April 30, 1859 (4 pages)

ania ges Lh RAR He, nna BY AVERY & WATERS. YDRAULIC PRESS. NORTH SAN JUAN, NEVADA CO, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1859. VOL.I NO. 37 THE 18 PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY ‘AVERY & WATERS. nw Bar Office on Maierirect, adjoining the Drug Store“G& PNVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. HYDRAULIC PRESS. — Wines andl Liquors, BILLIARDS, 25 CTS. AGAME! San Juan Exchange _C. SCHARDIN & CO., ry hs, $5 00; 6 Months, $3 00; 3 Months, $2 00. Harn. purchased the interest of ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the following rates: One square (ten lines) $3 00; each subsequent insertion, half price. A liberal deduction will be made to thore who advertise regularly. TOB LPSYRINTING. In connection with the Newspaper is a complete Joh Office. and an exnerionce of 20 years in the varions branches of the business, is a sufficient guarantee _ thatall work entrusted to na will be weir none. Ra NO WORK DELIVERED UNTIL PAID FOR. eee se se srase sre sesresresesrere im John Woods iv the above San Juan Exchange.and made large additions and improvements, the Saloon now compares favorably with any in the Mountains. Three Billiard Tables, In first-rate order—two of them new Marble Beds vind equal toany in the State. The wood bed is the favorite of the place. It isthe intention ofthe proprietor to use every exertion to make the Exchange the favorite resort of all seckers of healthy pleasurable exercise. THE BAR will be furnished with the very best WINES AND LIQUORS To be had in the San Francisco Market, and no pains will be spared to make everything pleasant and attrac10 Agents: The following gentlemen are authorized agents for . tive. Piromaaa “Mamtral. 2. «.6.ce cece seseeseees++--0e-Cherokee J. E. Fuller.Camptonville; Galena Hill, Young’s Hill, : sine Hill, Indian Valley and Railroad Lil. George Theall.Forest City, Alleghanytuwn, Chips’ phi ‘)° Flataud Minnessota. Mr. Drake, .. nanipiabak ieee svkansens-oank Purdy & Co...-.+John Pattison. seeseeeee SWeetland EP. Fisher... Pecesnnnee sects Sutt Fritncisco Randal & Lassiter. eereeeeeee Marysville -French Corral ~~ Gurids. H. FARQUHAR, JUSTICE OF THE . R. Peace, Bridgeport Township. Office, on Flume st., 2 doors from Mains revt, San Juan. 1 tt P. STIDGER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, e Notary Public. and Conveyancer. Office on the north side of Main street, one door west of EV. Hatfield’ s'store, oppositethe Pioneer, NORTH SANJUAN Noy. 13, 1857. 1 C. HARVEY, ATTORNEY & COUNe-sellor at Law. Office at the Union Hotel, Worth San Juan Nevada county. AH. business, appertaining to the Legal profession strictly and faithfully attended to, ae WM. F. ANDERSON, WM. 5. MARTIN. NDERSON & MARTIN,.ATTORNEYS atLaw. Office. corner of Commetcial and Pine Streets, near the Court Meuse, NEVADA QITY. 10tf SeABs MB GOMN Chg gey code os sovedoones sunny ovcese Nie podeceinds. A.© NILES. cCONNELL & NILES, ATTORNEYS & Capediors at Law. will practice in all the Courts of th@ 14th Judicial District, and in the Supreme Conrt. Orrice—Kidd’s Brick ‘Building, up stairs. 21 3m C WILSON HILL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, e Wiil attend promptly toall business confided to his *"eare in Nevada and adjoining counties. Office —In Abbott’s Building, NEVADA. tf16 MM‘. VYROOMAN, M. D., PHYSICIAN, eSurgeon, Accoucheur. Office at the San Juan Drug: Store, “Main ‘street, North San Juan; Nevuda ‘county. March 17, °59. 31 qy _—_——— OOO eesti AM. ABBEY, NEWS AGENT AND EXJ sman., Runsa Daily Express from North San Jay tot st Swéetland, Birchville and Frenth orral. California and Atlantic papers for sale. > ; J. E. FULLER, EXPRESSMAN AND.GENERAL AGENT, Runs a Daily Express from Cantptonviile to Gdena Hill, Young's Hill, Indian Hilt Indian Valley, and Railroad Hill, California Dailies and Wevklies, and Atlantic papers and riodicals delivered promptly. Agent for the p : § aulic Press. 4 7-Cvullections made. « GEORGE THEALL, Sxpressman and General Agent. Rans a Daily Express from Peorest City to Alleghanytewn, Chips’ Flat and Minnesota. MP Californiaand Atlantic Newspapers and Magazines , on handand delivered to order.-@& WH Agent fur THE HYDRAULIC PRESS. J. W. SULLIVAN’S GREAT PACIFIC EMPORIUM, AND Géneral Agency of Periodical Literature, AND SOLE AGENT FOR “THE CALIFORNIA TRUE DELTA” California: Boston Journal, Missouri Republican, Cincinnatti Commercial, N. Y¥. Courier des Etats Unis, New York Herald, Tribune and Times. . : &c., &e., &e. WASHINGTON STRET, NEXT TO THE PosT OFFICE, “ ‘ San Francisco. GUSTAVE HANSEN, JEWELLER, WATCHMAKER, BUEGBAYV BR. AS located iu this place. and opened his shop on Miih étreet. next dvor to Cheap John’s. where he will always be found, ready to give prompt at~ tention to all. business entrusted to his care.— Every kind of Jewelry manufactured, and all ‘ ninds of. Engraving. plain and Ornamental, done in the teatest style. Watches carefully repaired, and warran ed. March 29th, °59. 33tf = County Surveyor’s Office. Court House, Nevada. JOHN L. GAMBLE J. OSTROM, pnntv Surveyor, Deputy. “4g LGD persens are reby cautioned against employing other Surveyors than such as may be deputized from this office. Extrac! from the Laws of California. Crap. 20. Sec. 3—No survey or re-survey hereafter made by any person except the County Surveyor or his Deputy, shall be considered legal evidence in any court within this &tate. JOHN L. GAMBLE, 28tf County Surveyor. PAINTING. W. CURTIS respectfully informs the citij@ zeus of North San Juan and vicinity that he commenced business here as a ccccsovosecse ctevenenesee Woolsey’s Flat ; FF Pione er Saloon. SPERO ANDERSON, HAVING RETURNED from Frazer river i) and purchased the above establishment, rea@e&<pectfully informs his friends and the public aut he tutends to Kkeepa fine Wholesale and Retail Stock Wines and Liquors. Ale, Por ter, Beer. Cider. CHAMPAIGN, SYRUPS,.CORDIALS,. BITTERS, Pure California Wine, CIGARS AND TOBACCO. Tlis BAR will be supplied with the choicest kinds of the above articles, and he trusts to maintain his old _reputation as the keeper of a first-rate saloon. North San Juan, Nov 6th, 1858. 12tf Fine Old Brandieés: C. E. YeHLFRICH, Soda Water Manufacturer, ; DEALER IN FINE BRANDIES, ines, Ale, Porter &c. Brandivs, of the following brands: Old Sazetac, Otard, Jules, Robin & Co., United: Vineyards, Martelle, Champaigne, Otard, &c., &c. Philadelphia and Holland Gin; Old Tom, Santa Cruz and Jamaica Rum, Monongahela, Bourbon, Irish and Scotch Whiskey: Heidsick, Schreider and Morizette Champaizgne: Port, Sherry, Ginger, Hock. Sauterne Claret Wines. tag . Assorted Case Liquors, an! SYRUPS. His extensive stock is now complete in every department, and will be offered at the most Reasonable Prices. San Juan North, Nov. t7, 1857. {1 3m] ¢. SCHARDIN & CO., . Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 3 Wines, Liquors, Cigarsand Tobacco. Also— a general assortment of FRESH AND DRIED FRUITS, And Confectionery. SOUTH SIDE OF MA.N STREET. North San Juan, Nov. 17, 1857. {1 tf ] elleghany Saloon. BILLIARDS! BILLIARDS! — FORD & SPENC R NFORM the lovers of this noble game that they will find at their Saloon ia Alleghanytown, Two Marble Bed Billiard Tables, which are in exeéllent condition. The Bar Ts always stocked with the best Wines, Liquors’ and Cigars. The proprietors will a'so spread a Free Lunch Every Night! Alleghanytown, Oct. 23, 1858. Lumber Dealers, Lumber, Lumber? HE undersigned take this opportunity to inform the public that they have recently purchased of . French & Sawyer. their new and splendid steam sawmill, situated at Central Ranch. near San Juan. where they are now prepared tofurnish on the shortest notice Sluice and Building Lumber, and Blocks of all kinds. All Orders satisfactorily filled and promptly delivered. J. F. CLARK, J. B. JOHNSON. Central Ranch, Apri! 8th, 1858. 