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Year: 1859

DOMESTIC WINEs.-1he rapid progress which tho
vine culture is making in this county is of the
best guarantees against the serious evils Of intcn
pcrance, and this progress cannot fail, ere long TO
give cheap wines. American chanpa gne gT4du
ally obtaining the reputation OF being the purest c
fervescing wine in the world, and it. as Air. Long
worth says have five thousand varieties OF native
grapes-a Of them free from the odium, grape
disease, which is spreading over every corncr OF Lu-
rope-it will be that the West hes IN reserve
enormous field Of productivcncss to fail Ia * on
population becomes Dense and profitable invest
ment for capital is required


There is absurd iIea prevalent that wine can
not be proably raised in this country; that labor
is too dear, and European opposition great. On the
contrary wine raising is at this instant TIC most
profitable branch Of agriculture IN America. 1t VIII
pay from to three hundred dollars an acre yield
ing hi cher profit capital skill and LABOR lnycSt7
! ed, than any other planting.


| The wines which be most easily raised are,
like those Of Germany, light and very inEocuous-


We often hear it said that there is drunkenness
in France but drunkenness is even rare among the
wne-drinking Germans of the Rhine. Liebi5, the
greatest chemist declares that these people i2r from
being injured by their wine owe to it thc health Tor
which they famous, there being no place IN
the world where there is SO little demand for apoth
ecaries' wares But the reader Will recoilect that
these wines are very different from those OF other
nations being no Intoxicating 10 those familiar
with them than common claret W hen attention Is
more generally devoted TO wine culture, we snail
probably wine cheap here cider, and strycn-
nine whskey and fighting brandy at d discount
Excessive Of ardent spirits is great OF ma
tional suffering; anything which viii 60 away with
it, modify it, hardly fail to be regarded
blessing-Petersburg Enpress
Year: 1859

AUsTRIAs FINANCIAL TRoUBLEs.-The Paris cor
respondent of the New York Journal of Commerce
writes:


$50 desperate is the state of the Austrian finances
that the Government is said to have seized upon
the metallic reserve of the Bank of Vienna. A
forced loan is also supposed to be in contemplation
to the great alarm of the wealhier portion of the
community. Even the army is reported to be show
ing dangerous symptoms of dissatisfaction, arising
from long arrears of pay 1t scarcely possible
that Austri a can maintain much longer her pre-.
sent position; she must speedily come to resolu-
tion either to fight or yield. England and Prussia
are both thought to lean to the Austrian side of the
question, and to support the proposal of gener-
al disarmament, and the language of Lord Cow
ley, at Paris, favors this view Russia seems for
the present to hold back the decision of France is
the all-important point in this matter. Austria
pretends that she "wishes to compel all the Powers
to give pledge of the sincerity of their peaceful
Year: 1859

ENGINEER CONVICTED OF MANsLAuGHrER.-We
have already announced the conviction of Daniel
Davis, engineer o. the steamer Ocean Spray, on an
indictment for manslaughter, growing out of the
destruction Of that vessel by fire. whereby some ten
lives were lost. The case came on for trial this
week before the United States Circuit Court, and
was patiently heard, and the accused ably defend
ed. The jury found him guilty leaving the court
to fix the punishment. This is the first conviction
ever had under the law of Congress providing for
the protection of life and property on board OF
steamboats,, and the example, it is hoped, will not
be lost on those who have charge of our steam
vessels.


The case of the engineer on board the Col. Cros-
man, under similar indictment fol manslaughter,
IS now on trial in the same Court
Year: 1859

The North American announces the death of DR.
Henry Bond, at his residence in Philadelphia He
was successful physician for forty years, but was
best known out of that city as the most successful
and thorough OF American prosecutors of gencal-
ogical history. He was the author of an interest
ing and valuable work on the personal history of
New England families
Year: 1859

Several hundred barrels of unsound Flour have
been purchased in the New York market within a
few days, at price not exceeding $3.50 per barrel,
which are to be used in dstilling for the manufac
ture of whiskey, an article, the Importance ofwhch
commercially few but those directly interested will
understand d Eng.
Year: 1859

