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Year: 1860

HARVEST MJoX.--The full moon which
happened on the 29th instant was the harvest
moon, the theme of 50 much admiration and
song in our climate. 1t derives its hamc
from the agricultural economy OF England.
For several successive evenings about the
time Of the rutument.l equinox it rises at
nearly the same hour, and pours its full ra-
dance over the landscape, atfording the hus-
bandman an opportunity to extend his har
vest iabcrs into the evening hours. The ar
rival of the sun at the autumnal equinox
when the moon is in the ascending node Of
its orbit and entering the first point of Aries,
vii produce a harvest moon under the NEST
favorable circumstances. With the aid Of IL
celestial globe, the cause Of the phenomenon
may be seen by simple inspection.


When the full hoon occurs on the 22d of
September, and is rising in the east, the sun
will be setting in the west, TN the autumnal
equinox. All that portion Of the ecliptic
then above the horizon will be south ot the
celestial equator, and making the least posi-
bic angle with the southern horizon, As the
orbit Of the moon is but little inclined to the
ecliptic, and the moon advances in it gu
urly at the rate Of thirteen de.rees per diem,
the are passed over, from day to day, ascends
above the horizon in about Il quarter of an
iiOuT, Will, III OtlltT scds MS VI tHt tuo
same are requires an hour in its ascension.


The full moons which precede AM follow
the harvest moon-whcn that happens on tie
22d OF 5 'ptember-do not differ much from
each other in respect to rising; nor do they
litlcr greatly from the harvest moon in tho
same respect The full moon following the
harvest moon is known as the hunters moon,
it happens at the season OF hunting in Eng
land


While the procession of the aquinoxcs is so
inseparahly connected with the tropicrl year
that the harvest moon can never wander from
the autumental equinox, the starry heavens
Of that season of the year are slowly with
drawing from our view; and, excepting the
arctic considerations, will hay. wholly dlsa p
pearcd at the end of thirteen thousand years,
when the beautiful southern Cross, and the
MagelIanic Clouds will rise above our hori-
zon.- b. St0a Courier.
Year: 1860

orFOsEnoN WHHDRAwNe-AsWill be per
eeived BY reference to our California news
The line Of steamers running in opposition
70 The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
have again been withdrawn. BY the sale O
tbe Vanderbilt steamers to the former com
pauy. From the Aha caHforaia we how
ever learn that that company is very likely
p meet with similar opposition in the per
son Of Capt. WRI0Hr. This we sincerell
trust is So Unless such be the case, ",
shall be apt to see repetition Of those in,
positions for which this company has DC
come 50 provsrbial, and again witness s
establishment Of the ruiDously high price
for freight and passage which once tha
company possessed the power to extort.


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Year: 1860

The DETROIT MEErNG.-The fare to De-
troit and return on Monday and Tuesday
nights next will be 50 for Wide Awakes and
% for other citizens. The latter is just half
fare The good steamer Ocean should be
crowded with the attendants upon the great
Seward demonstration, and it undoubtedly
will be. Especially should every Wide Awake
make it point to attend. Don't let Cleye-
land be beat in numbers by any city of her
size.
Year: 1860

The EXCURSION ON THE TENTH-Two davs
ago the announcement was made that the
Cleveland Grays had chartered the steamer
Ocean for an excursion on the 10th. This
was wrong. The Grays have chartered the
Western Metropolis, and the Alert Hose
Company the Ocean.
Year: 1860

RICHARDSON'S SHERRY WINE BrrTERs.-We
are not in favor Of universal bossting "a system Of
en- employed By others) Of the celebrity Of this or
that medicine and we keep our praise until we have
positive knoWiedge Of the value and virtue of an ar
ueie. WeJudge Of the tree BY its fruits, and when
We ma medicine with really curative powers, We
at once come out and recommend it to the public
In the present instance We cordially recommend to
our readers Or. Richardson's Sherry Wine Bitters.


