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Year: 1860

19 An enthusiastic and indulgent father
Of Richmond, Virginia, offered to pay half
the expense of public Ball to the Prince of
Wales, provided his daughter might be per-
mitted to dance the first set with him
Year: 1860

The last election in Baltimore was as
peaceful as they have heretofore been wild,
ard the Reformers carried every man In
every ward The voting is now all done
at precincts, each separate from the other,
instead Of dozen polls at one place; and
the day of election, all drinking houses
were closed and the club rooms deprived
of firearms. So things went smoothly, as
they generally do when liquer and weap-
ons are not handy.
Year: 1860

THE LEMON SLAVE CAsE.-The opinion of Judge
DEMO- of the Supreme Court of New York, in the Lem
on case has been published The leading point OF the
decision is that VirgiDan coming to New York does
not bring the laws Of Virginia with him, and has no
rights here which do not belong to O citizen of New
York To the clause in the Constitution which declares
that the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all
privileges and nmuntes of citizens in the several States
Judge DEMO gives the following Interpretation


citizen of Virginia having his home in that State and
never having been within the State of New York. has
the rights under laws which native born ctI-
zen domiciled elsewhere, would have, and no other
Either be the proprietor of property here, but mel
ther could claim any rights which under our laws belong
only to residents of the States But where the laws OF
the several States differ citizen of State asserting
rights in another, must claim them according to the
laws of the lastnenoned State not according to those
which obtain in his own The position that citizen
carries with him into every State into which he may go
the legal institutions Of the one in which he was born can
not be supported. very little reflection viii show the
aacy of the idea Our laws declare contracts depending
upon games of chance or SKILL lotteries imaginary policies
OF insurance bargains for than seven per cent per
annum of interest, and many others, void. In otner
States such contracts, of them may be lawful
But no one would contend that, if made within this
State by citizen of another State they would be en-


forced in our Courts Certain OF them made IN another
State in conformity with the laws there, would be exc
cuted by tribunals upon the principle of comfy and
the case would be the same if they made in Eu-
rope or any other foreign country. The clause bas
nothing to do with the doctrine of international comfy


That doctrine as has been remarked depends upon the
usage of civilized nations and the presumed assent OF !ne
Legislative authority of the particular State 10 Wncn
the right is claimed and express denial OIL the right
by authority is decisive against the claim.


Then according to the above decision the clause in
the Constitution relative to the rendition of slaves is OF
no value.
Year: 1860

ga-1o B. R. HOOD respectfully informs the public
E that he is still at his old stand in Clinton, where
he Continues to manufacture CARRIAGES, BAROUCHES,
ROCKAWAYS AND BUGGIES. He is prepared at all times
execute work with neatness and despatch He supern
tends operations person, and guarantees that his
work shall be durable neat and cheap any other
establishment in the State.


He now constantly employed in and ap-
plying his patent scroll springs without which no
buggy be complete These springs prevent the usual
unpleasant notion and add but little to the cost of buggy
and ncalcuable benefit they completely prevent
that strain upon the other springs which has given to
many breakings. All who want esy riding buggy will
give him a CALL


May 2Sth, 1853 39-f
Year: 1860

lege just before he died said


g | may live to see the summer-to see the
earth spread over with green and covered with
beauty. But | wonder when shall again see
decay. reckon there is no decay in heaven.
II there is green leaves there, they never fade
There shall be no death there. o God, sustain
and save me !"
Year: 1860

BLooD AS A MEDICAL misunderstanding
to the Medical Magazine, the blood of q horse
is poison in the veins of dog; the blood Of a
sheep is poison in the veins of a cat but the
blood of horse will revive the fainting ass.
From thisir follows that when transfusing is
practiced on human beings, human blood
must be employed, and 80 employed theprac-
tice is in some urgent cases not only safe but
forms the sole remedy nni9isnhi s l9li
Year: 1860

