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Year: 1860

AVERSION TO LARGE HoUsE.-Do you
think that a rich man sitting in his sumptuous
library, all oak, and morocco glittering backs
of splendid volumes, lounge and sofas ofevery
degree, which he merely paid for, has half
the enjoyment that Robinson Crusoe had when
he looked around his cave with it's rude shelves
and bulkheads, Its clumsy arm chair and it's
pottery, all contrived and made by his own
hands ;! Now, the poor cottager has coed deal
of the Robinson Crusoe enjoyment; some thing
of the pleasure Sanford and Merton felt when


they had built and matched their house, and
then sat within it, grayely proud and happy,
whilst the peiling shower came down but
could not reach them. When a man gets the
length of considering the architectural charac-
ter of his house, the imposing effect which the
great entrance hall has upon visiters, the vista
of drawing room retiring within drawing
room he loses the relish which accompanies
the original idea of a house something
which is 10 keep us snug and warm from wind
and rain and cold. So If you gain something
by having grand house, you lose something,
too, and something which is the more con-
stantly felt-you lose the joy of simple tidiness,
and your life grows so artificial that many
days you never think of your dwelling.
Year: 1860

following timely advice TO gas consumers


"The time has arrived when a little atten-
tion paid TO gas meters VIII save world OF
people would pay as much attention 70 these
Indispensable articles as they ordinarily do TO
n bushel of potatoes or q barrel of apples, no
trouble would be experienced. box to ia
or sawdust. or even an old bed q uilt wrapped
and tied around 1t, will keep the frost away,
and save the temper OF the household ON many
otherwise trying occasions. There Is no more
disagreeable adjunct to housekeeping than 10
go home at night and find the gas frozen up
and a sickly taiiow dip stuck in tum6ler
lighting the supper table. Ii upright men may
be excused for INDUCING in profanity or any
occasion. this Is the one above all others -


Take warning. then, and protect your metsrs-''
Year: 1860

Handsome Saddles-We saw yesterday, al
Camp Lee the saddles and brides prese ted
men toned a day or two since. The contest
for the prizes will take place to day or TO-
morrow. The saddles are Of excellent mate
rial. and well made. The troopers interested
la the contest will do their best 70 win.
Year: 1860

hl---


Unsuccessful candidate 9: tcept John @ uin-
cy Adams, ever received less than a majority
of all the States of the Unio n at the time Of a
given election and it should be remem bered
the House.


We have of course but fe comments from
the press of the country on the elec tion of NJ r.
Lincoln 10 the Presidency. The Washington
Constitution says:


From the returns whic have reached us we
are forced to the IamenEable conclusion that
Abraham Lincoln has been elected President
of the United States from the 4th of next
March. We declare this epInion as to the
eventful result of yesterday with sorrow
which has no source in party defeat. The
people of the Northern States, by an apparent
ly oyerw helming majority, have rendered
their verdict IN an issue fully made up, and
after full deliberation, and that verdict says
they deny that fifteen States of the Union are
entitled to equality in the Union and that the
future policy of the Federal Government shall
he based on active deadly hostility to the
South and her institutions. What the effect
of that verdict, immediate or ultimate, Will
be, we do NOT intend to prophesy. We see in
the immediate future glooul and storm, and
much to chill the heart of every patriot in the
land. We can understand the effect that will
be produced in every Southern mind when ne
called on TO decide for himself, his children,
and his cbildren's children, whether he will
submit tamely TO the rule of one elected on
account OF his hostility to him and his, or





Fights, his Inheritance and his honor"


The New York Herald says:


We have neither space nor time this morn.
ing to comment at length upon this great and
momenlous revolution in our political affairs
The conservatives, who still believe in the
strength of the Union, will be comforted with
the assurance of an anti ti-RepubIican majority
in both Houses of Congress. The success of
Bell and Everett in several of the Southern
Safes is also considered as affording q power
N fpA fam nf hal
in the South. Upon the Congressional issue
the city of New York has discharged her du ty
handsomely. We refer the reader to our CO.
pious details upon the subject. elsewhere in
this paper. We begin with this day new
epoch in the political history Of the United
States. The Republican party have crossed
the Rubicon. Are our anxieties at an end, or
are our troubles only about to begin We
cannot answer until we have heard from the
Legisi ,ture of South Carolina touching the
test question of Lncoin's election.
Year: 1860