We know Of nOthing-to excel this for the objects
Il proposes to undertake


The Sherry Wine Bitters are for sale BY Gaylord
Year: 1860

ALERT HOSE CONPAEY.-The Alert Hose
Company are fitting up for the Tenth. Their
House, which has always been model of
neat elegance, is being overhauled, painted
outside and in, new curtains put up, &c
The walls will be decorated with photographs
Of the members, taken by sweeny. The
Perry Hose of New York will be here, and
will be entertained by the Alerts. The lat
ter have chartered the steamer Ocean for an
excursion on the Tenth.
Year: 1860

THE TENTH OF SEPrEMBER.-This day, the
anniversary of Commodore Perry's victory
on Lake Erie, is the day fixed for the inaugu-
ration of the Statue to his memory at Cleve-
land. The Clevelanders are expecting a
grand rally there at that time. Its under
stood that should there be demand for it,
the Cleveland and Columbus railroad will
land on the Sunday previous to the eelebra-
ton.
Year: 1860

HALF FARE.-A correspondent writes to
know if the visitors will be conveyed on the
railroads at half fare. Most certainly, and
the trains leading to Cleveland will be
crowded to overlooking with those who will
take advantage of the time, not only to see
the celebration but to do their trading.
Year: 1860

ONE WEEK LoSGER.-We have one week
longer, and that only, in which to prepare
for the Celebration. In that week much has
got to be done. Let every body go to work
and get ready. The Committees must be ae-
tive and the citizens Wide Awake. The
festivities of the week will commence on
Wednesday with the Horse Fair, which will
continue three days. Then the Encamp-
ment at Camp Perry from the sth to the 1Itb.
ana then the Grand Celebration of Monday.
Year: 1860

DorGLAs IN LoUIsIANA-1'he Courier, the
old Democratic organ OF New Orleans, states
that there is not single parish or precinct
within the State limits in which Douglas
would have the shadow of chance for ob-
tanning a majority Of Democratic sutflages;
and any pre,eusion to the contrary on the
part of the handful Of pseudo Democratic
mrlisats which he has in the State is mere
empty vaporing, or n discrelitable attempt
at deception as to the local politics and
preferences of that State. MisSissippian
Year: 1860

By~ But for the treachery of Douglas,
the Democratic party would now be united
and moving onward in support of lis regular
nominees, with more than usual harmony.
Suppose Douga las had united with the Black
Republicans, as he ought in good faith to
have done, instead of claiming to be Dem
ocrat and remaining in the ranks of the
Democratic party, merely to distract and
break it down, as in bad faith he has done,
does any body suppose there would have
been any discord at Charleston?--L Louisville
(Ky) Courier
Year: 1860

ana JOSEPH LANE, ana the Platform upon
tional Democracy go into the great con
test Of 1860, to do battle for the gallant
leaders, who stand by the constitutional
rights of all sections Of the Union, upon
just and equal terms.


1t is not a question with us, whether they
will be elected or defeated, we conceive it
to be our duty to advocate that which is
Just between citizen and citizen, State and
State. The nterminable "nigger question:"
and the over heated ambition of one man,
has divided the Democratic party, and it
behooves every National Democrat to come
up to the work with undaunted faith
and undiminished zeal 1t is not necessary to
fight about mere distractions, but upon the
matter of great and essential principle,
every Democrat must prepare himself to
act. He must be found battling for the
right. Equal rights to every State in the
Union must be recognized - that all citizens
OF the union have a right to settle in the
Territories with their property, no matter
Of what description, and that neither Con
gress nor Territorial Legislature can i'm
pair or destroy that right. And further,
that it is the duty Of Government to pro
tect the rights of property in the Territories
and il necessary, TO the full extent Of its
Constitutional power.


We say all this must be recognized, and
he who rafuses to support these equitable
principles we hold is not sound in his pro
fesso,.s Of Democracy, and is not worthy
the support Of National men. For they are
part of the creed of the Democratic faith
they are established principles that neve,
can be yielded, and which will he defended
for all time to come.


California will prove true to the trust re
posed in her. She will support Na!iona
men and sustain national principles. There
is no other course for her to pursue. Made
up as she is, almost entirely of citizens
from every State in the Union, she mus
extend, by her political decision, equa! ant
exact justice to all. This is now the grea
duty incumbent upon her. Then fellow
Democrats to the work, and let us perform
it with wiil--showing our good faith il
the task that is to lie performed. "Onwart
and upward be the march TO battle and tt
"victory." Our Delegates have indorsed th'
patform-it is sound and National ,--ane
We must sustain them with vigor and de
e's'on .a1 snHl ta e1.f
Year: 1860

New STEAMSHIP LISE-Tt is rumored
that we are to have an opposition steamship
line between here and New York. Cant.
j. T. Wright, who owns two vessels on this
coast, has gone to New York for the pur-
pose of purchasing others for use on the
other side, and at the time Of his departure
it was his earnest conviction that he would
be able to get line under way by the first
Of August. Teleqram.
Year: 1860

