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the constitution and the equal rights Of ~ sections
Of the country. They would prevent the admission
of Kansas into the Union. Their votes have accom-
plished what, without them, blackrepublicanism
poweress to effect--the continuance of the slavery
agitation and the preservation Of party which is
enemy of the dearest interests of their con-
stituens and Of the Union which they profess to love
and respect With such men at tho South, Mr.
Wilson may well predict the overthrow of the
slave power Of the republic, the enthronement of
abolitonism, and the total abolition of slavery The
South has more tofe from pretended friends than
open enemies and should she ever be forced to ex-
tremities in order to maintain her rights and indie
pendence, she will owe, the necessity more to her
Crittendens and Bells than to such men as Seward
and Giddings, and Wilson. So long as she is true
to herself to the constitution, and the Union, the
good men of the North viii be true to her but when
she continues to nurture in her own bosom men who
hate her institutions, and prepared to sasrice
them to partisan preudices and the hopes of power,
she cannot expect that those less interested than
herself will continue to fight her battles and defend
her interests #
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WEARING GARrER. We ask if it be possible that
destroy the proportions of awellshapcd leg by
gathering the stocking below the knee Look at the
statue of Venus, and in thought draw band an
elastic under the knee would not the result be deor
nifty But place the band above the knee, and the har
mony of the lines is not disturbedit becomes
mcnt. The women at Athens and Rome, who were fam
ed for their taste aud skin in dress and knowledge Of
tistc beauty the garter above the knee But not
to occupy ourselves with them let ms gee how long 1t has
been thus with We have an authority in this
materthe Duke de Saint Simon II he does not prove
the garter to have been above the knee before the
reign Of the great king he establishes at least this fact
that the elegant and fashionable Of the time
II thus for In his memoirs abiding to Mile. de Brc
lille, whose nclegant manners caused much ridcrc and
go sip he In his language, then popular, she
ono OF those common, vulgar persons who garter
below the knee l"-Boson Tfons~1pt. aeltf b i
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CLEANED FROM THE NAILS.

Oshkosh WiscoNs,s Oshkosh has population
of nearly 900 souls having than doubled since
the census OF 1855. 1t is situated on Lake Winnebago
at the mouth Of the Fox and Wolf rivers, with steam
boat navigation of 200 miles bringing the business
and productions Of large country 10 its market
Mrs. Brown apparently died at Chicago and was laid
out but while Of her daughters sobbing the
corpse it moved and the eyes opened She taken from
her coffin and is recovering her health.
The pot-boat Jacob A. Wcstervelt in attempting to
cross the bow of the steamship Saxonia from Hamburg
her, and was sunk The crew all saved but one.
The BuRpE1L MURDER Detroit Advertiser Of April
IL says that it has learned condentialy Of develop
ments which warrant the supposiion that the pepettor
of the Burden murder will soon be disclosed
We learn that the bridge the Roanoke river on
the Virginia and Tennessee railroad destroyed by fire
some time ago, has been repaired sufficiently to allow
the trains to pass that there will hereafter be de-
tenton in the transportation of goods the road This
will be acceptable information to merchants having goods
to forward in that direction.
The interior of Western Africa is to be explored by the
Rev George L. Seymour, colored emigrant from Hart
ford Connecticut, of twelve years standing and now
minister in the Methodist church. The exploration will
be at the instance of private citizens and the
of Liberia by whom several hundred dollars have been
contributed aid the enterprise. Seymours expectation
is to go to the capital of the Mandngo country ON his
first tour and on the second to reach the Niger
THE ILLusrRIots DEAD The Cincinnati Enquirer gives
the following worth perusal and preservation
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The Young Men Christian Association OF Phila.cl-
phia constructing huge tent capable Of hold
ing four Thousand persons, to be used by them during
tho summer for preaching destitute and isolated local.
ties
According to census just taken, the population OF
Fort Smith, Arkansas 2O47 and including the upper
township 1T is 2, 1858.
down yesterday thitysht bales of cotton raised by
the Choctaws, and shipped by Mr. Head from his gin.
This speaks well for our Indian neighbors.
Fort Smith Times, April IN.
The Tuscaloosa Ala Monitor of the LIST instant says
at Is rumorcd that gang of countcrfoters have been
discovered in the upper part of this county whose
tons extend into Mississippi and heretofore Of high
standing implicated We understand that the matter
has been investigated by the grand jury at this court but
that parties after whom the sheriff sent have abb
seconded Let them be ferreted out, If possible"
STICKING TO THE & s. p.--The Gait &C. W. Reporter
has the following "Hs loriship Justice HaRarty de-
dollars and cents He aid hnt there statute
pelling the Judge accept this currency and until this
was the case he should hold fast to the British currency
The only law passed that point that Of enforcing
the rendering of 10 the in dollars
and cents This decision of his ordship took the bar
by surprise.
The trade between Baltimore and Charleston il rapidly
incrcasing and to accommodate it, steamer the
Wexernpor about TO be added to the fine of the Crom
well Steamship Company. The company are also re-
building another steamer the Caledonia which they pro-
pose to place on the Charleston line.
freight train on the Parkersburg branch of the Bst
more and Ohio railroad off the track near West Un-
ION The engine and eight Of the twelve freight cars
were precipitated down emtankmcnt into the Mo
mongolia river The engineer, fireman, and assistant
fireman were either drowned or killed a
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WASHINGTON CITY.


