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Year: 1860




BGE@ The Constitutional Z Mon Platform
sounds well, but what does it mean ? Who
can tell ? How does it stand on the great
question agitating the public mind, which
the South is forcing on the country, and
which must be settled-the extension or
non-extension of slavery This platform
is like the " sounding brass and u tinkling
cymbal signirying nothing 1t is in
deed glittering generality which no
two parties will interpret alike. The times
demand something definite and out-gpoken
The Lincoln and the Breckenridge platforms
are the only ones that do not equivocate and
shirk. You can tell Just what they mean.
The last advocates the unlimited extension
of Slavery; the first resists it. The two
other platforms blow hot and cold-they
play "now you see it, and now you don't
see it."


Sooner orlater, all other parties are bound
to come to the position of either the Lin
coin or Breckenridge party. The people
will not be deceived by halfway, two-faced
parties much longer.
Year: 1860

BEaA correspondent from Rockport
writes us in regard to the Bell and Everett
County Convention, held there on the llth
to select delegates to send to the Indiana
polls Convention of the 10Th. The letter
has been unavoidably laid over until it is
out of date. In fact we did not receive 1t
until nearly week after the County Con
vention, and after the State Convention
On account of the crowded state of our COL
umns we can give only the substance of the
letter.


The meeting was organized by calling
Enoch B. Snyder to the chair, and making
Mr.. Shaw, young gentleman from Cincin-
natl, secretary.


A committee of five, of which DR.. Shade
an was chairman, was appointed to draft
resolutions. The resolutions were afterwards
presented and adopted. They were very
lengthy.


Delegates to indianapolis and a central
committee were then appointed.


Our correspondent writes that though a
good audience was present, most of them
were Democrats and Republicans. He says
"There were not over twelve or fifteen Bell
men present, at the very highest The
Convention is good sample of the Bell
strength in this county" The Democrats,
he says, were in high spirits over the meet
ing, thinking to make capital out of it. The
Rockport Democrat is helping the move
ment along, but we do not believe the Bell
men of Spencer will allow themselves to be
made cats paws to pull the Democratic po-
tato out of the fire. Bell men are practical
men, most of them, aud we believe that, by
election time, they will generally so vote
that their ballots will count on the side of
political regeneration and reform. They
are not willing to help elect 10. Lane of
that we are confident.
Year: 1860

ngp The Old Line Guard has the follow
ing emphatic paragraph standing at the
head of lis editorial column, in capitals;


The Telegraphic report that Breckinridge
has called a consultation of his friends to
decide upon the propriety of his withdrawal
is false
Year: 1860

It there is anything in the world that a
young man should be more grateful for
than another, it is the poverty which neces-
states his starting in life under very great
disadvantages. Poverty is one of the best
tests OF human quality in existence \
triumph it is like graduating with honor
from West Point. 1t demonstrates stuff
and stamina. 1t is a certificate of worthy
labor creditably performed. young man
who cannot stand this test is not good for
anything. He can never rise above a
drudge or a pauper, a young man who
cannot feel his will harden as the yoke of
poverty presses upon him, and his pluck
rise with every difficulty poverty throws in
his way, may as well retire into some cor
ner and hide himself. Poverty saves
thousand times more men than it ruins :;
for it only ruins those who are not particu-
larly worth saving, while it saves multitudes
OF those whom wealth would have ruined.
II any young man who reads this is so un-
fortunate as to be rich, [ give him my pity.
l pity you, my rich young friend, because
you are In danger. You lack one great
stimulus to effort and excellence, which
your poor companion possesses. You will
be very apt, if you have a soft spot on
your head, to think yourself above him,
and that sort of thing makes you mean,
and Injuries you. With full pockets, and
full stomach, and good linen and broadcloth
on your back, your heart and soul pIethoric,
in the race of life you will find yourself
surpassed by all the poor boys around you,
before you know it.


