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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19

1nEO1khVA - 01ATA CON ~ GN11ONs
A STATE Convention sf The Repahlinan q Lava
10 called 10 asssmb3s ~ their 1elagak at ~ CITY
OF Dies Aoines, ct II o'clock Z. M, - We1neo6ay,
the 11d day Of Juns, lSlo. fne ~ nouanakxsn Of
oficer to b elected 81 tAe geneeel oloo n 0oto-
Der Of this year. Can11A&n afe q ~ solooeel for
the o6icss Of 6ovsrnog, IiGnt00aat 0overnpr. and
three judges a. tn G11ee Uourt. TAs Conven-
ton will take suoA ot&G aGtlon O nay, in It's
opinion oontxihuts y IL sn1ens of tho prnoiplss
and organisatsea d ~ 1spnb6ean party Of this
State and az to VnioA.
Every of4Aaissd county VIII b entitled 70 one
Delsea&e 4 the Oo0vsntion, and 70 enc additional
nelseaHs ~ eaeh 10 voters, latter the ant loo)
and Tor my A94ienal friction Of SO or more votes
cast at the last General Hlsotion for Hon. Elijah
Sells, - SECRETARY Of 6Ate.
The Attsal2Oa g Tho Republican Central Com
ittses u tAeif respective counties 10 directed to
the Alling Ct The County Convsntions Tor the ap-
potntmsat q DslseAtss IN the rattle shove stated,
and Tor sGeteut organization prsparatory TO the
canvass. JOHN 4. HAESON,
II. II. HOxIE,
y. ]. 1UDCH,
DIN. COOLEY,
Oh. JBROAE,
II. L. n CLARKE,
THO6. SHELLY,
Rspahlicoa Hkote Central Committee.
Des Moinss, March -, 1859.
The following taAb shows Tho .unber Of Dele
gstss 70 whieA saeh County y entitled, according
70 tho ratio ahoys msatkons6, and embraces II the
counties organissl q tAls dAts.
JOHN A. KARSON,
Chairman - ths etat4 Central Committee.
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DEATH or Cart. GIvHNs.--We are paiaed
to learn tho death Of Capt. Newton s. Civ
ems, Of the United States Army. He died of
apoplcxy on the "a Of March, at San Antonio,
Texas. lie was native Of Trimble county,
Ky. lie was gallant of6cer, = kind friend
and excellent gentleman, much estssmsd By
the many that knew him. His death will
causs much sorrow in his family, and among
his numerous friends. - Louisville Courier.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19

Sxcr.-Rev. Or. Johns, N Episoopalisn
clergyman, n baltimore, seys Of 'ssxosssivs
denominationalism, !" wherever this goss be-
yond love Of souls, something i wrong. So
fearful An of this spirit, that / havs bssn
aoenetomsd for ysafa In passing house 81
~ own, % lifs ~ heart 10 God In praysr
Tor that minister and his people"
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Excite IN nj In the Canaalan Parlia.
nAonl.

Toronto, April Is, 6P. x.--Parliament has
with no prospect apparently Of adjourn
ment. The subject under discussion 10
Canada, which is violently opposed by Upper
Canada members. Much sectional feeling il
displayed.
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AAulssry.

The new Torx tribune ssJs. a.. G7s-
hams speech ID tho Sicklss Case will DO 90
tens OF thoussuds rsvelsticn OF the fear
fl guilt Of adultery--its trsachsry, il base
ness, ito hypocrisy. Whatever nay bs
thought 10 the main Of his Law or his logic,
his array Of the testimony Of the Good Book
10 representation Of il, ara most foroibls
and impressive. We should mot Be surprised
80 learn that even Mr.. Sicklss Vas thereby
made acquainted With some truth which had
no. heretofore made adequate impression on
his mind, while We are sure that no one else
can have heard or read thst speech without
imbibing from it salutary Lessons not soon TO
be forgotten
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19

