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, 1860-06-21
y. Life n:the Turning of'a Card.

-Ane 0H kA9 a4r0l0S OF a Card ~
friend narrated to Us day Or two aince ar
anecdote Of early times in West Tennessee.
which We will attempt to repeat even At the risk
Of losing the graphic simplicity of bis converse
tional narrative.
Some eighteen or tnenty years since well-
known resident Of Upton County va. put on
his trial, charged With the murder Of his wife.
largely against him, and all Tho e1oquence and
ingenuity Of his counsel were required to uaka
any impression in his favor upon jury, which,
however impartial it might desire to be in
the consciousness Of sworn duty, could not bat
see the Waves Of popular prejudice surging in
The case was ably argued. The counsel for
+ tha deteuce nsds toost vigorous and impAssfonsd
appeals The case7was submitted 70 The jury,
and thsJ retired to mako up their verdict.
Tine passed, and as The setting sun warned all
OF the approaching night. the large throng IN
attendance, the judge, counsel, &c, retired all
anxious, the accused not the least 80, to learn
the verdict Of the jury, and some wondering
that the Jury hesitated for one momeut to bring
| IN verdict Of guilty. In the mean time the
Jury had come to point beyond which they
could progress no further. The appeals OF the
their influence, and the jury stood unchanges~
| bic. SIX for conviction and six for aeqaittal.
Something had to be done. In those days
twelve good fellows could not ba got tsgethef
| for night and sleep- Cards appeared myste+
rlonsiy from the depths Of sundry large pockets,
and exercise in se1en up aud poker were zeal.
ously commenced.
| About midnight ose Of their number, Col P. ]
proposed they should play game Of seren up,
The result to decide the verdict. The prpposi.
ton was heartily and unanimously agreed TO-,
in all Seriousness. and the whole crowd Collect
ed around Col P. and his opponent, who pro.
eeeded to play the game On which WIS staked q
| Col. P. played to save the accused. His op
pontnt played, and quite as zeaiously, to secure
the conviction The hackers, i've and ire.
stood behind them. encouraging the champions,
end watching the game, dinty seen bv the
light Of two taliow candles, with tha utmost in
terest.
The game proceeded with very equal fortune,
| till both parties stood at six and six. It was
Col. P!'s deal; he dealt, and turned Jack. The
| prisoner was acquitted, and every member in
the jury joined id the shout, which startled the
whole village, eren the rerelers in "thc gro
cery.' NEXT morning the jury went into court,
| and gave, to the establishment Of many. the YER
! dict Of not guilty." The juryman who played
IN unsuccessful game for human life, still lives
a much respected citizen of the district. Oue
Of the counsels is q very distinguished member
| Of the Memphis bar, and the accused haa, as We
believe, gone to higher court but neither Of
them, nor any Of the assemb1age, nor the
| court, who uaryeled at the verdict, eighteen
| Jeafs ago, have ever known that q human life
| was saved by turning Jack. There ara same
curious episodes in the history Of our early set
tlement; but who would think of veututiup life
upon turning Jack
, 1860-06-21
The Big Ugly Party.
tFFoM the New Orleans Daily De,ta.


The Black Republican party is now called the
Biz Ugly party, and they have Justly earned the
title. Regarding the ugly attributes Of their
candidates and chief, they hare evidently ad-
dopted the rule Of requiring supreme uciiness
as an indispensable qualification for honor and
place. No man can recelre q nomination for
any high office, or be recognized as entitled to
aoy respect or influence, u1less be il a CalibIan
Of eoarsencss and physical responsiveness.
We have given elsewhere daguerreotypes OF
their candidates for President aud Vice Presi-
dent. 0ue Of our neiehbors adds another por-
trait 10 the gallery Of BLACK Republican ugliness
in this charcoal sketch Of the candidate Of TINT
party for Governor Of Maine:
They mast be ''hard up for gubernatorial
material in that State, il Washburne is the best
they l1ave. Be is a small. ungainly, dried up
specimen Of man, with features resembling
those Of an ape much more than human being
and from this circumstance is commonly called
"Jocko Washburne
The portraits OF F. r. Blair Jr., the Robert le
Diable Of the party, and for a quarter of cen
tury the undisputcd owner Of the jack-knite
which belongs to the ugliest nun in tic Union,
Of Thnrlow Weed, aud many others we could
name among the leaders Of l;iack Republican
ism, will render this the most comnlcfe gallery
Of characteristic and expre sslye pictures to he
found in the civilized world.
Black Republicanisnl is faithfully reflected
and happily personifed in those faces aud
forms.
, 1860-06-21