SUBJECTED PoIsoEISe.-There have been
some suspicious circumstances connected
with family in Brooklyn. A girl, mem
Der Of the family, states that her father put
something into dish of soup of which she
tasted, but not liking it, took no more. Her
mother ate of it and died day or two after.
The father died also two days later under
suspicious circumstances. We do not learn
that any investigation has been instituted.
Year: 1860

FIGHT AMONG THE LAwYERs.-A jolly little
row occurred yesterday afternoon at a No
tary's Office on Superior street, the sequel to
which will be developed at the Police Court
this morning. The Notary is a little man,
but wiry and spunly as yearling bull. The
"party of the second part" is a lawyer whose
Office is on Superior street, between Bank
and Seneca. He, with several witnesses,
was at the Notary's office taking depositiOns,
the latter writing down the evidence. The
lawyer objected to his form Of writing down
an answer, the Notary claiming that it was
right. Lawyer charged Notary with being
partial in his report. Notary limited that are
pitition of the charge would ensure Lawyers
exit through the window. Lawyer added to
his charge an insinuation against Notary's
private character. Notary leaped up, quick
as fash, and planted stinger upon Law
yer's proboscis and another in his jaw. Law
yer tried to "return the papers" and got
retainer upon Notary's coat, who put in
a demurrer and nearly succeeded in getting
the Lawyers bill in the Chancery Court.


The witnesses now interfered and seized
the Notary from the rear. The tableaux just
now was an interesting one. The Notary was
suspended in mid air, with his fgure-head
and graphing irons in contact with his op-
pOnent, while one leg was upheld by each of
the witnesses, wheelbarrow fashion. This
sort of thing did not last, however, for with
one frog-like kick, he sent both of the rear
guard sprawling into the corners of the room,
and down vert the two combatants ''promis-
cuOus" on the floor. They were finally part
ed, and the care will be ventilated this
morning at the Police Court, distinguished
legal TALENT having been engaged for the oc-
cassiOn.


We tender our thanks to the gentlemen for
the item, and request them to "do SO some
more"
Year: 1860

PERSEVERANCE,. z The eLchigh Register, printed at Allentown, Pa, says.e The bright est boy at the late examination at the Naval Academey, ataAnnapolis, is said to have been little fellow of fifteen, from Texas, who'h worked his way from his native state to Annapolis, working at jobs of type setting along the route, He had studied arithmetic and mathematics by the light of Ia dip candle, in q garret, and passed hls ex-

 animation with high honor. He will cef-

 tainly make the right sort of man for a

 Commodore. His example is good. one to follow. T t is not necessary to set type, 1t lis not necessary to study in garret by the flight of a dip candle, but the same perseve- rance cen be shown, the same indomitable

 will and energy can be exhibited, sand the

 result will be as in the esseabeve mentioned [high honor. The example of this poor boy too, is encouraging to every poor boy in tho land. Much can be cone by perseverance notwithstanding the obstacles poverty mal put in hisaway.9 Those in moderate circum Estauces are much to blanc for not improving

 the adyaaptages they possess. sd asaa si T
Year: 1860

Tue declaration of principles by the
Gazette on the secession question has put the
public mind perfectly 1t ease. The matter is
90 thoroughly understood now that it need
never be spoken Of again. stocks ought to ad.
vance. and exchange /" simmer down" under
such iuflusEcss
Year: 1860

THE following is very significant epistle
to be pres ented TO the present degenerate age
which, if answered correctly, would be found
10 contain more truth than poetry


Is there a heart that never sigheta


Is there tongue that never lied


Is there an eye that never blnked J?
is there man that never drinkeds9
Is there woman that never tainted
Is there woman that never painted
If so, then heart, tongue and eve


