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Year: 1860

THE OFFICIAL Cars OF Pans" In the
Budget of the Imperial Printing office,
which is now before the Legislative body.
say the PAYS, =" Is an item which has eX-
cited considerable curiosity, 1t Is for cats
Ii appears that, IN order TO keep the stores
OF paper printed and imprinted, from the
ravaCes OF mice and rats, a considerable
number of cats have to be kept in the es-
tablishment, and the expense of giving
them food twice day, and paving a man
to watch over them, is sufficiently great 10
form special item. These eats We're
nearly the cause OF war between the direct
or OF the Imperial Printing Office and the
director of the Archives whose gardens
are adjacent The latter has in his garden
a small artificial river, and he kent in it a
number of rare aquatic birds. He percei-
we'd that the number of the birds decrcas-
ed almost daily, but he could not tell how ;
at last he discovered that they were killed
by cats, and he set snares, by which 4
number of these animals were caught


The keeper of the eats in the printing
office perceived his feline stock diminish
ing. and he suspected the workmen OF the
establishment of killing them. But one
dav cat arrived with fragment of a
snare on his neck, and led to the discove-
ry of the whole truth. The director OF
the printing office thereupon complained
that his cats were killed, while the direct
or of the archives said that he would not
allow his birds to be devoured but at last
an arrangement was made TO the effect, on
the one hand, that every issue OF the print
ing office should be closed to prevent the
invasion of cats into the gardens OF the
archives, and, on the other, that in the
event of one by chance escaping it should
! not be put to death.
Year: 1860

How TO WATER PLAyTs.-As rule, va.
ter should never be given. until the fur.
ther withholding Of it would be detrimen-
tai to the plants Habtual watering does,
in the majority Of cases, more harm than
rood. Plants left TO battle with drought,
send their roots down deep in search of
moisture, end when rain does come, they
benefit more by it than those that have
regular waterings all along if the ground
is d,us deeply, and kept in good heart
Year: 1860

The Hon. Howell Cobb of Ga, in his letter
declining to compete for the Presidential no.
mination at Charleston, gives utterance to the
following patriotic sentiments attesting his
proper conception of the duties and response
bities which devolve upon the people of the
South in view of the absorbing sectional is
sues Of the day;


In common with our brethren of the South,
we approach a contest involving the issues OF
life and death Fanatical and INSCRIPTIONS
enemies leagued together in political organ
Zaticn formidable in numbers-desperate in
its fortunes malignant in its purposes-un-
der a leader worthy in every respect of his as
sociates and followers-threaten to take pos
session of the Federal Government which our
fathers formed for the protection Of all, this
party seeks to control for the avowed object
ofbringing dishonor first and ruin afterwards
upon that portion of the country where our
lot has been cast. To meet and overthrow
this enemy by the aid of the friends of consti-
tutonal right and justice at the North, is our
first duty-and failing thereto be prepared
for the work of saving the Government, 1t
possible, ourselves at least from the dishonor
and ruin, which would follow the successful
Inauguration of Black Republican adminis-
tration, is our second great duty. The pre-
paration for these duties, must begin with
union and harmony among ourselves. 10
that result, | shall contribute every effort
which it may be in my power to make with
the confident hope of being fully and cordially
sustained by the people of Georgia.


| am, very truly your friend,


HOWELL COBB.


Hon. l. 7. IRWIN, President Democratic
State Convention.
Year: 1860

"A WELCOME CoErRIBUToR.-Ab bright gem


fresh from the intellectual casket of Miss Sal


ieAda Reedy, adorns the present impression
Of the Mississippian.


By the way, we notice that one of our ex-
eages with singular Waat of gallantry, in
au:res if this gifted authoress realty -fiti pfa-
kiarize the we'll known lines "Guard Thine
Action" Re can answer the question. They
are the emanation of her Muse, and were first
given to the public through the medium of
this paper in january 1853 A singular for
tune has attended those verses. After pass
ing the rounds of the American press, they
were reproduced and palmed off as original in
one of the leading English journals, by an as
piring, but not over conscientious, author,
who made no other change but to give them
new title In this form they were again TAX
en- up and put on their travels this side of the
great waters by the press; and but the other
day we observed that they were unceremo-
niously appropriated by still another writer
who passed them off as bran new coin upon
an unsuspecting cotemporary. No verses of
the present day have been so much admired
or have had wider circulation.
Year: 1860

