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Year: 1860

TERRIBLE PUNISHMENT In A PRISON.


A Philadelphia reporter, having thorough
ly overhauled the Moyamensing prison, gives
the following account of the shower bath
mode OF Furnishing criminals:


In cell ut the eastern end of the corridor
appropriated for females, stood something
like wooden chimney, vertically against the
wall. Closer inspection revealed door in
its front, with staple and paddock. This be-
ing thrown open, an apartment just large en-
ough tocontain human body, was revealed,
with one of the round perforated bath cis-
terms in the top. The door and sides are hol-
low and stuffed with woolen to prevent
screams from being heard. 5A


When any prisoner becomes ungovernable,
he is escorted to this cell. The physician. the
nurse and the superintendent stand by. The
maefactor is forced into the apartment, the
doors closed upon him, and the staples secur-
ed with heavy paddock. Then in the dark
ness and sitting air, the unhappy criminal
feels the rush of the descending water. 1t
comes in torrent upon his uncovered head,
and seems to be beating upon his brain. In
vain does he seek to avoid the draugbt. He
cannot bend in the narrow aperture. lie can
not turn. His breath grows short. Every
nerve is unstrung. His heart beats agoniz-
ingly He screams, but the walls are deaf,
and there is no reply. He is sutfocating-
dying. And when sense is swimming and
life Pickering, the door is opened, the un-
happy man removed, and the dying pulses
taught to beat again.


Sometimes the criminals. when removed.
are black in the face, the blood flooding the
head A man in Sing Sing prison lately ex-
pired under this punishment. The Shower
bath ut Moyamensing has been used three
times in seven years Its effects are to shock
the nervous system and weaken the entire
body. One woman was lately put to the bath
test. She is known as Jenny Lind, and is
designated by one of the Wardens as the most
abandoned woman in the world. She has
been in prison more than one hundred times!
chiefly for vagrancy, and is beyond all retor-,
nation She seems at times to be possessed
with demon. On Wednesday she leaped
upon Mr.. Sargent, the Warden of the Female
department, and tore bis mouth in most
savage manner. The assault was entirely un-
provoked She is said to be very deceptive.
She was placed in the shower bath for an ex-
nibition of heinous wickedness, and at the
end of ten minutes punishment asked if she
would behave. She said with an oath she
would not, and demanded to be punished
again.


The bath was again applied; but she was
still incorrigible When brought forth
again she was almost lifeiess, and but tor the
application of prompt restoratlves, would
have been no longer trouble to the authorl-
Year: 1860

Orders having been given to the Washing
ton city police not to absent themselves for
purposes of amusement across the Potomac,
seven of them were suspended on Saturday
for disobedience in this particular. They
went over the previous evening to prize
bic mic On Analostan Island
Year: 1860

Every Republican understands that the
labor Of the last six years for the regenera-
tim and publication Of this government
and the restoration Of the honored policy
and principles Of the fathers, ccntrcsi in this
day, and that nil efforts 50 for naught, if
thcy arc not backed up by Republican
votes.


We conjurc you, then, to vote. No mat
tcr what time, or labor, or difficulty your
vote may cost you, see that it is deposited
in the box. II the weather is rainy, pre-
pare for it when you start out II your
business presses, arrange it carly. II the
line is long at the poll, wait patiently, but
whit until your tu.n comes!


Do not say y"it is all right anyhow, and
my vote will make no odds" II may make
great odds. Upon it the proper division oi
the State into legislative and congressional
districts and tho election of an United
| States Senator may depend. The last wal
with England turned on one vote in Rhode
Island.


You cannot go 10 bed with IN easy con
science; YOU cannot get up on Wednesday
morning and heartily share in the genera
joy, if you have not done your duty ant
contributed to that joy by your vote!


