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Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-28
ThatCall.

We hear continual remarks abont that
famous call for the formation Of Brecken-
ridge Club. which appsared,by authority 1--WE
presumel Of tie Court House Clique, in the
columns Of the Express, few days ago
We hear it publicly stated on the streets that
that there are names attached to it of full
pledged Republicans We suppose they agree
with the Breckinridgers ON the main
point, towit Intervention 10y Congress on
the question Of slavery in the Terrific
res, and therefore like to see Breckin-
ridge Clubs established, hoping that if
Mey lose, the Breckinridgers will wiR, and
thus they may get the next best thing
! to Rerubicanism. We hear it as confidently
stated, too that the names Of men are signed
% that Call whe have been sleeping IN the
Marysville Cemetery for one, two and three
years past We had supposed that dead men
had no politics. At any rate,ws had thought
that, whether they had or not, a decent res
pect for them by the living would prevent
any ones disturbing their repose for the pur-
pose of obtaining their signatures to politi-
cal document We have no particular OBJ
lection to dead mems attaching their sigma
lures to calls for Breckinrijge clubs. for it is
kind of business which sQuints at political
death anyhow, but We shall object to the
secessionists voting these dead men at the
polls We shall be in favor of challenging
every ghost and having his ballot re-
fused, on the ground that he is an outsider
And we hope this matter will be looked to
on the day of election. AS for the signatures
Of those persons who, as We are Informed,
live entirely outside Of the county, it seems
to be so small matter, As compared with
the sign.manual of ghosts from the other
world, that it hardly deserves mentioning
TUE ARKANSAS ELEcrIoN.-Some of tn, oppo-
/ siuou papers are buisy circulating report that
! the Democratic candidate for Governor Of Arkan-
sas has been defeated. They are either wilfully
circulating what they know to be false, or else
they are sadly deficient IN a knowledge of the con-
| test in that State Richard IL. Johnson who has
recently been elected by a majority of ten thou
sand, was nominated by the Convention which
instructed the delegates to Charleston to withdraw
if Douglas squatter doctrine was adopted. He is
a brother Ex-senator johnson, ofthat State, and
both of them are staunch Breckenridge men,
ErpresS.
The above is all well enough, saving and
excepting the one little point that johnson is
not elected and that Rector, his opponent, is
Rector is q Democrat, but he was not nomi-
mated by the Secession wing Of the Arkansas
Democracy. Rector was supported by the
friends of Albert Rust, the Douglas leader in
Arkansas. johnson was nominated, etc, just
as the Express says, and he is brother OF
Senator johnson also, and Senator johnson is
for Breckenridge but the devil of it for the
Breckinridgers is, that according to the dis
patches, he isn't elected
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-28

The San Jose Morning Reporter, has again
taken down the names of Breckenridge and
Lane 1t is about to be discontinued, accord.
ing to the Tribune
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-28

KrLLED.-We learn that q man named
PriIger, formerly of Arkansas, was instantly
killed, on Friday last, at French Correl, Ne
vada county, while tamping a blast, Another
one of the numerous fatal accidents that hap
pen from earelessness in this line of business
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-28
NOTICE.

oTlCE is hereby given, that the business hereto.
1ouI Iore carried on under tho name and style of
nv mOIo 20 DOhFfl dealers in Stoves and Tnware
CITY OF Marysvle, will hereafter be conducted under
,ne ne name and style of E, @. ROSS co. DEAR
DoFF, one OF thepartners of the former firm, having
reihoved 70 san Francisco Ali persons Indebted 10
with E. 9. ROSS SEQ, auSI Is'' i'm
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-28

SPEECH OF SENATOR BENJAMIN.-We have
on hand and for sale at this office a number
of copies of the speech of Senator Benjamin. +"
S. f. Herald.
No doubt, and they will be "on hand and
for sale" for some time to come.
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-28

