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Year: 1860

An UyLuokY MAN.-The indianapolis Jour-
nal in an article on the defeat of John D.
Defrees for House Printer, sums up his mis-
fortunes as follows


There seem to be fatality hanging over
him. This is the third time that he has pass
ed all the barriers to success to fall right at
the door of his hopes He missed the Con-
cressional nomination in 1858, after major
ity of the delegates had been instructed for
him. He lost the agency of the State last
winter after having received the nomination
Of a party combination that had before sue
ceeded in every effort Now he has lost the
most valuable Office in the Government, after
nomination, and after passing within one vote
of an election.
Year: 1860

A RAT EATER.-The New York Tribune is
responsible for the statement that few
nights since, at a rat pit in White street, a
Philadelphian, on wager, ate a iiye rat, in
the presence of an admiring and applauding
crowd
Year: 1860

UTAH TERRIroRY.-A correspondent of the
Alta writes from Salt Lake City as follows:


Last year there was raised in this territory
over two hundred tons of flax, which soon Is
TO be manufactured, machinery having been
brought from the East More attention will
be given this season to its growth, as the eli
mate is well adapted for it. The flax is of
fine quality, and compares fayorably with
the best of Russia. The cotton crop is re-
ported as large, that is raised in the vicinity
of the St. Clara river where are two flour
ing settlements.


A new settlement has recently been formed
in Cache Valley, some eighty miles north
of this city. Some portion of this valley
is in the State of Oregon. At least five hun
dred families are there, or en- route. The
valley is represented as large and extremely
fertile, and evidently destined to become a
large and thriving place. Many families
have left the southern settlements, pretend
ing to be removing to the above locality, but
Ostensibly on their way to Oregon. New
settlements are forming in various valleys
heretofore lying idle in which the land is
represented as fertile. The large immigra-
tion which is expected to arrive in this year
Eill probably be for the most part located in
these new positions.
Year: 1860

They could not turn him out of the par
ty, because be voted with them on all but
the Slavery questions, SO be was Chair.
man of the Committee on Commerce up
to the time they made the Cincinnati
Platform and nominated James Buchan.
an. Then be came out and said, "You
put me in as a Democrat, and | have
ce ased to be Democrat; am going with
the Republicans" He resigned bis seat
and went to Maine, and was elected Gov
ernor BY Is, 900 N majority in State which
went against US the year before. Both Of
these men have polied the highest vote
ever polled in their two several States,
and they will poll higher vote still next
Fall. Loud applause.l l have grown
old, and don't believe now that thing is
going to be because I think it ought to be;
but [ feel very sure, as every man in Chi
cago felt when the nomination was made,
that the 4th of March will see Lincoln
and Hamlin inaugurated as your Presi-
dent aud Vice. President.


Mr.. Greeley retired from the stand a.
mid hearty applause. The Glee Club
then favored the audienee with another
patriotic song, which was enthusiastically
cheered.
Year: 1860

On Friday morning young girl was
found wandering about the streets of Phil
adelphia. Upon being questioned BY an
Officer stated that she was homeless and
without friends. She was taken to the
station house, and subsequently to the
central station, where she told sad sto-
ry. 1t was as follows: She was seven
teen years of age, and native Of Salem,
N. j. Two years ago ber father pur-
chased a plantation near New Orleans,
and with bis family removed there. The
girl went to school few miles from home,
and bired man was in the habit of car
rying her backward and forwards in q
wagon. During these rides he succeeded
in winning her affections, and in persuad-
ing her to elope with him. She stole
500 belonging to her father, and the
couple came to this city. where the villain
effected her ruin. aud after obtaining all
her money and pledging nearly all her
clothing be deserted her. Having no
means left, the poor womsn was turned
into the streets By the proprietor of the
house where she had been staying. The
girl refused to make affidavit against the
scoundrel who bad betrayed ber. She
was sent to the House Of Refuge until
her family can be communicated with.
Year: 1860

The following from the Hartford Daily
Coarant, in relation to fashionable nri-
sance, which prevails in that city, Will
apply to all the towns aid eitiss.iauthe
U. Ststes:-