STRANGE SuiclnE.-An old woman, sighty.tro
y<drsef agt, hung herself in Detroit last Satur.
day night. Her name was Martha Shinn. The
old woman wns Of petulant disposition,
through old age and adversely, and often in
du'ged il bad humor and quarre1s On Satur-
day night she had dispute with her daughter
concerning candlestick, and, after some
words. she xentout Of doors into the back 5ard.
Having remained out about fifteen miputes.
ler daughter began to wonder at her ah.ence,
and requested another woman, who was ten.
ant in the same house, to 60 out aud see about
her,. She did 30. and found her suspended by
The neck from treo which stood elose to the
hnuHe
, 1860-06-21


Perhaps the passage Of tue Homestead bill
in any shspe is better than its defeat in any
other s1ape. s,far as the Homestead 1rinci1,
qle is concerned; the principle, to-wt, that thu
bona j7de settler on tho public domain, the SUBJ
duer and civi1izer Of The desert, is fairly enti-
tied to the ownership Of 16o acres Of land
nothing 1sas- bccn accomplished by the bill
which was accepted and passed By the senate,
and concurred in By the House, on Tuesday
last Pre-cmptora already on the public lands
are still required TO pay 62 - cents per acre
for their farms, anc persons who may hereafter
settle on the :lnoccupied territory Of the Uni
tel States are required to pqy e5 cents per
acre, or dou:ale the prico Of accessible farning
lands in Missouri uudcr the Graduation Act
for their pre-emptions. Unmarried men are
excluded from the benefits: nd hall
1Tay measure. Only the odd numbered Sec
tions-one, three, I've. seven, etc.-or one-half
Of the public lands, are open to settlement un-
der the provisions Of the modified bill. We
infer from the imperfect synopsis Of the bill
sent by tele egraph, that the lands embraced in
the curious Railroad grants in Michigan, Wis.
consin Minnesota, Iowa Missouri and sone
of the s,u,bc,n S!ates, are excluded from the
proviaious Of the bill. Indeed the only ap-
proach 10 corccss;ou Of ..t4a Justice Of the
Homestead principle which we flu IN the Dill
is the striking out Of the section Of tie St''ase
bill requiring the President to sell the public
lands at auction within two years after the
aurrey., If this was the best measure which
the Senate would ngrcc to, 1t is pleasure to
know that the Republican members Of the
Committee Of Conference entered a protest de-
claring that t''e5 nceepted the measure only as
choice Of eyile, aud that they should insist
upon the naked House bill at the next session
....Neverthcless, the bill hcs become Law, or
will become SO when tie Presidents signature
is obtained We cannot believe that Mr. Bu-
chanan will either veto the measure, OF allow
it to fall dead by Withholding his signature un-
til after tho adjournment. He mhy do either,
bntwe trust he is not prepared to give blow
80 fatal, 80 tnerclcss 50 uncalled fol-, to- the
pioneers Of the West and the vast army Of those
in other sections Of. tue country who hare been
looking forward 10 the Homestead bill to gire
them each a new home and new start in the
world One year ago the President vetoed
the Agricultural College bill because d. he al
legged, it WAS calculated to retard The p1ocress
nF4 S4e g. - i 1.
, 1860-06-21
The PIX es4 Peak Nails.

