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Year: 1860

History will pronounce this act of the
Convention, crime against liberty
Even. if it is arrested in its destructive
course, by the strong arm of the Federal
power, or by the returning sanity of its
authors, OF their constituents, it will stand
as an unparalleled crime i'll the history of
human government, because it records a
deedgof wilful political desperation, for
the commission of which, they can never
appeal, with any success, to the approval
of the common Judgment and conscience
of mankind, as our fathers did, whcu thew
dissolved the connection of the Colonies
with the Mother Country. 1t is the con-
summation of the "work of forty years."
as openly declared hy Mr.. Gregg, mem-
Der of the Convention. 1t will lie the
work OF forty thousand years, to wipe ont
all remembrance of it from the page of
human history. Nay, it will never be for
gotten, as long as the world lasts. 1t is a
crime of folly, tliat will go down to the
condemnation of the ages to come, simply
because it is the work of passion, of am
bition, of the determination of IL petty
aristocracy to rule in hell rather than
serve in heaven, Not 81 single grievance
has this seccdaut State hut what can be
redressed in the Union Not a single Just
complaint can she bring up, ths4 will not,
prove her ruin out of the Union
Year: 1860

Tie following is nn extract of business
letter received in Boston from prominent
manufacturer in the eastern. part of Ken
lucky, who voted for Bell and Everett:


"Wns ever such mad and wicked folly
before known as this secession? Had
South Carolina set FIRE to~every building
within her borders the evil and misery
would have been nothing compared t.
what she is now invoking. Aud yet there
is no staying her uplifted arm; the demon
evil has seized her and all her people are
possessed. A practical test, however, wilt
speedily open the eyes of her deluded
people, before the wheels of the govern
ment can be set in motion, the burdens
will become so terrible that the reaction
will overthrow the traitorous Williams who
have misled aud plunged her into ruin.
Year: 1860

Tue intoler nee of: the fire-eaters in
creases with every new attempt ut media
ton a2d adjustment. There is now no
doubt that South Carolina will be able to
cnrry with her at least three of the Cot
ton States. The tobacco or border slave
States are rapidly closing around the Union
flag, and all the demonstrations that have
been made in the free States have served
greatly to strengthen their hands. If the
late Union demonstration at independence
Square had not been damaged by intcm-
pernte party speeches, it would have pro-
dnced much happier effect upon the
Southern mind. 1t was apity to spoil so
grand an affair by mere partisan rhetoric
of Judge Woodward is especially con-
dcmnnh
Year: 1860

The general,expectation is indulged that
the new Senator from Oregon, Col. Baker,
will address the Senate at an early day
Tie is n finished popular orator, and a de-
voted patriot lie will meyer agree that
the Pacific States shall be cut loose from
the Union, because he believes that their
safety and their interests are fall.within our
political family as tits
Year: 1860

Agent PleilIer and Company havire rctur.
d from a visit to the San Juan country
iy have furnished us with a copy Of their
mrnal, extracts from which we to day pub
ish. But little is known Of the characer Of


lat region and anything calculated to Eiye
atormatiou in reference to it will be rad


Nth interest.
Year: 1860

A RAILROAD CoxDUcToR Removed FoR
EXCEEDING HIS CoMMIssIoS.-A conductor
on one of the railroads terminating in Whee-
linz, Va, was dismissed from the road last
week for having complimcnted lady on his
train for the Cinderella-like smallness Of q
foot which she exposed beyond the folds of
her crinoline. The company held that Il the
lady had pretty foot she was probably aware
of it if not, is vas no part of the conduc-
tors duty to inform her of the fact,
Year: 1860

THE BoDr AvExeED.-By too much sit
ting the body becomes unhealthy, and soon
the mind. This is Natures law. She will
never see her children wronged. If the
mind, which rules the body, ever forgets its
elf so far as to tramPle upon its slave, the
slave IS never generous enough to forgive
the injury, but win rise and smite his op-
pressOr Thus has many monarch mind
been dethronel.-LoxeFEHoN
Year: 1860

Piek. .Pocket.-A man calling himself Will
liam Gottfrey, and hailing from no particular
place, was arraigned before the Recorder TO
answer the charge of picking Major Marbles
pocket Of pocket book containing a $40 note.
Marabie is a marketman, from Charles City,
and stated that while he was lying asleep on
bench ut the First Market, about O'Clock
saturday morning, he felt the hand Of some
oEe in his pocket, and, on opening his eyes,
saw man about the size Of the prisoner drop
his hat and run off. He then got up and took
possession OF the hat, and afterwards missed
his pocket book and money.


