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Year: 1860

A sad event happened at Albion, New
York, last week. A widow woman residing
there lost her boy, child of three years,
The neighbors turned in large numbers and
sought for him during day and two
nights; on the second day he was found
dead, in ditch, within half mile Of his
homo. He had clearly died Of starvation,
after having vainly endeayored to escape
from the pit into which he had fallen.
Year: 1860

CINNABAn We learn from the San An
dreas Independent that cinnabar has been
discovered by prospectors running drift in
one Of the claims on the newly discovered
copper lode near Knights Ferry.


The Visalia Delta is informed that lead
OF cinnnbar has been discovered near Mono,
which is supposed to be very rich. Arrange
ments are being made to work it.
Year: 1860

Sun sTRoKE-In Sacramento Monday, says
the Post, man became so affected by the
heat that he fell to the ground and had to be
carried home. We could not learn the name
of the person. This is the first case of sun
stroke We have seen reported this season.
Year: 1860

The Coso SILVER MlNEs.-The Alta says it
was shown, Sunday evening, dispatch from
from Santa Clara, in which it was stated
that an assay had just been returned, from
the Santa Clara College, Of silver ore from
the Pioneer Lead" in the Coso silver coun-
try, that yielded two thousand nine hundred
and sixty three dollars to the ton. The assay
was made out of San Francisco, in order that
it might not be said that the yield of these
new mines is exaggerated by assayers. Sew
eral tons from the Coso country will be
brought to San Francisco at an early day, in
order that test Of its richness may be made
upon an extensive scale.
Year: 1860

Adopted in ConUentio assembled at 4dsUe on the IsA


Of January last.


The Democratic party OF Tennessee convention assembled
deeming their duty make declaration Of the principles
that will future,
carefully examined the ground which they have heretofore
cupd and with the developments Of four in view


Be Resolved, That hereby rearm the principles
the platform Of the Democratic party adopted in
venton at Cincinnati in June 1856 and that We hold them to
be true exposition Of doctrines the embraced


Resolved That the views expressed by the Supreme Court Of
the United States the Scott
opinion, true and clear exposition Of the reposd
Congress upon the subject Of the Territories Of the United
saes the rights guaranteed to the residents in the Terrific
ries.


ca rights each State has the right to settle for sefa ques


Ons poy the have or to not have slavery is
prerogaives Of segovernment-h States did
surrender this right the Federal Constitution, and Tennessee
will not do


re with slavery 10 the States TO introduce into exclude It
om the ana no duty 70 perform relation heretout


yes from labor these duties it cannot withheld without vio
laton Of the Constitution.


Resolved approve, generally, OF administration
Of Buchanan and that lie deserves and
his clear and lucid exposition
doctrine and Union for his
frmness in rebuking sedidon and treason.


Resolved That we have r confidence in the patriotism and
the representatives 81 party at Charleston
will hearty support the nominee Of


Resolved That the oganiEa OF the Republican party
strictly sectional principles, and its hostility to the institution
slavery which recognized the Constitution and which in
separately connected with the social and industrial pursuits
southern States Of the Condeacy the principles
Of the Constitution and upon the rights OF the States


Resolved That the late reasonable invasion Of Virginia.
band OF Republicans the necessary result Of the
doctrines teachings and principles Of that pary the begin
ming Of rrepressibe conflict OF Mr. Seward blow
institution Of slavery by effort to excite serve
the South and such it is the duty
Of the South to prepare to maintain Its rights under the Cons
tuition.


Resolved That if this upon the constitutional rights Of
the South persisted in must to be Of words
the Republican party would prevent conflict OF arms let
stand the Constitution and fulfill its ebigationswe
ask nothing more, will submit to nothing less.


