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Year: 1859

think to-day only of pleasant things, look
only on the bright side Of humanity. I'm
thinking of the time when I can have you
by nv side, and talk with you instead Of
writing. And then in pleasant companion
ship wont the time gliIe pleasantly along,
and we will laugh and talk, read, sing and
play together. l have gem of a poem |
want you to see and read. 1t is a perfect
soul-treat. And just to think, too, the au-
thor is u Carolnian, born and raised in Laur
ems District. He possesses the constituents
Of true poet, powerful imagination, deep
feeling, good command Of language and
musical utterance. have the honor and
pleasure of his acquaintance and the happy
privilege of numbering him among my
friends. have another treat laid up for
you-Poems by Amelia. This is a sweet
book and so you will say when you read it
But for fear it will no: be such pleasure
for you to read as it is for me to write,
close with, "Come, come soon."


Affectionately,
Year: 1859

It is midnight IN the valley,
The sky is overcast
Tho snow is drifting wildly,
And the wind is rising fast,
As little maiden wanders


Alone amidst the storm,
With only summer garments
To shield her dropping form.
And. weeping, down the valley
The little maiden goes
Her loving heart most broken,
And her brieflife neal its close.
The icy blasts wall louder
And faster falls the snow,
And chillier grows the maiden,
While her sobs are faint and low.
At last her footsteps falter.


And she sinks upon the ground,
Where her troubles cease forever,
AS another home is found.
And when. upon the morrow


The sun comes clear and bright,
It nowhere in its journeying


Will see sadder sight.
For o'er the home now darkcned


Are weary shadows sprend
A mother weeps in bitterness,


Her little daughter is dead.
But at the gates Of paradise


An angel form appears.
Arrayed in robes of purity,


And smiling through her tears.
Year: 1859

SELLING WIFE FOR $500 The Balls
ton Y. y Journal says a resident of the
own of Malta, Saratoga caunty, q few
days since sold his wife for and in consid-
cralion of the sum Of five hundred dollars
lis wife has been sick for a number of
years, occasioned by a fall she received in
her house and has been constantly fail
ing until She is now unable to speak. or
move hand or foot Her husband, in max
ing sale of his farm. made a deduction
of five hundred dollars on the sale. in
consideration that the purchaser should
provide for and maintain his wife during
her lifetime, and that he should be freed
from all cmbaTassments.
Year: 1859

Anew law in Tennessee Furnishes the
crime Of obtaining money or goods by
false prctences as a penitentiary offence.
some time since, a poor degraded female
ol that State was arrested on the charge
of a Crog seller, of whom in better days
She had been liberal customer that she
had detrauded him ont Of twenty five cents
worth Of liquor by false representations.
The Jury before whom She vas tried found
her guilty, hut recommended her to the
mercy OF the court. The court. disregar-
ling this accommodation sent her 20
the penitentiary for three years. To re-
Dedv such an act Of injustice. the aid of
me supreme court Of the State was invok-
Ell, and the judges Of that court, express
sing the opinion that the law in question
was never intended to include cases of
such petty character, reversed the
Judgment, and passed an order that the
woman he set at liberty.
Year: 1859

CHINAAAN's OArH.-Great trouble
has been experienced in California to
make Cinnamon understand the solem-
nifty of an oath. They will tax it read.
lily. but they are not afraid Of breaking
it-at least when prescribed in the ar
dinary way.


Knowing the horror the Chinese have
OF dying or being buried anywhere but
in their own dear native land, q shrewd
California Justice of the Peace has hit
on the following oath to bring John
Chinaman up to 'taw.'


You do solemnly swear that you will
tell the truth in the case now on hear.
ing. and if you don't you hope to be
drowned on your way to Canton. and 90
to hell afterwards.
Year: 1859

