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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-09-15

There is said to be an old lady
down on Long Island SO very tat
that the nsighbors use her shadow
for griddle grsasing, To keepaher
from slipping out Of bed, her bus
band rolls ber in ashes. Long Is
land is great place.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-09-15

The LOVERS PuzzLE.-To learn TO
read the following, so as to make
good sense, IS mystery; s
~ Ithee read see that me,
Love is down will I'll have
But that and you have you'll
One and up and You If.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24
News.

"The President has decided to call an
extra session Of Congress" "The Presi-
dent has not decided to call an extra sos
sion Of Congress" A good-sized newspa-
per in any city Of the United States which
keeps up with the gossip-sometimes
called news-of the day, has, probably,
published the first Of the foregoing state
ments, in some form or other half dozen
times at least; and the latter half as many.
1t is, indeed, astonishing how much news
can be made up out of no greater mass of
material. Tho President is thinking
about an extra session--he has threatened
an extra session-he is fully impressed
with the necessity of an extra session
he is upon the point Of deciding for an
extra session--he has determined to call
an extra session-he hasissued orders for
an extra session--writs have been per-
focted to convene an extra session. 1t is
to meet in July-in September-after the
fall elections, and so forth, and so forth,
to the end of the chapter. Now, per
contra: the President has not called an
extra session-has not determined to call
an extra session; and this, as before,
through all the moods and lenses: each
one ofthe different phases stated in par
agraph; each paragraph an item of news;
and each item of news put forth as u
matter of interest to our numerous read
ers.
But this is not all: the subject is en-
larged upon. The able editor discusses
it in leader, elongated with all the
knowledge he has, and very much that he
has not, about the wishes of the Presi-
dents advisers, influential members of
the Democratic party, parallel cases, with
here and there an allusion to General
JACKSON, or peradvcnture THOMAS JET
FERsoN, the great apostle of Democracy
"Our sagacious Washington correspond
ent" devotes letter to the subject, which,
by strange coincidence, embodies nearly
the same ideas in nearly the same words.
The gentleman Of the news department
discovers that something is in the wind
about session, and daily plies the
scissors accordingly; while, if we have a
column of exclusive telegraphic dispatches,
nothing is more likely to figure in it ex-
tensively than matters touching the pos
sible, probable and certain, or impossible,
improbable and uncertain extra session
of Congress; and all with startling cap
tions and sensational headlines, to indi.
cate that it is matter of the utmost I'M
portance,
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24
HOME INTERESTS.

Home Insurance Company of New
York.-This Company has been in existence
for the space of ten years; and during that pc
riod has witnessed many days which "tried
mems souls" yet it has passed unscathed
through every tribulation, and now is seen ri
sing above the retiring clouds of the recent
storm in all the majesty of well-constructed
Home Insurance Company is exclusively
company for insuring against Fire.
We need hardly tell our readers at this hour
of the day that the nature of the Fire Insur-
ance contract is this: "The insurer, in consid-
Grafton of a certain premium received by him,
either in gross sum or by annual payments,
undertakes to indemnify the insured against
all loss or damage which he may sustain in his
houses or other buildings, stock, goods and
merchandise, by fire, during limited period of
time" This is the general principle; but each
Office is distinguished by some popularity Cor
advantage) of its own, which, however, does
not alter the essential condition Of the contract.
The points of special interest to those who
desire to insure their property against fire, are
not those that refer to certain so-caled ad-
vantages as to interest, time of payment, or
other insignificant considerations, and which
are not unfrequently blazoned forth to the
public as sufficient inducement to patrOnize
this OF that Office. We have known offices,
both Fire and Life, which, in the rage of COM
petition, positively threw overheard the we'll
established and prudent scale of probabilities,
and adopted in its stead the suicidal one of
"possible chances" The consequence was that
some Of them "burst up" while others, ere the
evil day had come round to them, wisely dis
carded their non n-paying policy, and adopted
the system Of old and experienced houses, and
so escaped the ruin which the risky course they
had set out on would inevitably have led to.
1t is evident, then, that the first question
which the insurer should settle is, the condi-
tion or state of the pecuniary affairs of the
Company. If he can be satisfied ON this
head-that the assets Of the Colnpsny are bona
iote assets, and that the liabilities are not OK
tensive-let him next inquire as to the age and
respectability of the Company, and especially
as to its dealings with those of its patrons who
have LOST their property - whether they are
honorable or mean, manly and above board, or
tricky and litigious. If these inquiries can be
answered to his satisfaction, he should not allow
the gilded show-board Of another office which
promises the tempting bait of "a lower rate of
insurance" to allure him to risk which may
result in loss, and possibly in ruin both to him
self and his family. ,.
1t is pleasing duty we have to perform,
this morning, that of drawing public attention
to tho "Home Insurance Company, of New
York." which has an Office in this city, at 50
West Third street, under the able management
of Mr.. Samuel L. Mack, Agent of the Com
pany. This Company has available assets
amounting to the magnificent sum Of s., 800, 900,
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24
TaIkinp-TaIkers.