Calvin Henry testified that he was also lying
on market bench, when he saw the prisoner
go to Marabl-, put his hand in his pocket
then dropping his hat in his haste to escape,
run off.


The prisoner claimed the hat, and took it
from Marable by force. This fact led to his
arrest.


The Recorder, after hearing the witnesses,
remanded the accused to be indicted by the
Grand Jury Of the Hastings Court. which will
sit on the second Monday in August, and COM
mitted him to prison.
Year: 1860

Rsmsmber the Sabbath The ter of yes-
sci, now lying in the Dock, was no little per-
his hands and seemed anxious to have them
punished but did not succeed in doing So
He had made all his arrangements TO leave
port, and was desirous Of taking the tow dow n
the river, which left at an early hour, but his
men refused to do duty because it was Sun
day. On another occasion such conduct
might be considered mutinous, but in Vir-
ginia, where the law imp poses fine on persons
for following their daily avocations on Sun
day, it might be somewhat difficult to make
the sailors appear guilty of any crime.
Year: 1860

LADIES' Fair.-The ladies Of Clay street
Church will have a feast in the basement OF
their church this evening, and they invite
their friends and the public to join them
Their object is TO raise means TO discharges q
debt due by them, and they expect all we'll
wishers, and all who desire TO spend a pleas.
ant evening, to pay them visit. 4TA
Year: 1860

The Republicans throughout this entire
campaign have directed the brunt of their
battle against the Douglas party. They have
permitted not single opportunity 10 escape
when a shot might be effectively pitched INTO
the Douglas column. They have treated the
breckenridge forces with comparative civili-
ty and moderation. The closer we draw to
ward the election the clearer does their no.
tion for this sort of tactics become apparent
they regard the Douglas as the stronger and
more formidable wing of the Democracy in
this State If California is saved to the De-
mocracy, it will surely be by the Douglas
wing-between whom and the Republicans,
the latter have shown us in all their writings
and in all their speeches, there is great
gulf
Year: 1860

OLD LINE DEMOCRATS, READ Tms.-Wt
are assured that some of the Breckenridge
men are willing to bet that the Republican
nominee for Senator in this county will be
elected but We do not hear that any Of them
offer TO bet on the election of p L. Edwards
the Breckenridge nominee for the same posi-
ton. The boilers of the Breckenridge bolt
ing faction seem to have concluded that Ed
wards will be defeated as a matter of course
Indeed, they may as well come to like
conclusion as to all their ticket, though it is
reported they will make desperate effort to
elect one of their Assemblymen. This it is
understood, is to be accomplished by judi
cious system of swapping votes ON the day
of election.-Sdc. Union.


The "swap" appears to be, that the boilers
shall vote for Heacock, a Black Republican,
for Senator, and that the Blacks shall vote
for one of the Breckinridge nominees for the
Assembly. Is anything further needed to
open the eyes of Old Line Democrats who
have followed false leaders out of the Demo-
cratic party? Now is the time for them to
return to the ranks. Vote for DoUGLAs on
Tuesday next, and you will be able to say
what You could always say heretofore: Il
never bolted a Democratic ticket IS +.
Nation.
Year: 1860

THAT SPEEcH.-Mr. Breckenridge has made
that speech He has gone and done it We
shall wait for the full report, revised by him,
self, before we make any extended comments
If the telegraph has given us any just ac
count of his speech, it is failure. 1t will
disappoint his friends for it meets no point
in the case He fails even to give any good
reason, or even plausible one, why he is a
candidate. The rest is a very common stump
speech, which any of his electors might have
made for him. He has not answered the
questions his friend in Virginia promised he
should answer Louisville Democrat
Year: 1860

SACRAMENTO CoUNTY.-As far as we can
hear, it is conceded that this county is for
Douglas by a handsome plurality. The
BreckiDrigde boilers are likely to be third
in the race, in spite of the cash received for
the purpose of carrying the city. There
will be hard work done in the city on the
day of election, by the three leading parties
Sac. Union
Year: 1860

BACKED DowN.-The Red Bluff Beacon has
the following:


A Douglas man in this town in whose face
many bets have been shaken, within the last
two months, has come to the conclusion that
the Breckenridge men have been playing a
game Of 6laf as they have now weakened on
their candidate, and refuse to bet on him
From one hundred to five thousand dollars
can be taken by application to this office,
that Breckenridge will not poll larger vote
than Douglas in this State Who dareS to
take the whole, or any part Of it?
Year: 1860

The Charleston Mercury dosen't expect to
publish anything which falls from Mr.
Breckenridge, spoken as candidate for the
Presidency" The Mercury probably thought
that Mr.. Breckenridge would have the bold
ness to answer the questions which the entire
nation expected he would answer, in refer
ence to Disunion, and therefore it took the
precaution to prepare for the suppression of
anything its candidate might say which
would be Offensive to the Disunionists
Year: 1860

ALL this awakening that have seen is
simply the country turning oyer. 1t had
lain on one side too long. 1t has for forty
Years been lying on its south side. 1t is now


These Abolitionists, while pretending to
be engaged in making the country turn
over, may get it fixed forever fiat upon its
back.-LouisUiEls Journal
Year: 1860

THE STArE-No one believes that the Re-
publicans can, of their own strength, carry
four counties in the State They will no
doubt poll much larger vote than they have
at any previous election but they have
never polled to exceed $4,000 votes, and
those were cast for Edward Stanley, whose
Southern birth was constantly paraded by
bis partisan friends as defense against the
charge that he was a sectional candidate.


The Breckinridge men have been loud in
claiming the State, but they do not seem to
be able or willing to name the counties they
rely upon. They did speak confidently of a
few at one time, but latterly they seem satis-
fled with saying that in this, that and an
other county "it will be pretty close" The
fact is, the leading boilers have sense enough
to know, from what they have seen in their
travels, that Douglas will carry three-fourths
of the counties in the Estate, if, indeed, the
divided opposition to him are not routed in
every county.-S. r. Nation.
Year: 1860

The ELECTORAL CoLLEGE-As q matter of
convenience for such of our readers as may
desire to figure at the election prospects, We
append the following:


The present total number of votes in the
electoral college is 303; necessary to a choice,
152. They may be classified as follows:
Year: 1860

An OLD WING ON DoUGLAs.-Hon. Wm L.
Coggin, an old Wing, and late the Opposi-
ton candidate for Governor of Virginia, said
in recent speech:


There is another man before you for the
Presidency. | know him WELL lie is my
personal friend, and | must confess, that be.
lieve him to be a man who loves the Union.
He is man of the highest order of talents,
aud if he were elected President l have not
the slightest doubt that he would make a
good one, because he is patriotic and honor
make as good President as John Bell l
believe he would promote the happiness of
the people, and administer the laws as Justly
and wise,y-that man is Stephen A. Doug
las Cheers
Year: 1860

HEAVING purchased The eutire interest Of Lawler
H Martin in the well known SHOOTING GAIL
LEiY, on Third street, near the corner Of d. is now
ready for the reception of visitors fond OF the genie
he promises them good sport as close attention TO
his business will allow. mhzo-u
Year: 1860

The editor of the New York News SAYS
he came long ago to the conclusion that
negroes are an inferior race. IF he means
inferior to white men generally, he is
right; if to himself individually, he isn't
Prentice
Year: 1860

An Irishman who had lain sick long
time was met ono day by the PARISH priest
well, Patrick, am glad yon have re.
covered. Were you not afraid to meet
your God? Och no, your riverence, it
was the other chap I was afraid Of, re-
piled Pat.
Year: 1860

Speak gently! 1t is better far


To rule by love, than fear,
Speak gently-let no harsh words mar
The good we might do here
Speak gently Love doth whisper low
The VOWS that true hearts bind;
And gently friendships's accents flhw-
Affections voice is kind.
Speak gently to the little child?


Its love be sure to gain;
Teach it in accents soft and mild
1t may not long remain.
Speak gently to the young, for they
Will have enough to bear
Pass through this life as best we may,
'Tis full of anxious carei
Speak gently to the aged one,


Grieve not the care-worn heart;
The sands of life are nearly run;


Let such in peace depart;
Speak gently, kindly, to the poor
Let no harsh word be heard;
They have enough they must endure,
Without an unkind word
Speak gently to the erring-know
They may have toiled in vain;
Perchapce unkindness made them so:
Oh, win them back again
Speak gently He who gave his life
To bend mans stubborn will,
When elements were on fierce strife,
Said to them, "Peace be still"
Speak gently! tits little thing


Dropped in the hearts deep we'll;
The good, the joy, which it may bring,
Eternity shall tell.
Year: 1860