21tf LUMBER! LUMBER!! HE PROPRIETORS OF THE North San Juan Saw-Mill take this opportunity to inform the public that they have recently purchased the above-named property. which has been refitted at creat expense. and that they are now prepared to furnish ‘Sluice and Building Lumber, And Blocks of all kinds, on short notice. All orders satisfactorily filled and promptly delivered. Wy». I. SEARS,..Agent. itt ¢ NEW GoOoDs! AT Franchere’s Stationery Depot HE subscriber has just received from New York, Jannary Ist, 1858. NEW GOobDs! AMERICA’S NOBLEST BARD. While all the world of English readers. is The Ryilraulic Press. B. P. AVERY, EDITOR. lary of laudatory epithets in his honor, set— . ting his longer poems to the music of oratoA Comparison AND A Paropy.— F . : B ies HAE a hie ad In one A trios or chanting his smaller ones as parlor rowning's fine ramatic Ivric ‘ . : = pee es gs Fe songs—but little is said of our country’s nofollowing nervous lines, alluding to the loyal blest poet, Wittaw Cuntex Bryant, who is ? cavaliers of Charles First: s of Charles First really unknown, except by name, to many “Marching along. fifty score strong. « . * Greathearted gen'lemen siuging this song.” who go into ecstacies over a more popular They are funnily parodied by Meagher, of the . bard. Yet of all American poets Bryant is the one whose works will hereafter be read Trish News, in the course of an article upon American and English journalism. He says: . With the most unqualified delight and great“But we take the journals of the British . est frequency. Appreciation of Ais muse is a thing of gradual but sure growth. Every Isles—the best in ‘the world known to the ancients’—a v r : nd we find them slow and sleepy perusal of his finest poems leaves upon the mind a deeper impression of love and admicompared with our spry and racy journals of ration. Like thecharms of nature, which he the great Westward-Hoe school. Tearing along, ten thousand strong, Fast-minded editors working ding-dong.” best describes—the green fields, the honeyBy the way, it is well to remark that breathing flowers, the waving trees, the winds people who do not read the editorials of . that move them gently or in storm, “Old Thomas Francis Meagher miss a fund of pe. Ocean, with its gray and melancholy waste,” culiar entertainment. He isas eloquent as . the rock-ribbed mountains, and the sunny John Mitchell but free from that gentleman's . 2ir of day or starry vault of night—like all hateful eccentricities. these, the works of our bard never palt upon F the sense, and for the same reason, but meet with a steady accession ofregard. His mind is so thoroughly transfused by a love of na: : ture, in all her infinite forms, and he steam is the motor-of.the machine. It works . . .’ : :: ) faithfully, beautifully: expresses this sention the princple of atmospheric pressure, the . ere f , : : : . ment, that his influence upon his readers is cotton being sucked, as it were, from the ‘ : like that of the common mother u imbolls into tubes from which the air has been . ba pon him exhausted. Perhaps labor-saving machinery ome ; ; ba eo But his characteristics ar limite¢ is destined to effect a peaceable solution of are’ not limited'to : sweetness and the ability to truthfully reflect the problem that has solong distracted ourelse . ; : ; : : SEKU ; : the more placid charms which invest the harmonious nation. j j ; : earth we liveon. For the expression of its Another curious invention is termed a . P ‘ 3 . . grandest features and influences he has an pedometer, an instrument which the pedestriaulequinte’ dapadity. tind cali give Mtwttera ‘ ; d ; rance an can attach to the heel of his boot, like a Pe i : : : . to the sublime, whether arising from the vospur, (for which purpose it can be also used,) litions of his lofty mind or inspired by ex and by means:of which he can measure the a he distance he trayels. It consists of two small a wheels, toothed’ something like a spur, connected with aspring which so regulates their motion that they can only make a revolution after a given humber of steps, one wheel keeping a register; so that the traveler has; ‘nly to multiply the length of a step by the whole number to get the exact distance he has traversed. Late Iyventions.—The most. noticeable invention we have seen mentioned lately is one for picking ¢otton by stcam—that is, While Longfellow possesses no great, imaginative originality, Bryant may claim that quality as his pectiliar excellence. In proof of this may be specially mentioned his “Forest Hymn,” “The Evening Wind,” “Thanatopsis,” “The Prairie,” “Earth,” and “The Antiquity of Freedom.” Who can be insensible to the grand imagination which sounds through the following lines like the ocean they describe ? Beg The new Registration law, we are glad to see, is much more efficient than the oneit amends. It. is now made the imperative duty of some one to see that all the births, marriages, divorces and deaths are recorded, and neglect of said duty is punishable by fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, for each instance. Every person performing the ceremony of marriage, attending to funerals, or receiving application for divorce,. is authorized to collect a registration fee of two dollars, half of which is paid to the County Recorder who files a record of each birth, marriage, divorce and death, transmitting duplicates of the same . to the State Registrar, who is required to . profound impression of monotonous vastness make full annual reports. Compliance with ajone, while the lines of Bryant combine the the law is thus pretty well secured. idea of immense extent with the sentiment of exquisite beauty. As we read about these “eardens of the Desert,’ these “unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful,” our heart swells, like the poet's, and ‘the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo! they stretch In airy undulations far away, As if the oceun, in his gentlest Pwell, . Stood still, with all his rounded biilows fixed, And motionless forever. Motiotiless?— No—they areall unchained.again The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and. beneath, . “A midnight black with clouds is in the sky; I seem to feel, upon my limbs. the weight Of its vast brooding shadow. All in vain Turns the tired eye in search: of fourm; no star Pierces the pitchy veil; no ruddy biaze, From dwelling lighted by the cheerful hearth, Tinges the flowering summitsof the grass. Nv sonnd of life is heard, no viilage hum. Nor measured tramp of footstep in the path, Nor rash of wing, while. on the breast of Earth, 1 lie and liste to her mighty voice: A voice of many tones—sent up from streams That wander through the gloom, from woods unseen, Swayed by the sweeping of the tides of air, From roeiy chasms where duril.ness dwetls all day, And hollows of the great invisible hills, And sands that edye the ocean, stretching far : Into the night—a melancholy sound.” Where else can be found such a picture of . the prairies as is given in the poem of that ;name? There is nothing like it, except in Cooper’s novel, which creates m the mind a A Comic AspecT.—While Lola Montez was lecturing in England, lately, on the “Comic Aspects of Fashion,” some person, who was “no ordinary individual” and so could not be expelled by the police, insulted her by some undescribed gesture or grimace. She reproached the “fashionable” man for what, perhaps, was'a “comic aspect,” aad Was sy The surface rolls and fluctuates to the eye; plauded by her audience. Lola has often! Duré hollows seem tog ide along and chase igh . * . Tesunny ridyes.