November 18, 1853 (4 pages)

~~ e . «=6THE NEVADA JOURNAL. VOL. 3.---NO. 30. THE JOURNAL, O. C., Esq. ‘Humph—well, yes very. Tue Late Murper.—The examination fair, considering ; though now I look more . of Wm. Mickle, alias “Cayote Charley,” . The Madrid correspondent of the Kolnische closely, I perceive that it is not precisely . and Polonio, arrested on suspicion of being . Zeitung writes thus of the prohibition o NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, F RIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1853. vo pete! Fe ET See Prohibition ' shaped : too short, madam, quite too short ; implicated in the murder of the Mexican. the Loudon Times in Spain : . PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING LY BUDD & SARGENT, Ofiice on Broad street, opposite the Court House. Nevada. not well finished off, by any means. TERMS. For one year, in advance For six months, 400 5 > symmetry : For three months, 2 00 y y Single copies, 25 ‘shall lay the next myselt. Mrs. Biddy, (with her claw in her eye) Legal Blanks of all kinds for sale at this ofice. Job Work: in all its varieties, promptly aud neatly executed, at reasonable rates. . ‘Please I could’nt help it. { ; — Advertisements inserted at low rates. to.’ L. P. Fisher is our only authorized agent at San Francisco. Me may be found st bis desk at the Merchants’ don’t fret your gizzard. Exchange. : A Delano, st Wells, Fergo & Co.’s office, 13 our authorized agent at Grass Valley. only — . of henhood is disinterestedness.’ The Reoster-Pecked Wife. ' BY ELIZA L. SPROAT. ‘oe? 7 a . O.C., Esq., (solemnly.) ‘I will’ a. Mrs. Biddy Chanticleer scratches for her : pidoore ae, breakfast. O. Chanticleer, Esq., from the top rail of the barn fence, becomes cogni-. 7 OG. Esq. appears in the distance, ruts with dignit “ . ; sate gs eA oe ee Y . parting rith one of his numerous female Biddy. ‘Good norning, my dear’ friends ; the tones of his voice fall faintly O. CG, Esq. ‘Morning, madam; quite . °” Mrs. Biddy’s ear. a aaah Seti eg st aan ae O. C. Esq., ‘And now, sweetest of hens, enjoying yourself, madam ; of course, you . f ; e . farewell! and may all the stars of heave are not aware of the fact that I have been, : : whey . and all the saints of the barn-yard meet to up for more than “ip ae wee we FOr . register the yas when a smile first ss ecu ae . regis sTY cage saenaw oS . dawned upon my drearing life, and me the you for, madam? (Gives her a pointed . ait ae eae salute on the ankle.) Where are year . A ‘3 anal his homeward way ‘Good 4 o,9 & 2 meg . , ad C . ees pe a ree : —— 4 evening, Jack; monstrous fine hen that.— Wh vahoion suas wis : if an +) . Just been parting from her. Or, may be re was y m we w . Ai : 7 ee ee 5 . you did not notice her points. Quite fond you saw me getting off the fence? [. : Pi : ‘of me, too, I assure you. Still in tears, watched you, madam! Where was your . devia eihicanieci-alhiaka ? tender female solicitude when you beheld ‘piame looking weakly for want of a little, eee ee ee ren . Y} T ° ° ° ac “ ae ; Ea ee a ai my . Mrs. Biddy, (feebly) ‘O, I’m so glad to . B; "1 : il GH a innx >? . have somebody to speak to. I haven’t apie sag A a dl d off the nest, nor seen a creature ‘O. C., Esq. (solemnly,) ‘I will.’ ee : . : ie Ks ” Saati iasecaaty : since sunrise. How do you, my dear ? Mrs. Biddy Chanticleer lays her first "— ante “ne rei Eo sca “ nw . — se. . . Sq., <« ie, und bab peried te ce ‘tac Senile be suddenly overwhelmed with depression { — help cackle, (O. C., Esq. being one Henk Sheela: Mrs. Biddy. ‘Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut-aMrs. Biddy. What's the matter, sir? <i academe < O. C. Esq., (in a terrible voice, and ” wen 4 . walking li .) ‘Matter! madam Mrs. a. se : _a. Walking like Othello.) ‘ ! mi . ora ce ee ee . behold ” (Inserts his bill under his left ss ive a a is dinck aus . wing, and produces a rooster’s tail feather.) qua qua ont. col aenieea-a-e-ent Mls . Do you reeognize that, Madam ? Do you ‘iat b b 3 ° interrupted by the sudden appearance of O. C., Esq., r.tarnet from a stag party.) O. C. ‘Cock-a-doodle-doo! Now, more chicken-hearted caitiff who dropped it ? . feet ef the domestic nest ? madam, what does all this mean? Here . . am I returning, care-worn and exhausted, from the excitements and temptations of a delusive world, expecting to find repose . and peace in the quiet of the domestic) 0 'sgl : nest, instead cf which, I discover you in) of your re Has . a been decided, the midst of riot and dissipation. Madam, . I ask you ca baie Se sag * — been insult not my penetration by denying it— . the wt eats soir Te ble th “om and is I affirm that you are having a party!’ . it not therefore undeniable, that (after dis« Mrs. Biddy, (apprehensively.) ‘Not at . Interestedness) the one thing needful to all, my dear: at least, that is, my friends . the — peengnaets™ Suceastes Siaaenty? were just going by, and stopped in quite . A true ; eh Se ema and severely vir. . ‘ © .) + 2 accidentally, and so—for you see, my dear, a. path wr Py Riel i 7 I've laid an egg! cut, cut, cut, cut, cut-a-a . pa se eisaiaek a pens Prceigs or eee or friendshi will excite i her Sevat the an egg!’ Ps : Three female friends simultaneously— . ¢x!Temest aversion and horror. On the ‘Cut. cut, cut, cut-a-a-cut !? ‘contrary what do I find to be the case in b ’ 9 ‘ .o O. C., Esq., (majestically.) ‘Peace, . regard to ourself. Only yesterday, on rehens! Madam, what does all this cackling . t¥7Ing unexpectedly from little party, T Salle: ween? beheld you in animated conversation with —— . ° } ! ' r Exeunt hens, in indignation.] ‘my brother! Heavens! madam, am I to ‘Mrs. B. C-, it has become necessary, at . be longer the victim of such duplicity ? this stage of our matrimonial career, that No! sooner would I sacrifice at once the I should state, in mild but unmistakable . domestic a and, ding thy lifeless body terms, my opinions regarding the appro. eye on es * vena repriate sphere and duties of henhood. pve: See thy name is hen‘ First—selfedevetion: It has been the . _ Mrs. Biddy gets fidgety on her nest.— ‘Oh, dear me, I’m so tired !’ decision cf all rooster kind, for ages, and . Si] ine a therefore cannot be denied, that the crown. ee ee ee ee nn Mrs. B.,[in gentle desperation. ] ing virtue of the hen character is disinter. .] ‘My ” estednens ‘dear, do you think you would mind loekA true hen should be patient, . ” h : hile self-forgetful, obedient, tenderly solicitous . "8 : 4 a . ciao hi =a lh — for her husband’s little wants, delighting . pick a little bit o a hav’nt . taken a mouthful to-day. a ae See ee eS O. C. Esq., [starting up in doubt. ] S i d the do. pleasant duties that cluster round the do. Mahien Tack Ciek leet Dark ae § : eS est. Onthe contrary, I find you . rig : > sade ae “heating saeliy vot a derstand that you have distinctly offered to selfish tastes and desires . shift upon your husband the little duties instead of dis. : > : playing (as might naturally be expected) of the domestic nest ? Are ig going to some little sense of loneliness and melan-) 8'€P from your sphere, madam? Have I choly at your husband’s absence: I return } °° Pc ob of nearly twelve hours, and . rind, that female selfishness alone is at find you literally rejoicing! Madam, ] the bottom of these impious doctrines ? i ask of you, is this true henhood ? . And what, on the contrary, according to 4 " iemeditil retiring disposition, a deli. to the decision ofall rooster-kind, should . ~d bee 9 cate shrinking from eontaet with the coarse . be the real pride and ambition of henhood: and unfeeling world, an exclusive indif. Disinterestedness ; atrue hen glories in Zetence to all without the sacred circle of . little crosses and trials ; for without tempthe domestic nest. On the contrary, I find you gadding among the other hens of . V°'t"® > ; at jard, i akin g appointments, sending 'which is always so lovely in the female invitations, Again I ask of you, is this, character. O. C., Esq. Neate + . 