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The Richmond Dispatch chronicles romantic
story, derived from . gentleman for many years
engaged In the D 'osecution Of military claims,
who obtained the particulars from descendant
Of the parties that form the subject Of the nar-
rative. 'ftft W fWttl. 5tl.
Early in the revolutionary war. q man named
Lane enlisted In company raised at Manches-
ter, Va, to serve three yeara The company
went north and joined WaShiutOn's army. Ia
king part in ali the previous battles, Lane was
severely wounded at BTandywine or German
care Of BY brother soldier to whom he had be-
come greatly attached, and who belonged to the
same company rs himself
The term q service having expired, these two
soldiers were discharged and returned home,
devoted and inseparable friends. In the mean
time the tide Of war rolled on TO the south, and
thew again enlisted 10 serve IN General Lincoln's
army. at that time engaged In the siege Of Sa.
vannah. 10 that siege they did their duty
bravey.tUE srJs rt9tAtfF-i@ q g@f3ft
Al iast Lanes comrade was wounded In turn,
and was carried of the field In the arms Of bis
devoted friend. While under the care Of the
surgeon, it was discovered that his brave and
tender companion was womanl II appears
that she had formed . strong attachment for
Lane, whom she accidentally met, hut made 50
little impression upon him that he did not rccog-
nze her when he met her disguised as Q soldier.
She was in despair when Lane enlisted, and un-
der the inspiration Of affection she Ael from her
parents, donned Tho Continental uniform and
followed him to the wars. What ensued was 4
proper finale 10 such romance. The wounded
woman recovered, and as soon as the twain were
released from captivity they became one. They
lived many years very happily togcther, and lei
several children. Both the man and his wife
received pensions until their death for services
rvudeTed - sJldieFs.
, 1860-09-28

A good cd Duieh1an and bis fau sat up tlIl
eapiag time, when the latteF, aitrF full stretch.
sid: q wish vas IN Heaven"
Hans also yawned and replied: . ] wish vas
iu der shtiil house"
RatrinaS syss asw wide open, e shs sxclaim.
ID, Ips pound l6s yeu; you GlwnyS wish your
sdlf IN der pest plaza"
, 1860-09-28

g4aAq .LJkW one es'' .ss non ~, ss,sss1s ,.s..,s
Have Ia store ne larasal collection Of SCHOOL and LAW
BOOKS In CalioInll alSo oIioa anA oihlF uurl Order.
from WaSanlion TSsiloty solicited. - - - Ism
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-30
THE CONVENTION.

The nominations made by the republican
state convention, yesterday, were fit to be
made, and they will be supported at the polls
with the utmost cordiality and enthusiasm.
We do not have, every year, state conven-
ton so large or so earnest as that which as
sembed here, yesterday and it is seldom
that candidates are nominated with so little
preliminary management and discussion 1t
had been known, for some time, that there
would be new candidates for several of the
state offices, but not that nearly the whole
ticket would be reconstructed. The nomina
ton of John A. Andrew was made, because it
ought to be made, and because it could
not be prevented but we do not pro-
pose TO discuss the candidates, at present We
give now the proceedings of the convention
with Mr.. Summers speech, and will speak o.
the candidates more particularly at another
time. Mr.. Sumner was received by the
convention, with vociferous demonstrations OF
enthusiasm and his speech was admirable.
He gave clear and powerful statement of the
present position of the several parties that
are canvassing for the presidential election.
"Squatter sovereignty, that device con-
triyed to strike down the policy of prohibiting
slavery in the territories,-was portrayed and
characterized as it deserves. But read tile
speech carefully, and see how nobly Mr.. Sum
ner sets forth the position and significance OF
the republican party. Mechanics Hall was
crowded, and he was frequently interrupted
by applause of the warmest and heartiest
kind
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-30

