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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-02-07

THE MAIL CcSrRACroRs.-The mail cou,rac.
tors were on hand the moment Speaker was
elected TO pass their appropriation bill through
but the Representatives put check 10 the mat.
ter, being determined to examine the facts in
relation to the service they claimed paw for, and
TO prevent any hasty legislation upon the score
of sympathy.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-02-07

EXECUTION OF SrEPHENs-New York, Feb. s.
james Stephens was hung this morning for
the murder of his wife by poison. The execu.
ton took place in the prison yard, about 200
persons being present. He met his fate firmly.
and was attended TO the scafold ty three cler.
gymen. He died protesting his innocence.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-02-07

RCyoEED SHOOTING or ToN HYER pY JoHss'
NoREIssEY-Ner YORK, FEB. There
rumor in the streets that Tom Hyer, the pusIia'
was shot last night By John Morrissey, While ''s
two were engaged in scuffie.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-02-07
The ConstitutionaIify Of the Canal I.onn

1t is to be hoped that al readers Of the Re
publican will carefully read the article written
by the Attorney General, upon the constitution
atty OF tho Canal loan. 1t presents fully and
clearly the legal points in the case. 1t is written
in the calm, clear, perspicuous and conclusive
style for which Jacob H. Howard has been con.
spicuous, for more than quarter of century
in this State. IL contains all which can be said
upon this question.
Since the publication of the article in question,
Henry n. Walker, the Buchanan Postmater of
Detroit, has been driven from his earth, and has
been disclosed over his own name, in all his
"rsfuge Of lies" lie has sought to answer this
constitutional argument, no. by argument, but
by diatribe and abuse-rot with the weapons Of
lawyer, but by those of personal and bitter
enemy. With those arguments We have nothing
to do. We leave them to the readers Of the
Free Press. But il is enough to observe, ss
conclusive upon the point of the necessity of the
precaution taken to secure the Canal, that the
wind up of the article admits that the constitu-
ton should be SO changed by submission to the
people in the form of amendment, q proposition
to render lawful the act providing for the Canal
loan.
The last sentence Of Walkers article destroys
to entire force, if it had any. 1t is to be hoped
that the examination into tho consttutiOnality of
the law providing for the Saut Canal loan, will
be read and examined for what it was intended
NOT as an electioneering document, but a. a
calm, we'll considered legal opinion, and in that
regard, fully entitled a. well to the consideration
of candid men Of one party as of the other. If
the view taken by Mr.. Walker is correct and
sound, it is no more than just that he and his
party shonld have the benefit of it; but if, on
the other hand, the stand taken by the Attorney
is the only tenable ground, he should evidently
continue to preserve the confidence of the people
OF Michigan, in professional reputation which
has never been forfeited nor shaken.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-02-07

AnLkp.-Healey, an engineer upon the Grand
Afunk Railway, was killed in attempting to sc,
upon q train on the Detroit and Milwaukee Rail.
way, three miles from Detroit, on Tuesday last.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-02-07

FIRE N NEW YoRK-The New York pape"
give an account of the burning OF SIX s'@'
tenement building, and the loss Of large H1D
Der Of lives
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-02-07

The past has been week Of great interest at
Washington. Gov. Pennington of New Jersey,
who voted steadily for Mr.. Sherman, was taken
up a. the Republican candidate, when Mr.. Sher-
man declined, and after few ballots, was cleo
ted by one majority. Gov. Pennington is q
sound Republican, and his election has been
hailed throughout the large cities, by acclama.
tons, by bonfires, Nominations and the roar OF
cannon. 1t is an unmxed Republican triumph.
NJ. Forney, the dire and bitter opponent of Bu-
chanan and the Lecompton Democracy, having
received the unbroken support Of the Republi-
cans, was elected Clerk By one vote also. Ano-
Their substantial Republican tliumph-another
crushing rebukc to the President. W. Il. Hot
man was elected Sergeat-at-Arms.
Although the House Committees have not been
constituted, and probably may not be until TO-
morrow or next day, yet the completion of those
committees may DO readily understood, when it
is known tina. Mr.. Sherman of Ohio has been
rendered the Craftsmanship Of Ways and Means,
and Mr.. Grow Of Pa, that of Territories
Factious opposition has finally found itself
absolutely worn out by the steady nerve and
fixed determination Of tho Republicans in the
House. While the fre-eating party have howl
ed themselves hoarse, in their efforts to create a
lapse in the affairs of Government, and thereby
make an apology for empty threats Of dsunion,
the Republican members have kept their seats,
and their tongues-except to vote. The har-
agues Of the ultra South have been, almost with
out an exception,
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-02-07