9 true henhood ? ee ‘Third—Freedom from curiosity ; a true . ‘= hen never evinces the slightest interest in . the affairs of her neighbors, scarcely in. her own; she never inquires concerning . the whereabouts or actions of her husband, . el a maar being perfectly assured that wherever he . be, and however appearances at the time may seem to tell against him, he is ever acting with a view to the welfare of the} domestic nest. On the contrary, what do . I find to be the truth in regard to yourself ? . Not a rooster raises his voice within half. . a mile of the yard, but you are to name . tonal #ra. him; not a hen Jaya an egg, but you begin Oe to cackle.’ _ Mrs. Biddy, egg '—cut, cut, cut, cut, cut-a-a-a-a. mean—yes sir, we've laid an egg.’ _ O. C. Esq., (with solemn aramation)— ‘You have aidan egg! And pray where is the thing? (Walks briskly to the nest, and takes a micrescope view of the object.) Biddy. ‘Cut, eut, cut—I mean, will it do, sir? usband’s little wants.’ No, I : nothing. Dr. Johnson had no ear for music. Hav ing heard a violin concerto one evening ance was difficult.—‘Difficult,’ said the doc tor, ‘I wish it had been possible.’ And . Francisco, on the evening of the 29th of what do you mean, madam, by having the October, was yesterday commenced before . has come forward against Zhe Times has thing so much larger at one end than the . the Recorder. Two or three witnesses . somewhat exasperated even its adherents. Mrs. Biddy, (meekly.) ‘Have a worm, information he gave before he expired.—. hibited throughout all the Spanish territoMrs. Biddy C. has been sitting for three . seem to be of an unquestionable character. Cock-a-doodle. ‘acknowledge an acquaintance with the Are you aware that I found it within three . atience be veuchsafed me to ask of you : ; ; Si ROR NG Pp you, “Mrs. Biddy, (languidly) ‘Did you ? j . tention to its capabilitics to resist external _did’nt notice it.’ ‘Peace, hen, and listen,’ . while in calm but decisive terms I strive) day we mentioned the circumstance of the determined he was to guide the rudder of. to impress upon your mind the enormity . discovery of a man in a dying condition, {not again and again impressed upon your! ' tation she perceives that there can be no, . virtue ; without affliction, no resignation ;! A true hen, situated as you! ‘are, would not only rejoice that Provi-. dence had seen fit to perfect her with tri-. ‘als, but with that beautiful self-abnegation . ' which can never be so strenuously inculca. ted by roester-kind, would set herself to’! /in your situation, instead of sneaking from i her little duties, would contrive some plan, . g_. thir caer 6 mind: . [if only by reaching out her head and pickee ie Se cee ing the earth around her] for supplying her . Mrs. B. (meekly.) ‘Have a worm, dear?’ to organise an expedition, which has for its . : é . : O. C., . aieaied ‘I will.’—a-! purpose the exploration of those regions. since died of his wound: . It may not be generally known that ed-. (meekly)—‘J've laid an . itors get one important item of subsistence; The Albany Atlas learns that a consplat avery low price—they get bored for. racy to rob the Crystal Palace was recentand overhearing one say that the perform-. rich contents of the tables and cases. The eae i nor pres, Where, I ask, is your idea of . proved that the deceased had visited a; The days are gone past when the bombasZounds! madam, if this is) house on Pacific street at half past one! tic accusations against the ‘foreigner’ were 5; . the best you can do in that department, I o’clock that evening, and had exhibited . well received by the nation and consider. there a quantity of money, over $200 in! ed the pure truth. The justice of the acamount, and a gold watch and chain, and cysations of The Times against eur GovI did’nt mean that he left the house in company with! ernment isevident—they are only too much . Mickle. ‘The next witness was the person . felt by the taxpayers. What relates to O. C., Esq., (molified.) Well, well, who, attracted by the groans of the wound. the railway swindle I have myself frequentYou’re no chick-. ed man in an adjoining room, went m and) }y written to you about, and warned your en, madam, to be sensitive about a trifle ;. found him dying. The latter being inter. y, 7 remeuiber my advice in future, and . rogated as to who had committed the deed, above all, recollect that the crowning vircue replied that it was his friend, whose name! and circulates in the peninsula to the readers from purchasing shares. Zhe Zimes which has here alone about 100 subscribers, he said was “Pelon.” This was all the. amount of nearly 6@0 copies, has been proThe most important testimony was that of} ries, and the strictest directions have been . a Mexican youth by the nameof Jese E. given to all the Custom House officers on . Vara, whose credibility, howover, does not} +he frontiers to bum instantly every copy, — even should it be used only as a covering He testifies that after visiting a dance-. and in the packing of other things, The house with Polonio, he separated from him . 77,¢5, however, will now be more read in and went up Pacific street, and thence! Spain than ever, and will be considered a along Stockton street, on his way to the! first-rate article for the smuggler. Ina circus. As he was about entering the) country where no one who is invested with . circus, he saw Mickle walking along 1 . an office in the State has the certainty that /company with a Mexican by the name of) he will continue to eat his bread in it fora Pelon, and just ahead of them Francisco, . permanency, the Custom Touse officers . the deceased. He saw Mickle above Pe-. jaye a capacious conscience. . lon, and the latter draw a knife and stab) Jn the ptehibition alluded to, the Minis'Francisco. He says that this occurred at} ter appeals to the feelings of honor and of 11! o’clock, which is just four hours later) ngtional pride of the Spaniards. This is i the time at which the murder was} considered ridiculous in the extreme. In ‘committed. It was shown, however, that the Cafe Suizo, where the grandees and . the officer who arrested the boy told him) other persons ofhigh rank generally asthat the hour was “half past seven,” and . semble, since the time that the Puerta del . it is possible that the latter's ignoraace of} So] Jost its character as the place of meet. the English language, may have caused . ing, a petition to the Queen is in contem. this discrepency between his statement plation to allow Zhe Times to circulate and the time at which the deed is proved . freely, as before, on account of that paper . to have been committed. There is yet no! haying always defended the nation against . testimony implicating Polono, one of the! all hostile attacks, and only carrying on , arrested parties. The examination of the} war—unfortunately too much justified— . case will be continued to-day.--Herald 10¢h. . against the Government. Men’s minds . —_ TEER Tad So Bi now . 2te also exasperated for the moment nes in the course of erection in this city, fora ee lthe meeting ‘new theatre, to be called the “Metropol. after having been fixed by Ministers for the ' middle of October at latest. r : : . . Queen’s ‘itsn,” is rapidly going going forward to its . << — . completion. It is intended that the thea. *°couchement takes place in yee? i 'tre, when finished, will be equal in the. and, "ited rirage ers pny ao . magnificence of its appointments to any of . = o— sit = P a nani 6 ae ‘the theatres of the eastern cities, Ample. **" * Sermage, Pape sey: Oy “et ‘time, and to linesome folks’ purses _ ' provision has been made for egress in case . : : P = for Lersundi and his colleagues know per. . of fire or other accident, and the building . " , ; h will be. ‘itself is being constructed with strict at-. fectly that their sentence of death will . signed contemporaneously with the calling . af the Cartoe When Tersundi placed him-. 'self at the head of the Government, and) Deatn or an Unxnown Man.—Yester-. told the nation, in pompous language, how . } fire.