Whole number of votes, sM
Necessary for a choice Al
Levi Reed of Abingdon 40
E X. Sawin of Eairhayen 1I4
Z. f swift of Yarmouth IO2
Austin l., Rogers of Worcester, i0l
Albert L. Eernald Of Boston, N
The ballot for state treasurer was taken with
the following result -
Whole number of votes, 1o7g
Necessary for choice, 639
A. G. Mayhem had All
Henry Il. Oliver, H5
The several nominations were made unani-
nous. Mr. Brigham, from the committee ON
the nomination OF electors at large, reported
the names Of Hon. GEORGE MoREY of Boston
and REUBEN A. CHAPLAIN of Springfield. The
report was accepted and the nominations were
adopted The nomination of electors Tor the
several districts was deferred to the district
conventions. The following named gentlemen
constitute the state central committee for the
ensuing year
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-30

Whole number of votes, 903
Necessary for choice, ASP
JOHN T. GOODRICH ofStockbridge $50
Eliphaet Irask of Springfield, 17S
George Coggswell of Bradford, l42
Thomas NJ. Clark of Boston,
and the nomination made unanimous.
On the motion of Mr. Davis of Plymouth
the ballot was taken for attorney general with
the following result -
Whole number Of votes, zoos
Necessary for a choice 5O4
DWIGHT FOSTER of Worcester 200
ID. w AyOrd of Greenfield, pa
Reuben A. Chapman of Springfield, 2O7
Charles Devens of Worcester l47
Isaac D. Morse OF Lowell, so
Horace Gray, Jr Of Boston, Al
Scattering,
Mr.. Sanford of Taunton moved that Mr..
Foster, the gentleman having the highest
number of votes, be nominated by accama.
tlou, which was carried with one or two dis.
senting voices. On the motion of Mr..
George M. Rice of Worcester, Hon.
OLIVER WARNER was re.nominated by
acclamaton as a candidate for secretary of
state. The vote for state auditor resulted as
follows -
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-30

AFTERNOON SESSION.
Immediately on the assembling of the con-
vention in the afternoon, the committee on
the vote for candidate for governor made
their report, with the following result
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-30

Whole number of votes l074
Necessary for choice, 53S
JOHN a. ANDREW of Boston, 1913
Henry L. Dawes of North Adams 326
John u. Goodrich of Stockbridge,
Francis b. Fay of Chelsea,
Ensign II Kellogg OF Pittsield,
Josiah Quincy of Quincy,
And Geo. 5. Boutwell, of GrotOn, j. S. C. KnowtOn
Of Worcester, Joseph White of Williamstown, c. A.
Phelps OF Boston, James BuiintOn of Fall River,
and Thomas IL. Russell of Boston, each
The nomination of Mr.. ANDREW was then
made unanimous, with very great applause.
The vote for lieutenant governor resulted as
folloyus
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

SLEEPING UNDRR THE CLoTHEs.-
There is reason to believe (says Miss
Florence Nightingale that not few
of the apparently unaccountable cases
of scrofula among children proceed
from the habit of sleeping with the head
under the bed. clothes, and so iuhaling
air already breathed, which is further
contaminated by the calculations from
the skin. Patients are sometimes
given to similar habit !; and it often
happens that the bed-clothes are so
disposed that the patient must necessa-
rily breath air more or less contamina.
ted by calculations from the skin. A
good nurse will be careful to attend to
this. 1t is an important part, so to
speak, of ventilation. II may be worth
while to remark, that when there is any
danger of bed .sores, q blanket should
never be placed under the patient. 1t
retains damp, and acts like poultice.
Never use anything but light Whitney
blankets as bed covering for the sick.
The heavy, impervious cotton counter
pane is bad, for the very reason that
it keeps in the emanations from the
sick person while the blanket allows
them to pass through. Weak patients
are invariably distressed by great
weight of bed clothes. which often pre-
vents their getting any sound sleep
whatever. A
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

