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Year: 1860

A most bloody tragedy was enacted in
Dickenson, Franklin county, New York,
on Friday last. The particulars as we
have received them are as follows:


"a Hunter by the name Of Henry
Meacham, has for the past FIVE years
threatened the life Of a man by the hams
Of Chauncy Wood, for being too intimate
with Meacham's wife. On Friday last
Meacham took his rifle in the morning,
and told his wife he was going to shoot
Wood, WHO had gone out that morning
on hunting 'xpedition. He took Woods
track, and did not return Till night
When he came in he told his wife that he
had killed Wood, ard was going TO shoot
her, and without further ceremony dis
charged both barrels into her body
lie then took out his hunting knife, and
reall y severed her head from her body.
His wfe's father and mother and four
children were in the room at the time
after he had done that bloody deed he
took a revolver from his pocket, as his
mother in law supposed. to shoot her, but
he told her she need not be afraid, he
wanted her TO take care of the children,
and placing the pistol to his head blew
his own brains out. A company was i'm
mediately formed to 60 out in search Of
Wood; the result Of this search we have
not learned but from the character Of Mea-
cham, it is more than probable they will
find him dead. Mcacham was thor
ough woodsman and hunter and one of
the very best shots in Northern New
York. When out OF the woods he used
liquor 10 excess, and he was probably
under the effects Of liquor when be COM
mitted this horrible deed. Meacham's
wife was a sister to Cook, who was in
dicted with BickforG, for the murder of
Secor.


Since the above was written we have
received news that Mr.. Wood arrived
home late Friday night, with one hand
completely shattered to piecies by Mea-
cham's bullet. Itappears that Meacham
followed Woods track until he overlook





him, when he shot and killed him as he
supposed, as Wood fell apparently dead.
when he fred, but from some cause, his
aim was less true than usual. Potsaans
Courier.
Year: 1860

Gy"A As my father used to say Of wo.
men, you must study their nature
When he lived at Sheffield, and his es-
tablshment was small, he never rang the
bell for the maid, but when he wanted her
always went out into the street 10 call her,
for, he said, woman were sure to be found
looking out the window. In like manner
he always hired the prettiest girls he could
find; they waited fol the men to run after
them, but the ugly ones always wasted
their time running after the men; one
stayed at home, and the other didn't.
Year: 1860

How TO MAKE AN OBSTINATE Horse
DRAw.-A friend Of mine was an eve
witness OF an instance Of Yankee ingenu.
ify winter before last in Northern Yer
mont. AS tits fully an infallible method
to make such horse pull, and as it may
be Of use to many Of your subscribers in
similar case. give it to you as follows !:


As my friend was riding along one day
on horseback, he saw two men, each with
a heavy load of wood upon his sled
One OF the horses Of the team behind be-
coming very obstinate, variety Of ways
was tried to make him draw, but with
out avail. He would pull backwards
so as 10 prevent the other horses from
drawing. After coaxing, whipping, &C.,
in vain; the following method was very
successfully tried. A stout rope was
made fast 10 the obstinate animals tail,
and then passed under mis- belly in such a
way as to pass between both of the hind
and the fore legs, and the other end was
made fast TO the front team. When all
was ready, the horses of the front team
was started, and no horse, | will venture
to say ever pulled better. Let others try
the same method, and they will be assur-
ed, that il it does not work successfully,
it is because the animal does not care
enough from his tail, to follow it.-N 3.
Farmer.
Year: 1860

COMING HOME FoRc1BLY.-It is an inta-
nous fact that the Legislature passed an act,
and it was signed by the Governor, for the
compulsory inspection Of salt meats in San
Francisco The law has gone into full effect
and the consequences begin to be seen.
Every barrel of pork that comes to the
mines, in accordance with the resolution
passed by the Chamber of Commerce of San
Francisco has marked upon its head the
price of inspection which is added to the
value of the barrel of pork, and has to be
paid by the consumer. The San Francisco
merchant formerly warranted the pork sold
to interior merchants to be sound, and if
found not to be so, the loss fell upon the
dealer in San Francisco. Under the present
law the miners take their own risk after the
pork is inspected and pay for having the
risk. Formerly if the pork was not good it
was thrown back upon the country merchant
who in turn shifted the loss upon the whole
sale dealer below. The people are thus
made in the end to pay for the folly of their
representatives in the Legislature.


