Red Wing sentinel., 1861-01-02
l'ci;M.S.

wish to spe;.!. to you" 1fshc touches
her cheek with her fan, and lets it
gently a'ep, that signifies, II con-
scnt;'' BIZ. If she turns her head, it is
= denial At ball in Paris to take Il
lady out 10 dance with her is only i,,-
difference; to place yourself near her
interest; but to follow her with your
eyes III the dance is love.
w \ colorcd firm in Newark.
New Jersey, having suffered some Pc
cMniarv cmbar"ssmcnts, recently clos
cd business and the senior member
gave to the public the following "no.
tis:" ''De dissolution Of coparnarsnip
hcretofo resisting twixt me and Nose
Jones IN de barbar prcfeshun, am
heretoto resolved. Pussons who ose
must pay in the scribcr. Dem what
the tnr'n osc must call on Jones, as dc
fnrm is insolvcd.
@"My dear husband," said 4 de-
voted wife, "why will you not leave
of smoking? 1t is such an odious
practice, and makes your breath smell
So" "Yes," replied the husband,
"but only consider the time have
devoted, and the money ! have spent,
to learn to smoke. Ill should leave
of now, all that time anu money wo'd
have been wasted, don't you see?
cI the league Of friendship is
once broken, the cabinet of secrets is
unlocked, and they fly wildly about
like uncaged birds.
05-Passion is keen observer, but
= w,ctched rcaSoncr. 1t is like the
telescope, whose field is clearer the
more concentrated it is.
Henry Clay is said to have been the
ug|icst child ever born i'll Virginia.
a lap1os recently brought $4,000
in London 10y auction.
a man who had purchased a pair
of new shoes, finding the road to be
rather rough one, decided on putting
the shoes under his arm, and walking
home barcfooted. After awhile he
stubbed his great toe, taking the nail
oft as clean rs whistle. "IIow
lucky!' he exclaimed, "what a tire.
mendous kick that would have been
for shoesp'
Last Sunday, ayoung clergymen in
m adjoining town, endeavored to al.
lustrate a point in his sermon, by al.
luding to the recent eclipse of the sur;
and to enlightcn his hearers on the
subject Of the eclipses, remarked that
solar eclipse was cause by the moon
passing between us and the sun, and
that an eclipse of the moon was pro.
duced ''in the same manner, by the
sun passing betecce,. tie eu,th and til.
m.oon!" His congregation apprcciat-
ed the information.
A husband advertiscs thus. "My
wife, Maria, has strayed or been stolen.
Whoever brings her back will get lis
head broke. AS to trusting her, any.
body can do as they please; for as
never pay my own dcbls, it's not like
ly Ill pay her'n."
Woman is mysterious poem which
must be read many times to be under.
stood; he who has never loved but
once knows the sex better than he
who has made new conquest every
day tor twenty years.
Women love to find in men difficult
combination, gentleness which will
invariably yield, with force which
will invariably protect.
An exchange advertises for com.
positors "who won't get drunk" and
adds that 'thc editor does all the get
ing drunk necessary 10 support the
dignity Of the establishments
We see it stated that five editors in
the State Of Michigan have been
nominated for the legislature. .How
are the mi ghty fallcn!'
From WAsl11NGroN.~WAsu WAsu1NGroS,
Dec, 2s.--The news of the capture of
Fort Moultrie aud castle Pinckcy,
reached the administration while in
Cabinet meeting to-day. The COM
lnissionsrs from South Carolina arc in
conference with them. The commits.
sioners demand that the troops be
withdrawn immediately or this shall
be their last interview, and they will
return to South Carolina and prepare
for the worst.
OrTho Rev. J. Brooks Lecture
last evening was rather line reading
ofparts Of the 'English Traits" as
set forth by Ralph Waldo E,nmerson.
The Lecturers style was chast and
refined, and his exposition Of Emmer-
sons trigid, sheet-iron philosophy was
fully appreciated bi The audiance.--.
Win0eU DeMocr0t
SrAlD, CONSERVATIVES VIRGINIA.,
appears to be gradually taking sides
with the secessionists. While the po-
litical Ncros at Washington indulyinc
in elimination, as if they were individ.
ally of any moment, in comparison
with the preservation of the Union,
the border States are drifting into the