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t*. ! -»<; .> ..Is , - - . ™ JOIN CHRISTY,) EDITOR. J "ff© 531WS* a.aifiSJsAfBM aifliB ©ISHiESaiL IT. M. LA.MPK1N & £ J. ADAMS ( raoraiKToaa and rvausaras NEW SERIES—YOL. Ill, NO. 33. 1 V *■” - 1 T "• . ' 1 . .... ATHENS, THURSDAY [FEBRUARY 14, 1850. ■ university of Georgia mmt VOLUME XVII. NUMBER 45 MSHESS DIRECTORY. Andrew Oomitock, DKALOt IB BATS. CAPS ASD PURS. Ill Water Mmt, Ktw T«rk. JLarch 29. 1/ DR. C. B. LOMBARD, ftargeoa Dentist, . «Mak. Office orer the Draff Store of Mmst*. Hill 4 Smith. Athene, eept. 16. tf SELECTED POETRY. What a hashed sod solemn stillness Did the pulse of Nature keep, As in the earlj rooming I lay awake from sleep, And Ion^«d for something that would break John W. Goss, BKAI.RK Uf DRY GOODS AKU OttOCRRIES. HARDWARE AND CUTtMT, Ac., Ae. No, 9. Broadslrtet—ATHENS, OA. j Hi. j, 1M*. ■* • j *, calm and deep. Till I heard the first bint footfall Echo in the street have thought that you can’t be married Massachusetts—•” 44 Can’t—wol’n Qatar’s the reason? I like Aer, she likes ate; wot’st* hender. You haven’t been published, sir, I think.” Hain’t agnin* tu be nuther! that’s wot we cum ’ere for, on the sly. Go on, i, old feller"® J&t - I really, sir-y^faid the par so if. WILILAH-iSvWHLm WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOKSELLER, Till it seemed a Were harryjoj to and fra But now the dawn has taejg* And labnr calls her trahi 1 9 from tbo slumbers of the night,: llaUsasrr. nulcand «»»lcal laslr»««nl» LAMAS, CUTLERY, FANCY COOLS, Ac. Collxck Amct, Atksi, Oa. , #7" Orders filled at the Avgust* rajet. American Hotel, So. 181, CHESTNUT ST, PHILADELPHIA. Directly opposite the Old Stoic Mom*, in tckich Ue Declaration •/ American Independence teas Signed and adopted. Thia is a first class Hotel, and replete with every luxury and comfort. Thomas G. Eight, DEALER IS DRY GOODS. GROCERIES, fa. c«ll«a« A ▼«••«. swat •• F.O. Terms—cheap for cash or country produce. Athens, Jan. 35. W. S. Grady, Wester Is Wry CeeAs, Sirecrrlre, Ac.. Ac No 15, Broad Street—ATHENS, OA. Thonai W. Alexander, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LAWRExccrnAx, Owowm Co. ■ l^”Any bunlnees entrusted to hia care will meet with prompt attention. \ Feb. 10.1848. W. H. H. WHITE, Merchant Tailor. Nutt dear U Alexander'• Drag Store, College Avenue, ATHENS, GEORGIA. Up m In the town and oa the plain, And life has put in motion Her tbootand wheels again. And I bless thee, O my Father, To act my humble part Y«s. thank God, for human labor. That mnn can plough the soil. And in the mighty field of thought Search for the hidden •poll; O! I’d rather never know repose Than never think and toil 1 THE STREAM OF DEATH. at a. w. oa3xi.no. There is a stream whose narrow tide The known and the unknown worlds divide— ■ Where all must go; t. Eur.cr, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER, No. t, Broad Street—A THENS, OA. FEBBT * CO., UKTAIL DEALKaS IX HATS, CAPS, SOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, ho. Broad Street—ATHENS, OA. It. J. MAYNARD, Watckss, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver, Plated and Britannia Ware, Fine Cutlery, Musical Instruments, Fancy Goods, Ac„ Ac. JA* No. 13, Breed-street, under the Franklin House.. Athens AMERICAN HOTEL, CHARLESTON, 8. C. F. A. HOKE, Proprietor. March 1,1849. ly ASA M. JACKSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, April 33,1848. ly Wateixsviile, Ga. C. & W. J. PEEPLES, Attemeyeat Law. (Omcxa ix Atiiexs axd Gainesville, Ga.) tf Will continue the practice of Law in the coun- Jts wavclesa waters, dark and deep, ’ll id sullen silence downward sweep. With moonless flow. I »vw where, at that dreary flood, ’A smiling infant prattling stood, Whose hour had come; Untaught of ill, it neared the tide, 8unk, as to cradled rest, and died. Like going home. Followed, with languid eye. anon, A youth diseased, and pale, and wan; And there alone He gazed upon the leaden stream. And feared to plunge—I heard a scream. And be was gone. And then a form, in manhood’s strength. Came bustling on, till there, at length. He saw life's bound. He shrunk, and raised the bitter prayer— Too late 1—his shriek of wild despair, The waters drowned. Next stood upon that surgelets shore A being bowed with manv a score Of toilsome years. Ah, full of fears. How bitter must thy waters be.