Resolved That distinguished fellow citizen Senatorin
Congress- Hon. Andrew Johnson possesses eminent
the high qualifications demanded by the exgnce Of the
imescombnes his character history
than other Of the eminent Demo
cratic statesmen have been suggested connection
with Presdsn We therefore, in with
cze portions Of the Union, present him first
Presidency, and most earnestly but respectfully
urge his claims that high distinction but another shall be
preferred by Charleston Convention and who cordially in
Cincinnati PLATFORM whether he reside North South
we will yield him hearty support.
Year: 1860

To MERoHANTs,--In another column Of this
mornings Crescent will be found the advertisement of
thoroughly competent clerk who Sou herner by birth and
who exporisnc III business II
chants would paro m Southern men in preference to any other
tunctu would be The Of Kidding the South OF
rnur ,tIrinn Id IN
Year: 1860

Horses cannot receive too much care during
the winter, especially the latter part Of the
fOddering season yet Of all animals they Gre.
the most likely to be neglected by the f;lrmpr.
They require little different treatment from
other stock, and all owners of horses should
remember that those which are not worth VIM
tering we'll, are not worth wintering at ALL
and they should act accordingly.


Musty feed of any kind should never be fed
to horse, whether hay, straw, corn-fUdder or
grain. 1t is dear at any price for borse-feed.
Horses require daily supply of grain: And
what l consider an economical method of feed
ing is to cut feed-say nice oat or wheat straw,
with a little corn or oatmeal with it. To
those who are in the habit of feeding dry hay
without cutting. I would say get good straw
cutter and cut the hay quite fine or substi-
tutc straw for hay, using little more meal !;
moisten it with water and add corn or oat-
meal, thoroughly mixing it together, and occa-
sionaliy throw in a handful of salt, and you
will not only find it much cheaper, but you
will find your horses much improved in appear
anee by grazing time. Of course, it would be
necessary to regulate the quantity Of grain by
the size and condition of the animal, as horse
that is worked daily would require much more
food than one allowed to stand in the stable
Carrots are also an excellent winter feed fer
horses. They are most excellent for horses in
spring, as they possess the peculiar qualities
necessary to promote health and vigor in the
Animal during the period of the year when
there is no grazing. and after the animals have
been kepta long winter on dry food


All horses should be kept perfectly clean,
should be well bedded. and have as much pure
water as they wish. Horses require water of
tener than neat stock. The health and COM
fort of the horse is often much neglected.
One of the ways in which it is done, is proba-
bly, little considered Many owners Of horses
shut them up in a close, unventlated, and per-
haps dark stable, without its once occurring to
them that they are thus injuring the health
and destroying the comfort of their animals
At this season, as the weather grows warmer,


it would be well for many horses, and their
owners too, if they would see that their stables
are provided with means of ventilation, and
that every source Of pungent and foul smell be
removed as eiftctually as possible. BY thus
attending to the feeding and The comfort OF
horses, think the expense of wintering may
be reduced ut least oae-fourth, and they viii
look better in the spring, into the bargain.--
FRYE, Jr,, an tie Boston CultiUator.
Year: 1860

We have, all our lives, heard that fence
posts, when set in the ground, should be inyer-
ted from their growing position: that is, that
the butt end should be up aud the other down.
The suggestion is based upon the apparently
plausible theory that, being set in their natu-
raj position, water is more readily absorbed
into the sap vessels and decay hastened. We
do not know what the theory is worth but it
is little trouble to invert the posts, and it is
very well to give it fair trial Old as the
notion is, we do not know of any experiment
to test its value. The following we find COM
municated to the Geane$See Farmer and is the
nearest approach to it. Have any of our sub
scribers made like trial?