We predict the repeal of the law next
winter. The object of it was not to secure
the people against imposition in the sale Of
damaged meats, for they incurred no risk be-
fore, but to provide place for some hungry
oormorant, who prefers an office to honest
employment. Nevada Journal
Year: 1860

About seventy years ago gentleman in
Massachusetts, then unknown and in OBJ
scurity, began to make nails by cutting
slices out of old hoops, and gripping these
pieces by common vice, headed them with
several strokes of the hammer. BY pro-
gressive improvements, Sitting mills were.
built and the shears and heading tools were
perfected but still much labor and expense
were requisite in making nails. The first
machine ever made for cutting nails, it is
said was invented by shopmate of f. /.
Whitney, called BetJamin Cochran. This
ripe old age His machine cut out tie nails
without head. Previous to the date of his
invention, (l790) nails had been punched
ont of plates by hand in Connccticu; these
also had no head. In 1910, the ingenious
Jacob Perkin and Johnathan Ellis, of Mass
achusctts, erected the first machinery for
cutting and heading nails at one operation.
In 1892, cut nails were first made in Eng.
land by machinery, two rollers with dies be.
ing employed for the purpose. One half the
impress was made in each roller when they
came in contact the blanks were fed in At
the top, and finished nails dropped out be-
low as the steam rollers revolved.





FEEDING HoRsEs-The practice Of reguA
Iating the food of horses by the amount Of
work they are required to perform, is a good
one, if properly followed. For example, n
horse when lying Comparatively idle. rs in
winter, should have less solid food than
amid the hard work Of spring and summer.
Again, if horse is about to be put to q
work of extra labor, it is we'll to fortify him
for it by little extra feeding beforehand.
But the mistake we refer to is the practice
of over feeding him an hour OF so before
putting him to work. If an extra service is
required of a horse, on any particular day,
and an extra feed is to be given him, let him
have it the evening before hand rather than
in the morning an hour or two before being
put to work. Why so? Because, if he is put
to work so soon after eating, his food does
not become digested, and he is obliged to
carry about with him mass of indgested
fodder, which is rather burden than belp
to him. If he is well fed the evening BEFORE.
the food is ssimilated-changed to flesh
and blood-and sends health and vigor
through all the system. As a general rule,
working horse should be fed regularly \
both as to the time and the amount.
Year: 1860

If those persons who have taken up
claims for agricultural purposes will at once
fence the same, in a year from this tlme' the
increase of pasture will pay for the labor and
expense of Improvement
Year: 1860

Eg- The leading men in the oyster bust.
ness in Baltimore assert that there are more
oysters in Chesapeake Bay at present than
there were twenty years ago. notwithstand-
ing millions upon millions Of bushels have
been removed.
Year: 1860

ORIGIN OF TIE CAR OF LIBERTy.-Tn former
ages, when old age was honorable, caps be-
came embIems of honor.-By degrees it be-
came the badge of freedom, for none were
deemed honorable who were not free, be
had a cap given to him, which he was per-
mited to wear in public. The Cap of LIB
erty WAS simple in its form, the shape of a
sugar loaf broad at the base and ending in
a cone. This prefgured that freedom stands
on the broad basis Of humanity and runs up
to pyramid, the emblem Of eternity, to
show it ought to last forever. 1t was sim
pie, for liberty is in itself the most shining
ornament of man. 1t has none of the gild.
ed trappings that make the livery of despot-


ism. The cap Of liberty was white, emblem
attic of purity, thus showing that it should be
untainted by faction or tyranny.
Year: 1860

ECLIPSE or THE PLANET Mans BY THE MoON
This oooultation, the third Of the remarkable
| series Of four eclipsss Of planets in the course
Of single month, will take place in the morn
ing of Thursday, May l0,h; il viii be visible
IN a large part Of the United States and Of the
British Provinces, and although not 80 general
ly interesting as that Of Venus on April gath,
will be very beautiful, as the moon viii be five
days past its full, and near the meridian, and
the planet near the earth, so that its fiery red
color will strongly contrast with that of our
satellite.