Be Sure to VOTE! BE SURE Tt


VOTE!
Year: 1860

The result Of the national election will
BE- known in this city tonight, Arrange
mcnts have been m.dc to secure the news
at this office, ut the Wigwam, the fremont
House and at the Briggs House. The Wig
wan will Of course be open to the crowd OF
eager Republicans; and, probably As soon
AZ l o'clock the result in New York and
Illinois will bc declared. When they arc
heard from, the story will be told.
Year: 1860

Go to the polls early, and remain until
your ballot is deposited. No matter how
long the procession which you find in ad-
vance Of you; stick to your place until sou
have recorded your votc for HONEST OLD
ApE and the whole Republican ticket.
Year: 1860

- No man, however old or inflEm, should
stay from the polls from any apprehension Of
violence or Fadeness. Every citizen will be
able to deposit his vote today as quietly as be
took his seat yesterday In the house of The
Lord,
Year: 1860

~ day of vast importance has dawncd
upon us. IT the struggles Of this Gay result in
the triumph Of the Glavocracy. the night that
follows it will be IS dark and dismal onc as
ever settled Upon our land.
Year: 1860

Election In Cook County.
We republish the result Of the elcc-
ton In Cook County in 1856 and 1855, by
wards and townships. This table may be use
full as basis Of comparison with the election
Of to-day;
Year: 1860

e~ Who in each Ward will be patriotic
enough to cast the first Republican vote this
morning? The nlau who bears away that
honor from us in our own Ward, the Second,
will l,avc to stir himself, but he shall have our
acknowlcdgmcnts and thanks.
Year: 1860

AM NOW prepared 10 show the best Linens In
u this market. such goods as have been try
ing to get for a long time--and will warrant them
all pure Linen and 20 wear well.


septic W. ID, PTJTLIIPg
Year: 1860

\X7ANTED-At this Office, TWO GIRLS to


w learn the printing business. We would
prefer that one Of them should be over twenty
years of age, the other any age above twelve.
None need apply who cannot read and write
English, Reference required as to moral
character; and Us we shall tale both into our
family; and try, in as far as may be necessary
or possible, to supply the place of the mothers
cants before making any engagement.
Year: 1860

SEEDING TIME.-Spring with all IFS beauties and
its genial warmth will soon be upon Already has
tie time arrived for gardening to commence Irish
potatoes peas and other vegetables may be planted
now and if the wealth er remains pleasant it
yesterday for few days we may expect to see gar
uening commenced in good earnest.
Year: 1860

. Iknooc not the day ofmy dedh."--GEN xvi.
know not when; but this know,


That it will surely come to me,
The day which comes to all below,


Which every child of earth must see;
For o'er his spirit none hath power,
To keep it, in that last dread hour.
know that shall watch the sun,


AS I have watched him many day,
In gold behind the hills go down,


Gliding with splendor all the way
! shall not see him set again,
Yet this shall not know cen then.
Some night, know the shades will gather.
The dusky shadows deeper grow,
The silent stars come out together,


The last that shall see below
No voice from out that distant sky,
VIII warn me that my end is nigh.
Some spring time, shall mark the trees
Grow daily greener DER my head,
And, in the autumn, shall feel


The dead leaves rustic meath my tread
Nor know next autumn's winds shall come
To strew the dry leaves on my tomb.
And there will be darkened room,


And they will catch my faintest breath,
And silence, and gathering gloom,
Will fall from off the wings Of Death
shall not hear the muflied tone,
The silent whisper, "She is gone"
And they will gaze on the pallid face,
Then shut it out from the light forever,
And bear me forth to my resting place,
In the shade OF the hill beside the river
shall not wake at its noisy gushing,
Nor ever list to its swollen rushing
But when this last great change shall come,
Is hidden from us-and tis best;
If we be ready for our home,


1t matters not how soon we rest
Death will be but the end of sorrow,
Dawn OF an endless hcavealy morrow
Year: 1860

smile in trouble, that can gather strength
from distress, and grow brave by reflection.
1t is the business of little minds to shrink
but he whose is firm and whosc conscience
approves his conduct will pursue his princi-
pies unto death
Year: 1860

From the Chicago Press 4 Tribune. . .s. .


