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Year: 1859

Richmond asd York Rirer Rnifroad. -Tbi,
improvement, completed to the White House
on the Pamunkey river, has already opened d =
to Richmond new trade, which will steadily
increase as the work progresses 10 West Point
its terminus. At this time there Is a semi
weekly line to West Point, and for thoseof oui
citizens who wish TO make pleasant country
launf, we know OF no more pleasant route
Taking the cars at Rockets on Tuesday OF
Friday morning. an hours ride, under thu
care of Conductor Yeatman, brings you TO tht
White House station, where you embark i'm
mediately on the steamer 'sSea Bird Capt. L
M. Southgate, and in a short time thereafter
find yourself gliding down the winding Pa
munkey. By III O'Clock you enter the greai
York river, make short run on .he Mattapo-
nj. and in a few minutes land at West Poini
wharf. From this point you are conducted TO
NEWS Hotel, the only one yet established in


the place, and after a sumptuous feast on the
fat of the land and the water, too, are prepared
to enjoy the beautiful water scenery which
lies before you.


West Point, in time to eume, is destined 10
be great shipping pert, and must become a
fashionable resort for health and pleasure
seekers. Already q Number of neat cottages
have sprung up as if by magic, and others are
to be built with as little delay as possible.


Ihe railroad company are now pushing
forward their grading from the Point to the


White House; the con ntractor for building the
bridge across the Pamunkey river is fra ming q
the timbers, and preparing to commence the
plling necessary TO support the abutments:
and II the weather is at all favorable during
the approaching winter, the entire line will be
IN working order by July or August next.


IL Is impossible to say now what is to be the
erect OF this road the country through
which 1t passes; but we are satisfied that it will
ne the means OF binding mere closely together
the Eastern portion of the State, and of ena-
biIng them TO have home market for their
products, instead of being compelled to trade
with Baltimore and elsewhere
Year: 1859

The Mstsor.--On Tuesday morning last he.
tween the hours of and 10 O'Clock, while on
board the steamer ''Seabird,'' bound down the
Pamunkeyriver for West Point, we'saw me-
teor pass directly over the bow of the steam
er. and descend in a field on the east side. The
meteor was of cone shape, had an unduIatfng
motion, and apparently travelled about as fast
as spirit fire-hall usually thrown into the
The light of the meteor, for the sun was shin
ing at the time, seemed TO be Of three distinct
shades being fiery at the base, lighter near
the centre. and of a blush cast at the small or
upper end. An aged gentleman, who was
standing near us at the time, remarked that il
resemhled in appearance q blazing rocket but
to us, IL had more the appearance OF taliing
meteor in a moonlight night
Year: 1859

USlvEns1rr OF Cu1cAoo.-At meeting Of
tie Executive Board at this University held
Apri! S. 1852, a plan for the organization Of i
Department of Law having been presented BY n
Committee to which the subject had previously
been referred, it was voted that the plan of or
suuization bo adopted and u Department Of Law
be and is hereby established on the basis of its
provisions.
Year: 1859

WoMAN's BEAUTY It takes most women two-thirds of their lifetime to discover that men may be amused by, without respecting them and every woman may make up her mind that to be really respected, she must possess merit she must have accomplishments of mind and heart, ard there can be no real beauty without these. If the soul is without cultivation, without refinement, without taste, without the sweetness of affection, not all the mysteries of art can make the face beautiful l and. on the other hand, it is impossible to dim the brightness of an elegant and polished mind It's radiance strikes through the encase- ments of deformity, and asserts it's sway over the world of the affections

 It has been my privilege to see the most celebrated beaa+ies that shine in the gded courts of fashion throughout the world, from St..James to St. Petersburg, from Paris to h. l dia, and yet know of no art which can atone for the defect of an unpublished mind aud un.

 lovely heart. That charming activity of soul,

 that spiritual energy, which gives animation

 grace, and living light to the animal frame, is | after all, the real source of woman's beauty

 It is that which gives eloquence to the Ian

 guage of his eyes, which gives the sweetest

 expression to her face, and lights up her wholt personnel as if her very body thought

 l L0lG 1Nontez.
Year: 1859

ADVICE FROM A LADY TO THE LADIEs-A lady correspondent of one of our exchanges writes as follows concerning hoops and lifting up dresses:

 "The hoops should be near together, say two or three inches apart, and come to within as many inches of the feet or the bottom of the dress. A word about the management of dresses In the first place, in going up stairs, you need only lift the front of your dress, and in descending, the back of your skirts. The front part of your dress can by no effort be soiled in descending, nor the back part by as- cending pair of stairs. Do therefore have reform in this to my mind immodest habit you have heedlcssy got into, of dragging your dress behind going down stairs, aud lifting it up in front instead.'
Year: 1859

Richard Golden, the Englislman, in a speech at Liverpool since his return from this country, said

 From the opportunities l have had of ob- serving the tendency of opinion in America, ] come back with the belief that there is q more cordial fecling of attachment setwcen the old and new country than the ordinary channels of public opinion enable us to appreciate. The Americans and the English seem to me to oc- cnpy the same position to each other which it was stated Goldsmith had towards Dr. John son. The gruff old doctor liked to scold Gold smith himself, but would never allow anybody else to scold him without taking his part and have no doubt, from what l have seen in my travels in the United States, that were it possible that England should find herself in position where she was hard pressed by en- emies in Europe-give her good cause, and give her necessity for help, and have nc doubt in the world that nothing would pre- vent in such all emergency the great bulk ol the population of the United States hurrying to tue rescue of the mother country"
Year: 1859

Don't be alarmed" says the Cardinal " I'll manage that matter automatically" And he sits down and writes an invariable note, in automatically tortuous style, which may thus be summed up :-

 |" We want your soldiers and not your ad- vice, seeing that we are infallible. If you were to show any symptom of doubting that infallibility, and if you attempted to force anything upon us, even our preservation, we would fold our wings around our conferences, We would raise the palms of martyrdom, and we should become an object of compassion to all the Catholics in the universe. You know we have in your country forty thousand men who are at liaerty to say everything, and whom you pay with your own money to plead our cause. They shall preach to your subjects, that you are tyrannizing over the Holy Fath- CT, aud we shall set your country in blaze, without appearing to touch it."
Year: 1859

The MAN WHO MOULD Not PAY THE
PRINTER May be be sbod silh light
ming, and compelled to wander over
deserts Of guppoNder.


May he have sore eyes, and
a chestnut burr for an eyestone.


May bis sorrows double daily, and
his days lengtben in the sane ratio
that bis sorrows are multiplied.


May every day Of bis life be more
despotic than tho Dey Of -Algiers.


May he never again be permitted
TO see tie face of fair woman, and
be bored to death by boarding school
misses praciicing their first lessons in
music without the privilege OF seeing
bis tormentors.


May he on putting on tight
boot, find live hornet in :he bottom.
May he be rode on a rail, after get
tiug his boot on. with the sharp edge
up, With busbel Tag OF sand tied
to each leg. by torch light process
sion, and hissed by the boys in ten
miles around.


May a troop of Printers Devils,
lean, lank, and hungry, dog bis heels
day by day, and may the famine
stricken ghost Of an editors baby
haunt his evening lullaby, and hiss
murder in his dreaming ear.
Year: 1859

An able judge was once obliged
to deliver the following charge to
the jury: Gentlemen of The jury,
in this case the counsel on both sides
are upiatelligible; the witnesses on
both sides are incredible; and the
plaintiff and defendant are both such
bad characters, that to me it is in.
different which way you give your
verdict"
Year: 1859

SISTER AID MOTHER. These are
ties which, like the invisible strings
of conscience, bind man to the world
of kindly affection, and are the last
things forgotten when one leaves HE
The .narrisge relation may be one o.
pure and uninterrupted felicity; there
may be 10. cloud in its whole happy
horizon; it may be even sunny and
flowers spring in it at dyery season
Of the age; bnt even these happy
ones WAC are in this chine oil bliss
remember long and late the claims
of sister or mother to their best al
fections. The feelings inspired by
both sister and mother are all derv-
ed from sources pure as thu Diylni.
ty that inspired them.
Year: 1859