‘ O Death! How hard a thing, ah me I It U to diet— - * I mu«ed—when to that stream again Aootltcr child of mortal men With smiles drew nigh! “ Tii the last pang," he calmly A Short Fire-Side Story. One evening a poor man and hia son,, a little boy, sal by thp wayside, near ' the gate of an old town of Germany.— The father look a. loaf of bread, which he had bought in the'town and broke it, and gave the bal?to his boy. “ Not so, father,” said'the boy ; “ I shall not eat j i reauy, me parsons | lU[ tt t rer - - - Railly ! Will,-go ahead! ’Taint ROMANTIC MARRIAGE. Every day’s experience tends to con- ‘ The Gold-Ucnrluff Qnartaal CallVorala. last publication, we alluded vince us of the'fact, that 8! ranger things briefly to the interest which had been j presenting the grn actually occur in our transit through life, 1 exciled here by the exhibition ot some n f g„| c j ex!rnclc J| a than “ are dreamt of in our philosophy.” fine specimens of gold-bearing quartz, ! a ;,| of q „i c k s i|ver. How often is it that the spells which a said to be found in inexhausiihle mns- U|0 , (M utiu (J# |HW brilliant writer ha3 for the moment cast ses or quantities, ihrough ihe whole ! j ar g PS , yield which has been "obtainetl —suddenly dissipated by ! mountainous region which * i masses of gold, each about the size and i shape of a large muskct-lmll, mid both nnulated appearance and collected by the •. One of these coti- nbout $12 of pure gold, arid is tho .. , ^ , 0 . £ ,rra * 1,10 from four pounds el the rbekiri question, fancied conviction—that the fiction, westerns.f.peolthe Sierra Waved a.-- The ot |, er conlll j ns n f )out $ 10 , arid i* " To me, O Death.’* thou hath no dread; fair, yoo aee, ’taint I- swaow; you’ married ate, and haintleched her. Go on—don't slop >re! ’taint jes’ the thing how, by grashus ’faint!” ' l will consult^" ** 14 No yeu wunt—no yen don’t—con sult nothin’, tier nobody, till this’ere business is concluded, naow mind I tell ye!” said Jonathan, resolutely; and in instant he had turned the key in and out of the lock, amid the littering of the witnesses, who were (.early choked with merriment. Naow stand, mister, as wc ware,” continued the Yankee, seizing his in tended by the hand again, * 4 go on, right straight from whare you left off; you can’t cum nun o’ half way business with this child ; so put *er tbfeu, and no dodging. It’ll nil be right—by golly!!’ The parson reflected a moment, and concluding to risk it, continued— 'You promise, madam, to take this man to be your lawful husband ?' Yaas,” said the Yankee, while the lady bowed. That you will love, honor, and obey— Them’s urn,” said Jonathan, as the lady bowed again. And that you will cling to him long as you both shall live." ** That's the talk,” said Jonathan, and the Indy said 44 yes” again, “ Then in the presence of these wit nesses, I pronounce 3'on man mid wile.” ‘•Hoorah!” shouted Jonathan, leap ing nearly to the ceiling with joy. “And what God has joined together let no man put asunder!” “ Hoorah!” continued Jonathan.— V Wm’s the price?—hamv much ?—spit it eout—don't be afenrd—yeu did jes’ like a book, old feller ! ’ere’s a V, never mind the change—send for a hack, lan- lord—give us yer bill. I’ve got her! Hail Columhy, happy land!” roared the poor fellow, entirely unable to con trol his joy; and ten minutes after wards he was on his way to the Provi dence depot, with his wife, the happiest mnn out of jail. hard all c von You have been workine■| , W ,,,ou * '* P l,er, J ,nco ®l» ,,b,e | We - |, . a Y e since had an opportunity ot ,he smallest yield which has been oh- o suu S .|?" 1 ’ P robab,l "y ? . And jel does not j exnmm.nglhese specimens. .ndot learn- , lailae( , f rom ,„ y „f lHe experiments np- duy, lor small nnges, to sup frequently something of a similar, per-I mg. more minutely, the character ot the , nn ,| K , rnc) . f ,• • ,y Sv-T.LTwuuiiiwrt are "one : h! * p3 eVe " ° f a “"re raord i na xy char- j rock, the tests to which it has been j stam , ,| ial lhc leMJ app li„l | mV e been gry , I Shall wan 111! you are done. acter,' come particularly under our own subjected, and the results which it has ! sometimes the oncraiioris of nriicksilver ih^Dlea^^falber^^S^m^* loVte f to me know,et, S e * w ^ 5ch4 £ a d we read of in the j given. We desir^o Rvoiri all exagge-1 aiu! sometimes the test of the com para- tne pleased- wlber >.