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Year: 1860

A JEwELRY STORE ROBBED IN THE DAYTIME
About two o'clock Saturday afternoon the
18th instant Stubenzanch's ewelry store, Chartres
street, New Orleans, was robbed of velvet case
containing ST 200 worth of diamond jewelry. The
case was in the showcase nearest the ont door of
the store. At the time the two clerks were in the
apartment of the store, the door of which was
wide open; but neither of them saw or heard anv
enter or leave the store at the time the theft
committed. The officer who was called in was
of opinion that the burglar who planned the opera
tion employed little boy to do the work, and
while he watched from without, the bov crept
through the store and around behind the counter
opened the showcase, hid the tray of iewelry in
his bosom, and then returned the same way his


light footballs being drowned in the ratrling noise
of passing drays omnbuses.
Year: 1860

A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.-The New Orleans Delta
of the 10Th says: By the arrival of the steamship
Magnolia last evening" we learn that on the llth
instant, the day she left Key West, fshing-smack
brought into port twelve or fifteen men taken off of
aSpanish schooner, and that they reported that
their own vessel was burned at sea- But by other
reports received at Key West, it was the general
impression they were a part of the crew of an
American bark supposed to be the Sultana of New
York, that had been engaged in the slave trade,
and had just landed her cargo, consisting of $50
Africans, at near Matanzas, Cuba, and immedi-
ately burned their vessel to the waters edge, and
then affected their escape 1t was also reported at


Key West that the United States war steamer
Crusader had received the information and on the
9th or 10th had started in search of the bark
Year: 1860

Ifany of our farmers own reilly good timo-
thy meadows, and many of them do, our advice
is, not to pasture them closely in the fall
The aftermath is a valuable protection to the
roots of the grass from the hot shns we fire.
quentIY hive, and in winter it is a protection
from cold. The SHOWS of our winters are not
always an adequate covering for meadows
and when they are not, good coat of their
own keeps them from much harm. Farmers
often depend on the fall growth of grass On
their meadows, for increasing the yield Of
their dairy, for fattening such stock as they
wish to dispose of, and for their horses. This
practice is Questionable. so fsr as it relates to
the good Of the meadow. Heavy animals
make the srrfsce harder than it should be, or
in a wet time, poach it so that It is uneaven !
besides, the injury done to the roots is often
considerable. Sheep and lambs, calves and
young colts, may be allowed to crop the grass
lightly, if it has vigorous growth. Meadows
protected in winter by their own coat, start
much earlier in the spring than when unpro-
tected and it is an excellent plan to cover
them lightly with straw or coarse material, II
their own growth is not sufficient. Until we
adopt the English plan of depending largely
on roots and straw with little hay for winter
ing our stock, we shotld take great care Of oi'
medd0iUS
Year: 1860

A correspondent Of the Country Gentle
mar! pttiaes lis method of imparting an educa-
ton to a colt as follows: In the first place
never entrust him to tie care OF a person II
ungoyerable temwer. Secondly, he slloHad
be treated with kindness from the beginnih$
until he is ready for labor. Since Mr.. Rarey
laid his method of subduing the horse before
the public, | have made the horse. and his
diseases my study. fhG colt should be CON.
menceG with when oaiite young, and handled
carefully, as he is quick to resent an injury
begin as soon as he is able to run about
get him so that he will not run away at your
urproach-get his head in your hands-if he
wants To get away, let him-yoa can easily
get him ugain. After handling the head 30
that he is not afraid pass ON the side and
limbs. The sooner he gels used Co having his
legs handed, the easier he will be to shoe
Hhen necessity requires it to be done. See
that the dam gives plenty Of milk. If she
does not, teach the colt to drink cows milk :
there is nothing better to promote the growth.


