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Year: 1860

STATUE Of HgyRY CLAY.-The committee of citi
zens entrusted with the task of procuring money
for the erection of statue of Henry Clay, to be
placed in the rotunda of the Court House, have
tracted with Mr.. Hart, the eminent Kentucky sculp-
tor, to perform the work. Mr. Hart will leave this
country in a few weeks, and by the middle of Jan
uary hopes TO be work in his atelier at Florence
He has superb block of the finest statuary marble,
which he intends to use on this commission, and he
will enter upon it with zeal and determination to
excel himself in his statue of the great Kentucky
statesman, which will be of life size. The commit
tee will pay $4,000 for the work, delivered here,
and, the subscriptions received thus far are mad
equate to fulfil the contract We trust our citizens
o means will step forward gener ously and make up
the requisite amount When completed this statue
will be one of the great attractions Of city, and
be worthy memorial Of the man, who, living was
faithful to State and whose fame is cherished
as among the proudest glories of cky.-Lou-
isUlle Journal.
Year: 1860

GoISG SoUru.-The number of young men who have
left Quebec during the last few days for he south
States, according to the Chronicle is positively
astonishing, and surpasses by far the number OF
those who were in the habit Of seeking their for
years. The figure will scarcely fall short of six
hundred. They nearly all belong to the working
classes connected with the shipping, and are bound
for Savannah, New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola and
other sOuthern nOrts.
Year: 1860

1t is the lot of some never to be positive
ly happy; their nearest approach to it is
resignation. They arc rcsigndd, but ncv-
cr glad These are the beings who think
profoundly, feel cutely, whose discerning,
spiritual eye pcnotratcs the abyss of the
past and of the future. Their mental and
moral faculties are broader and farther
reaching. Their sensibiliti cs more SEN
sitiycly strong, more kcenly alive, and
those belonging to beings cast in a common
mould They seem to hear all things, see
all things, suffer all things; and to this
soul, to whom is given the power to see,
and feel, and comprehend, dwelling as it
does, in the bosom of unrealcd mystery,
often shrinks back, sad and batlled, bear
ing upon its heart too great a burden Of
profound thought to be ever lightly gay.
This soul encircles all things; it turns in
sadness from the unsolved problem of the
physical universe, to muse and marvel over
the phenomena OF man; upon the pro-
spccts and possibilities, upon the being and
destiny of the imprisoned and alien soul,
which for little time sojourns in feshy
tabcrnacles. Nainly it asks science and
philosophy to explain. Height and depth
say, " Moth u.s. The universe Of stars
is cold, and dead, and tongueless, and they
exclaim as Pascal exclaimed :-'' The
eternal silence of the infinite spaces aff-
rights mc'


To such a soul religion only can be
comforter. Happy is it if it receives this
divine consoler. She says; Now thou
art embosomed in mystery, but in the
hereafter thou shalt understand" If it
can only lean upon the bosom Of faith, the
great soul is content to wait amid the
blended harmony and discord of this
transient life, until the glass which reveals
darkly shall be removed. Then it knows
that it shall see eye to eye" with the
Father of all mystery and of all know
ledge.
Year: 1860

Over the beauty of the plum and the
apricot there grows bloom.. and beauty
more exquisite than the fruit itself-a
soft, delicate flush that oversproads its
blushing check. Now if you strike your
hand over that, and it is once gone, it is
gone forever; for it never grows but once.
The flower that hangs .in the morning i'm.
pcarled with dew-arraycd as no queenly
women ever was arraycd in jewels-onco
shake it SO that the beads roll off, and you
may sprinkle water over it as you please,
yet it can never be made again what it
was when the dew fell silently upon it from
heavcn On frosty morning you may
see the pancs of glass covered with land
scapcs-mountains, lake, and trees, blend
ing III Il beautiful, fantastic picture. Now
lay your hand upon the grass, and by the
scratch Of your finger, Or by the warmth
OF your palm, all the delicate tracery will
be obliterated. So there is in youth
beauty and purity Of character, which
when once touched, and defled, can never
be restored--a fringe more delicate than
frost work, and which, when torn and
broken, will never be re embroidered. A
man who has spotted and soilcd his gar
ments in youth, though he may seek to
make them white again, can never wholly
do it even were he to wash them with his
tears, When a young man leaves his faith
cr'shouso, with the blessing of his mothers
tears still wet upon his forehead, if he once
loses that purity Of character, it is loss
that he can never make whole again.
Such is the consequence of crime. Its of
tccta cannot be erodicatod, it can only be
forgiven.
Year: 1860

