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Year: 1860

rive have heard that Mr.. douglas says that
the roxt President is to come from illinois,
II will not be the faultof the Republicans if
this prediction is not fulfilled Whether dc.
signctily Or not, the Chicago Convention have
recognized the increasing political power Of
the West. ltis very evident TINT the tihie
is rapidly approaching when the people OF
the West will have the chief voice in saying
who shall be our Presidents, even II they do
not always take them from their own mum.
bcr. Unloss we receive large accession Of
Southern territory, the upper half Of the
Mississippi valley will control the House Of
Representatives before the close Of the pres.
ent century. The ideas that are acceptable
to that section Of the country will shape tho
policy OF our government. Tho East will
continue to retain its asccndency in skilled
labor and intellectual culture, but the West
will have the dominant power in making OUT
laws. n 81


There may have been, probably was, nd
formal or intended recognition Of this ten.
dency Of power to the West in the action OF
the Republican Convention. But we are not
sorry that their choice finally fell upon ono
who represents and in some sense typifics in
his career the vigor and growth Of that Sec
ton which is to be the home Of rulers OF this
land. We arc glad to believe that his hon.
esty, enterprise, love Of freedom, patriotism,
and manly force, which have won for him tho
enthusiastic affection of his own State, and
the characteristics which are to appear as
salient features Of our national charactcr,-
AS we look upon the future power or the
Free States we can have but slight fears for
tho cause of freedom. Whatever Is accebta;
bic to them, and only that, can bc embodied
in our national laws. Slavery will never go
North of its present boundaries. IL is con.
tinually retreating to the South. Its domain
is becoming narrower every decade. Wec can
afford to be patient. We need not he over
hasty. The mighty West is ours, and we
are hers, and both arc dedicated to freedom.
We will be just and generous to the South.
We will remember that her sofs are our
brothers and friends. But we will make free.
dom the policy Of the nation.-P Providence
Journal "a
Year: 1860

DAILY WOHk-
Who lags for dread Of daily work
And bis appointed task work shirk,
Commits folly and a crime


A soulless slave


A paltry kuave-
A clog upon the wheels of Tisne.
With work to do. and store OF health,
The mans unworthy to he free


Who will not give,


That he may live,
His daily toll for daily fee.
No! Let US work We only Hsk
Reward proportional to aur task
We have no quarrel with the great


No feud with rank


With mill or bank
Ne envy of a leri's estate.
II we can earn sufficient store
To satisfy our daily need,


And can retain.


For age aud pain
A fraction. we are ri,h, indeed
NO 0Fedu ot lOli udft We " '"iN
We know our worth aud weigh our powers,
Tue more we work the more We win:


Success to Trade


Success to Spade
And to the corn that's coming in
And joy to him who o'er bis task,
Remembers toll Is Gods own plan;


Who. working. thinks


Aud Gever sinks
His independence as man.
Who. only asks for humble wealth.
Enough for competence and health I;
And leisure " hen bis work is done,


To read his book,


By chimney nook,
Or stroll at setting of the sun.
Who tolls as every man should toll
For fair reward. erect and free


These are the men,


The best of men,
These are the men we mean TO be
Year: 1860

With feet half naked and bare,


And dress all tattered and torn,
With penny here and m0ckery there
Aud floods of derisiOn and scorn,
She wanders the street wherever her feet
Weary and willing, are borne,
With an eye as bright and cheek as fair
AS the earliest blush Of the morn.
Wandering up and down,


And driven from door to door,
A st for every idle clown


And butt for every boOr
While the velvet-sppered, in satin and lace,
CO rustling by her side,
With frozen heart and curtained face
And lip curled into pride.
So beautiful, yet so frail,


So willing, and yet so weak,
o what if the heart should fail,


And heavenly purpose break
And the dens and kennels and brothels of Hell
Another poor victim hold,
A celestial spark be quenched in the dark,
And an angel bartered for gold
No wonder the heart should fail,


And heavenly purpose fade,
The eve grow dim aud the cheek grow pale
When none stand ready to aid
No wonder the lairs and cradles of Hell
So many poor victims should hold,
When the good are content to worship their God
And the rich to worship their gold.
Move patiently on, Earth