FAsHI enable AMUSEMENT AT NAPLEs-
The Times correspondent says: There is q
lot OF young men of fortune at Naples, at the
present moment, mostly Englishmen and
Americans, who amuse themselves by going
out by rail every morning to GaribaldIs uar-
ters, before Capua, and with valuable guns Of
long range, which they have purchased for the
purpose, pick OF the men at the outposts of
the royal army all day, and return to the city
in the evening to boast of the number of game
they have 'bagged' during the day"
Year: 1860

FALL OF CHURCH STEEPLE IN NEW HA-
VkN.-On Saturday evening very severe gale
OF wind, accompanied by rain, came upon us
from The northeast, and ragged with great fury
for several hours. At about 8 o'clock the tall
and slender spire of the Wooster place Bap-
tist Church was blown over, with a crash
which was heard half a mile or more to the
leeward, and yet the gale was 80 strong that it
was not heard in the rear le ture room of the
church to which the steeple belonged The
spire is about 235 or 240 feet high, and has long
been the terror of the neighbors, who feared
some such cas- tastrophe. Fortunately the
wind was just in the right direction TO send it
clear of the neighbOring houses, and it fell in
precisely the spot in which it could do the
least injury. 1t fell across the street, and on
to Wooster square, coming down with force
which mashed the timbers like pipe stems, and
broke the lighter wood work up in TO innumer-
able splinters and fragments A young tree
which stood in the track OF its fall was strip
ped of every branch, as if with a hatchet, ana
its upright trunk stands amid the ruins as
smooth as if trimmed by hand. Aside from
crushing two lengths of the iron fence of the
Green, this was all the damage except to the
church itself. The tower of the church is of
brick, twenty inches thick, and the timbers of
the spire were carried down into the tower
about twenty feet, to a level with the roof
only. II was at the base of this frame that
the break occurred, the front wall being thrown
ont by the spire, which carried with it the
gable end and front of the portico, and three of
the pillars which supported it, but doing no
further damage to the body OF the church than
breaking few panes of glass. The bell fell
with the tower, and the top of it was broken
off. The cupola of the City Hotel was also
blown down by the gale.-Nstc Harsn Journal,
Not. S.
Year: 1860

Mr. Loring of the Tribune urges harmony, and
tells his party that is better to stick to old friends
than to throw them off; he defends Mr.. Holden of
the Standard and begs for Cancellation and broth
erly love in the family. No use, Mr. Loring,
Holden has been too much in the way of those
who lead and those who aspire to lead already.
They think they keep the rank and file
straight and themselves in fat places without bis
assistance, and though they are willing to admit
that be was a good piece of furniture before he
become ambitious now they want to consign him
to the garret.


There will be trouble at Raleigh next winter,
Mr. Loring be assured of that. Clingman. though
but very recently friend of and crony with Dou-
glas, is around, and he will be around next win
ter when Senator is to be elected and though he
has been much faster friend to Douglas than
ever Holden was, he will ask your breckenridge
Legislature to give him a seat in the u S. Senate
tor six years, and, some of the other aspirants
don't think that they can do without Cingman
lust vet they IL do it. Mind our prediction, Mr..
L. They'll do it unless the Douglas men in the
Legislature refuse to go him and demand COM
promise. If he has turned his back on Douglas,
as we learn he has, the friends ofDouglas should
remember it next winter.