W tnna Ts.En ~ 3ean nIH5'{
Editors Press and Tribune:
The bids fol. the Pixies Peak N all routes, es-
tab]ished by The Present Congress, were deci-
ded this morning, as follows:
No. 15;l51-From Galesburg. Nebraska, ION
the Salt Lake mail route), up the South Platte,
by ST. Vraiu, to Denver City, 24o miles and
back, once q week. For this there were seveu-
teen bide, ranging from &1e,o 900, proposed by
T. S. A1vord, Superintendent Of the Butterfeld
Overland Company, down to $500! by E. F.
'Druce, Of St. Joseph, Missouri, who Is the sue
cessful bidder The two next lowest bids were
:2,4oo each- Mr. Bruce's bid is guaranteed by
two citizens Of St. Joseph, whose pecuniary re
sponsib'lity is guaranteed in the strongest
terms by the Postmaster OF. that city. nllude
TO this, because tho supply not only Of Denver,
hpt Of all the branch lines from that place
through the mines, depends on the service on
this route being faithfully performed. The De-
rartment assured me that they would sec TO it
that Mr.. Bruce should carry the mil and of
course. il his guarantnra are responsible the
'ontract can be enforced; as ly law they hare
to pay al1 the cost Of carrying the mail, if the
contractor fails 10 do It.
The estimate Of the Post Office Department
for this route was $I9, 200 per year. I should
hare added that Mr.. Smoot, the Leayeuworth
banker, who is or has been connected with Mr.
Russell, Of the 1'ike's Peak Express, and the
Pony Express, put in a bid at $l4,750.
No. 15.1se-From Denyar, by Huntsville to
Colorado City, sixty eight miles. weekly. For
this, there -1ers fourteen bids, ranging from
*s,lso down. Let to H. G. Wheeling at T., $50.
No. l5,l53-From Denver to Boulder, IL; i;: :: = ?
miles. weekly. For this, there we're thirteen
bids, from s. 900 down. Let to II. G. Smith,
ut $s94.
No. l5,154-From Denver, by BADEN and Tar.
ryatl, to Breckenridge, one hundred miles,
weekly. For this, there we're twelve bids, from
$4,000 down. Letto Thomas Bridge at s., ,495
No. 15.155-From Denver, by Arapahoe, Gold.
Gu City, Golden Gate md Mountain City te
Missouri City, forty miles, weekly. For this
there were sixteen bids. from -, $50 down. Lei
to Z. G. Webbing, at 81 ,oso
The contracts are to commence BY the ndyer
tisements Of the Department, on the 1st Of July
1860, or al soon thereafter AZ practicable" .
proy*so that regret VAS inserted; and if th.
route from Ga1csburg to Denver City il put i,
operation promptly, trust the quarter ant
half dol1sr exaction per letter or paper, on III,
Pixies Pealersis soon to cease. If It dces not
feel that it has not been fro1a lack of earnes
and persistent effort by
Yours truly, SCHUYLER CoLrA1.
, 1860-06-21
Two New Eorkcfs Fighting q Duel II,
New York.

Two New Workers Fi.htIn. q Duel In
New York.
The Baltimore Exchange OF Saturday contains
the following account Of q duel at Marshy Point
between two NeF Workers.:
"At an early hour yesterday morning there
WAS a rumor circulated in lhc citT that duel
hsd taken place the previous evening in the
neighborhood Of Marshy Point, between two
Unknown gentlemen from New York, the par
ticulars Of which, ae subsequently akcertaiuel
by our reporter, appear to be substantially as
follows; The parties, who were Slr. Thomas
BRYAN and 3lr. Samuel Nealc, both ofNew York
city, arrived here with their friends on Thurz-
dav, aud the meeting took place the same after
noon in quiet spot in the vicinity Of Marshy
Point. The weapous used were pistols, aud
upon the first fire Mr. Ncale WAS hit in the LEFT
shoulder, receiving q painful but not dan
gerous wound the ball penetrating onlr
the leshy part of the arm. 3ir. Bryan was at.
tended on the ground By 3lr. Meredith Of PhiIa.
celphia, and Mr.. Neale By tMr. George Boxdon
Of New York. Tbs entire party. we understand
not iucapacitating him from travelling. The
cause Of the quarrel, which is said to hare ta-
ken place at the Union Club in New York, grew
out Of heated discussion between the parties
respecting the nationality Of the Italian patriot
Garibaldi. Adherence Of opinion on this point
led to words, and then to blow from hIr. SeaIe
aud subsequent challenge from Nr. Bryan, Mr.
Bryan is between sixty and seventy ) ears Of age,
and Ar. Neale only d few days youger. Both
gentlemen are we'll known in This citr.
, 1860-06-21
Interesting Relies Of the P{frrtn,

