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Year: 1860

An abbreviation not to be found in the books
is to be found on tombstone in Dunkirk. The
mourners intended to put an old aunt to sleep
with the customary phrase, LET her rest in
peace" but the space on the stone gave out at
the close of the word s'ber." The readY-witted
sculptor, however, inserted the initials, and now
the dear old lady sleeps beneath the laconic, but
inelegant epitaph: "Let her j p"
Year: 1860

Soap used in scrubbing straw mating, makes
it turn yellow, while brush wears it out very
fast. A large coarse cloth, dipped into strong
mixture of salt and water, and rubbed over the
mating, will remove all the dirt, and not ipjurt
either color or texture. 1t should be carefully
rinsed afterwards, with clean, cold water, and
then dried by tying a cloth over broom and
sweeping it hard
Year: 1860

A great many surmises have been formed
about the oil that.is being found below the sur
face OF the earth in Pennsylvania. We suppose
it has been put there by nature to grease the
axes that the earth turns upon.
Year: 1860

In default of milk for your tea, try few drops
of lemon juice. 1t is said to remove the roughness
of the tea, and produce an agreeable taste. The
Russians throw in slice of citron as substitute
or milk. u.=M=-
Year: 1860

DEATH OF JUICE BLACKFoRD-The tele-
graph yesterday informed us of the death of
Judge Isaac Blackford, of the Court of
Claims, Washington. lie was for years a
Judge of the Supreme Court of Indiana,
and one of the ablest who ever sat on that
bench. He also reported the decisions of
the Court for many years. and Blackford's
Reports are known amongst lawyers wher-
ever the State is known. He was gentle
man of incorruptible integrity, singular
plainness and modesty of manner, and indie
fatigable industry.


Judge Blackford is large property hold
er in our city, and owns some fine building
sites, which lie has always refused to part
with. We presume that this property will
go into market as the settlement of the es-
tate progresses.


We have heard it surmised, by those well
acquainted with Judge b., that in his will
he would provide for the endowment of an
institution designed to give free education
TO fit young men of scanty means for the
profession of the law. Itwonld not be sur
prising if the deceased should be found to
have devoted portion of his large fortune
to this purpose, as he was devotedly at
tached to the profession which lie adorned
and desired to have young students become
well versed in its principles and practice.
| Judge b. was probably worth in the
neighborhood Of quarter of a million of
/ dollars
Year: 1860

eSA9 According to our new plan of MAX
ing up the forms of the Daily, our first aim
is to get some reading matter on each page,
SO that advertisements, no matter where
placed, may have a chance OF being read. By
this plan, there is but little choice in pages
for advertisers-all being brought before the
eye of the reader by means of interesting
matter, fresh every day. We are determined
to spare no pains in giving our Advertisers
the worth of their money. No injustice
is done our Tri- Weekly subscribers under
the new arrangement.


The Jounai is a first rate advertising
medium in consequence of its large circula-
ton. Bring on your f;ivors. DO not fear
to crowd us, for if necessary, we can enlarge
the paper.
Year: 1860

1z@r stephen Whitney, the millionaire, who
died in New York, few days ago, at the age of
"a, began life as poor Connecticut boy. At his
death he was the second, or according to other
accounts, the third richest man In the city In
which his fortune was acquired. His wealth is
stated in one paper attwO and in another at twelve
millions The difference is quite material, but the
true estimate will probably be found between
these extremes.
Year: 1860

WILD PIoEoss. The sporting portion Of our
community are greatly excited on account Of
the great number Of wild pigeons which are
passing over our city. Yesterday evening
and to>dAy. millions Of these "pAsseo gers"
winged their way over Dayton toward the north
east Some Of the clock" were immense. their
lines extending several miles. They Asw too
high for shooting. and our spOrtsmen could
only hope that by tomorrow they would fy
low, and perhaps light upon the trees.
Year: 1860