But Holden is to be slaughtered, for we learn
that the programme has already been made out by
the victorious hosts-or those who expect to lead
them. Why even now, the committees caucus
ses, &c, &c. meet at the Press ofice,-as a token
of gratitude for the Invaluable services it render
ed in the late campaign in Wake We suppose
that paper has been considered and treated, by
those who hate Holden for his ambition, during
the last canvass as the organ, and we learn that
the programme provides that the Press, or some
paper to be established as the central organ is to
have the public printing and other fat jobs of the
party, including the empty honors, privilege of
doing the dirty work, kicks, snubs &c. The
conductor of the organ will be treated ciyilly as
an inferior, until he makes money and becomes
ambitious. Then he viii be treated with cold dig
Year: 1860

Manhood viii come. and old age will


come, and the dying bed Will come, and
the very last look YOU shall ever cast upon
your acquaintance viii come, and the ago
ny of the parting breath viii come, and


tie time when you are stretched liicless
corpse before the eyes of weeping relatives
Will come, and the coffin that is to enclose
you will come, and that hour when the
company assemble to carry you 70 the
churchyard will c)me, and that I2inu.e
when you are put down into the grave will
come, ard the throwing il Of the loose dirt
into the narrow house where you are laid,
and tie spreading of the green sod over it
all, all will come on every living crea-
ture who now hears me; and in a few lit le
years, the minister who now speaks. and
tie people who now listen, viii be carried
to their long homes, and make room for
another generation. Yes, the day of final
will come, and the appc arance Of
the Son of God in heaven, and His mighty
angels around Him, will come, and the
of men of all generations before
the judgment-seat will come, and the sol
emn passing of that sentence which is to
fix you for eternity will come DR..
Chalmers.
Year: 1860

The title of Doctor was invent ed in the


twelfth century, at the first establishment
of the Universitiss. The first person up
on whom it was conferred was Irnerius, a


learned Professor Of Law at the University
of Bologna. He induced the Emperor lot


haire H., whose Chancellor he was, to ere
ate the title and he himself was the first


recipient of it. lie Was made Doctor Of
Laws BY that University. subsequently


the title was borrowed by the faculty of
theology. and first conferred by the Uni
versity of Paris on Peter Lombard. tie
scholastic thcologian. William
Gordenio was the first person upon whom
the title of Doctor of Medicine was bestOw-
ell, who received it from the College at Asti
in 1929. For several ages the dOctorate
was invested with high honor; but in the
present century, AMI especially in this
country. there are 50 many thousands of
them that the title is greatly diminished d
in value, and now is hardly worth having.
Year: 1860

pre- eminent success as an advocate. He re
piled that he took care to prcss home the
one principal point of the case, without
paying much regard to the others. He al
so said that he knew the secret of being
short i find, said he, that when l ex-
eeed half an hour, am always doing mis-
chief to my client If l drive into the
minds of the jury unimpOrtant matter, l
drive out matter more important that had
previously lodged there We commend
his method, and his reason for it, not only
to ministers, but quite as urgently to law
yers and members of Congress. VIII not
some of those third or fourth tate speakers
of any sort, who in these days plume them
selves on a speech Of three or even six
hours, be obligiug enough to cut out this
paragraph, and "inwardly digest it?


The argument for brcvity on these for
ensic occasions. is still stronger for brevity
in the pulpit: But not to nulify our ar
gument by too long an article, we will
here follow DR.. Emmons in Withholding
the application until our next edition.
Year: 1860

There was once an old man whose eyes
had become dim, and his ears deaf When
he sat at the dinner table, he could hard
ly hold his spoon, 50 that sometimes he
split his soup on the cloth. His son and
daaghter-in-law were much displeased at
this; at last they made their old father sit
ina corner behind the stove, anI gave him
food in little earthern plate lie never
got 50 much as he could eat, and he would
look towards the table with wet and long
ing eyes.


One day his shaking hands let the little
dish all, and it was broken. The women
scoldcd, but he said nothing; he only sigh
cd. They then brought a wooden trough
for him Once he was sitting thus in the
corner: his little grandchild, about four
years old, was playing on the floor near
him, with some pieces of wood.


What are you making?" asked the
father, smiling.