* ridiculed and slandered Americans since her . While Bryant is thus gifted with the lofti-. return to Europe, but on the occurrence of . : ath ‘ ae am . est imagination, he yet speaks the familiar the aboveincidentshe must haveremembered . English that we all love and understand.— . that no American, whether an ordinary or an . There are no foreign subtleties in his proextraordinary individual, ever insulted her . ductious ; no obscure phrases borrowed from . thus openly and wantonly. German mysticism, or Kantean metaphysics, or Indian mythology ; but home ideas, clad . in “household words,” pictures of the land; in which we live, and thoughts inspired by . our own free clime, yet cosmopolitan and! worthy to go with the world’s stock of im-' Locauity or Heaven.—The Pacific Methodist published a paragraph misrepresenting Swedenborg’s notions on the sacred and imPHILOSOPHICAL OBSERVATIONS. . Schnigle Fritz is a philosopher in his way, vations: He has observed that when a man praiscs one woman to another he is met by a look of singular inexpressiveness, and chilled by the most-obstinate silence; unless, indeed, as is sometimes the case, the fair creature may say with a toss of the head—“Well, some people may think so, but 7 don’t! I'm sure Jnever could see anythiug to admire about her.” He thinks the style of garment worn by a people has a great influence upon its character and history; that there is an intimate . connection between plug-hats and civilize~ . tion—between crinoline and refinement.— The advent of hoops may prove the opening of anewera. There is nothing so revolutionary as costume. Substitute the petticoat, with or without crinoline or hoops, for the nankeen trowsers of the daughters of the Flowery Kingdom, and transform every cu-rious “John” into a plug-hatted animal. and the civilization of China would be an easy task. The nations that wear hats cannot be made slaves,nor can'the women who wear crinoline ever be degraded. Show him a people that ignores the eleg:nt castor, and he will prove to you its inferiority. The slouch hat worn by Californians is a descent in one degree from the lofty standard of the beaver—termed by the vulgar, stove-pips— and hence we observe a corresponding declension in the moral scale. California will never be truly virtuous until all her citizens doff the slonchandassumethe hat. IfSpain had not so obstinately insisted upon retaining the slouch, she might be the mistress of America and the greatest nation on earth at this date. Liebig considers that the amount of nitric acid used in any country is a fair test of the progress it has made in the useful arts.— Schnigle Fritz considers that the number of tin signs to be found along the streets of a town is a fair test of how far it has progressed on the way to metropolitan eminence. Tin signs are the public indications of the presence of professional men and artisans, and where these classes are most plentiful is where the great metropelitan centers develop. “Tin,” also, is often the criterion of an individual’s standing. He must have plenty of this metaliferous ballast aboard if he wants to sail easily over the ocean of life. Our eccentric friend waxes indignant over the fact that there are so many husbands in California without their wives. He thinks it is the meanest selfishness to leave a good wife pining in loneliness for six or eight years—suffering all the pangs of hope deferred und the anxieties born of love in ab} sence. He farther holds it to be criminal for one human being to expose another directly to temptation. Now in leaving a wife for years, what does a hu:band but expose her . to tte most dangerous temptation ever known . ee i ttt tent tat nnn essen { . Our friend has nota light opinion of the female character; there is nothing in the world he so respects and admires ; but he knows the strength of a! universal passion and the weakness of our! moral nature when exposed to it. Our ine . stincts areour greatest tempters; because the . voice of nature and reason plead in their . behalf, aud the offense that drives an absent husband wild, physiology palliates if it cannot make it venial. The husband in leaving . a wife abandons her to the most dangerous in a woman's life? influences: if she falls, he may curse himself; if she remains faithful, he should “give God thanks and make no boast of it.” He does not think our common human nature is degraded by such an admission as the above. Curiosities and Wonders. The California papers are noted, amongst praising Longfellow—exhausting its vocabu. and has made the following profound obser. other peculiarities, forthe frequent discovery of curious and wondrous things. Here are three of the latest: The Red Bluff Beacon is informed by a gentleman that he was an eye witness to the finding of the petrified head and shoulders of a panther, in Tehama county.A correspondent of the Golden Era writes from Knight’s Ferry, that, in opening a hydraulic claim near that place, recently, human bones were found embedded jive feet in the solid rock. He says that he has a fragment of the tibia, or shin bone, perfectly petrified. The ledge from which the bones are said to have been taken is represented as very hard. The Zra calls this “A nut for Geologists” ; perhaps if it will produce that tibia the nut can be cracked. A Nimrod in Butte county reports to the Record that he has discovered the entrance to what may be a magnificent cave under Table Mountain. Being unprovided with lights, he only ventured a short way in, but described that portion of the cave through which he passed as being considerably higher than a man’s head, with numerous pillars which support the roof. The Record hints splendid possibilities about lofty chambers, golden crystals, brilliant. stalactites, vaulted arches, golden nuggets and precious stones. Tue Nicaragua Canat.—According to translations from the Paris journals, Mr. Felix Belly, accompanied by a numerous corps of scientific and business men and workers, and provided with an abundant supply of tools and instruments of every description, has actually sailed far Nicaragua to take pos session of the inter occanic canal route lates ly ceded to the company for which he has been laboring. He is to establish immediately a way of transit over the Isthmus, for the purpose of connecting, by way of Nicaragua, the lines of steamers now being organized for the service of the two oceans.