Through the remisness Of agents TO make returns Of
collections for ths Union, and from other causes, the
books have fallen into much confusion We busily
engaged In the labor Of Strengthening them up, and are
sending out all the accounts apparently due. 1t ID
quite possible that may send bills to many persons
who have already settled with the agents but Is we have
no other Of asceraining the exact state of their
accounts we sha be Obliged TO them to reply thereto
without delay The agencies have been discontinued,
and hereafter the paper will not BE- sent except upon sd
vanead payment The present confusion has its origin
In the credit system, system which shall abandon
entirely Those persons TO whom bills are sent who
have already settled with the agents win please notify u.s.
that our books may be corrected accordingly and the
proper credits be given Tgtg4a 8sa x April l3--t
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The revolution in Caracas.

New York, April 21--Adviccs have been received
from Caracas of date the 3lst The overthrow of Mo-
nagas is complete and his Punishment execution Is
clamored for Placards posted giving list of the
robbees perperated under the Monagas rule, amount
ing to over SIT O00 1t is reported that the Amer
minister has advised Monsgas to declare Caracas
state of SIEGE and himself dictator The whole dplo-
matte corps will probably receive their congo from the pro-
ysional government.
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NOW AND THEN THREE MONTHS OF KANSAS,
| A little moro than three months ago fearful
storm seemed just ready to culmnate and break
forth upon the country, because the administration
proposed to admit Kansas into the Union. The po-
htcal heavens were fearfully overcast. Dark,
heecy clouds, moved by contending and conflicting
currents Of air, betokened high winds and drench-
ing rain. The Lscompton constitution was the cleo
trio principle that about to explode and fritter
to atoms the whole fabric of the democratic citadel
1t WAS the high-handed measure Of power trampling
under foot and crushing out the rights of the people
1t was gigantic fraud p "a fearful swinde - q
game played by criminals against the honest faith
fully selfsacrifcing people. We told the parties
who got up the storm that they were simply misrep-
resentiDg oil the facts Of the casethat the porten-
tous clouds which moved so crafty across the po-
litical heavens bore no element of danger except
to the who had set them in motion; that admis-
sion would confer absolute power upon the people;
that in contingency could it injure them that it
was simply and at most the withdrawal of the fed
era authorities from their State, leaving them the
sole directors of their own affairs. We pointed to
the fact that in all time past during their territorial
existence, they had it in their power if they had the
majority of the people their SIDE to control the
politics of their country, and to frame just such or
ganic laws might suit them. We told them that
they had refused to VOTE refused to recognize the
laws enacted by their own Legislature in pursuance
of authority conferred by Congress that they had
raised up revolutionary government at Topeka
when there earthly necessity for 30 doing
that the authority of that government could be main
tanned only upon the fact that they had refused to
sanction the territorial government, which really
left the former not only without legal sanctions but
made it absolutely criminal in its very nature.
In truth, as the case actually stood three months
ago, the proposed admission of Kansas, az a legal
measure, demanded not only with view of
getting rid of subject of agitation but as means
of indicating the integrity of the government of
the United States, The republicans in opposition to
admission were in actual rebellion against the laws
of their country. They were fomenting, by violent
appeals to the passions Of the people, instruction
and civil war. Every conceivable device was re-
sorted to to distort and mask the true facts of the
case, and. to sanctify bad, unpatriotc cause by
rewarding real traitors and by condemnng those
who had confessedly done their duty. This rage
and madness was so fierce as to brighten many good
men and to drive them into opposition to the de-
mocracy.
Three months have passed away. Where now is
the storm that to burst upon the country like
tornado, sweeping out of existence tho columns of
the democracy and installing, or promising to install
the rebels into powerf Where now is the Kansas
excitement Who are the slain and mangIed citi-
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Arrest o, an Alleged Forger.

