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Year: 1860

JUDGE McLEAN.-As Judge McLean's name
will probably be brought before the Chicago
Convention, it may be Of some interest to
Republicans to rcad.a letter written by him
in 184s on the subject Of slavery extension.
The substance of it was as follows: ...


"The great and exciting question of Slavery
Extension, in the judicial form it has assumed
by the act of the Senate, as it bears upon my
position on the bench the use of my name
in the present canvass, and the rejection oft
by the Ohio delegates to the National Con-
vention the relation which Mr.. Van Buren
maintains to the public all been dellb-
erately considered, and am brought to the
conclusion that ought not to 60 before the
Buffalo Convention as a candidate for the
Presidency. feel deeply and gratefully the
honor you have done me by theexpression of
your kindness and confidence in connection
with that high Office.


"Resting upon the principles of the Con-
stitution, as they have been judicially settled,
the Free States, by moderation, vigilance, and
firmness, may prevent the extension of
slavery to the free territory lately annexed.
Without the sanction Of lau, Slavery can no
more erist in Territory than man can
breath aoithout air. Slaves are not property
aohere they are not made 90 by municipal
laao. The Legislature of a Territory can ex-
erclse no power which is not conferred on it
by act of Congress-"
Year: 1860

SEALING Up FAUNA correspondent of
the Rural New Yorker gives the following
method for four seasons with uniform sue
cess. used self sealing glass jars,
and my method is this: put fruit into
my preserving kettle, enough to fill two
quart jars; sprinkle over it about one
quart of sugar; place 1t over a slow fiie
aud let it gradually heat through. The
secret IS in having the fruit thoroughly
heated through, not cooked While the
fruit is heating keep the jars filed with
hot water till the fruit is ready, which, of
course, prevents hem from cracking. Fill
up to the irim with hot water and seal
tight As il cools sufficient vacuum is
formed in the jar to prevent bursting. IN
this way fruit of every kind wilI retain its
flavor My Strawberries taste precisely
like those picked from the vines. and
sprindled wi.h sugar and set away long
enough to let the sugar melt. There Is
no mistake in preserving fruit in tlis way
Sometimes a thick ieathery mould forms
on the top--if so. al the BETTER
Year: 1860

: STAND ALoNE.-Thousands of Young
men have been ruined by relying for good
name on their honorable parenta ge, or in
heritirg wealth or the patronage Of friends
Flaiteied by these distinctions, they have
felt as If they might live without effort.
No mistake is more fatal. 1t usually is
sues in producing an Inefficient and use-
less character. On this account it is, that
character ard wealth rarely continue in the
same family more than two or three gene
ra;ioas. "a
Year: 1860

THE PRoFEssoR's SToRY-The readers of
the atlantic Monthly will be glad to know
that DR.. Holmes will contribute to the new
volume of that brilliant periodical romance
called 'The Professors Story" The Doctor
has been growing more episodical and dra-
matte ever since his first table talk, when
he dealt only in didactieisms, witticisms, and
clever hits at character, stopping now and
then to pick up some 'unconsidered trife"
of thought and set it in bran new simile
borrowed from science. His first charming
episode was that of the 'school marm'; then
the more pathetic one of the old tutor, whose
death scene is an unforgettable piece of lit
erature, and lately that of poor 'Seulpin.'
All through the last, which is struggling
tale of itself, we thought the writer's brain
was drifting towards systematic narrative.
The progress of an authors purpose from
the first indefinite suggestion to the rounded
form of a paIpably defined plan, was never
more finely displayed.
Year: 1860

The world is continually coming back to
its old disputes. Henry Ward Beecher is
said to entertain the heterodox notion that
Christ was not God and man united, but only
God in human body; and for this he is now
being hauled over the Goals of orthodox
wrath. We are reminded of the famous dis
pute which divided the Christian church in
the fourth century, when the Homoiousians
maintained that although the Son was es-
sentially like the Father he was not the same,
while their opponents the Homoousians as
serted that Father and Son were the same.
Thus the difference of only one character
between two Greek names, separated those
who, like some modern believers, were more
concerned about the letter than the spirit of
the word.