/ From the Cossian,ine gslesy
! The Democracy have Of late been tasnf
great comfort in the fac. that one Of the pressf.
State officers has made a Tns-tep ira the dschass,
OF his official duties which Baight have resultst
dsastrously 10 the State-anf doubtless wouk
have resulted IN loss under the system inaugun
ted by the Locofoco officials last 10 power. Bs
the other State officers took such pronp; and
vigorous measures, that all the property Of tts
State has been secured beyond possibility d
! loss.
from tie Oza.ss Areross
Under these circumstances, We canno. 5s'
I hope that Mr.. Mckinney w forthwith resc
his Office. Although we DO not charge him VII
'ntt'.fiOn 10 defraud the State and although BE-
act will now occasion no loss TO the State, ~
to use the milde.t phrase, he has wfuly or g
noranuy Transcribed the law, and under TIE
stern rebukc which he has received q, the hsn-s
OF the other State officials a proper sef.respts
should prompt his Immediate withdrawals
owes il TO himself to hi. friends and 10 q.
people.
Frtn the -an lac Jsa-isonsb
II guilt attaches 20 any, it is to Mr.. 4ckn.
ney, and 10 10 one else. As il is the ds'!a
tie State Treasurer to draw tie funds from ne
depository, this ne did according 10 av. AZ
paid the same over to Hazleton & Co, taxing %
security for he reimbursement Of the same; IL
1t be has been guilty OF such gross csrelessree
even without any attempt at fraud that, OF IseH'
shows him 70 be an unsuitable and improper PEI
son for the Office; and if Mr. Mckinney ha Da
already vacated the Office to which the votes o
the Republicans Of Michigan have elected hrn-
be ought Immediately To DO 20, and re trust u
will.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-02-07
Like tale told by an IDIOT,

fuII OF s0uHI md llry-stJnNytnJ n0Nihy.
Let US do all honor, and give all praise to our
public servants, the Republican members OF
Congress, who have thus held themselves at the
service of their country, amid threats, provoca-
tons, and siironts, undisturbed, and unimtini-
dsted
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-06-01

STIRRING ruE Soil IN DRY WE,rHER.-That
frequent stirring the soil is the cheapest and
most effectual way Of protecting crops against
drouth, is proved by the fact that soil
plowed or cultivated often in dry time. is
moist almost to the surface, while land neg
lected, is dry to great depth. Some farm
ers. FROM false reasoning, infer that IL new
surface is continually exposed to the sun and
air, the effect will be to dry the soil still more.
But the atmosphere in the hottest and dry
est weather Is moro or less charged with
moisture, to prove which we have only to
present cold surface to the atmosphere, as
a pitcher Of ice water for instance, when the
moisture Of the air will be condensed and
form in large drops on the outside OF the
pitcher. BY frequent stirring the soil is
kept loose and porous, and coming in contact
with the cold earth is robbed Of its moisture
by condensation, in the same manner as in
the example Of the pitcher given above. The
oftener the soil is stirred the more new sur
face will be presented for action in the same
manner: but when land is suffered to remain
idle. crust is formed on the surface which
is impcnetrable to the atmosphere, and no
such effect can take place.-GeH. Farmer.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-06-01
BLOCK, LIBERTY STREET.
B1ppEFoRD, FRIDAY oRN1Ne, JUNE l, 1860. NUN