Iuqsca, the Inca of Peru, who rcigned
at the beginning Of the sixteenth century.
and who was remarkable for his love of the
arts, especially those connected with the
improvement OF his capital, proclaimed
that whosoeyor would find means Of con.
yeying water with facility to his palace
and to Cuzco, should receive in marriage
his youngest daughter, then Il beautiful
girl in the first bloom Of Womanhood.-
This offer was no sooner made, than
young man appeared, called IIassan, who
declared himself capable Of performing the
great work, lie was Immediately furnish
ed with as many men, and all the matcri-
ais, which he thought proper to demand,
and the work was commenced.


While the work, however, was in pro.
gross, an incident occurred which dampad
the ardor of the youth for the accomplish
ment Of what he had undertaken, and
seemed to overthrow all expectations Of its
ever being completed Among the numcr-
GUS attendants upon the worl,non for the
preparation of their food, and the care of
the camp in which they dwelt, there APP
peared girl Of great beauty, who, while
attending upon her father, was observed
by the youthful engineer, who became 50
violently onamorcd that his attention was
distracted and turned from the object upon
which his mind had been hitherto bent
He saw that the accomplishment OF the
work he had undertaken would result in
his marriage with the daughter oftho Inca,
and this, though accompanied by all the
honors the sovereign could bestow, would
deprive him of that which he valued more
than life, and tie him to q bride whom he
had never seen, and had now ceased to
desire to know.


Owing to this state of Hassans mind
neglect, languor and disorder reigned in
the encompment of the worlmen, which at
first seemed to every one to arise from Il
conviction on the part OF the engineer that
the accomplishment of the work was be-
yond his power. Some time passed with
out any change, during which Eassan had
frequent opportunities of meeting the young
attendant to whom he had become attach
ed. This however, was by and by remark
ed by the people in such a manner as to
induce the young girl to retire, and return
ne more to the calnp-distracting still more
the mind of the engineer, who was unable
10 obtain any further information concern
ing her.


The confusion into which everything was
now thrown became known to the Inca,
who soon learned also the real cause oil
the engineers default, and determined to
sake his revenge by putting to death the
subject who had SO grossly and SO openly
insulted his sovereign. The character,
however, of the offeuce was such that Has
san was sent for before his execution, and
Year: 1860

There is dreadful ambition abroad for
being ''gentecl.' We keep up appearan-
ccs too often at the expense of honesty (;
and, though we may not be rich, yet we
must seem to be so. We must be Gre
spcctablc, though only in the mcancst
sensc-in mere vulgar outward show. We
have not the courage to 60 patiently on
ward, in the condition of life which it has
pleased God to call us; but must needs
live in some fashionable state to which we
ridiculously please to call ourselves, and
all to crafty the vanity of that unsubstan-
tial gentccl world of which we form a
part. There is constant struggle and
pressure for front seats in the social ampi-
theatre; in the midst Of which all noble,
sclf-denying resolves is troddcn, and ma
ny fine natures are inevitably crushed to
death. What waste, what misery, what
bankruptcy come from all this ambition to
dazzle others with the glare of apparent



worldly success, We need not describc.-
The mischievous results show themselves
in thousand ways-in the rank frauds
Committed by men who dare to be dis
honest, but do not dare to see them poor +;
and in the desperate dashcs at fortune, in
which the pity is not SO much for those





who fail, as for the hundreds Of innocent
families who are so often involved in their
ruin


Mr. Hume hit the mark when he once
stated in the House Of Commons though
his words were followed by laughtor-that
the tone Of living in England is altogether
too high Middle classes of people arc
too apt to live up to their incomes, if not
beyond them; affecting a degree Of style
which is most unhealthy in its effect upon
society at large. There is an ambition to
bring boys up as gentlemen, or rather
" gentcel' monj though the result fire.
quonty is, only to make them gents They
acquire a taste for dress, style, luxurics,
and amuscmcnts, which can never form
any solid foundation for manly or gentle
manly character; and the result is that we
have vast number of gingerbread young
gentry thrown upon the world who remind
one of the abandoned hulls sometimes
picked up at sea, with only monkey on
board.
Year: 1860

How beautiful is old age, The sun is
ever brightest when it IS about to sink be-
low the horizon and hide its radiant brow
behind the curtains Of peaceful sleep. 1t
is in the evening that the nighten gale sings
its sweetest songs, and it is in the autumn
time that nature is ripost and looks most
golden and beautiful; how can it be then
that the sunset Of life should be less Joyous
and cheerful than its meridian.


