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Year: 1860

Many farmers. are deferred from at
tempting to produce very early vegetables
by an erroneous idea that the making of
a hot bed is complicated and difficult
operation while it is just as simple as
making hill of corn Every man who
has garden of whatever size, if he will
once try the experiment of making hot
bed, will, we venture to predict, 6nd the
task so easy and the result SO satisfactory,
that he willnever forego the luxury after
wards All that is necessary is to make
pile of horse manure q feet deep, with
the top level or sloping little to the
South, then set rough frame made of
Il four boards nailed together at the corners
upon khe bed of manure. fill the frame
with six inches of garden soil and cover
with window OF glass. Any old window
will answer the purpose, but it is better to
have the bars of the sash run only one
way, and to have the glass laid in the
manner of shingles


The best plants to force are tomatoes
and cabbages, which may be transpanteo
from the hot bed to the open ground with
out any trouble. We have removed to
matoes when they are in blossom, ant
thad them all live. If melons or cucum


bers are forced they should be planted IL
flower pots, and in transplanting them yo'
turn the pot over upon your open hant
and give it gentle thump, when the eartl


comes out in solid lump and the root


are not disturbed in the least. While tn


plants are growing they should be watere'
: frequently, and in warm days the sas
should be raised few inches to give tn


plants air. We have found the growini
:. of plants under glass, from a small no
bed. 4 feet by 6, up to large graper
for raising the black Hamburg and From
: tignac grapes, the most satisfactory of
, horticultural operations. Having tn


control of the climate both in heat an
, moisture, the plants can be made to gro


with vigor which they rarely if ever ez


hibit in the open air. A hot-bed shoul
be made from four to six weeks before th
time for planting corn.-Seient.fc Amae'
acdn.
Year: 1860

3 SwELLs.-A rough common sense
per,ades the following, in which there
is certainly more truth than poetry:


Great men never SWELL II is only
your "three cent individuals, who are
salatied at the rate of two hundred dol.
lars a year, and dine on potatoes and
dried herring, who put on airs and
fiashy wais,coats, swell, puff, blow, and
endeavor to make others believe that
there are none so great as they. There
is nothing more contemplate in the eye
of sensible people than these self con-
ceited, puffed up creatures in human
shape. Nevertheless, the country is full
of them. Every neighborhood has
more or less of the apish puppets
They may he easily known, for they
generally dress finer than others, and
take greater pains to show il in pea.
cockish struts and actions; they have
more to say when they are in company
than any one else, chew more tobacco,
spit farther and oftener, always smoke ci
gars, talk out in church, carry pistols
and bowie,knivcs, talk more of fighting
and of their great feats of bravery than
anything else wear their hat on one
side of the head, and will associate
with none others than those of their
own stamp. The difference between
them and sensible men il as great as
that between a barrel of vinegar aud a
bottle OF pure juice Of the grape"
Year: 1860

1t is generally conceded that Mr.. Lincoln
IS elected President of the United States
Now, the question arises, will he attempt to
carry out the principles of his party? Or
rather we should say, viii he attempt to
carry out the spirit which actuates his party?
II he does. he will at once make war upon
the institutions of the South, for he has al
ready said that a house divided against itself
cannot stand, and that the States of the
Union must be all slave or all free. Will
this antagonism of idea in Lincoln resolve
itselfinto antagonism of action? We believe
not We believe he will not stand up to the
programme which his party has prescribed
for him, even when he shall have the ability
to do it, and he will have that ability to a
very limited extent He will Tylerize the
Republican party. They will not find in
him the man they expect. We think so, be-
cause we believe that the inevitable effect of
electing man to the Presidency of the Uni
ted States is to make him to some extent con-
servative. 1t is one thing to make election.
eering speeches that pander TO the public
sentiment Of a particular section, and quite
another to administer this Government, un-
der solemn oath to observe the Constitu-
tion and the laws.