No, my boy, if you are poor, thank Con,
and take courage; for he intends to give
you a chance to make something for your
self. Ii you had plenty OF money, ten
chances to one, it would spoil you for all
useful purposes. Do you lack education
Have you been cut short in the text books?
Remember that education, like other things,
does not consist in the multitude of things
a man possesses. What can you do
That Is the question that settles the bust
ness. Do you know your business? DO
you know men, and how to deal with them?
Has your mind, by any means whatsoever,
received that discipline which gives to it
action, power, and facility? If so, then
you are more a man, and thousand times
better educated than the fellow who grad
yates from college with his brains full of
stuff that he cannot apply to the practical
business Of iie-stuff, the acquisition of
which has in no sense disciplinary pro-
cess so far as he is concerned There are
very few men in this world less than thirty
years of age, and unmarried, who can af-
ford to be rich. One of the greatest ben
efits to be reared from great financial dis
asters is the saving Of a large crop of young
men Timothy TtcomJ.
Year: 1860

Shocking Accident-A few days ago a
workman In straw paper manufactory, at
Chambersburg, accidentally fell into one of
the large vessels used for steaming straw,
and was scalded in the most horrible man
ner. From the account given Of the occur
renee, by the man, it would appear that he
struggled in the boiling water some FIVE or
six minutes, there being no one present to
assist him out, and that after gaining the
edge of the vessel he fell back again into
the heated liquid and received second
scalding. His body, legs and left arm were
scalded in the most shocking manner, the
skin being stripped off the greater portion
of the surface and the flesh deeply burnt.
The extent or severity of the scalding rem
ders his recovery very improbable.
Year: 1860

ig~A clergyman of country village
desired his clerk to give notice that there
would be no service in the evening, as he
was going to c6iciose for another clergyman.
The clerk as soon as the services were end
ed, called out. | am desired to give no.
tice that there will be no service this after
noon, as Mr.. 5 going a fishing with
another clergyman
Year: 1860

BgS-It is said that out of a German popu-
lation of fifty thousand, in the State of Wis.
consin, there is not a single individual from
the Faderland in the penitentiary of the State.
Year: 1860

thrilling 4drehture,-On Monday last, a
party of gentlemen visited the bay for the
purpose of seeing the Indians, and others to
fish for trout. About two o'clock some of the
party observed singular motion of the lee.
1t appeared that there was a strong current
IN the water, but an examination disclosed the
fact that the ice upon which they were stand
ing had parted between them and the shore,
and that they were rapidly floating into Lake
Huron. They at once put their horses in
motion to fnd some point where they could
get to the main land, but could find no such
place. In the meantime they were going very
rapidly, the wind blowing a gale from the
shore. Their situation was very dangerous,
both as regards the danger of the breaking
up of the ice upon which they were, and the
severe cold; great excitement existed at Bay
City amongst the inhabitants generally, and
many plans for their relief were talked of and
eanvassed. They floated some fourteen miles,
when one end of the ice fortunately grounded
on Squaw Point. They made a rush for the
shore, after first getting off their horses and
sleighs. The ice was much broken, and they
had to travel some distance over separate
cakes TO reach the shore.-EdSt SagiHd,C
Courier EeGFUuYH s.
Year: 1860

To encourage agricultural Pursuits in


the Territory Of Nebraska.


SEC. l. Be it enacted by the Council
and House Of Representatives Of the
The Territory Of Nebraska, That, for
the purpose of aiding agricultural pur-
suits in this Territory, the sum Of three
hundred dollars be, and the same is here.
by appropriated out of the territorial
treasury. and annually thereafter, sub
ject TO the order Of the President and
Secretary Of the Territorial Board Of
Agriculture, said amount TO be used in
the payment of premiums awarded BY
said Board in the various branches Of
agriculture, and for no other purpose.


SEC. g That should the Board fail
any year TO offer and award premiums
for the encouragement Of agricultural
pursuits, then The benefits Of this act shall
not be available that year.


SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.


Approved January l2, 1860.
Year: 1860

ES- Among other favors since our last
issue, is the following peculiar document.
We comply with the fair writer's request to
publish, if for no other reason than that of
being called 50 nice man.


AS we don't happen to know who he''
is, and not having the slightest recollection
of 6 Penelope Ann" the balance of the re
quest will be disrcgarded.


