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Year: 1860

VIII he period Of the most absorbing in
terest in the country. For the first time
in the career of the Union, State VIII
withdraw or attempt to withdraw from it..
The Compromise Committee will probably
make report, which will be warmly,
excitedly discussed. Fierce words will be
used on both sides, and the period may be
sgnalized in Congress or out of it, by the
spilling of American blood by American
hands. 1t is to be hoped that matters may
not proceed to this dire extremity but the
prospect is that there will be serious trouble


There can be no dOubt that South Carolina
will 60 through the form of secession. Then
the question will be, what shall be done ,
If she strikes n blow at the authority of the
United States, force will undoubtedly be
used to resist her hostile attempt. If blood
be split, no one can imagine the end of the
troubles that will be engendered. If however
she goes no further than to put her trait
Orous thoughts on paper, and refrRins from
any overt act of hostility to the Union, thus
giving time for her people to see their folly,
all may yet be well. We fear that the fool
hardy leaders, fearing mild measures may
cause failure of their reasonable plans,
may purposely precipitate their State into
hostilities with the design to prevent a re-
Cancellation.


The people of the United States enter on
the present week with the gravest aPpre-
| tensions.
Year: 1860

EVANSVILLE BENEVOLENT SocIETY.-An
for the relief of the destitute and the suffer-
ing, the several committees will call upon
the citizens during the early part of the
present week, for the purpose of receiving
donations either in money or clothing, and
hope that all will be prepared to aid them
Year: 1860

RA-W We publish to-day the full official
vote for Governor, at the October election.
The figures have just come to hand. They
were slow, but 'better late than never" We
shall shortly publish the official Presidential
vote. These tables we publish now for
preservation for future reference. They
are reliable
Year: 1860

MELANCHOLY is another name for tough
meat We care not how imaginative man
may he, let him eat two picked pigs feet,
and he will feel as inanimate as "A sack OF
GOALS What we often think is mind, is half
the time gristle.
Year: 1860

The golden bedstead lately presented to
the Queen by an Indian potentate, has been
exhibited at the Great Western Literary So
ciety. 1t excited very much interest and at
tention, and was as much admired for the
beauty Of its workmanship as for its intrinsic
value The hedstead and carpet on which
it stands. are valued at nearly seven hundred
thousand dollars.
Year: 1860

INDiANTREATIEs.-Ihe PortlandAdvertiser
speaking of the unfriendly feeling manifested
by the Indian tribes east of the Cascade
Mountains, says


owe learn that it is now more than five
years since treaties were made with some of
the Indian tribes who inhabit Eastern Ore
gon and Washington Territory, and upwards
of one year since the ratification Of those
trenties 10y the General Government vet,
singular as it may seem, not one cent of the
promised appropriation has been distributed
among those tribes. But in order more fully
to impress the Indians with the falsity OF our
promises, the Government not only does not
pay them the stipulated annuity, but it al
lows their lands to be overrun with settlers
thereby depriving the original owners of tn,
soil and their camping grounds. without first
taking steps to eXtinguish the title, which
according to the laws of nature and of jus
tice, the Indian race hold to every foot Of
land East of the Cascade Mountains. What
other results than those of disastrous ma
ture can we expect from such cruel mod,
of procedure
Year: 1860




The Springfield (Mass.) Republican says:


One of our subscribers was in the habit OF
sending his saturday Republican to friend
in Virginia. an influential man and slave
holder who was glad to get the paper, al
though he disiked its nnt-slavery opinions
lie has been compelled to give it up, aud the
honors of martyrdom offered to one copy OF
the Republican 10y n Virginia magistrate's
court, are told in the following extract of a
letter from the gentleman to whom the pa
per was sent:


You must not send me any more fncendi.
airy papers have not got the last you sent
aud have not received any, | think dated
later than November. The Postmaster, not
withstanding told him would write and
have no more sent me, would not let me have
them but handed the last knew anything
about to magistrate, who took it to -
last Court day, and showed it to some law
yers, asking advice as to what course he
should pursue with the terrible document
Mr. - was in the Court room. and heard
the matter stated he came forward and told
them his wife's friends sent the paper, and
they might do what they pleased with it,
One of the lawyers read portions of it aloud.
such as the article on John Brown Still
Lives &c, after which the offending paper
was publicly burned. am sorry we cannot
have it any more, as we like the paper very
much, except its aboltionism."
Year: 1860

fY' Four deserters from the United States Ar
my at Camp Colorado, were arrested at this place
week before last, by our Constable, Mr.. Carter
Upon the appearance of detachment of soldiers
in search of them, they were handed over to be
dealt with as the military courts may direct
Some of the deserters were spoken of as being
very good men, who were led astray perhaps by
BY Others Their desertion is regretted by their
fellow comrades.


The above, and several other items of news,
were crowded out of our last issue.
Year: 1860

81 The Galveston Civilian doubts whether
Gen. Houston will allow the use of his name
against national and conservative man for the
Presidency He will not, then, run against the
Charleston nominee, as we are certain none other
will be put forward, IF he should run as an in
dependent candidate, the Civilian says there is
no probability that any man can succeed on his
lndividua! popularity. The Civilian speaks, we
suppose, er cathedra, on these matters.
Year: 1860

e As an evidence of the improvements that
are going on in our town, we will mention that
there are three brick yards in successful opera
tion, all within one mile of the public square
Our town is beginning to wear the appearances Of
cty; with its crowded streets and fresh arrivals
81 eoods
Year: 1860

The OPPOSITION ON .WIGFALL. Amy man can
sneer To do SO is one of the chief attributes of
the self-conceited numbscull. Very rarely. and
in moments when self-respect is almost forgotten.
talented men condescend to it. To treat logical
and powerful argument only with sneers, is to
confess that it is too strong to be met in any 9TH


er way. But, unfortunately for the sneers, men
of even ordinary sense are never effected by their
weapons. The Opposition papers are endeavor


ing to break the force OF Senator Wiglalls speech
IN the United States Senate, by ridiculing his
assertion that Daniel Webster did not understand
the Constitution Of the United States. Now, the
Senator did not attempt to maintain his assertion
by sneering at Mr.. Webster, but established it
BY argument based on propositions which the
most eminent supporters and followers of Mr..
Webster had laid down. By the repeated yer
dict Of the people he proved that Mr.. Webster
was wrong upon almost every important question
upon which he ever delivered AN opinion. So
conclusive were his arguments that the Qpp9si;
Year: 1860

THE Alta thus speaks of the accident TO
Mr.. Barber in San Francisco Sunday, on the
occasion of the fire:


Mr.. Barber, though not fremen, has al
ways taken an active part in the duties OF
the Department. He was ordered to step
out upon the iron-roofed balcony of the the
atre and remove a piece of burning mating
which had fallen there. While doing this,
the slight material broke through, letting
him fall distance of some twenty feet upon
the side walk, where he struck heavily, head
downwards.


The full extent of his injuries cannot yet
be ascertained; but it is found that the spi
nal column is seriously injured, as the whole
body is paralyzed-the unfortunate man be-
ing utterly unable to move limb, and ex-
periencng great pain in the neck and back
This is the third accident he has met with
within two years, in the discharge of fire
mans duty.
Year: 1860

KLLIN3 OFF THE CuGNEsE-It has been
computed on the most reliable data, that not
more than one bullet out of every five hun,
dred fired in battle takes effect. This of
course includes the wounded as well as the
killed. According to this estimate it be-
comes an Interesting calculation to know
how many bullets must be fired, how many
pounds of powder burned and how long it
will take to Kill off the Chinese, for they
have expressed the most positive determine.
tion never to yield to the English and
French. A Captain Darby, connected with
the French expeditionary corps in China
states positively from actual knowledge, that
the Chinese forces do not number less than
thirteen or fourteen hundred thousand, now
ready to take the field. In case of necessity
this force can be doubled and even quadru
Piled, making nearly six millions of soldiers
to be disposed of before China can be con-
quered To kill and wound the number
would require three thousand millions of
bullets and no end of powder. If China can
only be conquered ty destroying the Chinese
soldiers, the work will not be accomplished


in less than century and will exhaust all
the powder and ball in the world. To effect
this purpose the French and English have
sent a Joint force of about eighteen or twenty
thousand troops, and a considerable fleet
The present generation is very likely to be-
queath the Chinese war TO posterity.
Year: 1860

