The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-01-04
PreNticenua.

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The following are few specimens Of
the contents of new work by the editor
of the Louisville Journal, entitled "Preu-
ticcana," just published by Derby & Jack.
son, New York: a ,ls9
A Mr. Archer has been to the Ohio
penitentiary for marrying two wives.
.Insatiate Archer! could not one suficef"
A Pittsburgh paper says, in an obitu-
airy notice of an old lady, that ''she bore
her husband twenty children and never
gave him a cross word" She mnst have
obeyed the good old precept-"tear and
torbear se Bio
A Buffalo paper announces that DE-.
Brandreth has introduced bill into the
Legislature. Is the editor sure that hs
minded his p's in his announcementf
The editor of the Boston Liberator
calls upon the ladies of the North TO
make use of nothing that is produced by
slave labor. He needn't expect them not
to cotton. They win not erpel 50 old
a friend from their bosoms. -,,
The common opinion is, that we should
take good care of children ut all seasons
of the year, bu: it is well enough in win
ter to let them slide. sicii
A writer in Virginia PAPER devotes
three columns to describe the Great Blue
Ridge Tunnel. We hardly know which
is the greatest bore, the tunnel or the
). description of it
w H. Hooe, postmaster in Vir-
ginia publishes that two hundred dollars
of the public funds are missing from biz
Office, and asks "achO has got the money!"
Possibly echo may answer.-Hoos. All
The editor of an Indiana paper says,
"more villaimy is on foot" We suppofs
the editor has lost his horse. SOD
! The New York Evening Post says .
man "cannot be active and quiescent 1t
the same tine" There may be some
doubt about that. Some fellows hustle
about terribly and get lie still. -,
A Rocky Mountain correspondent Of
the New York Evening Post, who writes
himself "Henry e. Land," describes Ore
gon as the most delightful country in tho
world. Our citizens, if they choose. can
60 out there, and see hoU tho Land hes.
We were considerably amused BY an
account that we lately saw Of remarka-
ble duel. There were six men upon the
ground aud six misses.
, The Ohio river is getting lower and
lower every day 1t has almos. ceased
to run. All who can look at it can at
< once perceive that it exhibits very little
3 speed but O great deal Of bottom. n
( A New England writer says that it has
= been found that negroes can be better
E trusted than white men not to betrsy So
4 crets. We suppose this is upon the prin-
ciple that they always keep dark
, Mrs. Lucy Hill complains iu an Ar
} kansas paper that her nephew has tram
t pied upon her rights and feelings. The
S graceless young rascal shouldn't be IL.
lowed totrample upon his aunt Hil. es'aai
A woman in Florida named Cross
lately gave birth to an infant son which
. weighed only one pound. That Cross
wasn't hard to bear. - g
!, Two, men. Joseph Spark and Oscs,
Flint, were assailed in the suburbs Of Bal
: timore, few nights ago by gaae o
shoulder. .hitters. Flint was knocke,
:, :. down, but his companion escaped 81
= fight. When the scoundrels hit Flint
: Sparks .taec.
Mr.. William Hood was robbed nes
!. Corinth, Ala, on the 18th inst Th,
!. Corinth paper says that the name of tn,
i highwayman is unknown, but thece is NJ
4 doub: that he was Robbin Hood. ~
n A young lady of New Orleans, who 10
x Gently performed q remarkable feat i
e rowing. has been presented witi Itsau
l. tiful yawl. A smack would havs bee
:. more appropriate.