— Eve. Jour. the Siate aright, and to clear away the/ x > . = * as phn b4 72) lat a late hour on Thursday night, in the errors and supply the deficiencies of his passage of the second story of the Moun-) predecessors—how he would — as. ‘taineer house. It appears that he was) Sign to the press its proper rank, and grant . i taken to the hospital where he died shortly . !t8 independence he was hailed by all par-. wishes and the Liberal (after his arrival there. Coroner Whaling . ties with good aoe : . held an inquest upon the body of the de-. press was even ready to lend him its aid. ceased, but was unable to elicit anything, Of all that he promised, however, he has further than we have already stated.—. hitherto performed nothing ; on the con. Eve. Jour. . trary, in many respects he has acted more —_$ ‘rudely than the justly-detested Roncali.— Rossers on THe Humsotpt.—We learn! Were the Queen as firm in character as . from some recently arrived emigrants now she is good-natured, the evil might be in this city, that a band of regular organ-. easily overcome ; but, unfortunately for ized robbers or bandits for the plunder of . Spain, the daughter of Ferdinand is not the emigrants, are harboring in the vicinendowed with mind sufficient to see ity of the sink of the Humboldt. ‘through the intrigues that are arising . The same parties report having lost 250. around her throne. She thinks all to be out of 500 cattle with which they started ;! slander, and defends her Minister, as she . some of this number remained fat, while . always hitherto has done, against all at. others died ander the same circumstances. . tacks, provided only that he takes care to TRE EOE SIE ans . aad 4 add to . The Japanese, when they are not irrita. geo a we Queend, are the mildest and most courteous ene ? ted, a . teous . Mother is returning to Spain. Her route and, at the same time, the proudest people on earth. Butif any of them be offended, nothing but the blood of the offender can 'satiate his revenge; or if he has no oppor. tunity of procuring that satisfaction, he kills himself. This revengeful spirit ex~ . tends even to the women. They, aswell) Jamie, said an honest Irishman to /as the men, constantly carry a dagger in. another, the first time he saw a locomotheir girdles, and if necessary use it with. tive «what is that snorting baste?” ‘Sure,’ the greatest coolness, when prompted by replied Jamie, ‘an’ I don’t know at all, un. revenge, not only against their enemies, jess it is a steamboat splurging along to . but likewise against their husbands, their get the wather.’ 7 brothers and even against themselves. nn The rich Japanese spend their lives in Carno.ic Fair.—-1 he Ladies of the /a continual round of enjoyments; but the. Roman Catholic Church, in San Francisco, ' pleasures of the table they prefer to all will open at Fair at Musical Hall, on the others. At the entertainments which they 15th inst. . mutually give to one another, they intox-} Tysre ry AvstrartA AND CaLirorNia.— icate themselves with a fermented liquor) [¢ is curious to observe the relative situaof which they are excessively fond. When . tions of Australia and California, as affected . the fumes begin to ascend into the head, by the diurnal progress ef time. The sun, and overpower the faculties, as much of aj on rising in Australia, has attained its . powder as will lie on the point of a knife, . meridian in the other country ; yet, at the .* it. One or. time when the religiously disposed of two cups of this liquor is sufficient to dis-. Australia are engaged with their Sabbath . pel the intoxication ; but then the careus-} morning service, the “diggers” of Califorthis time is through Barcelena and Valencia, the town councils of both cities having . invited her, and assured her of a splendid reception. On the part of the people nothing, certainly, will be done. . dissolved in tea is handed about. ‘Ing commences anew, and continues until] nia are still toiling through the Saturday the guests again succumb under the effects . afternoon! of supersaturation. Maw Stasrep.—An altercation occnurThej tween two men named Jennings and Mor‘fire was communicated by a truth which] rison in which the latter stabbed the former with a knife. Morrison was brought to Auburn and examined before Justice Hawkins, who upon hearing the testimony discharged the prisoner. Jennings has Tue Amazon.—Several of the Bay papers speak ofa project en foot in that city gem A certain preacher was holding forth to a somewhat wearied congregation, when he ‘lifted up his eyes’ to the gallery, and beheld a youngster pelting the people below with chesnuts. . They are reported to have unlimited means for carrying out their plans. ly detected. The plan was to cut off the main gas pipe at night and take advantage -!of the sudden darkness and surprise, to » . plunder the visitors, and make booty of the voice— -. plot was detected, and one of the parties arrested. V'll keep.’em awake.” of the ‘Times’ in Spain.—f LATELY DISCOVERED, AND FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE The manner in which our Government] Men point to me as smitten by God’s frown; lanning ‘fees: I true hen. . A literary magazine out west, blew up. red on Monday last, at Whisky Bar, be-. planning new sacrilices; 4 say @ true Aen, ‘last week, with a tremendous report. Domini was about to administer ex cathedra a sharp and . body is ambi stringent reprimand for his flagrant act of . amount to“You mind your preaching daddy, and SO ee WHOLE NO. 168. ee LINES BY MILTON, IN HIS OLD AGE. Breaking a Contract.—“A married couple,” says the Gazctie des Triluuaur, “after living together on bad terms for some time, agreed, a few days ago, to separate. They sold off all their furniture, but finding that the sum it realised was not very important, they proposed to commit suicide, and, they went at an early hour, to the Canal St. Martin to execute the design. ‘The husband leaped in first, but afBe BP Brace . ter a while, being a capital swimmer, he When men are farthest then thou art most near; — . raised his head above water, and perceived When friends pass by—my weakness suuu— his wife standing quietly on the bank watchThy chariot I hear. : . * P 5 : ing him. Ne began abusing her,and said that, according to their conventions, she j ought to drown herself. Instead, however . of complying, she accused him of intendine ito let her drown whilst he saved hins iby swimming. He called on her to plunve in at once, without any more talk ; but she ;refused. Thereupon he got out of the waiter, and gave her atremendous thrashing. . Some persons who came up went to seek . for the guard; and the loving pair were arPa ee ee ‘rested. On being questioned they made Trembling where foot of mortal ne’er hath been, . the facts known.” i RECENT OXFORD EDITION Of THE POET’S WORKS. I am oid and blind! Afflicted and deserted of my mind— Yet I am not cast down. I am weak, vet strong— T murmur not that [ no longer see; Poor, old and helpless, I the more belong, Father Supreme! to ‘Thee! Thy glorious *acs Is leaning towards me—and its holy lizht Shines in upon my lonely dwelling place, And there is no more night. On my bended knee T recognize Thy purpose clearly shown— My vision Thou hast dimmed, that I mex see Thyself, Thyself alone. T have naught to fear; This darkness is the shadow of Thy wine— Beneath it Iam a'most sacred—here Can come no evil thing. ee ee Se Wrapped in the radiance of Thy sinless land, Wi hich age: hath neven ence: A robbery was attempted at the mission \of San Gabriel a few days since, by five Sonorians. Four of them entered the . house, while the fifth remained outside to jouee 2 watch. A lad by the name of Evens son, about thirteen years of age.a son of the proprietor of the house [who was . absent, . was sleeping im a room in front of . the house, saw the man, and suspecting i his business, seized a rifle and fired, the . ball lodging in one of the columns of the . porch, and embedding with ita piece of ithe robber’s serapa. . The four who entered the house were in . the chamber of the bey’s mother, and one pas~ A rencontre took place, on the 12th of them had her by the throat when the inst., at Jackass Bar, near Weaverville, be-. Teport of the rifle was heard. ‘They between a person called Higgins, and another/came alarmed and attempted to escape known as “Little Dickey,” in which the former through the boy’s chamber ; as they passwas shot, and died shortly afterwards. The . ed through, the boy snapped a pistol at murderer made his escape. them, but it missed fire, and he threw it at Cou. R. H. Taytor —We notice in the pro. the head of one of them. All the injury ceedings of the district court that our old friend . the lad received wasa cut across the face Col. R. H. Taylor, was admitted as Attorney . from one ofthe villains. They all escaped. in the district court. We congratulate the Col. _— Se upon his admission, and give him our best wish. Dvury.