The will of the late John Hancock is to be con
tested by some of the relatives who were cut off
with shilling; and unless all the parties will Join
in release negotiations for the purchase of the
Hancock House must await the conclusion of the
suit
Year: 1859

NEw ORLEANS, May 4.-The river continues to
rise, and the water is four inches higher than
at any former period As the upper streams are
also rising, an overflow is regarded as almost GER
fair
Year: 1859




and dividends. ................ $249 666 40
A comparison of the income for the past with that
OF the preceding year. will show increase of 81 65
The expenses have, i'll the same time been reduced
showing a gain in net income of S3377 rs.


me report OF the Secretary also shows that the floating
aeot o the company has been reduced S4 O75 consist
ing OF payable bills due lst of July next with cash on
mana to meet the same at maturity present
assets exceed the remaining liabilities the sum of sS3
oS.52 About one-half of the assets however will not
be available before the ensuing fall and spring Under
these circumstances, the Board deemed it prudent at
this time to pass the dividend Within ensuing six
months they will be able to payment OF recu
lar dividends, and have surplus sufficient is believed
to guard against any future failure.
Year: 1859

The San Francisco Ecening Bulletin ntimates that
the gambling fraternity in California are recover
ing some of the power of which the energetic &c,
tion of the Vigilance Committee once deprived
Year: 1859

We learn that Gen. Shields laid before the
Directors of the Minneapolis and Cedar Val
ley Railroad Company yesterday, a series of
resolutions rejecting upon everybody in the
Company but himself, and demanded their
adoption or he would resign. The Directors
cody laid the resolutions aside, when the
General as cody resigned his position as Pres
ident of the Company. The Board adjourn
cd without cectng new President.


We are not fully posted as to the cause of
this movement, but incline to think that the
General desired to slip out of the posi-
ton and get rid OF the responsibility
resting upon him. For' an excuse he
introduced his "policy,' which he well
knew would not be acceptable to majority OF
Directors, and then on the refusal of the
Board to adopt it he could resign, throwing
the responsibility of his act back on to the
Board Efforts have been made to place the
road into the hands of Judge Prindle of New
York whom, it is said, is sufficiently wealthy
to take care of the currency already issued
and to complete the road,


! 1t is possible, however, that the cause We
have assigned for the resignation of Mr..
Shields is not the right one. On his election
| the Pioneer remarked


g" 1t is understood that the election of Gen.
Shields indicates that the policy of the Com.
pany vii! be materially changed from that
hitherto pursued; and in the programme O.
future management, we believe it is intended
to take prompt measures to bring what is
known as Railroad Currency" up topaz"


We are therefore inclined to believe (tak
ing the above into consideration) that Mr.
Shields has resigned on account Of "his pal
pable incompetency to manage the interests
of so great magnitude"


Let Sibley try his hand at the wheel-per
haps he can do better.
Year: 1859

slsga1 notices. and sheriff ffsTcsll fer bidders
almost daily heard from from the Front door
of the court house" = But no matter, The
business OF the, city and country go on.-
Somebody owns it taIl-it matters little who,
SO faras the general progress is concerned
n The signs Of the times, on the whole, ap-
pear encouraging. Minnesota is beginning to
develope her agricultural resources and to
send forward the products of her rich soil
to other markets. From nearly all the levees
you see them moving off, while the boats
bear away the precious burden to a welcome
and grateful mart, far away. "a


The finances of the people hereabouts are
not in a very fourishing condition, for they
have no currency that is satisfactory either
to themselves or to other people, and have had
none since the currency ofthe East was with
drawn. The land offices of the State are all
closed out of compliment to the needy settlers
lin other words sales postponed,) and the
people expect to get along in this way till
something turns up to put their affairs in bet
ter condition. ...f-1 T...'---rs %


But weary you. Let me pass over to the
prairies and forests of the interior and take
an evening pipe with the settlers, and | will
write to you again provided you give ne a
friendly reception. In this letter have told
you nothing but just the truth.
Year: 1859

every MIN, whereverp placed, however far from
other sources of interest or beauty, has this
doing for him constantly. The noblest scenes
Of the earth can be seen and known but by
few; it il not intended that man should live
always in the midst them; -heinjures them
by his presence he ceases to feel them if he
be always with them; but the, sky is for all !;
bright as it is, It is not too bright or too good
for hn1psn natures daily food" Sometimes
gentle, sometimes capricious sometimes aw-
tul; never the same for two moments togeth-
er; almost human III its passions; spiritual
IN its tenderness almost divine in its mimi
ty; its appeal to what is immortal in US as
distinct as its ministry of chastisemcnt or of
blessings to what is mortal, is. essential. rFa-.