At Meeting of Pioneer Engine Co.,
No. 5, held August 9th, H. W. COOLIDGE was
nominated as candidate for Chief Engineer at the
ensuing election. au2s
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-28

MEETING AT GRASS VALLEY-A Douglas
and johnson ratification meeting was held in
Grass Valley, last Tuesday evening, and was
addressed by Gen. McDougal. lie made,
says the National, patriotic and eloquent
speech, and well sustained its leading propo-
sitions, that Douglas and johnson were the
regular nominees of the National Democracy
that his doctrines were no less constitution.
al than politic-and that his election was the
only hope for the peace and perpetuity of
the eonfederaey, with all that enthusiasm
which comes from the thorough and indubi-
table convictions of truth aud with power
of logic which was alLneelhar irrafna..;llA
Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-28

The Courier learns that a fire occurred on
the ranch of A. Claugh, in Shasta county on
Wednesday, destroying about 1000 bushels
of grain and fine wagon. Loss about $1,000
Cause not known, but by many supposed to
be the work Of an incendary
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. Reporters Farewell TO the Prince.

Goodbye Walcs: give our love u Your
mother GOOD bye. he yII,uou,. and YOU
viii be- happy You hay" seen some very
sensible mcu lu tins country. Albert I'd
ward. and YOU uaU-; lcIn.n4t-r them. Won
have see. nearly al of oar ~uohs and lick
-p.t'!a-. and vou wi! not remember them
NOBODY beside such. .ED."t- Won viii
You have heard ;u.t tuu~ God ave tie
Queen. "a great wa.y time. i5-uIT-v. but
Won E-'" NeE-l-,rurly wa.-ti.d Dix -
Land Iou have been y"iy much -gv~-I-
ed Albert Edward. and il viii bee 100u for
YOU Nou have been rubbed against and
Il viii make you bright. 4 great many
stories have been tod about Won Nal@-.
-1u,- Of which are true aad some false
IoG have worn very good clo;h~-, ut not
y handsome hat IoG have ridden about
with some very good ho'-@=. and vou have
received some Of our chplcc-t varieties oi
mud rurli-, 70 takc home. You have Wis
itei Institutions which YOU d.lu. care =
snap about. and YOU have danced with
some OF the best dressed OLD ladies 10 be
found in America. You Ike 10 dance.
but you don : dance tie L4nCer- very
v,ii--.stI.t You S.S A prctt: clever fellow.
Il YOU lived ia tin, country YOU would
-:3ui chance u ue ruined. Albert Ed
ward-lCu would certainly join { fire
company, and then YOU w1uld lee sen; 10
the Common Council. and then you might
je elected 70 Congress and then yuu
would lose all Your seItle~geot agd YOU
would br doue-h-Pog,el- have bothered
You very much. yOu -ay. Albeit Edward
incy have briteI YOUR urc!.a!auerIHald- aud
bought up men OF Your suite Ioa have
been a ,.ui send IN the way Of items,
Albert Elwaid and H. b i.af o: tie re
por,er> OF Boston. / Id you an affection
a.e farewell len Diem l. played out
GA ,A.- SIDE Albert Edward, and You have
taken home ,omelhin9 Of Z Piurilus
Jnum. one thing 10 Your credit. Alher,
Edward. you have paid your bills with re
maIkable p-omu,nes-. and Won have done
Your toug ~ good shape Nou seemed &c
have any quantity OF money. and you Iuc
j, out freely. Nou have been .9.n. il and
20" You are gone, Ggoi-bye-E.E.,
I-rtt
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what Become, Of Precocious CniItr.n-