81 am making trough" answered. the
child, ''for father and mother to eat from
when they are old and l am grown big"


The man and his wife looked at each
other in silence. and their tears flowed fast
They brought their old father back to the
table and gave him as m Ich as he Wished
and they never spoke angry words when
his trembling hand split soup on the cloth
Christian Witness.
Year: 1860

Il don't see what old maids are cvcl
made for, any how"


Il do, just to torment and tease US young
maids, of course. To talk to US if we sta
out one minute after nine o'clock. Tc
watch US if we look towards the gallery on
Sundays. To see if there is . sPeck of soil
on the bottom of our skirts"
'or, stitch dropped in the heel Of a
stocking


'-Or feather left under the bed when
we sweep"


'.Or bit of dast on the mantle"


'or anything else under the light of the
sun to find fault with


That's so. do think that aunt Grace
is the most particular creature that ever
did live l am not one bit afraid of ma OF
pa, or any of the rest, if can only escape
aunt Grace. OH but would it not have
been blessing if some body had picked her
up pabout-about-let me see-abeut 20
years ago."


"What is the reason she never got mar
ricd? Did you never hear grandeaa, or ma
tell?"


"Never. l limited my curiosity one day
and grand ma gave NE the awfulcst frown
L ever saw on her clear good face"


There must be some romance about it. "


Il guess So"


Il tell you what Jennie, mean to find
out.


'lIow? 1t would never do to ask"


"NOt l. 1 will say something about
aunt Grace, some day that viii draw grand
ma out you know she likes to tell long
stories"


"Oh! but I would like to know" an
swered Kate as she stood before the mir
rOr brushing her beautiful auburn ringlets
round her finger preparatory to an even
ing party.


The foregoing conversation passed be-
tween two young girls, who had been put
by their parents under the care Of an ex-
ccllent maiden lady. called by their father
and mother. aunt Grace, and who from
their childhood had watched and guarded
them with the tenderest care, tho perhaps
with a stcrnness that sometimes seemed to
them incompatible with love.


They were wild and thOughtless, and
while aunt Grace never had spoken an un-
kind word, she had been s unbending in
cxacting strict duty.


She was an old maid. But how beauti-
ful ! when the finely clisseied features were
at rest. They were ike the exquisitely
cut marble, but when some thought or emo
ton stirred them they lighted up with
briIliancy that startled the locker on al
most into exclamations of delight, and many
were the queries from older heads than
Jennie's and Hates, why aunt Grace, the
beautiful and brilliant, had never we'd
She moved about the house with quiet
steady step, making order come cut of dis
Year: 1860

from the disease. The case was not a fair
sample of the disease, but it nevertheless de-
monstrated the theory Of the Commissioners
that cattle once SICK will never fully recover.
The next animal killed was a cow, which was
brought into Mr.. Chenery's herd In December
last She had never exhibited any signs of
disease beyond slight cough, and an exter.
nal examination before death failed to discover
any indications As the animal had been ex
posed to the infected herd, it was a matter of
curiosity to ascertain whether she had taken
the disease. Upon careful dissection of the
lungs the disease was found to exist in an in
cipient stage. The heart was soft and Aabby.
as in all cases of this kind and there were
other indications of the prevailing contagion.
This closed the investigation. The committee
and medical men seemed to be divided in
opinion as to the nature of the disease and the
best means of eradicating it. There was a
strong disposition on the part of many to es-
taoiish theory OF their own, and several gen.
tlemen did not hesitate to condemn the co1rse
adopted by the Commissioners.
Year: 1860

RESPECT TO FEMALEs.-whileit ii should be the
noast OF every man that be never put modesty To
the blush, or encouraged immodesty to remove
her mask, no sensible person will ever give cour-
tenance to woman's prudery common now a.
days Our modern young ladies, who will not
oiush TO be found reading the fash literature that
SWarms from ven1i press, turn up their nasal
organs with unntterable disdain If gentleman
presnmes to add ress them with less familiarity
than is accorded 10 queen, and go into hope 'ess
hysteflcs al the bare mention Of kiss, We would
not nave woman overlook the slightest improper
familiarity, but there Is certain dignity with
which to show that the offense has been noticed
more potent than million pert reprovals and in
al cases the intent of the offending party should
be first considered
Year: 1860

LONDON. May %.


