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The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-17
FORT SUMTER,

is located on the Southern extremity of narrow
slip of marsh land, which extends in Northerly
direction to Hog Island Channel. To the harbor
side the so-caed castle presents a circular front.
1t has never been considered of much consequence
as fortress, although its proximity to the city
would give it Importance, il properly armed and
garrsoned. From hasty observation we find that
pets; the majority of them are eighteen and twen.
ty-four Founders. Some "Columbiads," ;" are, how
ever, within the walls There are also supplies of
powder, shot and shell. At present there is no gar
rison at the post the only residents are one or two
watchmen, who have charge of the harbor light
Some thirty or forty day-laborers are employed
repairing the cisterns and putting the place gener
ally in order.
This concludes sketch of the present aspect
of affairs at the three forts, which were meant to
be, and which should always remain, at once the
rrida and off r1 of nrr nitv
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16
Getting Rich.

The difficulty of getting rich is comme
on by the Albany knickerbocker in~
the failure of Jacob Little. He wa
worth two million dollars in ready
and had credit for five millions but
much as when he had only two thousd
wanted that to become four thousand,
desired to change his two millions
millions. He was not satisfied with
come of three thousand dollars q wccl
like Oliver Twist he wanted more. Re}
came and the great Bear Of Wall stree
PROSTATE. Again he recovered and
he fell before the changing tide; and
licvc he has suffered five failures, each
however, like an honorable man, pay
full all demands against him. At his 4
age it is doubtful if he will be able to-
take the fortune he has SO long been ID
suit of, but he will undoubtedly yet
Wall street feel that he is alive.
What is true of Jacob Little is tt
everybody, for he has only acted out b
nature. Men are never rich on their IN
more than thousands or hundreds; tho
never satisfied, whatever they have Il
never are, but always to be blessed.
start out into the world without a cent
think, while we toll for mere pittance,
if we had house over our heads we I
call our own we should be independent
contcnted; then we want five or ten Il
and dollars, and by the time that has
mulatcd, the expenses of living have pr,
upwards so fast that we must double
keep clear of absolute want. Next the
may have his fifty or hundred thous
but the value OF money has changed to
a dollar was once bigger than doubl
now; and there is the same desire to be
as when the half eagles in his pocket
only pennies.
Happiness is not in riches; wealth i
in abundance; independence and cor
ment depend not upon the extent of the \
the number of ships, or the list of stock
calls his own; it all depends upon the
Of mind; and he who learns to do wi
what is not absolutely necessary is md
just as much progress towards content
perhaps more-as he who has acquir(
means of satisfying the needless want. |
actual wants of mankind are few and 81
and easily supplied; it is the artificial
luxuries--that makes us slaves; and bd
these we have imaginary or anticipated v
which may never come to us, that bs
and perplcx the soul. We have not the
confidence that the future will supply ii
needs-that tomorrow will be as abur
to-day; we have no faith that God will
per the storms to the condition Of the
or give supplies when required and o
exact amount needed; and therefore 1
our own work and assuming Gods sups
ion, living in to-day all the future, and
ing at once to supply natural and arti
wants for all time, civilized society is
of scrvitude.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

IN A FASHIONABLE CHURcH.-A
since, attended service in one of
m churches. 1t was one of the
institutions, where style and effect
fully studied. The choir were
hind the pulpit, and facing the con-
It was communion Sabbath
we're opened with q voluntary on a
poor organ; the player was lady,
he entered the church and took her
the impression on my mind that
nding some musical exhibition. for.
bot in full dress, her head was uncov-
hair claborately braided, and she
ir quantity Of ornaments. Her play
listed of snatches of fashionable airs
|rsed with some of the popular songs
day. The flute trcmulo-swell and
I were successfully employed, and
docs and diminuendocs followed close
|ach others footsteps. After playing
EN- minutes, she struck into an anthem,
9 choir, which was composed of six or
arose and commenced singing. There
olos by the soprano, tenor and bass, a
nd chorus, all cnlivened by the full
of operate gestures and professional
tons; they groancd, shouted, whisper
! cooed, till almost every emotional
had been represented-fear, despair,
and ecstacy, Then the sounds died
and the performers sank into their
fter the most approved fashion.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