"ln truth, sir, | must say that in my
opinion, the vernacular tongue of the coun-
try has become greatly vitiated, depraved
and corrupted by the style of our Con
gressional debates. And if it were pos
sible for our debates in Congress tovitiate
the principles of the people as much as
they have depraved their taste, should
cry out, God save the Republic Mr.
WEBsTERs speech on the Compromise.
1t is fortunate, perhaps, for the people
of the United States, that to print, and to
read speech delivered in Congress are
two very different things. If all the
speeches that find their way into print,
either through the private enterprise of
their authors, or the instrumentality of
that vast repertory Of insane and preten-
tious gabble-the Congressional Globe
were thereby insured general reading
by all whom they are supposed to concern,
it would be impossible to tell to what a
pitch of chaotic inconsecutiveness and
blind stupidity, in respect to principle, the
people of this Union would not arrive
A very little of this style of literature is
all that is necessary for anybody; and
strange as it may appear to those who
make and publish legislative orations-a
very little is all that is perused; and in
this comforting fact there is strong
element Of safety and tranquility, public
and private,
Nevertheless there is vitiation, if not
of principle, of habit, which is nearly az
bad in this universal publication. 1t
tends to establish, as the standard by
which to estimate the characters of pub
lie men, not what they have DONE, but
what they have SAID. In this talking age,
to say is not always to do Those who
say great deal, frequently do but very
little Any practice, therefore, which
serves to give Importance to what is said,
aids to keep out of sight what is done;
and therein works injustice A few
bravo words, standing out of q vast ex-
pansc Of Commonplace hillock Of
froth upon an ocean Of twaddle--snatched
up by an able editor and embalmed in
the form of taking paragraph and, be
hold great man has arisen among u.s.
OF course, he is short lived; but by the
time his collapse is made palpablc, an
other has come up in his stead, to run a
similar race, and encounter similar
destiny. The capacity to remember the
number of false gods which he has wor-
SHIPPED is given to but few. That cspa-
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

city is wisdom--an uncommon al ficle in
any market With the great majority of
mankind, the brilliancy of the present
divinity is enough to oblterate tlll recol-
lections of the past They come and
depart like shadows; but while 4hey re-
main, what are they but gods? ,-
The man who has said the most in our
day-who has produced the largest num-
bor Of vibrations of the public tym-
panum-is the Hon. STEPHEN A. DoUG-
LAS. Of brave words he has been, Of all
men, the most lavish and profuse; of pas
sages of startling eloquenceH he is go
often delivered, that Fame seems scarcely
endowed with wind enangh to give 70
each its appropriate blast in due order
and season. Indeed, her ladyship must
have had hard time Of it with the Sem
Ator Of Illinois, and it would be no won
der if her lungs were in condition al
most as alarming as his wardrobe is said
to have been at the close of the late cam
paign. Recently she appears to have
pretermitted her efforts; but whether from
considerations of health, or lack Of ocoa-
sion, does not appear. If all that he has
done turns out to be simply multiplica-
ton of words, how extreme are his Of
fenses, and how signal will be his punish
mcnt. lie will 60 out; and vast cloud
of silence will brood over him-at once
an extinguisher and u monument.
We want all the great men we can get;
and he who is not ready to fall on his
! knees and thank God for it the moment
| that he is convinced that there has really
great man arisen, is made Of materials
fit only to be wrought into a quadrupedI
We will not say that q man is not great
because he has made innumerable speech.
es, been the subject of ditto, made by
others, because he has for years filed all
the columns of all the newspapers, and
been incensed with an infnitude of com
! plimentary harangues, toasts and resolu
tions; but we do exceedingly suspect the
stability of that species of greatness, and
tremble at theperil he is exposed to whom
it belongs. To talk and to be talked
about are suspicious circumstances; tC
talk idly, and be the subject of idle talk
ing, very alarming.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24
Amusements This Evening.