Dear Spirit The whole thing is settled Al
last, so far as Sayers and me are concerned. II
Is not exactly what / bargained for, but il will
serve 10 prove that have not done the place
came from any discredit and that have oot
oig crowd OF people on this side of the water
who, perhaps, don't like me any too we'll al
mat 10 give the lie to those at home who still
try to defame me with a want of courage


hear that Morrissey is still foremost in tb;,
hne business. but / earnestly hope that none OF
my friends will interfere with him on that sc
count lie cannot do me any harm by what
ever be says, and so long as that is the case i
want that he should be left for me. under.
stand that he still publicly says he will fghi
me when / come home, and I mean IN m !
him keep bis word Let him Commend. nrs.
parations as soon as he can, and let him get in
the best possible fix, for if anything will tenn,
me to leave this country speedily, and post.
pone any intentions may have about the old
belt of England, it will be for the satisfaction
of meeting him in roped ring again. / bear
the man no malice, but want to punish him
for the way In which his talks about me, and
Consequently want him all to myself


All the satisfaction l have had from him thus
far is the two hundred dollars won from him
on his bet that L would not come TO England
and fight Sayers, and / now want to give him
another chance, or TO get another chance for


myself, to win or lose five or ten thousand dol
lars more. shall have between five and six
thousand dollars of my own money on the Ist
OF une next, which will fight him for, and I
VIII make II ten thousand or twenty thousand
SoiIars S side If he likes, on any day that may
oe haned after four months notice. 1 shall
expect MIN TO close with this proposition for a
meeting at once, but will add that if the
sums = .s 1 name are more than will suit his book,
ans VII, hn%Sa aoSommodato him for one thousand or
OF ten cent piece If be crswIs ont oS th;s
after all that he has said, why. I sunnose.
there Is no further need of my foIlovinp h;r,
up or paying any further attention 10 hin,
O. no more Of that. Jo1s q U.s
Year: 1860

Liberaity is tho best way to gaia affection,
for we are assured of their frienship to whom
We are obliged


The greater the man il, the more be hath
need of friend; aud the more difficulty thero
is in finding aud knowing him.


Worthy minds deny themselves msny ad-
vantages TO satisfy a generous beneicence,
which they bear friends IN distress


Inquisitive people are the tunnels of conver-
sation; they do not take in anything fer their
own use, but merely to pass it to another.


Choose thy wife wisely; open not thy hosom
to the trifer; repese not thy head on the
breast which nurseth envy, and folly and
vanity.


More hearts pine away in secret anguish for
unkindness from those who should be their
comforteEs, than for any other calamity in
life.


He who would bring home the wealth oil the
indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies
with him. So il is in travelling; a maD aust
carry knowledge with him, if be would bring
horne knowledge.


Ii man could DO conscious of all that ID
said OF him in bis atsenoe, he would probably
become very modest man indeed.
Year: 1860

The last mail brings intelligence to the shippers
of wool per PizarrO to Bremen of Aattering out
turn of their shipment and as the fleece of the past
year is much better in quality, trust that cor
responding increase of price will be obtained by
the purchaser. The following remarks ON this in
terest we take from San Francisco paper, show
ing the great increase in California in this export


Within the past few years, the wool growing
interests OF our State have assumed a degree of
Importance which indicates that ere long the ar
ticle of wool must become leading product, and
q source of no small revenue to our domestic indus
try. The attention which has already been called
to California wool abroad, and the degree of inter-
est felt here on the subject warrant particular
reference on the present occasion to the progress
we have made, and are making, in the development
of this resource of our agricultural wealth.


1t is scarcely six years since any attention what
ever was given to the culture of wool this coast
for though vast herds of sheep, of an inferior
breed, had long been common to the country, the
collection of wool for market, and much less any
effort to improve its quality, were unknown.
Within the period named, however, American en-
terprise has been directed to the subject and to
the encouraging influence of a leading business firm
of this city indebted for much that has been
done in the improvement of the breeds Of sheep, as
well as for the introduction of the product of our
herds to the markets Of the world


To Mr.. Emile Grisar, of this city, gentleman
whose familiarity with the wool business of our
State since Its commencement renders his views
and statements on this interesting subject partic
ularly worthy of attention and reliance, we are
under special obligations for the leading data and
reflections which we herewith present.


The exports OF wool from this port. since the
commencement of 1854, afford some idea of the
progress we have made in its production, though
not in the improvement which has steadily been
going on in its quality. The following are the fig