According to the elements given in the Eng
lish Nautical Almanac, the eclipse will take
pace as follows the Immersion on the bright
a nd the Emersion on the dark side Of the moon


Thursday morning, May 10th.
Year: 1860




We would direct attention to certain noticeable
provisions Of the act of the Legislature Of 1857 "re
lative to elections in the parish of Orleans" The
act in question provides that it shall be the duty o
the Central Board Of Commissioners to appoint all
Commissioners of Election to preside at any popu
lar election in the parish Of Orleans. Said act fur
thermore provides that in case any commissioner
appointed shall fail refuse to act substitutes to
discharge the requisite functions may be appointed
by the President of the Board of Commissioners;
or, in case Of his absence, by the Register Of
Voters


The act also makes it lawful that any member
of the Central Board of Commissioners Judge,
Justice of the Peace the Sheriff or any of his de-
puties, shall administer to any Commissioner of
election the oath required by existing laws.


Let voters bear in mind that the aforesaid act
makes it law that the polls be opened at s o'clock
and close at o'clock P. M. If they are too early
at the polls they can wait and save their votes.
but if they are too late they lose the opportunity
of recording ballots, which may be Of momentous
consequence in the decision of this most material
electoral contest which has occurred since the or
gaujXatiou Of the nation
Year: 1860




The Mayor and Chief Of Police have made every
proper and possible arrangement for the preserya-
ton Of order at the polls during the election to-
morrow. They have culled the police force of its
best men, and detailed four to attend each voting
precinct throughout the city during the day.


The City Telegraph has also been prepared with
a view to furnish extra facilities in communicating
news to headquarters at the City Hall. The Su-
perintendent Mr.. Hebert, and his able and indus
trious Assistant, Mr.. Mingle, last week stretched
an extra wire to the Treme police station (near
the Parish Prison) and fixed police telegraph
apparatus there they have also wound up all the
striking weights in the belfres recharged the bat
teries, and put everything in applepie order; not
only because it would be necessary anyhow, but
in order to render assurance doubiy that there
shall be no mistake or let-down, should the tele-
graph be called in reqnisiton during the day of the
Presidential election.


The chief arrangement will be the detailing of
officers to the different parts of the city, whose
exclusive duty it shall be to attend the irealarm
signal boxes on the streets, and by means of Sc
ries of signals Tin which they are to be instructed
today to signal to the central Office should there
be disturbance at any voting precinct beyond
the power Of the officers there stationed to quell
Ihe central once Ieiegrapnera. Messrs. OeHSie
Shepherd and Winter, will change their ordinary
routine and be together during the day, 50 thai
messages from different quarters and answers may
be received and sent without delay.


Mayor Monroe, Chief McClelland and Superin-
tendent Hebert deserve much credit for thus com
bining to effect all that be effected by the po-
lice and the telegraph in case of necessity. We
have no reason TO believe that any serious dis
turbance will take place anywhere, but recent ex-
hibitions of partisan bitterness satisfy us that some
ugly scenes may be looked for, unless the picked
police stand well to their duty, and are backed in
so doing by the sensible and law-abiding men Of
the different parties.


The Mayor and Chief Of Police, during the cleo
ton, will remain at the City Hall; the Lieutenants
OF tile four Districts will be each at his Office, with
reserve of men ready for instant service; should
disturbance be telegraphed to the City Hall, ths
Lieutenant of the District in which the disturbance
occurs will be telegraphed to turn out with his mel
and alay the trouble speedily as possible
These preparations are wise and proper; still w
hope there will be no occasion for their exercise
Year: 1860

SATURDAY, November g. 1860.
Ed Cresc-Please suggest your Mondays paper that the
citizens living the of the procession Monday evening
illuminate their houses probable that all the friends
the Union wsrd adoptit. s.
The suggestion of our correspondent is good
one. We understand that many of our citizens
have already determined to illuminate their houses
along the line of the processon-and, as this is to
be the final grand demonstration, we would be
glad to see the suggestion universally adopted
We expect to have the Crescent office lit up, and
to close the canvass in blaze of glory.'
Year: 1860

We have received the November number of the
New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, edited
by gentlemen who stand among the first of the
profession in the city. The current issue of this
valuable publication is filled with interesting and
professionally instructive matter.
Year: 1860

BUTTER IN FIVE MINUTEs.-We
copy the following from the N. Y.
Rural AnaericGn:


"Strain the milk, and set it away
for twelve hours, to allow the cream to
rise; after letting it stand for the above
time, set the milk on the stove, and
allow it to remain there until the milk
assumes wrinkled appearance. Do
not allow the milk to boil, or become
disturbed, as it would cause the cream
to mix with the milk. When sufficient
cream has been collected, take wood
en- bowl, or suitable vessel, and having
scalded it, rinse it in cold water, and
place the cream in it. The operator
should hold his hand in water as hot
as can be borne for few seconds, then
plunge it in cold water for about .
minute, and at once commence to agi-
tate the cream by circular motion.
In FIVE minutes or less the butter will
be formed, when it can be washed and
salted to suit the taste. During tho
winter season, the vessel containing
the cream should be placed over ano-
ther containing hot water, to warm it !;
continue to agitate the cream until the
chill has departed. We hope that our
readers will try this method; no better
butter can be made by any churn ever
invented. -
Year: 1860

When / was a child my father one
night gave shelter and rest to a fugi-
tive from slavery. For his greater Sc
curity, he preferred to stay in the barn
concealed among the hay. The poor
fellow was an object of absorbing
interest to us children. shall never
forget his fantastic dress, and the mix
ture of the grotesque and pitiable in
his manner. The falling of a leaf
startled him, and he trembled to ac-
cept the least kind. Office, least it was
meant to betray for he fancied, as
well he might, poor creature, that
every mans hand was against him.


He had come long way, and his
feet were sore, and his coarse and
scanty clothing was torn by the briars
among which he had concealed himself
during the days, for his fear had no,
permitted him to travel, except OF
nights. He had a sweetheart some
where, who had escaped year before
him; where she was he did not know
but his faith in their ultimate meeting
knew no shadow of doubt. She SCI
her face right towards the north STAR
said he, Sand that's the way rs gwine
till | finds her."


On stormy nights he had, for the
most part, laid by, he said, because ht
could not see that star, and it was use
less to go forward without some guide
eff a body only has de north STAR
said he, he's safe, but he amt with
out, kase he hain't got light in himself
for to go by"


Many time when / have seen men
and women zig-zagging through the
world, without any guiding light, ]
have thought of that poor fugitive and
his North star, and wished there were
more of his childlike faith and reliance
in the world.
Many and many year has passed
since he went into the storm and the
darkness and how and where hi.
journey ended / never knew, but dc
know that such faith and trust as his
cannot be always baffied, and that, con
fding alone in God, he will be gath
cred up into light so broad and brigh
that no shadow can find access to him
and no fear to come to mock him.


We are taught to trust in ourselves
and it is very noble and beautiful so t.
trust, but higher or lower and broadel
than our self reliance may be our faitl
in him through whom only that reliance
can be assured. In the long run, nc
man can help himself who does no
say "God help me-" And no mar
lives life worth having who does no
say in his soul, (" / know that my Re
deemer liveth." No matter what gift,
or riches, or genius or of beauty, :
man possesses, if he have no faith il
light outside of himself, he is poor in
deed. walking in vain show and dis
quieted in vain" Alice Carey.
Year: 1860

Wife and mother, are you tired and


out of patience with your husbands
and your children's demand upon your
time and attention? Are you tempted


to speak out angry feelings to that
faithful, but, perhaps sometimes heed
less or exacting husband of yours ? or
to scold and fret at those sweet and


beautiful little ones? Do you groan,
and say, "What fool was to marry,
leave my fathers house, where lived
at ease and in quiet?' Are you, by
reason of the care and WEAKNESS of
body which wifehood and motherhood
mast bring, forgetful of and ungrateful
for their comforts and their Joys
Oh wife and mother, what if q stroke
should smite your husband and lay him
low? What if your children should
be snatched from your arms and from
your bosom? What if there were no
soft little innocents to nestle in your
arms, and to love you or receive your
love? How would it be with you then:
Be patient and kind, dear wife be un.
wearying the long suffering, dear moth.
er; for you know not how long you
may have with you your best and dear.
est treasures-you know not how long
you may tarry with them. Let there
be nothing for you to remember which
will wiring your heart with remorse i


they leave you alone; let there bs
nothing for them to remember but
sweetness, and love unutterable, if yor
are called to leave them by the way