UThe coroDer's jury yesterday decided that
it was impossible 10 ascsrla In how sheHamann
came 10 his death. The circumstances unde,
which his body was found gave good ground to
the suspicion that be came there by other aid
than his own. oae thing is very svident--he
was not in pOssion Of his whole strength or
faculties when placed in the condition 10 which
he was found; for he had not made the faintest
struggle, a. was plainly indicated by the con
dition Of the ground, leaves and shrubs. He
might have taken some powerful drug, and
then placed the cord about his neck and died
without a struggle. 1t was claimed that the
appearance Of the body when found Indicated
that the man Wss about half starved before his
death. This was probably a notion, but it
might have been satisfactorily settled by post
mOrtem examination had the Green County
Coroner not been as greon as the pumpkins
who were almost frightened 10 death at the
sight Of the body. The Doctors who inspected
the stomach Of the deceased could settle this
question. but we presume they will remain
quiet. The probability is the mystery will
hang about Shsnamann's history and death
until the matter is forgotten:
Year: 1860

The Fort Wayne (Ind.) furnishes the
details of one of the most horrid crimes
we have been called on to mention:


"The murdered man and the murjeress
were husband and wife, and had mann
tanned that relation to each other for Pc
Rod of upward of fifty years. They resi-
ded on small farm, which they owned in
DeKalb county. Mrs. Knapp informed
her SON 'Jakey' of her intention to kill the
old man, and requested Jakey' to hold the
old mans hands while she would choke him
to death; Jakey' refused. So she said no
more about the matter until next morning,
when she pursuaded Knapp, under some
pretence, to enter the milk house, and as
be was in the act of stepping out Of the
building, she struck him on the back of the
head with heavy club. She then seized
the axe which she had ready, and struck
him on the forehead, fracturing the SKULL
She then dragged him to the well and
threw him in, and as be went down he
grasped the top of the gum, which grasp
she forced him to release by striking him
upon the hands with heavy board; he
then sunk to the bottom Of the well.
The woman then threw into the well sew
eral peices of timber to cover the body,
then concealed the marks of blood upon
her dress, and sent .Jakey" away. She
was arrested, tried and sent to the peniten-
tiary for life.
Year: 1860

may yet require the conservative princi-
pies Of the South to save your region of
country from anarchy and confusion. We
need not your protection. The power Of
Black Republicans is nothing to US. We
are safe in our own strength and security,
so long as We maintain our rights"


The way the case stands this morning !
should not be surprised if the Convention
would drag its weary length along through
this and even icto next week. 1t is losing
its importance however, and becoming
merely curiosity. The North Western
men say they will pick out those who are
willing to stay here during the summer,
and vote for Douglas every time, and see
that if be is nominated no other man shall
be. They have given up all hope of the
spoils, and therefore may do any obstinate
and desperate thing which may enter theiI
heads. NJ. ID.
Year: 1860

Occasional" the Washington corre-
spondent of the Philadelphia Press, gives
the following:


"One of those cases which awaken the
sympathies of all men came to my knowl-
edge the other day, and it is of so interest
ing character that cannot refrain from
giving it to the world. An estimable col
ored man, well known in Washington, cal.
led upon me on Monday, with tears in his
eyes and said: 4 have bad news to tell you.
Ny wife, with whom have lived happily
for twenty years, was sold by her master
on the 10th of March, and is now in the
slave pen at Alexandria, and will be sent
by the slave-trader to the extreme South
unless / can raise $500 by Saturday to buy
her back to my bosom, and to give to our
poor children their faithful and devoted
mother We Lave had eleven children, of
whom seven are now alive On inquiry, /
found that the woman was an honest and
trustworthy servant, and / know her hus-
band 10 be one of the best fellows of his
race. A subscription was Immediately
started, and hope we shall be enabled to
rescue her from her impending doom. l
am no: disposed to enter into an argument
against slavery, but is it not a calling reAec-
ton, that here, ia the District of Colum-
bia, that this internal traffic in human
flesh is carried on, and that slave pen is
within sight of the Washington. Monu-
ment2 It does my heart good to see the
feeling which is excited among South
ern men. They look upon the slave-tra-
der,with even more adherence than we of
the North, and have no doubt that in
the list of names attached to the paper for
the relief of poor Sans wife, will be
found many ganerous SHAREHOLDERS"
Year: 1860

The telegraph has annouced the death
of Mr.. Conner, young eronaut, who
attempted an ascension in New York, on
the 10th, during a gale Of wind. The
zri6une's report says:


The ascension was from the Palace Gar
den,., i'm the upper part of the city. The bal
loon, during imitation, was so swayed by
the wind as 10 come in contact with large
lamp, which was dashed in pieces. Mrs.
Conner wished to 60 up with her husband,
but he said to her, "My dear, you must
wait until the next time" The spectators
urged him not to attempt the ascension,
and so did Mr.. Conner's friends, but he
would not listen to them. All was ready,
the balloon rocked in frightful manner; ;
Mr.. G. bade an sffectionate adieu to his
wife and intimate friends, entered the car,
gave the signal; the balloon, instead of
rising perpendicularly from the ground,
lunged off in westerly direction.