PoRTIoNs of two meteorie stones, which
fell at different times, one in Mexico, and the
other in Brazil, have recently been aLalyzed
in German laboratory. The structure of
both was found to be essentially the same,
being composed Of more than one-half iron
and the rest being made up of nickel, cobalt,
and phosphorus.
Year: 1860

The President is freq uently interrogated by
people, from the North as well as the South,
as to what he intends to do. He invariably
answers them that he has no authority to
he can do nothing In case of notification,
he says, the matter would be differeut. He
will meet the emergency, whenever it shall
rise, promptly, and do his whole duty.
Year: 1860

A lady who her love had sold,
Ask'd If a reason could be told
Why wedding rings were made of gold !


venluEed thus Z instruct her -
Love, ma'am, and lightning are the same
DC earth they glance-from heaven they


came
Love is the soul's electric fame,


And gold It's best conductor
Year: 1860

A YoUSe lady was discharged from ons
OF the largest vinegar houses in Boston last
week, because she was so sweet that she
kept the vinegar from iermeniing. A sour
old maid is wanted to fill her place.
Year: 1860

PREDICTED SUPREMACY OF THE En-
GLIsH LANGuAoE.-The seventy-frst
anniversary of the Royal Literary
Fund was recently held in London,
about one hundred gentlemen present,
and the Lord Bishop of st. David's
presiding. In his speech to the toast
of the evening, the Chairman said, in
illustration of the remark that our
language had not lost either in COM
pass or force through the hands which
now used it, that "a few years ago, in
the Royal Academy of Berlin, a most
illustrious German philologer recorded
it as his deliberate opinion that the
language of Shakespeare was destined
to become universal, and bear sway,
like the English race ITSELF in distant
parts of the globe; that its copious.
ness, its compactness, and its good
sense fitted it for that purpose in a
higher degree than any other living
tongue, that of his own German ia,
therland not excepted"
Year: 1860

A ROMANCE FOR PLAYwRIcHTs.-
There is n very curious case to be
tried at the next session Of the
Paris Tribunal. The circumstances
which seem more like the fanciful
creation of q novelist than real
facts, are as folIows


Nearly thirty years ago widow
lady, of noble and powerful Hugue-
not family residing in the south of
France, placed her child with u
gardeners wife, who was TO act AZ
fostcr.mother and nurse to the heir
to the vast family estate. One day
as the young heir was sporting be.
fore the door and tho gardeners
child was lying on a bed in tho cot
tagc, the nurse heard the wheels Of
carriage, and Immediately suspec-
ted that the mother of her young
charge was coming to sec her son.
In her furry she snntched up her
heir, but slipping let him fall upon
a heap of stones, breaking bis right
arm and colar-bone. In her terror
she rushed to her husband, who ad-
viscd her to stow away the scream.
ing victim under the bed-clothes,
and taking his garments, he placed
them on his own child and boldly
stood at the door to wait the lady's
coming. Contrary to the usual casu-
al glance given by her on the previ-
GUS visits, the lady-mother was so
struct at the change in her darling
to the lean, brown, bungry-looking
babe which she beheld in the place
Of her own plumb baby, that, vexed
and exasperated beyond measure,
she seized the child in her arms
and bade the position drive away.
The gardener and his wife were ter
ribly frightened, but decided to go
the next day to the chateau and
make an explanation. To their
further CONSERVATION, they found
on the next morning that the lady
was gone, and had taken away the
child. Years sped on, and the fam
lily did not return, while the ignor-
ant cotagers, influenced by terror,
never dared to stir in the matter,
until the gardeners wife on her
death-bed recently made a full con-
fession.