Must tell most confbunded lie.
Year: 1860

On Monday night last about ten o'clock
John f. Donaldson, Esq, Prothonotary,
went into his Office, and on attempting
to light fluid lamp, it exploded. Some
of the fluid got on his clothes, and put
for his presence of mind in running out
ard rolling in the wet grass in front of
the Office, he would have undoubtedly
been burned to death. AS it vas he was
considerably burned, particularly on his
hands He is now able to leave his room,
and expects TO resume his business in Il
week or two.-7ioga Agitator, 22nd.
Year: 1860

A DOMESTIC RoMANCE.-The papers
relate the following story: One morn
ing last week, scene occurred on the
train from New York south, which for
time created quite an excitement among
the passengers. Among those on the
train, was lady about thirty years of
age. She was good looking and attract


ed much attention from her air of melan-
choly. At Princeton, sun-burnt, but
very handsome gentleman entered the
car in which the lady in question was
seated. No sooner had the parties glanced
at each other, than the lady swooned.-
On recovering herself, it appeared that
the gentleman was her husband, whom
she haG net seen for ten years. He had
started for California when the gold fe-
yer first broke out. The parties at that
time resided in Princeton, New Jersey.
The husband was taken sick and did not
recover for some time. Prior to his con-
valescence the lady had gone South, in
the capacity of governess, and wrote
that fact to her husband, who, unfortu-
nately, did not receive her letter. No
answer;to his letters reaching him, he thot'
his wife was careless of his welfare A
feeling of home came over him, and he
returned to the States few weeks ago.
Meantime the lady had fallen heir to a
large Southern estate, left her by a men,
Der of the family in which she had been
teaching. These explanations being
Year: 1860

AT tavern near Baltimore a novel
and rather serious accident lately occur
red. As customer was lighting cigar
spark of fire dropped from the mat 4
into the bung-hole of barrel of brand
The fluid exploded like mine, tear =.
off half the house, and seriously injurin
two bystanders. Strychnine, tobacco anG
bootlegs have long been recognized IS
the principal and constituent clement ,f
brandy, but the introduction of camphene
and gunpowder into its composition Is
rather a novelty.
Year: 1860

Position In SLEEPING.-it Is better to 90 n
sleep on the right side, for then the stomach is
very much in the position of bottle turned nm.
side down, and the contents are led in nass.
ing out by gravitation. If one goes to sIeep on
the left side, the operation of emptyinr The
stomach Of its contents is more like drawino
water from . we'll After going to sleep on youl
back, especially after heavy meal, the weight
of the digestive organs, and that Of the food
resting on the great vein of the body, near the
back bone, congresses it, and arrests the Gov
Of blood more or less. If the arrest is partial
the sleep is disturbed, and there are unpleas.
ant dreams.


II the meal has been recent or hearty. the
arrest ID more decided, and the various sensa-
tions, such as falling over q precipice, or the
pursuit Of a wild beast, or other impending
danger, and desperate effort to get rid of il,
rouses US, that sends on the stagnating blood
and we awake in a fright or trembling or Der.
spiration, or feelings Of exhaustion, according
to the degree Of stagnation, and the length or
strength Of the effort made to escape the dan.
ger. Eating a large, or what is called "a
hearty meal" before going to bed should al
ways be avoided; it is the frequent cause OF
nightmare, and sometimes the cause of suddep
death.
Year: 1860

favor Of Cen Foster that party being supposed 70 b
much stSosger than the voting manifested. 10 show
hat the lAie election not black republican victory
would call the attention South 70 the vote on amend
Ing the constitution Of New York 70 allow the colored
population 70 VOTE Al far heard rom the vote In New
York In favor Of negro suffrage was ,64o against II,
3T4n


Let the South pause count AFTER the returns come
In, the immense host OF friends they have in the white
Staes who viii not only vote 10 sustain their rights but,
II needs be. defend ihem


