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Year: 1860

An exu'tant Virginian sent Horace Greeley
a piece of the Lincoln pole cut down and chop
ped at Occoquan, Va, and said:


This is the way we do things down South
You can erect as many Lincoln poles North
as you please; but you connot come down into
our sunny Sonth and erect one


To which the white coated philosopher re-
sponded


Our correspondent is mistaken. We shall
erect a first rate one in the White House at
Washington on the 4th of March next-quite
tall though only a few inches over six feet
and it will stand there at least four years
and not be cut down even then. Wait aud
see y
Year: 1860

A few days since three girls about six
teen years of age. were arrested for rob
bing a man at saloon in the vicinity of
Merrimac street The leader of this par
ty, N intelligent and very pretty girl, ask
ed that good lawyer be sent for, saying
she had plenty of money to pay the best
of counsel The names Of several legal
gentlemen were mentioned, and among
others that of an eminent criminal lawyer,
who resides in another county, but has
an Office in Boston. She at once said she
did not want him, as she krew him.


This attracted the curiosity of the officer
to whom she had made the request, and
he instituted inquiries about her, and learn
ed that the girl was an orphan, and the
lawyer whom she did not want to see, her
guardian, having charge of considerable
property in another city. She ran away
few weeks ago, and her whereabouts up
to that time was not known She came di.
rect to the city. and has frequented haunts
of vice at the West end. She was taken
before the Police Court, convicted of the
robbery. and sentenced to the House ot
Correction ior six months Subsequently
upon learning something of her history,
the Court revised her sentence, and the
case was continuedi in order that plans may
be adopted with 4 view of rescuing hel
from life of viee.-Botoa Journal,
Year: 1860

Senator Seward was called upon by the
"Wide Awakes' at Detroit, on the eve
ming of the delivery of his great speech in
that city. He said su s.'- T.


FELLOW CITIZENS If appear in obe-
dience to your call to night. | hope it will
only be a new Illustration of an old prac-
tice of nine. never to give up an honest
and virtuous attempt though | might fail
in it the first time. | tried to-day and
utterly failed to make the Republicans Of
Michigan hear, and now in obedience to
your call tonight, renew the effort. The
end, on the part of the people, is at hand.
1t is now upon u.s. and the sim pie reason is
that the people have become at last atten-
tive, willing to be convinced, and satisfied
of the spundness Of the Republican faith.
1t has been task. We had first to reach
the young through the preiudices of the
old. l have never expected my own age
and generation to relenquish the prejudices
in which they and were born, | have
expected, as has been heretofore in the
history of mankind, that the old would re-
main unconvertcd, and that the great work
of reformation and progress would restt
with the young That has come at last,
for though the Democratic party have de-
MED the ascendency and Obligations of the
''higher law, still they bear testimony to
it in their lives if not in their conversa-
ton, (Laughter.) Democracy will die
in obedience to ''higher law and Repub-
licans are born, and will be born, and none
but Republicans will be born in the United
States after the year of 1860. (Laugh-
ter and applause.) The first generation
of the young men of the country, educated
in the Republican faith, has appeared in
your presence by strong and bold demon
stratiye representation tonight. 1t is the
young men who constitute the Wide Awake
force. Ten years ago and twenty ago, the
Wide Awake force were incapable of being
organized. -Four years ago it was organ
lied for the distraction of the country and
the Republican cause. To-day the young
men of the United States are for the first
time on the side Of freedom against slave
ry. (Great applause Go on, then,
aud do your work. Put this great cause
into the keeping of your great, honest,
worthy leader, Abraham Lincoln. Believe
me sincere whenI say that if | had devolv-
cd upon me to select from all men in the
United States a man to whom should
confde the standard of this cause-which
is the object for which have lived and for
which | would be willing to die-that man
would have been Abraham Lincoln
(Great applause } as.- .. sa s... as
Year: 1860

GEN. WALKERS EXPEDITION. - We yesterday
saw gentleman from Honduras who was present
when Walker evacuated Truxilio 1t appears that
the British man-of.war Icarus entered that port
and demanded that the revenues should be, as
they had for some time been, devoted to the pay
ment Of a British debt Walker positively refused
this, and was in consequence obliged to evacuate
the fort. He could have sunk the British vessel
with the heavy guns of the fort, and would have
done so, we are informed, but for the interposi-
ton of some of his more prudent officers. Col.
Henry died in the hospital shortly before Walker
left the town, of wound received in street affray
soon after Truxillio was taken. Walker is now at
a place on the coast called Limas, with about so
or 100 men, and TREY will probably not be again
intertered with by the British. Of course they can
deal with any number of greasers' that can be
brought against them, and reinforcements are now
on the way to join them.
Year: 1860

A correspondent of the Atlanta Intel
ligencer, lays down the following diagram
of the course to be pursued by the South
ern States in case of the election Of Lin
coin:


On the idcs Of November next, when
Jupiter hurls his angry lightning along
the wires and announces the election of
Lincoln, let the Southern Senators and
the Southern people at once declare the
fact, for it will then be fact, that John
c. Breckenridge is chosen the First Presi-
dent of the Southern Confederacy.-
Let him select his cabinet of Southern
men, at once; let him establish his gov.
ernment the Senators and Representa-
tives for the South are already chosen for
the time being; let an honest declaration
of the causes that have led to the sepaiu-
ton be put forth to the world let the
South hold the North. as she holds the
rest of mankind-cncmics in the war,
in peace friends, Let this be done, bold
ly-immcdiately and with determination /;
and to support and maintain such a con
federacy the people Of the South will
pledge their lives, their fortunes and
their sacred honor: to defend it against
attack or invasion from any quarter they
will yield up the last drop of their life
blood.
Year: 1860

WHAT DID He EVER Do THE Mont
gomery Post says the Breckenridge papers
are eloquent over the records of John Bell
and Edward Everett we wonder if they
will ever find time to tell us something
about Mr.. Brecknridge What good
did he ever do? When or where did he
ever speak word in favor of slavery p
When and where did he ever give vote
for it? What is his record upon the sub.
.ect? Cannot these eloquent advocates
for the extension and protection of slave,
ry, tell us when or where their candidates
ever spoke or voted in favor of its extern
sion and protection
Year: 1860

We observe that the Atlanta American
Columbus E"4Dircr, and perhaps other
journals, attribute the present striugency
in the money market to the threatening
aspect of our Federal relations. A well
informed gentleman attached to one of
the Banks in that city, recently returned
from the North, assures us that capital
there is, at this time, very sensitive, and
moneyed men are turning the key upon
their vaults in anticipation of possible
disruption and civil strife. Is not this q
deplorable state of things? And will not
every patriot labor with all his might TO
calm the turbulance of tho storm which
has been raised by selfish demagogues
and which threatens the obstruction of
our free institutions. 1t is time for the
people to pause. They are treading upon
slumbering volcano.-Er
Year: 1860

ANOTHER DEATH FROM 4 SPIDER BIrE.-
The little son OF Charles Colt, OF Lanes
boro', Mass, died a few days ago, from
the bite OF a spider. The little fellow
awoke in the night, crying, and the pa
rents seeking the cause of his grief found
a small black spider biting the calf of his
leg and sinking itself into the flesh, where
it hung very tenaciously till removed. The
leg sweled toa very large size, and his
sutlerngs increased till they terminated
in death, about forty-eight hour, after he
was bitten,
Year: 1860

ss5~ Old Buck said there was no regu-
lar Democratic nominee for President be-
fore the people; and Democrats are at
liberty to vote as they pleased" A good
many of them are pleased" to vote for
Bell and Everett.
Year: 1860

4 FACT TO DE Whilst Mr..
Bell is denounced AS being untrue to the
South, his whole course as public man
gives the lie to the charge; and whilst
Breckinridge is laudcd as the peculiar
guardian OF Southern Rights, during his
whole public life he has been the advo-
cate Of Squatter Sovereignty and non.in-
tervention, and no where on his record
can be found one word from him in open
and manly defence of the institution of
slavery. This fact ought to arrest the at
tcntion of the people, and teach them
the folly of giving credence to the SLAM
dcrs of interested politicians upon the
fair fame Of the Union candidate.
Year: 1860

A SECRET WORTH KNOWING. tried o Gu
riOus experiment with few potatoes this
season. A year since / saw letter from a
farmer, stating the great success that attend
cd an experiment the writer had made the
previous season. 1t consisted in inserting a
pea in each potato set and planting the Po-
tato set, in the usual way. The result, he
stated, was n large yield ofpeas and splen-
did crop Of potatoes; but tho most impor.
tant result was the entire freedom Of the po-
tatocs 50 treated, from any disease, while
those planted in the usual way in the same
field, we're extensively deteriorated. / was
led by this statement, to try the experiment
on small scale in my own garden last sea-
son. planted not quite half peck, only
fifty sets, in six ranks, cutting piece out of
each and putting pea firmly in. The pea
grew up and fourished well, and when l dug
the potatoes they were perfectly free from
taint or speck Of disease, and very fine and
large, while in the same bed close to them
was another lot, planted in the old style,
nearly half of which were rotten. l leave
your readers to draw their own conclusions.
Letter in the Agricultural Gazette.
Year: 1860

watch the drowsy night expire,
And fancy paints at ny desire
Her magic pictures in the FIRE.
An island farm mid seas Of corn,
Swayed by the wandering breath OF morn,
The happy spot where was born.
The picture faded +: in its place,
Amid the glow I seem to trace
The shifting semblanee of face.
lis now a little childish form,
Red lips for kisses pouted warm,
And elf-locks tangled in the storm.
IT'S now Q grave and gentle maid.
At her own beauty half afraid,
Shrinking, yet willing to be stayed.
lis now matron with her boys,
Dear centre Of domestic joys;