Age is mighty thing, 1t has triumph
ed over the trials of life, and flushed with
victory it awaits its reward. From blood
less lips, the youth, as he sits gazing into
the wrinkled features before, hears the ex-
perience Of the past; he is warned of the
shoals and quicksands of life. Thus age
is mighty again, for in the hot blood Of
rising generations it sends its own genius
and directs its course.


Age is a holy thing it is the sanctuary
of well spent lives; it is the temple at the
top of the ladder of existence, where totter-
ing limbs and wearied hearts may find re-
pose, whence they may look back without
regret upon the great world they are to
leave, with smiles of encouragement to
those who are still struggling amidst the
stormy waves of fortune,


mn


~ SimnlicitY. refined and chaste. has
Year: 1860

Corn is likely to keep up in price pretty
well. Gentlemen from the South are in
this city and vicinity every few days IND
king purchases, or contracts for purchases.
of this grain as soon as it is msturcd and
gathered. A large portion of it will be
shipped in sacks, which will create de-
mand for bagging goods and increase the
cost of the grain to the consumer. We
know Of some purchases of corn to go as
far South as Alabama and Georgia.-Lnd.
Jour. ai Eitn7.iff
Year: 1860

HAIL SroRM-The Jacksonville Sentinel
says that section was visited recently by a
tremendous rain and hail storm, which con-
hnued about quarter of an hour. The hail
stones were of extraordinary size, and ratified
down upon the earth like shot upon a floor
Year: 1860

THERE are in the State of Maine over two
hundred blind persons, and project is on foot
to establish an institution for their education
similar to the Perkins Institute at South
Boston,
Year: 1860

BARK ATTACKED BY THE SEA SERPENT-The Lon
don Illustrated Times says: week or two SINCE we
quoted an extract from the log of CAPTAIN Tay-
lor-a mariner described of ofunimpeached veracity
but has the most marvellous tale to tell of sea SER
pent that have yet seen. We have since received
a sketch furnished by Captain Taylor, representing
the described in his log and with the picture
we repeat the story:


''On the 25th of April, in lat IL deg. min sec,
and Ion. SO deg. so min. E., with the over the
main yard, felt a strong sensation if the ship
trembling. Sent the second mate aoft to see what
was up. The latter called out TO me to 60 up the
fore rigging and look over the bows. did so, and
saw an enormous serpent shaking the bowsprit with
his mouth. There was about 80 feet of the serpent
out of the water and could his tail in the water
abaft of stern. 1t must have been at least 800
feet long about the circumference of a very
wide crinoline petticoat, with black back, shaggy
name horn on the forehead, and large glaring eyes
placed rather the nose and jaws of about eight
feet long. He did not observe me, and continued
shaking the bowsprit and throwing the sea alongside
into foam until the former clear away Of the
the ship was carrying all SAIL and going at about
ten knots the time he attacked u.s. stop her way
completely. When the bowsprit, with the jibboom,
sails and rigging went by the board, the monster
swallowed the foretopmaststaysai, ib and hyingjib,
with the greatest apparent He also snapped
the thickest of the rigging asunder like thread. He
showed off little after this, and returned apparently
to scratch himself against the side Of the ship max
ing most extraordinary noise, resembling that on
board a steamer when the boilers are blowing off
a whale preached within mile of the ship at this
time and the serpent dared off after it like fash of
lightning striking the vessel with its TAIL and stav-
ing in all the starboard quarter gallery with its tall
Saw no more of it. (Signed) WV. TAYLOR,


Exchange. Master, British Banner"
Year: 1860

Yankee was politely invited by Chinese mer-
chant to make him visit at his house, and that
the Oriental host overwhelmed his Occidental
gL st with hospitality, providing for him splen-
did sort of throne in bis best room, and inviting
continued cOncourse of his friends to pay their res
poets to the distinguished stranger. The house
swarmed from morning till night with courteous,
Obsequious and admiring Cinnamon, till Brother
Jonathan began to be abashed by the homage he
received. But one day the Yankee, having picked
up a -udimentary knowledge of the Chinese tongue,
stopped on entering his friends abode, to peruse q
magnificent inscription over the door, which he
found to run as follows: "Here will be seen real
live NorthAmsrican; species of creature rare in
this country. Admission, two cents-poyG6is on
going out.
Year: 1860