In the meantime the cottager's
child has passed his life as a mem
Der of one Of the nob!est families
of France, has been attaced to an
embassy and now holds a desirable
official position, while the real heir
has spent his youth in discipline
and privation as a soldier in Alge-
ria. The latter now brings suit
to recover his property and ii.
tie, and the trial promises to be
one of the most extraordinary of
modern times. Berryer, now proba-
bly, the most celebrated lawyer in
France, has been retained for the
defense.
Year: 1860

nay A good joke is told Of Horn
Tookc. whom the Tories in the House
Of Commons thought to crush. by i'm.
posing upon him the humiliating task
Of begging the Houses pardon on his
knees. Tooke went on his knees,
begged pardon for the expression he
had used, but rising up, he Knocked
the dust off his knees, and exclaimed
loud enough to be heard over the
whole house: at is a dirty House
after all y
Year: 1860

Braaaps.-so common IL this class OF
people getting TO be In this place, that u is
time TO think Of work house for thef
benent. There IL another class that might
be benefited by such an institution lei
lows who have no means, and no visible
way Of obtaining living. In the olden
time. Il was fashionable TO fog such, or
place them on the streets TO work and u
may be. that for selfprotection the old Gus
tom will have to be revived. twill be
very humiliating to prevailing notions OF
freedom and do violence TO the doctrine,
that oil men are free and equal yet this
liberty about which there is 80 much Pfat
ing. is only secured by the union Of sober
aud industrious people, to protect them
selves, against the idle, vnRabcndish and
Incorporate. The doct,ine Ia safe, that
the man who IL too lazy to work, and has
no inheritance to live on, must obtain y
living In q questionable way, or steal.
Hence to degree there Ia no such thing as
liberty, in civilized society Every enc owes
duty to society, which must either be
rendered willingly or forced by the law.
This Ia the Argument to use for the ooloni-
zation Of the African on the cotton farm,
or sugar plantation. They have no right
to exist In Africa or any where else In de-
graduation as they do, and II IL the special
duty Of those who have the advance In
civilization and are concerned In working
out the great problem Of human existence,
TO see that they are made TO work. Beg
ging Ia ~ much profession here ~ In the
old world, aud the idle vagabonds who
follow II, are better posted about the locs-
ton Of work houses than others. They
purposely avoid such places on the river,
a. require them to work, when found beg
ging, and tho only way TO get rid Of the
nuisance here, is to establish work house.
The roads leading cut Of the city are be-
set by these people and whore they cannot
get what they want by begging, and an
opportunity ofIers-they steal.
Year: 1860

set down the number Of applica-
tions for land now on the lists, at
FIVE thousand, and others are daily
coming In, at about double the rate,
that Patents can be made out. So,
instead Of catching mp with the
work, IL il daily falling behind, Mt
such rate that an application to
enter, to-day, cannot be reached in
less than five or six months. The
committee of the late Legislature,
that had charge Of the Land Office
month, and with closed doors,
held meetings therein, with ms
much regularity M other commit


tees were too intent on the main
object, which was to turn Mr.. Har.
Alison, out of the place, because Of
the length of his caudlo appendage,
TO discover and suggest a remedy
for the apparent evils, under which
the people suffer from this branch
Of government. Sufl'erance is the
badge Of republioanism. The pri-
vato quarrols, and party fcuds of
politicians, are visited upon those
who place them in power. The cul-
pable short coming Of the roprcsen-
tives of the people, in reference to
the State Land Office, Is another
evidence of the general weakness
and imbecilli.y. In 1856 and Y
without any authority of law for II,
the Office fees for single entry Of
land, were $3.50 an effort was
made in tho Lower House by Capt.
Fuller Of St. Mary to reduce them,
and establish an equitable fee bill !;
but this was bootlcss effort, for,
al that time tho democracy was
united, and laboring assiduously
by night as by day to put down
the hydra-headod monster Of Amer
icanism. The effort of Capt Fuller
had but n Corporars guard to sup
port it, and il was defeated as n
matter eminating from the fac.
ton" ft was not until 1859, when
the American party, charged with
all the murders, robberies, thugge-
ries and orphan killing of the year
previous, and weighed down with
the charge of prosecuting Catholics
etc, found il necessary to succumb
to the tide Of public opinion ; that
the virtuous democratic party com.
menced its internal feuds, and the
result Of il is the prescription on
oil hands, and daily dccapitating
now going on oil over the country.
Our friend tho present incumbent
of the Land Office, was then in
good odor with the Captains and
Corporals over tens, and they were
unwilling at that time to reduce the
enormous fees of the Office but
mark the difference in 1859. The
people were complaining on all
hands Of the fees of the Office, and
the party being divided against it.
self, was not unwilling to establish
salary for the Register, and fix a
fee bill for the benefit of the State.
At q later period when the division
line between the two wings Of the
party was moro distinct and it was
the lot of our friend Haralson to fall
on the underside, the strong side
in the Legislature was not only will
ling but exceedingly anxious to
remove him, and give the place to
some one else. The investigating
committee, limited that Haralson