We hope our readers viii not fail to read
the proceedings of the meeting of the stock
holders of the Jefferson City and Neosho
Valley Railroad published on our outside
to-day. It viii be seen that matters are
progressing as fast as possible under the
circumstances. We are sorry to say that
no one was present from this place. 1t
seems to US that the citizens of this section
are entirely too luke-warm in this matter
This is the terminus of the road, and as


matter of course We viii be benefited more
by the road than any other point on the
route. should it be built, and there is
now every reason to believe it will. We
trust. in the future, when there is a meeting
of the stockholders, of this road, to see
Emporia well represented. twill not do to
let so important matter go by default
Year: 1859




E We have made inquiry of persons from
different parts of this and the adjoining
counties and are happy to learn that the
amount of wheat raised bids fair TO supply
the demand for the year ensuing. Almost
every farmer has sown some, and fields of
ten, twenty and thirty acres are quite com :
mon The wetness of the season has been
unfavorable to heavy growth in many ca
ses, and the Hessian fly has injured some
fields slightly, but on the whole the yield
will be much greater in the aggregate than
ever before. Many fields we learn are al
ready ripening and in the course of the
next week or ten days will be ready for the
harvest. Bring on the Reapers. and the
Thrashing Machines! Friend Haworth can
make as good flour at his mill as they make
anywhere. We can soon declare ourselves
independent of Missouri in the matter of
breadstuffs. When such shall be the case
throughout Kansas, we may well have a
day of Thanksgiying-that is to say if
Secretary, Walsh should interpose no OBJ


iections. E
Year: 1859

Several of our leading farmers are anx-
ious for the organization of an Agricultural
Society in this county. 1t might be con-
fined 10 this county alone, or include the
whole region to the South and West of US;
and We apprehend it might do much to ad-
vance the material interests of the whole
community. The beginning might be small
and humble, but as ''tall oaks from little
acorns grow" and ''great streams from lit
tie fountains fiow," even so might such a
society, however feeble in its origin, become
an institution of great power and usefulness.


Our farming interest is yet in its infancy.
but is destined to rapid growth and a splen-
did future But many of our farmers are
new to the business, or at least they do not
understand the modes of conducting it in
this country. They have not been educa-
ted to prairie farming, and have much yet to
learn. They need to imbibe wholesome
pride in their occupation and learn to regard
it as the highest, most ennobling pursuit of
man. What say you Farmers of the Neo
sho, the Cottonwood, Elm Greek. Forty
Two Rock Greek, Eagle Creek, Verdigris,
and Walnut? Shall we have an Agricultural
Society? We invite you to make known
your views and wishes through the col
umns of THE News
Year: 1859

Where we see ladies reared in homes of
comfort and comparative luxury at the East,
bravely bearing up under The hardships and
privations of frontier life. putting the best
foot forward. booking themselves and help
ing others to look upon the bright side Of
the life picture, we feel to thank God and take
courage. and we want to point our young
men, who are sometimes inclined to relax
their efforts, and be idlers instead of work
ers, to such an example. Labor is honora-
bic, and no man or woman is worth straw
for Kansas life who feels above or beneath
it. So much for generalities. Now for an
illustration A gentleman not thousand
miles from Emporia. who unites the bust
ness of agriculture with professional pur-
suits, had occasion to leave home for few
days recently, having engaged neighbor
to break few acres of prairie for him to
be planted to sod corn He left his wife TO
act as secretary of the interior, or home de-
partment during his absence. not dreaming
however that she would undertake any out
of-door enterprise, as she was enterely un-
accustomed to it--haying been educated in
one of The highest literary institutions of the
East-was of slender frame, domestic hab-
its, and had just recovered from long and
tedious illness. But the gentleman had
scarcely been gone an hour when the
ploughman made bis appearance with his
team. 1t was necessary that some person
should follow the plough and drop the seed
corn into the furrow to be covered by the
succeeding furrow. Such is the prairie
fashion of corn planting.