As we have said, we do not think that Mr.
Lincoln would venture to commit any overt
act of hostility to the South, even if he could,
Supreme Court of the United States against
him, as well as both Houses of Congress


In view of these facts, we have no appre-
hension, as some have, of the dissolution Of
the Union, just at this time.
Year: 1860

SPRING Day GooDs.-Fletcher & Hobson
have just received magnificent assortment
Of spring fancy goods from the East. Their
advertisement; in another column euumerates
some highly attractive articles, The styles
which they have are all of the latest and the
noWest
Year: 1860

BALLOON AscENsIoN.-Prof Wise is enga-
ged in constructing a balloon for an ascension
from Kingston, Canada. on the oath of May
next. The Professor also has a proposition
before the corporation of the city of Boston
for Transatlantic voyage to start from Bos-
ton Common on the 4th oiJuly next.
Year: 1860

JOINS Doe win be tried this morning, be
fore the Recorder, for firing pistol on High
street, between Second and Third, on Tues
day night, and greatly endangering the
lives of passers-by Whether drunk or crazy
will appear upon examination probably.
Year: 1860

sTARrLNo IF TEuE.-Alluding to the pre-
yalent weakness Of buildings in New York,
the Express OF that city makes the start ing
assertion that were it not for the fact that
they mutually support each other on either
side, there are not perhaps ninety buildings
in hundred, which are used for manufnc-
turing purposes. that could remain standing
for year after being erected.
Year: 1860

AN Atlantic exchange says: 1--WE caution
the public against eating partridges at this
season, as they are obliged to feed on laurel
leaf the extract of which is a yirulent poison
to the human system. This extract impreg-
mates the flesh of the bird, and numbers OF
persons have been poisoned from eating it.


A son Of William Nicholson, Of Lafayette
Ind, aged seventeen, on the night before
Christmas got up in his sleep, saddled hors,
and rode some distance from the house befor,
he awoke lie was then so bewildered that
he was unable to retrace his steps, and when
found was SO benumed with cold that h,
lived but short time The horse vas stand
ing near him when found.
Year: 1860




PENDER PAGE Prop. ietors.
ENHlS LARGE AND COMMOD1OUS ESTABLISHMENT
now open for the reception of visitors The House
Gated in the most eligible and pleasant situation for Summer
Resort in Eastern North Carolina being Immediately in front
OF the inlet from the Atlantic Ocean, with not the least OBJ
sacle to obscure the view either of Old Ocean, Core
Sound, Bogue Sound. or the Town of Beaufort.
AS fine FISHING GROUND as the HarbOr affords is i'm
medatey i'll front of colorades which surround the Southern
and Western portion of the building aOrdng the board
the opportunity of angling without exposure the
while seated under the coorades from their chamber
windows if they prefer the House is situated immediate
ly the water.


The beautiful and varied views presented to the visitors
from this location alone worth trial of this establish
men The object of the propretors has been render this
the most attractive resort North Southnaure and eli
mate having been most bountu to this favored spot eav
ing but little to art to improve.


The prOprietorS have added to the establishment


BATHING HOUSES,
sufficiently large to swim n and situated that baths
be taken at hour for the accommodation Of ladies and
gentlemen who wish indulge in this pleasant healthy
pastme To nvalids bathing in salt water is undoubtedly
conducive to the health Should persons prefer it, they
bahe in the ocean, ser sound Immediately contiguous to
the House.


We have STEAMBOAT that will always be in readiness
to convey passengers from MOrehead City, the terminus
the A N g. Railroad to the Atlantic House. making also
daily excursions about the Harbor.


good Band of Music has been secured for the


PENDER & PAGE, Propretors.
T. A. GRANGER, Superintendent.


May 18th, 1860. 3SIlS
Year: 1860

To Critics.


By all means let our people, and the friends of our
religious interests, frown down all critics who attempt
to disparage the works and writings OF Gods people
We do hope that such men who attempt to run down
any paper that is published by poor widow lady-a
paper which will be found interesting and instructive
to the general reader may not be able to disturb our
religious community. In short think that any person
who cannot, will not speak well of an editor ought
always and at all times, to hold his peace, and not
trouble himself with anything beyond bis comprehension.


