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Year: 1860

] haze heard Garibaldi speak, have
seen him near; he is admirable. His ma
ture is that of lion. His voice is reso-
lutte. his hands large and his body short and
thick. When angry he must be terrible,
But habitually be has placid eye and
sweet smile. He walks onward in faith
without fear or hesitation, and works mira
cles. lie is man to quit his boat in the
storm aud walk upon the waters. lie be-
lieves in his mission as others beliye in
their star. The other day, during dis
turbance in the Carmine, when some sol
ders fred few musket shots, and even
some cannon shots upon the people, he new
tional Guard about him saying. Smoke
while you wait for them" But he has
keen scent of danger, and when he is wont
to say C rado 10, q will go myself) and
then nothing can stop him. One Of the
most striking traits of bis character is his
singular simplicity. He is the only great
h's" hho" VIM hCsCt dCto a part. Ills
speeches like those of all men of strong
convictions) are somewhat grandiloquent;
but in private his manner is the most ia.
miiar and cordial that can be conceived,
He listens TO all comers with the patience
of martyr, not keeping them at distance
or speaking to them like an oracle. He is
simple and good. To mention one instance
Of a thousand; At Messina one of his old
companions in arms kneit down before him
on both knees, saying he had an immense
favor to ask. The man was long before he
could be brought TO explain himself, but at
lengsb he stammered out that he wanted
one of Garibaldi's buttons to wear as an
amulet around his neck, and then he was
sure he should not die. The dictator at
once tote of button and gave it to the
suppliant-c Correspondence of La Presse.


An English lady writes as follows from
Naples;


+" have seen to-day the face of Carl
baldi. and now all the devotion of his friends
is made as clear as day to me. You have
only to look into his face, and you feel that
there is, perhaps, the one man in the world
in whose service you would take your heart
in your hand and follow him blipdfcld to
death. never fully understood that feel
Jog until lis presence made i clear to me.
1t is the individual man aad his personai
influence that are So strong; but thea it Is
Year: 1860

there were no soft little innocents tc
nestle in your arms, and to love you,
or receive your love? How would il
be with you then?


BE patient and kind, dear wife, un-
wcarying and long-sutlcring, dear
mother, for you know not how long
you may have with you your best and
dearest treasures. YOu know not
how long gan may tarry with thcm.-
Let there be nothing for you to re-
member which will wiring your heart
with rcmorse, if they leave you alone
let there be nothing for them to re-
member but sweetness and love unut-
tcrablc, if you are called to leave
them by the way. BE patient, be pit
ltul, be tender of them all: for sooner
or later, death will step between you
and them. And oh what would you
do if you should be doomed to sit sol
itary and forsakcn, through years and
years Be happy as you are, even
with all your trials for, believe it,
thou wife Of a loving and true hus-
band, there is no lot in life so blessed
as thine own"
Year: 1860

Hon. Geo. Bancroft once delivered
an address before the New York His.
torlcal Society, in which he said


"Not the half Of Franklin's merits
have been told. He was the father of
the American Union. 1t was he who
went forth TO lay the great design at
Albany and in New York he lifted
up his voice. Here among us he an
pearcd as the apostle of the Union
1t was Franklin who suggested the
Congress of l774 and but for his
wisdom, and the confidence that wis
dom inspired, it is q matter of doubt
whether that Congress would have
taken effect. 1t was Franklin who
suggested the bond of this Union
which binds these States from Florida
to Maine. Franklin was the greatest
diplomatist of the eighteenth century.
He never spoke a word too soon ho
never spoke 4 word too late he new
er spoke word too much he never
failed to speak the right word at the
right season.
Year: 1860

The editor is 4 man who is expect
ed to know everybody, tell all he
knows, aud guess at the rest; to
make known his own good character,
establish the reputation Of his neigh
bors, and elect all candidates for Of
flee to blow up everybody, suit eve
rybody, and reform the world to live
for the benefit Of others, and have the
cpitaph on his tombstone, " Here he
lies at last :" in short he is q locomo-
tive runner on the track of public no.
toriety his lever is his pen, his boil
cr is filled with ink /; his tender is his
scissors his driving wheel is public
opinion whenever he explodes it is
caused by non-payment Of subscrip,
tionS.