ssStrange such difference there should be


'Twixt tweedle-dum and tweedledee."
Year: 1860

The Scientific american has entered on the
second volume of its new series. This
splendid publication has had many imitators,
which have sought to rival it in the favor of
mechanics and others taking an interest in
the material progress of our country; but it
still stands unrivalled, and after a useful ca
reer of fourteen years presents more hand
some, enterprising and vigorous appearance
than ever. We do not see how any intelli-
gent mechanic can do without it, especially
when we remember that the price is only
two dollars. For an octave weekly of six
teen pages, profasely and always elegantly
illustrated, this is very cheap.
Year: 1860

Campbells cash gains from his poem of
the pleasures of Hope" amounted to more
than $4,000. Many poor devil of an ed
itor drudges whole life time for less than
one-twentieth of that, if he gets anything
There is great deal of bosh got off about
the sorrows of genius, but it is the humble
workers for mans advancement who suffer
most from neglect and meanness, though
they complain least.
Year: 1860

VIE notice disposition on the part Of CO..
temporaries, occasionally, to praise one pa
per to the disparagement of another. A
compliment conveyed in this way, however
just, must prove painful to the object Of it,
if he be at all generous minded, and highly
offensive to the party he is compared with.
The best compliment we can pay cotempo-
rary, gentlemen, is to quote what he says
nd let that speak for itself.
Year: 1860

INDEPENDEN7.-A little sqaatty specimen
of man at Mokelumne Hill, in search of
the hospital swore because it was out of
town, said he was affected with the heart
disease and in fact was 'ssick all over" but
he'd be id if he was going to walk five or
six miles to throw his patronage into any
hospital. So says the Chromcle
Year: 1860

An Irish newscarrier has given his idea of
the church building taste of the people of
America in the following lines, which con
tain more truth than poetry;


''They puts up a front to the street,


Like ould Westminster Abbey;


Bat then they thinks to chate the Lord,


And builds the back part shabby


1t was exactly in this way that the New
York City Hall was built, though not for the
same reason. The front was marble and the
back brick, the city dads of the time arguing
that the metropolis would not grow cut that
way and consequently the back of the Hall
would never be scent
Year: 1860

From an item in the Spirit Of the Times we
infer that the subscriptions for the Broderick
monument fund amount TO $500. This sum
will be paid over when some official infor-
nation is given in regard to the position of
the fund.
Year: 1860

By the wreck of the steamer Northerner;
near Cape Mendocino on the northern coast,
on the 5th inst, thirty-nine lives were prob
ably lost The ill-fated vessel was sailing in
her usual course and struck upon rock not
laid down in the chart.
Year: 1860

THE SIAMEsE TwINs.-These brothers, so
singularly united, are to exhibit at Marys-
vile on Monday and Tuesday next As there
is good reason to believe they will visit this
place before long, the following sketch OF
their history, from "Life Ilustrated," may
prove interesting:


They were born in a small village called
Maklong, on the coast of Siam, in May 1911,
their parents being Chinese. They areunited
together by strong cartilaginous cord pro-
ceeding from the lower part of the breast of
each. On the lower edge and center of this
cord is single ufnbilicus, to which was at
tached the umbilical cord through which
they received their common nourishment
while in the fetal state. This fact would
seem to mark them as little more than a
duplex form of one being, which idea seems
farther carried out by the singular physio-
logical and psychological sympathes which
characterize them. When one is sick the
other is sick; when one is hungry the other
is hungry; most generally they both go to
sleep and awake at the same instant, though
this is not always the case. So also in
general, the physiological functions of the
system of one are discharged coincdently
with those of the other; and IN their likes
and dislikes, and all their mental emotions,
there appears to be the most intimate
sympathy between them. These twins,
Chang and Eng by name were brought
from Siam, April l, 1929, by Capt. Coffin, of
the American ship Sachem, and landed at
Boston in August of the same year They
were subsequently exhibited extensively in
the United States, after which they went to
Europe, where they also excited great curl
osity They continued to give public exhib-
itions in this country and Europe up to the
year 1910, when they purchased a farm at
Mount Airy, in North Carolina, which, with
the aid of few slaves, they have continued
to cultivate up to this time, being successful,
as they inform us, in making therown bread
| and butter.