Till Mercy's wandering dove,
Shall fiy to the realm of its birth,
And rest in the bosom of Love
Move patiently on till the cruci6ed Christ
Shall gather his radiant crown
From the lowly flowers and bleeding hearts
That the world has trampled down
Year: 1860

FoND FArHER-Ths father Of young
Harnden, a preacher who was hung in New
Jersey for wife murder, is still turning an
honest penny by peddling his sons confes
sion." His love Of money must be strong
Exchange
Year: 1860

LIVING FOR ONES EAsE.-Henry Ward
Beecher says ofthose men who have no care
or thought for others, but are contented with
looking after their own ease and enjoyment,
that they ought to be put in coffin, for their
life's work is ended.


When God wanted sponges and oysters,
He made them, and put one on the rock and
the other in the mud. When He made man,
lie did not make him to be a sponge or an
oyster; He made him with feet and hands,
and head and heart, and said to him Go,
work


But tell you If man has come to that
point where he is content, he ought to be put
into his oofiin, for a contented live man is a
sham! II a man has come to that state in
which he says, L do not want to know any
more. or do any more" he is in state in
which he ought to be changed to a mummy !
Of all hideous things, mummies are the most
hdeous that are running about the streets
and talkingp
Year: 1860

PARIsIAN SUIcIDE-In Paris, recently, a
lady in comfortable circumstances, and aged
f3 years, wrote as follows to her nephew
who resided in another part of the city:


"My dear nephew, when you receive this
letter. shall have ceased to exist. at my
age, to commit suicide seems a singular idea,
| admit have passed my seventy-third
birth day and | have always been happy,
but feel that the hand Of infirmty ia about
to be laid upon me and | wish to avoid it.
OF what use would be a few remrining years
of life, if they are TO be passed in wretched
bodily suffering? You are my only relative
and universal legatee Propriety viii doubt
less cause you TO shed a tear for me, but con-
fess frankly that you will not profoundly re-
gret my death. IL will place you in posses
sion of snug fortune and give your family
a comfortable position.


"All my affairs are in order, ard you will
find the papers in the hands of my notary.
The only obligations desire to impose upon
YOU are these First, not to sell my house,
but retain it for yourself and your descend
ants. Secondly. to publish, in my name, two
volumes, one of poetry and the other noyel,
of which | am the author. You will find
the manuscript in my desk. If you cannot
obtain publisher, print them at your own
cost | am sure you will not hesitate to make
this trifiing sacrifice to my memory, and you
will be grateful to me for thus permitting
you to enjoy my heritage some time sooner
than you had expected. You see | am a
good hearted creature. Show yourself worthy
of SO kind an aunt"


Immediately on receiving this letter, the
nephew hastened to his aunt's residence. and
found that she had committed suicide by in
halng the fumes of charcoal.
Year: 1860

DIPTHERA AND ITS CURE.-This singular
disease, which has thus far seemed TO battle
the skill of our best physicians, has become
so prevalent and has been so generally fatal,
that any suggestion in regard to its cure will
hardly prove uninteresting lis causes are
not known, and therefore treatment has here
tofore been merely experimental; but its pa
thagonomc symptoms are so diversified and
dissimilar, that in many instances the throat
of the patient closes. and he dies before his
disease is discove ered In the early stage of
the complaint, which is always accompanied
by soreness and swelling of the throat, let
the patient use simply solution of salt and
water as gargle, every fifteen minutes. At
the same time moisten piece of flannel with
a solution of the same kind, made as hot as
the patient can bear it, and bind it around
the throat, renewing it as often as the gargle
it administered; and in the meantime sprink.
ling fine salt between the flannel and the
neck. Use inwardly some tonic or stimulant,
either separately, or if the prostration be
great use both together. This treatment, as
may be seen, is extremely simple, and if used
in the earlier stages of the disease, will effect
a complete Cures. r. Mirror.
Year: 1860