— On the 27th of March the route was to have been officially taken possession of, at Rivas, at which time and place, also, the corner stone of the canal was to have been laid and the work commenced. It seems almost incredible that this magnificent scheme is really about to be realized, or at least earnestly begun, and that too by a foreign power—for the opiniou is unani< mous that Mons. Belly is acting in the matter as the secret agent of the French Government. Are we to have a French colonization scheme ripen into successful accoms plishment in Centr®l America, after all our gasconading adverse to such an event? War! Wan:—the trightful spectre of & coming war casts its awful shadow over Europe at the present time, and while the nations are strengthening themselves for defensive or offensive operations, and a few low-lying patriots hereand there are meditating how the inevitable conflict can be tarned to the advantage of the people, the press is coolly calculating what is the relative military foree of the governments likely to be involved. Itis estimated that the different European nations could bring into the ficld, in case of a general war, an aggregate array of 4,962,066 soldiers and 263,222 sailors. The Russian army alone numbers 1,057,600 men, muking it the largest in Europe; while Great Britain has by far the largest navy. It is not difficult to imagine a much better — use for all these millions of human beings than immolation on the bloody altar of war; we could readily picture more noble triumphs : than any they are likely to accomplish for the race. Yet let us hope that if war must come again to the mother continent, a fuller portant subject of the locality of heaven. The San Jose 7ribune calls attention to the error; and the Methodist, in correcting, hopes that the editor of the Tribune will “get to that . good place, and know where it is from blessed . experience.” quoted, getting to heaven is the one thing only that editors cannot accomplish. Tue California Farmer declares, tor the second time in five years, that cigars cost more . than breadstuffs, and that the consumption ' of them in this State, at the retail price paid, involves an expense of twelve millions of dollars annually. If the amount spent for tobacco in all its forms could be known, the . above sum would seem quite inconsiderable. Rather doubful if he ever knows, for, according-to a lady whom we . mortal sayings—for these have a universal . intelligibility, though couched in various . tongues. Everywhere on earth, where rises an aspiration for liberty, will his noble con/ception of Freedom be appreciated. How , original and statue-like it stands before the mind—a palpable presence !— “Oh Freedom! thou art not. as poets dream, A fair young girl. with light and delicate iimbs, And wavy tresses gushing from the cap i With which the Koman master crowned his slave . When he took off the gyves. A bearded man, Armed t+ the teeth, art theu; one niviled hand Grasps the broad shield, and oue the sword. thy brow Glorious in beauty though it be. is scarred With tokens of old wars; thy masssve limbs Are strong with struggling ” But we must close. Ourspace is not equal ; to the requirements of the theme, and these . remarks have already extended beyond the original motive which prompted them, which was merely a desire to offer the humble tri. bute of one who feels grateful for much deilight. In our opinion Bryant, among all direct, a ch.ice stock ‘of Varieties in his line of business Amongst other things he hasa tot of The Farmer would be reconciled to the evil . cotemporary poets, is destined to leave the of tobacco-using, if all the weed we consume . most enduring impression upon the national As every evil we behold is the natural result of violating some law, so every evil is a benefit, properly considered: the effect . should teach us to avoid the cause. Were . recognition of popular rights and humen equality may grow from the sodden fields, and that freedom may somewhere, amidst the remodelling of nationalities, find a spot aU wee philosophers pnough — — where she can erect her standard and estabwould be but little misery in the world, but _ lish herself in security: few old maids and bachelors, and fewer grass . * widows. Tur leading English journals, and some of REET REPO EE en eee views, have done the fullest honor to Tue latest advertising ruse is described by . the reviews, have z lis the N. Y. correspondent of the Alfa. The. the genius.and_ memory of Prescott. s hi is olitiGothamites were startled one day by the firsuch geen ae and wae Si pct! us ing of one hundred guns in the Park, and ‘8S; Who make our couulry Mmous ' did n't know what'to make of tt’ @ repore SPected-. It is enid of Dickens that he asked circulated that intelligence had just been of the person = hey? pgs ts received at Washington to the effect that America, where Bryant lived, Spain had resolved to sell Cuba to Mr. Bube landed. CRENEN oh Sis SO a . Frox THE Cororano.—We learn from the the firing was, that a Nassau street publishgay Francisco Alta’s Colorado correspondent ing house had just issued’ a new book, and that the Colorado expedition under Col. HoffHouse and Sign Painter. a@-Carriage Painting and Varnishing done in the best style. Also, ~ Graiming and Marbling ! ~o® »*Glesing and Paper Hanging. © Shep 6n ‘Main pase ——_ the Soda Factory. April 16,59. NEW REET. 42 WTP Miiss sxsrwocengocd by a. PECK & COLEY, "Boot, Pork, Mutton &c. Morb Sen Jaan, CBA S ghee TOR HIE subscribershave opened a New Market in Rodgers’ Pocket Cutlery, Dirks, Rodgers’ Scissors, Revolvers. Silver Teaspoons and Thimbles. Fancy Pipes; Genuine Havana Cigars, bich he will warrants such. >a handsome collection of Girt Books, : Valentines! Valentines!! Valentines!!! _Of every variety. from the broadly comic to the deeptv sentimental, from the side-splitting to the heart bursting. a ge .»», Adfine assortment of French Tinted Studios. -: %h, The public are invited to call at the Post-Nffice Building and examine fcr themeelves. 24tf yon eels mm , @ met could only be'raised in Californias. Our agmind, and to do much towards developing : ‘ ‘ .,. . amongst our too sordid countrymen a rericultural cotemporaryis peculiarly patriotic. deeming love of the beautiful. ‘The melodiwebwllt wai ' «9 . ous sighings of Longfellow’s muse, which anaes Sa ae Se Be sn . give beautiful. expression to thoughts and proverbially, that hell was paved with good feelings not otherwise remarkable, may linintentions; but an eastern’ parson has dis. ger pleasantly in the memory and soothe the ee SRS covered this to be a mistake, and anhounces vexed soul with their dreamy charm; but . that “hell is paved with the skulls of bad . when we Want inspiration. and incitement, priests,” for which profane remark he incur. the bolder strains of Bryant will alone satred the displeasure of Archbishop Hughes. . isfy us. Longfellow may be the Eolian harp, (. delicignsls, sest soe? tuous, but Bryant Tae word Arizona is derived from the . is the toned organ, which not < «Becton Aztec, and means silver-bearing. Appropri. but thrills: He is’ heh ys as elegant, finished, ate enough, for the silvet mines of that won. and ‘musigAl ‘as’ w, but gifted bederful territory seem likely to rival in value . sides, with vigor, originality anda transcenthe auriferous quartz of California. « }dant imagimatio@e © ne oh ant i took that astonishing way of announcing . the fact to the public. Tur Lady correspondent of the S. F. Times, ! who writes:very spicy strong-minded letters ' from New York, says: cieaeenes Bulwer’s wife is about to publish another ' one of her fiovels, in which her husband will figure as chief demon. . He does mot pay _ what she proposed he should, so she will not suppress what must be highly offensive man arrived at the Monument Mountaitts; one hundred and twenty miles north of Fort Yuma, on the 10th.mst. The expedition is represented to be progressing rapidly, and in five or six days more would probably reach? the heart of the Mojave country, where the ‘Indians are said to be prepared to meet them. The country is represented to be very barren; but one grasshopper had been seen; lizards and snakes very. scarce; scorpions plentier; the feathery kingdom reduced down to a croaking raven; no grass except in spots, and to him: Husbands have a right, I suppose, then very little and poor in quality. 'The to call their wives insane, when they do not river banks are marked by a few cottonwoods adore them. , But if Bulwer’s notions were 'and small willows; the valleys filled with . asylums, crowded with women. carried out, the world would be full of pias Not a very desirable seurbheny aye et 5 gig allan) copheteuatien 8 leet ee ee renee 4 eine Se er hee Wes er ums ER Nok