A MAKEUP -BLuNDER.-A very laughable
mistake is shown in the following mixing of
two articles-one concerning preacher, the
other about the freaks of a mad dog-which
occurred in hurried makeup:
The Rev. James Thompson, rector of st.
Andrews church, preached to large con-
course of people on Sunday last. This was
his last sermon. In few weeks he will bid
farewell to his congregation, as his physician
advises him to cross Tie Atlantic, lie exhnrt
ed his brethren and sisters, and after the con-
clusion of a prayer, took whim to cut up
some frantic freaks. He ran up Timothy
street to College. At this stage of the pro-
cccdings couple of boys seized him and tied
a Tin kettle to his tail, and he again started.
A great crowd collected, and for time there
was grand scene Of running and confusion.
After long race he was finally shot by a
policeman.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16
LIFE IN A RAILROAD CAR.-Long before

LIFE IN A RAILROAD CAR.-Long before
the train arrives we hear the roar Of wheels
we see the glimmer of a glowing light
Brighter and broader it opens; like the
Cyclopcan unwinking eye, it is the head
light Of the train. Then the steady jar, then
the mingled clank as of thousand shaken
chains, and the cars are here. "All aboard ~
and "all rightv follow each other in quick
succession, and we are breathing the close
and heavy dormitory. The car lamps have
gone out disguised; the little wakefulness of
the sleepers has subsidized, and the din sno-
ring outline of cloaks and shawls and fright.
cned- looking hcads-feckcd here and there
like troubled sea, with white, compose the
landscape; while over all, like pendulums,
swing plcthoric carpet-bags slowly to and
fro; and little satchcls, brisk as mantcl
clocks, and bonnets made Of nothing, dance
up and down like blossoms in a rain, all
timed to the motion of train. But the dim
gray turns to an old white, and breathing
bundles begin to stir. Out of an egg-shapcd
packet is hatched a woman, with locks di-
shevelled, like Venus from the sea. A throe
or two and rougher form energies from
cloak and shawl and shakes itself awake. A
shapeless heap turns out to be man, beard
ed like pard. A pair of boots thrust out
like bowsprits, dip out Of sight as the owner
comes in view. One soothing an irrtatcd
hat with gentle touches of his elbow anoth.
er pulling at a wilted collar Disordcred tres.
ses arc smoothed with hasty touches of the
hand, and crumpled sleeves persuaded into
shape. One lady has learned her lesson from
GIimalkin and makes her toilet precisely like
a cat
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16
Changed, But Not Lost.

What chemists term matter is indestructi-
bic. Nothing that exists, whether it is in
the form of tangible subsistence or of ma
ture as light and invisible as the air itself,
can be destroyed. We are accustomed, for
instance, to speak of the agency of fire con-
suming anything that will burn, and consid-
er that the result Of the process has been the
annihilation Of the greatest part Of whatever
has been subjected to its action. But this is
not so; combustion is merely the result Of
the union of chemical elements which, from
the rapidity of their combination, produce
what we call flames The elements them
selves are still existent though under new
forms and with new properties IL we take
stick of wood, for example, weigh 1t, and
then burn it, and then collecting all the
smoke, steam and other matter produced,
and the residum in the form of ashes, we
shall find that we have the very same weight
in all these that we had in the wood at first.
1t is well known that the diamond, which
is pure carbon, can be entirely burned, with
out leaving any ashes at all, in oxygen gas.
The result Of this apparent annihilation is
carbonic acid exactly equal in constituent
qualities to the amount Of carbon in the gem
and the oxygen in the vessels in which it is
burned. So if we take fluid, water, for cx-
ample, and dissipatc it into vapor, we find
that even here we have only changed the
form Of substance, for, by reducing the tenn
pcrature, all that has been vaporizcd, con-
denscs, and we have The water back again.
This law may be fully and strikingly illustra-
ted by example from the vegetable kingdom.
The tree grows, gaining its increase in size
from the nourishment received through its
roots and leaves, the one drawing from the
soil what it reqires, and the other absorbing
from the atmosphere those elements which
sustains the respiratory process necessary to
life. 1t dies, decays and crumbles to the
earth again, in that condition to afford nutri-
mant. 70 other plants; which in their turn
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