WORCESTER, Mass. } April 20.H d. Stone, who was
arrested in Springfield Saturday for forgeres in this
city, held to bail to-day in the of $4,000 He
also arrested for debts amounting to 00O and in
default of bail to the amount of $l4, 900 committed
to jail The case il one of much interest. +
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NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
Illinois Democratic state Convention
ISnecal Deanatch 10 the UnInnl

SrRINGnEID, April 2l.The Illinois democratic State
convention assembled here to-day pursuant to the call Of
the State committee Great enthusiasm and much har
mony prevailed. The adherents of Judge Douglas met
in the opposite chamber of the Statehouse after the
ganization of the convention.
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CHICAGO, April 2O-Ihe majority for the five-mlion-
loan bill in Minnesota will probably exceed twenty thou
sand.
Staub who murdered Lanerman In December last,
executed to-day.
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TeIexraphic northumberland.

New ORLRAxs, April 2l.--Ihe Atlantic Telegraph
brings northern advices Of last night the flood having
only temporarily interrupted the communication The
sky is clear, wind northeast Thermometer 10 degrees
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Non-Arrival or the steamer.

HALIFAX, April 2I-8 p. m.-We have strong east
wind There yet sign of the Canada, and but little
chance of her arrival tonight.
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The Barque AdrtattS
Deat tn OF G en-. Farnham.

SAVANNAH, April l9.-The celebrated barque Adriatic
cleared to-day for Cork, with cargo Of lumber.
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HoNEDAIx, pa April 20.-Major General A. H
Fanham died at his residence here yesterday xrnoon
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The IMusTRIors DEAD. The Cincinnati Enquirer gives
the following as worth pcrusal and preservation:

The Young Mems Christian Association of Philadel-
pha constructing huge tent capable Of hold
ing four thousand persons to be used by them during
the for preaching in destitute and isolated local.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-06-17
LOVE FELL oUT, THE LAMB FELL IN.