Tho /" Professor is evidently in luck,
and we emphatically say to that mysterious
individual go it,, and if you succeed in
Identifying the pe ,tical Penelope Ann, you
VIII confer an especial favor by letting us
gaze for one moment on your personal see
merry at this Office
Year: 1860

men who have { perhaps blindly J acted
heretofore with the Republican party. The
Republican papers in both cities did all in
their power to discourage members of their
party from lending their aid to this meeting
but without much success. That Republi-
canlsm, which is but another name for Alb
olitionism, is, most truly believe, on the
wane in this Commonwealth and another
twelve month, will see it trampled under
foot by Union-loving Democracy.


would not let my partizan feelings ex-
press themselves too strongly; nor should
the Democratic party lose sight of better
and more glorious ends to be attained in
endcavorinS to accomplish mere party sue
cess. But the South which is intensely ex-
cited on the subject of disunion at this time
should be told and made to believe what the
real sentiment of the majority of the Nor
thern people is. The South should know
that the majority Of the people of this State
tand we believe it to be true of most oflthc
other Northern States are not ininlical to
the interests of the people South Of Mason
and Dlxon's line; yet the South should
not be deceived at all. If it can be shown
that the people in this section are setting
themselves against them, they ought to
know it but indications that l see every
day tell me that such is not the case True
several church bells throughout this State
were toiled on the day JouS BRowN was
hanged; yet you know that does not neces-
sarlly imply that the people of this State
sympathized with him or his acts, some of
course did SO, and those some tollei the
bells. But the ones who dissented are now
speaking through the Public Press and bv
" Union meetings, and ere the new year
about to enter upon its course has grown
hoary with the frosts OF another winter
trust and doubt not that the South will
have had abundant evidence of the friendly
feelings entertained towards them by the
patriotic citizens of the North, Connect, ut
not excepted.


SIDCITN
Year: 1860

Come. gentle muse. from Parnassus hight,
And tell to me what must write
About leap year in general, and this
One in p-a-rti-c-u-lar


II.


And if you don't consent to come
Send some fairy about as big as y'r thumb.
Who can sit on the feathery end of nv pen.
And maybe SO, can write some then.
If had quill from a seraph's wing
think it would be the very thing.
For wish to sing of love and stuff,
And let the girls know I'm up to snuff.
If don't commence, I'll not begin
So like Mr. Lemon, I'll go right in.
And TO the maidens of every degree,
Let me here warn you I'm not on spree.
All want to say in this fine pome,
Is to You, girls, :" Come, I'm always at home,"
And when posterity. at the tail end of time,
shall peruse this enrapured at its beauty and over
whelmed with the briliancy of the genius of its
happy author,


They see the fault is not mine


Mr. EDIToE The above effusion is selected
from my many manuscript poems as being best
suited to the present time, not, You might nag
ne, because 1t is the best Of them True, my fan
'ifui Imagination was in happy vein and scared
nigh upon its silvery pinions--but pshaw this
poetry is nothing to what can do


Respectfully, DeM
Year: 1860

''THE SHOE BEGINSrNG To Prscu
The people of the North are beginning to
feel the effects of their course towards the
South. AS a sample how the phvsic is
working, the Philadelphia Ledger says that
I" the excitement which prevails in the pub
lie mind, in reference to our sectional dis
putes, is very seriously disturbing the re-
lations of business, and if continued, will
cause great deal Of suffering among our
merchants and laboring population. a
great many OF our trades depend upon the
Southern market; some have suddenly
ceased operations for want of orders from
the South. and consequently employers have
had to discharge their workmen. This is
particularly trying at this period Of the
year, and viii be still more distressing un-
Jess such confidence is restored as will ona-
BILE business to flow naturally and properly
in its legitimate channels.'
Year: 1860

has won for itself such renown Cor the cure of
every variety Of Throat and Iung Complaint that
IT Is entirely unnecessary for us TO recount the
evidence of its virtues wherever it has been ern-
Ployed. As il has long been in constant use
throughout this section, need NOT do more than
assure the people It's quality is kept up to the best
4 ever has been and that it may be relied on to
do for their relief all it has ever been found 10 do
Year: 1860