EsPoINAaE OF AMERICAN SCHOOL


GIRLS IN PARrs.-Tbe following extract


from recent letter of young Ameri-
Can girl in Paris. furnishes an amusing
instance of the application Of the French
Emperor's system - " 1'


i want to tell you queer accident
that befel me the other day. AS my
friend - and were walking away
from the garden Of the Tuillelies, about
six o'clock. and talking about Napoleon
First, / saw soldier near US, who hap
pened to overhear the word Napoleon.
Whereupon he pricked up his ears, pick
ed up his gun and followed US from
there all the way across the bridge,
where we. being little frightened. t Ok
a carriage home. He watched US for
some time. and seeing there was nothing
wrong. went back. suppose he took
US for conspiraors. You know this
Napoleon has spies at every corner. and
If they hear the name Of Napoleon. they
Immediately suspect something 10
wrong. and try to 6nd you out. He is
q horrid man. as you know. and the
greatest coward living. llthess beau
tiful things that he is doing too keep his
people amused, show IS much as any
thing that he is afraid.
Year: 1859

= AS the time is at hand for preparing these
useTur stores OF rich and savory food, few
words will not be out ofplace in regard to them.
The legs of hogs, short in the hook, are best
for hams, and should be chosen in preference
to lanky legs They may be salted by INNER
sion in cheap pickle, containing little su


gar and ssaltpetre, dissolved, or they, may be
salted by rubbing ground solar evaporated salt
over them, turning them every day, and Civ
ing them good rubbing. A little sugar and
ground black pepper added to the salt will much
improve the flavor of the meat. 1t requires
about month to salt hams by the wet process,
and three weeks by the dry system. AT the
end of this period, they should be hung for a
few days to drip, and then they are ready for
smoking. Much depends on the kind of ma
terial used for smoking them, so as to secure a
sweet flavor. Whatever fuel is used for this
purpose one. condition should never be over
looked it should be perfectly dry, or else it
will impart a bitter taste to the meat. Dry
corn cobs, and some dry sweet hay are superb
or to all other agents that we have seen en-
ployed for smoking beef and hams. j


Mutton hams may be prepared in the same
manner as those of pork. and they are exceed
ingly palatable when the meat is good, and
care exercised to smoke them slowly.-Seien-
tijfc American. : sssa
Year: 1859

prs CRANE & C0WAN
"AvING formed copartnership for the purpose
III of pfacticing Medicine and Surgery, in Ash
land county offer their services all who may be
pleased TO give them call. Office opposite the
Town Hall. over the Post-0ffce. where they may be
found at all times when not absent professional
business.


N B. Settlement to be made once year either
by note or cash. Z otf
Year: 1859




At four O'Clock in the bright summer
morning of Friday last, nearly $50, 900 men
stood on Gods green earth, to begin the
work of slaughter. For. seventeen hours
the multitude swayed to and fro in mortal
strife; now here, now there, the surge of
battle rolled until night closed in around
the retreating ebb. AS if hell itself had
broken loose, the peals of thunder from the
clouds which blackened the sky towards
evening. drowned the roar of artillery, and
the glaring lightning flashed in company
with the fires of the cannon Picture it to
yourself. The gigantic Alps on one side,
the hills of Volta on the other, the river
Chiese running on to the great plain of Man
tua, and in that narrow place $50, 600 men
Gus implements of warfare. Our boasted
civilization comes to this-rivers dyeing
with human blood; stacks of corpses piled
upon the plain; shouts of triumph and
groans of despair; men mutilated for life;
and misery, mourning and desolation.-
Imagination tolls in vain to realize the sto-
ry of more than $4,000 men engaged in
mortal conflict over an area the front of
which extended 12 miles. The common in
cident of battle, the plunging cannon shot,
the devouring grape, the advance of long
drawn columns, the resistance of dense
masses, the furious charges of cavalry. the
sudden deploy into lines lengthening in long
vista, and meeting in stern and furious col
lision, bayonet to bayonet; are all in such a
mighty battle as this multiplied to indis-
tinctness. We seek in vain to single out
the details of slaughter, and the mind how
ers hopelessly over mist of carnage. Af-
ter sixteen hours of thundering sounds and
dense smoke, and shrill death-shrieks, and
the rush of squadrons shaking the earth,
and the measured tramp of many thousands
marching to death, and of the shouts of
multitudes in strong excitement, the turmoil
subsidies, and we are told that upon one
side alone 5000 killed and wounded are
stretched upon the plain. No eye can take
it all in, for it extends beyond human Wis
ion; no ear can hear it all, for the boom of
the cannon which tears chasm through
the human mass at the wing. is inaudlble
at the centre; single groan is lost IN such
chaos of butchery as this; we arrive at
the point where figures cease to have pow
er to increase our conceptions of multitude,
and where the highest force of Enumeration
can go no further than TO overwhelm US
with feeling of the wickedness OF ambi-
ton and the horrors of war. 1
Year: 1859