ania ges Lh RAR He, nna BY AVERY & WATERS. YDRAULIC PRESS. NORTH SAN JUAN, NEVADA CO, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1859. VOL.I NO. 37 THE 18 PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY ‘AVERY & WATERS. nw Bar Office on Maierirect, adjoining the Drug Store“G& PNVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. HYDRAULIC PRESS. — Wines andl Liquors, BILLIARDS, 25 CTS. AGAME! San Juan Exchange _C. SCHARDIN & CO., ry hs, $5 00; 6 Months, $3 00; 3 Months, $2 00. Harn. purchased the interest of ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the following rates: One square (ten lines) $3 00; each subsequent insertion, half price. A liberal deduction will be made to thore who advertise regularly. TOB LPSYRINTING. In connection with the Newspaper is a complete Joh Office. and an exnerionce of 20 years in the varions branches of the business, is a sufficient guarantee _ thatall work entrusted to na will be weir none. Ra NO WORK DELIVERED UNTIL PAID FOR. eee se se srase sre sesresresesrere im John Woods iv the above San Juan Exchange.and made large additions and improvements, the Saloon now compares favorably with any in the Mountains. Three Billiard Tables, In first-rate order—two of them new Marble Beds vind equal toany in the State. The wood bed is the favorite of the place. It isthe intention ofthe proprietor to use every exertion to make the Exchange the favorite resort of all seckers of healthy pleasurable exercise. THE BAR will be furnished with the very best WINES AND LIQUORS To be had in the San Francisco Market, and no pains will be spared to make everything pleasant and attrac10 Agents: The following gentlemen are authorized agents for . tive. Piromaaa “Mamtral. 2. «..6..ce cece seseeseees++--0e-Cherokee J. E. Fuller..Camptonville; Galena Hill, Young’s Hill, : sine Hill, Indian Valley and Railroad Lil. George Theall..Forest City, Alleghanytuwn, Chips’ phi ‘)° Flataud Minnessota. Mr. Drake, .... nanipiabak ieee svkansens-oank Purdy & Co.....-.+John Pattison. seeseeeee SWeetland EP. Fisher..... Pecesnnnee sects Sutt Fritncisco Randal & Lassiter.. eereeeeeee Marysville -French Corral ~~ Gurids. H. FARQUHAR, JUSTICE OF THE . R. Peace, Bridgeport Township. Office, on Flume st., 2 doors from Mains revt, San Juan. 1 tt P. STIDGER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, e Notary Public. and Conveyancer. Office on the north side of Main street, one door west of EV. Hatfield’ s'store, oppositethe Pioneer, NORTH SANJUAN Noy. 13, 1857. 1 C. HARVEY, ATTORNEY & COUNe-sellor at Law. Office at the Union Hotel, Worth San Juan Nevada county. AH. business, appertaining to the Legal profession strictly and faithfully attended to, ae WM. F. ANDERSON, WM. 5. MARTIN. NDERSON & MARTIN,.ATTORNEYS atLaw. Office. corner of Commetcial and Pine Streets, near the Court Meuse, NEVADA QITY. 10tf SeABs MB GOMN Chg gey code os sovedoones sunny ovcese Nie podeceinds. A.© NILES. cCONNELL & NILES, ATTORNEYS & Capediors at Law. will practice in all the Courts of th@ 14th Judicial District, and in the Supreme Conrt. Orrice—Kidd’s Brick ‘Building, up stairs. 21 3m C WILSON HILL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, e Wiil attend promptly toall business confided to his *"eare in Nevada and adjoining counties. Office —In Abbott’s Building, NEVADA. tf16 MM‘. VYROOMAN, M. D., PHYSICIAN, eSurgeon, Accoucheur. Office at the San Juan Drug: Store, “Main ‘street, North San Juan; Nevuda ‘county. March 17, °59. 31 qy _—_——— OOO eesti AM. ABBEY, NEWS AGENT AND EXJ sman., Runsa Daily Express from North San Jay tot st Swéetland, Birchville and Frenth orral. California and Atlantic papers for sale. > ; J. E. FULLER, EXPRESSMAN AND.GENERAL AGENT, Runs a Daily Express from Cantptonviile to Gdena Hill, Young's Hill, Indian Hilt Indian Valley, and Railroad Hill, California Dailies and Wevklies, and Atlantic papers and riodicals delivered promptly. Agent for the p : § aulic Press. 4 7-Cvullections made. « GEORGE THEALL, Sxpressman and General Agent. Rans a Daily Express from Peorest City to Alleghanytewn, Chips’ Flat and Minnesota. MP Californiaand Atlantic Newspapers and Magazines , on handand delivered to order.-@& WH Agent fur THE HYDRAULIC PRESS. J. W. SULLIVAN’S GREAT PACIFIC EMPORIUM, AND Géneral Agency of Periodical Literature, AND SOLE AGENT FOR “THE CALIFORNIA TRUE DELTA” California: Boston Journal, Missouri Republican, Cincinnatti Commercial, N. Y¥. Courier des Etats Unis, New York Herald, Tribune and Times. . : &c., &e., &e. WASHINGTON STRET, NEXT TO THE PosT OFFICE, “ ‘ San Francisco. GUSTAVE HANSEN, JEWELLER, WATCHMAKER, BUEGBAYV BR. AS located iu this place. and opened his shop on Miih étreet. next dvor to Cheap John’s. where he will always be found, ready to give prompt at~ tention to all. business entrusted to his care.— Every kind of Jewelry manufactured, and all ‘ ninds of. Engraving. plain and Ornamental, done in the teatest style. Watches carefully repaired, and warran ed. March 29th, °59. 33tf = County Surveyor’s Office. Court House, Nevada. JOHN L. GAMBLE J. OSTROM, pnntv Surveyor, Deputy. “4g LGD persens are reby cautioned against employing other Surveyors than such as may be deputized from this office. Extrac! from the Laws of California. Crap. 20. Sec. 3—No survey or re-survey hereafter made by any person except the County Surveyor or his Deputy, shall be considered legal evidence in any court within this &tate. JOHN L. GAMBLE, 28tf County Surveyor. PAINTING. W. CURTIS respectfully informs the citij@ zeus of North San Juan and vicinity that he commenced business here as a ccccsovosecse ctevenenesee Woolsey’s Flat ; FF Pione er Saloon. SPERO ANDERSON, HAVING RETURNED from Frazer river i) and purchased the above establishment, rea@e&<pectfully informs his friends and the public aut he tutends to Kkeepa fine Wholesale and Retail Stock Wines and Liquors. Ale, Por ter, Beer. Cider. CHAMPAIGN, SYRUPS,.CORDIALS,. BITTERS, Pure California Wine, CIGARS AND TOBACCO. Tlis BAR will be supplied with the choicest kinds of the above articles, and he trusts to maintain his old _reputation as the keeper of a first-rate saloon. North San Juan, Nov 6th, 1858. 12tf Fine Old Brandieés: C. E. YeHLFRICH, Soda Water Manufacturer, ; DEALER IN FINE BRANDIES, ines, Ale, Porter &c. Brandivs, of the following brands: Old Sazetac, Otard, Jules, Robin & Co., United: Vineyards, Martelle, Champaigne, Otard, &c., &c. Philadelphia and Holland Gin; Old Tom, Santa Cruz and Jamaica Rum, Monongahela, Bourbon, Irish and Scotch Whiskey: Heidsick, Schreider and Morizette Champaizgne: Port, Sherry, Ginger, Hock. Sauterne Claret Wines. tag . Assorted Case Liquors, an! SYRUPS. His extensive stock is now complete in every department, and will be offered at the most Reasonable Prices. San Juan North, Nov. t7, 1857. {1 3m] ¢. SCHARDIN & CO., . Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 3 Wines, Liquors, Cigarsand Tobacco. Also— a general assortment of FRESH AND DRIED FRUITS, And Confectionery. SOUTH SIDE OF MA.N STREET. North San Juan, Nov. 17, 1857. {1 tf ] elleghany Saloon. BILLIARDS! BILLIARDS! — FORD & SPENC R NFORM the lovers of this noble game that they will find at their Saloon ia Alleghanytown, Two Marble Bed Billiard Tables, which are in exeéllent condition. The Bar Ts always stocked with the best Wines, Liquors’ and Cigars. The proprietors will a'so spread a Free Lunch Every Night! Alleghanytown, Oct. 23, 1858. Lumber Dealers, Lumber, Lumber? HE undersigned take this opportunity to inform the public that they have recently purchased of . French & Sawyer. their new and splendid steam sawmill, situated at Central Ranch. near San Juan. where they are now prepared tofurnish on the shortest notice Sluice and Building Lumber, and Blocks of all kinds. All Orders satisfactorily filled and promptly delivered. J. F. CLARK, J. B. JOHNSON. Central Ranch, Apri! 8th, 1858. 