about thirty years ago. I, to test the thing
split two bar posts, side by side, out Of chest
nut log. They were eight feet long, eight
inches wide, and three thick. One ! set the
butt down, the other top down. AT the end
of ten years, the one set in butt down was rot
ted off, and | reset it in the same hole Al
the end of six years it was rotted Off again
and put in new one. The other lasted four
years longer, when it got split in two, and |
! took it out and it was about two-thirls rotted
Of Sixteen years ago, set six pairs of bar
posts, all split out of the butt cut of white
oak log. One pair set butts down, and The
others top down. Four years ago, those SCI


butts down were rotted of, and had TO be re
placed with uew ones This summer had oe
casioa to reset those that were sea top down
found them all sound enough to reset NJ,


experiments have convinced me that the bes


way is to set them tops down"
Year: 1860

IF there is anything in the world that
yourg man should be more greatful for than
another, it is the poverty which necessitated
his starting in life under very great disadvan-
tages. Poverty is one of the best tests of hC-
man quality in existence. A triumph over it
is like graduating with honor from West Point.
It demonstrates stuff and stamina. 1t is a GER
ti1cate of worthy labor credibiy performed
A young man who cannot stand this test is not
good for anything. He can never rise above
drudge or pauper. A young man who can
not feel his will harden as the yoke of poverty
presses upon him, and his pluck rise with every
difficulty poverty throws in his way, may as
well retire into corner and hide himself
Poverty saves thousand times more men than
it ruins for it only ruins those who are not
particularly worth saving, while it saves multi
tudes of those whom wealth would have ruined.
If any young man who reads this is so unfor-
tunate as to be rich, | give him my pity. 1
pity you, my rich young friend, because you
are in danger. You lack one great stimulus
to effort and excellence, which your poor COM
panion possesses. You will be very apt if you
have a soft spot in your head, to thank your
self above him, and that sort of thing makes
you mean, and Injuries you. With full pockets
and full stomach, and good linen and broadcloth
on your back, your heart and soul plethoric, in
the race of life you will find yourself surpassed
by all the poor boys around you, before you
know it.


No, my boy, if you are poor, thank God and
take courage, for he intends to give you
chance to make something Of yourself If you
had plenty of money, ten chances to one it
would spoil you for all useful purposes. Do
you lack education? Have you been cut
short in the text book Remember that ed
ucation like some other things does not consist
in the multitude of things u man possesses
What can you do? That is the question that
settles the business for you. Do you know
your. business ?? Do you know men. and how
to deal with them? Has your mind, by any
means whatever, received that discipline which
gives to it action, power and facility? If so.
then you are more man, and thousand times
better educated than the fellow who graduated
from college with his brains full of stuff that
he cannot apply to the practical business of
life-stuf the acquisition of which has been in
no sense disciplinary process so far as he is
concerned. There are very few men in this
world less than thirty years of age, and unmar-
ried, who can afford to be rich. One of the
great benefits to be reaped from great financial
disasters in the saving of a large crop ofyoung
men.-1imothy Tucolab.
Year: 1860

Interruption; to such as are cold 10 delights,
business is an entertainment For which rea-
son it was said to one who commended dull
man for his application, mo thanks to him
if he had no business he would have nothing
to do."--Steele
Year: 1860

GBNERosrTY.-Oue great reason why men
practice generosity so little in the world is
their finding 50 little there generosity is catch
lug and if SO many men escape it, it is in
degree from the same reason that countryman
escape the small ppx--because they meet with
no one to give it to them GreuRie.
Year: 1860

Beg We call the attention Of persons pur-
chasing their goods for Fall and Winter
wear to the fact that friend HUGHES is re-
ceiving large stock Of seasonable goods
comprising almost every desirable ar
ticle in the dry goods and boot and shoe
line. He will sell goods very cheap on the
principle of large sales and small profits for
cash. Among his arrivals last evening were
a lot of Webster's celebrated double soled
fine kid heeled boots. The ladies are invit-
ed to call and see them, whether they
wish to purchase or not. They are SO well
made and so beautifully finished it is worth
while to take a look at them.
Year: 1860

BEA. To-day we publish the latter part of
a letter written for the readers of this paper
by one of our citizens, who with two friends
was seeing sights down East" The letter
is very interesting.
Year: 1860




The following is the Platform adopted by the
National Democratic Convention at Charleston ::


Resoired, That we, the Democracy of the
Union in Convention assembled, hereby declare
our affirmation of the resolutions unanimously
adopted and declared as platform of princi-
Piles by the Democratic Convention at Cncin-
natl in the year 1856, believing that Democratic
principles unchangeable in their nature
when applied to the same sui ject matter, and
we recommend as our only further resolutions
the following:


That nasmuch as differences of opinion exist
in the Democratic party as to the nature and
extent Of the powers ola Territorial Legislature,
and as to the powers and duties of Congress,
under the Constitution of the United States,
over the institution of slavery within the Terri
tories


Resolred, That the Democratic party will
abide by the decision Of the Supreme Court of
the United States over the institution of slavery
within the Territories.