Two years after they settled on their farm
they married two sisters, and by these they
have become the fathers, Chang of seven,
and Eng of eight children. Two of these
children accompany them on their present
exhibition.


Though the memory of their native village
is still fresh in their minds, having left 1T
when eighteen years of age, they inform US
that they have lost the use of their ver1acu-
lar tongue, but instead thereof they have
acquired very facle useof the English Ian
guage, in which they converse with fuency,
and answer all proper questions put to them
by their visitors, with intelligence and affa-
bility.
Year: 1860

GIVE Us THE NAME.-A copy of the Hydraulic
Press, of Dec. Sth, was returned to this Office
day or two ago, without post-mark, with note
written the margin, to the effect that the per-
son to whom it was addressed had ''not resided
there in the last six MONTHS" but that he had
removed to Rough & Ready" Now, as the ad-
dress was on the wrapper alone, which had been
torn off, and the postmaster returning the paper
neglected to impress it with his stamp, neither
know the name of the subscriber nor the office
to which his paper is directed. If this should
meet the proper postmaster's eye, we request
that he should furnish US withrhe required infor-
nation.
Year: 1860

MORE Enthusiastically Herald learns
through private letter from Arizona, that a
hlibuster movement of formidable proper
tions is in progress in that region for the
conquest of Sonora. The organization is a
secret one, but nearly all the restless and
adventurous spirits of Texas, New Mexico
and Arizona are concerned in it. The
filibusters, the letter says, are anxious for a
Southern Confederacy, believing that they
would have greater license in their proposed
adventure than they can expect under the
Government as al present organized. Gen.
Buckley, commander of the 'sKnights of the
Golden Circle" and who is now in Texas, has
some connection with the movement, it is
said
Year: 1860

SECESSION REs6LuT1oNs-The Red Bluff In
dependent has no doubt that some green Lycur-
gus, anxious to show off, will introduce some
secession resolutions into the Legislature; and
hopes, in that case, there will be found enough
members to nip the movement in the bud, and
lay the resolutions on the table.


He should have added, ''and throw the mover
out of the window. Nevada Transcript.


In that case, he would get up and resume his
place again. Let him be expelled. The loss Of
his per diem would affect that style of member
more seriously than anything else. The exam
pie, toos would have a most salutary effect.
Year: 1860

FIRE This fearful exclamation has never
yet struck general CONSERVATION to the hearts Of
the good people of North San Juan. The town
grafton. On Monday, however, there was some
stir and excitement on Flume street, on account
of a fire having broken out in small frame
building Immediately adjoining Guthrie's new
brick, occupied as saloon by Archy Fisher, a
colored man. The flames had acquired some
progress, burning portion of the roof, but were
soou put under by the exertions of the inmates
of the saloon, and citizens attracted to the spot
by the alarm which had been given. The Chinese
quarter made fortunate escape by the timely
suppression of the flames.
Year: 1860

Old ABE AN INVENTUR.-An paper
says:


s'In the Patent Office at Washington there is
the model of steamer furnished with air cham
buoyant that it may pass over bars or through
shallow water without discharging its cargo. The
point of special interest with reference to this
contrivance is, that it is the invention of Abra-
ham Lincoln, President elect. He received a
patent for it in lS49."
Year: 1860

POSTMASTER AT RED DoG.-The Nevada
Democrat concludes an article about James
Churchman, and his trip to Washington, by
saying:


"The appointment to which we allude, and in
which we feel so much interest, is the postmaster
at Red Dog"


We feel some interest in that Office ourselves.
If Charley Hall desires the Office, we want to see
him get it.
Year: 1860

1--WE have received lengthy buttemperate-
ly written communication from Columbia Hill,
signed "Fair Play" on the subject of the tail
fume at that place, of which good deal has been
said lately. We must decline publishing it till
the author furnishes his name. There appear to
be two sides to the question, and some angry
feeling begotten about it. Before we permit any
further discussion through our columns, there
fore, we must know the parties to it.
Year: 1860