What a number Of idle, useless young
womeu-they call themselves young la
dies-parade our streets! "They toll
not, neither do they spin, yet Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like one of
them" Do they ever look forward to
thr time when the real cares and respon-
sibilities of life will cluster around then7
Have they made, or are they making any
preparation for the onerous duties which
will assuredly fall to their lot-duties to
society, the world and Godl They
lounge or sleep away their time in the
morning. They never take hold Of the
drudgery, the repulsive toll; which each
son and daughter of Adam should per-
form in this world. They have no hat-
its of industry, no taste for the useful, no
skill in any really useful art. They are
in the streets, not in the performance Of
their duty, or for the acquisition ofhealth,
but to see and be seen. They expect
thus to pick up husband who will be as
indulgeut as their parents have been, and
support them in idleDess. They who
SOW wind in this way are cure to reap the
whirlwind. No life can be exempt from
cares. How mistaken an education do
these girls receive who are allowed to
imagine that life is always to be garden
of roses! Labor is the great law Of our
being. How worthless will she prove
who is unable to perform it,


Domestic education cannot be acquired
In the streets. 1t cannot be learned a.
midst the friyolties of modern society
A good, and worthy, and mfortSring-
ing husband can rarely be picked on the
pavement.


"The nymph who walks the public streets,
And sets her cap for all she meets,
May catch the fool who turns to stare,
But men of sens avoid the snare"


The highest and best interest of socie-
ty in the future, demand better, more
useful, more domestic training Of our
young ladies.
Year: 1860

Agay couple, representing themselves to
be man and wife, arrived at Carpenters
Hotel, Newark, q few days ago, and book
ed themselves as permanent residents.-
For few days they lived most luxuriaut-
ly debating the details Of their fodder"
and having it served up in their own room;
but when the time arrived for them to
settle the bill they manifested strong
disposition to ''foot it" during the land
lord absence, whereupon the bar tender
very urgently requested them to remain
under lock and key until the proprietor
returned, when they acknowledged their
inability to pay, and implOred bin not to
send them to Jail. The captain compro-
missed the affair By setting them to work
the man at saving wood, and the wo-
man at scrubbiDg-and is determined to
keep them at it until the whole bill is
paid.
Year: 1860

Take some leaf gold and white honey
and grind them together upon a marble
slab until the gold is reduced to an i'm,
palpable powder. The paste now form
ed is agitated in large glass tumbler
with soft water, which dissolves the hon
ey while the gold falls down to the bot
tom. The water is now poured of and
the gold washed until all the honey is re-
moved, after which the gold is dried and
then suspended in mucilage Of gum a.
rabic. 1t is now used for writing upon
paper, and when it becomes dry it may
be FURNISHED and rendered Brilliant
Silver ink is prepared in the same man
ner, by substituting silver leaf for the
gold. Gold is also obtained in powder
by dissolving nitrody drochloric acid Tag
ia regia,) which is called the terchloride
of gold. When crystallized, this is solu.
bic in water, alcohol and ether, and may
be used for gold ink By adding a gum
mucilage to the water or alcohol in which
it is dissolved. Metallic writing fluids Of
different colors can be made by mixing
bronze powders in gum mucilage.--'Scl.
entifc american.
Year: 1860

There are two classes of men to whom
the world presents itself in an aspect
which is bid from the masses of m ankind.
The Physician and the Pastor look on
men from a prospect ground peculiarly
their own. They see man not in the
might of his mind, or in the vigor of
his frame, when be comes out 10 the
morning the fair handiwork of beav
en-, and conscious sovereign of all under
God. They look on him in bis prostra-
ton and misery; visit him when under the
depression of grief, and in the impatienos
and feverishness of pain; they hear all
his repinings, see all his weaknesses and
tears, and know better than others how
poor and humble thing he comes to be-
fore be dies. They see him not in the
touching grace and attitude of the sub
lime Apollo, but in the recumbent and
distorted posture of the suffering Laopoon.
Others walk on the surface of society
they penetrate to the core. And it is
being conversant with different worlds.
Without and in the street, all is hilarity
and JOY of heart, and the gay spirit of
life predominates. But it is only the O.
pening of door, or the stepping into a
cellar, and the scene is all changed
Man, the goodly child of heaven, they fol-
low him who was seen in all the alertness
of joy and life, made after the same pat
tern, and breathed into it by the same
spirit, is laid out in languishment and
death, too poor for aught but pity, his
sinking pulse and laboring heart betok-
eniDg how little OF the little span is left
him.