Resolved, That it is the duty of the United
States to afford ample and complete protection
to all its citizens at home or abroad, and wheth-
er native or foreign born.


Res0lred That one of the necessities oe the
age, IN a military, commercial and postal point
OF view, is speedy communication between the
Atlantic and Pacific States, and the Democratic
party pledge such constitutional enactment as
will insure the construction of railroad to the
Pacific coast at the earliest practicable period.


Resotred, That the Democratic party are in
favor of the acquisition of the Island of Cuba,
on such terms as shall be honorable to ourselves
and just to Spain.


Res0fued, That the enactments of State Legis-
latures to defeat the faithful execution of the
Fugitive Slave Law hostile in character,
subyersive Of the constitution and revolutionary
in their effect.


AT Baltimore the Convention adopted this
additional resolution, making it also a part OF
the regular Platform:


Resolved, That it is in accordance with the
Cincinnati platform, that during the existence
OF Territorial Governments, the measures of re
striction, whatever the may be, imposed by the
Federal Constitution on the power of the Terri
torial Legislature, over the subject of the do
mestic relations as the same has been, or shall
hereafter be, finally determined by the Supre ne
Court of the United States, should be respected
by all good citizens, and enforced with prompt
ness and fidelity by every branch of the Gen
eral Government
Year: 1860

PRoFEssoR ROGERS has solved the prob
lem of seeing through milestone. In
paper read before the Scientific Associ-
alton at Newport, he says:


4" Take sheet of foolscap or letter pa
per: roll it up so that the opening at one
end shall be large enough to take in the
full size of the eye, and at the other end
let the opening be not half 50 large,
Take it in the right hand, holding it be-
tween the thumb and fore finger; place
the large end to the right eye, and look
through it with both eyes open wards
the light. You wlt see hole hrowyh
your hand


"If you take it in your left hand, and
hold it to your left eye, it will be the
same. You will in both cases be aston
ished to see that you have hole in your
hand. The illusion Is most complete. "


From this and other experiments, he
concludes that an impression made on
the retina of either eye can not OF itself
enable US to determine on which retipa
it is received, and that the visual precep-
ton belongs to the part of the opticallap-
aratus near or within the brain which
belongs in common to both eyes.
Year: 1860

A writer in the New York Tribune.
giving an account ofa voyage from Port
land to Mount Desert, relates that his
party sailed into harbor in Penobscott
Bay and commenced fishing. We were,
he says. catching and whiting pretty
freely when, just as it was growing dark
an exclamation of snrprise from the AS
syrian called us to his side. He had
caught what we at first glance supposed
to be congcr eel: but on looking close
" it proved to be fish of the scuIpin
family and ofan entircly new and strange
species. 1t was so queer and savage
locking that none of us vcntured to touch
it or take it from the hook We inspec-
ted aud measured it while the Assyrlan
held it at arms length, aud, after we
had satisfied our curiosity, the Professor
brought out keg of alcohol over which
he held it, and cutting the fish line let


it drop into the preserving fluid, Its bo
dy was sharped like that of an eel, but it,
head was square and blunt, with an al
most human face, 1t had steady stony
expression III its deep-set eyes. Its length
was thirty inches and its circumference
eight inches; but its most remarkable PEE
cularty was its color, W! ich was ghast-
ly white, except at the tail, where it sha-
dcd into a rosy hue. There is no fish
like this described by any writer on It.
thyoIogy, and none Of us had ever seen
any thing like this before. The pilot,
who had ished in our waters for more
than half a century, declared that he had
never seer or heard of such creature
in all his experience. Subsequently du-
riug the cruise we showed it to great
number of fishermen, none of whom,
however, had ever seen any fish like it
On turning in that night we left out bai-
ted lines hanging over the vessel side,
and in the morning found we had caught
a fish resembling the other in every
thing. except that it was OF lead color,
instead Of pale white.
Year: 1860