HE ANrIPATnY OF LIKE TO LrKE.-When-
two natures have great deal in CON-
the conditions Of q first-rate quarrel are
hished ready made. Relations are very
to hate each other just because they are
much alike. 1t is so frightful to be in
air Of family idosyncracies; to see all the
Feditary uncomliness or infirmitiy of body,
the defects of speech, all the failings of
mper, intensified by concentration, SO that
ery fault of our own finds itself multiplied
reflections, like our image in saloon
he'd with mirrors. Nature knows what she
shout. The centrifugal principle which
grows out Of the antipathy of like to like is
Dnly the repetition in character Of the ar
rangemcnt we see expressed materially in
certain seed capsules, which burst and throw
the seed to all points Of the compass. A
house is pod with human germ or two in
each of its cells or chambers; it opens by
dehiscence of the front door by-and-by, and
projects one Of its germs to Kansas, another
10 San Francisco, another to Chicago, and so
On; and this that Smith may not be Smithed
10 death, and Brown be Drowned into mad
house, but mix in the world again, and strug-
5le back to average humanity.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

A Court ScENE.-A man who had never
seen the inside of a courthouse until he was
introduced as witnes in case pending in
one of our district courts sitting last fall in
the northern part of the State, being sworn,
took position with his back to the jury,
and began telling his story to the Judge
The judge in his bland and courteous manner,
said, Address yourself to the jury, sir"
The man made short pause; but not COM
pretending what was said to him, continued
his narrative. His Honor was then more cx-
plicit, and said to him, "Speak to the jury,
sir-the men sitting behind you on the
benches" The witness then turned around,
and making an awkward bow, said, with
great gravity of manner, "Good morning,
gentlemen
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

CHILD ASEcDorR. Little Gussic.-.
bright seven-year-old boy, was one day stand
ing on the piazza Of the S. Hotel, when
General W remarked that he did not see
the sin Of slavery. Instantly Gussie's repub-
lican spirit was up, and he boldly asserted
that the Bible said it was wrong, and that
therefore it mast be SO. General W re-
piled that he had never seen il in the Bible.
8 Then you haven't read it through, have
your" said Gussie. Yes, have" was tho
cool reioinder. At first Gussie was puzzled
but who can corner q childy After mo-
mcnts thought, he triumphantly exclaimed,
" Then you must have turned over two leaves
at once ep'
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16
ssnsibls Talk.

That ncvcr'll do, young mani No use to
stand on the sidewalk and whino about hard
luck, and say that everything goes against
you. You are not half the consequence that
your talk would lead us to belicve-you are
like the rest of us--a mere speck upon the
earths surface. Were you this moment to
60 down in thelving tide, but a bubble would
linger for moment upon tho surface; and
even that would vanish unnoticcd. The heart
is full of hope and ambition but is not missed
when it ceases to beat One such as you
would not leave ripple
You are coward--a coward--in the battle.
There's no fight in you. You have surrcn-
dcred without struggle, and now whine be-
cause beaten. You are not yet worthy Of .
triumph, for you have not yet earned it. In
garnet, hut, and dripping cellar, are ten thou
sand heroes that would put you TO shame
They must toll or starvc. The strife is q des-
perate one with them for they wrestle with
want, while ragged and dcspairing ones watch
ut the lone hearth the contest Strong men
look death in the eye when their sincws are
strung by the wall Of hungry childhood.
Shame on you! In full vigor of health and
manhood, no mouth but your own to FIJI. and
no back but your own to cover, and yet crouch
under the first scourge of adverse fortune
You know nothing Of the storm, for you have
seen but the summer One cloud has fright
cned you and you think you are hardly dealt
Bly, You will be lucky il you find no darker
shadow across your path.
Stand up, sir, pull your hands from your
pocket throw off your coat, and take fortune
by tho throat. You may be thrown again,
but hang on. Put away the nonsense that
the world is against you. 'Taint 80. Your
destiny is in your strong arm. Weld it like
a man! with an unbending will, and honor
and truth for guide, the day is your own.
No capital, eh2 You have capital. God
has given you perfect health. That is i'm
mense capital to starton. You have strength
all invulnerable. Add will to do and you
win. A man in full health, and strength should
not whine and despair, because fortune does
not pour stream Of gold eagles into his pocket.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