Stage NoNsENsE-W were speaking to a
friend the other day respecting the merits
of celebrated tragedian," when we had
occasion to comment on the rant Of the stage
the loud mouthing, the outrageous gesture,
the furious rolling of the eyes, the stride,
swords that rattle in the hlt, and all the
'pomp and circumstance" of the modern
drama. Fancy this style carried into real life


On being introduced to a lady you would
cay, throwing yourself into splendid atti-
tude, "Most gracious Madam, on my knees
greet you y impressively placing your right
hand ON your heart. To creditor who
not pay, fraudulent knave payest thou
me not? BY yonder sun that blazes in the
zenith, thee will sue, and thou shalt see
thine impious name flaming the streets on
posters hugel" At dinner, "Now, by my
soul and all my highest hopes. those beans
are royal Were | Jupiter, beans should
grace each royal banquet! What no wait
er bring hither more beans!' To your wife,
MADAME, beware thou dost excite me not,
else, being too hot with wrath, do myself
some harm. A needle here-a button on my
shrt-and see it instantly performed Do
it Nor leave the task to mel" To your
butcher. Thou ensanguined destroyer Of bo


vines, send me some mutton and some beet; ;
and mark you let it be tender than love and
sweeter Than the bees rare burden. | would
dine to-day" To friend, Excuse a rash
intrusion on your grace. but hast thou in thy
box portion of that plant ranked by the
Gotanist among the genus nicotiana ?" or
"Most noble friend, wilt thou partake with
me some strong libation? Thou ookest dull
to day twill cheer thy sinking heart" Re-
ply, "Oh, noble SOUL alas not all the wine
of bacchanalian revels could ease this sorrow
here herel herel (Lcft arm struck several
times) Oh what a fool and arrant knave
am !. the very sport of fortune |" This is
scarcely more ridiculous than three quarters
of the stage n0nsense-Neoada Transcript.
Year: 1860

IT said that the unfortunate courtesan
Fanny White, who recently died mysterious
ly in New York, several years ago entrusted
to to a notorious clergyman, diary, which she
had kept in her days Of unhappy publicity
together with documents and a large private
correspondence, forming the materials out oi
which it was then her wish that a biography
should be completed. Within the last year.
however, her wishes upon this point changed
aud she made several efforts to recall the
papers These were not successful, and we
learn that volume of her memoirs is now
in preparation, and will shortly be issued in
a style similar to the biography Of Rachel.


GARIBALDI is said to have remarked to an
English gentleman at Naples: "Diplomatists
doubt me- shall be loyal to Victor Emanu.
el. | love him as my life. have served
him without an oath. shall do all in my
power to procure annexation to the King OF
Piedmont. But these things | must do in
IaY own manner"
Year: 1860

gg~ We would call attention to the law card of RobertC c. Newton, esq Mir New ton is abeady favorably known as young map of talents and promise, and 1t is un- necessary to do more than call attention to his card to secure him fair share of pa tronage.
Year: 1860

! the master of the feast looked around with
a smile, as each one seated himself at his
place They ate and drank and made mer-
ry delight, and Frendhness and Content
seemed the presiding spirits ofthe banquet.
After a while, when their glasses were fill
| led with rich wine, it was proposed that
they should have a toast Soa benevolent
elderly gentleman rose, and after speaking
a few moments, to the purport that he felt
sure that all present would join him, he
raised his glass aloft, his example being
followed by the others, and said;


Ecea haadcd taWS-which in our glorl-
Gus republic dispense to all impartially
their due


When the rcvelers heard the sentiment
they clinked their glasses together, and
raised a peal which made the lofty ceiling
ring again-thcn a second aud third
which was louder and gladder peal than
either


And at the same moment that the echoes
thereof died away, there was about mile
of human being writhing in his last ag
ony. 1t was that Of the tipp!er, who stole
the Loaf when he vas furnishing, and had
been sent to cxpiate his crime Dy toll and
imprisonment The dissipation Of years
had made him weak, and he could not
bear up against exposure, joined with hard
work. He fell sick. who would minister
to 4 rascally jail bind? He went from bad
to worse, and was soon in dying condi-
ton