SuPpression ~ Licsnsiensness.
NEW YoRk, April IA bill TO "supprsss
licentiousnsss" has just passed tho Assembly
which gives power 70 the Mayor and Com.
mon Council 70 enact an ordinance for the
general regulation Of oil houses Of prostitu-
:sou, including (: -sSS::..-.y :. -: ::::: e
their inmates. All tho leading physicians
Of the csy are said to be in favor Of this
new bill.
6NThe Nashville Union states that the
man named James r. Tartan, has Just com
pieted his Afsh term in the Tennessee psni-
tsnsiary, having paused twenty three d the
last twenty-seven years Of his life 10 the In
stitnton. IIe ID now about sixty years OF
ago. The crime Of which be va convicted
was, In every instance larc ny; and BIO CON-
fssses that he was guilty every time but the
lsst. HE oldest son, who i trsading II tho
same footsteps as--or rather going ahsAd of
his father, was, few months since, con.
teDeed TO the Same prison for twenty-one
years.
6TMr. j. s. Shields, proprietor Of the
81. Francis Hotel, Padscah, has had private
gas works erected for biz house, and the light
q said 10 b equal ia every respect 70 that
from tho best ceal gas. The works were
built BIZ Mr.. Miller, ~ 81. Louis, upon aplan
and system of his own.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19

mayorAlty Election NJ Augusta, Ga.
AUGUSTA, April ll.-Fostsr Blodgett, the
American candidate, has boon elected Mayor
by 26 majority, after IN excited contest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19
The IL CA ON OF the Horrible Murder
In Lee, me-.

Marshall Potter, who was arrested ct St.
Stephens, charged with causing the death Of
his mother, two brothers and nephew, ct Lee,
has been brought TO Lee, and has confessed
his guilt. He says that he murdered them
with single maui, and was induced TO do
so on account OF a threat to turn him out Of
doors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19
Ex.Minisser Fersysh.

AU0UsTA, Ga. April Is.
Mr.. Forsyth, late q. 8. Minister 70 Mexico,
has written letter declining the dinner ten.
dersd TO him Ut Columbus. He says that the
Government had no policy with regard to
Mexico, and while tacitly approving his course
supported quietly. He is very severe on the
Administration. He has left for Mobile, in
order to assume the editorial chair Of the
Register.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19
Mr.. Emersen On Climb.

Mr.. Emerson lscsured in Boston, tho other
day, on the subject u Clubs. Ia the course
Of il he related his experience in club Of
fasssrs and fsastsrs, who styled themselves
tbs ssPot Hoass Society" who, IN she midst
ef thsir instructive and witty discussions,
would suddenly and unwittingly oiFsr many
: bright gam. The subject oncs turning
upon the anecdotes Of horses, one Of the
company, m Orientalist, wishing not to b
outdons BY his fellow msmbsrs in wonder
ful stories, A@rmed that no had heard Of :
horse running % rapidly 10 ring = to pre-
ssnt ono continuous horse in every part Of
the circle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19
JAsfsrs snss Dirshaay,

The Republicans Of Washington City and
bsgins % b discernible through he mists
which too long envslopsd ths Capital.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19
Conviction 81 ono OF the Oberlin
RcsCucFs.

CLEVELAND. April l5.-Bushnell has been
found guilty In the U. s. District Court Of
rescuing the negro John at Oberlin. The
sentence has not been pronounced. This 10
the FIRST Of the Oberlin rescue indictments
tried.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19
Conssllng TAems : ives.

C0nsollng Themselves.
We do mot take up Losofoco paper from
any quarter but i very earnestly sndsavor-
ing 70 show what little occasion for CON-
graduation the Republicans have over the
result Of tho Connecticut election. Cousid-
ering We Garry every State candidate, large
majority il both branches Of tho Legislature,
and 01ta two members Of Congress, al-
though IL ono district there was : rscusans
Republican candidate ~ we'll - regular
Locofooo - oppose. Ne think it will Be
agreed that ws have quite . much cause for
oongratulation - any body, and that there
is no nssd Of their distressing themselves too
much ovsr the idea that We have orowsd
moro loudly than the occasion requires.
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800 to $500
SAVED ON A
s r Q V E,
AT
TO. ~ 1Gain-D trsst.
|COlIsTOCK = HIHO.
Fire, Marine and Lie In1uralee!
NEW YORK wALL-srnnmR oEOOk
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
HaunSslAs,
Lanar,
Atlantic.
Also QUAKER CITY ms. CO., Of PI1IAna1s1lA,
AID sns sssowHHD
MUTUAL BzEEfIr LIFE ms. co.
VITA Mes Accunulasisn - - 90, $50.
". l.. WoOD, Agent for the above conpAr !.
niss. OBss q 1hird-st., Ksokuk, Iowa.
April A-AlR
Fire, Marine and Lie assurance