Great care should be observed in not using
the dam so Of to heat the milk, as q great
many colts are rendered worthle IS by so dofag.
/ should in no case let the colt remain with
the mother after it is FIVE months old, as ir
gives her time to get in good condition for
winter and it is also the best tine for hin
to shift for himself; do not let him reHain
out after the nights get cold and frosty, as il
will do him no good, but much harm. There
is plenty of skinned milk at this time o.
year give him all he will drink il will nos
faart hif2.
Year: 1860

II happily we are born Of good nature f;
if liberal education has formed us in gen
erous disposition, well and regulated appetites
and worthy Inclination, it 10 well for us, and
so we esteem it. But who is there endeavors
to give these to himself, or to advance his
portion sof happiness in this kind? Who
4hinks of Improving. or SO much as preserving
hisshaFe, II world where It must Of necessi-
ty run SO great hazard, and where we know
,af honest nature is SO easily corrupted? All
other things relating to US are preserved with
care and have some act of economy belonging
to them this which is nearest related to us
and on which our happiness depends, is alons
committed to chance /; and temper is the only
thing pugoyerhed, while it governs all the
rest
Year: 1860

am glad to find that the Ladies of Alex
andria (who have always been characterised
for their earnest espousal of good cause)
are so gallantly exerting themselves in be-
half Of the Union cause, by their efforts to
raise flag, to be thrown to the breeze from
the pole on the corner of Royal and Came
ron streets. Ladies', let Us hear from you in
time to hoist ii on the - tn inst, that those
who participate with W. in our meeting on
that day, may see that you are still battling
for the cause Of UNION.
Year: 1860

was very glad to see attention called to
the shameful nuisance at the south end of
the city, which for the whole summer has
poisoned the air for near a mile round and
produced sickness-besdes preventing the
renting of houses, and lcssening the value of
property in the reighborhood. Why do not
the representatives of the First Ward in the
City Council have this matter attended TO?
If such i nuisance had been in any other
ward, would it have been suffered to remain?


FIRST WARD
Year: 1860

TEACHERS AssocHTIoS-The Teachers
Association of Alexandria. will hold its first
regular meeting for the session Of l86O-l
this afternoon at 2 clock, at the Alexandria
Library. The meetings of the Association
last year were source of constant instruction
and pleasure to those who attended them. IL
is hoped that they will be more largely atten-
ded for the future by those engaged in the in
struction of youth.
Year: 1860

THE NATIONAL MONUMENT FUSD.-The
receipts at the contribution box placed in the
Alexandria Post Office for the Washington
National Monument have of late been very
small. We are sure that our citizens need
only to have their attention again called to the
matter, to secure more frequent contributions.
A few cents, now and then, from each fire.
ouenter of the Post Office would soon place
the contribution of Alexandria far in advance
of that of any city of the same population in
the Union
Year: 1860

"a New CoLoR.-An art writer says
During the past ten days. though the warm


weather still continues, the change of color
in the dresses which may be seen in Broad
way is as marked as the change which may
be seen in the vegetable kingdom. Every
one who is not so unfortunate az to be afiict.
ed with color blindness, must have been made
conscious of the incoming of new tint. this
season, in the world of fashion. A color of
peculiar brilliancy must have been noticed
in the show windows of Milliners and dry
goods dealers, futtering from ladies bon
nets, spotting their dresses, edging their
handkerchiefs, and now and then tied in very
narrow strips around the throats of dressy
young men. Last year this lovely hue rag
ed in England, and was domesticated in
France, and occasional glimpses were had
st it in Broadway. But now an eruption of
it, like scarlet fever, has broken out on this
side of the Atlantic. The French call this
new tint mauce, from its resemblance to the
marsh mallow, which it does not much re-
sesemble, it's nearest vegetable relative, in
point of color, being boiled beet; but the
true name of it is Perkins Purple, so call
ed after the English chemist who first sue
ceedcd in extracting it from coal tar"
Year: 1860




Mr.. EprroR-Permit me, in the sbsencs


Of correspondence from some abler pen, to


endorse your editorial notice on the lecture


delivered by Newton Booth, Esq, on the


"Present Hour" at the Female Seminary


in this city, and to communicate to the


public the pleasure that we (who availed


ourselves Of the usual polite invitation Of
the Rev. Mr.. Covert experienced on hear
ing it.