She is modest, but not bashful-
Free and easy, but not bold;
Like an apple, ripe and mellow
Not too young aud not too old.
Half inviting, half repulsive,


Now advancing and now shy,
There is mischief in her dimple,
There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature;
She is schooled in all its arts;
She has taken her diploma


As tho mistress Of all arts.
She can tell the very moment


When to sigh and when to smile;
True, maiden is sometimes charming,
But the widow all the while.
Are you sad ? how very serious
Will her handsome face become,
Are you angry ? she is wretched,
Lonely, fricniless, fearful. dumb.
Are you mirthiul? how her laughter,
Silver sounding will ring out;
She car lure and catch, and play you,
As the angler does the trout.
Year: 1860

Did you ever notice bows? What a
variety, and yet what samenessi The
latest importation from Paris, i'll this
line, was exhibited on this wise. A tall fine


looking gentleman was seen approaching
and as he had neared us-a smile of
recognition passed over his face-he sud-
denly caught the crown of his hat in
his hand, and elevaiing it to proper
hight, as suddenly replaced it in its po-
sition, with the top in what might be
justly described as in u" fallen-in" con-
dition. 1t was to be hoped that the
conica smile upon the lady's face was
mistaken for one of welcome. A French
man will remove his hat altogether, and
pass you with it in his hand, and his
head in the attitude of obeisanoe, unless
he has deem yankceized. A man of buis-
mess, if on his way to Wall st; will ve,y
likely give you hurried nod of recogni-
ton; if in the drawing room, he will
grant YOU his most courteous smile. A
dandy has one and the same most exqui-
site bow, as his looking glass and the la
die, will testify. he busy doctor will
wave his hand, and tho stately dominic
bestow little nod of recognition, but
the coal-carrier, with his sable face and
dilapidatcd hat, will find time and heart
enough; if you even look that way,to rise
his hat, and by his demeauor show, and
say 81 respect you with all my heart "
In the good old days of yore. every lit
tie boy was taught, from his cradle. to
recognize even the stranger in passing,
by tipping his cap How unlike the
young America of these days.
Year: 1860

We like young ladies, almost as well
as we do bachelors, for the obvious rea-
sor that one accompanies the other. A
young lady IN a family is kind of mag
net that attracts not onl y the other sex,
but her own. We do not mean by n
young lady those little hounces, ixed-up
misses that can thaum on the piano, and
look sentimental; Deithor do we mean
those tiny creatures who evidently be-
long to the nursery and the school-room
for at least some halt-a dozen years,
But we mean a person who has spent her
best days in mental requirements, whose
mind i, richly endowed with classic lore,
with history, and the much herated olo-
ees of modern times. For we are one
of those who contend that woman makes
a better wife, mother and housekeeper
when ed coied, than when ignorant.
Not that kind Of ed ucatlon to be found
in boarding. schools, of fashionable fame
but that education Of mind, and manners
and heart, combined, that will give her
correct views of life and its rcsponsibili-
ties, both for time and eternity, tina. ed
ucation will fit her to be a companion for
the best educated man: that will enable
her to govern herself aud her household
in trying hours, aud sustain her when
fortune takes wing, and she is cast upon
her own resources aud the world for sup
port.


ii life were mere pastime, we might
make butterflies of our young badies, and
let them sport in the sunshine. But
that shadows will as surely succeed the
sunlight is as true as that the rainbow
is born IN the clouds Death and mis-
fortune often follow closely the footsteps
uf fashion and fortune. Weave u silver
lining for the cloud ere it gathersi