R0E m 49, Az GR1IN 1ET.
vIvaR FoJErH T1RN 81 the aK eokak 1saals
18th n ~ IL tbs chathas sqsass chsssA,
corner u seventh and Morgan stsssss, whsse ter
pesazy aseommodations, except Tor tho PTioafy
Department, have bssn secured IN rooms sool, dsy
Cd so Of sscsss.
1As nsssa q ur;s s o ssM ~ .s.I
49,. ~, ~. :. ~. ch,i.siss
=: ..i.ss and ss;; = -
,sss.ss..:. !. =. :, ely s:s !..:s
VIII I'm. Is Won 81 . % esers1aYy q t.
800. appIlaatieas 81 ~ aAninisa d paptlo
I. s. Psi:a.y Department, ye..e .,sss srsn
0xs g - urnston, ~ pxeseas seas.as wno Fe-
ee!yss al - insoncs q snaa seressnses.
xhe shagB0 - eaision VAL = 80 y -
s1l.ssy n.fhsn sesaass. Wa s1sll ss9ssis.si
a.:... g. =: 20, 4 49,. y. 7 :: -
:.s'ss : '''' ''-'';xsR 4 3; Fl
1.sl.l. AZ: =. 1ls-A
! pLAT1. i,iis: sssr.ie.s.
4.rs.ss-s 1I-
ac.aa-e,1
NasAen fsavsl.
New York = Dslh.
.ssN e n ss ~ .inwr =. X ~ 1s. 8
[177 =--- $3.50 -: -. . i,,I..::.--
= ssssdvsl by 0aDRN. BRoW61II I'D.
aprlM
<yor1rRcrxLsl ns. a..s ~, rsesc g. Nm -,
~ sad ssrnon rapsEs. s
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The New York EsPrlss says that Mr..
Bates lstssr 70 the Wing Oonnitsse has
5ss. .c=. :: -.c!... ". h.!:>-. .Aey .e-e
rejoiesd at the loss Or larceny. But Mr..
Bates restored them to their unplsasing pre-
diosnsnt (as W presume it was) By sending
another copy, which 10 expected soon TO ap-
psar in print.
Far AND HAPrr.-The Davenport Gazette
says thai one OF tho editors Of this paper
~ IN thaa CITY, the other day, looking 1t
and happy. The psacs Of conscisnsious pol
isics - the responses Of N awakening poo
ple - suEsisat 70 make Republican editor
feel bappy, saying nothing aboas tho adj
pose.
MssSrxG ~ CoEeaxas.-It is now under
stood 10 81 axrssd ~ ne Cabinet thst Con-
srsss shsil bs sonvsssd On the lst Of Octo-
Der.
TO Hess Dopos.-Ths Charles Rogers,
De- nsinss rivsf sssansr, few days ago
syasadsd - trip - Fort Dodge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19

CHAS0H or TIE tbs. The Madison argus,
the leading central organ of Wisconsin DEM
ooracy, at the capital Of the State, hereto
fore Douglas paper, has abandoned his
fortunes and pronounoes him responsible for
I'll the reverses Of the psrty since 1885,
The Nssos, tho Democratic organ at Milwau-
kee, the chief commercial town Of the State,
also q Douglas journal for some time back,
had previously undergone the same change
Carr. MokRIsos HADH'r FAIrH.-The Da
vsnport Gazette Of the 10th has tho follow
ing:
EPlRruALIsn HUNrN0 AvrER LEAKs.-
Those endeavoring TO raiss tho steamer Aun
| Lefty, have had great difficulty 10 6ndinI
| some bothersome leaks. Ono of ourloitixen
having steamboat interests deeply. at heart
and. himself believer in spiritual influence
and in the Importance Of apiritaal intelli
gence, consulted lady medium % 70 the DO
sition Of the leaks ID this steamer. Las
Wednesday, tho medium walked down TO th
river and pointed out 20 Che officers Of u
boat whore tho leak could be found. Can,
Morrison, however, having no ssfaith,0 re
fused to allow tho deck 10 Be ont Ct the plac
named, but during his absence, other partie
out hole, removed tho sacks OF corn, an
found water in the hold, but precious littl
leak. But tho Aunt Lefty yet remains o
the bottom, and neither steam nor spiritual
ism appears abs to raise her.
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gans
The New York Heral1 adnits that tho Re-
publican party nov holds Isl slsosoral votes
in the palm 81 IL hand. l6S votes, With
Kansas il the Union, will b necessary 10
elect but the shows computation does not
include either Indiana, Illinois Or Minnssota
in the RspublisAn list, al Of which States it
il allowed IRE extremely liable 70 b carried
by the Republicans. Wall may il admit that
the chances q - Republican party Gloom
up into bold rolisf.D
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19