Be patient, be pitiful, be tender of then
:. all, for death will step, sooner or later
between them and you. And oh ! wha


would you do if you should be doomed
to sit solitary and forsaken through
years and years? Be happy as yol
are, even with all your trials; for be
lieve it, thou wife OF loving and tru,
husband, there is no lot in life S,
, blessed as thine own Georyiana Her


bert. - ftl' 7''y
Year: 1860

LET THE CHILDREN SLEEP.-Ws
earnestly advise that all who think
great deal, who have infirm health, who
are in trouble, or who have to work
hard, to take all the sleep they can get,
without medical means. 81 f3as1 -


We caution parents, particularly, not
to allow their children TO be walked up
of mornings; let nature wake them up,
she will not do it prematurely; but
have care that they go to bed at an
early hour; let it be earlier and earlier,
until it is found that they wake up
themselves in full time to dress for
breakfast. Being walked up early, and
allowed to engage in difficult, or any
studies, late and just before retiring,
has given many a beautiful and prorn-
ising child brain-fever, or determined
ordinary ailments to the production Of
water on the brain.


Let parents make every possible ef-
forts to have their children go to sleep
in pleasant humor. Never scold or
give lectures, or in any way wound .
child's feelings as it goes to bed. Let
all Danish business and every worldly
care at bedtime, and let sleep come to
mind at peace with God and all the
world. Il rnf s4 sis
Year: 1860

FEEDING TURNIPs. - Two cores
pondents in the New Hampshire Jour
nal of Agriculture affirm that they have
fed turnips to milk cattle for number
of years, and the milk has never been
favored by them. The practice adopt
ed has invariably been to have the tur
nips well washed and cut up, and fed
to the cattle at the time Of milking,
and so important is this particular time
to be observed, that it was noted when
the turnips on one or two occasions
were fed an hour or two after that
time, the milk then was affected by the
peculiar flavor of the tnrnip.
Year: 1860

p Woman is like ivy-tbe more you
are ruined the closer she clings to you. A
vile bachelor adds: Ivy is like woman
the more il clings to you the more you
are ruined" Poor rule that won't work
both ways.
Year: 1860

u The frauds upon the people OF Illi-
nois perpetrated by their Democratic eff
GERS, by the issue of fraudulent State
stocks, now amount TO four hundred and
twenty-eight thousand nine hundred aud
how much the State of Indiana has lost in
this way. Probably after the election OF
Lane and Morton it will be made known,
to the sorrow of the tax payers Madison
Courier.


That is what the Democrats fear. The
struggle for their State Ticket is a stIug-
gle of life or death with them.
Year: 1860

FLORIDA. The Douglas men have not
been able to get an electoral ticket in this
State. The men appointed all decline the
honor. Breckenridge and Bell seem to
have the field 10 themselves.
Year: 1860

much as the reflection of the honors that
would be showercd down on that vile crca-
ture knew that be would be considered
by Lucy and the rest as a sert of dog of
Montargis, an affcctionate and sagacious
creature, watching patiently at his appoin-
ted post for the beloved master that would
never again return to him. E7 T


Presently they all came back, Lucy and
her mother, and allthe maid servants from
the inn, besides my fellow student and fish
ermen, with drag-ncts and medical man
with blankets and brandy chow / envied
the blankets and brandy) AS expected,
neither the woman's cries. nor the mems
labor in vain distressed me half so much as
the patting of and caressing of Towser; l
could not repress groan Of horror and IN
dignation ''Hush, Hush, +" said Lucy
and there was silence through which | could
distinctly hear Towser licking his chops |
was desperate by this time, and halloed out
to my friend Sanford" Sanford and no.
body else ITO come into the corpse with
blanket.


| remember nothing moro distinctly
Immediate peals of laughter now smooth
cred, now breaking irresponsibly forth; ex-
pressions of thankfulness, of affection, of
sympathy, beginning-but never finished
burst in upon, as itwere by a flood of merri-
ment, and the barking, the eternal barking of
that execrable dog i left Killarney that
same evening; Lucy and the mother of
Lucy, my fellow students and the abomin-
able Towser; left them all coed enough
for me, and that was how my engagement
was broken off, and why there is no Mrs
Poeny, concluded the curate, who had turn
ed from rose color to deep carnation and
from that to almost black at the recital.