Henry Ward Beecher says an impudent
clerk can do almost as much injury to his
store as the neglect of the proprietor TO adj
yertise bis goods. Two undoubted and sig
ni6cauE facts, which every one interested
should besr IN mind. ~
Year: 1859

"AvING established themselves In the above
II business at Emporia, would announce TO the
fully prepared to do all manner of work in THEN
line of business in the best manner. They fatter
themselves that with their long experience at the
business they viii be able to give the fullest salts


faction to all who may favor them with their pat
ronsge. Prices reasonable. 5T s7t


Emporia, August l, I656-f
Year: 1859

then called for writing materials, and wrote some
directions as to his property, and in the midst of
great agony " gave up the ghost" Padre Monico,
notwithstanding he had been seen early in the
morning about the church. subsequently stated that
ne was unwell that morning, and had not been out.
These are the substantial facts of the case Monco
was arrested and bound over to appear for trial at
Court A special term of the Court is now in ses-
sion at Taos, for the purpose of trying him and
others but | have not heard the result
Year: 1859

The passage of the Lottery Bill last Thurs
day took the whole State by surprise, and made
the people stare for very wonder. Notwith.
standing the House had postponed the consid-
Grafton of the matter until the 25th inst, with
out a moments warning they suspended the
rules and had the bill /read three times and
passed by special order. 1t has been truly said
that such proceeding would do well in revo-
luiiOaary times, or to prevent foreign inva-
sion, but such action, at such times, in such
manner, shows an entire want of honesty and
fair rdealing. We do not believe that the strong
eat friends Of this bill advocate Lotterer per
Sc. but only for the purpose of carrying out GER
tain improvements, not stopping to consider the
disgrace contempt and reproach they are heap
iag upon the State. The final passage of this
act would be against the wishes of nine tenths
of the entire State, and we cannot see how our
legislators can dare do this thing and go home
and face an outraged constituency.


The bill, however, is not passed. The SEN
ate, acting with more fairness, would not hurry
il through thus, and it is said, it will not pass
that body in its present form-the vote on its
most approved plan standing 5 to 4. One ac-
count says, that Messrs. Harrington and Nau-
dan are both on the " stool of repentance" and
their votes need not be "counted in" on its
coming back to the House. Otherwise we
hear, however, that Mr.. Naudain is firm to his
former vote An effort was made to bring it
up in the Senate on Tuesday, but failed. Re-
mOnstrances we learn, are pouring into Dover
at rapid rate, and the town is filled every day
with persons from all parts ofthe State to beat
back, if possible, by their moral influence, the
passage of this monstrous measure.


Since writing the above, we learn that there
is probability of the bill passing the Senate
to-day.
Year: 1859

DEFEAT OF TEE PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-In the
House several propositions for its construction
were rejected last week by decisive votes


In the Senate its friends have acknowledged
their inability to pass any project during the
present session.
Year: 1859

art. He was Just wondering what he should do
with it when the oldMoor came down stairs with
huge sabre IN his grasp, and made furious
dash at Mr.. Collins and daughter, with muir
der written on his features and flashing from
his eyes. This sudden arrival decided the
destination of the last bullet.


ssTake it, you black devil - cried Stewart
just as the blow was descending, and he fired
his weapon, the ball passing through the mis-
creant's head, and bringing him dead to the
floor.


ssNow, boys,'' said Lieut.. S., we are going
to finish with hand to-hand fight. The pow
der and ball out; we must trust to the
sword"


Closely followed by his men as well as by
Mr.. Collins and Alice, the Lieutenant led the
way towards the boat. 1t seemed as If AL
giers had turned out to witness the triumphal
retreat, the streets being filled with thousands
OF men and women collected together by the
brief contest at the Moors's house, but not an
attempt was made to intercept the progress of
the party the Agerinss contenting themselves
with scowis and denunciations. Ten minutes
later the rescuers were at the cutter. twenty
minutes more and the entire party were safely
back to the Constellation, not having lost a
man. The young lieutenant received the
hearty thanks of his superior, to say nothing
Of the gratitude of Mr.. Collins and his daugh-
ter, whose family proved to be of consequence
in New York and we are assured that Char
ley Stewart was never happier in his life than
when Miss Alice was united TO one of his
sschums,'' noble-hearted lieutenant, now
commodore, who fell in love with the rescued
maiden on the ConstelIation's homeward pas
Year: 1859

Suppose the little eowslip


Should hang its golden cup,
And say, Il IN such Il tiny flower,
I'd better not grow up"
How many n weary traveller


Would miss its fragrant smell:
How many little child would grieye
To lose it from the dell.
Suppose the gIistening dew drop


Upon the grass should say.
''What can little dew drop do'


I'd better roll away ;"
The blade on which 1t rested.