Pm going home to heaven,
To mansions bright and fair,
For those loved most dearly
Are waiting for me therel
/ soon shall join their circle,
And happy, happy be,
When they lay me down to rest
Beneath the linden tree.
/ saw my gentle mother


Fast fading day by day,
Till, like captive songster,
Her spirit scared away;
And then they said my father
Was sleeping in the sea,
And buried sister Mary


Beneath the linden tree.
And thus they left me lonely,
My heart all cold and chill,
For none there were to cheer me
But gentle brother Will.
We loved each other fondly,
And roamed the earth with glee,
But now he sleeps, dear Willie,
Beneath the linden tree.
/ know that am dying,


l am fading fast away,
Like mist-clouds on the mountains.
Like night before the day.
/ soon shall see these loved ones,
And with them ever be
In realms of life and glory,


Not meath the linden tree.
Year: 1860

An eye can threaten like the loaded gun,


or can insult like kissing or kicking, or in


its altered mood, by beams of kindness can


make the heart dance with joy. The eye


Obeys exactly the action of the mind. When


thought strikes up, the vision is fixed,


and remains looking at a distance; in emu


merating names of persons or counties-as


France, Spain, Britain or Germany-the
eyes wink at each new name. There
is an honesty in the eye, which the mouth
does not participate in. The arti't,' as


Michael Angelo said, must have his meas
ure in his eye Eyes are bold as lions
bold, running, leaping. They speak all
language; they need no encyclopedia to aid
in the Interpretation of their language; they
respect neither rank nor fortune, virtue nor
sex, but they go through and through you
in a moment of time You can read in the
eyes of your companion, while you talk
with him, whether your argument hits,
though his tongue will not confess it There
is look by which man tells you he is
going to say good thing. and look which
says when he has said it.


Vain and forgotten are all the fine offers
of hospitality, if there i; no holiday in the
eye. How many ,inclinatiOns are avOwed
by the eye, though the lips dissemble! How
often does one come from company in
which it may easily happen he has said
nothing; that no important remark has
been addressed to him, and yet in his SYM
pathy with the company, he seems not to
have a sense of this fact, for a stream of
light has been flowing into him and out of
lim through his eyes.


As soon as men are off their centers their
yes show it. There are eyes to be sure,
hat give no more admission into the man
han blue berries. They are liquid and
leep wells that man might fall into;
here are asking eyes, and asserting eyes,
md eyes full of faith, and some of good !
nd some of sinister omen The power cf
yes to charm down insanity or beast, is a T.
'Ower behind the eyes, that must be vic =
ory achieved in the will before it can be
uggested to the organ; but the man at
eace or unity with himself, would move
through men and nature, commanding all
hings by the eye alone. The reason men
o not obey us is, that they see the mud at
he bottom of our eyes.
Year: 1860

Sorrows gether around great souls as
storms do around mountains, but like them
they break the storms and purify the air
of the plain beneath them. Every heavy
burden Of sorrow seems like a stone hung
around our neck. yet they are often Onley
like the stones used by pearl divers, which
enable them to reach their prize and rise
enriched A small SORROW distracts- great
one makes us collected; as bell loses It's
tone when slightly cracked, and recovers it
when the fssure is enlarged.
Year: 1860

A PRETTY FASoY.-When day begins
to 60 up to heaven at night, it does not
spread pair of wings and fly alOft Ike a
bird, but it just climbs softly up on lad
der. 1t sets its red sandal on the shrub
you have watercd these three days lest it
should perish with thirst; then it steps to
the tree we sit under, and thence to the
ridge of the roof From the ridge to the
chimney; and from the chimney to the tall
elm; and from the elm to the tall church
spire; and then to the threshold of heaven,
and thus you can see it go as though 1t
walked up red roses.-B. T. TayIor
Year: 1860

WHEy IS A Mans BLOOD UP?-Ah! it
Is the pale passions that are the fercest-
tits the violence of the chill gives the meas
ure of the fever. The fighting boy of our
school always turned white when he went
out to a pitched battle with the bully ola
neighboring village; but we knew what his
bloodless cheeks meant-tbe blood was all
in his stout heart. He was slight boy,
and there was not enough to redden his face
and fill his heart all at once.
Year: 1860