lntercsttn. Hclscs OF the Pilgrims.
The celebration Of the pioneers of Northern
Ohio occurred on Wednesday, at Sewhurgb.
The Cleveland Piaiadealfr, in noticing the gath
ering, remarks:
There will be many interesting relics On ex-
hibition at the celebration, prominent emong
which is an English oak chest that came over ID
The 5iayflowe. with the Pilgrims. This ancient
chest is the property of Mrs. Kellogg, on the
West Side, aul it has been in her family for
many years. It is atill in remarkably good
s:4te Of preservation, the elaborate carving on
the front side shining as brightly, perhaps, as
when it lan6:d On PlJ mouth Rock.
Another very interesting relic is IN anvil.
With which 1saae Beardsley the soa Of Abraham
Beardsley, commenced the blacksmith business
in the town Of Huntington, Fairfeld county,
Connecticut, about the year l75o. The anTii
was given by him to his son Eli, who removed
to Catharines, Tioga (uoH Schuyler) County,
New York, nearly co years ago, where be kept
it in service for rearlT 40 yesrs. lie gave it 10
bis son Ammon, who removed to Stow, Summit
county, Ohio, in the rear 1881 lie, during the
present year, ga7e it to his son, Isaac L. Boards.
iey. Of Cleveland, in whose possession It now is.
The bottom Of The anyil is grooved for forging
bayonets, and the great grandfather Of the
present owner did good service with it during
tho Revolutionary war.
, 1860-06-21
1mportanx Dectsfon--Fer.n Mortgages
held to be Valid,
From tie Madison C,y1s.) orrnal.1

given in MD of the La Crosse milwaukee aail-
road Company, was decided iii The Supreme
Court today, Mr. Justice Paine rendering the
decision. The mortgages were held to be valid.
The main poiut Of the decision was, that the
company had the power to receive the mortga-
ges and notes IN exchange for stock. This de-
erty is all covered BY these mortgages, the loss
Of which will deprive them of lite's savings.
On the other band the holders Of these securi.
ties will fiud in it distant aopa Of return Of
the capital they hare invested in them. 4 de-
cis,on either way would have involved hard
slips, but settlement OF the question will, We
suit n good. We shall Pive the points Of the
case as Soon rs We can have access to the re-
cnrd
, 1860-06-21
The Lincoln Cont Of Arms.

J Gentleman Of this city, Who reached home,
from ths upper Mississippi rirer, yesterday
morning, states that last tweek the boat On which
be Was d passenger, the Doctor Kane. passed an
enormous raft, slowly passing down tile stream,
on which appeared 10 be lodged. about twenty
bands. all .jolly raftsmcn," no doubt. An in
--:ad!a OF tho raft, from which hoated the
American co1ors, Immediately On the bow Of
the raft, was planted huge -. Ill. about twenty
feet high, near the top Of which appeared an axe
and maui. crossed, forming eu excellent reprc-
sensasion Of the Lincoln Coat Of Arus.
This fatboar, its men and devices we're loud
y cheefed along the shore and By passing boats.
, 1860-06-21
Rress Trit)u1te.