Before the dinner party returned to their
homes that night, the corpse Of the conrtct-
ed thief lay cold and clayed upon the pris-
Oh floor.
Year: 1860

Calls to repentance have been often af-
forded Us. Sickness has been sent to sub
due our hearts, and lead US to think earn
estly on our future destiny 1t has come
when we were the busiest with the world
It's pleasures and It's profits. When we
would not reflect, but were dashing on in
our mad career, carelcssly and recklcssly,
the hand of afflction has been laid upon
us, days OF pain and nights Of anguish, the
slow fever, the sudden prostration Of bodi-
ly powers, have brought US into the silent
chamber, and forced US to review the past
as in the light Of eternity. Broken prom
ises and resolutions have risen up in all
their fearful proportions. Once more we
have turned to the Lord-promised amend
ment, provided he would grant restoration,
besought him to relieve, in order to enable
US TO confess him before men; but alas, the
current of health has driven away all our
intended purposes, and we look upon them
now as the ya9arics Of 2 disordered intellect,
or the results of a broken constitution.
We have failed to keep our word, and are
still in the gall Of bitterness and in the
bonds Of iniquity.
Year: 1860

OF all the minor creations of God, flow
ers seem to be the most completely the eff
fusions of his love of beauty, grace and
joy. OF all the minor objects which sur
round US, they are the least connected with
our absolute necessities.


Vegetation might proceed, the earth
might be clothed with sober green all
the processes of qualification might be per-
fected without being attended by the glory
with which the flower is crowned; but
beauteous blossoms of endless varieties, are
radiant evidence Of the boundless benevo-
lence of the Deity. They are made solely
to gladden. the heart of man, for light to
his eyes, for living inspiration of grace
to his spirit, for perpetual admiration.


The Greeks, whose souls eminently
sympathized with the spirit of grace and
beauty in everything, were enthusiastic in
their love, and lavish in their use of flow
ers. They scattered them in the porticos
of their temples, they were offered on the
altars of some of their deities, they were
strewed in their conquerors' path-on all
occasions of festivity and rejoicing they
were strewn about, and wore in garlands.


The guests at banquets were crowded
with them-the bowl was wreathed with
Year: 1860

y German ornithologist says: The
yulture can fly at the rate Of one hundred
and 8fty miles an hour Observations made
on the coast CT Labrador, convinced Major
Cartwright that the wild goose can travel
at the rate Of ninety miles an hour. The
common crow can fly twenty five miles ];
swallows according to Spallagin, ninety-two
miles an hour. 1t is said that a falcon was
discovered at Malta twenty four hours after
the departure Of Henry " from Fontain-
bleau IF true this bird must have flown
fifteen hours at the rate Of fifty seven miles,
not allowing him to rest moment during
the whole time


The rice bird, which afterwards becomes
the reed bird Of Delaware Bay, and the
bobolink of New York, IS often found be-
low Philadelphia with green rice in its
crop. Indeed this isl said to be true of
pigeons during the rice growing season.
Year: 1860

Whisky Duet at Muskegou.-On Mon
day German and an Irishman at Muske-
gor obtained quantity of whiskey, and
went into a back yard to drink it on wa
ger, to be won by the one who should
drink the largest quantity. The Irishman
drank two and half pints, and the Ger
man three pints The Irishman, Thomas
Cation, died during the night, but the Ger
man saved his life by eating a quantity of
cold tallow, which sickened him, and caus-
ed bis stomach to eject its contents.
Year: 1860


MEMBER THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS


Thy YOUTH"
Remember thy Creator now,
And turn while yet It's day;
Ere the night Of death oortale You,
Aud you 60 from earth away.
Remember that in youths the time,
To make your peace with God;
You'll not regret when old age comes,
You've chose the heavenly road.
Do not delay till It's TOO late,
And lose your soul in hell;
But enter at the heavenly gate,
That you in peace may dwell.
The tide Of life is ebbing fast,
And soon twill roll away;
And then when all your life is past,
YouH #ish for time to pray.
Q, sinner, turn, While Christ is near,
And now while yet It's day;
And if you lend listening ear,
He'll teach you how to pray.
. will you seek salvation now,
and uy to get to heaven;
Or viii you tread the paths Of sin,
And from His face be driven:
Year: 1860

gH@E A sharp look cut is now under
stood to mean Iazor-faeed fellow looking
through broken pane of glass.