or three hours sleep out of tho twenty-four.
At the same time you never should give tea
or coffee to the sick, rs a rule, after fyc
o'clock IN the afternoon. Slecplessness in
the carly part Of the night Is from excitement
generally, and Is increased by tea or coffee /;
slecplesness which continues to tho early
morning, is from exhaustion often, and 10 re-
licyed by tea. The only English patients I
have ever known refuse tea, have been typhus
cases, and the first sign Of their getting bet
ter was their craving again for tea. In gen.
cral the dry and dirty tongue always prefers
tea to coffee, and will quite decline milk, un-
less with tea. %
Coffee is better restorative than tea, but
q greater impaircr Of the digestion. Let
the patients taste decide. Dethmann, quot
cd by DR.. Christison, says that among the
we'll and active, the infusion Of an ounce OF
roasted coffee daily will diminish the waste
going on In the body by one fourth And
DIR. Christison adds that tea has the same
property. All experience among the sick
shows the same thing. Cocoa is often recon-
mendcd in lieu Of tea or coffee. But inde-
pendcntly of the fact that English sick very
generally dislike cocoa, 1t has quite differ
ent effect from tea or coffee. Ii is an oily,
starchy nut, having no restorative power at
oil, but simply increasing fat. 1t is pure
mockery of tho sick, therefore, to call 1t a
substitute. For any rcnovating stimulus It
has, you might just rs well offer them chest
nuts instead Of tea. An almost universal
error among nurses Is the bulk of the food,
and especially the drinks they offer to their
paticnts.-F2orenoe Nightingale.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-06-01
Tea and cofTeo for tho Sick.

A great deal too much against tea Is said
by wise people, and great deal too much OF
tea Il given to the sick by foolish people.
When you SOC the natural and almost uni,
versal craving In English sick for their 'tca,
YOU cannot but feel that nature knows what
she isabout. Alittle teaor coffee restores them
al smuch rs great deal, and especially of
coffee, inpairs the little power OF digestion
they have. Yet the nurse, because she secs
how one or two cups Of tea or coffee restores
her patient, thinks that thrce or four will DO
twice as much. This Is not the case at all ;
it is. however, certain that there Is nothing
vet discovered which 10 substitute TO the
English patient for his cup OF tea he can
take Il when he can take nothing else, and
he often eannot take anything elso II ho has
Il not. Ishould DO very glad II any Of the
abusers Of ten would point out what 10 give
TO an English patient after q sleeplcs night,
instead Of tea. II you give Il as hvs or six
in the morning, he may even sometimes fall
aslcep af,cr II, and get, perhaps, his only two
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-06-01
OFFICE IN HooPER's BRICK Bl

tune he has got It. and Is coming to share
it with her, If she will let him. VIII you
tell her thisg
The widow did not answer. She had freed
her hand from his, and covered her face with
1t. BY and by she looked up again. lie
was waiting patiently. 81 .el-'. S.
'Well." - ........-.7 eco. 81
Il will tell her. 49,, .f",ft ..
He rose from his scat and walked up and
down the room. Then he came back and
leaning on the mantlepiece, stroked the yel.
low hide Of Bowso with his slipper. %
Make her quite understand that he wants
her for his wife. She may live where she
like, and how she likes, only 1t must be with
him. .-i - -l t-..,. ,.... r.
Il will tell her.
Say that he has grown old but not cold
that he loves her now perhaps better than he
did twenty years ago; that he has been
faithful to her all through his life, and that
he win he faithful till he dies
The Californian broke of suddenly. The
widow answered still.
Il will tell her.
'And what do you think she will say? he
asked in an altered tone.
'What can she say but-Csme?
'IIurrah! y
The stranger caught her out Of her chair
as If she had been child, and kissed her.
Don't !-oh, don't' she cried out. d
am Sans Maria =
.Well-I am Maria's Sam J!
OF went the dark wig and black whiskcrs
there smiled the dear face she had never
forgotten leave you to imagine the tab
lcau-eyen the cat got up to look, and Bowsc
sat on his stump of tail, and wondered il
he was on his heels or his head. The widow
gave one little scream, and then see
But stop! Quiet people like you and
me, dear reader, who have got over oil the
folles, and can do nothing but turn up our
noses at them, have no business here. Twill
only add that two hearts were very happy,
that Bowse concluded after a while that ~
was right, and so laid down to sleep again,
and that one week afterwards there was u
wedding at the house that made the neigh.
boring farmers stare. Tho widow Cobb had
married her First Love.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-06-01

LOOK OUT FOR THE HENs.-Sce that hens
are constantly kept supplied with lime in the
form Of old mortar, or pounded oyster or
clam shells, gravel, bones, and meat. Char
coal Is also valuable article to have about
the coop. 1t is said that cooked food should
never be fed to hens or other domestic
fowls when the weather is sufficiently cold to
freeze 1t in the crop and destroy them a
person once informed us that this frequently
occurs We think hens should have place
proyided for them that will not freeze the
food, even if it Is out of their crops. This
advice may be useful, however, where fowls
have the range Of the barn, and no warmer
place to 90 to. In such situations hens OF
ten do very well, IL they are fed literally
with grain, and once day with hot, mashed
potatoes and meal, mixed with scraps. There
Is no place they like 10 well rs among the
hay and straw in the barn, and to pick up
the hay and other seeds about the floor and
around the cattle. Fowls dislike dampplaces,
and the cellar, though warmer than the rooms
above, is not 80 good as loft would bc,
where the sun could come through windows
in the roof, and which might be warmed in
the coolest weather from st6re below
They require steady attention and care, and
when they receive it will afford rs much
profit for the outlay us any item Of the farm.
IN. E. Farmer.
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NJ Y DAY. .