^*your love to me, pa g es n { t ) ie noV etist, we should not rated statements upon a subject in te- |ivc specif i c gnlvily of t } |( . pure nunrta does me more good than n?y food, and have credited? That " truth i3 often-! gard to which the attention ol the world am j ,|[ e ooltl-bcarinc nmrtz P those eyes of your s remind ii me s stranger than fiction" is generally : ia already sufficiently awakened, yet we The samoles of tllo rock wltii dear mother who left os, a«>«l^told you a n™ c d, and that point being coneeded, i deem it uot too much to say that the 1 1 “ K to love me as she used to do; and in-, CO mcs the question,have we not at times ; facts thus indicated in regard lo. the deed my boy, yriu have been a great; j one manifest injustice to the talents of, character and structure of this vast strength and comfort lo me, but now j mar ,y em j nen t writers ? mountain, range, appear to us altogether that I have eat the first morsel to please j The on!y c h arge alleged against the to surpass, in importance, any previous you, it s your turn . next. 44 1 hank i mmorta | Shakespeare, is that at limes 1 discoveries in the gold region, which you, father; but break this piece in two, j m jg|, lv genius drew too largely on ' have yet been made public. We are and.take you a little more ; for you see j |jj 3 imaginritioti. Yet ; are these allega-! glad to learn that the whole subject will , an “. y wu 1 , rc 1 9°. ,l [ e 1 lions correct? How many of his char- j very soon be brought, in nn authentic not see daily before us? | shape, to the Attention of the public, ‘ the loaf is not lar{_ much more than l do.” “ I shall divide the loaf for you, my boy; but eat ill shall j A singular iocident recently occurred in the‘form of a full and comprehensive not.; I have abundance, and let us thank — - - - . . . j France, that reminds ns somewhat of report to the Department of State, at God for his great goodness in giving us | He | ena an j Bertram in ’ his admirable I Washington, by the Hon. T. B. King. food, anil giving what is better still, come ,ly of “All’s well that ends well,” j As eariy as June last, Mr. King de- cheerful and contented hearts. He wlio j a |,h ou „| N perhaps, the lady in our tale { voted two entire months to a laborious gave us the living bread from heaven, j p 055e3 3es a little more of the Lola Mon- exploration of the whole region, anti ful- to hourisb our immortal souls, how shall; , es sp ; r j rj |h nn ,j, e heroine so beau- J ly matured his conclusions in regard to He not give us all other food that is ne- ; t if u (iy portrayed by the Bard ot Avon; it. His labors were interrupted by a cessary to support our mortal bodies!” I as we have already, in these re-1 severe and protracted illness, but his The lather and son thanked God, and j mar | lS| trespassed sufficiently on the pn- report will now soon be completed, and then began to cut the loal in pieces, to j ,j en ce of our readers, we shall, without begin together tlieir frugal meal. But, f url |, er comments, proceed to relate it. as they cut one ponton of the loaf, there Moni . P _ > nn „| t | military officer- several large pieces of gold of , a man nf harsh and oabetu |,ng charac- —had resolved to marry his son to a Spread but thine armsoi I aee! ye waters, bear n There is my home! HUMOROUS SELECTIONS. ties of Clarke, Walton, Jackson, Gwinnett, Hall, llaber- •ham and Franklin, of the Western Circuit; Cherokee, LampHn and Forsyth, of the Cherokee Circuit; and Newton & Lncas, WHOLESALE AXD RETAIL DEALERS IX oar GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Lo No. 3, Granite Rose—ATHENS, OA. William A.