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One hand stole gently 'round her waist,
The other held her own;

My lips were parting for a taste
Of nectar from the throne.

I drew her closer, closer still,

I held her to my breast;

Her eyes met mine-ye gods! the thrill
That o'er my body pressed.
My heart, my very soul took fire
Reason no more held sway,
'Twas burned in passion's fierce desire,
Then hurled from me away.

My breath came hot, and thick and fast-
Our lips together drew

They met 'twas bliss too rich to last.
O, joy! 'twas only then I knew
How soul met soul upon the lip,
And melting into one,

Poured raptures, such as angels sip,
Through every pore, and run
Its liquid fire from heart to heart,
Inspiring every vein.

What cared I then for wealth or rank,
Or reputation's name?

What cared I then for death or life,
Could I but pillow there,

Sheltered secure from all earth's strife
And free from every care?

To hang upon those lips forever,

And suck the nectar given,

'Tis all I'd ask- and never

Wish for more of Heaven.

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AN OLD SAW.

I once had money, and

a friend
By whom I set great store;
I lent my money to my friend
And took his word therefor:
I asked my money of my friend,
But naught but words I got.
I got no money from my friend,
For sue him I would not;
Last came both money and my friend,
Which pleased me wondrous well;
I got my money, but my friend
Away quite from me fell.

If I had money and a friend
As I had once before,

I'd keep my money and my friend
And play the fool no more.

It will no doubt amuse some of our eastern friends to know the way some juries decide matters in our mining towns. A correspondent from Camptonville favors us with an account of a "good un." A few days ago a little fighting spree (as the boys call it) "came off" in Pike City, under the following circumstances: Mr. A. hired Mr. R. to work for him, and after six or eight months' labor Mr. R. thought that he should like to obtain his money therefor. This, however, Mr. A. refused to pay, and continued to refuse, until R. was tempted to pounce upon A. and give him a good flogging. This led A. to seek redress from the Justice of the Peace; and, after a "full and impartial trial, before a jury of his countrymen," the following verdict was given: "Mr. R. is cleared from the charge against him by Mr. A.; and, moreover, the privilege is granted Mr. R. of whipping Mr. A. again! providing

There is so much point and expressiveness he does it a little better the next time." Pike.

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variety and truly anomalous properties and value of her great staple products.

We would not make any invidious comparisons; we have no desire to excite the envy of other lands, or other portions of our own land; but simply to show that California, with all her faults, has charms that are courted world wide. There is not a State in the Union that would not like to possess the sunny skies and the salubrious clime of California. No other land so little removed from the foibles of its infancy, can show a more rapid or noble progress than California.

The inventive genius and skill of her artists and mechanics, as exhibited at the late Fair of the Mechanics' Institute in this city; and her progress in agriculture, as shown from year to year in our State Agricultural Fairs the two interests constituting the great basis of her prosperity-are already her proudest boast.

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The "signs of the times," as indicated by the political tremblings of the nations of the great Asiatic coasts, clearly point to a dissolving of present dynasties and ancient governmental forms, giving place to new and enlarged systems, adequate to the wants and exigencies of an advancing civilization. That California, from her position, if not acting an important part in the great drama of barbaric dissolution, will reap an immense benefit from this convulsion of Asiatic institutions, needs not the voice of prophecy to affirm, or the lapse of time to demonstrate.

When her nearly four millions a month, the surplus of her industry and earnings of her people, shall be retained within her own borders, for the development of her vast resources; when her people, from the multiplicity of their ships, shall command as their own, the whale and other fisheries, and the general commerce of the Pacific seas; when her agriculture shall have passed from uncertain experiment to a positive system; when her countless unoccupied acres, teeming with fertility, shall be brought under cultivation; when her mineral wealth shall have been fairly "prospected"; then, and not till then, can we begin to realize what is to be the future of our HOME-LAND.

IMMIGRATION. The present season has been characterized by a larger over-land emigration to California, than any previous one since 1852. The main incentive to emigration by this route has ever been, and ever will be, the facilities it presents to fam

But still there is another interest, of which we may well be proud, for the world covets it. For when, as by an electric shock, the great East is vibrating with a panic that is shaking the moneyed and "merchant princes" from their propriety, and the masses are writhing under the great pressure, it can not but be gratifying to our pride to see with what earnest solicitude they turn their eyes upon the younger sister of the Republic, as though she held the pursestrings of the nation. And twice every month does she unlock her magic safe, and pour into the laps of her anxious sisters her millions of golden treasure. California, too, not only exclaims "Eure-ilies for reaching here, at the least possible ka!" to the Pacific, but, from her position, must ever hold the keys of our vast and rapidly-increasing commerce. Do not China, India, and the vast archipelago of the Pacific, lie at our very gates? When the peaceful employments of older States shall content our people, and the love of gold become secondary to that of a pleasant home, as an incentive to the emigrant, we can then make the Pacific alive with our fleet of ships, bearing manufactures, home manufactures, and civilization to the numberless islands of Oceanica, and the continent of Asia.

cost; while they bring with them their flocks and their herds, which can be done by no other route, and which are so much needed by them on their arrival, and which add so greatly to the real wealth of the State.