NEW NATIONAL THEATER--sycsmore street,
between Third and Fourth =" Woman's Heart;
"Rasing the Wind.n
WOODS THEATER-Corner Sixth and Vine sts-
h2ndem h ,, h,voor
Vine aud Enthusiastically italian Opera Com
SMITH & NIxoN's HALL-Fourth street, be-
tween Main and Wanut.-Y. nj. NJ. J.. Association-
Lecture by Rev. y. b. Parsons, of Louisyille-Sub,
iect: "The American Union: Its Divine Origin and
Development, as forcshadowed In Prophecy"
GREAT WESTERN MUSEUM-Corner Third and
C.nnn mara
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24
Opera and BridaI Eans.

Pearl Stick, white Silk, Plain;
Pearl Stick, white silk, Silvered;
Pearl Stick, white Silk, Embroidered; ..
Pearl Stick, Parchment, Painted;
Ivory Stick Broad Fan, white red blue and pink SILK
Ivory Stick silvered, spaDgled, embroidered SAX;
Ivory stick, elegantly painted, silk;
Sandal Wood Stick, broad SILK, all colors.
Hair Pins, blueRnd god Coral and gold;
Head Dresses, blue and gold, Coral and gold;
Card Cases, carved and plain Pearl, She'll
and Silver;
Porte .Monnaies, with chain, leather, silver velvet
7E JOHN D. PARK,
Northeast corner Fourth and Walnut streets
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24
NEW BOOKS.

THE LIFE. SPEECHES AND MEMORIALS OF
DANIEL WEBSTER. BY Samuel NJ Snlucker,
A. M. Philadelphia: D. Rulison Cincinnati !:
Anderson, Gates Il Wright. vol. l2mo.
One hundred and fifty pages of this volume are
occupied by biographical sketch of Mr.. WEBSTER
the remaining four hundred contain his most cele
braed orations, and a selection from the eulogies
delivered the occasion of his decease of the former
only Il is to speak SO far able to
discover, IT contains nothing new-no new facts in
the history of its subject views of his ebarac-
ter. 1t is a handsome volume, and well-written
biography, in the style of literary production which
is now so popular, and containing much that is of
interest and value.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24
ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY FOR 1853.
Edited by David A. Wells, A. M Boston: Gould 4
n. g hard

FuIttu Dy UHvIu n. WCIIS, n. M. BOstOn: UOuIU a
Lincoln. Cincinnati: G. s. Blanchard.
The general character of this work ia too well known
to need description. As repertory of intelligence
in respect to the movements Of scientific bodies the
general tendency Of the scientific mind, and tho dis.
coveres and improvements that have been made
within the year. it is valuable. To the general reader
il contains many matters of interest. Tho present
number is embellished with singuarly bad and dis
tressingly-like engraving of Prof. 0.M. MITCHELL.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

EINCINNATI ORNAMENTAL C0MP0-
~ sITION WORKS and GLIDING ESTABLISH
MERT, No. 1876 Sycamore street, between Fourth and
Fifth streets. THOMAS BowN, Proprietor. Manufac
lures TO order, and keeps constantly on hand Pier
and Nantel Mirrors Window Cornices Portrait and
Picture Frames, Of all sizes and the latest styles
uand. The trade and dealers supplied on easy terms.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24
COAL OIL.

UROWN a VALLETTE, NO. 4 EAST
ND Fourth street, are now prepared TO supply, IN
any quantity the very best article Of "Buckeye Goal
OK" Retail, q 70 Per gallons wholssals, si logsr
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

Dress Carriers.
just received line of elegant Elastics,
With Bows, Rosetts, and in Embroidery;
White, Blue Pink and Crimson silk;
Drsb, Lavender, Green and Straw colored Silk;
Silk, Velvet, Kid, Buckskin and Thread.
is Ladies' Dress Eau fait" without beautiful Gar.
ters? JOHN d. PARK,
Northeast corner Fourth and Walnut.
marie TuThS III, b, l
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