And yet we never attend to tive never
make it, subject Of thought, but as it has to
do with our animal sensation; we look upon
by all which it speaks more clearly to us
than to brutes-upon all which bears witness
to the intention of the Supreme, that we are
to receive more from the covering vault than
the light and the dew which we share with
the weed and the worm-only as succession
Of meaningless and monotonous accidents, too
common and too painful to be worthy of a
moments watchfulness or glance of admira-
tion.-.1ohn Ruskin. ~
Year: 1859

A gentleman living in this city, and WELL
to-do, married about ten years ago, and after
living with his wife some five years, he con-
cluded to get divorce, on account of the
unhappiness of their domestic relations-
The wife assented, and he applied to the
Courts and was successful. A year passed,
and he concluded to venture once more in the
matrimonial market, and see if he could not
find one who would make his home happier
than the first. In this he was successful, and
short time after his divorced wife applied to
him for work in her family in the capacity of
servant girl. The situation was given her,
and she now does the work in the house of
which she was once mistress, and beholds the
endearments lavished upon another which
were once bestowed upon her.


The husband daily takes his evening ride
with his second wife, while the first takes
care Of the children during their ABSENCE
How the husband can endure to see his form.
or wife thus humiliated, and the wife bear up
under it, is to us an enigma.-Cincinnat
Times
Year: 1859

The reports recently received respecting the
progress of the Nicaragua canal are not of a
promising character The form of laying the
foundation stone has been gone through with,
but Notwithstanding the preparations which
were previously made for celebrating the occa-
sion in a magnificent style, it turned out to be
most insignificant affair. Neither the Pres-
dent of Costa Rica nor Nicaragua were pres
ent, although commissioners were sent ex
pressly from England to invite them; indeed,
no one was there, except a few employees of
NJ. Belly, SO far as We can ascertain, certainly
no one of any distinction.


Consi icrable sickness has broken out among
the engineer corps, and one of the party had
died OF yellow fever.


The survey of the river and lake was being
preceded with, but in very superficial and
hasty manner, with the object, probably, of
getting report into the market as soon as
possible. The general opinion appears to be,
even of the most sangnine believers in the
canal, that the scheme is very likely to meet
with prematur, death; and, although we
never had the slightest faith in the undertaking,
our opinion of it's being humbug is strength
ened by the reports which reach us.-Pamama
Stnr, Way 20.
Year: 1859

1t is a strange thing how little, in general,
people know about the sky. 1t is the part of
creation in which nature has done more for
the sake of pleasing man-more for the sole
and evident purpose of talking to him and
teaching him, than in any other of her works;
and it is just the part in which we least at
tend to her. There are not many of her other
works in which some more material or essen.
tial purpose than the mere pleasing of men is
not answered by every part of their organiza.
ton; but a very essential purpose of these
might, so far as we know, be answered, if
once in three days or thereabouts great ugly,
black rain-cloud were brought up over the
blue sky, and everything we'll watered, and
so all left blue again till next time, with per-
haps a film of morning and evening dew And
instead Of this, there is is not moment OF
any day of our lives when nature is not pro-
ducing scene after scene, picture after picture,
glory after glory, and working still upon ex.


qusite and constant principles of the most


perfect beauty, that it is quite certain that il
! is all done for our perpetual pleasure. Ant
Year: 1859

The improvement in the construction Of
stamped envelopes ordered by the Postmas-
ter General consists in the combination of
black lines with the ordinary letter envelope
in such a manner as to render them visible
only when the face and back of the envelope
are pressed by the hand at the time of super
scription and the pressure being removed, or
the letter inserted, the lines disappear.