NeW Sanitary Doctrines. - DR..
Windship, of Boston, is destined to be-
come the most popular Of sanitary re-
formers. He advocates nothing that
goes against the grain Of our humani-
ty. In particular he takes q stand
against those two old dogmas which in
culcate the hygienic necessity Of rising
from the table hungry, and from bed
sleepy. He says, never rise from the
table unsatis6ed never get out Of bed
SO long as you have any inclination to
lie there. In relation to early rising,
our sympathies have always been with
the boy, who, when his father attempt
ed to cut off his morning nap with that
rusty old saw about the bird and the
worm, replied that it served the worm
right-he hadn't any business to get
up so early. As regards the dissin-
guished author of the saying that four
hours of sleep were enough for man,
five for a woman, six for a child, and
seven for fool, we have always in
clined to think that he was entitled TO
avail himself Of the latter clause and
sleep a good seven, for which reason
he felt no conjunction in curtailing the
sleep of others.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

LET THE STOMACH HAVE IT'S GRAY
1Na.-In her book, Florence Nighting-
gale says, in the diseases produced by
bad food, such as scorbutic dysentery,
diarrhea, the PATIENTS stomach often
Graves for the digest things, some Of
which certainly would be laid down in
no dietary that ever was invented for
the sick, and especially not for such
sick. These are fruit, pickles, jams,
gingerbread, fat Of ham or Of bacon,
suet, cheese, butter, milk. The cases
I have not seen by ones, nor by tens,
but by hundreds. And the patients
stomach was right, and the book wrong.
The articles craved for in these cases,
might have been principally arranged
under the two heads Of fat and vege-
table acids. tr
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01
MONUMENT TO MARTYRS OF THE REV

MONUMENT TO MARTYRS OF THE REV
oLUT1oN.-A monument of marble, with
q shaft ten feet high, has been finished
in Charleston, s. c., to be placed at
the bloody field of Waxhaws, where
Col. TARLEToN, with . doubly superior
force, slaughtered nearly . whole regi-
ment of $50 Virginians, under Col.
ABRAHAM BUFoRD, after they had sur
rendered. The Virginians had left
home for the relief Of Charleston, but
hearing Of the surrender Of that city,
we're returning, when surprised and cut
of. It was from this fiendish massa.
Gre that sprung the American warcry,.
Remember Tarleton's quarters I" A
British historian confesses that at this
battle ''the virtue Of humanity was to-
tally forgotten"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

STUPENDoUs ELooUENCE. - One OF the
greatest speeches on record is the follow ing
description of the destruction of O meeting
house by food:
"Afew short weeks ago, and you saw the
stately meeting house towe ing up in your
midst like grandeur in corn fed now,
none SO poor as to do it reverence 1t has
gone the way of all flesh. The mighty tor,
rents descended from the eternal clouds !;
the air was filed with cries If despair, tie
river swelledaHd ran over, the mighty build
ing cracked, shook, rose from the surface OF
the water, moved like q world in mira
ture down tho vast cxpanse, carrying with
it an old pair of boots that had left in one
corner Of our pew.e
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

~"Why were you not at church yester.
day ?" inquired parson in Brooklyn of o
member Of his congregation, who was alb.
sent from his place on Sunday. clad other
business to attend to-" was the blunt reply.
"My dear friend" said the clergyman SOL
emily. "There will be no preaching in
hell.' "Well, it won't be for the want OF
of minister's" was the quick rejoinder.-
The good cid parson shook his head and
want on his way, Illuminating, doubtless, on
the doctrine of total depravity.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