We the true friends Of the Union, and cannot ~
ford 10 lose the Aid and comfort Of Southern friends
In standing by Il. AZ things now arc, The hundreds OF
thousands who are on the side Of the slave States and
who live In the white States many efficient cham
piors in their defence But then the South must remain
In the Union et Paul said on ono occasion, when
about leaving his vessel In . TORN, Except
these men abide in the ship cannot be raved So
say OF the South they leave the Union viii be dsso ved
II 10 In time Of greatest peril that show
BY meeting the dangers and triumphng them viii
tho gallant South leave u In the midst Of great political
temNet9
Year: 1860

AN UNFORTUNATE AccIDENr.-0n Saturday morn
ing, about o'clock, a butcher named George Fred
erick had the two middle toes of his right foot very
severely cut by cleaver falling from his meat
table and the sharp edge catching his foot. The
bone OF each toe was severed, and they were only
held together by the under skin. He was taken to
a physician and the wounds were speedily dressed.


FIRE.-The alarm of fire on Saturday morning at
So O'Clock was occasioned by the partial burning
of the roof of house No. 157 Central avenue The
roof took fire from sparks from the chimney, but
was extinguished without the aid of the Fire De-
partment. The alarm of fire yesterday morning,
given from the bell of the No. Engine House,
which struck %, proved to be false.


GREAT EAsTERN.-The arrangements for bringing
the Great Eastern to Annapolis Roads have been
completed, and the big ship will visit the waters of
the Chesapeake. She will not make her appear
ance before to day one week, and perhaps not until
the latter part of next week.


THE INDEPENDENT BLUEs.-There will be meet
ing OF the old Independent Blues Company held on
Monday evening, at No. Is North High street, for
the purpose of receiving members and taking steps
to further the speedy reorganization of the Com
Year: 1860

report prevails among contractors upon public
buildings at Washington, that work cannot proceed
upon several of them, by reason of want of money.
The Loan bill of last session brings nothing into the
Treasury, because no outstanding Treasury notes
are sent in for exchange for the permanent public
security authorized by the Loan act.
Year: 1860

PROFESSOR LOVES TRANSATLANTIC VoYAGE.-We
learn that extensive arrangements are being per-
fected at the Point Breeze Gas Works. in this cit v
for the purpose of initiating the monster balloon of
Professor Lowe, prior to his departure for Europe,
and it is estimated that five hundred cubic feet of
gas can be furnished in one hour This must insure
the success of the operation. In New York it would
require fifty hours to inject the same quantity of
gas into the balloon; hence the necessity for start
ing from Philadelphia.-Ph Press, .luly IS.
Year: 1860

T HAVE bought the patent of Messrs W. F. i
G. j. Provost's Iron Screw and Le-
ver Press, for the Parishes of East and West
Feliciana and Pointe Coupee. This press is now
ahead Of all others in use, for durability, econo-
my. strength &c and it is the same that took the
premium at the Mississippi State Fair, in 1858.
The sale Of the patent Of this celebrated Press
for the different counties in the Southern States
has been unprecedented; and it is generally pre-
dicted that in a few years, they will supercede
all other cotton Presses known.


A word as to the cost OF these presses 1t has
been proven beyond the least possibility of a
doubt, that there has never been Press invented
that can begin to compare with this one for cheap
ness. Therefore, if there is anything in economy,
they must certainly find great favor with the cot
ton planting portion of our community. They
seldom get out of repair, are easily fixed and
taking all things into consideration, no Press
has ever been thought of by any mechanic. that
is destined to prove of so great benefit to the
cotton planter, as s:ProYost's Iron Screw and Lee
yer Press"


In the language of the Messrs. Provost, ave
claim for this Press many advantages over all
the Presses in use. The Press is well adapted to
any style of Gin House, as it can be worked in
or out of the lint room, taking up but little space
requires but little timber and must he durable,
as all Of its working parts are Of iron. of great
power, as it combines both the lever and the
screw. and so simple that the negroes can work
it with dispatch. We can press any weight Of
bales required with ease"