Ba!lIet mentions oae hundred and sixty.
three children endowed with extlanrii-
nary talents, among whom iew arrived at
an advanced age. The two sons Of tyu,u,i-
lau, so yaunted by their father. did not
~ the age OF fifteen, taught rhetoric TO
Marcus AureiIus, who tr.Unphci over the
most celebrated IhetoriCiaus OF GREECE.
did not die, but At tweuty-tuur lost his lac
ulties, aud forgot all he had previously ac-
9ured. Pici. di Mirandoia died st thirty
t.o. Johannes Secuudus II twenty-five.
having at the age OF fifteen composed ad-
nrabie Greek and Latin verse;. and be
come pr tOundiy versed IN iurisygU,!cucc
and letters. Pascal, whose genius de
y@!oped Itself at ten years old, did not
attain the third Of a century
In lI@l, a child was born a. Lubeck.
named Henri Heiunekon. whose precoclty
was miraculous. At ten months oi 4yc be
spoke distinctly, AT twelve, learnt Tie Pen
tatauch by rOt-, aud at fourteen months
was perfectly acquainted nth the Old and
New Testament. At two years he was H.
familiar with Ancient History a, the most
erudite authors OF antiquity Samson and
Danyilie only could coinpete with him in
geographical knowledge Cicero would
have thought him an alter ego on hear
ing him converse in Latin, ana IN modern
language he was equally proficient This
wonderful child was unfortunately carried
oil in his fourth year According TO the
popular proyerb-'the sword wore out the
sheath. - Er5a. 10000 Ni,{criH Things
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MEETING SWEET PoTAToEs.--A writer in
the Oskaloosa Herald gives this method OF
preserving sweet potatoes through the
winter. His plan is as follow:
Il use dry sand to put them up init
don't matter how the sand was dried, in =
kiln, log heap, or III the sun, so it is dry
that is all that is required. prefer dry
ing it in log heap, as it costs at least four
times less, and is just as good. And 8
family thst has little room with stove
in it, may keep box or two with eight o,
ten bushels in them, without any neon
venience of consequences The boxes
must be raised q few inches from the iiooI
and they must not be nearer than toui
inches from the wall Fill the boxes with
potatoes. and then put in sand until the,
/ are covered.
There is a good deal said about kill
dried sand. but it i. all fudge. have al
so known them kept well in buc kwhea
chsK In order to keep potatoes with sue
cass there must be a thermometer KEEP
u, the room The murcury must not sin!
below 400; if it does, the potatoes vii
chill and rot; it also must not rise abov
6OP, or they will grow.
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- :
II II ioo>'rl, '-'fllinE UP - !, Io"i' .-'7<ef)
: 80 ~, .'''.''- -
h'"L>' >n"e' " max hlod' lie yer tuHl-
he[5 " ant !ry 70 olE some me- corn OF P't-
'''i = - o'Ti ''D'e' 'ii'',''- nov ne
s.',,','I;,',I - II,
4"F III iol any h'ili OF t'n"r
" ~ ny ~ .>'ii' % ''"'e r. fe
y, 'Af.se- ~ ~ al - q t@'e"' i'-.,'
iioo-'es- a'ehl fiSi'l !oI "H"'
lah"ee-iat ateHt fish' io' il'ch IN" 'or
nakin al klh"' Oh seed o''' 4' "G'o' rom
she" Dark u""4 TO E''N9 see" nave also
patent uSht l'f 'he hl'!a-r me i'eei er'
i!oosieE-- VI EEL - S'-" i''' i,'''.'5e
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DIsuxIoN SCHEsE--Monday's Louisville
Journal says, A remarkably shrewd and
we'll informed politician, recently from
Washington, states that some principal
breckenridge leaders from the South. in
Guiding Wigfaii, of Texas. and Judge Meek,
Of Alabama agreed last Thursday upon 3
plan OF action, IN case OF Iiucolns elec.
iion, viz: South Carolina, within thirty
days after election, would declare herselt
independently and send messenger te
Washington asking recognition: il recog
nized, other Southern States would follow
suit, and after sufficient number OF States
is recognized, a Southern Coniedersc,
would be formed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-11-10