—A duel took place one day la+t es for his suecess in his new position. Echo. —_ — an — editor of the Fre Dig ac ' "Presse, the Independent German paper, Pratigr River--A May Burngp.--A com-. nq Dr. Loehr, editor of the California munication dated at the famous Union Claim, . f ule he G D Sug : on Feather River, was handed us by Mr. Wood. 22"0¢rat, the German emocratic paper They fought with recock, which informs us that at about 4 o'clock . of San Francisco. on yesterday morning a brush shanty, occupied . volvers at twelve paces, and at the third by a miner, took fire, and before its occupant . fire Dr. Loehr was slightly wounded in waked had become a mass of flame. The man, . the left hand, which terminated the affair. whose nam? is George Boyle, was so badly 1S F. News burned that on removing his garments the flesh Ze adbered to them, crisped as they were. It is ‘ . said that he cannot recover.--Muryseille Her-. Five of the petrified human skulls taken ald. 12th. . from the recent discovered cave in Calaveras are on exhibition at San Francisco Visions come and go— Shades of resplendent beauty round me throng— From angel lips I seem to hear the flow z Of soft and holy song. It is nothing now. When heaven is opening on my sightless eyes, When airs from Paradise refresh my brow, That earth in derkness lies. In a purer clime My being fills with rapture—waves of thought Roil in upon my spirit—strains sublime Break over me unsouzht. Give me now my lyre! I feel the stirrings of a gitt divine, Within my bosom glows unearthly fire Lit by ne skill of mite. Sap News.---The Butte county paper is not Peer ae a > Ee ERY 8yet issued—will be out probably to-day or toCan T GET HIM.—Professor Baverhofier arrow. has just been sentenced at Marburg, in DeCourcy and Hall, both concerned in the . Hesse Cassel, to fifteen years imprison-~ paper, got into a quarrel last evening and De-. ment at hard labor, for treason. He is and Courey stabbed Hall with a knife, but not dan‘has been in the United States for two 2 ar aca ig now in jail.— iaaiia, . pares and therefore out of t'.e reach of the eee . authorities, who passed the sentence, Pcxs.—Hood had a way of perpcirating . Tl oe aa a , puns peculiar to himself. He never descended . 1ere are two reasons why we don't to quibbling, to mere play upon syllables, but . {Tust a man; one because we don’t know traycstied a whole sentiment, and gave a double . him, and the other because we do. meaning, not only to language, but to ideas . at : 4 expressed by that language. What can be bet. . The Santa Clara Register has put on 2 ter than his description of Ben Battle, in the pei’ dress and now calls itself the San Jose conflict— Telegraph, ‘* A cannon ball took off his legs, _— I l is ¥ i H . iid Py , a Boa e “3 down his aa a soe An Eastern paper says that Marshfield, . ‘ “Yr ou aya a E 3 rcpt t u in é e r that doleful announcement, after his death, . Macs.) where now repose the remains of gee sRblein hide walk Wie Miadncaiiis . Daniel Webster, has been, during the past Vv ra art C B xton, wi. And tne sexton ro_tep the bell.” }summer, visited by not less than 12,000 . *) . In the way of punning, Hood never had an . Persons, and crowds still continue to throng equal. . the place. — Discovery or a Cave me Vatiecito.—The. $C The body of the young man Currier, Calaveras Chronicle gives the particulars of the . of Portsmouth, N. H., who fell from the discovery of a curious cave in the vicinity of/ mizzen-topsail yard of the ship Venice, N gout oy it py es Sach pac aga re on Wednesday, has not been recevered.— pine? BET eT ES . The tide was setting ont strongly at the ick displace ‘+k, which laid bare an en. . ig A Por ernie tae A party afterwards . time and it is probable that his body was descended and explored the subterranean apart. floatad through the gates into the open sea. ments. Their report is most astonishing. They z ome assert that after the depth of about 100 feet, . WATER Pires.—The work of excavating they came upon a collection of over 300 huinan . for the water pipes still goes forward.— bodies, perfectly petrified ; that the hall con-. Hundreds of feet have already been laid tained an immense number of stalactites, some down on the streets and alleys along which — rested on and were incorporated with . hey are designed te extend-— Union. 1¢ bodies. Should this rumor prove true, . what a glorious subject for antiquarian rescarch. It is said that the skulls indicate a race distinct Itenton Village, Taunton, Mass., was arressent me ted for an assault with intent to kill him. Uncie Tox a Suvcerer.—It is stated that They are about twenty years old, and Irish linens and other goods which Mrs. Harriet . have been married only a year. Mrs. Carr Beecher Stowe brought with her baggage from . first attempted to poison her husband; then England, have been seized by the New York . she attempted to kill him with an axe. Custom House officers as contraband. : . ER ee es Of the number of births, in one week, . ar sorted as . sett ’ : sae esi beth eechany. har wena “ far . New York, 1,571 occurred among our own pays wages, nothing more. ‘race, while only twelve are reported to . Saini Cr aS SETA jhave taken place among the colored popupas The San Diego Herald, speaking of its lation. relations with the native Californian population . a sava: “They, of course, have their peculiarities . Two iron towera in which to suspend "so have we onrs—but with the exception of fire alarm bells, have been constructed on lthat bigoted old “ cuss,” Padre’ Juan, who . the western side of the city, in New York. . prays daily that the Free Masons may all be One of them near the corner of Spring and We have bever seabed i chal te ond ts (OO 100 feet in height, and consists of sevi dred dollars from the whole native arr a ation; e ever expect to—so that si a interest aoc st sidingt the penning of . Mettleberger’s Elevator, at Cleveland, this article. It is simply an act of justice, and jhas lifted 2200 bushels of wheat in forty we do it cheerfully. “Here's luck” to the . minutes. Senoritas, and a speedy veyage to “ El tierra te caliente” to the old Faadre. The Sacred Congregation of the Index, It gives the following as “ Boston's toast: . at Rome, has issued a new list of forbidden “The Bloomer Costume--“ Paco mas ariba.” . hooks, among which is “Hippolytus and his Age,” by Chevalier Bunson. The Assessor’s valuation of the city of is about $2¢6,000,000. This enThe wife of Mr. Richard Carr, of Whit‘eral stories of iron columns. —_— The N. ¥. Dutchman says, that “ Everytious of fame, and what does it Six libel suits a week in our lead. Boston, this year ing newspapers. Within a month after Gen-. State valuation $280,000,000. . . “ t = 2 é z See in Weeled oat eas a his eral Scott conquered Mexico, he was charged . ormous amount is unparalleled in this couno > with purloining small thing from his soldiers. try, except in the city of N. York, which If you would go to the grave with a white repPRs . ace arly $380,000,atation. have = little to do with glory and gunms shows a valuation of nearly $580, owder as possible, 900. —neroenoeeew! er ee