! told my love one summer day
How beautiful the sunshine lay
Upon the bosom Of the sea;
And added: ssThus my lovefor thee
] Spreads over every thought Of mine,
And makes its memory divine" -,
! l told of Petrarch-known to fame
Linked with the peerless Julia's name
How Tasso, though in prison hall f
Could still on Eleanora call; SAl
And added: /. Let me like them be llili
Thus known to fame by loving thee"
Then as we watch the sheep at play 9
In fields sweet scented BY the hay,
/ waited for some answering wcrd-
Nor waited long. A noise was heard
And then she said /" O Willie, look
The speckIed lambs feu in the brooks'
on! Love fsll out when Lamb fellin.
/ left the charming Relds Of Lynn;
The maiden with the fiaxen locks, s.
I.leff beside the rill and rocks,
Ard vowed when next my love was told
an sorts Of sheep shculd be in fold,
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Valuable Receipts kill Cockroach.
es, get pair of big boots, then catch
your cockroaches, put them in barrel
and dance upon them.
To make hens lay perpetually crack
them on the head with big club
To keep books, borrow all you can and
never return them.
To patronize Newspaper, take the
same and never pay the subscription.
To be agreeable. go into the printing
Office, look over the manuscript, knock
down the types, ask who is the author Of
articles, pocket the exchanges, and Loaf
around generally. assss, sslss.,. !.
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Young Man, Stop.-You young man
on the way to the ball-alley, or billiard
room with a cigar in your mouth, and
with an appetite for mint julep-stop a
moment. Are you not in a dangerous
way2 Will those places or your habits
lead you to responsibility or usefulness
in society Will you, by them, become
more moral, more yirtuous, or intelligent
If not stop where you are, we beseech of
you. You have nobleness of heart, per
haps and a generous disposition. You
may do good to those about you, if you
will. Your example if it be such as will
lead to virtue, will draw others after
you /; or if it leads to vice or error, will
also, and the more readily cure others in
the way of evil. Then, young man, stop
and think upon your course Where is
it tending If to bad habits and low
associations, stop instantly. Stand firm.
Take not another step in the dangerous
way, but turn back while you have pow
er, and seek the ways of virtue, the paths
of intelligence, and you may do good in
your day and generation, and be esteem-
ed by those who enjoy your acquaintance.
Green's Nat. Guard.
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Ladies, be Careful hoac goa Speak Of
your Ne;gd5ors-A. d. Young, Of Flat
Rock Precinct, Kentucky, sued Labenp
Latton for $4,000 damages, on account
of the wife Of the latter charging Young's
wife with infidelity to her husband. The
case occupied several days of the court,
and the jury brought in verdict Of s4,-
600 damages. Another slander ease. in
which Mrs. Thompson, milliner, of Mil-s
lersburg, Ky, sued young gentleman.
was, to the disappointment Of the crowd.
compromised BY her receiving $1,000.
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ApoPLExy-Persons below the mid
die height, robust, with large hands and
short thick necks, are generally recog-
nized as apoplectic subjects; but for
eign medical author asserts that it is con-
fined to no particular conformation Of the
body, all persons being alike liable to be,
attacked by it. The predisposing causes
are the habitual indulgence of the appe-
tite in rich and and gross food, or stimu-
lating drinks, coupled with luxurious and
indolents habits sedentary employment
carried to an undue length; the habit of
sleeping, especially in recumbent pos
ture after a full meal; and lying too
long in bed. Persons, however, who are
predisposed to this disease should not
fail to profit by the warnings of its ap-
proach, such as giddiness, drowsiness,
loss of memory, twitching Of the mus
eles, faltering of the speech, &c. Their,
diet should be light and nutritious; all
luxurious habits should be abandoned,
and moderate exercise should be taken.
Above all, they should avoid giving way
to their passions, as it is well known that
many persons have been struck with
death in the midst of fit of anger.
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The Only Way-The only way for
an editor to get along, and preserve bis
own self-respect, is to please. himself, and
let the rest Of mankind take care Of them
selves.-Erchange. Ia
In course it is. As to the idea of
pleasing everybody. why its just the way,
to displease everybody, which, of course,
includes the editor himself. There are d
great many people who are very conf
dent they could conduct an editors pa
per for him much better than he can do.
it for himself. A trial would convince
them that they could do it at least for
fifteen minutes, if not longer, to their own.
entire satisfaction. One whole day would
to certainty, give them reasons for
thinking some relaxation absolutely es,
sential to their health and happiness.
Philadelphia Ballefsa.
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pONsss (.
GBy Request
GIVE ME THY BLESSING, MITHER.