JAPANESE LITTLE FoIEs-During more
than hall year residence in Japan.
have never seen quarrel among young
or Old have never seen a blow struck
scarcely ali angry face. | have seen the
children at their spots, flying The Kite, on
the hills, and no amount OF iutcrtauglci
string or kites lodged in the trees proyok-
cd angry words OF im'aticnce / have
seen them intent on their =. mes Of lack
stones and marbles under the shaded
catcways OF the temples. but have never
an approach TO Il quarrel omOng them
They are taught implicit obedience TO
their parents, bat have never seen one
OF them chaStised Respect and rever-
euce to the aged is universal 4 crying
child i rarity seldom heard or seen.
We have nothing 10 teach them in this
respect out OF our abundant civilization.
/ speak what | know OF the little folks of
Japan, for more than any other foreigner
haye / been among them. OF all that
Japan holds. there is nothing | ike half
so well as the happy children. / shall al
ways remember their coal black eyes and
rUddy brown faces with pleasure. | have
played battlcdoor with the little madt rs
in the streets. and flown kites in the fields
with "a happy set Of boys "a one could
wish to see. They have been my guides
in my rambles, shown ne where all the
streams and ponds We're, where the flow
, ers lay hid in the thiche;, where the ber-
ries were rireninc Oh the hills; they have
brought me shells from the ocean. and
flowers from the field, presenting them
with all the modesty, and less ba-htu!
grace, than young American boy would
! do. We have hunted the ioX holes to9e-
! taer, and looked for the green and golden
, ducks among the hedge. They have
/ laughed at my broken Japanese and
/ taught me better, and Tor happy. goou-
na,urcd set OF children, will turn out my
! little .Janancse friends against the world.
God bless the boys and girls Of NiPhon -
! Frank !{aM
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How to Foreteli Weather.