PARLoR SXATING-An Eastern paper says
that ladies' parlor skates are up for sale in
Boston. They are made to all appearance,
like ordinary skates, but have in the runners
little brass wheels, neatly covered with Ieath-
er, so that the wearer can skate over an or
dinary floor with ease and safety. arr


1t is said that ballroom skating is to be
the rage at the watering places this summer.
Year: 1860

AK ENoRMOus CHARGE-The State De
partment has received the bill rendered by
the Panama Railroad Company against the
United States for the passage across that
route Of the japanese Embassy. They
charged the Federal Government the enor-
nous sum of three thousand one hundred
dollars for simply carrying them across the
Isthmus.
Year: 1860

STY ON THE EYEL1D-A lady CORRESPOND


ent OF an exchange gives the following rem
edy, which she vouches for: l,


"Put tesspoonful of black tea in small
bag, pour on it Just enough boiling water to
moisten it, then put it on the eye pretty
warm. Keep it on all night, and in the
morning the sty will most likely be gone; if
not, second application will remove it.
Year: 1860

Suppose some kind relative or frienG
should propose to give you bond to con
vey to your wife and children, at your de.
cease, piece of property, such as house
and lot, or farm now worth $4,000, or 50,
900, and constantly increasing in value, on
condition that you should pay the taxes
thereon during your lifetime, would you
hesitate to accede to such proposal p
Probably not for one moment; you would
oe likely to call man simpleton who
would hesitate, and yet, perhaps this is pre-.
.cisely the thing you are now doing o,
would you hesitate to accept the offer of a
few thousand dollars. in good property, to
be secured for the future benefit of voul
family, by the payment Of less than third
part OF the annual interest on the same p
Would you refuse it, or value it less be-
cause you could not spend or use it fol
your own present wants: In fact, would
it not be more valuable because secm from
any Infringement or liability whatever?


a Life Insurance Company proposes to
give you an obligation to pay to your wife
and children, father, mother, brother, or
sister, at your deccase, any sum of money
you may stipulate, in case of your death
tomorrow, secured to them against the
claims of creditors or any one else, provided
you will pay a small annual tax while you
live. Yet you are hesitating and objecting,
with the plea that you have no faith in it, or
that you can not afford it, or that you will
do so at some future time, or that it is bet
ter to put your money at interest, or some
other tiimsy excuse, without even troubling
yourself to inquire into the subject, and for
getting that you have no guaranty of life
for single day, and that, should you now
be taken away by death, your family would
be left penniless upon the world.


Go, then, without delay, to the Office or
the Agent of good Life Insurance Com
pany, and investigate for and satisfy your.
self, and rely upon it you will never regret
accepting the protfered good. 1t is your
duty so to do'--Ml Sentinel.
Year: 1860

REBELLION IN THE CABINET.-A cor.
respondent Of the Boston HsraM says that
Governor Toucey, Secretary of the Navy,
maintains that Douglas is the regularly
nominated National Democratic candidate:
and that it is the duty Of the Connecticut
Democracy to unite cordially and earnestly
in his support.
Year: 1860

BOYS, HELP Your MOTHER We have
seen from two to six great hearty boys sit
ting by the kitchen stove, toasting their
feet and cracking nuts or jokes, while their
mother, slender woman, was gone to the
wood-pile for wood, to the we'll for water,
or to the meat-house to cut frozen steak for
dinner. This is not as it should be. There
is much work about the house too hard for
woman. Heavy lifting, hard extra steps
which should be done by those more able.
Boys, don't let your mother do it all, espc.
cially if she is a feeble woman. Dull. pro-
sy house-work is irksome enough at best.
1t is long work, too, it being impossible to
tell when it is quite done, and then on the
morrow the whole is to be gone over with
again. There is more of it than one is apt
to think. We wish some busy, all day
house-workcr, the arrangement of whose
house is about as inconvenient as it can be,
mo uncommon state of things, would
count her steps for one day, and let us have
the result in miles, let it be noted hcw
many times she goes into the cellar, to the
wood-pile, to the pump, up and down stairs,
and especially how many times from the
stove to the buttry. --Nornins Star.
Year: 1860

