14 Aug 1858
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Newspaper
San Andreas Independent
Location
San Andreas, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1858
Page
1
A poem on life's haunting phantoms and the river of life, followed by a moral tale of Patience personified as a model daughter. The verses contrast fear with faith and celebrate enduring virtues. A humorous tale of Sir Hugo and Angelica ends with a wry note on stubborn will and marital wit.
The speaker derides clinging to timeworn institutions while urging reform to meet modern needs. They compare stale traditions to dust from ancient tombs and propose replacing them with living, relevant practices for today’s citizens and educators.
A aphoristic reflection notes that many worthy men supposedly depart with benevolent angels and return with devils, illustrating a paradox of change in character or fortune across history.
A Sierra Citizen quotation condemns slander and libel, urging that the traducer dies sooner than the sinned. It denounces calumny as vile, revealing that falsehoods will be exposed despite disguise. Integrity and superiority outlast defamation, while aspersion cannot grow higher than dwarf-thistles.
A letter from Seana Crane, congressional agent, discusses the Nevada Territory bill's postponement to next session. Crane plans to stay east through the winter to advocate for inhabitants of the great basin valleys and Sierra regions, foreseeing a growing industrial population and future wealth.
The piece notes the French wearers of mercury in their heels and praises their lively dance in moments of revolution. It describes dancers at masque balls of the Academy of Music performing a Galop Infernal with six thousand animated toes in motion.
The article argues elocution and elegant delivery are essential for influence in church, senate, and bar, and cites Lord Chesterfield and others. It contrasts French and Italian eloquence with English prose, warns against vulgar diction, and emphasizes that true success in business rests on prudence, restraint, and mercantile integrity over flashy spending.
The envious man endures pain in all joys for others. He reverses life’s pleasures and resents excellence in youth beauty valor and wisdom. He cannot rejoice in another's success and imagines a universal plot against his own happiness.
A humorous letter complains that tobacco smoke harms sight and air quality. The writer urges the recipient to stop smoking with a polite but pointed plea. The piece uses elaborate phrasing to request the removal of a luminescent tube and its stimulating ingredient from a con cavity’s confines.
H A Cobb Esq joins Brigadier General Joshua P Haven on the State Militia staff with rank Colonel. A declaration of war would likely topple Cobb from his post, notes the Butte Record.
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