People IN The Est. and. Vest who haf'
friends il The zew: gold digenes and miners
In The diegings who deare TO hear from home,
ought 10 think Hon Schuyler colEa1, ChaIF-
man ofth- Post oa1cs COMMITTEES Of the House,
for bis zenl and good.servics in the establish
mont Of. post ,rnutes~between the Missouri
River and Plies Peak, 1ds has worked with
great ass:duty, and, VIC sra glad soeay; wild,
aatteFing SUCCESS. His letter tothis journal,
modestly stating tie results Of his care and
forcthought is printed in anoiher column.
We1tdtt q. may b: wen remembered
not only by hiss-.dist1iet,: but by the whole
West.
, 1860-06-21

TnE CATTLE D1sEAsE IN CAxApA.-The Mon.
trcai Gas<th learns from gentleman ortbat
city, who IL himself model farmer, tha. be
has informstion from Mr. Baker, the President
OF one Of. the Agricultural Societies on the
Chateauguay river. that four cattle died last
week At Huntingdon, under circumstances
which led hin to supposs they had been aflict-
ed VII. The dise::.e which has been for some
time pust epidemic in se!efe: pf the New Eng
land states, namely, p1euro-pneumonia- ii Ills
.."47 should turn cut to hare good foundation,
the ma Tar is very serious. mud steps should at
once be taken to arrest its progress if possible,
or mitigate its eae:s.s. If the disease becomes
epidemic in the townships, where the mainstay
OF tue people is grazing, the 5. .~eee' VIII be to
the last degree disastrous, and sc sbc.' c''1d have
to 50 back to the time when the wheat tly NJ. de
its appearance in Lower Canada, to find q
parallel for The loss and CONSERVATION 1t would
Cause.
, 1860-06-21

ANOTHER Coon REASON FOR vor1sa FOE I1s~
eo1x.-An ~. old farmer; Who hiss been one Of the
wheel aorses" Of the Democracy OF Spaaosr
County for many years, says that he Is deter.
mined to vute for sod Abs" at the next No.
Esmber election. ns 10 bad = fight with Abe
when they were boys, and Abe whipped him.
He wishes TO hare the satisfaction Of knowing
the United Ststes.-Epanseslb Journal
, 1860-06-21

LrcolS LEADS TEE cotcxs:-Eiight car loads
Madison and North Madison to day. 4 Tote
for President was taken on the train as it came
in. Hers it is: Lincoln, a6&; Douglas, 1e4 !;
Bell, II; Wright, OF Indiana, l !; Gen: Jackson,
/; and the Baltimore nominee, 5. HurTah for
"Old dAbei"-ModiAon Gotpt4, BdtsTda1.
, 1860-06-21

+ ~ Judge Law is tho Democratic candidate
for Congress in the first district Of Indiana. In
i ls4s Mr. Law was candidate for the United
States Senate. In ls4s Law declared himself
directly in faror Of the Wiln,ot proyiso, and
now Law declares himself directly against it.
What was " Law' then isn't g Law" now.-Lou-
isrixs Journal, ~ -
, 1860-06-21

A UsrruL AR11cLE-A new aud useful asti-
Gle, called Spaldins's Prepared Glue, has been
introduced to the nutice Of housekeepers. Il il
reliable and really adhesive. and enables eysrv
ware without trouble, and it is always realy for
use.-PAilade,pAia k<dqv, Ok. II, 1859.
, 1860-06-21

Eafs .9retes from tbs Gold .Efnss-. Lafs Mine
snf Latos-.C Chicago Gratfrsasn In Ntx.
rsr and fts Nf< efHEs- 7hs I'm ntEra1fon
And EnsfErAttoH.-s - al 60 Han eous n sfsrs
or Infsrssf. :.
, 1860-06-21

The st. Paul Daily Ainnesotian and St. Paul
Oaiy 2smes. which we're upited in one issue on
the 18th Of December last, have again become
separate and distinct and separate newspapers
fhe Tina will hereafter be published by T. II,
Mewson, who occupied the same position pre-.
riors to the union, and the Aianesotian BIZ the
Aianesofian Joint Stock Printing Company: =
Dr. Thomas Foster, agent Gnd sole editor.
, 1860-06-21