The Savannah News expressly declares
that the Democracy of Georgia will not sup
port Douglas if he should be nominated by
the Charleston Convention. 1t says that the
Democracy of Georgia see no difference be-
tween Seward and Douglas, and will not sup
port the latter to defeat the former. That is
straightforward in these days of duplicity,
cunning and cant. Here is an extract from its
article


Whether ''the South will bolt at Charleston
if Douglas is nominated remains to be seen,
but of one thing we fell confident, and that is
that thousands Of true Democrats an Georgia
will bolt the RoaanatiOR Of the Convention if
Douglas is the nominee. No arguments of
expediency, nor even aPpreltestsioas Of a Mack
republican triumph, can induce the Democracy
of Georgia to indorse Douglas squatter SOW
ereignty heresy, which, in its practical effects,
tcould be as fatal to The rights Of the South IN The
Territories as any doctrine preached By Seaoard
himself. Those Southern journals who have
interpreted the action of the late Convention
at Milledgeville, in sending delegates to Char
lesion uninstructed, as favoring the nomina-
ton of Douglas, have done injustice to the
Convention and to the Democracy of Georgia.


The foregoing paragraph embodies the SEN
timent of the entire Democratic press of Mis-
sissppi, with probably one or two exceptions.
Year: 1860

The following is the latest style of bid for
the Presidency: adopted by the ''little giant"
We suppose it is to be substituted for the sys-
tenn of boasting upon which SO much reliance
seemed to be placed by his adherents, until its
utter futility was shown by the actual pro-
ceedings of the Conventions Of the Democra-
cy. We have freely given it the benefit of
this insertion in our columns, as one of the GU
riosities of the times, assuring its authors that
we do not exact the princely compensation so
generously rendered to the press in the post
script: g


TT ks ATU ET T E
Year: 1860

cratic party. 1t has hitherto survived all the
efforts of factionists and traitors to swerve it


from its high purposes, and we cherish an
abiding hope that it will not be found want
ing in the present perilous moment of its ex-
Year: 1860

-The new Typographical Map of Connecti- cut will be ready for distribution in Litchfeld in day or two. It has been delayed few weeks by sickness and death in the family of one of the publishers, but Mir. Tackabury, who took the or ders m this town is now here for the purpose of distributing the work We have had a view of the Map thus announced and may safely say, scribers. W 'o '~~
Year: 1860

DrLrGe OF DELrGEs.-The citizens Of
staunton had Just begun to get their town in
or,jrr after the deluge Of Saturday week last
when down came storm on Wednesday which
undd all they had done. To work they went
again, but on Friday there came another rushing
ircshct which filled up all the cellars which had
Just been ctnptied, and threw everything into
confusion; and as if that WAS not enough 10 and
behold there came another swell OF the waters
on Monday which knocked down house HOOD
sd The streets and nearly drowned an old Wo-
man.
Year: 1860

How is IT Gam any one tell why men, who alb
solutely cannot pay small bills, can always find
plenty of money to buy liquor and treat, when hap
pcnng among their friends2 Can any one tell how
young men who dodge their washerwomen and are
always behind with their landlords can play billiards
day and night, and are always ready for game OF
poker or 'Seyen up?' Can any one tell how men
live and support their families who have no income
aud do not work, and why Others who are industri-
Gus and constantly employed half starye2-Can any
one tell how il is that man who is too poor to
subscribe for good newspaper is able to pay fifteen
cents day for cigars to say nothing of an OCCASION
nj drink?
Year: 1860

KEErrvG Up "STyLE.N--An Eastern paper makes
grcvous complaint that the toue of living in their
city is altogether too high. 1t is so everywhere
Middle class people tooapt to live up to their in
come if not beyond them affecting degree OF
style which is most unhealthy in its effect upon
society at large. There is an ambition TO bring up
boys as gentlemen, or ratl er "genteef' men. They
acquire taste for dress style, Injuries and smuse-
ments, which can never form any solid foundation
Tor manly geutlemanly character, and the result
is there is q vast number Of gingerbread Young gen.
try thrown upon the world, who remind one of the
abandoned hulls sometimes picked upa sea- with
only a monkey on board
Year: 1860

In another column we publish an account of the
shoemakers strike, which has extended from Mas
sachusetts to New Hampshire. It will be seen that
one class OF manufacturers represent the cause OF the
nirrepressbe conflict between capital and labor in
New England proceeding from excess Of goods
manufactured--a surplus above the demand--while
another cause says is the falling off in the Southern
trade.