~~ e . «=6THE NEVADA JOURNAL. VOL. 3.---NO. 30. THE JOURNAL, O. C., Esq. ‘Humph—well, yes very. Tue Late Murper.—The examination fair, considering ; though now I look more . of Wm. Mickle, alias “Cayote Charley,” . The Madrid correspondent of the Kolnische closely, I perceive that it is not precisely . and Polonio, arrested on suspicion of being . Zeitung writes thus of the prohibition o NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, F RIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1853. vo pete! Fe ET See Prohibition ' shaped : too short, madam, quite too short ; implicated in the murder of the Mexican. the Loudon Times in Spain : . PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING LY BUDD & SARGENT, Ofiice on Broad street, opposite the Court House. Nevada. not well finished off, by any means. TERMS. For one year, in advance For six months, 400 5 > symmetry : For three months, 2 00 y y Single copies, 25 ‘shall lay the next myselt. Mrs. Biddy, (with her claw in her eye) Legal Blanks of all kinds for sale at this ofice. Job Work: in all its varieties, promptly aud neatly executed, at reasonable rates. . ‘Please I could’nt help it. { ; — Advertisements inserted at low rates. to.’ L. P. Fisher is our only authorized agent at San Francisco. Me may be found st bis desk at the Merchants’ don’t fret your gizzard. Exchange. : A Delano, st Wells, Fergo & Co.’s office, 13 our authorized agent at Grass Valley. only — . of henhood is disinterestedness.’ The Reoster-Pecked Wife. ' BY ELIZA L. SPROAT. ‘oe? 7 a . O.C., Esq., (solemnly.) ‘I will’ a. Mrs. Biddy Chanticleer scratches for her : pidoore ae, breakfast. O. Chanticleer, Esq., from the top rail of the barn fence, becomes cogni-. 7 OG. Esq. appears in the distance, ruts with dignit “ . ; sate gs eA oe ee Y . parting rith one of his numerous female Biddy. ‘Good norning, my dear’ friends ; the tones of his voice fall faintly O. CG, Esq. ‘Morning, madam; quite . °” Mrs. Biddy’s ear. a aaah Seti eg st aan ae O. C. Esq., ‘And now, sweetest of hens, enjoying yourself, madam ; of course, you . f ; e . farewell! and may all the stars of heave are not aware of the fact that I have been, : : whey . and all the saints of the barn-yard meet to up for more than “ip ae wee we FOr . register the yas when a smile first ss ecu ae . regis sTY cage saenaw oS . dawned upon my drearing life, and me the you for, madam? (Gives her a pointed . ait ae eae salute on the ankle.) Where are year . A ‘3 anal his homeward way ‘Good 4 o,9 & 2 meg . , ad C . ees pe a ree : —— 4 evening, Jack; monstrous fine hen that.— Wh vahoion suas wis : if an +) . Just been parting from her. Or, may be re was y m we w . Ai : 7 ee ee 5 . you did not notice her points. Quite fond you saw me getting off the fence? [. : Pi : ‘of me, too, I assure you. Still in tears, watched you, madam! Where was your . devia eihicanieci-alhiaka ? tender female solicitude when you beheld ‘piame looking weakly for want of a little, eee ee ee ren . Y} T ° ° ° ac “ ae ; Ea ee a ai my . Mrs. Biddy, (feebly) ‘O, I’m so glad to . B; "1 : il GH a innx >? . have somebody to speak to. I haven’t apie sag A a dl d off the nest, nor seen a creature ‘O. C., Esq. (solemnly,) ‘I will.’ ee : . : ie Ks ” Saati iasecaaty : since sunrise. How do you, my dear ? Mrs. Biddy Chanticleer lays her first "— ante “ne rei Eo sca “ nw . — se. . . Sq., <« ie, und bab peried te ce ‘tac Senile be suddenly overwhelmed with depression { — help cackle, (O. C., Esq. being one Henk Sheela: Mrs. Biddy. ‘Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut-aMrs. Biddy. What's the matter, sir? <i academe < O. C. Esq., (in a terrible voice, and ” wen 4 . walking li .) ‘Matter! madam Mrs. a. se : _a. Walking like Othello.) ‘ ! mi . ora ce ee ee . behold ” (Inserts his bill under his left ss ive a a is dinck aus . wing, and produces a rooster’s tail feather.) qua qua ont. col aenieea-a-e-ent Mls . Do you reeognize that, Madam ? Do you ‘iat b b 3 ° interrupted by the sudden appearance of O. C., Esq., r.tarnet from a stag party.) O. C. ‘Cock-a-doodle-doo! Now, more chicken-hearted caitiff who dropped it ? . feet ef the domestic nest ? madam, what does all this mean? Here . . am I returning, care-worn and exhausted, from the excitements and temptations of a delusive world, expecting to find repose . and peace in the quiet of the domestic) 0 'sgl : nest, instead cf which, I discover you in) of your re Has . a been decided, the midst of riot and dissipation. Madam, . I ask you ca baie Se sag * — been insult not my penetration by denying it— . the wt eats soir Te ble th “om and is I affirm that you are having a party!’ . it not therefore undeniable, that (after dis« Mrs. Biddy, (apprehensively.) ‘Not at . Interestedness) the one thing needful to all, my dear: at least, that is, my friends . the — peengnaets™ Suceastes Siaaenty? were just going by, and stopped in quite . A true ; eh Se ema and severely vir. . ‘ © .) + 2 accidentally, and so—for you see, my dear, a. path wr Py Riel i 7 I've laid an egg! cut, cut, cut, cut, cut-a-a . pa se eisaiaek a pens Prceigs or eee or friendshi will excite i her Sevat the an egg!’ Ps : Three female friends simultaneously— . ¢x!Temest aversion and horror. On the ‘Cut. cut, cut, cut-a-a-cut !? ‘contrary what do I find to be the case in b ’ 9 ‘ .o O. C., Esq., (majestically.) ‘Peace, . regard to ourself. Only yesterday, on rehens! Madam, what does all this cackling . t¥7Ing unexpectedly from little party, T Salle: ween? beheld you in animated conversation with —— . ° } ! ' r Exeunt hens, in indignation.] ‘my brother! Heavens! madam, am I to ‘Mrs. B. C-, it has become necessary, at . be longer the victim of such duplicity ? this stage of our matrimonial career, that No! sooner would I sacrifice at once the I should state, in mild but unmistakable . domestic a and, ding thy lifeless body terms, my opinions regarding the appro. eye on es * vena repriate sphere and duties of henhood. pve: See thy name is hen‘ First—selfedevetion: It has been the . _ Mrs. Biddy gets fidgety on her nest.— ‘Oh, dear me, I’m so tired !’ decision cf all rooster kind, for ages, and . Si] ine a therefore cannot be denied, that the crown. ee ee ee ee nn Mrs. B.,[in gentle desperation. ] ing virtue of the hen character is disinter. .] ‘My ” estednens ‘dear, do you think you would mind loekA true hen should be patient, . ” h : hile self-forgetful, obedient, tenderly solicitous . "8 : 4 a . ciao hi =a lh — for her husband’s little wants, delighting . pick a little bit o a hav’nt . taken a mouthful to-day. a ae See ee eS O. C. Esq., [starting up in doubt. ] S i d the do. pleasant duties that cluster round the do. Mahien Tack Ciek leet Dark ae § : eS est. Onthe contrary, I find you . rig : > sade ae “heating saeliy vot a derstand that you have distinctly offered to selfish tastes and desires . shift upon your husband the little duties instead of dis. : > : playing (as might naturally be expected) of the domestic nest ? Are ig going to some little sense of loneliness and melan-) 8'€P from your sphere, madam? Have I choly at your husband’s absence: I return } °° Pc ob of nearly twelve hours, and . rind, that female selfishness alone is at find you literally rejoicing! Madam, ] the bottom of these impious doctrines ? i ask of you, is this true henhood ? . And what, on the contrary, according to 4 " iemeditil retiring disposition, a deli. to the decision ofall rooster-kind, should . ~d bee 9 cate shrinking from eontaet with the coarse . be the real pride and ambition of henhood: and unfeeling world, an exclusive indif. Disinterestedness ; atrue hen glories in Zetence to all without the sacred circle of . little crosses and trials ; for without tempthe domestic nest. On the contrary, I find you gadding among the other hens of . V°'t"® > ; at jard, i akin g appointments, sending 'which is always so lovely in the female invitations, Again I ask of you, is this, character. O. C., Esq. Neate + . 