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Year: 1859

The spree is done, and the daylight
Streams DER my tenantless bed,
As sudden cold descendeth


On some o'erheated head.
see the hotel walters


Sweeping the dusty hall;
and a feeling of nausea comes Ger me,
And my spirits heavily fall
A feeling of nausea and sickness
That is rather akin to pain,
And resembles drunkenness somewhat
IS the froth resembles Champagne.
Come, mix for me some potion
Some simple and cooling drink
That may ease this restless headache,
And give me strength to think.
Not from the brandy bottle


Not from that liquor red,
Whose painful throbbings echo
In thunder through my head;
For, like ipecac or senna,


Its mocking lips suggest
A night of sleepless trouble;


And this morn | long for rest.
But take some purer liquid,


Which gushed from the grapes rich hear
As lies from the tongues of widows,
Or tears from maidens start;
Which, under foreign climates,


Where suns more mildly shine,
Was ripened into nectar,


And labelled " Sparkling Wine"
Such drinks appease the stomach
When other drink it shuns,
And come like the loan of hundred
When fellow is pressed by duns
Then take from the treasured basket
The bottle of thy choice
And let me hear as it opens,


The popping of its voice;
And the morn shall be filled with cocktail
And the cares of the early day,
Like disappointed collectors,


Shall silently steal away
Year: 1859

TH I S CELEBRATED GIN-pretending to
Il nothing but what it is viz: pure and un-
adulterated article, and assuming no artificial
merits of what it is not as some of its rival im-
tators do-atter five years of public approval
and very extensive sales in California, has been
pronounced by the public to be SUPERIOR not on
ly as beverage of general use, to any other ar
ticle competing against it, bnt is
Unrivalled in its Medical Efficiency
in most cases Of complaint Topersons travel
ing in these days of rapid transit from East to
West, North to South, who are constantly chang
ing their water well as their climate: who are
drinking, indeed, dozen kinds of water in ev-
cry twenty-four hours, and each draft contain
ing some property acting in chemical antagonism
to the preceding one, thereby causing an unnat-
ural degree of excitement to the stomach-it is
positively and absolutely necessary to use a
counteracting agent. From the fact that the


"London Club House Gin"
Is prepared expressly to meet such exigencies
and to act as we know it will act, as an anti
dote we confidently prescribe it as the very best
article in the country. The name of " Aromatic
Scheidam Schnappsn has never been attached
in any way to this article. In first presenting
the


''London Club House Gino
to the public, my aim to give them pure
and unadulterated article of Gin, and to call it
by its right name. The success attending it's
introduction and extensive sale in CaIifoania is
sufficient guarantee of the high appreciation
of the article by consumers.


Various parties have from time to time put up
and shipped to California an article which they
call "Club House Gin" Ny Gin, which has
gained such reputation in California, is brand
ed on the cases,


"Old London Club House Gin--Wm.H.D."
The bottles also have white label with fac
smile of my signature. ] caution all parties to
beware of limitations. WM H. DAILY,
f5:tfis Sole Importer, New York
Year: 1859

BI7~ 1t is said that Queen Yctoria's second
daughter-now the first on the marriage roll
has expressed wish to resign her " royal dow
ry" in order to become professed Catholic
The Court papers insinuate that this is a step
to court the young King of Portugal, who lately
lost his wife, When Don Pedro was in England,
few years ago, the Princess Alice was smitten,
but religion was in the way, and there the affair
dropped
Year: 1859

Day" Some of the tavern keepers in the east
are petitioning for a more limited use of strych-
nine on the part of Wholesale dealers. They
say so much of that deadly poison is now in
fused into their spirits, that it not only kills at
the counter, but don't give customer time to
pay for his drinks. They don't object to the
killing, but the quickness o: the operation plays
the deuce with their profits.
Year: 1859

(ST We send out this week number of bills
for subscription, advertising. &C., which we
hope will be promptly met To call on each
one individually, would be heavy tax upon
our time, and We hope that each bill will be
returned TO US at the earliest convenience of the
holder. TO be receipted. We do not wish to
bore or be bored with the usual homily of L"
small amount to each individual, but much in
the aggregate TO u.s." need money, &c, &C.,
bat would simply say-come, let US square
Up aud start on the new year afresh.
Year: 1859

or We again call the attention of tho
stockholders Of the Library to the notice of the
election of officers, which takes place this
Crhursday) evening. at the Reading Room
The Board Of Trustees will submit report of
The doings Of The Association the past year.
Year: 1859