DUEL BETWEEN AYE LINCOLN AND
GsN. SHnLDs.-The Chicago Press
and Tribune relates the following an
ecdots of Abe Lincoln and Gen.
A great deal Of fun was had by the
jokers in Springfield, aboat an affair
in which, long time ago. our good
friend Lincoln, tie candidate for the
Presidency, was engaged. A young Ia
dy Of that city, now the wife Of q dis
tinguished statesman, wrote . para
gragh in . burlesque vein for the San
CANON Journal, in which Gen. Shields
Was good humoredly ridiculed for his
connection with some public measure.
The General was greatly incensed, and
demanded Of the editor the name of
the offending party. cold Sim" put
him off with 9 request for twenty-five
hours to consider the matter, and, short
ly afterwards, meeting Lincoln, told
him his perplexity. 'sTell him I wrote
it !" said Lincoln and tell him he did.
After . deal Of diplomacy to get re-
traction Of tho offensive parts of the
paragraph in question, Shields sent a
challenge, which Lincoln accepted,
named broadswords as the weapons, an
unfrequented, well-wooded island in the
Mississippi, just below Alton, as the
place.
"Old Abe" was first on the ground,
and whom Shields arrived he found his
antagonist, his sword in one hand and
. Ratchet in the other, with his coat of,
clearing away the underbrush! Before
the preliminary arrangements were
completed, John j. Harden, who some
how, had got wind of what was aAoat,
appeared on the scene, called them both
id fools, and by his arguments, ad-
dressed to their common sense, and by
his ridicule Of the figure that they, two
well grown, bearded men, were making
there, each with . frog sticker in his
hand, broke up the fight. We do not
know how Gen. Shields feels, but we
have heard Of Lincoln's saying that the
acceptance of the challenge was the
meanest thing he ever did in his life.
Hardin, than whom Drawer man never
stood, never came out Of that terrible
charge at Buena Vista, to which he led
the I'd Regiment of Illinois Volunteers.
If the events of his life passed in quick
review before his mind as he lay
wounded and dying in that fatal ravine,
We doubt not this act of his, by which
he prevented two really brave men from
engaging in fatal strife, was not the
least of the consultations of that bitter
hour.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

MAINE LAW IN The CouNTRY.-Host-I
say, my boy, shall we join the ladies in the
drawing room. s. ~ e. t.sT a
Guests sh'inksho.
Host-Can you say the scenerJ's truly ru'
raj bout here?
Guest--Sc:scenery tooralooral. .E.
Host-All right come along.--Punch.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

AN ANTI MUSCLE PHYS1CIAN.-Ine
practical Doctor Hall, editor of the
Journal Of Health, q valuable publ
cation, thinks that such fellows as
ssTom Hyer" should be ranked lo,0er,
and argues very correctly that mans
intellectually does not depend on the
amount of brute force which he pos
sesses. Says the Doctor, discoursing
on this subject, s'small men, fragile
men, men of little muscular vigor, may
have good bodily health, and among
such are found a vast excess in num-
bers Of the opposite class, who are the
brightest of the worlds bright stars. =
As very general rule, it holds good
the bigger the man the bigger fool he
is. Who ever saw a giant who was re-
markable for anything beyond the size
of his body? while the smallness of his
head, and the little that is in it, is q
notable thing. But body and brain
need vital force; the mind is great in
proportion as that vital force is expan-
ded in the brain, but if it is used in
developing the muscles, the brain must
suffer. If one expects to make his liv-
ing by the exercise Of muscular
strength, let him, as a boy and a youth,
develop that strength by steady labor
and a regular and temperate life; if it
lis his wish to make money by Jlegerde-
main, by monkey capers, by rope
walking, by miraculous poises and astI
tonishing feats of ground and lofty
.tumbling, then the gymnasium is a
very proper place for him, and it is
right that the energies of the system
should be expended in the direction Of
the muscles !; but if he aims at pro-
fessional life. one which is to be follow
ed as q means of living, he must exer-
else the mental, not the muscular
powers /; to the brain, and not to the
beef, must the energies of the system
be sent, in order that, by their exercise,
the brain may be developed and the
mind work with power. =
Are our embryo doctors, and lawyers,
and clergymen, going to make Tom
Hyers and Bill Poolcs and Yankee Sui
livans of themselves Does the ability
of jurist depend on the amount Of
beef that he carries =? Is q physicians
skill to be determined by the hardness
Of his muscles +? Is o clergyman's
efficiency to be measured by the agility
ofhis monkey capers, by his dexterity
in hanging on to beam by his hind
leg, and swinging up to touch his nose
against the big toe Of st'other foot. !"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

~H your sole object for reproving
! person is to improve him, take, care
Of the temper with which you reprove.
Bad temper in the reprover is pretty
surs to produce it, offspring in the re-,
plolsd. 60 !
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