from winch mankind suffer over large part Of the
GLOBE IS the consequence Of diseased action in the
system, induced by the poisonous miasm Of vegetable
decay. This exhalaton Is evolved BY the action Of solar
heat wet SOIL and rises with the vateTy yPor from
it. While the sun is below the horizon this vapor
fingers the earhs surface, and the virus is taken
with It through the bugs into the blood There acts
as an irritating poison on the internal vsceTa and
creting organs Of the body. The liver becomes torpid
and fails not only this rus but also the BILE
from the blood Both the and the bile accumulate
in the circulation, and produce violent constitutional
disorder. The Spleen the kidneys, and the stomach
sympathize with the liver and become dscrdered also.
Finally The instinct Of our organism Il In attempt
to expe the noxiOns Infusion, concentrates the whole
blood cs the body IN the internal excretoes force
them to cast It cut The blood leaves the surface and
rushes TO the central organs with eongestye violence.
This is the CHILL. But IN this effort it fails TAen the
FEVER follows, in which the blood leaves the central
organs and rushes to the surface if in another effort
to expel the Irritating poison through that ether great
excretoryhe skin In this also it falls and the sys-
tenn abandons the attempt exhausted, waiting for the
recovery of strength repeat the hopeless effort another
Gay. These are the fits Laroxysms Of FEVER AND
AsuE. Such constitutional disorder viii Of course
dermine the health if it is not removed.


We have labored 70 find, and have found anidote,
Year: 1860

1t is truly melancholy spectacle to
see so many drones in the great and busy
hive OF human life. We daily see Young
men of education. and who possess more
than ordinary natural gifts, lounging a.
bout as listlessly as If there was nothing
in the boundless universe worthy of their
attention. How utterly lost to manhood
are many sons of wealthy parentsl No
ambition, no hope, no ardent desire, eser
spurs them on to leap from obscurity into
the broad daylight of lasting renowu-
Their lives, which should be full of noble
achievements, are dawdled away in unho-
ly dissipations. II such is to become tho
universal effect of wealth on tue rising
generation, it were far better that pover-
ty should for ever be the handma of
our sons and daughters. In the name of
common humanity, We call on ell young
men to do something. Do not sneak
from the cradle of infancy, to the coffin of
oblivion, without, at least, one great effort
to prove that you have not lived in vain.
Remem Der, that fame and honor are new
er achieved with folded arms end "mas-
ter inactivity" When the sublime Wis
dom of common sense taught Columbus
there was 8 new world. be did not preach
his belief with idle hands and lack lustre
eye. The wonderful discoveries in science
and art we're not made By men who re-
garded life as holiday OF idleness. If
you would win the applause Of Jour fell
lOwmen, if you would gain your own self
respect. theo, in the naue of all that is
good and sacred, We call on you to 60 to
work and DO something.
Year: 1860

The Calaveras Chronicle tells of lecturer
at Lancha Plana who said, that when he was
boy he used to walk four miles to school
and four miles back again, through snow
four feet deep, in the City Of Ns~ Orted"s
There has been remarkable change OF Gle
mate at the Crescent City since that timel
Year: 1860

Spiritual manifestations have lately been
rappers-strange to say-lately made noise
enough to attract the attention of police-
man, and so prevent aburglary. In another
instance they turned the gas on in q sleep
ing mans bedroom, and awoke him to the
care of his treasures.
Year: 1860

A NEW IDEA IN NATIONAL DEFENCEs.-The
year 1859 will be known in British history
as the era of a national fright equal to that
which is linked with the name of the Span
ish Armada. Bat brother Bulls fear of
French invasion led to the organization of
volunteer military force in imitation of the
American system, and more recently to the
establishment of naval reserUe force, which
is decided novelty. 1t is composed of
healthy Britains not over thirty-fve years
old, with five years previous experience at
sea, who are required to attend seaman's
drill during twenty-eight days in each year
and are entitled to receive about forty dol
lars per annum, payable quarterly, and
pension of not less than sixty dollars per
annum whenever they become incapacitated
from earning their livelihood or attain the
age of sixty years. When on drill they re-
ceive the same pay, victualling and allow
ances as seamen of the feet, besides having
their expenses paid to and from the place of
drill; and in case of being called to service
are put upon precisely the same footing, in
all respects, as the regular seamen of the
Navy.
Year: 1860