Both these accounts are true, and perfectly con-
sstent with each other. The quantity of goods
manufactured turns out to be excessive and surplus
because the Southern trade has suddenly fallen of.
Had not the anti-slavery agitation at the North be-
come intolerabe at the South and had not the hero
of Haper's Ferry been endorsed in New England,
the Southern demand would have been equal to that
of former years. and there would have been no
surplus.


Thus are the curses of the North against Southern
labor coming home, like chickens, 70 roost. The
ingredients of the poisoned chalice which Northern
men gave to the South to drink are now commend
ed to their own lips, and before the war between
capital and labor is over, it will be seen whether
Northern or Suhern capital rests the foun-
dation, and whether the black man at the South is
not only in happier condition, and more suitable
to his nature and the benefcient designs of Proyi-
dence than his sable brethren in any part Of Africa
or any part of the free States or than the white
laboring classes Of any part of the Old World, or
any part of the New, including the New England
States the one idea monolnania Of whose present
politics is to break up the fortunate relations now
existing between the black mans labor and the
white mans capital in the Southern States, change
involving the utter destruction of the whole fabric
Of the American government, with train of conse-
quences which no statesman or patriot can contem-
plate without shudder.--N. J. Herald.
Year: 1860

LOVE OF NArURE.-He who has a love of nature
can never be alone. In the shell he picks up on
the shore in the leaf fading at his feet in the
grain of sand and the morning dew--he secs enough
to employ his mind for hours. Such mind is
never idle. He studies the works of his Maker which
he sees all around him, and finds pleasure ofwhch
the devoee of sin aud folly can form no conception.
--Edmiiy Visitor.
Year: 1860

The following, from an old manuscripts is we
-sEth recording:


"Of all pursuits by man invented,
TheFhrmer Is the best contented,
His caings good--his profits high,
And on his labors all rely.
Mechanics all by him are fed,
OF him the merchants seek their bread
His hands give meat to everything,
Up from the beggar to the king.
Our clothes from him must first arise
To deck the fop--to dress the wise
We then by vote may justly state
The farmers rank among the great.
All hail Ye Farmers, young and old,
Push on your plow with courage bold,
Your wealth arises from your clod,
Your independence from your God.
If then the plow supports the nation,
And men of rank in every station,
Let kings to farmers make bow,
And every man procure plow." W.
Year: 1860

WITHDRAWING FROM LIBERIA The Ma
ryland House of Delegates on Wednesday
cut off from the Colonization Society tho
annual appropriation Of So, 900 by a decid =
ed vote. and left only the clause Of the code
giving $40 per capital for each free negro
that may be taken from the State.
Year: 1860

NOBLE SESTIMEST.--In Alexander Hamilton
first political speech, occur these eloquent words


"The sacred rights Of mankind are not to be rum
mayed for among old parchments or musiy records
they are written as with a sunbeam in The wboh
volume Of human nature by the hand Of Divinity
itself and can never be erased obscured by mort
al power"
Year: 1860

There's no place like home.


It perhaps has never occurred to the mind
Of any acquainted with the circumstances that
the writer of song which has found an
echo in so many hearts could be other than
one who had experienced all the pleasures of
a happy home but sad as is the reflection, it
is nevertheless true, that John Howard Payne,
the author of Home, sweet home" though
he has contributed to the happiness of many
homes, never had home of his own


AS i watch the course Of great men, and the
destiny of party, meet often with very strange
cont a1itions in their eventfu life The most
remarkable was that of John Howard Payne,
author of "Sweet Home" | knew him per-
sonally. He occupied the rooms under me
for sometime, and his conversation was so
captivating that often spent whole days in
his apartment He was an applicant for of
fee at the time-Consul at Tunis-from which
he had been removed What sad thing it
was to see the poet subjected to all the huml-
iations of oflice-seeking. On all the evenings
he would walk along the street Once in n
while he would see some family circle so hap
Py, and forming so beautiful a group, that he
would stop, and pass silently on