21tf LUMBER! LUMBER!! HE PROPRIETORS OF THE North San Juan Saw-Mill take this opportunity to inform the public that they have recently purchased the above-named property. which has been refitted at creat expense. and that they are now prepared to furnish ‘Sluice and Building Lumber, And Blocks of all kinds, on short notice. All orders satisfactorily filled and promptly delivered. Wy». I. SEARS,...Agent. itt ¢ NEW GoOoDs! AT Franchere’s Stationery Depot HE subscriber has just received from New York, Jannary Ist, 1858. NEW GOobDs! AMERICA’S NOBLEST BARD. While all the world of English readers. is The Ryilraulic Press. B. P. AVERY, EDITOR. lary of laudatory epithets in his honor, set— . ting his longer poems to the music of oratoA Comparison AND A Paropy.— F . : B ies HAE a hie ad In one A trios or chanting his smaller ones as parlor rowning's fine ramatic Ivric ‘ . : = pee es gs Fe songs—but little is said of our country’s nofollowing nervous lines, alluding to the loyal blest poet, Wittaw Cuntex Bryant, who is ? cavaliers of Charles First: s of Charles First really unknown, except by name, to many “Marching along. fifty score strong. « . * Greathearted gen'lemen siuging this song.” who go into ecstacies over a more popular They are funnily parodied by Meagher, of the . bard. Yet of all American poets Bryant is the one whose works will hereafter be read Trish News, in the course of an article upon American and English journalism. He says: . With the most unqualified delight and great“But we take the journals of the British . est frequency. Appreciation of Ais muse is a thing of gradual but sure growth. Every Isles—the best in ‘the world known to the ancients’—a v r : nd we find them slow and sleepy perusal of his finest poems leaves upon the mind a deeper impression of love and admicompared with our spry and racy journals of ration. Like thecharms of nature, which he the great Westward-Hoe school. Tearing along, ten thousand strong, Fast-minded editors working ding-dong.” best describes—the green fields, the honeyBy the way, it is well to remark that breathing flowers, the waving trees, the winds people who do not read the editorials of . that move them gently or in storm, “Old Thomas Francis Meagher miss a fund of pe. Ocean, with its gray and melancholy waste,” culiar entertainment. He isas eloquent as . the rock-ribbed mountains, and the sunny John Mitchell but free from that gentleman's . 2ir of day or starry vault of night—like all hateful eccentricities. these, the works of our bard never palt upon F the sense, and for the same reason, but meet with a steady accession ofregard. His mind is so thoroughly transfused by a love of na: : ture, in all her infinite forms, and he steam is the motor-of.the machine. It works . . ..’ : :: ) faithfully, beautifully: expresses this sention the princple of atmospheric pressure, the . ere f , : : : . ment, that his influence upon his readers is cotton being sucked, as it were, from the ‘ : like that of the common mother u imbolls into tubes from which the air has been . ba pon him exhausted. Perhaps labor-saving machinery ome ; ; ba eo But his characteristics ar limite¢ is destined to effect a peaceable solution of are’ not limited'to : sweetness and the ability to truthfully reflect the problem that has solong distracted ourelse . ; : ; : : SEKU ; : the more placid charms which invest the harmonious nation. j j ; : earth we liveon. For the expression of its Another curious invention is termed a . P ‘ 3 . . grandest features and influences he has an pedometer, an instrument which the pedestriaulequinte’ dapadity. tind cali give Mtwttera ‘ ; d ; rance an can attach to the heel of his boot, like a Pe i : : : . to the sublime, whether arising from the vospur, (for which purpose it can be also used,) litions of his lofty mind or inspired by ex and by means:of which he can measure the a he distance he trayels. It consists of two small a wheels, toothed’ something like a spur, connected with aspring which so regulates their motion that they can only make a revolution after a given humber of steps, one wheel keeping a register; so that the traveler has; ‘nly to multiply the length of a step by the whole number to get the exact distance he has traversed. Late Iyventions.—The most. noticeable invention we have seen mentioned lately is one for picking ¢otton by stcam—that is, While Longfellow possesses no great, imaginative originality, Bryant may claim that quality as his pectiliar excellence. In proof of this may be specially mentioned his “Forest Hymn,” “The Evening Wind,” “Thanatopsis,” “The Prairie,” “Earth,” and “The Antiquity of Freedom.” Who can be insensible to the grand imagination which sounds through the following lines like the ocean they describe ? Beg The new Registration law, we are glad to see, is much more efficient than the oneit amends. It. is now made the imperative duty of some one to see that all the births, marriages, divorces and deaths are recorded, and neglect of said duty is punishable by fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, for each instance. Every person performing the ceremony of marriage, attending to funerals, or receiving application for divorce,. is authorized to collect a registration fee of two dollars, half of which is paid to the County Recorder who files a record of each birth, marriage, divorce and death, transmitting duplicates of the same . to the State Registrar, who is required to . profound impression of monotonous vastness make full annual reports. Compliance with ajone, while the lines of Bryant combine the the law is thus pretty well secured. idea of immense extent with the sentiment of exquisite beauty. As we read about these “eardens of the Desert,’ these “unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful,” our heart swells, like the poet's, and ‘the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness. Lo! they stretch In airy undulations far away, As if the oceun, in his gentlest Pwell, . Stood still, with all his rounded biilows fixed, And motionless forever. Motiotiless?— No—they areall unchained.again The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and. beneath, . “A midnight black with clouds is in the sky;

I seem to feel, upon my limbs. the weight Of its vast brooding shadow. All in vain Turns the tired eye in search: of fourm; no star Pierces the pitchy veil; no ruddy biaze, From dwelling lighted by the cheerful hearth, Tinges the flowering summitsof the grass. Nv sonnd of life is heard, no viilage hum. Nor measured tramp of footstep in the path, Nor rash of wing, while. on the breast of Earth, 1 lie and liste to her mighty voice: A voice of many tones—sent up from streams That wander through the gloom, from woods unseen, Swayed by the sweeping of the tides of air, From roeiy chasms where duril.ness dwetls all day, And hollows of the great invisible hills, And sands that edye the ocean, stretching far : Into the night—a melancholy sound.” Where else can be found such a picture of . the prairies as is given in the poem of that ;name? There is nothing like it, except in Cooper’s novel, which creates m the mind a A Comic AspecT.—While Lola Montez was lecturing in England, lately, on the “Comic Aspects of Fashion,” some person, who was “no ordinary individual” and so could not be expelled by the police, insulted her by some undescribed gesture or grimace. She reproached the “fashionable” man for what, perhaps, was'a “comic aspect,” aad Was sy The surface rolls and fluctuates to the eye; plauded by her audience. Lola has often! Duré hollows seem tog ide along and chase igh . * . Tesunny ridyes.