* Lewis, ATTORNEY AT LA IF, Coimixc, Forsvth co, Ga. tSTJIf HI practice In tlie counties composing the Che- rokee Circuit. AO professional and other business _ trusted to hia management, will meet with prompt and faithful attention. Dec S, 1847. CHASE & PETERSON, WHOLESALE AND S FT AIL DEALERS IN BOOKS, STATIONERY,FANCY GOODS PERFUMERY, <fC. s 5 Atbexs, Georgia. E# 1 ' Af! orders promptly filled at Augustap rices PAVILION HOTEL. * CURA LISTON, S. C. « " q^HE underriffoed begs leave to inform his friends. — I andthe travelling public generally, that ho has tar ken the above namedHomo, at which place be would Be nan happy to aee them, when they visit the citv; pranking that there shall be nothing wanting on his port, er that of hia household, to render their stay agree- One ol the Weddings. A few daysngo there arrived in Bos ton, n couple from Rhode Island, who came lo get joined quietly in the bonds nf matrimony. As soon as they, were fairly domiciliated, the would-be-bride groom—who was a rough but apparent ly honest specimen of the country. Yao- kee—sent for the proprietor of the ho tel, who quickly answered his sum mons. “ Say, lan’lord,” proposed the stran ger, pointing to his modest dulcina the corner of ihe parlor, “this is t young ’omhn. Naow we’ve cum all the way from Rhode Island, and we want to he spliced. Send for a minister, 'll yer? Want it done up rite straight off!” The landlord smiled and went out, and half an hour afterwards a licensed minister made his appearance, and the obliging host, with one or two waggish friends, were called in to witness the 44 Naow, Mr. Stiggins,” said ihe Yan kee, 44 deu ii up bronwn, and yer mo ney’s ready,” and forthwith the rever- Vwcfct. 1849. while with him. IL L. BUTTERFIELD, Fbrascrtyef the Charleston Hotel. Notice. The rahaeriber stQl cootmue* to keep open | hi* HOUSE in Jxmasox, Jackson County, Oa, for tiw'aeeeNunodatMB of Traveler*. April, 1848. tf J.B.NABEB3. EDWARD COPPEE, M. j>. red to the comer east of 77. W. Clayton * w *“ u Otli Ormsbee, JtARCrACnTRER AXD DEALER IS Tramsarrai Wla4owitka4rAC.il * •mice*. (Removed from No. 7 Spruce st) . Merchants and others supplied (i q the most liberal terms ^•Orders promptly Attended ta end gentleman commenced Redirecting the parlies to join hands. The Yankee stood up to his blushing lady-love,'like a sick kitten hugging a hot brick, siezed her by the hand, and was as mhcb pleased as a racoon might be'supposed to be with tvbo tails. 44 You promise, Mr; A.” said the par son, “to lake this woman—•" .* ‘ ' “Yaas.” said the Yankee at once. “ To be your lawful and. wedded wife." “ Yaas—' “I SAT, LANDLORD,” Soill a fellow who great value. The little boy gave a shout: of joy and was springing to grasp the unexpected treasure* when he was pull ed back by his father. “ My son ! my son!” he cried, “ do not touch that money ; it is not ours! I know not. as yet, to whom il belongs; but. probably it was pul there by the baker, through some mistake.” 44 We must inquire.—- Run.” “ But father, interrupted the boy, 44 you are poor and needy, ami you have bought the loaf, and then the baker may tell a lie, and”—“ I will riot listen to you,,my boy, 1 bought the loaf, but did not buy the gold in it. If the baker sold it to me through ignorance, 1 shall not be so dishonest as to ftdto~adv&titage of hint. Remember Him who told do toothers ai to us. The baker may possibly cheat us, but that is no reason why we should cheat him. -I nm poor, indeed, but that share the poverty of Jesus, God’s own Son, oh ! let was travelling out West, 44 1 shan’t pay j his goodness and his trust in God.— for my last night’s lodging, as you said We may never be rich, but we may nl- 1 should^ sleep alone." j ways be honest. We may die of Well, didn’t you ?”queried the land- j vulion ; but Gods’s will be done, should i° r d. i we die in doing it! Yes, my boy, trust Thunder and lightning ! I had more | God and walk in his ways, and you than a hundred musquitocs lor room-j shall never he pul to shatne. Now run mates, and each one had a dab at me.” • for the baker, and I will stay and watch rather guess you can afford to pay j the gold till he comes.” - So the boy the reckoning then, as each one gave! run for the old man. “Brother work- you his share ol the bill.'