B. r. PARISH
Year: 1860

A woman in Detroit has brought action against
her husband to recover wages as domestic 1t seems
be procured divorce from her eight months ago. She
knew nothing about it, and lived with him, performing
her usual domestic duties. He recently told her Of the
divorce and she much exasperated seeks to punish him.
or at least to make him pay for eight months service
from which his own act had legally released her.
Year: 1860

With whiskers thick upon my face went my fair to
see she told me she could wed bear-faced chap
like me. shaved them clean, then called again, and
thought my troubles o'er she laughed outright and
said was more bGre-faced than before.
Year: 1860

The Milwaukee Meas tells Of an old
miller, a Democrat, who told the edi-
tor he would vote for Lincoln Just to
see what the Southerners would do.
He bought several thousand bushels OF
wheat at tho time, and now says he
has no more curiosity to crafty on a
sectional issue. There arc many men
situated like this miller.
Year: 1860

DIPTHERIA.-A medical writer in the Ba It'll.
more Sun. gives a course of treatment for this
most fatal disease, which is attracting the At
tention OF the profession. The following is an
extract:


Debility is too weak word to describe the
utter feeling of prostitution and stsipkiug.,
complained OF, nnirersaily, from the first mo-
ment Of attackand during the entire progress
OF the disease; and the result of treatment
naseu upon thts pathological view, testified to
Its correctness. The disease approximated
more nearly to what might be called q malig-
nant erysipelas of the throat and prese n ted
the constitutional symptoms we often find in
mat disease. 1t is highly contagious, and
therefore it would be well for nurses to he
careful how they inhale the breath, or use the
cup or spoon of the afflicted


Mnriafed tlnctnre of iron in full doses and
frequently repeated, with the chlorate potass
with strong beet tea, brandy and wine if re-
and sustaining course from The first to the last
constituted the medical and dietetic coHstitu-
ttoHnz, ana by far the most important part Of
Treatment.


During the "vermillion-varnished" appear
ance OF the throat a solution of the nj ;rate of
silver, in the proportion Of one drachm TO tha
ounce OF distilled water, applied freely and
frequently to the diseased surface. almost in
yaria6iy prevented the exudation; but if this
fungid grow tn, through neglect or other causes
had been permitted to appear, touching those
ash -colored patches with the solid stick -caus-
TIC arrested It's progress and thus prevented it
from passing into the wind pipe, and bring
ing on that very fatal symptom, the croupaI
respiration. But any local treatment must
necessarily fail without the imperative con-
stitutinnai one.


A letter from my medical friend, dated the
18TH OF January, 1860, assures me that out of
one hundred and tour cases, in which the
above course has been pursued. he has had the
good fortune to lose but three
Year: 1860

TRAGIC DEATH.-A letter from Bruses. in
the Independence, says: "At a ball recently
gwen by the Governor of that Province one
of the handsomest women present was Ma
dame -, of Nienport. In the course of the
evening this lady conyersed for few mo-
ments with a physician of her acquaintance
who noticed small black spot on the lady's
cheek. He told her Of it, but the lady replied
that 1t was only little pimple and would
soon disappear. The doctor thought other
wise, ard advised her to apply ponltices i'm.
mediately. She, however, declined to follow
his advice. In about an hour after they met
again, and the doctor saw thatsthe spot was
spreading. and that an operation was absolute
~ necessary, but neither he nor the ladye
husband could induce her to listen to such a
proposal. Before she left the ball the cheek
mad ot come painful and swollen, and on reach
for the lady died on the following day. The
disease which thus cut short her days was a
carbuncie of the most malignant kind
Year: 1860

Hsa- In his second oration over the de-
funct pole in Goodselville, GaVitt said he
had almost ruined his left lung in advocat-
ing the cause of Democracy. We have
heard of falsehOods that blistered the lips OF
thosetelIing them, but this is the first instance
we ever hesrdof in which the coming and re-
failing of political prevarication has d" struck
in From the amount of this kind Of cor
ruption that has settled on the lungs of the
Tycoon, we do not believe he is long for this
world. His breathing apparatus must be as
full of fetid political matter as barber's
shampooing sponge is of soap-suds.
Year: 1860

nsA.. A mammoth stock of fine clothing
is arriving at LYoNs's who is now prepared
to wholesale clothing fully as cheap as the
same class of goods can be bought in New
York. He is also receiving some beautiful
clothing, which has been gotten up as Il
specially, expressly for the retail trade
His stock of furnishing goods and fancy
articles will also be much larger than here
tofore, and will be sold at very low figures.
Year: 1860