THE HARMArrAN WINDs.-During the
prevalence of these winds, have often
seen the furniture split, and articles
which were veneered considerably dam
aged the veneering in some cases being
curled up like dried sheets of paper
Books left closed on the table at night
would be found on the following morn
ing completely opened. and each leaf
standing up as if it had been highly stiff
fened with gum. AT such times glass
tumbers would break, apparently of their
own accord, and have known one slight
tap given to tumbler made of blown
glass not only to break it, but as if by
sympathy, others remotely placed in diff
ferent parts Of the ROOM Travels IN
Eastern africa.
Year: 1860

SIR:-I observed that Carolina cor
respondent of yours gives description
of toad undressing himself, which to
some would seem almost impossible, but
there is not the least doubt in my mind
but that it is strictly true. For, some
four or five years ago was sorely troub-
led with insects in my garden A friend
recomme nded the introduction of toads.
Accordingly L secured about dozen,
and among the toad family l had one
that was nearly twice as large as any of
the others. had noticed that same feat,
performed at two or three different times,
spoken Of by your correspondent. But
now comes feat more astonishing than
anything that have ever seen or read OF
in animated nature One remarkably hot
day, the large toad, together with a very
dminutive one, went through the opera
ton of divesting themselves of their tog-
gerry but either by m'ss-isS OF design
Ihey stripped themselves, changed, and
swallowed each others garments.


The little fellow, shall always think,
was the cause of the mischief, for there
was such comical leer in his eye, and
then he gave such a knowing wink. A
toad has two stomachs or crop. like a
monkey. Their object in swallowing
their clothes is for the purpose of bleach
ing them. In about an hour afterward
they vomited them up. The small one
was the first to get through. and you may
believe ME, gentlemen he was the first
to get dressed, as he had but little diff
Gully in robing himself in such big
suit. However, there never was worse
misGt palmed off in Chatham street. As
soon as his big compan ion discovered the
mistake, he set up woful lamentation,
and bega 10 heaye and swell with just
ind gnation, and with a countenance re-
sembling Jenny Twitcher after picking
the drunken auctioneer's pocket and then
exchan giug coats, he looked after his lit
tie comrade with anexpresson an that seem
ed to say, "bring back the gentleman s
coat"


But the young scape grace kept Mt a
yards distance, and seemed to take ro-
ruish delight in his tormonting his chum
On the other hand. the old fellow fumed
and danced with rage until he was fairly
ext,austod Finally he concluded to
make virtue OF necessity by putting on
the little chaps clothing in fact he had
but one alternative, 10 put them on or SO
naked lie commenced with the pants,
and many were the abortive attempts and
failures he had in trying 10 get them on
for the natural length would not reach
but little above the knee. But | sup
pose he thought that there must be some
thing done, for he bad now discovered
that there were spectators about. and
that he was indecently exposing his per
son. Consequently he recommended with
redoubled ardor. lie tugged and pulled
until the lower extremilies collapsed, ant
the toes came through with an audible
report. After his toes were through
with a great deal Of difficulty he drew
his pants about his hips. leaving his leg
and nearly all his thighs as bare rs I
Scotch Highlander in his primitive state


He then began TO overhaul the coat o
upper garment. L thought il would b


like fitting Daniel Lambert or the Belgi
an Giant with coat the size of Ton


Thumbs,


The old fellow, too. was not long i
ntieing up his mind that il was one c
Year: 1860

NOBLE SENTIMENTs.-Con no man
for not thinking AS you think. Let every
man use his own Judgment, since every
one must give an account of himself to
God. Abhor any approach. in any kind
Of degree, to the spirit of persecution.
Ii you cannot reason or persuade a man
into the truth, never attempt TO force him
into it. Ii love will not compel him TO
come. leave him 10 God, the Judge Of all
john Wesley.
Year: 1860