Ii Rev. Mr.. Fisher, who opened the Char
lesion Convention with prayer, did not use
the following words, or words of like import,
he ought to have done so:
We appear before Thee, our Heavenly Mas
ter, this morning, to ask Thy Blessing upon
the labors of the Convention. We believe
that Thy Word has ordained Chattel Slavery
as one of the Institutions of Christianity and
Democracy; and that the selling of men,
women and children is permitted by Thee as
a punishment for the sins of Canaan. Help
this Convention so to conduct its deliberations
that slavery may be carried into all the Ter
ritories of this Republic in spite of the wick
cd determinations of Congress and of the
People to circumscribc it. Let manastcaling
and womanw whipping prevail, 0 Master even
in States that have, in direct conflict with Thy
Providence, assumed to be free. Let the
sound of the lash be heard on the prairies of
the West; and the wall of mothers bcreft Of
their young, rise up from the States of the
North Help us, by Thy wisdom, to be in
strumental in re-opcning the Slave Trade
Let not the pious labor of Thy servants in
the South, who are engaged in the conversion
and civilization of the children of Ham, be
confined to the arena in which it is now pent
up by the wicked, who know not how bless
ed Slavery is. Enlarge the sphere of their
usefulness. Open new lands, even benighted
Africa, to their cndeavors. Imbue them
plenteously with the strength which comes
from Thy grace, to the end that they may
build more ships to bring more heathens in.
Teach Thy servants now before Thee how to
contend with the enemy. Put the words in
to their mouths, which shall shame the here
sizes of the intidels of barbarous agc, and
bring to naught the wicked maxims and false
reasoning of Washington, Jefferson and Mad
ison, with which the Black Republicans JUS
tify their speech.


Our Master Thou knowcst that the wants
of this our country, arc not to be gratiGcd by
the seeking of new devices by which men
shall be made free. We pray Thee, then, to
look with favor upon whatever will promote
the cxtention and add to the strength of that
institution that this body of men have come
here to defend. Bless the five Justices of the
Supreme Court, who are faithful to Thy word
Bless, we beseech Thee, the Senators in Con-
grcss who obedently do Thy will in beating
Freedom down. Bless we implorc Thee, Thy
servants, the members of the House. Smile
upon their councils and make them wise and
strong, that man-stealing may go on Teach
this Convention the wisdom necessary to
guide its action. Aid the members thereof in
the choice of men to carry out Thy designs.
Grant them the candidates here designated
may be Democrats of unbounded faith i'm the
necessity of Slavery and the impolicy of Free
dom; and if Thy favor should crown them
with success, hasten the day in which Slavery
may go on unimpeded to all lands over which
the flag of our country now floats. Hear and
answer for Slavery's sake ?--Amen.
Year: 1860

A PARAGRAPH Choosing q
wife is a perilous piece of business. DO you
suppos cthere is nothing of it but evening
visits, bouquets, and popping the question Z
My dear simple. young man, you ought not
to be trusted out by yourself alone! Take
care that you don't get the China article, that
looks exceedingly pretty on the mante-piece
until the gilt and ornament are all rubbed off,
and then is fit only for the dust pile A wife
should be selected on the same principles as
a calico gown. Bright colors and gay pat.
terms arc not always the best economy. Get
something that will wash and wear. Nothing
like the suns and showers of matrimony to
bleach out these deceptive extcrnals! Don't
choose the treasure by gas-light, or in par
lor-sitting Broad daylight is the best time
IA kitchen the most sensible place. Bear in
mind, sir, that the article once bargained for
you can't exchange it If it don't suit. If you
buy watch and it don't run as expected
you can send it to a jewelcr to be repaired
in the case Of wife, once paired, you cans
repair. She may run in the wrong direction
very well, sir; all that is left for you is tc
run after her, and an interesting chase yor
will probably find it! you get good wife
you will be the happicst fellow alive; if yol
get a bad one, you may as well sell yoursel
for two and sxpence, at once just as wei
to consider all these things beforehand, young
| man Life illustrated.
Year: 1860




PRAISE Your WIrE.-lt is no weakness in
you to do it, nor in her to desire it, Alas
how many woman's heart has died ont OF
her for the want of -thirsting and painting
like poor Hagar in the desert, for the cooling
springs of love and sympathy which gladen
life's morning, but which, as she Travelled to.
wards the MONDAY, vanished and left nc
trace.


If some of the superabundance of tender.
ness and devotion, which is lavishcd upon heI
girlhood, could be laid up for future use and
measured out to her in after years, when re.
alities and gathering cares have taken the
place of love and romance, there would bl
less sighs and secret tears.