To these scenes, both come on the work
Of benevolence; but they occupy different
departments. The curer of tho body
knows bis tolls and anxieties. Let him
first do his work and be gone-and how
necessary is it that physician should be
pious man: Bot if not-Of then, to
sit down By the bedside, at the moment
when the physician shakes bis head and
retires, and all that is seen and heard
betokens that the sick is given over. At
that moment of wound up interest, to press
gently the wasted band, and if the sick
be a child Of God, to make the skillful
application Of the Gospels comforts, to
select and present the chapters which the
Spirit has written for the dying, to tell
of the rod and staff of Jehovah to COM
fort, and bow precious in His eyes is the
death of his saints; or, if be be not a
child of God, cautiously to alarm, and
gently to press home the frequent invita-
tions, the encouraging promises the rich
es of the Fathers tender meroies, and the
impressive testimonies of the Savior's love
with these, and with the fearful alterna-
tions, to win, if he can, the poor soul,
whose night is just at hand. What a
task! J ct this must be do, and continue
to do. as be has opportunity, till the Ia
test coming and decisive token Of death
sits upon the body, till the ear has lost
its bearing, and the souls last signal
light is witbdrawn.-Re0. DR.. Vim. Ne
ems.
Year: 1860

s1-lt is stated that twenty thousand
Swedes and Norwegiaus are preparing
to embark for the United States, and it
is believed that not less than that number
will reach the United States before TIE
close of the present year.
Year: 1860

CONVENIENT AND EcuSoAIcAL METHOD of
PREPARING PUMPKIN ANn SQUASH PE.-An
extensive baker, in good repute for his excel
lent pies, contributes to the American Agri-
culturist the following mode which he practi
ces, aud which il both convenient and econ
omical. Cut each pumpkin or squash across
into halves and with an iron spoon scrape
out the seed and the soft stringly pulp Then
ser them, open side up, into moderately
heated oven The juice, which il the richest
portion, will collect On the inside, and when
the whole is sufficiently soft pour out the
juice, and scrape out all the meat leaving
only the rnd Or outer hard she'll. The mass.
mixed with the juice, anu then the whole
stirred up with milk, sugar, and spices, Is
ready 70 be poured upon the crust By this
method the labor Of pairing is saved, none ii
the pumpkin i wasted with the skin, OF IN
boiling water, and the material is richer than
when boiled in the ordinary way
Year: 1860

TEAVING leased the above SALOON, beg to inform
Il their patrons and friends that they will always
be on hand to attend to their wishes and assure them
that their Bar will Mt all times be supplied with the
right kind Of BEVERAGES, and they will do their
best to dispense Them in satisfactory manner. The
BILLIARD TABLES are the finest kind of Marble Bed
and will he kept in perfect order


janl5-my
Year: 1860

consultation upon question that so deeply affects US ALL
From calm and delberite consideration OF the b6s.
mode of avoiding a common danger, much good might
result and no evil could


In thus proceeding We would show to the world cs
noon 10 exhaust every peaceabe remedy for the sou-
ton of our difficulties and firm determination to mair
tain our rights 'n the Unon il possible and out OF it


Such rtsp, too, would be but becoming mark of
respect 10 that considerable portion OF the people oil the
non-savet odng States who have ever been disposed TO
acknowledge US as equals the Union, and who have on
many occasions galanty struggled to secure our eons
tutioDal rights.


therefore respectfully recommend, that you invite
the Southern States to conference or such OF them as
NAV be inclined to into consultation with US upon
the present condition OF the country Should such COZ
ference be fouLd impraclcable then would recommend
the sending OF one or more delegates 10 our neignoong
States with the view OF securing concert OF action.


also think that the public safety requires recurrence
to our own people for expression Of their opinion The
will of the people expressed VIII be law oil action
with ALL and secure that unanimty 30 necessary IN an
emergency like the present


therefore recommend that a convention OF the peo
pie of the State be called TO assemble immediately after
the proposed consultation with other Southern States
shall have terminated.