* man,” said the old man, “you have A certain good deacon’s hat blew off and led bun a long chase after it through the street. At length the dea con became exhausted in the race and pulled up against a post by the side of him. A gentleman came along, to whom the deacon addressed himself thus:—“ My friend, I am a deacon of the church, and it is very wrong for me to swear; you will therefore greatly ob lige nie if you will damn that hat for Good nature is the very air of a good mind, the sign of a large and generous soul, and the peculiar soil iir which vir tue prospers. Too Good to be Lost.—One of exchanges is responsible for the follow ing hit at political parties: ‘I say, Pete, some d—d whig stole half my pig last niglil.’ 4 How do you know it was a whig ?* ‘ Because, if it had been a locot'oce he’d have stole the whole of it.’ We left then. \ made some mistake, and. almost, lost your money;” and he showed the ba ker the gold, and told him how it had been found. “Is it thine?” asked the father, “ if it is take it away.” “ My father, baker, - is very poor, and”—— “ Silence, my child: put me uot to shame by thy complaints. Iam glad saved this man from losing his money.” The baker had been looking alternately upon the honest father and his eager boy, and upon the gold that lay glittering upon, the green turf. “Thou art indeed an honest fellow,” said the baker, 44 and our neighbor David” spoke but the truth when he said thou wert the honestesl man in our town. Now I shall tell thee about the gold: A stranger came to my shop the other day ilgave me that loaf, and lie told me sell it cheaply, or giye it awajr to the honestest poor man I knew in the city. I told David to send tbee lo mu, as, a customer, this morning ;. aj$4 as thou would.si not lake the loaf tor nothing, J “ “How do I look, Pompey?” said ynnrig dandy to his servant,' as he fin ished dressing. “ Elegant, inassa ; you look bold a' lion.” -* 4 Bold n3 a lion, Pompey ? How do you kliow? You never saw a lion.” “ O yes, riiassa, I seed one down to mass Jenks, in his stable. 1 “ Down to Jenk’s, Pompey ? Why, you great f‘»ol, Jenks hasn’t got a lion, * “That you will cliiig lo her, ami fcer ! lbal ’® & ^ cba8 ?*” ■ , ~ only, •* tong yon ;hoih shall lire.” “Can tholp it, manat yon took jasi “ Yaas,’mlced—nothing else!” con- 11'^® him. ' ;: ,ocd _lt.e Yankee, in the roust delight-1 ., Lilt i, b^y, how mlln y kjnfetf fire ed and earnest manner ; hut here the I „ rp lhere !•’ -<• Four, sir.” • Wl.al 14 That you will love and honor her in all things." ' Yaas.' reverend clergyman' halted; much fo j, hev aa ,| e(] ,.i .. YVond-fire, emil-fire. especially to the annoyance nnd discom fiture of the intended bridegroom? I* ^ Character.—We may judge r 44 Yaas—yaas, I said,” added the j man’s character by what he loves— Yankee.' j what pleases him.. If a person niani- “ One moment.' tny friend,” respond- J fesis delight in low and sordid objects ed ihe minister, slowly, for it occurred ;—the vulgar song and debasing lan- to him that the law; of Massachusetts Jguage—in the misfortunes of his fellows, does not” permit of this performance! or cruelty to animnlsi we may at^once LOOK AT THlb! - . . v iihout the observance a • publishment,-* determine the comidesum. of bis char- - ' n * ‘ A1- ‘^ Vcoqirary, if lie loves pii- daughter of one of his brother officers. The young man had formed other pros pects—had dreamed of another union ; but, being of an exceedingly-timid dis position, dared not openly resist his fa ther’s wishes. His first words of dis sent having been answered by a torrent of abuse on the part of the old gentle man, poor Arthur permitted the month of betrothal lo pass without further op position; whilst his fiancee, Mile. L , mistook his sighs—his melancholy—for proofs positive of his passion for her, and considered herself in duty bound to adore him. . .. The weddingday having arrived, the ' \fiances,'with their attendants, presented Id liave^others do | ,| iemsc j ves ai | bc Mayoralty. Arthur ' was gloomy and reserved, and seemed to have his mind made up to some des perate resolve. The countenance of Emma was radiant with happiness. The preliminaries having been duly arranged, the Mayor of C (M. Mor- band) put to the groniu the usual ques tion ; “Arthur P' - ■, will you take this woman, Emma C—-, for your wife ?” etc. Arthur slowly raised his