As it is more easy to convince persons of tile
superiority of this press by showing it in fnII
operation. this is to let planters know that have
one in Bayou Sara, and will take pleasure in
showing it to any who may desire 10 purchase.
will also contract to put up these Presses on
any plantation in the parishes of Pointe Coupee
and East and West F'licana. Orders particu-
larly desired as I wish to show planters the
great superiority Of Provost Press over all others
n existence. jel1. II. TENNEY
Year: 1860

The Sacramento Bee says the Pony Ex-
press was started solely to convince Congress
of the superiority of the Central route and
to secure mail contracts over the same for o
number of years. The parties who com-
menced the enterprise are now themselves
half inclined to think that 1t will ultimately
pay, although they had no such anticipations
at the beginning.
Year: 1860

On the 4th of June the citizens of Auburn
are to determine by vote whether they will
authorize the town trustees to subscribe for
$4,000 of the stock of the Sacramento,
Placer and Nevada Railroad.
Year: 1860

There are several splendid macadafnised
roads in Australia, built mainly by Ameri-
can enterprise. This fact IS almost as cred-
liable to our country as the superior prowess
of Heenanl
Year: 1860

Ma, has aunty got bees in her
mouth -


NO, Why DO you ask that question p


"Cause that leetle man with heap Of
hair on his face cotched hold Of her and
said he was agoing to take the honey
from he's lips; and she said, well III axe
haste
Year: 1860

and darkness; and to "press forward to thu
mark of their high calling, which is in Christ"
Mr.. Pitts in speaking of the four Kingdoms
foretold in the prophecy by Daniel, which were
to be crushed by the uprising of a fifth kingdom
represented in the prophecy by "a stone cut ou
of the mountain without hands" (2nd chapter
Daniel,) he says-(quoting from Bishop Bnrke.
ley:


Westward the star of empire makes its way;


The first four acts already past, a


The fifth shall close the drama with the day


Times mobiles offspring is the last"


Thus may that young troop, which is now
beginning to enter upon the great panorama oi
life's bewildering scenes, prove more faithful to
their country and to their God, than that which
is now upon the verge of departure. May the
principles of true virtue and religion be stamped
indelibly upon their minds, while yet in the
morning of life; that they may be prepared to
act their part in time and for eternity. Not
only to establish foundation for their own pros
perity and happiness, but for the prosperity and
happiness of the whole human family. To pre-
serve the nationality and Union of this our be-
loved country, and to transmit to posterity a
love of the great fundamental principles Of free
dom and religious liberty, 9-1# $50 {
5 .s"Train up q child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from il. .


W.
Year: 1860




Mr.. Editor II have just time before the mail
closes to send you few late news items Tho
steamer Arago" arrived about last night. and
among her passengers WAS the very distinguished
Senator Seward. The Black Republicans TUNED
in the City Hall Park. as a welcome to him He
of course taken to the "Astor House." where
he doubtless met many friends of his peculiar
stripe. The Astor again flung out "thst flag" of
whie. red and blue. with the lettering that told
yon of in former communication. wonder
tho that it's not lettered now irrepressbls con-
hct :" 'twould be far more appropriate


Yesterday we had II snow storm for an hour or
two. The weather is so very cold now, that few
minutes exposure makes ones ears ache


The steamer - Granada from New Orleans
while coming up the Bay last night, was so badly
cut by the floating ice from the Hudson, that she
could not reach her Dock. but was compelled to
put into Duane street Dock and had Just time to
land her passengers, when she sank to her decks


Just before day this morning, fire broke out
in building on Beekman street, and burnt
through the block to Ann street. through Ann to
John street. and it's said it has now reached thro'
the block to Fulton street. The wind being from
the North, and blowing hard it's difficult to tell
where or when the devourng element will be
checked Thousands are witnessing the destruc-
ton. Firemen, policemen and engines are hard
at work, some of the men literally coated with
ice. The streets perfect net work of hose
and the steam engines are at work, throwing an
immense quantity of water This is fair test of
their utility, for it's so cold the other Engines
are clogged with ice and seem to be of but little
Yours, in haste, NJ.