NAMES BRADFORD & CO., FRENCH
a. BURR MILL STONE MANUFACTURERS,
and importers of French Burr Blocks and the genu-
ine Dutch Anker-Brand Boiling Cloths. Also,
anufactuTers Of Portable Mills, No. So Walnut ST.
All work sold at this warranted Of the
best quality, and If not found so upon trial, the
money will be refunded. I23
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24
No. Oh Main Street,
Bet,yeen Third and PEARL West Side Cincinnati

SS ERs WIRE CLOTHS, SIEYEs, RAT TRAPS,
BIRD CAGES, and all kinds Of WIRE PRODUCTS,
No. 27 Walnut Street, Cincinnati, D.
Fan Mills, Threshing Machines, Rolling Screens and
Safes 70
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

N Il @. MELLEN, SUCCESSORS TO
DICKSON A LIE BETTER, importers and
Wholesale and retail dealers in China, Glass and
Queensware, Plated and Britannia Ware, Looking
Glasses, Table Cutlery, &C., (5T
No Main Gfwaaf
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

H0WE'S DRAWING-R00M DANCES
M Especially designed for Social Evening Parties,
containing % QuadrilIes Cotillons, and 100
Polkss, Schottisches Waltzes, Mazrrkas Reels, Re-
dowas, etc. etc, illustrated with cuts and the
and description Of each Dance or Quadrille under
each piece Of Music. Price 81 90. Mailed ON receipt
Of . 2' "A West Z. FourtR y; Tt4RFsRtAst Street
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

JOHN n. MoRTON CALVIN W. THOMAS.
II r. MORTON IL CO., Bankers, No.
% 20 West Third street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Deal
ers in Exchange Bank Notes and Coin. Particular
attention paid to Collections, and returns promptly
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

G B. COoMBs, vENITIAN BLIND
E1s Mauufactory, No, 236 Vine street, Cincinnati.
Window Shades Buff Linen, and Cambria Curtain
Goods, wholesale and retail McCord's old stand. As
cheap as the cheapest, good as the best. We aim
fo nleaae II
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

A MERICAN BANK NOTE COM
IN PANY, southeast corner of Fourth and Main
streets, Cincinnati, Ohio Engraved in style corre
spending in excellence to that of Bank Notes. Rail-
rosdt State and County Bonds, Certificates Of stock
and Deposit, Checks, Notes. Bill and letter Heads,
Cards &c. &c The above ofice Is under the superyi.
sion Of t239l GEO. I. JONES, Engraver.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

DART & HICKCOX, Wholesale and
N-D Retail Dealers in Goodyear's India Rubber
Goods, Hose, Steam Packing and Machine Betting,
at Factory prices Also, rich Fancy Goods IN very
great variety Orders from dealers promptly attended
To- at 40 West Fourth street. CINCINNATI and So North
Fourth street, ST. Louis Mo. 27
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

g SEALS.--State, Court, Corporation, Notary
- Public, Ecclesastc, Lodge and all other Seals,
designed and engraved to order. Also, Wax Seals,
or Private and Official use.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

W ROOFING. Prices reduced to suit the timesl !
The cheapest and best Metal Roofing now used. IL
can be put at any season Of the year, is prepared
with ordinary mechanic SKILL rapidly, solder
ing In required. Ordere for Roofing from any part of
the country, promptly filled. CALDWELL q co.
~ I32 Columbia street, Cincinnati, o.
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

VIOLIN STRINGS. A GOOD ARTICLE
OF the above, and also of GUITAR STRINGS,
always be found at "A West Fourth street. piano
Rooms of O. NJ. Murch.) Following songs Just rec'd
Linger in Bssful RepOse, by Foster,
My Loved One and MY Own Eva by Foster, ,,,,...-25c
There's not Heath, by Mllard ..,..,......
All Alone, by Millard,
Charming Waltz, by Hinkle, s5c
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

DHGNIX BLIND FACTORY, WIN. W.
n CARPENTER 4 CO., Manufacturer of Venitlan
81 slpds s. and MinaoE shsdss wholesale snd retail No
Woed 3 Theater, Cincinnati o. Old Blinds repanted
and retrimmed. Church, Store and other large
Shades made and lettered. rs
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

NAMES c. FOULDS, FORWARDING AND
- - Commission Merchant, and H. Produce Broker,
cinnati, o. Agent for sale of John A. Shaw Co.'S
Pearl Starch. A.| 10
v. ETSTONE WHOLESALE
eD . DRUGGIST, and Dealer in Drugs, Medicines,
Paints, Oils, Colors and Dye-stuffs, Window Glass
and Glassware, fne Chemicals, Perfumery and Toilet
articles, northeast corner Pearl and Sycamore SITS,
Cincinnati, Ohio. 60
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