On such occasions he would give history
of bls wanderings, his trials and all his cares
incident to his sensitive nature and poverty
'How often, said he once, shave been in
the heart of Paris, Berlin, London, or some
other city, and heard persons singing or the
hand organ playing "Sweet Home without a
shilling to buy the next meal or a place to lay
my head The world literally sung my song
until every heart is familiar with its melody
Yet have been wanderer from my boy
hood My country has turned me ruthlessy
from Office and in my old age, have to sub
init to humilations for bread Thus ne
would complain of his lot His only wish was
to die in foreign land, to be buried by stran-
gers, and to sleep in obscurity


! met him one day looking unusually sad


"Have you got your consulate p said


'Yes, and leave in week for Tunis /
never shall return"


The last expression was not political faith.
Far from IT, Poor Payne his last wish was
realized lie died at Turin
Year: 1860

DSS-The London correspondent Of the MIN
chester dddeytiser says that the 'Pultinger
frauds were accidentally discovered through a.
wager made between two clerks, one Of the
Bank Of England aud the other Of the Union
Bank, as to the amount Of the latter's balance
al the former bank The was only half a
crown, but in their investigation TO decide the
bet they discovered the gigantic frauds which
have resulted in the wen lnerited punishment
of the offender.
Year: 1860

but TOO 10 md an opportunity Of hiring them on the
Park and an active business carried In this ne
late IN the afternoon gentleman appeared on the
Park with . new Yankee notion in the shape
Of skate. This was q s0rt Of short boot
with steel plate screwed fastened ordinary
sole The plate is nat and perfectly smooth and the
sharp edges OF the skate centre and
curl up at the point, all forming one single piece
The wearer, therefore, puts his boot and skate
at effort, and when the boot is properly fast
ened there possibility whatever that the skate
slip on, except the fastening OF the boot be
on the old skates, which liable 70 slip when well
secured and as the gentleman who introduced II into
the Park excellent skater the notion
hbted great advantage When the owner had glided
about his satisfaction, he proceeded TO the shore to
take of his skates, when large and Gu
rious crowd assembled around to have q good
look at the ingenious contrvance Everybody seemed
the crowd that similar for sale In the city at
dollars EACH s possible that they may become
fashionable TO some extent this season.


There q g0odly number OF horsemen and car
riages on the ground and the rides and drives were
full Of active sport and as the ponds were
Ol katers.


In brief, there was high carnival in the Central
city breathe the pure air and to put their limbs into
healthy exercise by skating, running, walking riding
and other amusements. And they did this with hearty
good will The day was proptous, the weather was
genial and nothing wanting that could conduce to the
enjoyment Of the people. The only necessity is larger
ponds The present entirely inadequate for the
wants Of teemng population They are undoubtedly
capacous enough for army Of 10000 skaters In the
coming spring and they should be enlarged 80
that winter all New York may be able TO skating
and find accommodation on the ice
Year: 1860

The thirty fourth anniversary Of the New York City
Tract Society and the of the female branch
were celebrated last evening at Rev Or. Macauleys
church. Of Twenty first street and Fifth avenue
The church filed with large and fashionable con
gregatonthe chair being occupied by Rev. Thomas De
Witt President Of the society.


The exercises commenced with singing and prayer,
after which the Treasurer presented his annual report


Expenses during the past year
Year: 1860




II remains 10 be whether the federal government
will attempt coercive measures II 1t does before
month the whole country will be in blaze Of
South Carolina will do all In her power TO avoid COLI
son and attempt be used unlawful tribute
Of her then disposed to think the question Of the
possession Of the forts be settled by commissioners
But she will not permit either the blood the treasure
OF her citizens TO be drawn by foreign government.
Mr. Buchanan acknowledges the right OF people to alter
and abolish their forms Of government also that their
own peace and happiness the only touchstones
TO which the permanency OF government must be
applied. The people Of the sovereign States Of
North Carolina, South Carolina or Georgia, in de
Gliding upon the continuance Of any government
which rules over them, not 10 consult the wishes Of
Massachusetts, Vermont New Hampshire; if go then
they neither State sovereignty independence
But IL they possess the right, either through
the constitution or through the Declaration OF
independence, or the bill OF rights Of the pco-
pie OF the several States, To change their govern
ment, then u IL an absurdity TO say that they can
change il, but must yet pay tribute 70 old govern
ment in which they claim anticipation by represen-
tatcn Taxation and representation must 20 together
and when by secession or the fundamental right to
change government which lies at the foundation Of the
entire American system, representation is withdrawn
taxation must cease The constitution gives power
20 the federal government resist the withdrawal
presentation by state and II could have intended
TO enforce taxation without representation.
Year: 1860