AsToMmIHo FAcr.- llinistsss il our day
rarely object to an increase of salary, but we
find in an exchange . capital story of an old
Connecticut pastor who declined 1t for SUBJ
stantial reasons
His country parish raised his salary from
$500 to $400. The good man objected for
three reasons.
First" said he, " because you can't afford
to give me more than $500.
Second, because my preaching isn't worth
more than that
Third, because have to collect my sal
ary, which heretofore, has been the hardest
part Of my labor among you. II have to
collect an additional hundred, it win kill me. !"
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

Why ARE THE PRAIBIKs TaxIEgss a-Ta1i
Westerners, when they specul Geology,
answer this question by affirm that the
prairie fires have burnt them 6n-that
they have been frightened out ~ Sxistence
by the fires Of the Indians. AT other times,
they vary their theory by affirming that the
absence Of trees is due to the efficiency Of,
that the fall on the prairies about equals that
in other regions: Mr., Whitney, in his paper
en- ene Coperess Ss shoms hst saa the ,ss Se
in certain mechanical conditions Of the soil,
and in its extreme fineness.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

Grief by nature is quiet. How still and
hushed is a house Of mourningl Joy de-
mands and seeks an audible tongue How
loud is house of feasting and gladncss -
Gladncss must sing, either audibly or in the
heart, and it sings the sweetest and best
when its Joy soaIs the highest above tbs earth.
Reptiles, scrpents, worms, and oil things
creeping on the earth, never sing. No ami
nal walking the earth below man possesses
the gift of song, only the birds that fly hcav-
onward. The lark carols swcetly on its up
ward flight, until its song dies away far above
the clouds but its sweet notes are hushed
the moment it falls back on to the earth.--
Like the lark's is the song Of the human
the harp-strings Of the heart, and bushes the
gladstone voice of praise.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

We have never seen a ghost. We
never had our sleep disturbed by th0se
pernatural noises which others have heat
the dead night time in old houses. Yet
a haunted house do we know, many
that is full of spectrcs.
Spectres of the past, spectres of the
and sorrows and passions that have
lived and died,-the chambers of some d
lings arc so throngcd with such, that on
tering them one feels that he is treading
the scenes of a tragedy.
1t is not always necessary to know \
persons have rcjoiced or suffered in on
these houses, or what events grievous or
rible to the heart have happened there
order to perceive the spectres. They 4
an atmosphere of their own behind th5
wall, floor, each article of furniture is
pregnated with this magnetism, by WI
every one afterwards is more orless impres)
One may be SO positive TO such in6ueI
that they strike to the very soul of anotl
Perhaps some very singular ghost sto|
may be explained in this way. The sus}
tible ghost-seer feels the magnetism Of q pl|
and straightway his Imagination re-peo|
1.-THE curious brain, like sensitive dag,
reotype plate, rejecting the images Of
past with such vividness that they seem
tually visible things.
The mental law governing phenomen]
this nature is too subtle to be graspcd by]
understanding. We only know that
phenomena occurs. We hsve entered
a friend . house TO whose history
utter stranger, and heard him,
ishmcnt Of all to whom he L-uoly
known, describe it previous inhabitants, ]
ting off their characteristics and habits v
an accuracy that seemed to border upon
miraculous. And doubtless, many Of
readers have experienced in certain abo
depressions and agitations which have
peared unaccountable, and could only b
had their origin in the melancholy, the m
ness, or the remorse of some inhabitant
by-gone days.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

DELIGHTS OF JouRNALIsM.-A corrcspon-
dent of the New York Tribune, writing from
Pixies Peak, thus speaks of the experience
of Editors in that far off region.
On Saturday evening prominent aspirant
for Congress resented an affront from the
Daily Herald by splitting in the face of one
Of its editors. On Monday, having occasion
to call upon the editor of the Ecening News,
found that gentleman writing in his office,
with Sharpe's rifle and four revolvcrs on
the table beside him making his room into
an arsenal proved a healthy prccaution, for
on the same evening man named Murphy,
notorious border-ruffian during the Kansas
troubles, approached the Office with hostile
intentions, having taken umbragc at an ad-
vertisemcnt of personal character, and swore
all sorts of vengeance upon the editor and tho
premises. just before reaching the door,
however, Murphy found himself the victim
of misplaced confidence, for his entrance was
suddenly checked by six shot-guns and rifles
lev,led ut his head from the window. This
unexpected phenomenon quite abated his
thirst for satisfaction, and elected hand
some apology. Mr.. Bycrs, the senior Of the
Meas, has published journal here for the
last eighteen months, and within that period
has been challenged, mnrderously. assaulted,
and his Office set on fire, and repeated threats
made against his life, and last night his
dwelling-house was burned to the ground.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