9 true henhood ? ee ‘Third—Freedom from curiosity ; a true . ‘= hen never evinces the slightest interest in . the affairs of her neighbors, scarcely in. her own; she never inquires concerning . the whereabouts or actions of her husband, . el a maar being perfectly assured that wherever he . be, and however appearances at the time may seem to tell against him, he is ever acting with a view to the welfare of the} domestic nest. On the contrary, what do . I find to be the truth in regard to yourself ? . Not a rooster raises his voice within half. . a mile of the yard, but you are to name . tonal #ra. him; not a hen Jaya an egg, but you begin Oe to cackle.’ _ Mrs. Biddy, egg '—cut, cut, cut, cut, cut-a-a-a-a. mean—yes sir, we've laid an egg.’ _ O. C. Esq., (with solemn aramation)— ‘You have aidan egg! And pray where is the thing? (Walks briskly to the nest, and takes a micrescope view of the object.) Biddy. ‘Cut, eut, cut—I mean, will it do, sir? usband’s little wants.’ No, I : nothing. Dr. Johnson had no ear for music. Hav ing heard a violin concerto one evening ance was difficult.—‘Difficult,’ said the doc tor, ‘I wish it had been possible.’ And . Francisco, on the evening of the 29th of what do you mean, madam, by having the October, was yesterday commenced before . has come forward against Zhe Times has thing so much larger at one end than the . the Recorder. Two or three witnesses . somewhat exasperated even its adherents. Mrs. Biddy, (meekly.) ‘Have a worm, information he gave before he expired.—. hibited throughout all the Spanish territoMrs. Biddy C. has been sitting for three . seem to be of an unquestionable character. Cock-a-doodle. ‘acknowledge an acquaintance with the Are you aware that I found it within three . atience be veuchsafed me to ask of you : ; ; Si ROR NG Pp you, “Mrs. Biddy, (languidly) ‘Did you ? j . tention to its capabilitics to resist external _did’nt notice it.’ ‘Peace, hen, and listen,’ . while in calm but decisive terms I strive) day we mentioned the circumstance of the determined he was to guide the rudder of. to impress upon your mind the enormity . discovery of a man in a dying condition, {not again and again impressed upon your! ' tation she perceives that there can be no, . virtue ; without affliction, no resignation ;! A true hen, situated as you! ‘are, would not only rejoice that Provi-. dence had seen fit to perfect her with tri-. ‘als, but with that beautiful self-abnegation . ' which can never be so strenuously inculca. ted by roester-kind, would set herself to’! /in your situation, instead of sneaking from i her little duties, would contrive some plan, . g_. thir caer 6 mind: . [if only by reaching out her head and pickee ie Se cee ing the earth around her] for supplying her . Mrs. B. (meekly.) ‘Have a worm, dear?’ to organise an expedition, which has for its . : é . : O. C., . aieaied ‘I will.’—a-! purpose the exploration of those regions. since died of his wound: . It may not be generally known that ed-. (meekly)—‘J've laid an . itors get one important item of subsistence; The Albany Atlas learns that a consplat avery low price—they get bored for. racy to rob the Crystal Palace was recentand overhearing one say that the perform-. rich contents of the tables and cases. The eae i nor pres, Where, I ask, is your idea of . proved that the deceased had visited a; The days are gone past when the bombasZounds! madam, if this is) house on Pacific street at half past one! tic accusations against the ‘foreigner’ were 5; . the best you can do in that department, I o’clock that evening, and had exhibited . well received by the nation and consider. there a quantity of money, over $200 in! ed the pure truth. The justice of the acamount, and a gold watch and chain, and cysations of The Times against eur GovI did’nt mean that he left the house in company with! ernment isevident—they are only too much . Mickle. ‘The next witness was the person . felt by the taxpayers. What relates to O. C., Esq., (molified.) Well, well, who, attracted by the groans of the wound. the railway swindle I have myself frequentYou’re no chick-. ed man in an adjoining room, went m and) }y written to you about, and warned your en, madam, to be sensitive about a trifle ;. found him dying. The latter being inter. y, 7 remeuiber my advice in future, and . rogated as to who had committed the deed, above all, recollect that the crowning vircue replied that it was his friend, whose name! and circulates in the peninsula to the readers from purchasing shares. Zhe Zimes which has here alone about 100 subscribers, he said was “Pelon.” This was all the. amount of nearly 6@0 copies, has been proThe most important testimony was that of} ries, and the strictest directions have been . a Mexican youth by the nameof Jese E. given to all the Custom House officers on . Vara, whose credibility, howover, does not} +he frontiers to bum instantly every copy, — even should it be used only as a covering He testifies that after visiting a dance-. and in the packing of other things, The house with Polonio, he separated from him . 77,¢5, however, will now be more read in and went up Pacific street, and thence! Spain than ever, and will be considered a along Stockton street, on his way to the! first-rate article for the smuggler. Ina circus. As he was about entering the) country where no one who is invested with . circus, he saw Mickle walking along 1 . an office in the State has the certainty that /company with a Mexican by the name of) he will continue to eat his bread in it fora Pelon, and just ahead of them Francisco, . permanency, the Custom Touse officers . the deceased. He saw Mickle above Pe-. jaye a capacious conscience. . lon, and the latter draw a knife and stab) Jn the ptehibition alluded to, the Minis'Francisco. He says that this occurred at} ter appeals to the feelings of honor and of 11! o’clock, which is just four hours later) ngtional pride of the Spaniards. This is i the time at which the murder was} considered ridiculous in the extreme. In ‘committed. It was shown, however, that the Cafe Suizo, where the grandees and . the officer who arrested the boy told him) other persons ofhigh rank generally asthat the hour was “half past seven,” and . semble, since the time that the Puerta del . it is possible that the latter's ignoraace of} So] Jost its character as the place of meet. the English language, may have caused . ing, a petition to the Queen is in contem. this discrepency between his statement plation to allow Zhe Times to circulate and the time at which the deed is proved . freely, as before, on account of that paper . to have been committed. There is yet no! haying always defended the nation against . testimony implicating Polono, one of the! all hostile attacks, and only carrying on , arrested parties. The examination of the} war—unfortunately too much justified— . case will be continued to-day.--Herald 10¢h. . against the Government. Men’s minds . —_ TEER Tad So Bi now . 2te also exasperated for the moment nes in the course of erection in this city, fora ee lthe meeting ‘new theatre, to be called the “Metropol. after having been fixed by Ministers for the ' middle of October at latest. r : : . . Queen’s ‘itsn,” is rapidly going going forward to its . << — . completion. It is intended that the thea. *°couchement takes place in yee? i 'tre, when finished, will be equal in the. and, "ited rirage ers pny ao . magnificence of its appointments to any of . = o— sit = P a nani 6 ae ‘the theatres of the eastern cities, Ample. **" * Sermage, Pape sey: Oy “et ‘time, and to linesome folks’ purses _ ' provision has been made for egress in case . : : P = for Lersundi and his colleagues know per. . of fire or other accident, and the building . " , ; h will be. ‘itself is being constructed with strict at-. fectly that their sentence of death will . signed contemporaneously with the calling . af the Cartoe When Tersundi placed him-. 'self at the head of the Government, and) Deatn or an Unxnown Man.—Yester-. told the nation, in pompous language, how . } fire.— Eve. Jour. the Siate aright, and to clear away the/ x > . = * as phn b4 72)

