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The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14
One Hundred Years Ago.

One hundred years ago there was not
a single white man in Ohio, Kentucky,
Indiana, or Illinois Territories. Then,
what is now the most hourisbihg part Of
America was AS little known as the
country around the Mountains Of the
Moon. 1t was not uniil 1869 that the
Hunter Of Kentucky. the gallant and ad-
Vsnturous Boone. left his home in North
Carolina TO become the Grst settler Of
Kentucky. The first pioneer Of Ohio did
not settle till twenty years after this time.
A hundred years ego Canada belonged to
France, and the whole population did not
exceed million and hslf Of people. A
hundred years ago the great Frederick OF
Prussia was performing those great ex.
ploits which have made him immortal in
military annals. and. with his litde mon.
archy, was sustaining single.hand-d
contest with Russia. Austria and France,
the three great powers Of Europa comhin-
ed. A hunderd years ago The United
States were the most loyal part Of the
British Empire, and on the po itical hori-
zon no speck Indicated the struggle which
within score Of years thereafter establish
ed the greatest republic Of the world. A
htndred years ago there were but four
newspapers IN America; steam engines had
not been imagined, and railroads and tele-
graphs had not entered into the remotest
conceptions Of man; When we come to
look back At it through the vista Of histo-
ry, We find that TO the century which has
passed has been allotted more important
events, i'll their bearing upon the happi
ness of the world, than almost any other
which has elapsed since the creation. A
hundred years hence, what will be the te
velopements?
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14
BE Kind to the Aged.

Age, when Tipehed for the tomb is an
object OF sublimity. The passions have
eeased-bopes Of self have ceased They
linger with the yonng, they pray for the
young. while their spirits are looking be
yond the grave-and oh! how careful
shonld tho young be to reward the aged
with their fresh, warm hearts, to dimin.
lsh the chill Of ebbiDg life. The Spar
tans looked upon respect Tor old age as
a beautiful trait Of character. Be kind
TO those who are in the autumn oflife, for
thou kno"est not what suffering they ma
may have endured, or how much Of
it may still be their portion. DO they
seem unreasonable and disposed to find
fault or murmur? Allow not thine anger
10 kindle against them; rebuke them not,
Tor doubtless many have been the crosses
and trials of earlier years. AID perhaps
their dispositions, while in the spring time
OF life, were more flexible than thine
own. Do they require aid Of thee? Then
render 1t cheerlulIy; forget not that the
time may come when thou mayest desire
tue same assistance from others that thou
renderest unto them. Do all that is need
ful for the old, and do it with alscrity,
and think il is not hard if much is required
at thy hand, lest when age sets its seal on
thy brow and fills thy limbs with tremb-
ling, others may wait unwillingly, and
feel relieved when the coffin lid is closed
over thy face forever.
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14
ANA sTRANGER.

Weary with hearing the many burdens
Of life, mourning over the unrealiEed and
short.lived hopes and the unstable and
upsalisfying nature of earthly things, and
weeping that lime had rudely severed
from my soul the dearest objects of its af-
fection-I thank Thee, Holy ather, that
thou didst teach nj that II am a stran-
ger in the ear,h." am stranger; yet
precious blessings are conferred upon
me in the land of my pilgIimage-and,
rejoicing, almost forget that there is
awaiiing me On abiding home in a bright
er land; yet that home has many sttrac-
tions tor me; many dear ones are there
and, far removed from the cares Of my
pilgrimage, | stall enjoy their presence.
and the JOY imparting smiles Of our FaS
ther
But l have mission to accomplish
Many forget all the admonitions Of The
past, and act as though earth were their
eternal home. ] must call their attention
to the mu,ablity Of earthly things. and
endeavor 10 persuade them 10 seek home
10 the skies; lest, when time shall destroy
their pteset habiiation. The storms ofjust
wrath shall fall upon their defenceess
heads. While awaiting the hour when
the term Of my sojourning here shall ex;
pile, may make my temporary habita.
lion as pleasant as possible, and plant the
Towering jasmnes about my Dwelling
But every Joy Of earth is ilusive,-and
how often the fairest fywers lie about me
upon the sand, fading in tie inhospitabIs
air of this Cline So may not give my
affections to things Of earth, lest mourn
'.The withering ofthe g5drds hatcher
Ny pilgrimage Of care"
The past threw many shadows upon
the path in which I irod, and looking
forward through that vail which Wisdom
has woven between the present and future,
l see, as "througha glass, darkly;'. yet I
trust the promises. and csmly await the
hour when the sweet voice OF messenger
seraph shall whisper trnderly to my soul,
hChiId, your Father calls you home. -
Bright rays. which prophecy to MY soul
of coming day; already beam upon me
from that fait World where flowers of i'm
mortal bloom shall cheer my future homo.
Thus medita'es the ChrIsian.--Moor
Rural New Yorker. ..
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14
From Frazler's Magazine.
~ NJ r. PA ST.