! The Milford Diamond State, backed, doubt


less, by those internal improvement men in


that section, of whom we have had occasion to


speak several times, has generously volunteered


to become the wheel-house " to help pull this


PonderOus Lottery machine through the Lcgis


lature. What effect his efforts may have upon


the "assembled wisdom" of the State, we are


unable TO judge, but we would beg leave to call
the particular attention of both him and them to
the Address to the Clergy in another column.
The Editor says:


The works of internal improvement that have
been commenced in our State and are now Ian.
gushing for want of funds to aid in their com.
pletlon, Is cause sufficient TO stimulate eVery
man who would see Delaware as fourishino
and prosPerlng as her neighboring States, to
exert his influence in their behalf Her rail
roads now In projection must be completed, and
for that purpose large sums of money are need
ed, to obtain which application will be made to
grant the States aid and assistance. The
present Legislature, however, have it in their
power to obtain the means necessary, without
resortIng TO State bonds, or in any other way
taxing the citizens now or at any future time
Tor that purpose. 1t is simply 10 pass Colonel
frances Lottery bill, and obtain the verv
handsome mus offered by that gentleman,
which Will be of great service in our State, in
various ways It present, and sufficient TO com.
piete ali the RAJ. I.roads now projected within her
borders. In this scctiOn the bill is very popu-
lar and tbs fe 'lings of the people are decidedly
IN favor of its passage.
Year: 1859

A BRIDE BURNED TO DEATR-Ths "Louis- vile Courier says:

 By passengers from Lebanon we learn of most distressing affair which occurred near that place yesterday. Miss Susan Shuck, daughter of John Shuck, Esq was to have been married to Mr. John Thomas at twelve O clock. But few minutes prior co the time the ceremony was to be performed her dress accidentally caught on fire, and the wedding dress, which was of thin material, was instantly in a blaze and the young lady was fatally burned Her sister, Mrs. Burr Harrison, in her efforts to save her, fired her own dress, and was, perhaps, even more severely burned. There is but little hope of her recovery, it is feared. Mr. Shuck and other members of the family, who also tried to relieve the young lady from her perilous situa- tion, were burned, but not seriously The scene was terrifying beyond the expression of Ian guage

 The bride was badly burned from the waist up, and the hair burned from her head After her wounds were dressed, and while she lay upon her couch suffering the intensest agony the marriage ceremony was performed

 Rooms had been prepared at the National Hotel, in thfs city, for the bridal party, and they were to leave by the evening train.
Year: 1859

Oh would were with thee forever, E.' Oh, would that we never might part; That the joys which thrill me might ever Fill up every vein of my heart have travelled the fairy world over, have tasted fuli many bliss, But twas madness to hope to discover,

 Ths wealth of moment like this Bat0 might point to tho hour with her finger That should tear me asunder from thee, Yet my spirit would near thee still finger,

 And laugh at the harmless decree But no fancies like these will 1 cherish, Nor fOar the sweet dream will not last That the bliss of this moment will perish- Or leave but shade of the past. No enough that know thou art near me, Enough that feel thsu art mine

 As you gaze in my face that you hear mo, In accents responding to thine.

 Thon away with the future before me, Like a syren still singing of bliss,

 Not the breadth of all time can allure mo While l live in a moment like this.
Year: 1859

from which we presume every intelligent mind ~
come to the conclusion that our government aro
fully sustained in maintaining the possession wo
have assumed in opposition to the assumption e
title to the island Of san Juan on the part Of GrsG
Britain.
Year: 1859

Don't MARRY FOR MONEY Miss Mulloch, the
eminent writer, in reference to loveless unions
observes:


marriage should always be a question not of
necessity, but of choice. Every girl u7ht to be
taught that loveless union stamps upon her as
foul dishonor as one of those connections which
omit the legal ceremony atogether--and that
however pale, dreamy and tosome single life
may be, unhappy married life must be tenfold
worse an ever haunting temptation, an incura-
BILE regret, torment from which there is no es-
cane bat death"
Year: 1859