SMUT IN WHEAr-AN ExpERIMENT.-An
experiment is related in the Rural Neac
Yorker, where three plots of ground exactly
alike we're sown with wheat to test the cause
of smut. The first was sown with smut
wheat, and, of course, did not grow. The
second was sown with bruised wheat, broken
in ,hreshing, which some think the cause Of
smut A few kernels grew but produced no
smut The third plot was sown With good
wheat and rolled in smut until the kernels
were entirely black with it. The product
was one half smut wheat.
Year: 1860

CURE FOR FoUNDER.-A speedy, safe and
certain remedy for founder in the feet of
horses, is contributed to the Corn Planter,
by a writer who testifes to its value. He
says: Clean out the frog of the foot; let it
be well ceansed by scraping off all the dirt,
raise the foot so as to be on a level-pour
on spirits Of turpentine, sufficient quantity,
40 as not to run over the hoof then set the
turpentne on fire and let it be consumed.
Year: 1860

LINE IN IRA NspLANrING TREEs.-An Eng
lish publication says that a large plantation
of trees has formed in that country, within a
few years past without the loss of single
tree. by putting small quantity of lime in
the hole when planting them. Four bushels
of lime should be thoroughly mixed with
the soil, in order that it may be reached by
the roots, with equal facility in every direc-
ton, as its principal effect is to push forward
during the first precarous stages of growth.
Year: 1860

The following selected from voluminous
accumulation of testimonials of the Press of the
United States. and from eminent Professors OF
our institutions where the practice of medicine is
taught:
Year: 1860

nor years both myself and brother have suffer
L ed so from Dyspepsia, Weakness of and sour
Stomach Indigestion and Flatulence that life at
times was burden We have used your Cordial
(Dr Wcbber's Invigoratng Snngufcr) four days.
and feel better than we have for years.
Year: 1860

The Mammoth Concert Tonight.


There are several thousand REASONS why The
Great Wigwam should be we'll filled tonight,
reasons equal IN number to the entire child
population OF the city, for these are al inter
ested in the advancement Of the Sabbath School
cause.


The two thousand little yocalists who will fsfl
the broad stage this evening, md render as tneg
ouly can render the beautiful songs that hare
wrought new era in Sabbath School training
should, and doubtless win, be greeted By ful
house.


Every preparation has been made 10 secure
success, and it will be most beautiful and nov
Ell spectacle. The entire proceeds are to be dc
voted to the did of the Sabbath School cause il
this ctr, under the auspieo cf the Chicago Sun
| day School Uoiou. Let there be full house.
Year: 1860




am poor man. and have TO work bard for my liv-
ing; still | make time to read good deal in the
papers. heard about month ago, there was a book
in circulation written, doubt by VIM. Helper Sc
ward who hired North Carolina thief by the name of
HELPER to stand as author That book asserts that the
non-sayehoders of the South will join him in numbering
the Shareholders What could have put such an idea in
to his head We the non-saveholders, cannot imagine
unless indeed his natural instincts are so utterly de-
based that he cannot imagine there any humane poor
people in the world What kind of people has he asso
ciated with | am aware that he has a great many
preachers editors governors and congressman that are
backing him; but how dare any Of the borrid murder
ers to say that we would join them? Mr.. Editor have
been mixing good deal with my class since heard of
that book | explained everything that Seward expect
ed of them; and declare, never men so worried
and outdone in all my life. called at one mans house
in the country whose wife had suffered great deal for
several weeks but then sitting up looking very pale
with her infant in her told him the horrible in
teuons of these murderers, and what they
pected him 20 do lie cast his eyes his wife and lit
tie one and remained some time before speaking At
length he spoke and must say never such look
as his countenance bore when he turned me: "YOu
Helper Seward the leader of this terrible band?' yes
told him "And he expects to murder the good wo
man over the creek who was kind and attentive to my
wilc-that woman, her husband and chidren-he says
will murder them?' By this time he became awiuly
cited and it was moments before he again spoke ;
but he did speak and said that man Seward would mur
der his mother if she stood in his way. Mr.. Editor
don't suppose poor people often ask YOU to print any
thing for them but We are anxious that the Northern
murderers should know feelings, that beg YOU to
put these lines in your paper.