MoURsIsG DRESSES FOR CHnDREN.-Yes-
terday we saw very little child, scarcely
more than babe, clad in deep mourning.
It was sweet little face which peeped
out from that tiny black bonnet. What
pity, thought we, to begin SO early-if at
ALTO associate gloomy ideas with death.
What can people who do this be thinking
about! To US it seems almost criminal to
condemn little creature like that to mourn
ful thoughts, which should instead be as
much as possible warded from it, and es-
pecially fit be motherless or father3ess.-
We never witness such an exhibition with
out mixture Of ofindignation with oar pity;
without recalling the many instances in
which long life of unnatural and unneces-
sary fear and gloom has been the result of
wrapping little children in sables, ''through
fear Of death making them all their hfe-time.
subject to bondage"
Year: 1860

II you have friend whom you desire to
remain friend, get in debt to him. He'll
never leave you--he'll haunt you; and in
fond remembrance ever cherish your vir-
nee and the amount Of your Indebtedness
Year: 1860

We notice in our exchanges that The
Hog Cholera is proving very fatal among
swine, IN several sections throughout the
South and West as well as in this neigh
borhood.


In Chambers and Autauga counties, AL
ALBANIA, it is prevailing to an alarming ex
tent, and it is spreading very rapidly.
Year: 1860

Mr.. Editor:-- You will please change the Or
der of my notice as Surveyor. in your paper, and
leave out the Deputy. l observed in the Demo
cratic Signal Of the last issue. over the sigma
ture of S. G, Elliott, notice that have no con-
nccton whatever with the Office of County Sur
veyor, either rs deputy or otherwise. That con.
slider true ut this time. and it was only negli-
gence on my part entirely, and | exceedingly
regret that it was not taken from my advertise
ment. But if he. Elliott, had ever had learned
the first principle Of IL gentleman, he would have
called my attention to it in different way, rs we
were frequently together But n low minded
puppy would choose to make noise in news
paper. When be came to Auburn and discovered
that WAS doing what little rvcyng there WAS
to do. he said to Inc that the business would not
pay him. .and he made the proposition himself to
give ME the business, and thanked him; and he
left document-a thing purporting to be de-
putyship--in the county clerks Office for me.
The thing was very niggardly gottn up. |, how
ever. some months aftcrward, qualified under the
appointment. and l think I used the deputy to
my name on one or two plats of survey only; but
since then have carelessly neglected to have the
order of my notice changed, not regarding il as a
matter of any consequence any way. | have
lived long while in the world, and OF course |
have had my ups and down in life. but never have
been under the necessity OF appearing in news
paper in this way before; and | calculate for this
t. " nd up my newspaper controversies. And |
w.s. it distinctly understood that l hold myself
strictly and personally responsible for every
remark which have made on the present occa-
sion. And | would merely say in conclusion.
that if the good people Of Placer county should
ascertain at any future time that they have made
a mistake-as the best and most intelligent peo-
pie in the world are liable to do-and have elect
ed a jackass. who has no qualification to do their
surveying, if they will call on me will attend to
it as | have heretofore done since i S52 If not.
honors are easy, as care nothing abortit.


G. w. FINLEY.


Auburn Dec. 2Sth 1860.
Year: 1860

@Some California presses and polil-
clans are disposed to quarrel with that por-
ton Of the Presidents Message which denies
the power of the General Government to
coerce any State that may secede from the
Union. These hypercritie should lay the
blame where it belongs-upon the Constitu-
ton, not the President. If the Constitution
does not grant such power, the President
surely is not to blame for stating his convic.
ton TO that effect.
Year: 1860

re- The cold, stormy weather and terribly
bad roads have been severe trials to the
stago men Of late, but these energetic go
ahead fellows have conquered storm and
mud and made excellent time. They are
entitled to tho thanks Of the travelling com
munity.