Before the day was done,
Without drop to moisten it,


Would Wither in the sun.
Suppose the little breezes,


Upon n summers day,
Should think themselves too small to cool
The traveller on his way;
Who would not miss the smallest


And Softest ones that blow.
And think they make great mistake
If they were talking So
How many deeds of kindness


A little child may do,
Although it has so little strength,


And little wisdom too;
II wants a loving spirit


Much more than strength TO prove
How many things child may do


For others by his love.
Year: 1859

IMPORTANT QUESTION SETTLED.-We have
always been interested in the number of chill
dren which John Rogers, of precious memory,
had at the time he was burnt. That picture in
the old primer is before us now, when his wife
and ssnine small children, with one at the
breast,' were seen in the distance. Chancel-
lor WalwoIth, at y Norwich, settled the matter
by exhuming from some old history letter or
address from John to the government, in which
was passage to this effect Il would that my
worthy wife might come to see me; she mas
with her ten children, which are hers ana mine,
and / would comfort her somewhat.
Year: 1859

A Louisiana Paper, in recording the death
by lightning of s'two likely negro men, says
ssThe electrid fluid of the clouds seems to be
no respector of persons 1t would as soon
kill negro worth fifteen hundred or two thou
sand dollars as a poor white man not worth the
powder and lead to blow his brains out.o
Year: 1859

REMEDY FOR INSECT BITEs.-W hen 4 mus
quito. flea, gnat, or other noxious insect pdnc-
lures the human skin, it deposits or injects an
atom of an acidulous fluid of poisonous ma
ture. The results are irritation, sensation
of tickling, itching, or of pain. The tickling
OF flies comparatively Indifferent about


but the itch produced by a flea, or gnat, or
other nOisome insect, disturbs our serenity,
and, like the pain of wasp or a bee sting. ex-
cites rs to a remedy. The best remedies for
the sting of insects are those which will in
stantly neutralize this acidulous poison depos-
tied in the skin. These are either ammonia
or boraX. The alkaline reaction of boraN is
scarcely yet sufficiently appreciated. How
ever, time will come when its good qualities
will be known, and more universally valued
than ammonia, or, as it is commonly termed,
sShartshorn 20 it is moreover salt of that in
nocent nature that it may be kept in every
household. The solution of boraX for insect
bites is made thus dissolve one ounce OF
borax in one pint of water that has been boiled
and allowed to cool. Instead of plain water.
distilled rose water, elder. or orange flower
water is more pleasant. The bites are to be
dabbed with the solution so long as there is
any irritation. For bees or wasps' stings, the
borax solution may be made of twice the a
bove strength. In every farmhouse this solu-
tion should be kept as household remedy.
Year: 1859

PARsoN BRowNLow.-This eccentric gentle
man recently passed through Staunton, on his
way to the Virginia Springs He has almost
entirely lost his voice, but he says he intends
to raise it against Locofocoism as long as he
can. and when he can no longer speak he in
tends to make mouths at the rascally concern
Year: 1859

Mr.. A. J. PowELL, land agent and real estate
broker whose office is at No. IA Cont street. will at
tend to land claims in the different Land Offices in
the State and in the Land Department at Washing.
ton City, and will buy and sell sugar estates in com
mission. The public are aware that whatever bust.
ness is entrusted to the agency of this gentleman is
in competent and energetic hands, and that good
report will if it is within the range of possibility be
made oil it.
Year: 1859

COLLISION AT THE BAR OF THE S. W. Passive
are informed that while the towboat Conqueror was
assisting ship the bar yesterday, that the ship
Stawart coming in under full sail, in collision
with the Conqueror tearing away about ten or fifteen
feet of her beam, cookhouse wheelhouse, and doing
other damage. The Stalwart was also disabled, hav
ing sprung leak by the violence of the conclusion.
The Conqueror is on her way up to the city, with
one ship, to undergo the necessary repairs.
Year: 1859

@ A yorng and pretty girl attended a
ball on the 4th at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
|decked off in the short dress and pants
She was the only one present in the mode.