Judge Hovey, Of Posey county, has com
menced tue arduous task of eolsteriug up
the sinking cause of Douglas in Old POsey.
He has made several country school house
speeches in his terse, acid style, wherein he
demolisheS Republcanism by that very ar
gumentative Democratic charge of negro
equality ard abolitioniSm. He has been
making slow progress in his work in the
country but presuming too much upon the
intelligence of his audience, he delivered
himself of one of his characteristic speeches
at New Harmony not long since, in which he
rung the changes on the negro equality ar
gumentS aud Republican opposition to au-
gust tribunals and Supreme Courts. He
was SO de6aut and threw down the glove
with such naughty air, that it brought
forth a reply from one of the New Harmo-
ny ladies' who met tue Judges positions
with substantial answers, and placed him at
decided disadvantage in the argument
Our Posey county friends say we need not
trouble ourselves with Judge Hovey S
speecheS-that the l0omen aciU take care 81
MIN eRd his arguments hereafter!
Year: 1860

B~ Messrs. Whittlesey and GaTitt are
making speeches throughout the county, at
the crossroads, in which they indulge in
the only kind of language that the Democ-
racy have left-that is, they harp on negro
equality" abolitionism," and other empty
and false charges against the Republicans.
They dare not venture to discuss principles.
They fail to notice the shameful backing
down from Squatter Sovereignty which
their party has been guilty of; they fail to
defend the Democracy against the charges
of extravaganza ard corruption in State and
National affairs, which have been SO well
established against them; they fail to ex-
plain how it is that their candidate for Vice
President, violent .Secessionist and Slave
Coder, comes to be on their ticket; they
fail to read the Wickliffe resolution, which
gives the lie to their professions of popular
sovereignty; in short, they utterly fail to
satisfy an inquiring people who wish TO be
informed on these things, and thousand
others in connection with that party, which
require explanation. s-C


Messrs. G. and w, in their rounds, act IN
the presumption that the people are num-
skulls, and totally ignorant of the issues
which divide parties. They seem to think
that all the people require to satisfy them is
to hear coarse vituperation, and hence they
pursue a course utterly unworthy candid
ates for important offices, in a county of the
intelligence and respectability of this. s-


We shall see in October whether this opin-
Ion of our people is correct-whether elec-
tions can be carried by men caring moth
ing for the proprieties of life, bat iDdulging
habitually in slanderous charges against
their fellow-citizens, and disreputable slang
against men who only strive for the good of
the free white men of this country. n
Year: 1860

Bay We see an item headed Death from
sudden JOY on meeting his father" If Doug
las should meet his mother, whom he has
been seeking so long and anxiously, he GER
tainly couldn't survive the shock. There
would be another newspaper item in that
Year: 1860

Will meet at the Franklin Engine House
this evening. .tr.l L.


COMPANY B,


Will meet this evening for Drill at Head
quarters, on Water street. Let every mem
ber of the Company be present. as they
will have their position in the line of march
on Saturday evening assigned to them
The Company will meet at o'clock pre-
cisely. By ORDER.
Year: 1860

A happy woman is not she not the very
sparkle and sunshine Of life? A woman
who is happy because she can't help it
whose smiles even the coolest shrinking Of
misfortune cannot dampon. Men make a
terrible mistake when they marry for beau
ty, or for talent, or for style; the sweet
est wives are those who possess the magic
secret Of being contentcd under every cir
cumstance. Rich or poor high or low, it
makes no difference the bright little foun-
tain of joy bubbles up just as musicalIy in
the hearts. Do they live in Il log cabin
the freight that leaps on its humble hearth
becomes brighter than the gilded chande-
liers in an Aladdin palace, Do they eat
brown bread and drink cold water from the
well? it affords them more solid satisfac
tion than the millionaire pare de toie graS
and iced champagne. Nothing ever goes
wrong with them-no trouble Is too serious
for them to make the best of it. Was
ever stream of calamity so dark and deep
that the sunlight of happy face, falling
across its turbid tide, would not wake an
answering CLEAN. Why, these Joyous tenn
pered people don't know halfthe GOOD they
do. No matter how cross and savage YOU
feel, Mr.. Grumbler-no matter if your
brain is packed full Of meditations or af-
ticting dispensations,' and your stomach
with medicines, pills, and tonics, just set
one Of these cherry little women talking
to you, and We are not afraid to wager any
thing she can cure you. The long drawn
lines about the mouth will rcIax-thc cloud
settled gloom will vanish, nobody knows
when, and the first thing you know, you'll
be laughing-yes, positively laughing
Why? That is another thing; we can no
more tell why than we can tell why you
emile voluntarily to listen to the first blue
bird of the season, among the maple blos-
SONS, or to meet knot OF yellow-eyed dan
delions in the crack of city paving stone
We only know that it is So