JAMES CREW, D. l.. CREW.
II &B. L. GREW, SUCCESSORS TO CREW
~ & McGREw, Wholesale and Retail Grocers
and Produce Dealers Nos. l67 and 1863 Third street,
southwest corner Of Elm and Third, Cincinnati.
Personal and prompt attention will be given to the
sale of Produce Consignment. ia
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

NJ EDUCATED STRENGTHE ENING
I'VE PLASTERS. - These Plasters are excellent
romeotes In of pain and weakness in the side
asthma sprains bruises, and kidney or spinal aeo,
tione The Arnica, Gslbanum, Pitch, Poor Mans
and Hemlock Plasters, are manufactured of various
sizes, kid cloth, and Poor Mans paper, byS
A. GRIFFITH, and supplied to dealers and druggists
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

CAMPBELL, ELLISON & CO., MANU-
~ FACTURERS of HOT AND COLD BLAST
PIG IRON, STOVES q CASTINGS. Warerooms,
No. 81 East Second Street,
The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-24

* EO. ATKINS, dealer in English, French
NU and German VARIETY GOODS. Mrs. Bishops
celebrated Corsets and French wove corsets, whole,
sale and retail. Pinking, stamping, embroidering,
no. No. l02 Fifth street, between Vine and Race
Gincnuatf Ohio.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-01
TERMS or ADVERTISING.

Basinsss Cards, not sxessdiag six isnes, inside
ti5, otherwise sic.
Fassni Nosisss 81 %. Obituaries, according
TO space occupied.
Displayed advertisements half more than tho
above rates.
Advertisements loaded and pIacsd under tbs
hosd of"Spseial Notices." desbts rae ordinary
vdtes. NJ
special Notices In the Local Column 70 csnts
per line,
Advertisements ordered on the inside exciu-
sivsly IN the Daily, after the 6rst two wssks .,
80 per cent. moro than the above rates.
All ira sst<nf sdveyftsemsNfs svsi ts paid Toy
IN aassscs. This Yaie will not ke vssieA from
When the advertiser uses the Weekly A,ons,
the price will ho the same ~ In the Daily
Whore the Daily and Week1y are both used
rs psr cent viil bs deducted from the sgSre.
gate amount.
Under the present system, the Advsrtissr
pays 30 msch for the space he ossapiss, thu
changes being caargsabis fer the com posi- tiol
only. This piAa ia nov generally adopted
Our charge for changes win be Is cents pei
square.
- In ALI cases where adysrtissmsnts ass
discontinued before the expiration Of the ysai
or the time contracted for, they will be charges
up Ut our regular rates for the time actual
ly In.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-01


BANNING HOUSE or
q y = = q 3 O.. = = = r = n - -.
T HAVE this day sdmittsd - ; partner In 'hs
i Ranking Duslnsss, Alexander Barclay, fwho I'm
been my tellsr for the INST six ysass). The busi-
ness, hereafter, will b. condsetsd undsr the arm
and style Of
GRO. g. ANDERSON Z 90.
Being oAs Of tAs o1dsst BaaAing Hsusss az not
the odsst) In lows, the nav Arm soksits sontin-
aapes Of iorme- patronage 70 IbsraIiy extended to
tb4ssuioS psstssf.
They win make eollaetions and remit, less Ex-
change, on thu day Of payment, free Of charge.
Their Ysfsrspssa are u fernsrly ~ senior part
ner, ,vis
RBS1RBHcBs:
Park Rank, n. Y.
Winsiew, Laaier + Co., Bank era, MY.
Edward ". Clark Co., ,Phiis1elphia-
Howard Banking Co., Bossea.
Clapp, fplleS Browne, Bankers, Boston.
Marine 1nnk, Chicago.
nn . A0slpeGA Chicago.
nles' Daak, Rittsburgh.
RAtMers' Dspssit hank Pittsburgh.
Krsm9 . Raha, Bankers,
0ilmose Broshsrton Z" Cineinrati.
A. p. Hsnt = Co., " Louisville.
State 6aviags Institution, 81. Leafs.
Ksokuk, Jan. 'E. 0Eo. o. ANDERSON
jsn6d