An editor is a public servant and
withal a servant of the devil. A good,
natured fellow-must always smile
bow to everybody-must be killing
polite on all occasions, is always ex-
pccted to know the latest news, is
styled "Muggins if he is not well
posted must please everybody, and
is supposed never to need the one
thing needtul must work for moth
inc and board himself must trust
everybody, and is considered great
bore if he presses his bill must be q
ladder for all political aspirants to
step into Office, who very soon become
independent, don't owe him anything,
consider him q good fellow, and final
ly, summing it up, he is expected to
be a man without a model and with
out shadow.
Year: 1860

AS class, and on the whole the
worlds least sinful inhabitants wc
have always thought, are " old maids
We are glad to see n kind word in
their favor, in the Home Journal.
Thus says the writer:


There is something in the lot of a
woman who has courageously GOT over
an early disappointment, and who sets
herself to do good in her generation.
and give her ncighbors as much han
p'ncss as she can. That she should
preserve her beauty undiminished at
fifty, and foster a permanent but hone.
less affection in the breast of a curatc
or doctor, are rewards of her rood-
ness which, II they could but be trans
tcrrca from tcton to real life, we GER
taInIy should not grudge her. But
although there are old maids who bear
disappointment in this noble way
there are other old maids whose dis
appointment consists in never having
mad any disappointment to bear and
tins is trial which, at one period of
lltr, is hard to endure, and ought to
AWAKEN more sympathy than it does"
Year: 1860

\ connubial little sermon, from the
text, Be happp as you are" is thus
preached by contemporary:


wife and mother, are You tired
and ont Of patience with your hus-
bands and your children's demands
upon your time and attention! Are
you tempted to give expression to an
CRY feelings towards that faithful, but
sometimes needless and eXacting hus-
band Of yours? or to scold and fret
at those sweet and lovely little ones ?
DO you groan and say, What a fool
was to marry, and leave my fathers
house, where | lived at ease and in
quiet?' Are you, by reason of the
care and weariness of body which
wifehood and motherhood must bring,
forgetful of. and unmindful for their
comforts and their joys?


Oh, wife and mother, what if a stroke
should smite your husband, and lay
him low? What if your children
should be snatched from your bosom ?
What if there were no true, strong
heart for you to lean upon? What ii
Year: 1860

The clergy i'll some places have set
apart a day to be observed as one of
special thanksgiving for the bountiful
harvest with which the people have
been favored. This is highly proper,
and we wonder that the clergy Of
Iowa generally have taken no action
in the matter
Year: 1860

When Thomas Jefferson was asked respect
ing his religion, his memorable answer was =
at is known to God and myself Its evidence
before the world is to be known in my life; Il
that has been honest and dutiful to society, the
reglision which has regulated it cannot be a bad
ono"
Year: 1860

In SEARCH OF A PAsToR.-A Congregation
alist pastor, in Connecticut says that "when
pulpit was vacant nowadays, the church gener-
ally appointed committee to go and make in
qury Of some theological professor, or some
other eminent divine, for suitable candidate.
The first question usually was, Is he popular
MANI the second, Is he good speakers third,
Is he social and easy in his mrnnerS fourth,
Is he a man of decided talentsH fifth, Can he
live on a small salaryr And then, as the COM
mittce was about taking leave, with hat in hand,
and one foot on the doorsill, it is sometimes ad-
ded-' he's man of piety, we suppose
Year: 1860

In notice of Judge Pierreponts pi-
quaint letter resigning his seat in New


York, the Philadelphia Bulletin comments
people: -


The sketch fNew York drawn by Judge


Pierrepont is scathing. The misfortune is
that it is true, and unfortunately it is too
nearly true Of the whole country. at is
easy to demonstrate that, in the yet dis
covered world, there is not such another
extravaganza people in proportion to its
real wedlth, as that which inhabit this city
lhe one idea is "a frantic determination to
get, in some immediate way, the means Of
appearing to be rich" The consequences
OF this are appalling. Both women and
men are selling themselves for money.
The extent OF this passion ior the apper.-
aaces Of tceaith is terrific, the very cry OF
every soul and the clutch of every arm is
for money-money to be spent in extrava-
gance. These words are fearfully true:
Already the success of a lawyer is deter
mined by the money that he makes; al
ready the success of minister of Christ is
in some degree estimated by the salary
which he receives" The country is mad
on money, and money to be spent in show.
How are We to support thirty millions Of
nobiemen and their families? All women
are ladies, not in character, but in dress
and expense; all men in America are
lords in their style OF thinking and as far
as they can ms ke, borrow, or steal money,
in their style Of living That it is mis-
cradle ambition is plain enough The re-
medy IL more obscure. But If one could
even make a suggestion towards improve
meUt II should be welcomed.