Ordinary commendation, expressed in
editorial columns, is totally inadequate to
convey an idea of the beauty of the subject,
the mastery manner in which it was trea.
ted. and the effective and touching delivery
of this talented gentleman indeed, moth
ing short Of an eulogistical panegyric can
do justice in the case. and presrming that
such. even IL felt competent to the task,
would trespass too much on your columns.
suffice it to say that myself and others ex-
pected great things Of oar friend, and We
not only were not disappointed. but were
permitted to enjoy an intellectual treat, far
surprising our anticipations.


Pursuing the subject, we were clearly
shown that the enjoyment of the present
moment, in health and mental vigor, or the
endurance of a miserable existence, was
dependent not only on the course we our
selves had followed in past life, but also
on the conduct aud character Of our snces-
try for ages gone by. which he, looking
back along the vista Of time, most graphi-
cally illustrated further, that the liters
ry and scientific attsinments Of this day
have their origin ih the crude conceptions
of the barbarian, being the gradual growth
of ages /; also. that the beauty and perfec-
tion of the arts and sciences, aud the Re-
publican form Of government even, are the
result of every step onward from the rudest
times. Ia pursuance Of this study, our
speaker exhibited the depth Of his re-
search as paleologist, the profundity of
his knowledge, and the clearness Of his
judgment, in tracing, liak by link, these
developments. leading US through the dark
vista of the past, pointing onward to the
future. showing that the present hour is
an integral period of Eternity. conn ectiug
the everlasting Past with the future ever
lasting. VERITAS.
Year: 1860

Mr.. EDIToR IL had resolved to retire


from before the public eye as one of the
contributors OF the Express. l was i'm


pressed with the belief that, though l had


but occasionally obtruded a thought, still
even that had been more than your readers


desired to be bored with But you must


pardon me for asking you TO give place in
your columns for another word


l heard the recital Of so beautiful an in.
cident few days ago. that cannot resist
the impulse to let your readers have also
the pleasure Of hearing it: An old man,
Of more than three score years and ten,
was upon his death bed. and the hour of
dissolution was fast approaching. His
pulse beat slow and slower The soul
struggled in almost mortal agony to cast
off the incumbrance Of flesh, that had, fer
near century, been its prison house
Death came on pace, and the old man
stood at the very portals Of another world.
just in this hour of earthly separation
when the body, worn out, required the rest
of the grave, and the soul, eternal as the
everlasting hills, was about taking its
fight to a more congenial clime-iust at
this dividing point bet ween life and death,
the old man awakened from his lethargy
his eye sparkled with the 6res of youth,
and his whole nature seemed intensified
into one glow Of delight Unconscious Of
all the Surroundings, be commenced talk
ing; and the silent listeners, bending low
the ear. found that the dy ingman was re-
viewing the loved sports of his boyhood's
years. he was back to his mountain
home. in the old Keystone State--the home
OF his childhood. He was vending his
way along the sparkling brook. and with
his first associates, fishing. He was anon
plueking flowers from the mountain side,
and then reciting his lessons in the village
school. He called his early playmates by
name. and seemed to be engaged in all the
sports of his schoOl-boy days. He talked
TO his father, who had been dead for more
than half century In fact, ne seemed TO
be away back in the dim vista Of the past
far back to his childhood's days-and at
the very moment his soul was leaving his
body, it appeared anxious to review the
life it had passed. before it leaped into that
dreadful aud uncertain future.


Can it be true, that approaching disso-
luton SO excites the faculties of the mind
that all the past passes palpably before usf
that great panorama Of our past lives
at this dreadful period fits plainly before
us?-that all that we have been. comes out
in bold relief to our yiew2 Ii this is so,
how glorious. how extatic, how enwraptur-
ing must be the moment, when the soul,
entirely freed from this dull, heavy NOR
tality, springs into life of conscious inn
mortality How serenely and delightfully."-
overwhelming must be that moment of
bliss, when all the past and the brilliant
dawuings Of the future lie visibly behind
and before usi Death-the entering that
narrow gate which leads to life everlsst.
ing-seems to be like commencing a Jour
ney where, on either side of the pathway,
are splendid paintings--the one pointing
out all the pleasant incidents of the past
the other growing more beautiful as We
advance, until the richest blessing Of frui.
ton enscompss US. LEILA.
Year: 1860

GoDEY FOR MARcH.-We have received
the March number of this most popular
and estimable "Lady's Book" which as
usual is unequaled. The engravIngs as
usual are splendid and interesting. aud
every department overAows with good
things. Some ladies do get along without
Cooley. but how they d. so is iuexplicable
to us.