The monster body, driven by the squall
that just then arose, demolished a large tras
parency with which it came in contact,
and striking the metal cornice Of the ball
and concert building, bent it like so much
thin lead. The wind subsiding, the bal
loon rose above the high ornaments on the
building referred to, and then suddenly
collapsed, and with its basket and occupant
instantly disappeared from sight. A scene
of the widest confusion now ensued, Mrs.
Conner, and a female relative who accom-
panied her, fainting and falling helpless
upon the ground.


Loud shrieks rent the air, both inside
and outside the Garden, and the frantic
people rushed hither and thither without
knowing why or wherefore.


The collapsed balloon and Mr.. Conner
were found on the roof of the building,
insensible, and he died in the arms of his
wife at IL o'clock the same evening. His
death was caused by striking against the
ornaments of the building. Before get
ting into the car, hole in the balloon was
pointed out to him, which he tied up with
a string, and remarked cody that at
might cause burst and spill him OUT
Come. was pupil of Wise, and the lat
ter'made the balloon which was to have had
capacity for carrying up two persons, but
could carry but one. A law suit between
Conner and Wise was the consequence,
and Conner went direct from the trial of
the case to the Garden remarking to Wise,
as he left the court room, u am going up
to-day, and suppose you'll be glad if |
never come back" verifying the adage that
amany true word is spoken in jest"
Year: 1860

ons and consequently against the peace aud safety of
the whole country, Doubtless Mr. President you recol-
ect the touching appeal made to US in of the resou
tons at Phadephia-that all they had to ask Of their
brethren at the South forbearance and time till they
could rectfy opinions and restore everywhere the ancient
sentiments OF LOYALTY TO the constitution. trust, sir
this appeal will be Needed and that we will bear and for
bear while longer. am encouraged to believe that in
few short months the people will be RENTED to the
friendly contests of presidential election no sectional
PLATFORM and that its result will be wisely directed by
the Disposer OF all human events to tranquize the
public mind and consolidate the peace and prosperity of
our great republic for many long years TO come.


And if this should be the result Mr.. President, what
will become of your armory? Shall it again fall into
dsuse And will the people readily excuse those who
have sadded this useless expense upon them? And if
this convenient OF Executive patronage be not
thus soppeda people emneny loyal to the Constitution
and the Unon the people of Virginia have been
and now may hereafter send up their representatives
to smother and destroy this untmey progeny of Dsun
ion.


| cOnjure senator's therefore, to pause before they
give their sanction to this The 100000 of an
nua appropriations to this armOry will in few years
give you as many you need. Far better
the in this way and escape the expenditure OF the
$4,000 for the repairs and establishment Off which
only be regarded by sagacious public procld-
matiosof your purpose to so out of the Union at all
hazards.


am fully sensible Of the reproaches shall provoke
DY course on tnlS OIL III VIII
saw that do not regard them but should feel derelct
in my duty if could permit the fear of them to control
my action l would certainly be agreeable to me to have
Nndaim,ity upon this measure and might sacrifice
many Of my views to present that spectacle to the coun
try where no principle earnest conviction forbade,
But this may not and cannot be, upon this obnoxious
feature of this Bill ask therefore, for the same indul
gencc in the Interpretation of my action which extend
to Others. Above all, trust shall deliberate upon
this bill with care and cooness and be not frightened
from propriety by the gorgons and chime0S dire
that be easily and cheapy evoked from the
at Harperss Ferry.


May not hope too that in view of the disclosures Of
the Senator from Grecnbrer and the proper rebuke he
has administered on this floor these attempts array
the influences of party this question, will henceforth
cease; and we shall be permitted a band of brothers,
equally to confer for the honor, protection and interest
of common mother without being driven this way
that, 10y the lash of party.