QUINCY ELOU8.
Just rsesivsd. supply Of Castle Mills Xxx
aprisd ooLLrERs ) RoBHRrsoH,
GRAMAM HLOUR.
A CHOICE ''''''; o 81 :i's 3 aossa1sos.
RAWo.
SoUU 800 No. j s.g...ssr.d Ham, +. 81.
by COLLfERS ROBERTSON.
aprlSd
LSRR6H Tomatoss,
4 Assorted Pie Fruits,
Fresh Peashse
Fresh Etra wbsrries,
Fresh Pine Apples,
Burnstt's FlAvoring Extracts,
Cox's PAtent 0elatine,
Hoopsr's sheet and shred Isinglass,
Bakers No. Chocolate,
/" Cocoa,
Broma,
Corn Starch,
Hscker's Rarina,
Walnut Catsup,
Rnglish and American Pickles, In glass lars,
Taylor Bro. double sspsfhns Rnglish Ass-
'-. srls ID 80 = ooLL1ERs ROBERTSON.
< BBLS. Bakers best American, for sale very
- low Al. WILKINSON,
Sign Of the Golden kagh and Mortar,
aprls - Main street.
Casabria Li4ssssc<.
SnO Lbs. large stick cal.bria and small stisk
wv Sicily tor 'ai' low Sy,,v,uso.
sign Of the Golden EAgl. sna Aortsr.
aprlS-d % Main street.
Life, Fire ana Marine INSURANCE.
Agency.
DOLTcIEs q Insurance iesuel q ~ lsrssl
ratssts The following reliahas Asst slass -.
fHE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE. COMPANY,
This ID the safest and nsat selahle Life Insuraaes
CompAny in the work., With sn accunnlatsd
Faad Of over ~ 900 900.
ATLANTIC FIRM AND MARINE INs. co.,
OF PROvID1NC1, 4. l.
CaPisai ESQ, 600 90.
SPRINGFIELD FIRE AND MARINE ms. co.,
sPRM01IBLD, MASS.
Capital $50, 900.
PEORIA MARINE ! FIRE INSURANCE CO.
PncnIA, III.
Capital $500 900 90.
Thsss desiring Insurance VIII = veil = aail q
sprlod1n nsia-se.s cy9 OG6sa = Dook 6tsss,
P01vATR UCllO0
"A RS.aL. =. NORTON puspsoss. Providence -.
1Xl uittipe, = epsa : private School ~ -
aad misses. % Nonday. April 18th. il ~ Prklle
school bulIiins a Blcadsen-st., and continue -
weeks.
TIRMs-Yor the sonnon English hraash. = . |,
highF Ingltsh, e6-psyabls - q bsfers ~ ~
GLASSES win = lsrns1 lsriss ~ ssrn, II Any
desire Who aSe 81 ne not nombsfs u ~ eehool
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COLLIERS = 1ODE8TsON,
General 0rocoFs,
No. 10 nAin-st.. near .KEOKUK
QUINCY FLOUR.
lust reosived, supply at Castle Mills xX1
u Flour, warranted.
aprlsd OOLLIER6 3 ROBERTSON,
On AmAm ELOUR.
4 CHOICE axtisie for sale b.
"A cOLLI1R6 = ROBERTGON.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19

These asslring Insurance viii e wall q sall 4
the Agency once Of g. +. OIMOND.
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Caster OH.
< BBLS. Bakers best Americas, for sals very
~ low BY AL. WILKINSON,
Sign Of the Golden kagls and Mortar,
aprl8 % Main strsat.
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CaIabria L1QUoTac<.
SnN LBS. large stick Calabeia and small stisk
OUU Sicily, for sale low By
A.J.WILKINSON,
Sign Of the Golden Eagle and Mortar.
apTl0-d % Main street.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-05-12
PERlL.S OF TEACHING GRAMMAR.