he ought to resign. AS this did
not have the desired effect, they
Year: 1860




We know that string appeals are made from
some of pulpits nearly every Sabbath for
means to help the heathen-the far off heathen we
mean, but it is seldom that we hear anything said
concerning the suffering poor Of our own town,
unless it be an infammatory appeal against drunk
enness, now and then. This is very well, and if
the pulpit can save frail humanity from the evils
of insemperance by devoting portion of its
creies to that subject it should most certainly
do it, but it has much to do in other matters-aye,
there are other things which demand the serious
attention of every good man and woman whether
protesting christians not.


We have said that our people do much tor
foreign missions and for it we give them all due
credit but should they not do little more tor the
weak and helpless at their own doors? We think
80 There is abundant material for all our be-
nevolence, for only yesterday a couple of poor
women, industrious and respectable we have
every reason to belive.) called on US and COM
plained that they wanted work but could get
none to do. They both have children to support
and are dependent their labor, and even the
privilege of working for pittance to keep soul
and body together is denied them. They repre-
scented that they had walked the town looking for
work until they were sick and tired, and assured
us tnat there were at least a hundred IN the same
condition. They say that the time was when they
could get sewing to do in Newbern but that the
introduction of sewing machines and slop-shop
work from the North now deprive them of it.
They left their names with with the prayer
that we would send them work if could if
therefore any one is disposed to help these two
ladies by giving them something to do, and will
make it known at this Office, will apprise them
of it.


Now there is only one light in which to view
this matter: poor must be taken care of,
and if we continue to have our shirts and other
clothing made in New York and thereby deny
them that protection to which they entitled,
we must expect to be taxed in other ways for
their support. The weak and helpless must not
starve want in a country that produces the ne
cessaries of life abundanty ours. Had the
early settlers of this country learned to pro-
duce and manufacture but continued to import
from Europe articles of common consumption
they would never have become free and indepen-
dent and we their descendants would have been
vet but subjects of the mother country; and
TOO will our dependence on the North continue
until we learn to produce and manufacture what
we consume. Hence the necessity of our foster
ing, protecting and encouraging all among
Who desire to labor for an honest living. Let our
people look to and ponder these things.
Year: 1860

THE NEWSPAPER MANIA GEoRGIA.-The Sa-
vannah Republican of Thursday, says:


'The little village of Waynesboro in Burke
ty where nobody thought of tablishing printing
press until about year ago, can now boast of two
newspapers, and prospectus for third, to appear
early in the coming month. More than this, they
all Democratic. The Democracy of Burke must
have strong back bone to afford decent living
three 'organs at the capitalr' The News the oldest
suggests that the opposition get up organ in the
locality. We would suggest that the Opposition
wait awhile and take the chances of buying out the
three


This reminds US of the fact that newspapers
are springing up as thick as hops all this
good old State of North Carolina just at this time,
and they will continue to spring up for several
months to come. Every village must have one
"organ'-court house towns t,oo three, and
some have been established where there were
neither towns villages. Well, we don't OBJ
ject-they'll all doubtless do some good, and not
much harm But those who may want to enter
the business permanently will have plenty of
chances to buy out exploded concerns after No
vember. 1t is an easy matter to start newspa-
per-any one can do that--but to keep one going
is another thing.