In conclusion Mr. President feel it to be pleasure
and duty owe the majority on this floor, to acknoNl-
edge with gratitude the patience courtesy and attention
with which they have received my remarks against bill,
TO which they have so Gar shown steaast adherence
Year: 1860

Alexander Hamilton was once applied to
as counsel by man having the guardianship
of several orphans who would, on coming OF
age, succeed to large and valuable estate,
of which there was material defect in the
title deeds, known only to their guardian,
who wanted to get the estate vested in him
self Hamilton noted down the faithlese
executors statement, and then said to him
"Settle with these unhappy srphans honor
ably to the last cent, or l will hunt yot
from your skin like hare" The advice
was strictly followed, and the man who gave
it wac an ornament to the bar end the ag'
he lived in.
Year: 1860

The fact that the study of nature tends
directly to the civilization of nation was
we'll understood, more than century and a
half ago, by that ingenious, self-made man,
Peter the Great, of Russia. He conceived
the idea that love for this department OF
science would contribute much toward the
civilization and refinement OF his barbarian


subjects, and accordingly he established, 81
an enormous expense, large museum ot
natural history at St. Petersburg; and, in
order to induce his whskey loving subjects
to 60 there, he ordered glass OF brandy t.
be presented to every visitor.
Year: 1860

OsrA recent sensation novelist serves
up the following choice morsel: "The heart
Of his rival, shall we venture to say It, would
at that moment have been Q most acceptable
.morsel to his burning throat, could he have
pressed its quivering, warm and bleeding,
between his teeth" . .....
Year: 1860

CAMrHoR a REMEDY FOR SrEYouNrNr.-A
correspondent of the Tuolunne Courier after
speaking of a recent case Of poisoning at
Sonora by stryehnine, in which the patient
recovered by taking camphor. remarks:


Camphor in any shape, is about the best
antidote for this yirulent poison rstrycbnine
Some may say, you run a risk of killing the
patient, by giving such large doses as one
dram Of caInphor per hour: but desperate
cases require desperate remedies; and If YOU
kill the patient with the remedy, abandon
him to the virulenco Of the poison, which Is
certain death. The camphor ought TO be
discontinued as soon as the nervous tremor
and spasms begin to seusibly decrease The
best and easiest procured renedyis camphor.
and the best way to use it, is to bruise tho
gum as hne as possible and mix it with gum
arabic, flour and water sugar and water.
molasses, honey starch, or almost anything
at hand that will make nm emulcent about
the thickness Of cream. Even solution of
eamphor will answer, but an emulecnt is best


/ make this statement on the authority of
Dr. Thomas of sonora; who recommends
shat camphor be administers in some
form, as soon as possible, in case Of posoning
by strychnine, without waiting for doctors
and then send for professional assistance
Year: 1860

RVMoREp W EDDISG.-It is said that the fat
woman, Mrs Woodward has fled an appH-
cation for divorce from her present husband,
with a view to oforminga matrimonial alliance
with one nearer her own inches, in the per-
son of Mr.. Mcdonald, the big man who trav-
els around with the circus If the marriage
takes place, and they locate in California,
where everything has a tendency to over
grow itself what a progeny will be likely to
grow up from from the union Pacific SEN
iiAeL
Year: 1860

The little gold dollar coins are rapidly
disappearing. There is now at the minis
in Philadelphia three million OF them to
be melted and recoiped into double ea-
gles--in pursuance Of an order from tbs
Secretary Of the Treasury. There is alec
a scarcity Of silver coin in most Of the ci-
ties. A New York paper says that "new
American qusr.ers srs difficult to be bad
at par in exchange for gold Dimes sud
half dimes are not TO be got short Of .
premium, ss the mint is not coming silver
at present.
Year: 1860

YANKEE START FOR HEAvEN.-The fol-
lowing "business~view" of religious values
will not be amiss in statistics:


ga pew is for sale in the meeting house
of the first parish in Amherst. The man
that owns the pew own the right of space
just as long as the pew is, from the bottom
of the meeting house to the top or roof,
and he can go as much higher as he can
get. If man buys my pew, and sits in
it on Sunday, and repent and be good
man, he will go to heaven, if God let's him
go. Let man start ftom the right place,
let him go right, keep right, do right, and
he will 60 to heaven at last; and my pew
is as good place to start from as any pew
in the meeting house."
Year: 1860