The other ladies were shocked-very much
khocked ! They regarded her short skirts as


Decidedly immodest. She quietly remark


ID that if they would pull up their dresses


bbout the neck as high as they ought to be,
they would be as short as hers.
Year: 1859

SMoKE-Much of the smoke of CRATES
would be consumed by the adoption OF the
following plan, and fuel would be greatly
economical thereby. If an iron plate be
not at hand, let piece Of paper be placed
at the bottom and front Of the great to the
top bar but one, then put the Goals closely
into it until they fill the CRATE, after which
a little tirewood should be placed above and
a layer of coal over il; and the firewood be-
ing lighted, the fire will gradually burn
from the top downwards, emitting very
little smoke, and the Goals will be tho
roughly consumed 1t will not be ne
cessary to stir the fire, and an equal guam
tity of Goals will be found to last much lon
ger than when the fire is kindled at the
bottom, as has heretofore been the case.
This method is especially adapted for sit
tingrooms, where a brisk fire is not so
much required as in the kitchen.
Year: 1859

Democratic r ale lie Mills to the Dollar
Under Republican Rule 1-2 Mills to the Dollar.


statement Of the rate Of per centu State tax
led in each year the organization OF the State Of
Year: 1859

w The Louisville journal quotes and
comments upon disunion threat of the New
Orleans Delta, based upon the presumption
of the election of Republican President, in
terms of just and patriotic severity. The
following is the closing paragraph of the
editorial:


The Democracy, after twenty-five years.
agitation of the slavery question for party
purposes, have succeeded in sectionalizing
their party and nearly the whole South, and
also in kicking the North, with nearly equal
unanimity, into another sectional party. After
the accomplishment Of this national mischief,
and the destruction of their once powerful
party, in pcrnicious contest which they
themselves had the folly to invite and provoke,
they have now the sffrontery to proclaim that
they will not submit to defeat. Rather than
submit to having abused power wrenched from
their corrupt hands, they say they will break
Vp the Union, and arc avowedly preparing for
that assault. We guess that the people Of
Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri will teach
these gentry that they have word to say on
that subject, and that the Union is not to be
'dcstroyed upon such shallow pretexts, and
never without their permission.
Year: 1859

LADIES THE BEST CoMpANY.-
Thackeray says that it is better for you
to pass an evening once or twice in a
week in lady's drawing-room, even
though the conversation is slow, and
you know the girls song by heart, than
in club, tavern or the pit of a thea
tre. All amusements Of youth to which
virtuous women are not admitted, rely
on it, are deleterious in their nature.
All men who avoid female society have
dull perceptions and are stupid, or have
gross tastes, and revolt against what
is pure. Your club swaggercrs who
are sucking the butts of billiard cuos all
night, call female society insipid.
Poetry is insipid to a yokel; beauty
has no charms for blind man music
does not please poor beast that does
not know one tune from another and
as true epicurc is hardly ever tired of
water, sauce, and brown bread and
butter, I protest can sit for whole
night talking to well-regulated, kind
~ woman, ABOUT her girl coming out,
Of her boy at Elton, and like the eve
ning's entertainment. One Of the
great benefits man may derive from
woman's society is, that he is bound to
be respectful to them. The habit is Of
great good to your moral man, depend
upon it. Our education makes Of US
the most eminently selfish men in the
world. We fight for ourselves, We
push for ourselves, we yawn for our
selves, we light our pipes and say we
will not go out; We prefer ourselves,
and our ease and the greatest good
that comes to man from woman's
society, is, that he has to think of
somebody to whom he is bouud to be
constantly attentive and respectful.
Year: 1859

BECOMING DEspEEATE.-The New York
Central Railroad has been engaged in the
difficult task of trying to carry goods to the
west aud south as cheaply as the more direct
and less costly built lines south of it. Find
ing this attempt unsuccessful, it is now en-
deavoring to break up the southern lines BY
carrying freight for about nothing.