A Thick SKULLED CHISAMAx.-The Grass
Valley National tells tough story under this
caption:


Just previous to the occurrence of the rob-
berry at Mountain Springs party of horse
men, supposed to be the robbers, rode up to
a Chinese camp, and one Of them presented
his pistol to a Chinaman, and demanded the
money Of himself and companions On his
protesting that they had none, the villain
fired and the Celestial fell Perceiying that
ne still showed some signs of life, the robber
dismounted, with an oath, and placed the
muzzle close to the back of his head as he Law
upon the ground and fired again, and then
rode utf Johns companions, on examining
his skull, found that the first ball entered the
left ear, passed round under the SCALP. and
came out the back of the head. The second
shot struck near where the first came out
and passing round, came out near the upper
part of the forehead. The skull was neither
broken nor fractured, and, at last accounts.
the Chinaman was doing we'll
Year: 1860

The WHEAT CRoP SAFE-The anheipations
Of rust, which many persons had two weeks
ago, have not been realized, says the Napa
Reporter Thus far the crop is safe, and will
be heavy one A small per centsge only Of
the whole has been injured by the rain.
Year: 1860

BOARD Wauted-A young Gentleman, wishing to be per.
sney located would like 10 obtain Board and Lodging
PuIrsked Room without Board in private family, who will
sot Ahey to move Address QUIET, Boa No III
Tribune Office
Year: 1860

should reflect That sound mind and body the
requisites couuuba happiness Indeed without
the journey through He becomes weary pilgrimage the prospect
hourly dakens the view the mind becomes shadoEed with dis
and Ged with the melancholy raecno happiness
another becomes bHghJed with own


OFFICE No. I SOUTH FREDERICK STREET
Year: 1860

merits. Many citizens of our coun-
ty, of all parties, have noticed in
the columns of the Eaton Register,
within the past few weeks a series
of articles of the class to which ref
erencc has been made. They have
been read by many whom l know
look with regret upon such a
course pursued by q newspaper
which has been so long established
in our midst. If such language
and exhibitions Of the spirit which
dictated it, is claimed on its part as
the arguments with which it is
fighting a great moral battle, if it
is thus endeavoring to educate not
only the generation now acting,
but the one soon to take its place,
up to standard above other parties,
it does not seem to me, that no
veins of argument, CLEANS of wit
or evidences of either Judgment,
taste or scholarship, can be discov-
cred in language unfit to be used in
a bar room or on q street corner
| know that many men belonging
to the party whose principles, if
they triumph must find more able
exponents, are heartily ashamed of
such degneracy on the part of the
editors Of that paper. I do not
know nor do I desire to, which of
the numerous corps of editors, pro-
duces the class of articles for which
their own political friends cannot
apologize, but have no doubt but
that the most gifted of the trio, or
the least, are either of them capa-
bic, but of one thing I feel we'll as
sured, no one of them for the sake
of all the honor they would attach
to his name would hasten to avow
them.


The only dignity to be won by a
public journal in the course which
the Register "has seen proper tc
take, is that of being most cordially
hated by those who differ with il
in political sentiment, and thor
oughly dispised by those of its OWL
party who have higher apprecia.
ton of what does honor to the
head and heart, and gives higher
evidence of that ability and merit
which should alone venture to call
for public attention. If q political
campaign cannot be entered upon
and the merits and demerits of par
ties be thoroughly canvassed in
language style and temper which
shall do credit to the various par.
ties, if the press must stoop to such
self-degredation, let the true men
of all parties see to it at once, and
place those at its head who will
honor themselves, their party and
their cause, by giving to their read
ers something of a character calcu'
lated to instruct and interest the
people, who are always hoping fol
the best, and to say they would be
satisfied with vulgar blackguard
ism, would be an insult, and to senC
it to their firesides, insult heapeG
upon injury.