head, and in a trembling, yet clear, emphatic loue, answered—“ No!” Of course, then followed n scene, to the portrayal of which we cannot hope to do justice. All was confusion. The parly separated in disorder—the rela- of the interested bride indignantly demanding an explanation of Mons. “ -, senior, who looked the picture of petrification. As for Arthur, he had already escaped, and started directly for Paris. i* * i ...vcn..,,..v9 <>, ■■ix. which Mr. much l«. say that > | Wright has testcl have Ik^u taken from ... - •■ ■■■ „y (lilt;.rent veins. I„ no sample tested has the yield been less than one dollar to the pound of quartz. The nv- crage yield of the different veins has been, as determined by the samples, from one dollar and a half to two dol lars to the pound of rock. A single fact will show the unheard of and astonishing character of the re sults which have been thus arrived at. Mr. Wright informs us that he recently conversed with an intelligent gentle man, now in ibis counity, who has been long conversant, in the capacity of an overseer, with mining operations, ns carried on in the quartz veins of Geor gia. From this source Mr. Wright learns that a fifteen horses team power, working twelve stamps, will stamp about a thousand bushels ofquartz rock in a day—each bushel of quariz weigh ing about eighty pounds. If twenty- five cents worth of gold is yielded from each bushel of eighty pounds, the busi- considered a good one in Gcor- itl doubtless, we trust, reach Wash' ingtun before the discussions upon the California question shall have come up in Congress. We hazard. nothing in saying that the facts and the be set forth in this report will command the public attention and interest, to extern almost if nol al.ogelher, unexam-! S”\ K' he b f b , fi y TO pled by any similar document. As Cal,-j busb, Vl 10 pr ? hl '.*, li : r ,S"\, r N . 0 ™ , lho tdrnians, we await its publication with > 'V J of he r ' ,ck wh . lcl ! Mr ' . Wr J8 b ! b »* impatience. Mr. King we learn. w ;u »"d tested, instead cd‘being a ■ake to Washington wTlh him a full col-1 < I uar ' er ,,r a ‘ l<,lb ' r - ora bal f a d " llat >® lection of specimens or ihe gold form..- ,ba “veniy-hve 13 • m one great lion, both pure and in union with n ' arl J’* 3 ;° one pound! Abate quartz, which will fully illustrate and 1 . ’ '. n v,ev Y °. or IJ ro P^>»® .Uflnama. xar.’.h »1 rmLs i*sa m «f .o«l I misiukv,or in vietv of the superior yield igle richer vein, to an average of a half n dollar to the pound, demonstrate, with al.mosi mathematical clearness, his theory of the gold region of j California. The particular specimens which wc have seen of these quartz mountain quarries are in the possession of Mi. Wright, one of the members of Congress elect from California, who will take them on to Washington in the steamer of 1st December. They consist, for the 1 , and the result still remains, in ev.Rry point of view, almost equally 1 unex ampled and momentous. The whole question is, docs gold- bearing quartz, making any approxima tion to any such yield, exist in Culifor- lsi Dccemoer. i ney consist, tor xue j nin in vast and inexhaustible masses? most part, of small pieces ofquartz rock, j this main point, the recent invest iga- generally of a brownish tinge, and, in *'” n * ^ r * Wright coincide entirely some instances, presenting the appear-j w “^ l ^ e observations and conclusions ance of a slight incipient decay, or de- of Mr * K,n S* am * wi, h the testimony of composition of the rock formation. In *b e explorers of the region with all these specimens, the gold points of whom we have conversed. They all particles are very slightly, if a; all, vis- ngrcc lhat a large number of veins of ible to the naked eye. The microscope, ‘l" nr, ' z permeate visibly the wcstqrn however, reveals the gold more clearly. s,f f** ot ' Sierra Nevada, running mainly Besides these pieces, which Mr. Wright from nor,h «« south, nnd throwing oa* has himself selected with great care, as , branches from the main lines,, at inter file fairest average samples of the gen- i vn ^» *■* y vcr y form and in all dircctinut. cral appearance of enormous and very ^ r * ^ r 'gb** learn, is so well assur- numerous viens