The lady had no person engaged to do
this and did not know where to find one
readily, so with the true pioneer spirit and
promptness she assumed the Office of corn
planter herself. and cheerfully followed the
plough throughoutthe long June day in de
fance of sun and wind


May a plentiful crop Of corn reward her
labor, and health crown her with its bless
ings. Such an example, is better than a
sermon.
Year: 1859

We suspect the Hon. Abram Lincoln, of
Illinois, has bit the nail on the head about
as squarely as any Republican who has late
" spoken on the subject of fusion of par
ties for the Presidential campaign. Here is
what he says:


GAS to the matter of fusion, am for it,
if it can be had on Republican grounds, and
sion On any other terms would be as foolish
as unprincipled. 1t would lose the whole
North, while the common enemy would still
carry the whole South


What could be more honest and frank
81 am for it if it can be had on Republican
grounds. and am not for 1t on any ether
ferms.'' That Is the long and short of all
the humbug about union of the opposi-
tion.-H r Journal Of Commerce.
Year: 1859




Hoagland, of Tecumseh, is a modest
man He is Chairman of the Board of
Claim Commissioners, appointed by the
Governor. That Board have audited and
allowed about three quarters of million
dollars in claims against the Territory for
losses and damages sustained by individu-
ais during the civil war. He was the re-
puted originator of the claim Legislation of
last winter, and eoncocted the iniquitous bill
which, under false pretences, was forced thro'
the Legislature under the gag rule. Hav-
ing succeeded thus far in the job he has
undertaken, he attempted to secure his cleo
ton to the Constitutional Convention as a
Delegate from Shawnee county, that he
might be able to follow up his success and
fasten the whole batch of claims-bogus
and genuine-upon the new State by ma
king provision for them in the Constitution,
or the ordinance accompanying that Con-
stitution, so that Kansas and the claim
mongers should be irrevocably bound UP to-
gether If the Convention should make
the payment of those claims condition of
admission into the Union, one of two things
must result: either the General Govern
ment would assume the payment of them,
which would suit Hoagland exceedingly, or
our application for admission would be rejec-
ted, which would suit him about as WE'LL
Kansas must then remain Territory for an
indefinite length of time and Hoagland
might get an office from the Administration


HoagIand is a special pet and favorite of
the ''Herald Of Freedom and allowed the
editor of that sheet some $4,000, it is
said, for his losses. The Herald in return
did its little utmost to secure lis election to
the Convention. The Topeka Tribune, of
latest date, has scathing expose of the
way they went to work to accomplish their
darling object, by which it would seem
that the means were as base as the ends in
view. He did not scruple to slaughter his
Democratic associates upon the same tick
ct to secure his own election, and even
stopped so low as to circulate lying hand
bills, printed at the Herald Offce, in Law
renee. with the forged imprint of .Topeka
JOB Office" upon them to aid the deception.
But be failed miserably Notwithstanding all
his efforts, and we trust his pet measure OF
foisting those claims upon the people viii
fail also. The whole project is rotten to the
core and we exhort the tax payers to keep
close watch upon it to the end.
Year: 1859

tive land and they embarked in sloop of
war" The rest of her history is sufficiently
well known. We here close book, from
which, although it does not take high rank
amusement and information.
Year: 1859

WoNT Pay Taxes The Tart'es who have Leased
properly in the Navy Yard, at Memphis, refuse to
pay any city tax on the ground that a corporation
cannot tax its own properly The appeal says:
''"hat makes The matter more noticeable is, that
the great argument used in Council, when it was
proposed to lease the Navy Yard was that the pro,
Perfy would not only psy rent, but also taxes 10
the city"
Year: 1859

the most fearful temptations to dsloyalty and
disafection. You assal the stability of the Union


in its most exposed and vital parts Devoted as
that people now are. and ever have been to this
Union, you hold out to them inducements to sepa-
ration, by isolation and non-intercourse, such as
never fail to produce disintegration in any other
country, and such as it is objectionable to pre-
sent to any portion Of the people Of this country
On the other hand, proceed at once to the con-
struction of this road, and your mighty empire
on the Pacific will be linked to the valley of the
Mississippi and the Atlantic by the everstrength.
enng and ever-endurirg bonds of commerce, of
Intercourse, and Of affection. The great patriots
of our country, at three successive periods of
danger, by the united voice of the nation, are
handed down to immortality as having thrice saw
ed the Union But if this Congress shall pass a
law that will insure the commencement of this
great work. in the present and all succeeding
ages, and on the page of history, it will be hailed
with ever-increasing gratitude as having placed
the Union beyond the possibility of danger or
disaster.
Year: 1859

Venality and peculation among the func.
tionaries of the present Administration seems
to have reached an extent which the world
has rarely witnessed. Their existence has
often been asserted with gleat particular
ity of statement but it has been only
within few days that official invcs-
LEGATIONS by Congressional Committee
have dragged some of the grosser Of
these transactions out into the plain light of
day. No one supposcs that one case of a
thousand has yet been unveiled doubtless
great many will always remain in darkness
but enough has been disclosed to astonlsh
the nation and to cover the guilty ones with
infamy.