The Dast il pasil with many hopeful morrow
Its errors and its good works i've Win Goui
The agony Is o'er ofjoy or sorrow,
The flowers lie dead along the path we've lrou'
The past is past in solemn silence taking
Alike the sunny and the rainy day;
On the live altar ofthe fond heart breaking
Fun many anidol built on feet oil clay
The past is past In certain, still rotation L..
Dcadening and loosening, as II Travelled oy
Each hone which bounds with glad anticipation,
Each vivid passion and each tender tie.
The past is past and our young selves departed!
Upon the flashing whirl Of those heet years;
Its lessons leave us sadder, strong er hearted,
More slow to love, less prodigal oftears.
Tho past is past and knowledge taught suspicion
70 dim the spirit with Its foul slime;
For many base and dark sting finds admission,
Amid the wisdom learnt from life and time.
The past is past and in that twilight valley
Dwell slow repentance and the vain regreti
Fears from the future from those shadows sa'i!'
And hang around the path before usyet'
The pasi is past and ab how few deplore It, b..
or would relive their time had they the power
Tho Nature sem etim g weakly weepeth o'er ",
At memory Of some wrong, or happier hour.
The past is past there's bitter Joy In knowing
'Tis gone forever; dead and buried deep,
II lies behind, and on life's stream is howingt
Where the deep waters OF the Dead Sea sieep'
The past Is past in faith and patience taking
It's lessons, let US lay them on our hearts;
The chains attenuated links are brerking;
Be earnest l-use the present ere II paIts
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

WHAT THE LECoMProN BILL CosT. The
testimony before the Covode Committee
at Washington shows thatit cost the gov.
eminent nearly million to pass tie L.
compton bill. During the examination
of Wendell, checks TO the amount of $685.
600 we're produced by him aud left with
the Committee. Most Of them are dated
during the contest On the Lecomp,on bill.
They are payable to no particular indi-
vidual. Curious combinations Of letters
are inserted at the usual place for the
name Of payee. Mr.. Wendell refused to
give any explanations ofthese mysterious
marks. Some of the checks are payable
to Senators, others to members Of the
House Of Representatives Whether
these payments were made to secure the
passage of the econipton bill. or for 9TH
er corrupt purposes, Weudell refuses TO
disclose, but the other testimony brought
out by the Committee leaves but little
doubt that this immense sum was used
by Wendell, under tine direction Of the
Administration in buying the passage oI
the most odious law ever enacted in thil
country.
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

MArRlMoNy VS.. SINGLE BLEssEDNEss.- -
Matrimony is: Hot buckwheat cakes,
warm beds, comfortable slippers, smoking
coffee, round arms, red lips, kind Words,
shirts exultingiu buttons, redeemed stock
ings, boot-jachs, happiness, etc Hur-
rah!
singlc-blessedness is: Sheet-irOa quilts
blue noses, frosty rooms, ice in the pitch
er, unregenerated linen, heelless socks,
coffee sweetenOd with iciclesj gutta per-
cha buiscuits; flabty steak, dull razors,
corns, coughs, colics, rhubarb, misery,
etc. Ughl
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