CoxpENsED CIDER-The solidifying
of sweet cider has been accomplished in
Connecticut. BY the vacuum process,
the cider, taken sweet from the press, is
reduced, five gallons to one, without
boiling, and a beautiful jelly is the re-
suit, which will keep for any length OF
time without mould, souring or fermen-
tation of any kind. BY the addition OF
water it is Immediately restored 10 its
former condition and becomes cider
again. All that is lost by the process
are the impurities that may exist in pri-
mary apple juice, and the green sickish
taste. The restored elder is much like a
drink of prepared tamarinds, but is more
delicate and palatable.
Year: 1860

The Cincinnati Commercial says new
potatoes were served at the Gibson House
in that city week or two since, raised,
too, in the vicinity. The planting was
made last August. When the tops had
grown to the height of five or six inches,
they were all moved down, the entire
surface of the "patch" then covered
with straw and barn-yard manure. and..in
this way growth was promoted during the
winter. The tubers were good, even
better than those to be had in July. The
success of the experiment fully justified
the expense, since the ground is now all


the better for early gardening purposes
Year: 1860

MANS AccouSr WITH woMAS.-Lool
here you must allow that woman ought.
as much as in her lies. 10 make this
world paradise, seeing she lost us the
original garden. We talk as philoso-
pliers and when all is said about what
we owe 20 woman, you must allow that
we have a swinging balance against her


There's that little matter OF the apple
still to be settled Tor Douglas yerrold
Year: 1860




MEssRs. EDIToRs The statement in the


city papers we de,m incorrect. First, ''on


account of some mismanagement on the


part ofthose managing the yacht Unknown,


she did not get fair START She got as fair


a start as the yacht Naomi. A yacht race


is won in part by good management. Our
Judge, T. ]. Burrin, allows it was an even
race to the first stake boat. The Unknown
ought to have gained on US, for she had more
canvas than the NaOmi-the latter was


reefed down so that when she rounded the
lower stake boat we could stand against the


wind and waves. Not 80 with our opponent;


she seemed to say by her actions, win or


capsize. Secondly, after rounding the first
stake, we stood out in the lake until the Ma
oni was out,of sight of those on the tug Pc
Ter Smith (Which was the lower stake). The
4 Unknown they could plainly see, even the
I uen, on board. The distance between US
Il icy (the Unknown crew. claim was only
fr, IN a quarter to half mile. The Captain
of the tug and those on board contradict it.
We claim the distance to have been from
ones and half to two miles, judging from
VIII en- we came about to maze the upper
sta ke boat; the Unknown was then to lee
wa I'd Of US, which prevented US from seeing
Year: 1860

Can NEGRO SERVE As CONSTABLE "A col
ored man named Faulkner was yesterday
brought before Justice Tibbetts charged with
larceny. He had borrowed gun of another
colored man, and lent it TO another, who fell
in with still another party, (white, by whom
he was made drunk, and when he became
sober, his companion and the gun had dis
appeared. The case was dismissed without
calling witnesses for the defence.


During the examination, legal question
arose which perplexed not only the Court
but also the counsel on both sides--one a
Dred scottite, and the other believer in
souatter sovereignty. A colored man had
been sent as deputy constable to subpoena a
witness. The witness disregarded the sub
pena, and was brought into CoGrt with an
attachment. The Court assessed the costs of
the attachment upon the witness. The wit
ness-a Mrs. Johnson-demurred, saying
she thought the fellow was joking that the
Court should have sent white man to serve
the subpoena. Whersupon the squatter SOW
ereignty man assumed the position that the
witness had not been legally subp9naed-
that the negro was not legal officer. The
Dred Scott advocate said it was legal, but
seemed to touch the subject lightly. He
took the position that the law did not require
papers to be served by =" citizen of the Uni
ted States.' The other side said We dc
not send child zen or idiots to serve papers.



" am neither" said the colOred man. Here
the constable who served the attachment in
terrered and relieved the Court and the at
torneys from further enlargement by re-
mitting the costs. We would lik,a to see the
case carried up, and have our Dre,11 Scot
friend appear on behalf of that class WI 'Om
his party claim "have no rights which !
white man is bound to respect"
Year: 1860

W8 the commencement Of new era in the treat
Inent OF those Irregularities and obstructonF which
have consigned 90 many thousands Of the young the
b1sutiful and the benevolent TO q Premature Crave


No female can enjoy good health unless she s regular


aq gheneyer an obstructiOn takes place the general