I seem to hear the merry noise.
o. tioc was young, and life was warm,
When first saw that fairy form,
Her dark hair tossing in the storm.
And fast and free those pulses played.
When last met that gentle maid
When last her hand In mine was laid.
Those locks Of jet are turned to grey,
And she is strange and far away,
That might have been mine own to-day
That might have been my own. my dear,
Through many aud many happy year,
That might have sat beside me here.
Ay, changelcss through tho changing scenes
The ghostly whisper rings between
The dark refrain Of "might have BEEN"
The race is DER might have run.
The deeds are past I might have done,
And sere the wreath might have won.
Sunk Is the last faint hickering blaze;
The vision Of departed days


Is vanished even as gazc.


The pictures with their ruddy light
Are changed to dust and ashes white,
And am leit alone with night.
Year: 1860

Major Plauche, by the orders of Gen Jack
son, as soon as il was discovered that few
bales Of cotton had been used in making the
parapet, aud that they greatly endangered the
strength of the works, and exposed the ammu-
milton to explosion by the flying particles of
burning lint, had the baless taken out and
brow n into the river.
Year: 1860

We have several times recently published
information Of which the following is a samples


''The work has already commenced at the
Pike Peak Mines. Gregory, the disooverer Of
the diRgings bearing his name, started for the
mines the other day. a tremendous rush will
be made for the mines this season. The fact is
now settled--the Kansas gold mlnes are inex-
hsustable."


We repeat that We give the above as a sample,
having copied Il word for word from one Of
half dozen telegraph dispatches da.s~ at ives.
tern Missouri towns. It is hardly necessary to
say that such information is totally bogus. In
the first placer


The mercury is now ranging vAriously at
points below zero, iu the region Of Pixies Peak,
and u ia impossible to work the minss; and
the claim is mischievOus lie.


Gregory is just aswell aware Of the above
state Of affairs as those living 10 the neighbOr
hood Of the diggings. who would give all they
have, OF ever hope to have, IL they were this
moment two thousand miles on this side Of
Pixies Peakl


The rush to the Kansas gold mines will prob
ably, be tOlerably strong, the coming season.
There will be plenty Of credulous persons who
will believe just such shameless lies as the
above; and they will comprise the rush. Itis
the store Of lies which are inexhaustsble, not
the gold. Bear this in mind, aud stay at home.


We have conversed with gentlemen who have
been at Gregory's Diggings, and at every other
point In the whole gold range; aud they assure
us, In the most solemn manner, that the claims
set up by letter writer's are not true. Those
who generally claim 10 have the least interest
in representing the great richness Of the mines,
have the most. Some Of them are bought by
very small sums, while others are imposed on
by interested parties. KnOpiRg that the KanS
sas Hines are a miserable cheat, these gentle>
men sOlemnly declare that all who say to the
contrary either are imposed on, or wilfully lie
about the matter; and all the positive assurances
to the contrary will not alter the fact Half
dozen gentlemen Of truth, in this city, may be
consulted with proftby those who think Of going
to the Kansas gold fields this spring. We will
give their names to all who may desire to learn
the TRUTH aud we sincerely desire all who con.
template going out there to first learn ali the
facts in the case. from men who can have no
possible motive in misreprcsenting matters.
Year: 1860

ALMOST FIRE.-We learn that the office Of
the Gospel Herald, in Miami City, came very
near being burned on yesterday morning. 1t
seems that some time ago large coal stove
had been put up in the Office; box had been
prepared for il, and strange as it may sound,
the box had been filled with saw dustI Some
time during Sunday or Sunday night, the saw
dust became ignited, and on Monday morning
when the Office boy went into the Office to make
fire, he found the floor oil FIRE, for some dis
tance around the stove; three joists we're burned
of, the stove had tilted nearly on end, and was
almost ready to fall through under the floor l.
The foor-was burned through about by feet.
The stove box will not likely be filled with saw
dust again.


RuSAwAT-Yesterday when a wagon loaded
with corn fodder. Ito which was attached two
gay horses,) was standing near the Saw
Mill, In Miami City, COW was chased away
from the fodder by dog, and the awkward
animal ran in between the horses and the
wagoni This unusual movement frightened
the horses, and they started of toward the city
at full speed, scattering fodder in every direc-
tiOn. They ran through the Miami Bridge, and
were stopped on this side.