The National Inieligencer does not un-
der rate the abilities of the Chicago nomi.
ness. 1t lays of Mr.. Lincoln, that be is
"justly entitled by his private wOrlE and
proved ubility, to wear with dignity any
honor that can be bestowed upon hin" "
OF Mr.. Hamlin the same paper says;
" His long career in the Senate Of the
United States, has familiarized his name
to all our readers who,' with us, will bear
testimony to tho fidelity and industry
with which he has fulfilled the high pub.
lie trusts confded 10 him by the people
the State which lie has so long in part,
been called to represent
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14
"HONEST OLD ABE"
The Peoples Candidate for President.
Biographical Sketch Of AOraAam Lincoln

Biographical Sketch Of A6raham LIncoI".
as From the Chicago Press and Tribune ]
abraham Lincoln is d native Of Hardin
county, Kentucky. He was born on the
18th day of February. 1908. His parents
were both from Virginia and were GER
tsinly not of the first families. His pa
ternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln en-
igrated from Rockingham county. Virgin
ia, to Kentucky, about 1881 or g. where
d year or two later be was killed by In
dians, not in battle, but by stealth, while
he was laboribg to open a farm in the
forest. His ancestors who were respect
able members of the Society Of Friends,
went to Berks county, Pennsylvania
Descendants Of the same stock still reside
in the eastern part of that State.
Mr.. Iincoln's father at the death Of his
father, was but six years of age, and be
grew up literally without education. He
removed from Kentucky to what is now
Spencer county Indiana, in 1916. The
family reached their new home about the
time the State was admitted into the Union
The region in which they settled was
rude and wild, and they endured for
some years, the hard experience of a
frontier life, in which the struggle with
nature for existence and security is to be
maintained only by constant vigilance. -
Bears, wolves and other wild animals
still infested the woods, and young Lin
coin acquired more skill in the use of the
rifle than knowledge Of books. There
we're institutions here and there known
by theaattering denomination Of schools,
but no qualification was requi ed OF
teacher beyond "readin' ritin' and cy
pherin'," as the vernacular Of the phrase
ran, as far as the rule of three. If a strag
gler supposed to understand Latin hap
pened to sojourn in the neighborhood, he
was looked upon as wizard, and regard
ed with an awe suited to so mysterious {
character.
Hard work and plenty oft was the or
der of the day, varied, indeed, by ali oc
casional bear hunt, n not unirequent bea
chase, or other wild sports. OF cours
when young Lincoln came of age he wa
not scholar. He could read and write
and had some knowledge Of arithmetic
but that was about all; and as yet he ha'
but little ambition to know more OF wha
was to be found in books, His attain
ments othsrwise we're not to be despised
He had grown to be six feet four inche
in stature, was active and athletic, coul
WELD the axe, direct the ploy or use tn
rife, as well as the best Of his compeers
and was fully up to all The mysteries
prarie farming, and fully Injured to hare
ship md toll. Since he arrived at age b
has not been to school. Whatever h
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14
I he sabbath.

This Is the loveliest, brightest day Of
the week, to a spiritual mind. These
rests refresh the soulin God. that finds
nothing but turmoil in the creature.
Should not this day be welcome to be
welcome to the soul that sets it free to
mind its own bushes, which has other
DAYS to attend to..the business of it's ser.
wants the body? And these are GER
tain pie g to it Of that expected freedom
wren il shall enter on an etern4l sabbath
and rest in him forever who is the only
rest of the soul, 3.
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14
THE sTRONGEsr LOVE.

A little girl between six and seven years
of age, when on her death bed, seeing her
elder sister with Bible in her hand, re-
quested her 10 read respecting Christ's
blessing little children. The passage hay-
ing been read. and the book closed, the
child said, "How kind! / shall soon go
to Jesus; he will soon take me up in his
arms. and bless me too;- no disciples shall
keep me away Her sis,er kissed her.
and said, IL you love mer' Yes, my
DEAR she replied. shut do not be angry.
| love Jesus better.--ATOins's ApecdotSs.
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