The RICHEST QUARTZ IN THE WoRLD.-This
is what may be said of the wonderful quartz
vein lately struck near Jacksonville, South
ern Oregon, if the reports concerning it
prove to be true. At present there seems to
be no sufficient reason for doubling them
The telegraphic rumor to which we alluded
last week is confirmed by a regular CORES
pondent of the Alta, writing on the spot
He declares that the Emigrant Company
cleaned up after ten hours grinding with a
common arastra, 400 ounces of gold, worth
about 7,84ol This was merely from out
groupings. tThe same day two of the cora
pany commenced taking quartz from the
ledge. They worked about six hours, then
weighed the quartz taken out, and from
safe estimate, it was found that, in that short
space of time, they had taken out the enor-
nous sum of $4,000. These figures may
seem astounding, but they express nothing
more than solid fact"


The 4Aa's correspondent then gravely re-
marks:


''It is now ascertained that there is twelve
leet Vi the leuSe Ol pure unDurneu quartz,
twenty inches wide and six feet deep, that is
permeated with threads of gold, and will pay
above ten dollars per pound. So far, its
richness increases with depth. The last
quartz they took out yesterday, at the depth
of six feet, pays one dollar to the ounce
Tomorrow they could easily take out $780,
900 worth of quartz"


This may all be true, for in the economy
of nature gold is worth no more than any
other metal and there is perhaps no reason
in the nature of things why it should not be
found yet in solid masses, like copper on
Lake Superior. But such extraordinary
statements as the above require the most
ample confirmation, before they can be i'm
plicitly credited. In what an age of won
ders we do live, to be sure
Year: 1860

Dancing and rafting in aid of churches are
common occurrences in this "great and
growing State" The latest instance was
the raae ef a family poney to obtain means
towards the purchase of clock for the
tower of Catholic church in Sacramento
Year: 1860

There is nothing more shocking to the finer
feelings, or which serves TO weaken confidence
in human nature, than to see q beautiful girl.
with the stamp of intellect upon her brow,
Haunting through the streets in a gorgeous an
parel, the symbol of her life and ul-destroying
profession. Nice people turn up theie noses at
her, and look much as though they smet wool
burning.


But each one of these poor, fail creatures nas
her private history, and in majority of cases il
is history of wrong and outrage In many in
stances, with a swelling heart she can point to
some fashionable gentleman as he rolls along
the street in his silver mounted carriage, with
his wife and child by his side, and say:


Yonder goes the wretch who came to me as
a friend-talked to me of holy love-promised
before his God to make me his wife | was
good and pure then but his vile treachery made
me the thing am-the thing myself do loathe
Society forgave him-me it will never forgive.
Ny father cursed me and drove me from home
our pleasant home among the green hills.
where once slrnyed as blithe and JOYOUS and
innocent as the birds which sang upon the trees
But he's poor drunkard now, made so by my
disgrace. My mother died of broken heart,
my name the last word upon her lips And here
am, shunned and desnised by those who re-
ceive with open.arms and land the virtues of
him who is the author ofall this ruin. Ny dar-.
ling boy, with his fathers beauty and intellect.
might have become ornament to society,"
Bat now he is living on North street and ere
long 1t will cost the public more TO hang him
for some daring murder, than it would 10 edu-
cate him for life of usefulness"


No wonder the poor girl turns away to weep
But what cares the thoughtless crowd. as
they hurry past? What cares the clergyman,
with his sanctimonious robes? What cares the
poas sister, begging money to buy flannel
shirts for the South Sea Islanders? What cares
the policeman, rs he rudely seizes her by TIE
arm and hurries her away to the station house i?
Alas no one knows her private history, and
no one cares for her. Foolishly she seeks to
solace life with the intoxicating cup; but she
will never know peace and rest, until she finds
It in the grave. Such is fallen womans lot
Year: 1860

LIFE.-Ah there is a touching beauty in the
radiant np-look of girl just crossing the limits
OF youth, and commencing her journey through
the checkered sphere of womanhood 1t is all
dew sparkle and morning glory to her ardent,
buoyant spirit as she presses forward exuting
in bhssful anticipatons. But the withering
heat OF the conflict of life creeps on; the dew
drops exhale; the garlandS of hope, shattered
and dead, strew the path and too often, ere
noontide, the clear brow and sweet smile are
exchanged for the weary look of.one longing for
the evening rest, the twilight, the night Oh
may the good God give his sleep early unto
these manyl