lat a late hour on Thursday night, in the errors and supply the deficiencies of his passage of the second story of the Moun-) predecessors—how he would — as. ‘taineer house. It appears that he was) Sign to the press its proper rank, and grant . i taken to the hospital where he died shortly . !t8 independence he was hailed by all par-. wishes and the Liberal (after his arrival there. Coroner Whaling . ties with good aoe : . held an inquest upon the body of the de-. press was even ready to lend him its aid. ceased, but was unable to elicit anything, Of all that he promised, however, he has further than we have already stated.—. hitherto performed nothing ; on the con. Eve. Jour. . trary, in many respects he has acted more —_$ ‘rudely than the justly-detested Roncali.— Rossers on THe Humsotpt.—We learn! Were the Queen as firm in character as . from some recently arrived emigrants now she is good-natured, the evil might be in this city, that a band of regular organ-. easily overcome ; but, unfortunately for ized robbers or bandits for the plunder of . Spain, the daughter of Ferdinand is not the emigrants, are harboring in the vicinendowed with mind sufficient to see ity of the sink of the Humboldt. ‘through the intrigues that are arising . The same parties report having lost 250. around her throne. She thinks all to be out of 500 cattle with which they started ;! slander, and defends her Minister, as she . some of this number remained fat, while . always hitherto has done, against all at. others died ander the same circumstances. . tacks, provided only that he takes care to TRE EOE SIE ans . aad 4 add to . The Japanese, when they are not irrita. geo a we Queend, are the mildest and most courteous ene ? ted, a . teous . Mother is returning to Spain. Her route and, at the same time, the proudest people on earth. Butif any of them be offended, nothing but the blood of the offender can 'satiate his revenge; or if he has no oppor. tunity of procuring that satisfaction, he kills himself. This revengeful spirit ex~ . tends even to the women. They, aswell) Jamie, said an honest Irishman to /as the men, constantly carry a dagger in. another, the first time he saw a locomotheir girdles, and if necessary use it with. tive «what is that snorting baste?” ‘Sure,’ the greatest coolness, when prompted by replied Jamie, ‘an’ I don’t know at all, un. revenge, not only against their enemies, jess it is a steamboat splurging along to . but likewise against their husbands, their get the wather.’ 7 brothers and even against themselves. nn The rich Japanese spend their lives in Carno.ic Fair.—-1 he Ladies of the /a continual round of enjoyments; but the. Roman Catholic Church, in San Francisco, ' pleasures of the table they prefer to all will open at Fair at Musical Hall, on the others. At the entertainments which they 15th inst. . mutually give to one another, they intox-} Tysre ry AvstrartA AND CaLirorNia.— icate themselves with a fermented liquor) [¢ is curious to observe the relative situaof which they are excessively fond. When . tions of Australia and California, as affected . the fumes begin to ascend into the head, by the diurnal progress ef time. The sun, and overpower the faculties, as much of aj on rising in Australia, has attained its . powder as will lie on the point of a knife, . meridian in the other country ; yet, at the .* it. One or. time when the religiously disposed of two cups of this liquor is sufficient to dis-. Australia are engaged with their Sabbath . pel the intoxication ; but then the careus-} morning service, the “diggers” of Califorthis time is through Barcelena and Valencia, the town councils of both cities having . invited her, and assured her of a splendid reception. On the part of the people nothing, certainly, will be done. . dissolved in tea is handed about. ‘Ing commences anew, and continues until] nia are still toiling through the Saturday the guests again succumb under the effects . afternoon! of supersaturation. Maw Stasrep.—An altercation occnurThej tween two men named Jennings and Mor‘fire was communicated by a truth which] rison in which the latter stabbed the former with a knife. Morrison was brought to Auburn and examined before Justice Hawkins, who upon hearing the testimony discharged the prisoner. Jennings has Tue Amazon.—Several of the Bay papers speak ofa project en foot in that city gem A certain preacher was holding forth to a somewhat wearied congregation, when he ‘lifted up his eyes’ to the gallery, and beheld a youngster pelting the people below with chesnuts. . They are reported to have unlimited means for carrying out their plans. ly detected. The plan was to cut off the main gas pipe at night and take advantage -!of the sudden darkness and surprise, to » . plunder the visitors, and make booty of the voice— -. plot was detected, and one of the parties arrested. V'll keep.’em awake.” of the ‘Times’ in Spain.—f LATELY DISCOVERED, AND FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE The manner in which our Government] Men point to me as smitten by God’s frown; lanning ‘fees: I true hen. . A literary magazine out west, blew up. red on Monday last, at Whisky Bar, be-. planning new sacrilices; 4 say @ true Aen, ‘last week, with a tremendous report. Domini was about to administer ex cathedra a sharp and . body is ambi stringent reprimand for his flagrant act of . amount to“You mind your preaching daddy, and SO ee WHOLE NO. 168. ee LINES BY MILTON, IN HIS OLD AGE. Breaking a Contract.—“A married couple,” says the Gazctie des Triluuaur, “after living together on bad terms for some time, agreed, a few days ago, to separate. They sold off all their furniture, but finding that the sum it realised was not very important, they proposed to commit suicide, and, they went at an early hour, to the Canal St. Martin to execute the design. ‘The husband leaped in first, but afBe BP Brace . ter a while, being a capital swimmer, he When men are farthest then thou art most near; — . raised his head above water, and perceived When friends pass by—my weakness suuu— his wife standing quietly on the bank watchThy chariot I hear. : . * P 5 : ing him. Ne began abusing her,and said that, according to their conventions, she j ought to drown herself. Instead, however . of complying, she accused him of intendine ito let her drown whilst he saved hins iby swimming. He called on her to plunve in at once, without any more talk ; but she ;refused. Thereupon he got out of the waiter, and gave her atremendous thrashing. . Some persons who came up went to seek . for the guard; and the loving pair were arPa ee ee ‘rested. On being questioned they made Trembling where foot of mortal ne’er hath been, . the facts known.” i RECENT OXFORD EDITION Of THE POET’S WORKS. I am oid and blind! Afflicted and deserted of my mind— Yet I am not cast down. I am weak, vet strong— T murmur not that [ no longer see; Poor, old and helpless, I the more belong, Father Supreme! to ‘Thee! Thy glorious *acs Is leaning towards me—and its holy lizht Shines in upon my lonely dwelling place, And there is no more night. On my bended knee T recognize Thy purpose clearly shown— My vision Thou hast dimmed, that I mex see Thyself, Thyself alone. T have naught to fear; This darkness is the shadow of Thy wine— Beneath it Iam a'most sacred—here Can come no evil thing. ee ee Se Wrapped in the radiance of Thy sinless land, Wi hich age: hath neven ence: A robbery was attempted at the mission \of San Gabriel a few days since, by five Sonorians. Four of them entered the . house, while the fifth remained outside to jouee 2 watch. A lad by the name of Evens son, about thirteen years of age.a son of the proprietor of the house [who was . absent, . was sleeping im a room in front of . the house, saw the man, and suspecting i his business, seized a rifle and fired, the . ball lodging in one of the columns of the . porch, and embedding with ita piece of ithe robber’s serapa. . The four who entered the house were in . the chamber of the bey’s mother, and one pas~ A rencontre took place, on the 12th of them had her by the throat when the inst., at Jackass Bar, near Weaverville, be-. Teport of the rifle was heard. ‘They between a person called Higgins, and another/came alarmed and attempted to escape known as “Little Dickey,” in which the former through the boy’s chamber ; as they passwas shot, and died shortly afterwards. The . ed through, the boy snapped a pistol at murderer made his escape. them, but it missed fire, and he threw it at Cou. R. H. Taytor —We notice in the pro. the head of one of them. All the injury ceedings of the district court that our old friend . the lad received wasa cut across the face Col. R. H. Taylor, was admitted as Attorney . from one ofthe villains. They all escaped. in the district court. We congratulate the Col. _— Se upon his admission, and give him our best wish. Dvury.