THE INDIAN TROUBLES IN TEHAMA.-The last
number of the Gazette censurcs, in a mild manner,
the late proceedings against the Indians in the
northern portion of that county, and believes
they were actuated to their late deeds of murder
and incendiarism by spirit of retaliation to
revenge the wrongs suffered at the hands of the
whites No treaty, according to the Gdzetp, has
ever been entered into between the government
and the valley Indians, The article concludes


"Thev, as n matter of course, are fighting for
what would he to ms our hearhstones and onr
home their lands and hunting grounds have
been taken from them hy the force of might, and
no one has ever said that an equivalent would
he rendered them which would satisfy them for
the loss What other resources have thew had
but tc steal. and when their souaws and children
were murdered by the brdue company of men who
recently went out to fight them, no other result
could he expected than that the time would come
when the innocent would suffer with the guilty
Year: 1859

John Graham; the renowned criminal
lawyer Of the New York Bar, made the
following remarks at the opening speech:


4 few weeks since the body Of a hui
man being was found in the throes Of
Death in one of the streets Of your city
It proved to be the body of confirmed
and habitual adulterer. On a day too
sacred to be profaned by worldly toll;
on a day when he was forbidden to
moisten his brow with the sweat CT
hohest labor; on day when he should
have risen above the grossness OF his
nature and though on no other day he
had sent his aspirations heavenWards,
he should have allowed them then to


pass in that direction, we fndshim be-


sicging, with the most evil intentions,
that castle where, for their security and
| rcpose. the law had placed the wife aud
child of his ncighbor. Had he observed


the solemn precept: Remember the


Sabbath day toheep it holy he might
I at this moment hSse formed one OF the


living.


The injured father and husband rushes


upon him at the moment of his guilt,


and under the influence of frenzy exc
cutes upon him Il judgment which was
/ as Just as it was summary. The issue
which you arc to decide is, whether this


act renders its author amenable to the
laws Of the land In the decision Of


this issue, gentlemen Of the jury, you
haze a deep and solemn interest; you
are here to fix the price of the'marrlage
bed; you are here to see in what estima-
ton that sacred couch is ne]d by an
honest and intelligent American jury.
/ You are favored citizens; you live IN a
city which constitutes the seat Of our


federal government; city consecratcd
, to liberty above all others; but not to
{ the liberty of the libertine; city bear
/ ino, the name Of the'illustrious Wash
inSfon. the father of his country. Of
whom it has been emphatitally and truly
J, said that he was First in war, first II
peace, and first in the hearts of his


countrymcn."


You may feel q pity, in reviewing
| this occurrence, for the life which has
been taken; you may regret the neces-
, sity which constrained that event; but,
+ while you pity the dead, remember, also,
!, that you should extend commisseration
!, to the living. That life, taken away as
it was, may prove to be your and my
gain. You know not how soon the wife
or daughter Of some one OF you would
have benin fact you know not but
4 what it had been marked by the same
, ewes which destroyed the marriage re.


lations of this defendant. You know
not.l,ow soon the gardens. of foveliness
over which you now preside, had that
! life been spared, would have beer
. called upon to supply their flower tt
satisfy the insulated appetite of the de


ceased.


An interference with the marriage


relation must strike every refectine


mind as the greatest wrong that can b.


committed upon a human being. It ha'
been we'll said that af1iiction, shame
poverty, captivity, are preferable; an,


do not know that | can express th,
$ sentiment more happily than in recitint
II the lines which the great dramatist ha


placed in the mouth Of the Moor owe
Year: 1859

CHARLEsTOwN, Dec. lG, 1859.


MESSRS EDTrOES: Lat night the greatest excite
ment was occasioned by a report that Coppic and
Cook had escaped. On examination it was found
that they had dug through the wall of the prison,
got into the Jail yard, and by using piece of the
scatiod on which Brown was hung, they clambered
to the top Of the wall, when sentinel observed
them and fired at one, which afterwards proved to
be Cook. Coppic, at the time the sentinel fired
was lying on the top of the wall and Cook was lust
in the act of elevatng himself. When the shot was
hred, they retreated and attempted to pass through
the Jail, but We're met by one OF the guard, who
recognized them, and Immediately took possession
of them.