[By Request.
GIVE ME THY BLESSING, MITHER.
"Give me thy blessing, mither,
For must now away,
To meet my bonnie AGNES, mither,
Upon her bridal day.
I've loved her lang and weel, mlther, st
And thou my love has known;
Then lay thy hand upon me, mither,
And bless thy kneeling SON."
.Ah! WILLIE, how my heart oerhows,
When thus hear thee speak
The tears are glistening on thy hair,
And dropping on thy cheek
And oh how memory calls up now
The days Of anld lange syne,
When q winsome bride first called
Thy sainted father mine.
aye look sac like him, WILLIE. dear,
Ye look sac like him now;
Va hae the same dark tender cen,
The same broad, noble brow.
And sic smile was on his face
When be that morning came,
To bring AVA, as ye maun do,
A lassie to his hame.
"Puir child, her heart is beating now,
As it neer beat before;
Puir child l know her hazel cen
WI tears are running Ger
She loves thee, WILLIE, but she feels
70 wed s solemn thing
weel remember how felt,
When looking on the ring.
IL weel remember, too, the hour
xyyta, ,,;s haovy sUh
tarned, wife, sac young and sad,
70 bid them a. goodbye.
~ luved by kindred weel,
Ara tNm,gh nv ain was by my side,
i eo,tS sa' help but feel
a. But then keSx kind he took my hand
And gently whispered Come
The ssspe soat star shines ocr my COT
~ - st .Isl ~ !.
I've watched that distant star, e4tla
And thought ! saw his gentle face
SaaAe in il from atar
AWeluved ilk ither Heel' WiLLiE'
We MFed ilk timer lang
All me. how happy was ane heaf'
That thrsiss.a ue even Eve. s,uis. .;cht
And saay GoD graat 1t So
That we maun iuse SIS We fsHa iuVeo'
In days lang, lang age
"Oh, fondly cherish nsl,
She is sac young ana ia,l 80
She has NOT known sihse ca'""'
Or felt single care; ,, ,, shonn eome.
Thy way to overcast st
Oh ever stand (thou art MANI
Between her and the blast
..., ,aao
"When first knew hl'ner piiae'
Twas when gazea oil .ns.
And when thy tlther flowers dieo' 4..e
Thy smile was lett 20 me.
So late thy life began,
The playful BARN / fondled then
Before me stands Man.
"Then tell thy bonnie BRIDE WiLLiE'
She has my first bern son
TAX the darling from my arms
And gle him to her own
- o.., 1anart sl#$
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How wisely nature ordering ell below.
Forbade On womans chin heard to grow;
For how could she be shaved, whate'er, the skill,
Whose tongue would never let her chin be sti!i,
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A writer in the Southern Quarterly
Review for October, 1S4S, thus refers to
the above lines in concluding review Of
the authors essays and poems:
| We were reminded Of these lines very
lately, while sailing down the Potomac.
We had noticed among the passengers
two young cadets, who were hurrying
from West Point to spend a short fur
lough at their homes in the distant South.
They were full of life and hope and glee,
and merry as the schoolboy always is, at
the beginning of a vacation. One mo-
ment we saw them at the wheel, joking
with the pilot; directly after, they were
in the engine-room, driving the engineers
mad with their questions; and at another
time they were quizzing the steward in
his pantry; we were not therefore pre-
pared to find them when we walked
to retired part of the boat to get a
better view of the tomb of Washington,
standing where they did not suppose
they would be observed, with uncovered
heads and rapt countenances, gazing upon
the final resting place of the mighty dead.
1t spoke well of the school in which they
were nurtured and although we do not
know their names, we expect great things
from those +" Young Americans" fa
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VOL. vI.---NO. 40.
Blackwood ON Modern Manners.

Seriously, says writer in Blackwood,
/ do not think the clubs alone have to
answer for the decrease in early marria-
ges. No sensible man, Of moderate
means, picks his wife out Of a ballroom,
or an opera box, however much he may
| like to see her there. A true woman has
much more chanee-we all know it-of
winning any love that is worth her win
ming, in her own home, in her undress, in
her little nameless everyday unstudied
graces, sitting on stile, lettering by a
brook, rattling in a railway carriage or
busy and unconscious amid common
household duties, than in what the sex
choose to consider the especial scenes of
their gories and their triumphs. There
was much more chance Of early marria-
ges, and happy ones too, when neighbors
of that large class who have children at
their desire, but little substances to leave
them, met as neighbors when lad could
grow up in intimacy with another family,
and learn to call the girls by their Chris
tian names without any fear of being
asked his intentions; when there were
such things as fishing parties, and loung-
ing in gardens, and country rides, and
rambles on long summer mornings, and
family dinners and round games on win
ter nights, not to speak of extempore
dances, to which no one minded going
and returning eight or ten miles, packed
into any kind of conveyance, six inside,
or, we'll wrapped up, three in gig" the,
more the merrier.''