NON-SLANEIIOLDER AND N0N-CASHH0LDER.
Year: 1860

The Memphis Bulletin, referring the paragraphs in
many papers time since to the effect Tat Charles
Dickens lad declined to revisit the United States on
count of the unpopurty in which he had fallen by the
publication of one of his works in which hc lampOOned
various and suudry American iolles and Weaknesses,
saws that gentleman Of that city enclosed these para
graphs to Mr. Dickens, in letter. suggesting sort
of retraxt or for these wounds upon the
tonal selcloye. The following is his reply


KENT, Monday, Oct 81, 1859.
"My Dear Sir But cannot take the course you re-
commend to me- simply because really have nothing to
explain away What | have written of :he more lud
srous and dangerous tendencies that have observed in
America | have written quite honestly and in
kinder spirit than have written of innumerabe things
at home have, as any rational must have, a
great interest in America; and have many dear friends
who are the born and bred children of the United States
took occasion to observe in recent preface that to
represent me as viewing America with i'll nature cold
ness anmosity is merely to do very foolish thing,
which is alwav a very easy one have no belief what
ever in the durability of foolish things among great
and sensible people and confidently trust myself in the
long run TO their good humOr aud sagacity


Faithfully yours,


A
Year: 1860

The Boston journal condenses the following facts from
various authorities directing the attention of the public
10 the necessity for general vaccination:


l. Infants should be vacciuaed without fail between
the sixth week and the fourth month Of their age.


2 Every one should be reyaccinaed, particularly
those between 10 and 95 years of age, who first
yaccnated in childhood This is especially desirable d
ring epdemic and the rule holds good even when Il e
disease may have been taken.


3. In general without regard to special Of
danger vaccination should be practced least in
70 rteen years, and better STILL once in or eight
years.


4 The prejudice against taking other diseases with
the vaccine matter is almost entirely destitute of foun-
dation where is taken by physicians take their
matter from healthy patients. Nor does the condition
of the person from whom the matter taken materially
affect its protective power.
Year: 1860

with her twin brother when he in the wantonness of
sport seized gun and fired at her. seventeen buckshot
taking effect in her throat She Immediately ran toward
the door, where, meeting her mother she exclaimed,


Brother didn't go to do it, and died almost instanta-
-1,
Year: 1860

WnAr DEAR LITTLE HEROINE We find the follow
ing in the Memphis Bulletin Of the l7th How sad and
touching vet how beautiful in the loving, heroic e1cu
patton Of the little angel


"On Friday afternoon a fatal accident happened to a
little girl daughter of Mrs Cole residing seven miles
South Of this city the Horneake road. The little
girl whose age Wa4 years, playing in the house
Year: 1860

Ba~ A correspondent at one of the Virginia
Springs writes as follows: lr- a.. ss.afG. p


"There is not, as [ am informed as much dis
play and costly apparel this season as usual, The
most of the ladies do not seem to be dressing for
show, nor spending most of their time in showing
the wardrobe. Some few are here who though
probably seeking health, are not much concerned
about it after all. If they are, certainly dancing
half the night and sleeping half the day after
wards, is very poor way TO keep what health we
have, much less of gaining more The fact is,
according to my way Of thinking, q suppose many
of your readers think otherwise this bowing and
scraping, flirting and twisting, skipping and hop
ping, forwarding and backing for hours amidst the
dust of ballroom, is not the most RATIONAL inno
cent. and hospitable exercise for young or old
hope, at least, the time will soon come when the
polka and waltz will be generally; Ignored"
Year: 1860

CRops.-Ihe wheat crop in this part of, the
state was very light, in many cases almost total
failure. The drought in July and August was
very hard on corn, and greatly damaged all upland
crops. The bottoms look fine and will yield well.
The sweet potato crop promising well; and there
will be plenty of good hay made.-Salis. Watch.