In manual of the barometer, compiled
by Rear-Admiral Fitnoy, and just pub
/ lshed by the Board OF Trade, London, the
. following useful observations occur:
Whether clear or cloudy, a rosy sky at
sunset presages fine weather; a red sky in
the morning bad weather, or much wind
(perhaps rain;) grey sky in the morning,
fine weather; a high dawn, wind; u low
dawn, fair weather Soft looking or deli
cate clouds foretell fine weather, with mo
derats or light breezes; hard edged. oily
locking clouds, wind. 4 dark, gloomy
blue sky is windy; but light, bright blue
sky Indicates fine weather. Generally, the
softer clouds look the less wind (but. per
heps, more raiuj may he expected and
the harder more greasy, rolled, tutted. or
ragged, the stronger the coming wind viii
prove. Al-o, "a bright yellow SKY at sun
set, presages wind; Il pale yellow, wet; and
thus, by the prevalence of red. yellow, or
grey tluts, the coming weather may be
toreto!d very nearly, indeed, if aided 10y
instruments, almost exactly Small inky
looking cloud. ioreteli rain: light saud
clouds driving across heavy masses, show
wind aud rain; bat If alone may indicate
wind only. High upper clouds crossing
the sun, moon or stars in a direction dit
terent from that of the lower clouds OF TIE
wind then ielt below, forctei! change OF
wind. When birds iiy out early. and
far to seward, moderate wind and far
weather may be expected; when they
hang about the land or over il, sometime.
lying inland, expect a strong wind with
stormy weather There are other signs Of
4 coming change IN the weather known less
general than may be desirable. aud, there
lore, worth notice such - when birds OF
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HusIC.L PfTrIcoart-A Pari-ian CO.
mus has lust Invented a musical petticoati
~ the All Ui scientific mechanism. tho
ci-no..ne l. Tii OF al springs hoops, bolts,
p.yiis Ac aud 1t J., inflated ike i III, pre.
server. the All furnishing any amount of
d.>trltion required, II given circumfer-
gare O. LAY q quarter OF a nils The sub
lime tca;ure. OF the invention i this. The
elegant weHrer need only toUcn q spring,
arranged 10 communicate with the rocket
oi her aieSS, ana the air in the skirt sets
IN motion = musical attachment. not un-
Ike = b;Id organ rlayine variety of
tunes, from the gems of the operas TO q
nursery lullaby. The inventor confidently
declares that ball room orchostras may be
entirely dispensed with in future: the
ladies wearing his musical pett;coat can
provide them-elycs with wsltzes auadrills,
and po.kas 10 their heart content.
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VEGETABLE CygIoSlTY-There is now
growing in Dr. iIeYbUrn's garden, Molle-
lualne Hill. cal, ii cIhha-e tree which. for
i've years, nom an ordinary cabbage plant
has gown - be some nine iert high in
The main stock. and when It's full branches
were Oh, month ago, Hear fifteen feet
high. The stalk has become as hard as
wood, and il bore this year about fifty or
sixty head. ot cabbage. Tho Doctor in
tends keeping 1t growing, and thinks that
IN few years more lie VIII he able 10
boast the possession of the mos; profitable
tree III the county; Tor besides great
quantities OF green cabbage aud ilrout
that II produces, he gathers many papers
OF seed, ana hundreds of plants that
spring spontaneously beneath It's bouchs,
st. -4ndrsIS I.ApoAsat
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| Rachel bent her head contemporary
Hiram was at a lnss TO comprehend tins
unexpected defiance, but sure OF his ground
| he said
There is a young man in your father +.
employ, whom he loves as his own son
Rather than harm hair in that young
mani head, James Agmoor would gladly
lop off his right hand, verify believe, il
| the sacrifice could avail either. Sir. Ag
moor, call in Thornton Clair
| lie looked to see Rachel pale and tre:n-
bling. But she was calm and collected.
| The tim;d father, tinid before the cash
ier alone, obeyed and Thorate. Clair stood
| in the party, but his blue eyes were baz
ing with menace so profound and deadly
that Rachel laid her soft hand upon the
strong arm that was swelling as il for a
sudden blow 20 be dealt at the serpent
like eyes Of the sneering cashier, and
whispered
"Wait-for my sake
Mr.. Agnioor,' said Hiram, but recoil-
ing somewhat from the reach Of that arm,
'as this young man dared TO make love
to one SO immensely above him as your
fair daughter, and | proposed myself as
ther kusbavrd fhis presence in cur establish
Ement is an insult. Discharge him at
| once"
me wretched merchant paused IN tor-
turing suspense ana the cashier pointed