* ridiculed and slandered Americans since her . While Bryant is thus gifted with the lofti-. return to Europe, but on the occurrence of . : ath ‘ ae am . est imagination, he yet speaks the familiar the aboveincidentshe must haveremembered . English that we all love and understand.— . that no American, whether an ordinary or an . There are no foreign subtleties in his proextraordinary individual, ever insulted her . ductious ; no obscure phrases borrowed from . thus openly and wantonly. German mysticism, or Kantean metaphysics, or Indian mythology ; but home ideas, clad . in “household words,” pictures of the land; in which we live, and thoughts inspired by . our own free clime, yet cosmopolitan and! worthy to go with the world’s stock of im-' Locauity or Heaven.—The Pacific Methodist published a paragraph misrepresenting Swedenborg’s notions on the sacred and imPHILOSOPHICAL OBSERVATIONS. . Schnigle Fritz is a philosopher in his way, vations: He has observed that when a man praiscs one woman to another he is met by a look of singular inexpressiveness, and chilled by the most-obstinate silence; unless, indeed, as is sometimes the case, the fair creature may say with a toss of the head—“Well, some people may think so, but 7 don’t! I'm sure Jnever could see anythiug to admire about her.” He thinks the style of garment worn by a people has a great influence upon its character and history; that there is an intimate . connection between plug-hats and civilize~ . tion—between crinoline and refinement.— The advent of hoops may prove the opening of anewera. There is nothing so revolutionary as costume. Substitute the petticoat, with or without crinoline or hoops, for the nankeen trowsers of the daughters of the Flowery Kingdom, and transform every cu-rious “John” into a plug-hatted animal. and the civilization of China would be an easy task. The nations that wear hats cannot be made slaves,nor can'the women who wear crinoline ever be degraded. Show him a people that ignores the eleg:nt castor, and he will prove to you its inferiority. The slouch hat worn by Californians is a descent in one degree from the lofty standard of the beaver—termed by the vulgar, stove-pips— and hence we observe a corresponding declension in the moral scale. California will never be truly virtuous until all her citizens doff the slonchandassumethe hat. IfSpain had not so obstinately insisted upon retaining the slouch, she might be the mistress of America and the greatest nation on earth at this date. Liebig considers that the amount of nitric acid used in any country is a fair test of the progress it has made in the useful arts.— Schnigle Fritz considers that the number of tin signs to be found along the streets of a town is a fair test of how far it has progressed on the way to metropolitan eminence. Tin signs are the public indications of the presence of professional men and artisans, and where these classes are most plentiful is where the great metropelitan centers develop. “Tin,” also, is often the criterion of an individual’s standing. He must have plenty of this metaliferous ballast aboard if he wants to sail easily over the ocean of life. Our eccentric friend waxes indignant over the fact that there are so many husbands in California without their wives. He thinks it is the meanest selfishness to leave a good wife pining in loneliness for six or eight years—suffering all the pangs of hope deferred und the anxieties born of love in ab} sence. He farther holds it to be criminal for one human being to expose another directly to temptation. Now in leaving a wife for years, what does a hu:band but expose her . to tte most dangerous temptation ever known . ee i ttt tent tat nnn essen { . Our friend has nota light opinion of the female character; there is nothing in the world he so respects and admires ; but he knows the strength of a! universal passion and the weakness of our! moral nature when exposed to it. Our ine . stincts areour greatest tempters; because the . voice of nature and reason plead in their . behalf, aud the offense that drives an absent husband wild, physiology palliates if it cannot make it venial. The husband in leaving . a wife abandons her to the most dangerous in a woman's life? influences: if she falls, he may curse himself; if she remains faithful, he should “give God thanks and make no boast of it.” He does not think our common human nature is degraded by such an admission as the above. Curiosities and Wonders. The California papers are noted, amongst praising Longfellow—exhausting its vocabu. and has made the following profound obser. other peculiarities, forthe frequent discovery of curious and wondrous things. Here are three of the latest: The Red Bluff Beacon is informed by a gentleman that he was an eye witness to the finding of the petrified head and shoulders of a panther, in Tehama county.A correspondent of the Golden Era writes from Knight’s Ferry, that, in opening a hydraulic claim near that place, recently, human bones were found embedded jive feet in the solid rock. He says that he has a fragment of the tibia, or shin bone, perfectly petrified. The ledge from which the bones are said to have been taken is represented as very hard. The Zra calls this “A nut for Geologists” ; perhaps if it will produce that tibia the nut can be cracked. A Nimrod in Butte county reports to the Record that he has discovered the entrance to what may be a magnificent cave under Table Mountain. Being unprovided with lights, he only ventured a short way in, but described that portion of the cave through which he passed as being considerably higher than a man’s head, with numerous pillars which support the roof. The Record hints splendid possibilities about lofty chambers, golden crystals, brilliant. stalactites, vaulted arches, golden nuggets and precious stones. Tue Nicaragua Canat.—According to translations from the Paris journals, Mr. Felix Belly, accompanied by a numerous corps of scientific and business men and workers, and provided with an abundant supply of tools and instruments of every description, has actually sailed far Nicaragua to take pos session of the inter occanic canal route lates ly ceded to the company for which he has been laboring. He is to establish immediately a way of transit over the Isthmus, for the purpose of connecting, by way of Nicaragua, the lines of steamers now being organized for the service of the two oceans.