Many a true-hearted husband, wholly guilt
less of one unkind thought towards the wife
who makes his home happy, wonders to set
her beauty fade so early and her spirits lose
their freshness All he has forgotten that
she has more need of his affection than when
she was u care-frce maden--that often, when
her heart and hands are weary, she yearns
for tender and approving words from him
that it was his loving glance, so often ben,
upon her in other days that gave the sparkle
to her eye; that twas his caress that brought
the rich color to her cheek that it was tho
consciousness of being loved that awakened
all the angel in her nature, and made lac,
beautiful


Lock upon her now as you used to do. with
something of the old love light in your eye
thank her with a smile and cheerful word
when you find your easy chair waiting fol
YOU; chat awhile with her before you enve
ope yourself in newspapers and cigar smoke
commend sometimes her frugality Git will bt
money in pocket, for it is the best hint tc
economy wife can reccive); vile her for 0
time from that endless sewing; talk with hel
of the books she loves; ask for the old songs
that once charmed you so; tell her some
times how her presence .brightens your home
1t is these little kindnesses which feed hel
heart and strengthens her in her daily lfc
PARAGRAPH MATRIMoSIAL.--Ch0osin &
pif fc n ,,a, &c ~,
Year: 1860

The following is said to have been produc-
ed during the recent Legislative excursion in
Ohio, under the immediate inspiration Of a
drink composed of equal portions Of Monon-
gahcla and Bourbon:


The union Of rye and the union Of corn,


The union with lake, ice and river


The union OF sugar in spacious horn,


And the unfagg;ily union forever.
Year: 1860




the ferry. crossed the river and came out as
supposed, about a mile above Yates old
house, As we approached the scene of NV
old experience, looked in vain for marked
change A small house had been built unon
the north side of the road, but within the old
paling, and near the river bank. there still
stood all that was ever built Of the great citv
OF latestown, the old cabin where the
Captain lived surrounded by his Digger de-
mestlcs' and where his pet bear attracted the
gaze OF passing travellers. A portion Of the
roof had fallen in, and like Tyre and sidon
its voices were hushed in silence-its glory
was entombed.


The old oaks were there, and except the
new house there was no change in the out
line of the city. l drove on and a few min
utes sufiiced to carry me through the silver
streets of Yatestown to my own magnificent
abortion of weath-the beautiful paper en-
porium of Oleepa. Alas the genius of the
place was Asleep a. The oak still stood, un.
der which my house was built, the trees
which afforded shade to Peter the hunter
and his girls, were still nodding to the breez-
es the river still flowed silently by the sites
of prospective warehouses, but there was not
a vestige of my old habitation, and the grass
was green where it stood and the Indians.
where were they all that was left was their
broken and fallen cabins, their council house
was only mound of earth, the grass grew
in their streets and on the fallen houses. and
like Balbec or Palmyra, nothing but ruins
was left TO tell the tale of its former ereat-
ness Except the disappearance of the Iudi-
ans, and of their primitive homes. the great
city of Oleepa-ever blended as it was with
the still greater one of Yatestown, looked as
it did before the surveyor run his chain to
mark out its streets, and. dear speculative
reader as the marks of the plough hath not
mared its surface, nor the vandal hand of
man erected zigzag Virginia fence around
its boundaries, there is just a good a chance
to lay out another city, there, as there was in
May, 1850 Suppose you try it on.


But old images came before me as I wander
ed over the ground at was here said to
my wife-pointing to spot of ground, chat
sat when old 0leepa asked me how many
wives had. When l told him only one b.
and then described how she was dressed, he
thought | was fool 10 lay out so much mon
ey on one woman: 1t was there fed the wo
man and her children, when they had lost
their all in the Sacramento flood 1t was here
that the tribe clustered around me to save
them from the terrible "steambota," !" with its
flaming mouth and here the simple.heart-
ed natives used to get up their dances for my
amusement. Here it was met the poor fell
low who lost his all on the Southern desert.
and was eleven months in getting in-who
had staid with u.s. "in our house there at
home" And mate, continued with fervor
if ever kissed a single - "Go away, you
wretch" and a slap was all got for that
reminisceHce.