or quarries, of quartz, ! ed of »*»® reality of the results at which there is also one larger fragment of the! be lias arrived, that in connection with same rock, weighing, wc should sup-jbi* partners, he has already, n« a-largo pose, some ten or twelve pounds, from expense, placed a number of men at all parts of which the gold protrudes i work on one of the localities which he plainly, in a state almost pure. This ! observed, nnd which lie states to be, single fragment of quartz, which Mri I apparently, scarcely more promising Wright by no means regards ns an nv- j than many others—lias sent for a mule erage sample ofthe quarries, but which b»ad to take with him to Washington * * • ' across the Isthmus—and has already forwarded to the Atlantic side a large order for machinery suitable for the ining operations which he contcm- pla A few days subsequent to this extra ordinary occurrence, a young girl was . . . _ # . seen rapidly ascending the stairs of a | be pronounces to be the richest rock spe- hotel garni in Rue St. Honore. She had ‘ citnens he has seen, is found by the most learned from the porter that Mons. Ar- j careful specific gravity test, as applied thurP , arrived the preceding night, j 1“ it by Mr. Wright, to contain pure Il was Emma C , come with her fa- gold to the amount of about six hundred: ther and intended father-in-law, in dollars.~ This piece of rock, we under sea rch of the fugitive fiance, who had s cruelly insulted her. But she was no' alcne. She tapped at the door of No. 17, and entered without wailing for an answer. The young man was reclining in bed, reading a newspaper. Emma j heeded. walked straight to the bed side, and: But the interest or importance >i , . drawing from under her shawl an cnor- J ing to this or to any Other single nod iso- ( the Atlantic States. We would say mous horse-pistol^ which doubtless she j lated fragment specimen, however pecu- j nothing inconsiderately to aggravato hail procured from her father— bar nnd curious and rich in itself, is ve- | the gold tnania anywhere. It has al- Sir,” said she to Arthur, her eyes! r y sli gb». and even inconsiderable, hi j ready produced in the gold region of have only to add, ieh statements as so of our respon«l- T-i In conclusion, * stand from Mr. White, is destined to be J that we put fiirlh laid (as a memorial from the California j these under a full s mountains.we suppose) upon the table of! bilily to the public. We aver nothing the Speaker of the House of ltrpresen-j of our own knowledge, for to us this tatives. Its appeal, wc think, will be information is as new and as surprising j as we are persuaded that it wilt be to li- : most of our readers, both here and sold il to thee for the last pence in thy j g asb ; n * w jj|, an „ e r 44 you have grossly | comparison to that which belongs lo the | California, arid on t he routes to it, ter- purse^; and the loaf with aIHts treasure J j nsu | le g me ^ a|K j i demand reparation ! ! more numerous fragments of quartz, in j rible scenes of individual suffering, dis- Rl _ ruii( , lhis rcparaI ; on nt ,|,e peril I wilieh very liltle gold, or nque, can be | ease and clcnlli— scenes Iteloro which your life! Lei us return at once to the ; discerned by the naked eve, nnd which the boldest spirit may well quail, and Mayoralty of. C——, both in marriage —and certaiu it is riot small—is thine.; and God grant thee a blessing with it!” The prior father bent his head.to 4he ground, while the tears felk from his eyes. His boy ran aofl pul” his hand i round bis neck, and said,' 4 *! shall al ways, like you, ray father, trust God ; and do what is right; for 1 am sureit will never put us lo shame.”—Edin burgh .Christ. Magazine. Quick Digestion—Healthy Food. —Of all the articles iof food,, boiled rice in digested io the shortest time— an hour. As il also contains eight- tenths riutritious matter, it is a valuable substance for diet. Tripe and- pig’s feel are digested - almost as rapidly. Apples, if sweet and ripe, are next in order. Venison is digested almrisr as soon as apples. Roasted potatoes are digested in • half the time required by tbesame vegetables boiled, which oc cupy three liours and a half—more I halt beet or mutton. Bread occupies three hours and a quarter. Slewed oysters and boiled eggs are digested in three hours aud a balf—an hour more than required, by the same articles raw.