Two dollars sent to Us ill insure copy
Of the Book tor one year, or for three dol
lars and fifty cents We will send the Lady's
Book and the Weekly Express for one
Year: 1860

ii never made speech at Democratic
meeting in my life. have seldom attend
ed Democratic meetings; though if | should
be so unfortunate as TO let the old D-l gel
me at last. dare say I will then attend q
very large Democratic mass meeting"
Year: 1860

Among the emigrants overland who recently
passed through Salt Lake City were fifteen unmar-
ried ladies dressed in Bloomer costume. They
and grounds, and expressed much qualification at
their reception. They formed part Of a Woman's
Rights association, and were going to Oregon.
Year: 1860

The CASE OF CAPT. MEGGs SETTLED rHG PREst,
DENr.-The Meigs case is at an end. The President
as Commander-in- Chief, has ordered Captain Meigs
to obey his superior officer, the Secretary of War,
and has declined to receive any communication
from him except through the War Department.
The army and navy rejoice in this decision, other
wise any lieutenant or midshipman might bring his
personal grievances directly to the President, and
make a correspondence with him, contrary to the
rules of both services.
Year: 1860

Kansas is again 'bleeding," but not from the old
wound the question now is bread or no bread, the
drouth of the past summer having destroyed all
hopes of either wheat or corn crop adequate to
the wants of the peoples added to this all kinds of
business is dull, and no prospect of things being
better until spring.
Year: 1860

He assured the family of the coming event,


and made every seeming preparation in the
face of their incredulity. On the night of the
day foretold he went to bed as usual, and
passed into that sleep which knows no wax
ing. The fact was a wonder and a mystery
then. Is it, or is the class of occurrences to
which it belongs, anything else now?


Of the topics of purely local interest, but
which have required great and patient re-
search, are the cellars" of dwelling houses,
which, with their occupants, have long since
disappeared an account of the town ''roadS; )"
of the time of erection of the "houses" now
standing in the center village of the "remov-
els" from the town and the brief biographical
sketches of the most prominent citizens. OF
several of these, especially those relating to
the era of the revolution, its inhabitants may
justly feel proud. The historical facts having
a national interest are already widely known !;
but the details found here, both as to men and
money, will interest all readers. AS examples
of spirited narrative, independent of the deep
interest in the events themselves, we refer to
tHoe VI NHS mSSlAliS vi tHS ASlCSSleT company
after the news of the Concord fight, and to the
account of the share borne by the Leicester
men in the battle of Bunker Hill


The book is beautifully printed by Wilson
& Son, Boston. The edition is small We
trust and expect another will yet be demanded.
We suggest that general index be prefixed to
that, giving the contents by chapters, with ref
erences to the pages and that the index at
the end be greatly enlarged. AS we have
read its pages, old and once familiar forms
have revisited US; again have we felt the grip
of the cold doctor" and the absorbing present
has been forgotten for time, in the memories
of those mot lost, but gone before" We
close the book with the confession of personal
Indebtedness to its author for the instruction
and pleasure he has given us. F.
Year: 1860