— On the 27th of March the route was to have been officially taken possession of, at Rivas, at which time and place, also, the corner stone of the canal was to have been laid and the work commenced. It seems almost incredible that this magnificent scheme is really about to be realized, or at least earnestly begun, and that too by a foreign power—for the opiniou is unani< mous that Mons. Belly is acting in the matter as the secret agent of the French Government. Are we to have a French colonization scheme ripen into successful accoms plishment in Centr®l America, after all our gasconading adverse to such an event? War! Wan:—the trightful spectre of & coming war casts its awful shadow over Europe at the present time, and while the nations are strengthening themselves for defensive or offensive operations, and a few low-lying patriots hereand there are meditating how the inevitable conflict can be tarned to the advantage of the people, the press is coolly calculating what is the relative military foree of the governments likely to be involved. Itis estimated that the different European nations could bring into the ficld, in case of a general war, an aggregate array of 4,962,066 soldiers and 263,222 sailors. The Russian army alone numbers 1,057,600 men, muking it the largest in Europe; while Great Britain has by far the largest navy. It is not difficult to imagine a much better — use for all these millions of human beings than immolation on the bloody altar of war; we could readily picture more noble triumphs : than any they are likely to accomplish for the race. Yet let us hope that if war must come again to the mother continent, a fuller portant subject of the locality of heaven. The San Jose 7ribune calls attention to the error; and the Methodist, in correcting, hopes that the editor of the Tribune will “get to that . good place, and know where it is from blessed . experience.” quoted, getting to heaven is the one thing only that editors cannot accomplish. Tue California Farmer declares, tor the second time in five years, that cigars cost more . than breadstuffs, and that the consumption ' of them in this State, at the retail price paid, involves an expense of twelve millions of dollars annually. If the amount spent for tobacco in all its forms could be known, the . above sum would seem quite inconsiderable. Rather doubful if he ever knows, for, according-to a lady whom we . mortal sayings—for these have a universal . intelligibility, though couched in various . tongues. Everywhere on earth, where rises an aspiration for liberty, will his noble con/ception of Freedom be appreciated. How , original and statue-like it stands before the mind—a palpable presence !— “Oh Freedom! thou art not. as poets dream, A fair young girl. with light and delicate iimbs, And wavy tresses gushing from the cap i With which the Koman master crowned his slave . When he took off the gyves. A bearded man, Armed t+ the teeth, art theu; one niviled hand Grasps the broad shield, and oue the sword. thy brow Glorious in beauty though it be. is scarred With tokens of old wars; thy masssve limbs Are strong with struggling ” But we must close. Ourspace is not equal ; to the requirements of the theme, and these . remarks have already extended beyond the original motive which prompted them, which was merely a desire to offer the humble tri. bute of one who feels grateful for much deilight. In our opinion Bryant, among all direct, a ch.ice stock ‘of Varieties in his line of business Amongst other things he hasa tot of The Farmer would be reconciled to the evil . cotemporary poets, is destined to leave the of tobacco-using, if all the weed we consume . most enduring impression upon the national As every evil we behold is the natural result of violating some law, so every evil is a benefit, properly considered: the effect . should teach us to avoid the cause. Were . recognition of popular rights and humen equality may grow from the sodden fields, and that freedom may somewhere, amidst the remodelling of nationalities, find a spot aU wee philosophers pnough — — where she can erect her standard and estabwould be but little misery in the world, but _ lish herself in security: few old maids and bachelors, and fewer grass . * widows. Tur leading English journals, and some of REET REPO EE en eee views, have done the fullest honor to Tue latest advertising ruse is described by . the reviews, have z lis the N. Y. correspondent of the Alfa. The. the genius.and_ memory of Prescott. s hi is olitiGothamites were startled one day by the firsuch geen ae and wae Si pct! us ing of one hundred guns in the Park, and ‘8S; Who make our couulry Mmous ' did n't know what'to make of tt’ @ repore SPected-. It is enid of Dickens that he asked circulated that intelligence had just been of the person = hey? pgs ts received at Washington to the effect that America, where Bryant lived, Spain had resolved to sell Cuba to Mr. Bube landed. CRENEN oh Sis SO a . Frox THE Cororano.—We learn from the the firing was, that a Nassau street publishgay Francisco Alta’s Colorado correspondent ing house had just issued’ a new book, and that the Colorado expedition under Col. HoffHouse and Sign Painter. a@-Carriage Painting and Varnishing done in the best style. Also, ~ Graiming and Marbling ! ~o® »*Glesing and Paper Hanging. © Shep 6n ‘Main pase ——_ the Soda Factory. April 16,59. NEW REET. 42 WTP Miiss sxsrwocengocd by a. PECK & COLEY, "Boot, Pork, Mutton &c. Morb Sen Jaan, CBA S ghee TOR HIE subscribershave opened a New Market in Rodgers’ Pocket Cutlery, Dirks, Rodgers’ Scissors, Revolvers. Silver Teaspoons and Thimbles. Fancy Pipes; Genuine Havana Cigars, bich he will warrants such. >a handsome collection of Girt Books, : Valentines! Valentines!! Valentines!!! _Of every variety. from the broadly comic to the deeptv sentimental, from the side-splitting to the heart bursting. a ge .»», Adfine assortment of French Tinted Studios. -: %h, The public are invited to call at the Post-Nffice Building and examine fcr themeelves. 24tf yon eels mm , @ met could only be'raised in Californias. Our agmind, and to do much towards developing : ‘ ‘ .,. . amongst our too sordid countrymen a rericultural cotemporaryis peculiarly patriotic. deeming love of the beautiful. ‘The melodiwebwllt wai ' «9 . ous sighings of Longfellow’s muse, which anaes Sa ae Se Be sn . give beautiful. expression to thoughts and proverbially, that hell was paved with good feelings not otherwise remarkable, may linintentions; but an eastern’ parson has dis. ger pleasantly in the memory and soothe the ee SRS covered this to be a mistake, and anhounces vexed soul with their dreamy charm; but . that “hell is paved with the skulls of bad . when we Want inspiration. and incitement, priests,” for which profane remark he incur. the bolder strains of Bryant will alone satred the displeasure of Archbishop Hughes. . isfy us. Longfellow may be the Eolian harp, (. delicignsls, sest soe? tuous, but Bryant Tae word Arizona is derived from the . is the toned organ, which not < «Becton Aztec, and means silver-bearing. Appropri. but thrills: He is’ heh ys as elegant, finished, ate enough, for the silvet mines of that won. and ‘musigAl ‘as’ w, but gifted bederful territory seem likely to rival in value . sides, with vigor, originality anda transcenthe auriferous quartz of California. « }dant imagimatio@e © ne oh ant i took that astonishing way of announcing . the fact to the public. Tur Lady correspondent of the S. F. Times, ! who writes:very spicy strong-minded letters ' from New York, says: cieaeenes Bulwer’s wife is about to publish another ' one of her fiovels, in which her husband will figure as chief demon. . He does mot pay _ what she proposed he should, so she will not suppress what must be highly offensive man arrived at the Monument Mountaitts; one hundred and twenty miles north of Fort Yuma, on the 10th.mst. The expedition is represented to be progressing rapidly, and in five or six days more would probably reach? the heart of the Mojave country, where the ‘Indians are said to be prepared to meet them. The country is represented to be very barren; but one grasshopper had been seen; lizards and snakes very. scarce; scorpions plentier; the feathery kingdom reduced down to a croaking raven; no grass except in spots, and to him: Husbands have a right, I suppose, then very little and poor in quality. 'The to call their wives insane, when they do not river banks are marked by a few cottonwoods adore them. , But if Bulwer’s notions were 'and small willows; the valleys filled with . asylums, crowded with women. carried out, the world would be full of pias Not a very desirable seurbheny aye et 5 gig allan) copheteuatien 8 leet ee ee renee 4 eine Se er hee Wes er ums ER Nok