RowDIB.-Some rowdies crushed out one Of
the windows and frames to the new Christian
Church In Miami City the other night.
Year: 1860

GJ- The report Of the Jail delivery spread
over the city last evening like an alarm Of frel
10 ten minutes after the word was started at
the corner Of Main and 9th streets. Il had pen
etTated every nook and suburb Of The city.
Year: 1860

HoLIowAY's PILLs-THE REFUGE OF THE SICK --Leaduche, Dizziness, &c.-With the great remedy at hand none need suffer. Have you sick or nervous headache? here is q medicine as unfail- ing and certain in it's cure as that the sun will rise and set-and why ?-simpy that it acts ol, the stomach and bowels root of the disorder that is the plain but sure basis of Holloway's system, and experience endorses it by the mill ion of certified cases throughout the civizcr world, without single instance of failure Prac tice and experience are as far ahead of theory ~ the brightness of monday is to the darkness O night. Speculation in the treatment of disease may be consistent in lunatic asylum but wlcl life and death arc in the balance reason should Hnite with experience, and practice guide tn. hand of civilized society.
Year: 1860

RI NERVOUS DIsORDERS.-What is more fear " ful than breaking down of the nervous system To be excitable or nervous in small de- gree is most distressing, for where can a remedy oe louno There is one :-drink but little beer, wine, or spirits, or far better none take no cof fee,-weak tea being preferable: get all the fresh ar you can take three or four Pills every night eat plenty of Solids, avoiding the use of slops and if these golden rules are followed von viii he happy in mind and strong in body, and forget you have any nerves.

 MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS. there is ono th;,r more than another for which these Pills are SO fa nous 1t is their purifying properties, especialIv their power of cleansing the blood from all impu. rites, and removing dangerous and suspended se- cretions. Universally adopted as the one grand remedy for female complaints. they never fail. never weaken the system, and always bring about what is required.

 SICK HEADACHES AND WANT OF AppKrirr.- These feelings which so sadden us, most frequent ly arise from annoyances or trouble from obstruc- ted precipitation, or from eating and drinking what

 is unfit for us, thus disordering the liver and sto- mach. These organs must be regulated if you wish to be well. The Pills if taken according to the printed instructions, will quickly restore a healthy action to both liver and stomach, whence follow as . natural consequence, good appetite and clear head. In the East and West Indies scarcely any other medicine is used for these disorders.

 DISORDERS OF THE KIDNETs.-In all diseases affecting these organs, whether they secrete too much or too little water or whether they be at- ficted with stone or gravel, or with aches and pains settled in the loins over the regions of the kidneys, these Pills should be taken according to the printed directions, and the Ointment should be we'll rubbed into the small of the back at bed time. This treatment will give almost immedi- ate relief when other means have failed

 FoR SroMAcHs OUT OF oRDEn.--No medicine will so efectually improve the tone of the stomach as these Pills, they remove all acidity occasion cd either by intemperance or improper diet. They reach the liver and reduce it to healthy action they wonderfully etficacious in cases of spasm in fact they fail in curing all disorders of the liver and Stomach.
Year: 1860

The object of this Embassy from Japan
to the United States, the first Embassy
ever sent from that country, is merely one
of amity between the two nations, and was
provided for by the articles of tue late
treaty. They do not appear to have any
powers Of Importance, aud it may be said
generally that their only object is to see
how the Americans will treat them. The
Ambassadors in this view are merely feel
ers of American hospitality, - several, il
not all of them, will make 1t Special point
to report to their government everything
that they see, all that is said, and all that
is done in their presence. The United
States pays all the expenses of the Embas


sy; but it is presumed that the outlay will
be more than compensated by the favora-
bic impression which will be produced upon
the minds of the Ambassadors, and the
glowing account which will be transmitted
TO Japan, OF the great people on the other
side of the globe. 1t is well known that
for centuries the exclusive trade of Japan
Year: 1860

Much excitement has existed 10 st. Paul
during the past few weeks in consequence of
the disappearance of slave belonging to
Mrs. Prince of Mississippi.


We don't believe in Slavery, and rejoice
that Minnesota is free State, but when
people come up here from the South, and,
relying upon the honor and good faith of
our people, bring along with them their
servants, we don't think it looks we'll, nor
do we believe it right, for US to interfere
and coax off these servants, and then raise
the "hue and cry" of Slavery in Minnesota
Our southern friends come here to spend
few weeks in the summer, to enjoy our
climate and admire our scenery, and spend
their money. They have been assured over
and over again by the press and by letters,
that they could bring with them their SER
wants, and that so far as our people were
concerned, they would not tamper or meddle
with them. They have believed these
representations, and relying on their truth,
have come here with their servants. They
know as we'll as we do, that under our law
no man can be slave here. They came
with the certain knowledge, that their slaves
are free on our soil, it they choose to avail
themselves of it.


But they are willing to run that risk, and
we never can join the cry Of Slavery in
Minnesota" on this account. On the con.
trary we think it looks too much like trying
to make political capital' out of small
thlngs.-New Era, august l6.