The time occupied in making the trip, is from thirty to fifty days more than by steam. ship; but this difference in time is more than made up by the advantages it possesses,

There is not a doubt but that the deter.

mination of government to open a wagon road along, or in the vicinity of, the great emigrant trail, has had its influence in pro moting to some extent the increase of this

year's emigration, over that of late years, from the supposition that it would doubtless tend to insure the safety of emigrants from molestation by the Indians; the greatest obstacle to overland transit. And yet it never has been so much the actual annoyance as the fear of it; and this fear has, without doubt, kept back a large emigration.

There are thousands of families at this moment, that would come to California overland-but who never will by any other route-if they could but be freed from the fear of attack from the Indians of the plains. The sacrifices necessarily made in the disposal of animals and farming equipments, to enable them to make the journey by steamship, they will never submit to, attended as it must invariably be, with great cost, in procuring a refitment on arrival.

greatest moment, to the prosperity of California, that government annually exhibit along the line of the great wagon-road, a force at least sufficient to command the respect of the few Indians that at times infest it.

There is not a doubt but that the increase of business throughout the middle and northern portions of the State, the effects of which have been felt by every large city in it during the last two months, can be attributed mainly to the sudden arrival among us of nearly, if not quite, forty thousand immigrants by way of the plains.

The immigration by this route, this season, has mainly consisted of families, and their presence can not but be felt for the good of our social relations. It is the kind of immigration that should be fostered, by every reasonable effort in the power of the

It becomes, therefore, a matter of the people of our State to make.

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If, however, it is grown on your own farm, we will see that its quality be well determined by some "connoisseur in the art." A. Are you sure it's original?" C.-Next month we shall find it a place. We hope kind friends who favor us will not fail to cultivate the virtue of patience. George A.-Your pieces must all be written in some tunnel or dungeon, for they always make us "feel blue" to read them. Do give us something lively, as from the large heart of a true man. Fret

fulness, peevishness, and lemancholly arise
from a diseased or childish nature; and
are as contemptible in a man, as affecta-
tion or vanity in a woman.

Life Pictures, and Sister May's Letter, are re-
luctantly laid aside, for next month.
Francos.-Your lines are not quite good
enough for a corner; but, keep trying.
E. L. J.-We don't light our Havanas with
anything so well written.

Mercy E.-The name is good enough—but
the piece" there's the rub." Try
again.

T. M., Orleans Flat.-Wit is not to be found in yours-nothing but " trifles, light as air." Declined.

C. C.-When?

Agricola. It was with much chagrin that
we discovered your signature had been
omitted when it was too late to correct
the oversight.
RECEIVED-Many favors too late to notice
this month.

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protracted, and it moves more rapidly on foot; indeed, it seldom takes cover to lie close, like the eastern bird, but rises or runs at the first approach of danger; and though usually seeking perfect cover even at the expense of a long flight, it seldom stops but for a moment, and will then continue to run as long as pursued, or make another flight longer than before; making it a more difficult bird to sport; and yet, from its great plentifulness in many districts, there is no difficulty in procuring them in large numbers for the markets of our cities.

They are birds that can be partially tamed, or to that degree, that when kept in capacious cages, or inclosures where they can get to the ground, they will lay eggs and rear their young, like domestic fowls.

Their fecundity is truly remarkable. As an instance, a single female in the possession of Mr. John McCraith, residing at the corner of Hyde Street and Broadway, San Francisco, has laid during the past summer the astonishing number of seventy-nine eggs. She is, moreover, very tame, and will eat from

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EGGS OF THE CALIFORNIA QUAIL-NATURAL SIZE.

the hand of her mistress, although rather shy towards strangers. Sometimes the male is very pugnacious to her ladyship for several days together, when she has to take refuge in a corner, or seek the protection of the tea-saucer from which they are daily fed.

This quail must not be confounded with another variety known as the mountain quail, which is about one-third larger than this, and differing in many particulars; or with another variety known in California as the large mountain quail, or grouse the latter being a much larger bird, and far more rarely met with than either of the others, and is quite different from the partridge, pheasant, or common grouse.

The California quail is also abundant in all the northern and middle portions of Mexico-although differing slightly iu the color of their plumage-and is there known as the blue quail, from the

general color of their plumage, which is for the greater part, except upon the back and wings, of a leaden or bluish colored tint.

In autumn they become gregarious to a much greater extent than is usual for its prototype in the east; as numerous distinct flocks or families unite, the aggregate of which often amounts to several hundreds; although even then, as in the spring-time, they always go in pairs. The California quail, moreover, differs from a similar variety in the east, in having a beautiful top-knot, or cluster of feathers, on the head-generally about six in number, yet appearing like a single feather-and drooping forward; while the eastern quail has no such ornament; and in the California mountain quail, instead of these hanging forward like those here represented, they are much longer and larger, and fall in a backward direction.

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