II you should die to-mOrou, dear,
Think that I could say,
Betwseu tse tears, Goods viii be done,
For have had my day"
And that day was 50 sweet, my love,
Ifelt, when u vas dOae,
As though an age Of golden days
Had melted into one.
n such fair tides be dead, sweet heart,
think that I will say,
Each eventlde, Gods will be done,
For have had my day"
Men say the world Is cold and hard,
And life Q painted cheat
Perhaps II Il (; l only know,
That have found II sweet
And II II change, and grow 10 pain,
think that will say,
20, sad. pale life. Gods win be done,
For I have had my day
And that day brought my soul . dawn
or jpy so kind and bright,
That all my after life, dear heart,
Lies folded in Its light
And whAtsoe'r that life may bring.
think that can say,
"Love dieth not Gods will be done,
For hare had my day.
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4Wxg..
iron TIE uSios ASaj6ouRyAL.l

Though, I saw her lying dead.
Her hands we're folded on her breast,
Her eyes slept meath their curtains vhits,
Her lips were sealed In smiling rssr
Long hours stood beside her oy9,S
And gsisd with burning. teart, eyes,
As one vhs sees the sun % dOxE
Which nevermore 10 him shall rise.
Iheard the rain sob in the pines,"
heard the seas long. dreary pSkn'
The winds cried In the shuddsring oaks
Tne dead asd I we're all alone.
The flowers upon her bosom's snot
Overwhelmed me with their rich Perfume,
And solemn music seemed 10 noAt A.
All ibro' the heary nidnisht EloOt5
Had hot kisses on her lips
That might have warmed to life sto9fI-
To put soul In that cold clay, #
Ivouid have.wlllsd away my ova. =
Up TO the awful skies I gared,
And met their rigid, iron frown.
Out on the sea looked, and saw
The ships like shells, toss up and down.
When last looked upon the sea,
Her hand lay fondly In my owns
The sea slept like weary child,
The sun upon her tresses sheae-
o hungry sea OF death. give back,
Give back my dead 10 me-
shine, sun, and break this fearful spell.
This dream, II dream ID be!
am not dreamlng-she Is dead -
The skies will never smile again,
And though the sualisht h.ll for you,
4 only hear the last nights rain. ht
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-06-01
LOUIS O. CowAN,
VOLUME XVI.

is frozen, though if spread over the surface
then IL is apt TO retard the thawing Of the
ground. No manure but what is well rot
ted or composted should ever be used in
garden. Another important consideration
il, that a rotation Of crops should be follow
cd in the garden as well as in the field, and
no annual allowed to grow two years in sue
cession on the same spot.-Coantry Gentle
nam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-03

NAVAL-The | : sloop-ofwar vandalia. from
Valparaiso in eighty-one days, arrived At New.
fofk o. sunday. Just before midnight on the
10Th December, in latitude II 81 north Ionvi,ud
- ~, The shock of an earthquake was experienced
which lasted about five seconds n wa. accom
Ianled by low rumbling noise and strong vibr,.
non throughout the ship, particularly at the helm
The wind, which was northeast. immediately
Veefed TO the eastward and decreased The Van.
dslia sailed from tie United States December
ieo'' and has been in commission twentv-six
months During that time she has been Ala DAVIS
at sea aud sailed upwards of 81 600 mile. No,
death has &C 'urred on GARD Of her from casualties
or sickness during the cruise, and all have been
remarkably healthy, although she Law at Panama
during the whole Of the last sickly season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-03