PEKlI.S OF TEACHING GRAMMAR.
have been seudin' my dartcr Nan.
Cy to school TO a SchOoImaStcr in this
ncighborhood. Last Friday went
over to the school just to see how
Nancy was gi;tin along. and | see
things didn't like BY no means. The
schOolmaStcr was learning her things
entirely Y out Of the line of cdication,
and, as think, improper. | set awhile
in the school house and hcerd one
class say thar lesson. They sayed it
/ mighty Spry was schockt and de-
| tcrmiucd that Nancy Snould leave the
school, hav' hcarn that grammar
was an uncommon fine study, but |
| doant want any more grammcr about
. my house. The lesson what Nancy
said was nothin' but the loolishest
kind NV talk, the most ridicuus luv
talk you ever seed. She got up and
the luSt word she said was 81 love !"
| looked right hard at her for doing so
improper II thing, but she went right
on and said: Thou lowest, he loves"
and recon you never heerd such q
riggcrmaroe in your lite--lovc, love,
love, and nothin' but love. She said
one time, 81 did love-"
looked rite Strate at her, sez |,
"Who did you love, Nancy!' Then
! the scolIcrs all laughed, but | wasn't
to be put oil. and | sed, "Who did you
love, Nancy! | want to know who
did YOU lovc!" The scoomaster, Mr.,
McQulIistcr, put in and said he would
explain when Nancy inis ed the les
sou. This sorter pacyicd me, end
Nancy went on with her awful love
talk, 1t got wus and wus every word.
She sed--"l might, could or would
Iovc.'
stopt again, and scd rcckond |
would see about that, and told her to
walk out OF the house. The school
master tried to interfere, but wouldn't
Thin say a word. He said was u
fool. and | knocked him down and
made him holler in short order. |
taukt the stratc thing to him. | told
him I'd show him how he'd larn my
darter @ramer.
got the nabors together, and we
sent Mr.. McQilister oil in hurry,
and reckin tharl be no more gramer
tcachn' in these parts soon. II you
know any rather odish man in your
rcgin that doant teech grammer, we
wood be glad if you wood send him
up. But in the footurc we will be
kccrluI how we employ men. Young
Skoolmasters wont do, especially if
they tceches gramer. 1t is II bad
thing for morris. SAM MuGGINs.
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he resigned the love of his boyhood-
proved the ready instrument of his de-
struction. He lived life of vice;
guilty and degraded he died. For
weeks, yes months, rcbclled against
my destiny; restless and despairing, |
murmured in secret. | dreamed of
happiness, awoke to misery. lcould
not, with the deep love Of my heart
vearning for uttcrance, sit with clio.
scd lips beside n solitary hearth. 1t
was as if amid u thousand lights, |
had sat in some gorgeous iostal hall;
and seen the flashing Of .jeweled dress
cs, and drank in the tones of charm
ed melodies, and suddenly the lights
went out, the music ceased, the com.
pany departed, and silence and gloom
hung darkly around, How staggered
beneath my burden of u voiceless love
and prayed that it might be removed.
The passionate heart Of womanhood'
beat, alas only rcbcliousIy. And,
even whilst the waves dashed around
me; | vowed to lift my head above
them. heard the soft music Of my
life that was to be, a life sclI,lorgct-
ting, made holy by deeds OF love and
mercy, would
----''risc to womon's highest altitude
That of dong good"
And now as sit beside my solitary
hearth, and the past seems to stand
out before me like Il Handwriting on
the WALL" bless heaven that with i'm
pulse quickrned for good, ! rose above
the ruin ormy earthly affections, and
though wrecked, am not drowned
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-05-12
Written for the Winchester Home journal,
BURY ME WHERE | WAS BORN
by COL. @. LEANpER EBERHART.