They effected their escape by cutting away
board directly under the window in their room
Cook states that they have been at work preparing
for the escape for some days. They cut the board
away with much nicely, and filled it back so that
it could not be observed. The mortar and brick
which they removed was placed in the back part
OF their stove and also in their bed. Both were
manacled, but by the use of a pen-knife, which
they converted into saw, they cut the irons. Had
not the sentinel observed them just at the time he
did, they would no doubt have escaped.


Rumors and suspicious are this morning ailoat
charging completely on the part of the jaor, but
Capt. Avis friends well as himself, assert his
utter ignorance of the escape


This is a chill, disagreeabe morning. No sun
shine, and the heavens forebodng snow. d.
Year: 1859

At half past two O'Clock on Wednesday night, an
by the burning of the unoccupied warehouse, No,
As South Howard street. The fire caught in the
second story of the back building and was soon ex-
tinguished, doing but little damage The ware
house was formerly occupied by Wm. Bodman, az
picking establishment


At a later hour, fire was discovered in a lumber
yard on Pennsylvania Avenue, west of Biddle
street, but was extinguished without causing an
alarm or any serious damage.


The alarm of fire last night at 10 o'clock, given
from box No. 50, on the corner of PENNSYLVANIA
avenue and Dolphin street, was found to be false
At . o'clock, on the same night fire was seen in
northeastern direction, and proved to be a stable
outside the CITY limits
Year: 1859

There are some birds which can still


further increase the comparative bulk Of
their body by driving air into a series Of
cellular spaces between the skin and the
muscles. OF this structure The common
granet, or SoIan goose, is a familiar ex-
ample, and by their power il attains ths {
complete buoyancy which enables il to
tide fearlessly and unbarmed on the
rough waves of troubled sea. The en-
closed air also benefits the bird in another
way. When the grenet sees from its lofty
height It's hnny prey, it proportions the
rate ol It's descent TO the size of the fish
and lis depth in the water. If the fish is
small and near the surface, the bird
sweeps over the waves and snaps it Just
as swallow snaps up fly. But il it is
OF tolerable size, and rather deep in the


water, then the granet hurls itself head
long upon 1t, plunges into the water, dri-
wing up the spray lik a cloud, and :ben
emerges from The surface bearing the
prey in its beak. Now every one knows
that if the hand is struck upon the water.
the sensation is nearly as painful as il
board were struck and those who are
accustomed to dive from heights, always
take care TO keep the body straight, and
to join the hands over the head so as to
pIow their way through the water, which
Otherwise would strike against the head
with unpleasant violence. What, then,
must be the force of the water against q
body falling from the enormous height
from which the granet pluDges, especially
when an initial velocity ia impaired to it
beside which results from the force of
graylaton. Here the enclosed cir comes
into operation, and by acting as a spring,
guards the body of the bird from the d.
rect shock that might otherwise be felt
1t also prevents the birds from sinking too
deeply into the sea, and assists it in re-
gaining the surface. The extraordinary
amount OF air which pervades the body OF
bird explains the curious fact, that a
singing bird should be able to pour out
such volumes Of sound from so small a
body, and without apparent fatigue. A
man would be soon latigued If he were
provided with a whistle and set to oppose
a Canary or nightingale, although the
comparative size of the lungs of the bird
and the man is SO infinitely in favor of
the latter.-Rev. j. Il. Wood.
Year: 1859

THERE is no courage but in innocence.
no constancy but in an honest cause.


CHERISH patience as your fayorite vir.
tue. Always keep i! about you. You
will find use for 1t oftener than for all the
rest


SOME men are as covetous as il they
were to live fsrever and others as pro.
luse as if they were to die the next mo-
ment.


Coon manners is the art of making
those around us easy. Whoever makes
the tewest persons uneasy, is the best
bred man in the company.


The heart is a cup which is empty till
it overhows We have nothing to enjoy
ill we have something to impart. lie
only lives who is not a reservoir, but a
fountain.


LET us never forget that every station
ia life is necessary ; that each deserves our
respect that not the station itself but the
worthy fultillment OF its duties, does honor
to the man.