APoLlTIoNIsTs ORDERED TO IEAvR KENru-KY
On Friday last tEirt, six persons arrived in Gin
cinnat, having been ordered to leave Madison
inSs They We're the neighbors and cowo kes {
the Rev. John u. Fee, Kentucky aboii:io,ist
whose lectures at the North have attracted s,mt
attention Among the eXiles are Rev J r. Eoy-
rr'; principal of school at Berea and his family;
j. d. Reed and family John = Hanson and t,In
lily: Rev. }. f. Bong hton E. r. Hayes and $.
Life; carpenters \. Il. w. Parker, nativ, of
South Carolina; -- Tonsy, native OF Temes-
has lived in Kentucky some years 1t appea RS tina
there has been much excitement in the comfy
since John Browns HarPer's Ferry raid, and that
the parties above referred to left in consr,i Of
resolutions passed by large county meeting. Civ
ing them ten DAYS to depart the State or abd. the
consequences. Rev. Mr. Fee is among the ium
Der ordered to depart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-03

=, ORvILLE GARDENERS TEMPERANCE WArcH-
MKETiNG.-At the New Bowery reading and rof-
fee rooms New York, kept by Orville Gardne, an
interesting temperance meeting was kept up rom
O'Clock on Saturday to little past ~ o'cIok a,
midnight crowd was collected in the roms
and though their habiliments and faces were MT II
the most refined stamp, the impression receive, by
looking at them, as they applauded or seemed to
d'sapprove OF the sentiments advanced, was hat
they were listeners Of the hopeful kind and ZEN
orally Intelligent men. who sought to improve
themselves SPEAKER, who denounced Girls
tans, was vociferously applauded by com any
who sat around the stove. Some fifteen to twenty
''good-lookin men" were successively introduced
by the chairman, Mr. George T. Hall. and made
series Of ten-minute speeches. varied and irte-.
esting. Among the speakers were Messrs G1rd-
ner, austin, of Brooklyn, Levns, Glover, Sober
John" reformed man, Mr. Booth, Sergeant
Brooks. Mr. Ryerson, and others numbr of
ladies Were present who assisted I'm singing em-
Perance songs The pledge book was kept open
by the Secretary Of tue Dasha ways ;, and during
the day number of new signers were obtained
AS the clock announced the old year ended Or
Vile Gardner said in the new year, by mailing
an appropriate speech, after which prayers we're
offered, and the audience re.ired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-03

DThe citizens of Medley's district. Md
held meeting at Pcoesville on Saturday tho
S'th ult, : for the purpose of taking into con.
sidrration such measures as seem 70 be reou,,.d
b7 the e1igencies Of the times for the pubIic
veal Resolutions Were adopted deprecat,pu
the rncr"achnlents OF Northern fanaticism upon
The institutions Of the South approving of the
action Of the Virginia authorities in the Harpe,,s
Ferry affair; declaring slavery to be the hes. DOS.
sibie condition Of the negro recommending the
STATE Legislator" to pass further protective laws
on the subject; and appointing Protective Com
mi'see OF tw.nty-four to supervise the public
'afety, and call meetings OF the citizens wbeneve,
circumstances might REQUIRE it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-03

TRACKS OF STREET RAILROADS IN CHARu..
TOWN OBsTRUCrED.-Tbe railroad companie Of
Charlestown, Massachusetts,, found themselves
obliged, after the late snowstorms, to clear tleir
tracks with plows. 4 number of boys and livery
stable keepers piled the snow on the track aYin,
and finally left load Of hay in such a position
that the cars were obliged to run on the Pavement
for several blocks The Boston Journal of Sahr-
day says
g But amidst all the difficulties the cars ON
tinued to run. Finding themselves bafled at
every step, these model citizens obtained three
large pieces of granite. weighing ut least seen
hundred pounds each, and about O'Clock last
evening. placed upon the track and covered them
with snow. Their intentions were too obvious
and but for the timely discovery of the Outrage.
serious results might have followed. As it vas.
information was given to the authorities and
City Marshal Kelly, assisted by posse Of officers.
removed the distractions, and set about ferrefng
out those who placed them Oh the track. A seat
crowd Of people collected in and about Warren,
Henley and Chelsea streets. who manifested a
deep interest in the proceedin, 8. Mayor hana
gave directions to have tue public peace pre-
served and himself personally visited the s,ene
and discountenanced the proceedings. No ,eri-
Gus disturbance arose, and at O'Clock all was
quiet the crowd had dispersed, and the cars we're
running as usual. Charlestown, from the co,rse
pursued by her citizens in regard to the important
matter of horse railroads. is obtaining a notote ETY.
with few Of the towns or cities will envy heithe
possession Of