The thought we have for the thoughtful
Is this: The matter really lies very much
where Judge Pierrepont has put it, if his
idea be carried out more comprehensiyely
and thoroughly This country needs gov
ernment in its widest sense Our children
are running wild and becoming precocious
IN vice for want Of family government
The father and mother are induigent and
do not govern The result Is demorsl-
zing from the cradle The fast Young man
L. the most disgusting Of all sights, and
his parents have only thcm,clves to thank
Tor 1t Schools are not half governed and
we are do.cd 05 5ysy--1ID, with moral suasion
theories. The truth is. the boy, need TO
be well thraShed when they are idle or
lmpudent Churches ale afraid 10 cxer-
else discipline or get w theories that it j.
useless And the polite OF "a country
have been too long in the hands Of parti-
sans and demago=uc-. Then we ara
threatened continually with a breaking up
of the General Government because this
party faction or the other does not have
Its sway There J. 10 plan tor producing
the s-f g1rfram-t without which nation
Is a mob o! vicious men and women. except
by observing hoaoraLly the laws OF God and
man. We must Jgrtrn everywhere strongly
and honestly from the family up through
our City Council, 10 the Presidential chair,
or we are UndOne If liberty but come.
to mean license among the people Of the
trcrnendou, will and energy OF tie Anglo
Saxon race, the awfulnes, OF our rum viii
make all past examples OF national des-
truction mere childs play.
Year: 1860

Some one has been hunting up the char
acterlstics OF the printer, and concludes
he Is the most curious being alive.-lle
may have JG,k and coins, and not be
worth penny-have small caps, and have
neither wife or child. Others may run
fast, but he gets along the switte>t 10y SET
ting last He may be making impressions
without eloqUence; may Use the iys with
out offending, and be telling the truth;
while others cannot stand while they set,
he can set standing, and even do both at
the same tlme-uSe flUTitl5re and has no
dwelling-may make and put away pi,
end never see a pie much less eat 1t; be u
human being and a rat at the same time
may press a great deal and not as n favor
may handle shooting iron and not know
thing about a cannot, gun or pistol: he
may move the lever that moves the world,
and Yet be as far from moving the world
as a hog with his nose under mole-hill-
spread sheets without being housewife; /;
he may lay his form on n bed, and yet be
obliged to sleep on the floor; he may use
+ without shedding blood, and from the
earth may handle the 49,; he may be OF
a rolling disposition, and yet never desire
to travel; he may have Il sleeps foot and
not be deformed never be without a case,
and know nothing of law or physIc; be
ALWAYS correctng his errors, and growing
worse every day; be without ever
having the arm of lass around him;
may handle a Griar and vet be entirely
free from Il scratch; have his form, locke ed
up. and at the same time be free from
Jail, watch house, or any other contine-
ment And finally, that he can lie, SCI and
stand at the same time without any incon-
venience to himself.
Year: 1860

How To- Cure MATRIMONIAL oUAIEELS.-
Bishop Burnet, in the record of his obSer-
vations in Italy and Switzerland. stated
that in Berne they had u novel method Of
dealing with matrimonial disputaIts. Dl
vorccs were freely granted, but first the
applicant must 20 through the following
test:


A small room was prepared, in which
the husband and wife We're put-the door
being closed, To remain so for six weeks,
except it should be set in motion by the
urgent request of the welded pair. There
were in the room one stool, one plate, one
spoon, a unity of all the requisites and
the solitary bed was of such dimensions,
that if they should choose 10 use it toge-
ther they must needs lie very close to-
gether


OF one thing, and one only, there was q
duplicate; and that was little treatise
on the duties Of husbands and wives to-
ward each other. No visitor was permit
ted to 90 near them, and they had only
glimpse at intervals of the grim face OF
the ianitor As he pushed their food thro
a hole in the door The Bishop states
that the test was attended by the most
wholesome results. In most cases the
parties were excellent friends in few
days. and very few could stand out for
more than a fortnight Another very
gratifying circumstance was, they scarcely
on record case in which a second appl!-
cation was made by persons who had al
ready gone throug IA the ordeal
Year: 1860