10 ti.e sketch mat lay upon the table
III Ibo:nton CLAIR, began the trenl-
bling father.
Ny name IS not tiaIr, sad the Young
man quickly unwilling TO see the father
OF his Rachel 20 Illuminated i am the
son Of Charles Harper, who lives in ore
gon, and Who assumed the name oi Cl@iI
because Ec ue.ieTen that he had a!ain jas
Agmcor- Ny name :, IN fact Thornton
Aafper'
Ounc man. CRED James a2MOOr, al
most ca-p:ns. do not deceive most
miserable man Does Charles Harper
who married NV cousin. Helen AEmoOr
stl!! liye-was lie not killed -
.Ou uy honor. Nj A.moyr. said the
youuz man, that Char.e~ Harper is st.l.
alive and think, t4at ne killed Jane. ~
moor. Until ,n.. mo-uiu. / was q tie
same beliyf for my father. who since ;lat
unfortunate combat las concealed I.a.-
sci. uul,r ..4 assumed ua.ue Iu jAe w.!l-
O. the w..t. wilde NV mother followed
him. has often told me =grrowfg.'y Of al!
that ,-,a.,.:Fzd Eu- he never i,Id me
the rarn. OF the man he had cesrurd he
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ii@ i-ri- 'ASiA to'-- ..e f-s4ai4HauH
HoS = eHafaa'er--hI, disposition = a rl,i-
".1. ne ii17 " "'ohel eye al" a 'F''ch-
s''''' FHt -@l''i-4S' YET ne se.i'Ai al
','--i''s y, N'g.e'4ct' 10 man. .,!cK or
>-JA' VII! any. MN away instantly 'H0u.i
NJ proximity prove thl!e'S;.A. tA
A.' fellows lie ! sIt 10 be 4d"Efe!0ome
- one Cr "o.I'tu IN '.!e sIiu-4I~' 'Ae
MO" gang '".l upon h'iA' an" tLeH hle
NE i DOT worm d i'ft"ihs unless A'7 mas
- ''e''ie' % 'i'- re- ''' ~ ne manner
,-' '' -. ''' = i.'''' ''J'-'' i't
- '"'' 'i'' ''.' - 7l.'''- 80 ~ ''T' - '.
I'es can 'e''4 MN ''7'. i,a' ''''9'-,' 70
'"e N''i'-it'''h' %. N-e"7. u ne 7'''i p'
ru'!dah.E e.--,N''d - an Instruction 'H1H
instantly PFC" M" ,'h ''''e' 'i'..S,' -i-'--
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TIE idea OF installing the Pope in Jeru-
salem has been broachsd by the French
press. They say it is no further from Je-
rusaiem to Jatia than from Rome TO its
sea port, Cisita NsccGia; railroad would
place Jerusalem within one hour OF the
Mediterranean and It would be very near
" Is convenient for the Catholic world "a
Rome is now also, that ii would add
much TO the advance of Christianity in the
East, and that the French army in SYRIA
could easily take possession OF Palestine if
;he Sultan should dare 10 refuse 4 demand
for X; IN short, they say it would be the
easiest Nay 10 settle the Roman oD-Stion
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SINGULAR CRITERION or CIyILIZATioS-Ra-
ron i-.eteo, III his " letter. On CLemistry,'
says:
he quantity Of soap consumed by a
nation would not be au inaccurate rnea-
sure whereby 10 estimate its wealth and
civilization. ef two coep;rias ,,;tf -,
equal amount Of population. the yvealtiiest
and most highly civilized viii consume
the Ercatett weight ct soap This con
sumption does not sgb-erye sensual erati-
h"a'ion. nor depend upon fashion. but un.
Oh tie feeling Of beauty. comfort and
""iia:e attendant upon cleanliness: and a
regard 10 tins feeling i coiuCident with
wealth and civilization The rich in tie
middle ages concealed 8 wan, of cleanii-
Ness IL their clothes and persons under a
pfoiu-Ion oil costly scents and essences.
"n.i- they were more luxurious in eating
4nd drinking, IN apparel and horses.
NJ IN u the want OF CLEANLINESS i equIva-
TO !nsuvpoTtable misery and misfortune.
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UoRsEs | were asked to account
for my horses legs and feet being IN better
order than my neighbor. l should attn
butte it to the four following circumstances :;
First that they are all shod with lew
nails, so placed in the shoe as to permit
the foot to expand every time they move;
second, that they all live IN boxes instead
of stalls and can move whenever they
nlaase; third that they have two hours
daily walking exercise when they are not
at work; and fourth, that | have not
besd-stall or track-chain in my stall.
These four circumstances comprehend the
whole mystery of keeping horses legs fine
and their feet in sound working condition
up to a good old age,-hiles.
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uRrrsy my dear" said Mr. Stubbs, Civ

"BErsY. my dear" said Mr. Stubbs Civ
ing his wife a pair Of damaged unmention-
ahIes, have the goodness to mend those
trousers, it win be as good as going to the
play tonight" Mrs. Stubbs took her nee
die but confessed she couldn't SEQ the
point.
"How so?" said she.
aWhv. nv DEAR you will see the won
d.rsn, yareis in the part-o-n,ine. Mrs.
Stubs finished the job, and handing back
the trousers told Stubbs that's darned
good"