— •Turkyy and goose are converted Jn two hours* and n .half, and an hour and a half sooner thap. chickens. Roasted veal, pork and salted beef, occupy, five by of. C——, both in marriage have been cautiously selected by Mr. front which the hardiest frame tnay costume. When the customary ques-1 Wright on the spot as (lie fairest aver- well shrink away. But our information put to you,you will answer 4 Yes' I age specimens ofwhole veins and quar- ( comes to us at first hand, from sources and I will answer 4 No,' when my hon- i r *es, said to creep visibly in sinuous and j of unquestionalde integrity and intelli- ill be. satisfied.” j broken lines through the whole western j gence, and appears to be the result of quence by brandishing her pistol with j va *t masses of mountain rock large tion. l a iis general outlines it lias had both hands. It-was a powerful argu- • c n «ugh aud numerous enough to freight the full sanction ofthe most eminent trufii—if virtuous' pur- hia' heart and dl-awriut^ tiis r —- rj -, are satisfied that he is an ■ hours and a half—the longest of all ar- Emma seconded her persuasive elo-: sl°P« of the Sierra Nevada, and lo form very thorough and delilteraie invesliga- nd | minds among us. It apprises us of a Mr.; stale of tacts of the highest importance i, much | to California, to the mining interest ev- powerful argu- . ment. After all,she wns right, or near- | many, tunes over all the navie |y—-at least such was Arthur’s opinion, j commercial marine of the world. He promised, and set out the same day • Wright has spent, he informs with bis father, who ground his teeth, °f the past season among the mountains jervwhere, and, in a word, to the whole during the journey, but uttered not a collecting the samples ofthe quartz in commercial and financial world, word. different localities, and subjecting the Jf these facts turn out to have been .Finally, they presented them selves j jidd of gold from'lhcm, in many itt- j accurately invest igaied and accurately again at the Mayoralty, before the same stances to'the most rigorous tests. j slated, il seems to us that neither in the Magistrate, ^rfimr hravely answered j , In pll these experiments Mr. Wright j wet diggings, nor yet in tho dry dig- “ Yes,” as arranged, and prepared, his lias been guided by the skill arid judg- j gings, arc the future mining operations countenance to express tho proper de,- ..ment of Mr. A.ugustus Lcland, a'gentle- • of this State to go on. but on the con- gree of indign’aiion when lie should hearman largely conversant with mining; frary, in those primeval masses of rock the reply-«f his betrothed, [operations, nod who has been from the ’ in which the gold was formed, in which The. Majror resumed-^- 44 Emma . 1 first equally-interested with Mr. Wright |n J«» you consent ?** eic-. “ Ye#,” answer-! all the researches’which Imve been made, ed Emma,'in the most natural tone pos-j The astonishing results brought out sible. ...... ^ [by these investigations are, that in a Mons. P-7-!—» senior, was delighted ; particular and verV extensive vein four he declared iliat^thU union, commenced' pounds of this jock yielded upon the tinder such auspices, would end like* the; average, $tk worth ol pure gold,- valu- fairy tales. And they are bow actually ; ed nt $16 to the ounce ; that is to say, living together, as happy as'the days the yield of gold from these average are long, thoa practically deriiorisl rating samples of the rockinthiSparticular vein ^ tides of hod.—Scientific American. tnat “ AlVt yxll that tiiii mil." Is nearly $3 lor each pouDil of rjuafli L: '- ’ j r ~ ~ " it still lies, imberhlt-il arid inexhausti ble, of which nil tliri gold, in all its forms, scattered through the ravines and bars of the rivers, is only the incon siderable chance washings or abrasions* and which the hand even of the most: adventurous and intrepid minornmnog > us has yet scarcely touched. ' Such in formation, so derived and so vouched, for, we have deemed it our duly to lay before the public without'delay. '