The Lesson OF TIE GARDSN.--A gar:
den is a beautiful book, written by the
finger Of God; every fl wer and every leaf
is letter. You have only to learn them
land he is poor Ounce, that cannot, il
he will do t4a,--to learn them, aud join
them, Gnd then go OH reading. and read
ny, and you will find yourself carried a
way from thu earth to the skies by the
beautiful story you are going through
You do not know what beautiful thoughts
for they are nothing short--grow out
Of the ground. and Seem TO talk 10 man;
and then there are,some Aowers--they al
ways seem TO be like over.duIiful children
--tetid them ever so little, and they come
up and flourish, and show, as l may say,
their bright and happy faces to you.
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

UNION IN New JERSEY In New Jersey,
the Newark Mercury saws, the journals
which in 1856 supported Mr.. Fillmore,
are all doing efficient service in behalf of
Lincoln and Hamin: While many of our
people entertain the highest respect for
Messrs. Bell and Everett, they fully appre-
ciate the fact that every vote east tor Inem
tends TO continue in power a party which
has shown itself unworthy of public con-
6dence, The people can no longer be de-
ceived by false toksns,as they have already
determined that the Government Of the
nation shall be entrusted to thesetrue rep
resentatives ola righteous cause, who bear
the standard of the Republican party"
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14
I'm GOING TO JESUS.

On straw teJ, in small, unfinished
garrct in Dublin, not long ag a little girl
lay dying: A smile Of heavenly peace
lighted up her cbdBtenance. In her thin
hand she casped her little Bible t'Good-
bye Pm going to 5ssus," she said. By
her side sat her father. once d, higoted
Romanist, but, through the influence of
this little ones prayers and INSTRUCTIONS
he had become an atuest q ristIsh. And
thsre too, was tie mother, speaking TO
her dying child those words Of console
lotion she herself lad taught het., Where
had that poor child thus learned to pray.
to teach the gospel, and to die? In The
Mission Ragged school. And what biot
her there? Why, once in the winter
time they had ~ bread at home, and 80
she wen TO tte school be ause she could
g-ta ,rcakGst there and now she is eat
ing ''of the rec of te, which is in the
nIidst of The paradise of God ,'--Phtllips
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14
BEAurrFuL PGRAGEApu,--Sir Humph

BEAuTrFuL P&RAGKGPn.--Sir Humph'
rey Davy writes
II envy no quality Of the mind and in
tellect in others, be its genius power, wit,
or fancy; but if could choose what would
be most beautiful, and l believe most
useful to rue, | should prefer firm relig-
ious Lelief to any other blessing; for 1t
makes life discipline Of goodness; var
nshes and throws over the d cay--the
destruction Of existence, the most gorge
GUS of all light, swakens new life, even
death makes an Instrumental torture and
shame the ladder of accent to Paradise;
and far above all combinations Of earthly
homes, calls up the most beautiful visions
of the psalms and amaranthsi in the gar
dens Of the best, and the security OF ev'
erlasting Joys, where the sensualist views
only gloom, decay, annihilation, and de-
spair."
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

ABOUT ABE LINooLN.-The Statesman
endeavors to make Lincoln out just no.
body a. all, while it glorifes Douglas 10
the skies.--A New York paper asked:
"Who is Lincoln?P
The ablest lawyer in IlliuOis, and the
smartest stump speaker in the Union; an
earnest and honest man who believes what
he pl plofesses, and will carry out what he
undertakes Senator Douglas.
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14
NOlI.
snnOap Rtuoiua.
While he WAS YET AMONG Ts.

While he was yet among Us,
To him did parents press.
And asked the gracious Saviour
ThsiE ''little oBesD 10 bleas.
Could q request 90 urgent,
Ny Jesus, be deniedf
"Su6er the little children
To come 70 me,r be cried.
Though now he's pared from usy
And hidden from our gaze,
He's still the same blest Saviour
As In those hygOBe days.
And every loSing mother.
Who doth hsr children bring,
Shall gain for them shelter
Beneath his guardiaa wing,
One little bud adorned nv bower.
And abe sweet frGgrance round;
i grew IN beauty; hour BY hour,
TIL, ab! the spOiler came 10 power;
AEd crushed 1t 70 the ground;
Yet not forever IN the dust
That bsauteous bud shalflie;
Nom the garden Of the Just.
Beneath Gods giofions eye, we trust,
Twill bloom again on high,
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14
R0nK AND JOB PRINTING.