only know she came and went Lowell.
Like troutiets in pool Hood.
She was the phantom Of delight, Wordsworth.
And was like q fool Eastman.
One KISS dear maid : I said and sighed (Coldridge.
sOut of those lips unshorn.' I.ongfellow.
She shook her rnglets round her head, lStoddard.
And laughed in merry scorn. [Tennyson.
Ring out We bells, to the wild sky, [Tennyson.
You hear them, my heart! Alice Gray.
,Ts twelve at night by the castle clock lColerldge
Beloved we must part lAlice Gray.
Come back come backv she cried In grief, [Campbel
MY eyes are dim with tears lnayard Taylor.
How shall live through all the days, Mrs. Osgood.
Through all this life Of fearsT tH.C. Reynolds.
Twas IN IN prince of summer time Hood.
She blest be with her hand: Hoyt.
We strayed together, deeply blest, Mrs. Edwards.
Into the Dreaming Land. Cornwall.
The laughing bridal roses blow (ratmore
To dress her dark brown hair fBayard Taylor.
No maiden may with her compare tBrasneld.
Most beautiful, most rarel Rhad.
clasped IL on her sweet, cold hand, browning.
The precious golden link; p ISmlth. ~
Gained her fears, and she was calm (Coeridge.
Al dew drops on pink. H.C Reynolds.
And 50 I won my Genevieve, [Coleridge.
And walked In Paradise . Harvey.
The farest thing that ever grew Wordsworth.
treasure beyond price. ILL., G. X.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16
The Crowded Street.
ny ". C. BRYANT.

Br ". c. BRYANT.
.,,,. .,,.,,,,, .,, ..-.o.
Amid the sounds OF steps that beat
The murmurming walks like autumn rain.
A.. o,..,u .,
Some bright with thoughtless smiles, ard some
Where secret tears have left their trace.
r.,,,. A.. ..,, .. ..u;e. o. -....
my paSsW s1l,, W s,lne ~
To chambers where the funeral guest
In silence sits beside the dead.
AL .o ., h.,,,,- ho,,,.s ro,,,,-
With mute caresses shall declare
The tenderness they cannot speak.
-..a..s-.-
a,s .o,,,o ,v,, r.,. In ..,mre.. be-e
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

AN ORATORICAL GENIUs.-Upon certain
time an orator, who wished to advocate the
construction Of new turnpike road through
a section in Virginia, made the following sub
lime speech:
"May it please your worships, while Eu-
rope is convulscd with civil discords. and her
empires tremble with internal connections,
and while her astronomers mount the wings
of their imagination, and soar through the
cthcrial world, pursuing their course from
star to star and system to system, until they
have explored the vast eternity Of space-let
us direct our attention TO road more imme-
diately in our ncighborhoodr
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

GooD. There appears to be no fixed
standard Of good. To the trading community
any man who can pay his debts is good. A
moral person is undoubtedly good, but then
very immoral one is often esteemed good
fellow. With commercial people goodness
consists in money with the fancy, in muscle.
In short, everywhere, and with all sorts Of
folks, good expresses simply what is much
liked or desired. A traveller on the coast Of
Africa writes that native said to him, eye
ing his abundant apparel, (of which the ne
gro had next to nOne.) You very good
man--you got plenty shirt"
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16
10 Story of Ambition.

hes was sixteen he was bent
by being President.
y-flve Jones thought that he
Rs District Judge would be.
he was much elatcd
hyor Of Frogtown nominated,
less al the nomination
Tompkins graced the station.
i've his dreams had fled
d ambition both were dead.
ON his tolls he found release,
"a Justice Of the Peace.
lul heart, SO high and bold,
Nv brief, sad story told!
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

Spare moments are the gold dust Of time.
OF all the portions Of our life, spare moments
are the most fruitful in good OF evil. They
are the gaps through which temptation finds
the easiest access to the soul
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-16

A PRINTER TO THE During the last
moments Of Winn, a Rochester printer, who
lately died, ne was heard to say, having re-
lapsed into semi-delirious state: lam on
my last stick.ful.-I am coming to para
graph-and | suppose Ill have to wait for
old death to put in the period