Where in the wide world can be found
such stage men as in California? Nowhere
they are the kings of their occupation.
Year: 1860

Fix UP THE SrDEwALKs!-In these days of
rain and mud, property owners in town
should so far study the comfort Of the pub
liz as to put the sidewalks in a condition
that pedestrians may get about comfortably.
Sidewalks are much needed in different parts
Of town, and repairs here and there on those
already constructed would not come amiss.
Year: 1860

The severe weather and muddy streets,
caused postponemeht Of the dancing par
ty at the Empire Hotel on Monday eve
ming last, bat we are requested TO say that
the party will certainly take place on Mon.
day evening New Years Eve) in defiance Of
the weather, be it wet or dry. The gents
are determined the ladies shall not be disap-
pointed next time.
Year: 1860

PATRIorIc.-In Ohio the Lincoln office
seekers are as thick as blackberries. In
every town of any size the candidates for
position of Postmaster are very numerous
In replaces there are as many as forty.
The disappointment in store for many of
these patriotic gentlemen, will act as a
damper upon their political ardor.
Year: 1860




lot adjoining the Five Points House of Industry
there was held last Sabbath afternoon prayer
meeting of the organ grinders of the city. So
numerous have these persons become, that they are
distinct class of population, and are accustomed
to band together for religious worship, well as
for mutual protection. The services were conduct
ed in the Italian language, and under the leader
ship of one of the number. Though numerically
small, the meeting was earnestly carried on, and
all seemed eager to take part in the exercises.-N
Y. World.
Year: 1860

The New York P0St,of Wednesday says:


We hear that the advertisement of sale of the Erie road
under the foreclosure suit the fifth mort gate will ap-
p ear in the course of ten days.


The following quotations of Land Warrants in
New York on Wednesday:
Year: 1860

The editor Of the Rockville Republican


suggests the 18th day Of June as a suita


BILE time to hold the Congressional Conyen-


tion in this Congressional District, and
that Rockville be the place.


The 18th day Of June is, in our opinion


much too soon. The Congressional race
in this District will have to be fought
upon the issues that will be placed be
fore the people by the action OF the Ma
tional Democratic and Republicans Con


ventions. The Baltimore Convention, il
will be recoliccted. meets on the 18th day
Of June, when the principles upon which
the Democratic party are to make the race,
will be made known. After this, the is
sues between the two parties will be made
and then the proper man can be selected to
represent those issues. Certainly three
months is time enough for any one to make
the Congressional race, and we would sug
gsst Wednesday, the 25Lh day of July, as
the proper time to hold the Convention -
The Democratic party have postponed
their Congressional Convention in this
District until the 18th Gay Of July. This
has been done for the purpose of awaiting
the action Of the Baltimore Convention, so
that they can act more advisedly.


1t is impossible for the Republicans Of
this Congressional District to tell, at this
early day, who is the right man TO take the
Congressional race. In fact, so far as the
Republican party is concerned there are
yet no aspirants in the field, but Of the
many good men in the District. all seem to
think it not advisable to press their claims
until after the National platforms are be-
fore the people.


We think our friend of the Rockville Re
publican has not looked sufficiently over
the entire District or he would not recon-
mend Rockville as the proper place to hold
the Convention. In fact, Rockville is the
most inaccessible point in the District
Even the county of Vsrnillion can reach
Tene Haute as easily as Rockville,
and then this point is in connection with
the counties Of Putnam, Owen. Clay and
Sullivan, by Railroad, and Rockville is
Just % miles further from Greene than is
Terre Hauie. Evidently this city is the
easiest place reached by the delegates who
will attend the Convention, the accommo-
dations here will be superior To any other
place in the District, and in our Judgment
this is the proper place to hold the Con-
veution. We suggest, therefore, to our
brethren Of the press in this Congression-
al District, that the 25th day Of July be the
time, and Terre Haute the place Of hold
ing the Congressional Convention.
Year: 1860

instruct their delegates 10 day. The polls
will be opened at one o'clock. This is an
important matter and the citizens should
turn out aud give their influence in favor
Of the best men. The county convention
which assemblies tomorrow will, wo have
no doubt, ratify the action Of the different
townships. We have but Que wish TO ex
press in this connection and that is we
hope the best men for tho different Offices
will be selected. Harmony is essential In
doing good work, aud the people who
own the Offices, should dispose Of them to
whomever they please. A large turn ou
ought TO characterize each poll to-day.
Year: 1860

4 Sensation among the OySt.rn,sn.-Q ute q
sensation was produced on Saturday, among
the oystermen in the dock, on learning that
fore the Senate. Some fifteen or more of these
traders appeared before the committee on that
subject and desired to be heard. They deplore
the passage OF the bill, which they say must
inevitably ruin them, as the tax on one cargo
would, in many instances, more than consume
the profits, and eventua te in driving them from
the business. AS most OF them are without
properly and unframed to any other means of
livelihood, it is feared that, without some
amendment to the present bill. it will bear very
hard upon them. The subject will be before
the Senate tomorrow.