We are prepared to execute all descriptions LOB M
WORK: such as CARDS, CIRCULARS, PoSLEks,
HALL TICKETS, and every other variety oi PLAIN
AND FANCY JoBBING, with new and superiortype'
and on short notice.
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

NeBusness cards ofabOut6 lines,by the year, s5 90
fffeAdvertisements, not marked on the manuscript,
will be continued at our terms until forbid
Legal adv ertsements, Administrator notlces,
&C. must be paid for liz advance, for reasons which,
we wilt explain at the time, ,,,...
sThe above terms strictly observed in all cases.
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

rE Why is a young lady bill Of ex-
changer Because she ought to be settled
when che arrives at maturity.
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

Eg-A young lady, who had just finish.
ed late novel, which spoke OF bellies as
using cigarrettoes, called at a lobaccon-
lists store recently, and inquired. "Haye
YOU any female cigars?"
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

EyA good constitution is like a money
box; the full value of it is never properly
known until it is broken;
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

EY- II smoker marrie widow, does it
follow that be must lay down his pipe
because she gives up her weedsY
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

Gy-Somsbody has discovered, that when
q betting man says he'll "take" you, he
means that he will "take you in" if he can
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

%-"Warm day, Jones, warm day.
SAID Smith as they met lately. "Yes, it
is," said Jones, iii is soma warm if not
summer" e \
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

ET Elderly unmarried ladies' are con-
sidered by some persons the least envia-
bic Of all waiting maids.
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

It is the man who makes the most noise
that secures the most attention Of the
world,
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14
Total

Total S49, PAT 53 S3G,947 SO
The decrease IN tolls for quarter ending
May 10, 1860, as compared with the same
period in 1859, is $l2,2 GO. This re-
suit was not unexpected, and was caused
by the ravages of the unexampled foods
Of last spring.
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

6rThe man who cholea, while at
tempting to swallow an Inconsistency. has
recovered. -E
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

The DEMocRAricK KE7sToxE. Mr.. Hun
Ter, of Virginia, in the Senate Of the Uni
ted States, few days since said:
"The very Keystone that sustains the
arch of our national government, consists
in the black marble cap of African slave.
~. Knock that out, and the mighty fab
rio that it upholds. topples to the ground!'
This is the latest democratic discover, /,
we have to record. A "nigger" he key
stone of the arch of American Liberty
Knock the "nigg-r" out of he arch, a1d
our government is gone!-Oregonian.
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

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For zach additional inseron...... 20
All adyertisefne ents tunning lessthan three months,
oh haroad at the AhoVe ratos
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TERMS OF sUesCRlPTION.

The Gazatte will be published every Thursday, on
the following terms: w.
One year In advance ..............'.',''''.Sl 3O
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For less time than one year, at the rate OIL. 5O
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JrTsNo discontinuance until arrearages are PAID
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14
WARNING TO YoUxG LADiEs.--Tl

Henderson Ky Reporter says:
We understand that young lady Of
Uniohtown. few days since committed
suicide under rather romantic circumsran-
Gee. Miss Catharine Adsms--for that
was her name--formed an attachment for
young gentleman which WAS not apprc-
ciated or reciprocated She procured
gun and placed the muztIe against her head
and pulled the trigger with her toe, blow
ing out her brains. aud killing herself in
stanily. This unfortunate affair was the
result Of novel reading The youTg lady
was accomplished, and has written se4e-
raj very pretty literary pieces.
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

BY reason, however. of the fragrant ap-
portionment of the State in Legislative
Districts; by which majority ofthe mem
bers are always elected by a minority Of
the people, Mr.. Douglas was, as is well
known, returned to tie Senate.
In private life OUT candidates is litter
ally unimpeachable. Among all who
know him his most acceptable and at Che
same time appropriate sorbriquSt, is that
by which he is most widely known:
"HONEST OLD ABE"
The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-14

The above figures. show the following
comparison between amounts received in
1853 and 1860, for quarter ending May IS;