The daily Gate City., 1855-09-11

not; what trouble, what toll, what fuss,
what vexation, arc submitted to for no bet
tor reason than because our noighbors pos
sess the power Of looking at us As if 9TH
er peoples eyes did not already tax us sufh-
cently in the way of what is called keeping
up appearances Many even double or tre-
bic that tax in order to exaggerate appearan-
ccs, and show themselves to the world in an
expensive masquerade, till, perhaps, they end
by becoming really poor, morely through the
pains they take to avoid the imputa;ion of
being thought so or rather through the mis-
placed ambition of being far woslthier than
they really are. The keeping up appcaran
ces is laudable enough; but the art of doing
so is not understood by every one, for instead
Of regulating appearances according to
scale which they can consistently and uni
formly adhere to, great many persons set
olt in life by making appearances far beyond
what they can afford, and beyond what they
can keep up at all--at least, not without
constant effort, pain and approhcnson~ So
cie|,abounds with such tiptoe psdple--as
they may we'll enough be described, Since they
assume the uneasy altitude Of walking upon
tiptoes, which, though it m1y do we'll enough
for travelling across a Turkey carpet or
hearthrug, Is ill-suited for journcying thro'
life, on a road, which, though rugless, is,
neverth :less, apt to be found rugged, and re-
qurcs to he troddcn firmly, if we would keep
our footing. Had people but resolution
enough to be, not absolutely Indifferent to or
cynically regardless Of, but less solictous
about, what others may think of their con-
ccrus, of what a load Of trouble might they
at once relieve themselves, for one half the
toll, the anxieties, the fatigues of life, is oc-
casoncd by the struggling to cut figure in
that great 0il de bnnt, the eye of the world.
YELLOW Baltimore, Friday, Sept.
Tho tenor of the news from Norfolk and
Portsmouth is of IN awful nature. The peo
pie are suffering from famine as well as pes
thence. Tho details are narrowing. Par
ticulars will be sent soon.
Three thousand dollars were subscribed to-
day at the counter Of the American Newspa-
per, making tho total collection; of this city
upwards Of $l7 900.
A steamboat load of provisions arc sent
from here daily. A meeting of citizens is
called to devise further means of relief.
SECOND pDIsrATcH.-There were "a deaths Of
fever at Norfolk yesterday. Thirty seven
hodics were buried in one pit:..n Potters- field
on Wednesday: Physicians from Philadel-
paa, B B.ltmore, N. York and Columbia Pa,
Richmond, Washington and Savannah, were
attacked Yesterday. Our nurses are also ta-
ken down. There are between fifty and SIX
ty patients in tho Howard In6rmary. large
number are in Julaphi Hospital, and Ill In
the Naval Hospital.
LATER rRox CHINA.-New York, Friday,
Sept THE Commercial Advertiser has
letter from Shanghai, dated June 8, giving
some particulars of the hostllltics between
the Imperalists and the Insurgents at San
Tin.
Tho execution Of the rebel prisoners was
proceeding at a friGhtful rate.
Nearly thousand were butchcred in one
week, and five or six times that number at
Shanking.
The four cities Of N1ooshang, lIaukhow,
Foa and Koaugz had fallen into the hands of
the Rebels.
On the other hand several cities heretofore
in the hands Of the rebels had been captured
bv the Imperialists.
The ten Districts were not much troubled.
Three American Houses had met with Sc
rious losses of specie.
RoBBERY.-Baltimoro Friday, Sept. IA
robbery was committed at Norfolk Howard
ln6rmary, by one of the superintendents, who
broke open the trunk OF lady, deceased,
duu bOOA a tulEC nAiouht "a JN"pANt "iiSti
was subsequently recovered.
To-day six physicians, mostly from the
North, at Plymouth, are sick Out of eight
cen employees at the railroad depot, where
the pestilence broke out, only one now re-
mains. There were twenty five deaths on
Wednesday, and from ten to fifteen on Thurs
day.
A committee Of our City Council, with so
large tents and 40 men to erect them, pro-
ceeded to Craney Island this evening. More
tents will be sent down tomorrow to estab-
lish an encampment for refugees from the
infected districts.
GA little girl saw her brother playing
with his burning glass, and had heard him
talk about the "focus." Not knowing what
the word focus meant, she consulted the die
tionary. At dinner, when the family were
assembled, she announced as grand as could
be, that she knew the meaning of one hard
she said it was the word focus.
"Well, Mary" said he, '.what does it
mean?"
"Why, it means place where they raise
calves" she replied.
This Of course raised great laugh; but
she stuck to her point, and produced her die
tionary to prove that she was right.
"There,h said she, triumphantly, Focus, a
place where the rays meet Calves are meat,
and if they raise meat they raise calves-and
so am right"
KILLING FowLs.--Only turkeys and geese
should be bled to DEATH tho flesh of chickens
becomes dry and insipid from loss of blood.
The best plan, says the Poultry Journal, is
to take blunt stick, such as a child's bat Or
wooden sword, and strike the bird smart
blow On the back of the neck, about the
third joint from the head. Death follows in
a moment.
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