THE prvatons Of poverty render US too
cold and cailous, and the privileges Of
property too cold and consequential the
first place us beneath Tie influence OF
opinlon-the second, above it,


No matter what person may say, or
do, contrary to your views OF appropriate
conduct never speak harshly. If you
wish 10 reprove misconduct, speak kindly
70 the offender. By SO doing, you
in great measure gain his confidence
lie secs at once, that your intention is to
help him out of the error he has so un.
fortunately fallen into. lie looks upon
you as friend listens to your advice
and, as much as lays in his power, makes
right that which he has made wrong
When, by one harshly- spoken word ac.
companed by disirustful expression OF
countenance, you excite his combalive-
ness, and forever close his ears to your
reproof
Year: 1859

TRUE PoLlrENEss.-A public school com
missioner. in one of his reports, observes
very justly that there is much that passes
with the ignorant and dishonest as polite,
moss, which deserves not tho name, and
should find no advocate among sober and


intelligent people. To bow with grace and
smlo with compliance, to assume manner
of sauvity and kindness which has no benov-
Ooncc, no heart in it, to put on the manner
Of courteous bearing merely to servo pur-
pose, and TO lay it aside when tho occasion
that callod it forth has passed by, is the
mere counterfeit of tho well-bred manner
OF we'll bred society. Dancing masters tops
and fl!rts may be excused for tho practice
of this spurious style otpoitenoss but tha:
which respectable and intelligent people
should possess, and which should bo taught
in all our schools, is as unlike this as gold
is unlike its cheapest counterfeit. 1t has its
origin in the heart. 1t is tho deveopemont
and exercise of outward manifes :ation /;
the practical application of tho royal law
"Whatsoever 70 would that men should do
unto you. do you even so to them" As we
wish others to treat us with respect, showing
a regard for our feelings aud u desire for
our happiness. so should bo our manner to,
wards them. This spirit will ever induce
genuine courtesy aud politeness, as char
acteristic of human intercourse And the
possession and exercise of this spirit among
all people would go far to induce. the high
est wolI being Of society DissensiOn, strife
bitterness, and numbcrlcss other sources Of
misory, would seldom rise.
Year: 1859

Any of our readers afflicted with Scrofula or Scro- fuous complaints, will do we'll to read the remarks in our advertising columns respecting it. But little of the nature of this disorder has been known by the people, and the clear exposition of it there given, will prove acceptable and useful We have long admired the searching and able manner in which Dr. AVER treats every subject he touches whatever has his attention at all, has great deal of it; he masters what he undertakes, and no one who has a particle of feeling for his afflicted fellow man, look with indifference upon his labors for the sick. Read what he says of Scrofula, and see in how few words and how clearly he tells more than we all have known of this insidious and fatal maiady.

 Sun, Philadelphia, Pa
Year: 1859

e The Republicans of Wheeling. Virginia, have passed resolutions asking the National Committee to fix on that City the place for holding the Re- publican Convention for nominating Candidates for President and Vice President and promise to make the most ample preparations for the comfort and convenience of the delegates. As Virginia has for

 erly furnished Presidents of the Republican stamp, 1t is highly proper that our delegates should meet on the soil of the Old Dominion, to make another of the same stamp.
Year: 1859

eHs The Hartford Press very properly calls tie attention If the Legislature to the importance of abolishing all unnecessary disbursements of the public moneys, and suggests that the practice Of making extra allowances to the Clerks, Messengers apd Doorkeepers of the Senate and House, should be discontinued. We second the motion and sng- gcst that the publication of the Journal of the two Houses Is entirely useless expenditure, which it would Dc we'll to discontinue. In various ways, the public expenditures may very easily be lessened by the amount of twenty thousand dollars or more, and trust the Legislature will faithfully apply the pruning knife wherever the public interest will iustifv
Year: 1859

A FIERY END PRoMIsED.-There was a
Frenchman, some time ago, named Huzar,
who predicted fiery end to the world
There was no novelty in this notion; but
there was in his idea of the cause of such
confagration. He maintained that the
old world was destroyed by water because
it was too wicked, and that the new one
would be destroyed by fire because it was
too wise. lie looked On the electro-mag-
netic telegraph as criminal discovery
He was satisfied that in stealing fire in this
way from heaven, we were only burning
our own fingers. He was of opinion, that
all this combustible utility was only ag
gregating itself on our hands until it should
become unmanageable. Then look out!-
The lightning would take its turn in the
mastery and just in proportion as aoe hac
abused its force, would it revenge itself up
on us in the day and hour of its dominion
Good Heavensl what an uncomfortable
| theory.