The subject of our military dcfencAs will require your
carly attention. | would recommend thorough reof-
ganzaon of the militia aad the enrolment OF all persons
between the ages OF Is and 10 years. With such reg
ulation our muster roll would contain hundred and
ten thousand men.


would also recommend the formation Of corps of
ten thousand volunteers with organic ,tion separate
from the main body of the ma and that they be suita
bly, armed aud equipped.


That your proceedings may be conducted IN spirit oil
harmony and conciliaon aud that they will rebound to
the honor and welfare of North Carolina aid our com
mon country, is my iervent desire.


JOHN w. ELLIS
Year: 1860

Why DO CHILDREN DIE The reason why chill
dren die, says DIR. Hall, is because they are not
taken care of. From the day of birth, they are
stuffed with food choked with physic. sloshed with
water, sufocated in hot rooms, steamed in bed
clothes. So much for indoors. When permitted
to breathe breath of pure air once weak in sum-
mer, and once or twice during the colder months,
only the nose is permitted to peep into daylight.
little later they are sent out with no clothes at
ALL as to the part of the body which most needs
protection. Bare legs, bare arms, bare necks,
girted middles with an inverted umbrella to collect
the air and chill the other parts of the body.
strong stout man goes out in a cold day, with his
gloves and over coat, woollen stockings and thick
double soled hoots with cork between and rubbers
over. The same day child three years old, a
child in flesh and blood, and bone and constitution,
goes out with soles thin as paper, cotton socks,
legs covered to the knees, neck bare an exposure
that would disable the nurse kill the mother out
right in fortnight, and make the father an invalid
for weeks. And why To harden them to mode
of dress which they never expected to praetice
to accustom them to exposure which dozen years
later would be considered downright foolery. To
rear children thus for the slaughter pen, and then
Law il to the Lord is too bad. We don't think the
Almighty has any hand in it. And to draw COM
fort from the presumption that He is an agency in
the death of child. in the manner of the quoted
article, is PROCLAMATION.
Year: 1860

IT being Of the utmost importance for the proper


protection the Track, and 20 keep out Of hs way
gravel other trains that freig trains DO at
regular uniform OF speed, which only be
coPlIsled by running schedule time therefore, IN
order that the freight trains may be on the time
laid IL The schedule, il Is ordered that after thir
Is days this da te, freight will be received by the
Nsshyi sri -ranoogs Railroad Company at sche!
ule stations only
Year: 1860

te WASHINGTON, March 8th, 1860.
DEAR EDrroR Every western man will
be glad to learn that the Pacific Railroad
which has so long been regarded as an un-
approachable myth seems now to be in a
fair way of soon becoming an iron reality.
Col. Curtis has labored .indefatigably to
keep the ball in motion; ever keeping an eye
to the northern. route. He has had the
Indifference of careless members, and the
icalousies Of those advocating rival routes
to contend with all the time, but with an
energy, perseverance and pluck which do
him infinite credit, he has battled them all,
and will no doubt have the satisfaction of
seeing more complete measure OF success
crown his efforts during the present session
of Congress than ever before. The Speaker
win appoint a Pacific Railroad committee
probably this week, and the committee once
appointed, the business will be hurried along
rapidly, as the men who will compose it
have been getting it "cut and dried" in
good shape. The northern and southern
men cannot be brought to agree upon any
single route, and a compromise will be made,
the result Of which will be the building Of
two roads instead Of one. One will 60
north of the 38th parallel of north latitude,
and the other across northern Texas. The
United States is to furnish them o basis to
start on in the shape of lands and bonds to
the amount Of hundred million dollars
If the bill embracing these provisions can
be passed, (and there are strong reasons for
hoping that it can,) the work will be begun
in earnest and pushed on to early completion
by the best Railroad building talent the
country affords backed by an immense capi-
tai. Let the bill be passed, and there will be
o scramble among the "points" on the Mis-
souri, River far exceeding any excitement
that glorious region has yet Witnessed
Nature has traced the pathway of the iron
horse from the great river to the mountains
SO plainly, that blind indeed, must be the
man who cannot seeit; but self-interest is
so effectual binder, that the people now
located at the river terminus Of Natures
route, must throw blaze Of light on their
neighbors up and down the river, to make
them see at all.