:. Tue SAysERFEsr.-Tha German Saugerfest
or musical feast will be held in Buffalo this
year, commencing on Tuesday, the 24th Of July.
The programme will be ns follows:
Tuesday. the cath, reception. Of the various
soug Unions; aud ia the evening, reception
conoert; Wednesday, e5th-forenoon, rshearsa'; :;
In tho evening grand concert 1hur1dsy,
e6th--forenoon, I conference Of singers; IN tne
evening, the grand concert, in which the pr,zes
Ill be sung for; ball w follow aa!S snis:
TO the Falls will close the festival.
, 1860-06-21

~ The Italians Of Memphis. Tennessee. We
see 1t stated, are organizing a military company,
aud hare already succeeded in securing the
names Of sixty or seventy men. The corps will
be named the "Ga1ibaldi Guards.''
, 1860-06-21

SINGULAR c1RcrAsrAScg.--We find in the
Memphis Aralanedt Of the 1oth inst. the follow
,ag:.
p" 4 maa named vann. engaged in fishing
1 ness caarsey MOTIFS Pacific Place, On FridaT
last, caught very large cas6sh, which was
plac.sa IN box containing several others Of The
6nuy tribe, Ware it remained for sum. time.
while the fisherman .,;ss engaged in remosins
The fish be discovered hsna shich eyideztly
had'be1onged to p lkdy, and which, ]: is sup
posed, was disgorged by the l.rge fish. TIE
hand, we are informed, has the appearance Of
having been burned, but with the exception Of
its being slightly disca'ored, is ns natural as
life. aud emita no smell. 1t is presumed that
the hand is portion Of the body Of one Of the
unfortunate ladies lost by the burning Of The i.
IT. Lacy" -,
, 1860-06-21

D We expect that the Democratic National
Convention will be reunited, il At all, IS The
hunters split deg was-tHo legs up aud two
,doHn-Loxisrii4 Journal
, 1860-06-21

ded By a33-the number Of representatives es-
tablished by the law-gives for the year 1860
the number Of 120, 900 Inhabitants as the ratlo
of apportioument among tho seEeral States. Ac-
cording 10 this ratio, and deducting fron the
total German population 20. per ceat. as not
representative, the German element should be
represented in the Senate Of the United States
BY sixteen Senators, but is represented By nine;
ii the House Of Representatives By fifty. i2hs
members. There are few Representatives Of
German descent in Congress, all whom we're
born in this country. VIII ~. ". killinger Of
Pennsylyania; J. II. kunk!c Of Maryl ylaud; John
Scwa1lz Of Reading, Pa; and Augustus Frank
pt Neg York.
, 1860-06-21

FANS! FANS! FANS! FANS
Pearl Stick. ia White. B:ae. Cherry. Rel
Faus. Fans. Fans. Fans.
Peast Sick. rlau. spaus:ed. s'vssec. Euoso!iesel
Fans. Fans, Fans. Fans.
Ivory sut. in w'h:s. DIu*, Cherry. Rsa.
Fans. Fans. Fans. Fans.
Ivory stick, s'rese.. ra's,ed Eaafolasrea.
Fans. Fans. Fans. Fans.
sanl.il Wood suck, ia s.,s Craps Linen.
Fans. Fans. Fans. Fans.
sana1 Wool. cosa. Str. sht. Round sad u.o%l s,..s
Fans. Fans. Fans. Fans.
Plain Linen, Spanish and A0usnlrx Fms.
Fans. Fans. Fans. Fans.
OPEN. Bridal ard Party Fans. ali Patterns.
Fans. Fans. Pans. Fans.
Fa'n Leaf. Plain rs!a Leaf T.lnsd. Ill s.,,s4.
Fans. Faas. Fans. Fans.
All Kinds, al! PEeca. from cent. 10 $as.oo.
AT PARKS, 12.1 LAKE-6T
, 1860-06-21

u i Nr. Liyermore Of Connecticut chal
leuges the whole State OF Virginia to meet hin,
ir the discussion Of slayery. That's ore way
Ct stumping Statt.--Louurill4 sJoxraa1.
, 1860-06-21

n. The London Court Journal says that the
ladies' have adopted a new style Of hood for 20.
ing out at night. We should like to sc. the new
fashion Of female night-hood. d.-Loui.riit jour
MAJ