BGpHeaven ever renders her dews to
the earth, but the earth seldom or never
renders her dues to heaven
Year: 1860

\ mans force in the world, other things
being equal, is just in the ratio Of the force
and strength of his heart. y full-heart-
ed man is always powerful man; if he bc
erroneous, then he is powerful for error !;
if the thing is in his heart, he is sure to
make it notorious, even though it may be
downright falsehood. Let a man be ever
so ignorant, still if his heart be full of love
to the cause, he becomes powerful man
for that object because he has heart-pow-
er, heart-foree. A man may be deficient
in many Of the advantages of education, in
many Of those niceties which are so much
looked upon in society; but once give him
strong heart that beats hard, and there
is no mistake about power Let him have
heart that is right full up to the brim
with an object, and that man will do the
thing or else will die gloriously defeated,
and will glory in his defeat Heart is pow
Year: 1860

Our COUNTY RoADs.-All of our citizens
concur in saying, that in the person of O. P.
Stidger, Esq, we have the very best Road
Overseer that it would be possible to have
selected in the county. He is abundantly
competent and energetic, as is well known
to all those who happen to fall under the
provisions of the act providing means for the
construction and repair Of roads and high
ways. At the present time he is engaged in
widening and otherwise improving the road
between this place and Sebastapol, so that it
would hardly be recognised by those who
last passed over it q month ago.


From appearances we should say that the
Judge has life-lease to the office, so far as
the wishes of our citizens are concerned, if
he desires the position.
Year: 1860

GRIZZLY HILL IrEns.-The claims Of Messrs.
Thompson Kitchen on this hill, have been
paying well ever since the completion oi
their tunnel The last two runs, just about
the time they were ready to clean up, the
blocks in that portion Of their sluice extend
ing through the ctt and tunnel have been
removed and the gold aud quicksilver taken
therefrom BY some party or parties Unknown.
A miner, who had recently come upon the
hill and purchased a small tail hume, was
suspected as being the patty who had COM
mitted the robbery. On Sunday rhofning
last, the residents of the hill assembled and
went in body to the cabin of the accused.
whom they arrested. They made a thorough
search of the cabin, and found secreted in
his bed purse containing geld dust, about
which, when interrogated, the accused gave
a very conflicting account. He at FIRST sta
ted that this gold had been taken ont of
some tailings washed by him at Moor's Flat.
One of the miners, who had previously liv-
GU nv INC T idt, Wcub up there dud mduc III
quiries about him, and was told that the man
had washed tailings there, but took nothing
of consequence out of them. He then re-
turned to Grizzly Hill and com pared the gold
found in the purse with that taken out at the
Flats, and from Grizzly HILL The compari-
son showed conclusively that it was Grizzly
Hill gold. The man then confessed that
there was considerable more gold in the
purse when found than when it was hid, and
that some enemy of his must have put the
gold in the purse, in order to fasten the guilt
upon him. The miners then told him that
they could not permit man of his charac-
ter to live among them, and if found on
the hill the next morning. (Monday) they
would give him severe nogging. He took
them at their word and left


The last run of the San Juan claims, in
which our fellow-townsmen Abe Low and
Geo. Reese are interested, paid very good
wages


Robinson and Co., have just completed
shaft through the bedrock 80 feet deep
They have their sluices SET and will be
ready to wash on the bed rock in two weeks.
The last run the company made, was from
top dirt, when they took out 81 ,050 in ten
days.


The Philadelphia claims are running
drift, preparatory to putting off a heavy bank
blast.
Year: 1860

FEED SrABIE.-Our old friend Saxby ad-
vertises his new stable in this weeks PREss,
and we would direct the attention of team
sters and others to it. He also keeps grain
in sacks BY the large or small quantity; and
those who have stock to feed can get bart e)ly
enough BY calling ON him, at the foot Of
Main street.