These transactions have yet to be spread
before the eyes and impressed upon the
minds of the people. That will be done.
however, and the nation will be made to see
not only that IN its political aims, the
Democratic party has hccn the tool Of its
dcspotlc nast'r--th9 prosavcry interest, but
also that its active managers and supporters
in the Northern States have demanded and
received, IS the reward of their supple servil-
ity, the liberty to plllnge the national
treasury to an almost unlimited extent.
Year: 1859

The 35th Congress is dead, as dead as Ju-
Illus Caesar. The 4th of March is as fatal to it
as the Ides Of March were to him. We have
no account of its last desperate acts, nor of
its last will and testament. 1t will take a
few days to find all that out, and longer to
talk its doings over. Its general measures
of legislation are few. and hardly as impor


tant as the service it has done the country
by defeating the most cherished schemes of
an ambitious and corrupt President, and his
equally corrupt and unscrupulous adherents.
Year: 1859

A lady in New York lately appeared at a
fancy ball as Poverty and Riches The
ostune was divided through tho centre from
head to foot and face and hand made to
match with the costume. One half of the
person Of this lady wa. dressed in the richest
silks and laces, the other representing the
most extreme poverty. with stocking down
about the worn shoe, and face which gave
apparent evidence Of cruel husband.
Year: 1859

lake away tbs tan. Rattle un over the
pavement, no matter how mcrrly, how nols-
ny; ne can no longer be disturbed by the
sight OF sound OF earth. Wife and children
are mourning in the silence of the darkened
Year: 1859

The rumors from Paris in regard to the probabilities of war are contradictory, and all was in state of uncertainty.

 The military preparations were going on much as usual The casting of cannon at Vim cennes was condected with the greatest secrecy, as if there were a desire to open campaign with the new improvements before the secret should transpire to the world. It is stated that only half the number of horses will be requi- red for the uew pieces of artillery, which are represented to be as extraordinary for their compactness and lightness as they are formid- able in their effects.

 It was reported in Paris that the effective force of the French army in Algeria was to be reduced

 The "Herald's' Paris correspondent learns that the artillery of the army of Lyons had been placed on war footing, all the officers and men on furlough being ordered to join their regiments without delay

 Prince NAPOLEON and his bride arrived at the Tuileries on the Sd ult, and were received by the Emperor and Empress The Prince was to receive the title of High Admiral.

 An important pamphlet bearing the title INA PLEoM III. and Ilaly' had made its appearance in Paris and attracted great attention. Some parts oft are ascribed to the Emperor himself The pamphlet seeks to establish that treaties would be only invariable if the world was i'm movable.
Year: 1859

MOUTH OF THE MIssIssIPPI-Mayor Stith, of New Orleans, has sent special message to the City Council, urging the importance of an immediate removal of the obstacles to com nerce in the Harbor He says: "Never has the entrance and exit from our river been so difficult as at the present moment. A large fleet of vessels bound out and in, are detained from few days to as many weeks by the shall million dollars worth of cotton alone, freighted on the ships endeavoring to get to sea, have been nearly month in the mouth of the river, merchandise designed to perfect the stock of leading houses has been kept on shipboard until the season when it was needed is far advanced
Year: 1859

A San Francisco letter says: Frazer river is almost unheard of Every steamer brings down as many as can get away, and nearly all the adventurers thitherward have got back, looking considerably the worse for wear, It is only necessary to appear in Shocking bad hat" and dilapidated and well ventilated gar ments to be hailed with "helow how's Fra zer2 Every shabby, woe-begone looking chap is supposed to be "one of 'em