Of bury me, o. bury me,
In tho vale where was borni
Where the bahbling brooks glide soNly thro'.
Our fields OF golden corn;
And egOntucs, and roses sweet,
On their banks green bowers weave,
And gay birds sing from rosy morn,
'Iill the dewy hours Of eve,
II,
There umoted fed YOUTHS gollcnloyS
On light and airy wing,
As cloud across summer sky,
Or flowers Of early Spring.
Bury me, oh bury me there,
In that dear old vale and hest
by the dearest ties OF human love
That can THRILL the human breast,
Twas there my sainlcd mother died,
Ere my heart knew aught of care,
Or had felt the pain aud cold neglect
That the orphan heart must bear,
There "Graudpa" wulchcd my childish sports
with bcaming eye of joy;
And the tears rolled downh his hlTowcd cheeks
As he called me his "orphan boy"
".
Then bury me. oh! bury me,
In that hallowcd vale and blcst,
Where all the loved Of Childhool's years
lie low In their dreamIcss rest.
Bury me by the dear ones side,
And let the roses sweet perfume
Laden the hrcclcs that Shall wave
The green R'aes over my tomb.
,ASHvILLE, Tenn, 1850
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from his customers, through trickery.
lie will fail. Ruin sooner or later
overtakes him, and when it does it
is Of such nature as to preclude all
hope Of recovery. Property, charac-
ter, caste, all arc gone, and his pros
tration is utter.
Upon the consideration ofthe whole
matter, therefore, we conclude that
there is no investment that will pay
better, more surely, or more honorably
in any business transaction than truth.
TnE KENTUCKY GMNT.-We gave q
brief notice, in the last Home Journal
Of the death Of the Kentucky Giant
Porter. He was 80 years old, 7 feet
nine inches in hight, and was we be-
lcve, the tallcst man in the world.
We saw him in '5j during trip TO
Louisville. He was then keeping u
little saloon at Portland. lie died of
disease Of the htart, The Louisville
Democrat says of him:
at is remarkable that for the first
fourteen years OF his life he was small
Tor his age; so much 50 that he was
often engaged to ride races on the old
track where the EIm.tree Garden now
is. At seventeen he was apprcntced
at coopcring, and his remarkable
growth commenced. 1t is stated that
the most he ever grew in one week
was one inch. 1t was his habit, while
growing, 10 measure every Saturday
night, and his own testimony. and that
Of his family and friends, is evidence
Of this remarkable fact.
Mr.. Porter soon got so tall that it
was impossible to cooper barrels, and
he was employed on hogshcadS, This,
however, became equally impossible,
owing to his remarkable hIg (, and
he was compelled to abandon the bus.
mess. lie then engaged in keeping
and driving hacks. In the years 1886
81 he went East, and appeared on
the stage in enc or two pieces written
especially for him. He returned to
Louisville, and II few years later
he bought the coilec.houSc which he
was keeping at the time OF his death,
He is described as remarkably
pure, hearted aud inoticnsivc. The
coffin procured for the body was over
nnc feet long
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SENSIBLE REMARKS.

The Editor OF the Savannah RCp0b-
Hran, in noticing the receipt of the
'Mcdical and Literary Weekly which
has Just made its, appearance in At
Ianta, takes occasion to append the
following sensible remarks:
"WhIc we wish our medical friends
every success, and have no personal
l>noWlrdgc Of, or aIIusion to, them
selves, we cannot resist tic conviction
thar physicians would do better to
StjcA to their physjc and let uewSpa'
pcrs and new medical colleges alone.
The whole thing, however, works ia
a circle: the large number Of medical
COLLEGES augmculS the number Of
doctors beyond the wants OF the
country, and the latter, being com.
pcIlrd to live IL some way. for lack OF
patients get up more new colleges tor
the purpose Of making themselves
lecturers or 20 into the newspaper or
periodical busincSs-all tending to
make more doctors, who are destined
to take the same direction Ior II living.
1--WE think the experience Of nearly
every community will sustain these
rcmarhS. This itching Of young men
for the learned professions is a great
evil in The land, and should be diScour-
aged by all who have an influence TO
be lett IN the creation oI public opn-
ion and directions Of the economical
systems at society. Let parents look
closer to the welfare Of their sons. auc
instead Of qualifying them for profess
iOnnl lOnicrS and droucS in the indus
trial hive, place them in some one Of
ihc thousand active cmpIoynrnts that
! will prove productive to themselves
and useful to their country. The day
/ has passed when lhc professions were
considered alone rrSpcclabIc; ana "A
mans position in society now depends
rather upon his moral worth and III
tcIigcncc, and the degree Of excel
lcucr he has attained IN his calling
than upon the name which the latter
/ may happen TO bear.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-05-12

A beautiful girl--bcautiCul in youth
and health and purily-who wakes
from sleep at touch of morning light,
as the flowers do, with II cheerful face
whose first tones, like those of the
birds, are the most musical Of the day;
from whosc brow every trace OF yes
lerday's wear and last nights care is
swept away, even AS the face OF ma
ture is renewed. Frightened by the
summer dew--such Il girl is worth
winning.