—A duel took place one day la+t es for his suecess in his new position. Echo. —_ — an — editor of the Fre Dig ac ' "Presse, the Independent German paper, Pratigr River--A May Burngp.--A com-. nq Dr. Loehr, editor of the California munication dated at the famous Union Claim, . f ule he G D Sug : on Feather River, was handed us by Mr. Wood. 22"0¢rat, the German emocratic paper They fought with recock, which informs us that at about 4 o'clock . of San Francisco. on yesterday morning a brush shanty, occupied . volvers at twelve paces, and at the third by a miner, took fire, and before its occupant . fire Dr. Loehr was slightly wounded in waked had become a mass of flame. The man, . the left hand, which terminated the affair. whose nam? is George Boyle, was so badly 1S F. News burned that on removing his garments the flesh Ze adbered to them, crisped as they were. It is ‘ . said that he cannot recover.--Muryseille Her-. Five of the petrified human skulls taken ald. 12th. . from the recent discovered cave in Calaveras are on exhibition at San Francisco Visions come and go— Shades of resplendent beauty round me throng— From angel lips I seem to hear the flow z Of soft and holy song. It is nothing now. When heaven is opening on my sightless eyes, When airs from Paradise refresh my brow, That earth in derkness lies. In a purer clime My being fills with rapture—waves of thought Roil in upon my spirit—strains sublime Break over me unsouzht. Give me now my lyre! I feel the stirrings of a gitt divine, Within my bosom glows unearthly fire Lit by ne skill of mite. Sap News.---The Butte county paper is not Peer ae a > Ee ERY 8yet issued—will be out probably to-day or toCan T GET HIM.—Professor Baverhofier arrow. has just been sentenced at Marburg, in DeCourcy and Hall, both concerned in the . Hesse Cassel, to fifteen years imprison-~ paper, got into a quarrel last evening and De-. ment at hard labor, for treason. He is and Courey stabbed Hall with a knife, but not dan‘has been in the United States for two 2 ar aca ig now in jail.— iaaiia, . pares and therefore out of t'.e reach of the eee . authorities, who passed the sentence, Pcxs.—Hood had a way of perpcirating . Tl oe aa a , puns peculiar to himself. He never descended . 1ere are two reasons why we don't to quibbling, to mere play upon syllables, but . {Tust a man; one because we don’t know traycstied a whole sentiment, and gave a double . him, and the other because we do. meaning, not only to language, but to ideas . at : 4 expressed by that language. What can be bet. . The Santa Clara Register has put on 2 ter than his description of Ben Battle, in the pei’ dress and now calls itself the San Jose conflict— Telegraph, ‘* A cannon ball took off his legs, _— I l is ¥ i H . iid Py , a Boa e “3 down his aa a soe An Eastern paper says that Marshfield, . ‘ “Yr ou aya a E 3 rcpt t u in é e r that doleful announcement, after his death, . Macs.) where now repose the remains of gee sRblein hide walk Wie Miadncaiiis . Daniel Webster, has been, during the past Vv ra art C B xton, wi. And tne sexton ro_tep the bell.” }summer, visited by not less than 12,000 . *) . In the way of punning, Hood never had an . Persons, and crowds still continue to throng equal. . the place. — Discovery or a Cave me Vatiecito.—The. $C The body of the young man Currier, Calaveras Chronicle gives the particulars of the . of Portsmouth, N. H., who fell from the discovery of a curious cave in the vicinity of/ mizzen-topsail yard of the ship Venice, N gout oy it py es Sach pac aga re on Wednesday, has not been recevered.— pine? BET eT ES . The tide was setting ont strongly at the ick displace ‘+k, which laid bare an en. . ig A Por ernie tae A party afterwards . time and it is probable that his body was descended and explored the subterranean apart. floatad through the gates into the open sea. ments. Their report is most astonishing. They z ome assert that after the depth of about 100 feet, . WATER Pires.—The work of excavating they came upon a collection of over 300 huinan . for the water pipes still goes forward.— bodies, perfectly petrified ; that the hall con-. Hundreds of feet have already been laid tained an immense number of stalactites, some down on the streets and alleys along which — rested on and were incorporated with . hey are designed te extend-— Union. 1¢ bodies. Should this rumor prove true, . what a glorious subject for antiquarian rescarch. It is said that the skulls indicate a race distinct Itenton Village, Taunton, Mass., was arressent me ted for an assault with intent to kill him. Uncie Tox a Suvcerer.—It is stated that They are about twenty years old, and Irish linens and other goods which Mrs. Harriet . have been married only a year. Mrs. Carr Beecher Stowe brought with her baggage from . first attempted to poison her husband; then England, have been seized by the New York . she attempted to kill him with an axe. Custom House officers as contraband. : . ER ee es Of the number of births, in one week, . ar sorted as . sett ’ : sae esi beth eechany. har wena “ far . New York, 1,571 occurred among our own pays wages, nothing more. ‘race, while only twelve are reported to . Saini Cr aS SETA jhave taken place among the colored popupas The San Diego Herald, speaking of its lation. relations with the native Californian population . a sava: “They, of course, have their peculiarities . Two iron towera in which to suspend "so have we onrs—but with the exception of fire alarm bells, have been constructed on lthat bigoted old “ cuss,” Padre’ Juan, who . the western side of the city, in New York. . prays daily that the Free Masons may all be One of them near the corner of Spring and We have bever seabed i chal te ond ts (OO 100 feet in height, and consists of sevi dred dollars from the whole native arr a ation; e ever expect to—so that si a interest aoc st sidingt the penning of . Mettleberger’s Elevator, at Cleveland, this article. It is simply an act of justice, and jhas lifted 2200 bushels of wheat in forty we do it cheerfully. “Here's luck” to the . minutes. Senoritas, and a speedy veyage to “ El tierra te caliente” to the old Faadre. The Sacred Congregation of the Index, It gives the following as “ Boston's toast: . at Rome, has issued a new list of forbidden “The Bloomer Costume--“ Paco mas ariba.” . hooks, among which is “Hippolytus and his Age,” by Chevalier Bunson. The Assessor’s valuation of the city of is about $2¢6,000,000. This enThe wife of Mr. Richard Carr, of Whit‘eral stories of iron columns. —_— The N. ¥. Dutchman says, that “ Everytious of fame, and what does it Six libel suits a week in our lead. Boston, this year ing newspapers. Within a month after Gen-. State valuation $280,000,000. . . “ t = 2 é z See in Weeled oat eas a his eral Scott conquered Mexico, he was charged . ormous amount is unparalleled in this couno > with purloining small thing from his soldiers. try, except in the city of N. York, which If you would go to the grave with a white repPRs . ace arly $380,000,atation. have = little to do with glory and gunms shows a valuation of nearly $580, owder as possible, 900. —neroenoeeew! er ee