THERE is an Eastern fable of a magician
who discovered by his incantations that
the " Philosophers Stone" lay on a Ger
tain river, but was unable to determine
its locality more definitely. He therefore
proceeded along the bank with piecc Of
iron, to which he applied successfully all
the pebbles he found. AS one after ano.
thcr they produced no change in the met.
al, he flung them into the stream. At
last he hit upon the object Of his search,
and the iron became gold in his hand
But, alas he had become so accustomed
to the "touch and go" movement, that
the real stone was involuntarily thrown
into the river after the others, and lost to
him forever We think this story we'll al
legorizcs the fate of the liirt. She has
tried and discarded SO many hearts, that
at length she throws away the right one
from pure force Of habit.
Year: 1860

RESPECT TO TIE Srx.-It should be the
boast Of every man that he had never put
modcsty to the blush, nor encouraged i'm
modcsty to remove her mask. But We
fear there is far too little chvalry in the
present day. IL young men do not chuck
their partners under the chin, they arc Of
ten guilty Of pressing their hands when
the dance affords an opportunity. There
is calm dignity with which TO show that
the ottcnse has been noticed; but if la
dy condescend to reprovc it in words, she
forces The culprit to defend himself and it
often ends by making the matter worse.
On the other hand, let woman once over
look the slightest familiarity, and fail to
show her surprise in her manner, aud she
can never be certain that it will not bc
repeated.
Year: 1860

1t is an easy and vulgar thing to please
the mob, and not very arduous task to
astonish them; but to benefit and improve
them is work of difficulty and not un-
frequently of danger.
Year: 1860

Child.


The following extract is from letter writ
ten upon the death of child;


1t went in the morning-a bright and radi-
ant morning-many went yesterday, more to-
day, and there are dews to be shed for the de-
partures of tomorrow And can it be wondered
that pleasant summer mornings should beguie
them into going2 Is it a marvel that they do
not wait for the burden and the noon, but fol-
low the lark and hear her song over the ruin
of the rainbow That those words so beauti-
ful, they should make 50 true, 'and JOY com
eth in the morningY


Going in the morning a glorious morning
when the sky is all in beauty, and the world
is all bliss; ere the dews have gone to heaven,
or the stars have gone to God; when the birds
are singing and the cool winds are blowing,
and the flowers are out that will be shut at
noon, and the clouds that are never rent in
rain, and the shadows inlaid with crimson lie
away to the west


We have sometimes seen a little coffin, like
n casket for jewels, all alone by itselfin huge
hearse melancholy with plumes, and gloomy
as frown-and we have thought, not so,
should we accompany those little way, who
90 in the morning We have wondered why
they did not take the little coffin into the car
riage with them, and lay it gently upon their
laps the sleeper there lulled to sumber with
out bosom or n cradle We have wondered
what there was for tears in such going--in
the early morning from home to home-like
fair white doves with downy wings emerging
from neither night and huttering for entrance
at the windows of Heaven. Never has there
been n hand wanting to take the wanderer in,
and shut out the darkness and the storm.
Upon those little faces it never seemed to
us that death could place his great seal there
is no thought Of the charnel-house in those
young listeners to that invitation, whose
acceptance we are bound not TO forbid; there
should be morning songs and not sighs; fresh
flowers and not badges of mourning no tears
nor Clouds but bright dews sand bright dawn
ings together.


Fold up the white robe lay aside the for
gotten toy smooth the little impressed pill
low and gently smile as you think of the
garment, Of the harp of gold, and of the fair
brow with its diadem of light; smile as you
think that no years can make the memory old.
An eternal, guileless child waiting about the
threshold of Paradise for the coming friend
from home.


Here the glad lips would quiver with an
guishi the bright curls grow gizzled and gray
the young heart weary and old, but there,
changeless as the stars, and young as the last,
new morning.


The poet tells of green bough rent by the
tempest from the tree, and swept rudely along
the breast of an angry river and a mother
bird with cries Of grief huttering beside ii, for
her nest and nestlings were there Oh bet
ter TO be waited away from earth than thus
that they should drift aaound the world in
storm.
Year: 1860

Lord Shaftesbury recently stated in pub
lie meeting in London, that from personal OBJ
servation he had ascertaned that of the adult
male criminals OF that city, nearly all had fall
len into a course Of crime between the ages
of eight and sixteen years and that il a young
man lived an honest life up to twenty years
Of age, there were forty-nine chances in his
favor, and only one against him. as to an
honorable life thereafter


who are born, die under twenty years of age,
while four-ffths Of all who reach that age, and