LAUGHrER.-Laughter very often shows
the bright side of man. 1t brings out
his happier nature, and shows of what sort
of stuff he is really made. Somehow we
feel as if we never thoroughly know man
until we hear him laugh; we do not feel
"at home" with him till then. We do not
mean a mere snigger, but good, hearty,
round laugh. The solemn, sober visage,
like Sundays dress, tells nothing Of the
real man. He may be very silly, or very
profound: very, cross or very jolly. Let
us hear him laugh, and we can decipher
him at once and tell how his heart
beats.
Year: 1860

eS A chap arrested for stealing pork,
made the following defence:


"From my youth upward have loved
baked beans. l have a passion for that
substantial dish that battles all description.
Without beans / am miserable. With
beans l am happy. Beans want for
breakfast-beans l want for dinner-and
cold beans fc' upper. A few days since,
my pork barrel was empty. What was l
to do2 l had plenty of beans, but not a
pound of pork. was in despair, and
knew not what to do. If l missed
my pork and beans l should die, and while
in this frame of my mind l wandered
through the streets until my eyes fell upon
clear mess and have made mess of it
by taking it fl had gone clear l should
have had pork enough for my beans for
six months. This is my defence-this is
my weakness"
Year: 1860

b1T That was not bad idea Of large
foot, which was conveyed in the remark of
shoemaker to man of "great under
standing" who had called to be measured
for pair of boots:


"No use in measuring that foot, sir; we
can't get last that will come near it; we
shall be obliged to build boot over your
foot-there is no other way, sir, / assure
you"


This was tolerably good; but not quite
so forcible as the observation as an impu-
dent porter in Albany to traveller with a
tremendous big foot" who had called for
a boot-lack to pull off his boots


"a 6oot.jack! what for? To pull of
that boot with2 No, SIR ; if you want to
get that boot of, yoa8U hare TO go back to
the forks Of the road! Jabers, achat a fut ~
Year: 1860

p@r There is grocer uptown who is
said to be SO mean that he was seen to
catch fly of his counter, hold up his hind
legs. and look in the cracks of his feet to
see if he hadn't been stealing some of his
sugar.
Year: 1860

D9- A man in town in Western Mis-
souri, has sold his piano in consequence of
the hard times. He is now having his
daughter taught to perform on the wash
board. The music is not quite SO pleas
ant, but is much more to the purpose. So
we think.
Year: 1860

EPITAPH on A FUGITIvE SLAVE


"Here lie the remains of Onesimus Ray
He would if he could, but he could not stay
He had two legs and bad cough,


But twas the legs that carried him off,"
Year: 1860

Nothing is more silly than the pleasure some
people take in speaking their miuds.'' A man Of
this make will aa5 rude thing, for the mere plea
sure of saying L. when opposite behavior, full as
innocent might have preserved his friend or made
his fortune.
Year: 1860

Here is something good from the pen
of the Autocrat of the atlantic:


But confound the make-believe
women we have turned loose i'm our
streets; where do they come from
Why there isn't beast or bird that
would drag its tail through the dirt in
the way these creatures do their dress.
es. Because queen or duchess wears
long robes OH great occasions, maid
of-all- work, or factory girl, thinks she
must make herself nuisance through
the street, picking up and carrying
about with her-bah that's what |
call getting vulgarity into your bones
and marrow. Making believe to be
what you are not is the essence of vul-
garity. aa


Show over dirt is the one attribute
of vulgar people. If any man can
walk behind one of these women, and
see what she rakes up as she goes, and
not feel squeamish, he has got a strong
stomach. l would't let one of them
into my house without serving them as
David did Saul ut the cave of the
wilderness-cut off their skirts!


Don't tell me that true lady ever
sacrifices the duty of keeping all
around her sweet and clean, to the wish
of making vulgar show-I won't be-
lieve it of Il lady.


There are some things which no fash
ion has any right to touch, and CLEAN
liness is one OF these things.


If woman wishes to show that her
husband or father has got money,
which she wants and means to spend
but doesn't know how, let her buy =
yard or two of silk and pin it to hen
dress when she goes out to walk, but
let her unpin it before she goes into
the house; there may be some poor
woman that will think it worth disin
fecting. hfo' p


1t is an Insult to respectable laun
dress to carry such things into house
for her to deal with" .....-. -