Dear reader will you too give me slap
for my "reminiscences


OLD BLOCK
Year: 1860

SOlOlDE of OF LAD AT SCHoOL-A paper
at Blairstown, N. j., has the following:


The young man it seems had taken fancy
to- and had been corresponding occasionally
with, young lady in or near Blairstown
The principal of the school, Mr.. Johnson.
forbade the correspondence, and even wrote
himself to the young lady, forbidding her to
send the young man any more letters She.
however, ,continuedto write, and it happened
a day or two before the fatal occurrence
that the young man Glanced to drop one of
her letters which letter was found and car
ried to johnson. Instead Of returning the
letter to the young man, with such kind ad-
monitions as his own good judgment ought
to have suggested, he had it publicly read
before the school, which so wrought upon
the young mans mind that he at once deter
mined to put an end to his own existence.
The shame, as he thought it, of such public
exposure, was more than he was able to
bear
Year: 1860

A MAN who recently went with an excur-
sion party from st. Paul to- Lake City, be-
coming weary, yawned. In yawning, he
opened his jaws so wide that they became
set and refused to come together again; he
was therefore obliged to remain with his
mouth painfully open till he returned to the
land, where somebody put him out Of his
tribulation.
Year: 1860

A successful case of transfusion of
blood into the veins of woman was
performed lately in Kilmarnock, Ayr
shire, Scotland. The woman, though
in the prime of life, had become SO
weak from the loss of blood, that pull
sation was at times imperceptible. -
The blood of friend was injected
into a vein in one of her arms, and the
most cheering results were immedi-
ately manifested She continued to
improve rapidly, and at last accounts
was considered beyond danger.
Year: 1860

IxsASE.---The cook at the Blue Tent has been
lAbOring under partial insanity for some three
weeks caused by religious excitement. On
Tuesday he made a rousing hre in stove and
burned every thing combustible in the room even
to the last rag of his own clothes. He has been
taken care of. His name we di / net learn.
Year: 1860

ATLANTIC MoSrHLr'-The AtlaRtic Monthly
for February has arrived. As ever the contents
are good. Those who do not read this magazine
miss luxury when once INDUCED in never to be
forgotten.
Year: 1860

PURSUANT to instructions from the President
of the United States, Brevet Colonel Robert
E. Lee, Second Cavalry is assigned to the
command of the Department Of Texas, and
will repair to the headquarters of the De-
partment, and assume command according to
his rank by brevet.
Year: 1860

The Pittsburgh (Pa) Commercial says:
Sheriff Graham this morning received a par
don from Governor Packer for Elk Mayor
Barker, confined in our Jail for some months
for nuisance in obstructng the public high
ways by holding a meeting in the vicinity of
the same, and collecting an audience, which
extended over and TO some extent obstructed
them. The ground assigned for the pardon
is the delicate health of the prisoner,
Year: 1860

1t is an awkward thing to begin the
world without dollar; aud yet hundreds
Of individuals have raised large fortunes
from single shilling. We know gentle
man, n builder, in an extensive way of bus


ness, now well worth one hundred thou
sand dollars, who was a bricklayer's laborer
some six years ago, at one dollar per day.
lie became rich by acting upon principle.
He has assured me that even when he was
in iil-paid employment he continued TO save
| fifty cents per dav, and thus laid up one
hundred and eighty-two dollars the first
year. From this moment his fortune WIS
made. Like the hound upon the right
scent, the game sooner or later won was
other firm. one of which has since died,
and left behind him an immense property
the other is still alive, has realized as much
and vet both these men came TO New York
without cent, and swept the very shop
wherein they both afterwards made their
fortunes. Like the builder we have just
mentioned, they possessed an indomitable
spirit of industry, perseverance, and fru-
sality, and the first dollar became in come
lutHCt tht Niuti Vi " tfillllDH t1DTts
The world at large would call these ind-
viduals fortunate, and ascribe their prosper
ity to good luck bu, the word would be
very wrong TO do so. If there was any
luck at all in the matter, il was the luck Of
possessing clear heads and active hands, by
which means multitudes Of others have
carved out their own fortunes, as well as
those instances we have above cited. But
the word business means habit. Paradoxi-
cal as it may seem at first sight. business is
nothing in the world except habit--,he soul
of which is regularity. Like the fy-wheel
upon sieam-engine, this last keeps up The
motion of life steady and unbroken, there
by enabling the machine to do its work
without this regularity. your motions as a
merchant may be capital, but never VIII be
profitable. Home Circle.