RAISING TOBACCO. - The State Journal
says that last } ear Mr.. Smith or Chicka-
saw county, made trial of raising tobacco,
which proved very successful, and that be
intends going into the business largely this
year. sn
This, it strikes US, is good idea. Our
climate and soil are well adapted to the
cultivation of tobacco, while experience
teaches US that wheat is so very uncertain
as to render it impractible to depend upon
it. Besides if both crops wsreequally GER
tain, the tobacco crop is much more profit.
atle one. We hope that more of our Iowa
farmers will make the experiment.-Keo :
kuk Journal. - ~ 20
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

s9 Many true heart that would
have come back like dove to the ark,
after its first transgression, has been
frightened beyond recall by the savage
charity Of an unforgiving spirit.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

~ "Sambo. you's larn'd 10 the law, can
you say if de eba one was to lose him tail,
whsr would be go to find another one ~ )
5 Why, to de grocery, OBJ course dst's de
only place knows on whore dey retail bad
spirits." ~ asg
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

; sIPeople say, they shell peas,
when they unshell them that they husk
corn. when they vunhusk it.; that they
dust the furniture, when they undust it
or take the. dust from it and that they
scale fishes, when they unscale them.
have heard many men say they were
going to weed their gardens, when
thought their gardens were weedy
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

Mans mind is like the eagle,
sometimes soaring to the sun, and
STOPPING to cazzion. I
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

- It is very well for little children
to be lambs, but very bad thing for
them to grow up sheep.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

@True-wealth is that possession
which satisfies the heart. Palaces and
lands may still leave o man miserable.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01
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tFor the Journal.]
Lines sug0sstsd upon learning tie rssuk Of The la
Al E$t Onioago Conveation. II i ~ 4

Lines sygosstsd upon learning tie rSsuk Of The late
All Et OAicago Convestion. I'll IT. VI
God speed thee, brave Liucoln!r
Rejoice We to know -
That thou art the chosen
To yanquish tho foe;
That thine is the arm (
That is destined to save
M Our country from ruin, satwo
Disgrace and grave. ~.
% ~ If successful, we know, . ss,Ssag 8&
Thou wilt plant firm and free, -
'a' Is On the soil of Columbia,
Fair Liberty's tree.
Under thy administrator n -su E
Twill cast deeper shade,
egst And include meath its shadow ~
All creatures God made; '-
The sons of all nations y ,,e1c~y
Shall here find home,
q q, Though hailing from torrid s. n fY
! 6EEN Or temperate zone. +a1" "f-''4
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For the Journal
rEw Rally song.y,g s. Y~
Come, freemen, come rally, from mountain and val
10y, % sai@ e raas sEsg
Repair to the standard, prepare for the fight!
The country il calling = come hail your brave
leaders; - -s, 5'
w The choice Of the people and right. ror e.
Come, save, from misrule and corruption, again
The country from sinkng-by Abraham Lincoln
And Hannibal Hamlin Of Maine. GEs
Come, grid on your armour, mechanic and farmer,
Arise in your power and scatter the foe
Look forward with hope, and bright sxpectas io1
For pesce and prosperity, know;
Your efforts will crown, with glorious reign,
By whom are you thinking-why Abraham Lin
And Hannibal Hamlin Of Maine.
fr-.,i-f "a q. a}..a
Come, bendsmen and frsemsn- come, landsmsn and
seamen, r.s@ss'i
Our colors are flying and allied to the mast
Well tand BY the ship till she's CALAMITY anch
cred a+ gti II ur.s
In liberty's harbor at last.
Aud then, with 4 shout, over maner and main, es
A toast we'll be drinking - to Abraham Lincoln,
And Hannibal Hamln of Mainel
. ..,. W. II.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01

HAD HM THeRR.-''I understand, Mr.
Jones, that you can turn anything heater
than any man in town." eyes, Mr.. Smith,
I said So" '.Mr. Jones, / don't like to brsg,
but there's no man on earth can turn thing
as we'll as can white it." "Poob, nom
sense, Mr.. Smith talk about whiting
What can you white as we'll asI can turn?'
"Anything, everything, Mr.. Jones. just
name the article that / can't wbittle that
you can torn, and I'll give you q dollar if
can't do it to the satisfaction of all these
persons present." s.Mr. Smith, suppose we
take two grind stones for trial; you may
whittle and will turn"