A MOTHER UPON AN UNHAPPY MISSION
There came to our post Office delivery the 9TH
er day, soon after the arrival of the noon train
Il middle-aged, well-dressed, and od.looking
woman, who with decidedly foreign accent
and an earnest, anxious face, appealed TO the
attendant at the window for information which
would enable her to discover the holders of
certain post office boxes, the numbers of which
were upon card, which she exhibited for his
inspection. AT the same time she told the err
rand which had brought her from St. Johns,
New Brunswick, viz: to "get some account
of her daughter, fifteen years of age, who she
believed was employed as housemaid in the
family whose box address she supposed was
borne upon the card her girl having written
her TO that effect, giving her the direction,
which, however, proved to be incorrect; for
upon mentioning the fact that she had written
an unanswered letter to her daughter from St.
Johns, upon turning to the uncalled for letters,
the identical missive from the mother was
found, bearing in its superscripton the post
office number for which her inquiries were in
| tended, and which proved to be that of the
keepers Of a notorious house OF bad repute in
this vicinity, and who, it was remembered
had declined to take the letter from the office
protesting to have no present knowledge of the
| girls whereabouts. The sad truth was easily
told. The girl for some tidings OF whom, the
mother had made a long and friendless Jour
ney, and Of whom she was now hoping to gain
some welcome intelligence, had been the in.
mate of a brOthel and either in ignorance of its
true character, or meaning to hide her debase-
ment had written the parent that she had hon.
est employment, and given her true address
for the purpose of Il reply; after which she
had removed or disappeared, or disguised her
name, or sinned so shamelessly that she dared
no longer reveal herself perhaps had shared
the mysterious but frequent fate Of the fallen
ones whose life she had chosen. 1t was pain.
fu to see the keen distress with which the
mother learned that her daughter was worse
than lost to her it was worse, she said ethan
to have found her grave" and utterly refused
to make another inquiry or pursue her search
IN any manner whatever, Atterward, with
clenched hands and streaming eyes, she re.
traced her steps to the railway station, prom,
Using to take counsel Of friends in Fall River,
before abandoning altogether the recovery Of
her child.
Year: 1860

WEST BOYLsToN, June 4, 1860.


AT legal meeting called for that purpose,
this day, board of thirteen commissioners
were chosen to carry out the following vote of
the town:


THAT the town choose ten commissioners
10 be joined to the board of selectmen, whose
duty 1t shall be to take immediate measures to
prevent the introduction, if possible. OF the
cattle disease, and to prevent its spread, if al
ready in town"


1t was also voted that our representative in
general court be instructed to present the mat
ter to the Legislature as the petition of the
town, for authority to carry out the above
vote. 1t is the intention of the above board
to prevent the passing of any neat cattle to or
from town, and to, as much as possible. isolate
all herds, and prevent contact with others ::
and sufficient patrol will be maintained to
carry out their intentions
Year: 1860

CONVERSATION OF THE CENSUS TAKERS
The assistant United States Alarshals are al
lowed for compensation in taking the census
two cents for every person enumerated ten
cents per mile for necessary travel, to be ascer.
tanned by multiplying the square root of the
number of dwelling-houses in the division by
the square root of the number OF square miles
in each division, the product to be taken as
the number of miles travelled ten cents fol-
each farm returned; ten cents for each estat
lishment of productive industry returned, and
Tor social statistics, two per cent. upon the
amount allowed for the enumeration of popu
lation two cents for each deceased person re
turned. The whole census is to be completed
previous to Aug. l, and returus made previous
to Aug. Is.
Year: 1860

MECHANICS BASE BALL CLUB.-At a meet
ing Of the members of the Mechanics Base
Ball Club, of this city, held last evening,
Henry Wnn was elected president. Then
the subject of Glow balls" was taken up and
discussed, after which the club voted to bar
out all balls that go below the knee. This is
one of the most sensible things the club has
done for long time. We hope it will persist
in its opposition to low balls, and become the
means of establishing the opposite practice in
all the clubs throughout the state
Year: 1860

The CATTLE PLAGUE IN WoRcEsTER-It
is probable that but lew if any cattle in Wor-
cester have yet been exposed to infection from
the plague. A sick calf, belonging to Mr.. E.
b. Rice, of the Burncoat plain district, has
been suspected OF the disease, but, seemingly,
without any good reason 1t will be killed
and examined. n pair of oxen belonging to
Mr.. Lyman Rice of Holden, which were pas
tured with the two cows killed in that town
on account of the disease, and with another
COW there that now has it, were driven into
Worcester on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
of week before last, with wood. They are
known to have passed, in Worcester, two cows
and pair of oxen; but these Holden oxen
have not yet shown the slightest indication of
disease, and they seem to be entirely free from
it. Nothing is known of any other case in
which the exposure of any animal belonging
in Worcester has been possible. 1t is hoped
that the disease has not yet come here, and
that faithful attention to precautionary meas.
ureS will keep it away