubs, she ‘judged I should break my neck coming home from a clam-bake.’ Gave hera dollar, and left. has passed—67 seems a promising number—havn’t yet got my knife, but hope soon to doso; am not yet married, but have seen the woman, and from her appearance, I do not fear any objection to the alliance. She had a basket on her head full of smelts. Have not spoken to her yet, but trustingly wait—hoping that something will turn up. Q. K. Puitanver Doesticks, P. B. a Unlucky Present. It is related in the “Ingoldsby Legends,” thatan old gentleman, a merchant in Bush Lane, London, had an only daugther possessed of the highest attractions, moral, personal, and pecuniary. She was engaged and deyotedly attached to a young manin her own rank of life, and in every respect well worthy of her choice. All preliminaries were arranged, and the marriage, after two or three postponements, was fixed, “positively for the last time of murrying,” to take place on Thursday. April 15, 18 -. On the preceding Monday, the bridegroom elect (who was to have received £10,000 down on his wedding day, anda further sum of $80,000 on his father-in-law’s dying—as there was hope he soon would) had a little jealous squabling with his intended at an evening party, the “tiff” rose in consequence . of his paying more attention than she thought . justifiable to a young lady with sparkling cyes and inimitable ringlets. The gentleman re: torted, and spoke slightingly of a certain cousin, whose waist-coat was the admira:ion of the assembly, and which, it was hinted darkly, had been embroidered by the fair haud of the heiress in question. He added. in conclusion, that it would be time enough for him to be schooled when they were married; that— reader, pardon the unavoidable quotation— she was “ putting on the breeches a little too soon . ” After supper, both the lovers had become more cool ; iced champagne’ and cold chicken had done their work, and leave was taken by the bridegroom in posse, in kindly and affeetionate, if not in such enthusiastic terms as had previously terminated their mectingsOn the next morning, the swain thought with some remorse on the angry feeling he had . exhibited, and the cutting sarcasm with which he had given it yent; and as a part of the amende honorable, packed up with great care satin dress, which he had previously bespoken for his beloved, and which had been sent home to him in the interval, aud transmitted it to the lady with a note to! ing effect : 2° pms: —: Ihave been unable to close my eyes all night, in consequence of our fysligh misunderstanding last evening. Pray . A month deizn to agcept the following dress, and wear it for the sake of Your ever affectionate -—--.” Having written the note he gave it to his shop-man to deliver with the parcel, but as a pair of his nether garments happened at the time to stand in need of repairing, he availed himself of the opportanity offered by his-servant’s having to pass the tailor’s shop, in his way to Bush Lane, and desired him to leave them, packed in another parcel, on his road. The reader foresees the inevitable contretemps. Yes, the man made the fatal blunder-consigned the robe to Mr. Snip, and left the note, together with the dilapidated babiliments, at the residence of the lady. Her indignation was neither to be described nor appeased ; so tt eee ee a letter lately published in the Times.-~ The lecturer (one of Brigham Young’s wives) has left Chicago, and, it will be seen from the date of her letter, is at present located in Pittsfield, in this State. She is expected to arrive here as soon ag the necessary arrangements for the dclivery of her lectures are made. Pirtsrrenp, Feb. 8, 1855. Once more I embrace the opportunity of writing to you, to inform you that I shall be in your city to give lectures on Mormonism next week or the week following. Iwill admit have some fears to lecture on this point, fur . have been informed, upon good authority, that Mr. Young has sent on two men fo stop my career. They say I shall not give a lecture ; I shall try—and I hope the people of Boston will protect me—a woman ; for I have done nothing that I regret, except joining the Society cf Mormons, and marrying their leader. They cannot find or bring anything against wy moral character. [am ready to meet them, or any other Mormons, at tho hall. They say f wasiegally married te Brigham Young. I was, in theiz way; but will this Government tolerate that? Will it give me up, and let these Mormon emissaries carry me back to Salt Lake? If [have dore anything eriminal, I wili go without resistance. But they donot pretend to say that. All they say is, he (Mr. Younz) ismy lawfal husband; but they forget ne had twenty-cdd wives when we were married. T was at the time imnocert and sincere. Simce [have seen esough and know the seciety tobe corrupt, and governed by bad men for bad motives, I shall teil everything just as it is. I shalt not step for the feelings of thuse wko may be present—no, not fer Mr. Young himsclf—-but shall tell the whole truth, and uufold all the mysteries connecied with the institution. I am well aware what the consequences would be, providing they had me in their power at Salt Lake. Death would pay for that which I am about to reveal: There are two very important seercets in Mormonism, of which none but the head leade’s are aware, and they are brought toit by the most solemn oath. <A part of this information I obtained from papers that I found. One morning after Young left my bed, I discovered under the pillow a paper, of which I have acopy. It is a secret plot, contrived to overthrow this Government. In that package J also found the plan of a fort; at the top of the plan it said, ‘““Three tiers, two hundred and six guns each.” I also heard one of the leaders say ‘¢ Uncle Sam would not disturb them before they got the underground work done, and they should not then fear the whole United States army, with their Scotts and Youngs.” This I heard by eavesdropping, besides a great deal more, of which I have not time to write. The Indians have had the promise that all tie land that has been taken from them shall bereturned. Mr. Young pretends to be their friend, and they all, toa man, will ficht for him and the Mormons. Not oaly one tribe, but all the chicfs in the far West, are favorable to the cause, and to the people. They will all follow their chiefs, and with their help, after they have the ground fixed for battle, the emievants to and from California will find no You will also hear them boast of iheey, : their strength, and bid defiance to any power. They say they will also appoint their Governor of Utah, and they mean to enlarge their territory, and extend it to the Pacific, and as far north and south as they like. I can tell more when I have time to write. Saran Younac, Eurza Wiritams. oor Romance sw Reat Lire.—Some years ago a very beautiful young lady was the ward of a person in Lonisiana, who defrauded her out of quite a large fortune. This lady caine to ‘bis city, where she married, but not living on good terms with her husband, finaily cbtained a divorce from him and retired to 2 convent. While she was there she received a letter from the son of her former guardian, iuferming her ct his father’s death, and that himself had heired all his vast property, but. that he could not consent to retain that which ad been treacherously taken from another, and offevieg te make restitution. The lady immediately proceeded to Lonisiana, had an interview with the heir, and received back, both principal aad interest, all that shc had been wronged out of. The strangest part of the story remains behind. No sooner had she got possession of hcr fortune than she returned to thiscity, sought out her former husband, and in a few days was re-matried to him. Verily, the love of woman [25% eth understanding. ‘The parties are vow living in StfLouis, and it isto be hoped will agree better than former.--St. Louis Inte/l:gencer. -———_——wooo ——_ Arrest.—The Jackson Sentinel says that on Monday night, 2d inst., Sheriff Clark, of Calaveras county, arrested the Mexican charged with the murder of an Italian in Maripo: sa county, and for whcse apprehension $1,0C0 reward was offered. The prisoner's name is exasperated was she at what she considered ® . pancho Contra. F