This is effected by ruling with printers ink
the inside of the under wing, which is first
folded. Over this the side wings are folded,
preventing the lines from showing through the
back. .#a.a


1t involves very slight change in the con-
struction of the envelope. The under wing of
the new envelope approaches nearer the form
of parallclogram than that of the one now
in use, while the side wings extend lower down.
When all the wings are folded the lines are
completely masked, and when the letter is in
serted battle the most critical inspection to
discover them. Those who do not wish to
avail themselves of the lines can put in the
letter first; those who wish them can write
the supcrscription while the letter is drying.
Year: 1859

Lazy. though ne'er have met thee.
! must greet thee on this day;
For know thy worth has set thee


In one faithful heart for aye.
When the final word is spoken,


Binding him to thee for life;
Never may the spell be broken


Mayest thou be happy wife!
Down life's path, Gods eye upon thee,
Hand in hand together go;
Trust in him whose love hath won thee,
Cling to him in veal and Woe.
Year: 1859

I'll said that absence conquers love-
But o. believe it not!
I've tried alas its powers to prove
But thou art not forgot.
Dearest though fate has bid us part
Yet still thou art as dear
As first, in this devoted heart


As when clasped thee here.
And though some other name learn
cannot whisper love;
Still, still to thee my heart returns,
Like the returning dove.
In vain never can forget,


And would not be forgot;
For must bear the same regret,
whate'er may be my lot.
Even as the wounded bird will SEEK
Its favorite bower to die;
So dearest l would hear thee speak,
And yield my parting sigh :
Year: 1859

Strange Disappearanes.-For several days
past no little surprise has been expressed at
the sudden disappearance of woman of the
pave, who had resided near the gas works, and
apprehensions Were entertained that she had
been fouily dealt by On Saturday morning it
was reported that the body of u white woman
had been found in James river. and by that
afternoon scores of persons were satisfied that
it was that of the missing woman, and that
Justice Atlee, of Henrico county. was prepar-
ing to hold an inquest over it at Mayo's creek
No one of whom we enquired had seen the
corpse; but as all had received their informa-
ton from reliable authority, and none doubted
the truth of the report, we determined to know
the facts before giving publicity to what we
had heard. Early yesterday morning we went
in search of Justice Atlee, and on finding him,
learned that he had held no inquest, and that
in all probability the rumor originated in
the discovery of a dead body near City
Point. The Rockets woman, however, is yet
missing, but some of the persons residing in
her neighborhood incline to the opinion that
she had only changed her place of abode.
Year: 1859




Bat Shooting is now the sport of the season,
and would be indulged in by every lover of
field sports, but for the uumberless lads 10 be
found in every field with loaded guns, blazing
away right and left, as if saiating Christmas.
Parents are very much to blame for trusting
their little chaps with firearms for they are
always careless, and very few of them know
how to load n gun or handle it while or after
loading; but if they must have this sort of
sport, then furnish them with good guns, and
see that the locks of the weapons are in good
order. Last Saturday afternoon six or seven
chaps were on Church Hill wasting powder
and shot at flying bats. One of them had an
old fowling piece, the lock of which was eu-
tirely out of order, and which, when loaded,
would 90 off at half-cock. The chap that had
it. in running across the field, fell, and the gun
exploded Immediately, but fortunately injured
none of the party, though some OF them at the
time seemed to be in a direct line with the
muzzle. Quick as thought the piece was
loaded again, and the party scampered off just
as if nothing had occurred.
Year: 1859

Wife Whipping is a crime for which the law
provides no adequate punishment. When
man so far forgets himself as to cruelty beat
and abuse the woman he has taken as his help
mate, and sworn to love, protect and cherish,
he deserves the ball and chain, and should be
Stunned and scorned by all lovers of good
order and good morals 1t is but a poor excuse
for him to say that his wife provoked him by
her tongue or her temper, to mistreat and beat
her as he would a brute. If he cannot live
with her in peace and quiet, the world is large
enough for both, and he should find habita-
tion elsewhere. Better separate, disagreeable
as that may be, than to live like cats and dogs,
lighting and scratching, and annoying their
neighbors When the assault is the effect OF
drunkenness, the law ought to be enforced to
its fullest extent.
Year: 1859

BE GENTLE IN PROSPERITY, FOR THE WHEEL
MAY TURN.-The New York correspondent of
the Boston Journal tells the following story:


In one OF the large and elegant stores not far
from the city hall, one of our most celebrated
successful and rich firms could have been found
few months ago. The store was an immense
one, and though the head of the firm was re-
garded as smart business man, he was 80 over
bearing and harsh that there were few persons
who could be long in his society.