Oh, these happy women. how often their
slender shoulders bear the weight of bur
aens that would smite man to the ground
how often the little hands guided the pom
derous machinery Of life with an almost
invisible touch how we looked forward,
through weary day, to their fire side
smiles, how often their cheerful eyes see
coU}enr dc rose where we only behold thun-
der charged clouds! No one knows no
one ever will know, until the day of Judge
ment, how much we owe to these helpful,
accomplishing women
Year: 1860

1t is a remarkable and very instructive.
fact, that many of the most important oper-
atiOns Of nature are carried on in unbro-
ken silence. There is no rushing sound
when the proud tide of sunlight breaks on
dark world, and floods it with glory, as
one bright wave after another falls from
the fountain, millions of miles away
There is no creaking Of heavy axles or
groaning of cumbrous machinery, as the
solid earth wheels on its way, and every
planet and system performs its revolutions.
the great trees bring forth their boughs
and shadow the earth beneath them-the
plants cover themselves with buds, and the
buds burst into flowers, but the whole
transaction is unheard. The change from
snow and winter winds to the blossoms and
fruit and sunshine of summer, is seen ip
slow development, but there is scarcely
sound to tel Of the mighty transformation.
The solemn chant of the ocean, as it raises
its unchanged and unceasing voice, the
the roar of the hurricane, and the soft notes
of the breeze, the rushing of the noun
Year: 1860

tain river, and the thunder of the black
Drowned storm; all this is the music of ma
ture-a great and swelling anthem of
praise, breaking in on the universal calm.
There is a lesson for us here. The might
est worker in the universe is the most unob-
trusive
Year: 1860

Lemon Ple.-One lemon, one spoonful
OF flour, three spoonsful Of sugar, little
butter ard salt. Crate Off the yellow out
side peel to flavor your pie then pare away
the white skin, which is apt to be bitter,
and slice the pulp into a plate lined with
paste. Dissolve the flour, and other in
gradients, IN water enough to fill the paste,
then cover with another This is an ex-
cellent pie, the lemon being good sub
stitute for apple.
Year: 1860

Another Lemon Pie.-Grate off the out
side peel, then pare off the white part and
throw it away, Slice the pulp and lay it
into your plate lined with paste Make a
custard with one e9g;a little salt and su-
gar to your taste-all lemon pies require
good deal-pour it over the sliced lemon,
then cover with a top crust,
Year: 1860

4 Lemon Pua3ing P;e.-To bake in a
deep plate. The grated rind and juice of
one lemon; sugar to your taste; one egg
and little -four, or grated cracker, glass
of currant wine, and two large, fair apples,
pared and grated; a tablespoonful of butter
and pint Of milk Boil the milk and
butter together and let it cool. Beat up
the eggs and sugar, and add them-do not
add the wine and lemon until the moment
before you set your pie in the oven, as it
VIII curdle the milk


These pies are all good, and do not taste
in the least alike.
Year: 1860

Far a DeSsn.-Line large dish with
pieces Of cake of any kind; then fill it with
nice boiled custard. With the whites of
two or more eggs make an icing and pour
over the top. la making an icing always
beat your eggs while adding the sugar, a
little at time, and the longer you beat
your icing after the sugar is in it, the nicer
it will be.
Year: 1860

JHjps.-Take a pint of rather thin
cream, sweeten it quite sweet then add a
large glass Of wine, and a tablespoonful of
extract Of lemon. Good currant wine is
quite as good as any other. Let this stand
in cool place until you have cut the whites
Of three or four eggs 70 a stiff froth then
add these TO the cream, stirring rapidly as
you do SO, and fill your glasses at once.
These whips are delicious, much nicer than
those made of whisked cream alone, and can
be made in ten minutes.