Council Bluffs and Omaha have no child's
play before them in tho enforcement of
their claims among all the classing interest,
and l hope their people will duly appreciate
their position and the Importance of prompt
and proper action in the premises.


w. III. X.
Year: 1860




Aswe have had Democratic Administra-
tions most Of the time Of their oppression,
now, in order to relieve the miseries, real
or imaginary. know Of no other remedy
but a change of rulers; and for their sakes
We must make vigorous effort to restore
the Republic to the principle Of Madison
and Jefferson, 20 that their troubled spirits
may find rest.


You know a certain remnant of Northern
Democracy is q faithful ally 1t has bent
and bowed at your command. No doubt
the old Free-Soil leaders believe as they
did in 1s4s; but you must now allow them
to assume any disguise. adhere to any stan
dard. if they can only be camp-followers Of
victorious legion. But you are deter
mined, if they enter the Charleston Conven-
ton, it mus. not be erect and with banners
flying, but as the serpent when be entered
he garden. You mean that the only en-
rance shall Be through "hole in the wall"
Year: 1860

Among the victims OF the Henry CLAY
disastor, was Stephen Allen, Esq, an aged
man of tho purest character, formerly n
Mayor of New York, beloved and esteemed
by all who knew him. In his pocket. book
wns found slip, apparently cut from q
newspaper, of which the following is a
copv


Keep good company or mono Never
bD idIo, 1t your hands cannot DO uscfuly
employed, attend to the cultivation Of your
mind. Always speak tho truth. Make few
promises. 1.-Two up to your engagements
Keep your own secrets, if you have any -
When you speak to person. look him in
the face. Good company and good conver-
sation nro tho very sincWs of virtue. Good
character is above oil things else. Your
character cannot DO essentially injured, ex-
copt by your acts. If any one speaks evil
OF you. let yonr life be so that no one will be-.
ievo him. Drink no kind of Intoxicating
liquors, Ever live (mistortunes excepted)
within your income. WheE you retire to
bed, think over what you have boon doing
during the day. Make no haste to got rich,
if you would prosper Small and stead y
gains give competency with tranquility of
mind. Never play at any game of chance
Avoid temptation, through fear you may
not Withstand it. Earn money before you
spend it. Never run into debt. unless you
sec a way to get out again. Never borrow.
if you can possibly avoid it. Do not marry
until you arc able to support wife. Never
speak evil of any one. Be just before you
are generous. Keep yourself innocent, il
you would be happy. Save when you arc
young to spend when you are old. Road
over tho above maxims at least once q
week"
Year: 1860

A well.bred man has always the same
manners at home and in society, and what
is bad in tho former, is only worse in the
latter. 1t can never be pardonable to swag-
ger and lounge, nor carry into even the
family circle the actions proper to the
dressing-room. Even where familiarity
has nothing shocking in itself, it attacks
the respect due to the society of others,
whoever they may be, and presents the
danger of a further breach of it, From
familiarity to indecency is but one step.
Thus no part of the dress, not shoe string
even, should bo arranged in the presence OF
ladies. The Hindoos, remarkable for the
delicacy Of their manners, would not al
low kissing, scratching. pinching, or lying
down, to bo represented on the stage, and
at least the last three should never be per-
mitted in mixed society of men and wo.
men. There arc attitudes which are O
transition from ease to iamiliary, and should
mover be INDUCED. A man may cross bis
legs in tho present day. but should never
stretch them apart. To wipe the forehead,
cape, yawn, and so forth, are only n shade
less obnoxious than the American habit OF
expectoration.