One day a gentleman called on the senior
partner of the firm TO get him to consent to n
settlement with Poor fellow who had been
crushed in the panic. and could not nav more
than fifty cents on a dollar. He was received
gruf8y, and recommended to go into the Office
and read the sign over the desk He walked
In and read the sign, which informed all persons
that the day Of compromise is over" and the
visitor was told that that was the rule of the
house, and all their debtors were required to
take notice and to govern thens elves according
ly. No one who owed that firm had any right to
expect that any settlement would be made short
of dollar for dollar and the pound Of flesh -
and all that was nominated i'll the bond ''
The gentleman attempted to reason with the
firm In regard to the special case before them.
but all in vain, and to the intimatOn that
neither Of the partners were yet dead. aud be-
fore the day OF their sepulture, they might seek
OF their own creditors what they now denied
the chief of the firm gave loud cluckling laugh
at the righteousness of the idea that he could
fail, or that the great firm Of f- should ever
ask pecuniary favor of any one. few months
only passed away, and down came the great
house with n crash that Jared all New York
The failure was very bad one. Immense
debts. both in Europe and America hung over
1T, and one of the partners who ut the time the
New York merchant asked mercy for a poor
debtor, could have sold his interest in the firm
for S5O0OO, has received nothing. and the pros
pect IS that is all the dividend from the estate
that he Will finally get. The ungraLeful SER
want in the parable, who grabbed his debtor by
the throat and said, ''pay me what thou owest. :;
has had more than one example in New York
Year: 1859

THE REAseS Why. Many Of our
coiemporaries Of the Administration
stripe indicate a decided preference
for Daniel S. Diekinso n, of New York
as the nominee of their party for the
next Presidency. and some Of them
90 so far as to express the belief that
he will be the fortunate man al
Charleston. It seems to us tn at Dick.
inson. far from being even among the
most prominent, has not tn, ghost of
a chance for nomination in 1861
IF he be nominated it will be because
the Charleston Convention is led to
believe be can carry. some important
but doubtful state. either New York
or Pennsylvania. In the latter he has
no extraordinary popularity and will
not therefore be put forth on account
Of his power in that state. His chan
ces Of carrying New York are quite as
good. perhaps better. II nominated
his friends in his native state will
make every effort to carry it for him,
and these efforts will, if the last Pres
idential election be a criterion, lose
the State of Pennsylvania to the par
ty to certainty. The Importation
of fraudulent votes TO Philadelphia
which disgraced the election Of 1856,
will cease,-the votes being needed
every one of them, at home. The
hope of carrying either Of these great
States honestly in the present dis
tracted state Of the Democratic par
ty is too faint to allow of the nomina-
ton of Dickinson. Pennsylvania is
easier carried than New York by the
assistance of the votes Of New York
city bummers. The Keys tone State
must be the battle ground of the par
ty. The interests of the party are too
intimately connected with the action
Of the Pennsylvanians in the next
contest.to allow a conflict between the
State pride of New York and those
interests which would result from
Dickinson's nomination. The poll
ticians will see to it that nominee is
put forth who will allow assistance
to be given the great State most like
ly to be carried-the assistance
which was rendered in 1856 to Penn
sylvania.
Year: 1859

TIT FOR TAT.-Our Administration
friends are giving the Republicans
"goss" for the proscriptive clause in
in the Massachusetts Constitution
which reads as follows:


mo person of foreign birth shall
be allowed to vote, por shall he be
eligible to office, unless he shall have
resided within the jurisdiction of the
State for two years subsequent to his
naturalization, and shall be otherwise
qualified according to the Constitu-
ton and laws of the Commonwealth -


Some people seem to be singularly
oblivious 10 the fact that the State OF
South Carolina has the same princi-
pie incorporated in her Constitution
incorporated and retained to this
day by the same Democratic party
which has always been dominant IN
that State.