Is THE Sun GROWING COLD AND DARK
There are now more spots on the Sun than
have been seen before for many years.
Some of these are visible through smoked
glass to the naked eye. Several stars
some Of them of great brilliancy, which,
from their ascertained distance, must have
been as large as our sun-have totally dis
appeared from the sky; and the question
has been raised among astronomers, whe-
ther tho light and heat of the sun are
gradually fading away. As this would be
accompanied by the destruction of all the
plants and animals of the earth, it is rath-
er an interesting question. The suns
light and heat are diminished by the dark
spots at the present time about per cent
Scientific American.
Year: 1860

The wife of man named Collins died
recently in New Orleans. and AS he was
poor, his neighbors contributed for funeral.
He took the money and went on spree;
and it was a week before they discovered
that the body was not buried die
Year: 1860

For the Potter Journal.


PADDY'S ANSWER.
Och, Biddy, me honey, I'll niver go where
Men sell their own childer like calves at fair,
By the houly bless d Virgin, they do, declare.
They seem to be losing all sinse of the right,
And have took TO the North such q terrible
spite
You can't spake word but they're on for a


fight.
They thought when they hung poor oud


Brown by the neck
THAT could hearted craythur that no law


could check)-


sleek
Now, you see, livery man that has j.st common


sense,
Without making to any religion prctense,-
Against sich an outrage would spake in


defence.
am thinking, an sure it is plane to be seen,
If the North has TO pocket much more of their
There's men over here that will make whole


team;
And when they hitch up you won't need your
glasses
To see that the harness is not put on asses,
If they do stop their trading in sugar and
'lasseS.
God help the blind craythurs, (if they could


but see y
If they don't purity soon set the poor nagers
free,
A terrible time there is going 10 be.
And faith an; its dred jist to think of that dav,
And the sooner the better we cross the great


sae,-
When the Union splits up we'll be out of the


way.


March 25 1860.
Year: 1860

SENSATIONAL ELoPEMENT IN ENGLAND
A BaroHefs Sister Runs off With Her Tutor.
The beautiful and accomplished sister of an
honorable Baronet, who has but recently sac
ceeded to the title which his ancestors have
SO long and so honorably held, the other day
tutor who had been engaged by the family.
The young lady has a large fortune, and is
most pTepossessing in appearance. II is
stated she was betrothed, at the time of her
flight, to a gentleman of position in the
County Of Cumberland.
Year: 1860

Defense OF THE NAME OF SMITH.-Fun
is occasionally made about the not very un.
common name of Smith. But anciently, it
was both an uncommon and worshipful
name. In the twelfth century, and even
later, the Smith was the chief artisan of a
community, and its most stalwart man.
And, as among the ancient Greeks, the
Smiths was a craft of mystery, if not of
magic. He forged the armor that guarded
the person of the warrior, and welded the
sword Of such temper, that it seemed en-
chantment, cut through iron and brass, and
yet could sever a hair upon water. In the
ancient laws Of England the Smiths person
sat in the hall with the King and Queen.
Year: 1860

A PRAIRIE SCENE.-A correspondent Of
the London Tames, in describing the Princes
visit to the Western prairies, writes as fol-
lows:


The Prince was certainly most fortunate In
his visit, for the time OF the year He had al
most universal sport. He saw prairie thun-
der storm, u prairie fire of immense extent,
anu above all, prairie sunset. The latter
took place In all it's supernatural glory-a
glory which can never be described or under
stood by those who have net seen it-while the
party We're shooting quail the night before
their departure As the sun neared the rich
green horizon, it turned the whole ocean of
meadow into a sheet of gold which seemed to
blend with the great armament of reds and
pinks-paie rosy orange hues, and solemn, an
cry looking crimson clouds above, till not
only the SKY, but all the land around, was
sWathed in piles of color rs il the sinking sun
shone through the earth like mist, and turned
1t 10 rainbow. The lhmensIty OF stiffness
which lay in the prairie then-a stiffness rs
profound and vast as the green solitude ITSELF
while not breath stlrred over the whole no.
rizon as the great transmutation went slowly
on, and the colors over the land turned from
rose 10 pink, 10 orange, to red and crimson
darkening and darkenIng always, as the tints
ebbed out like a celestial tide, leaving frag-
ments OF scarlet clouds over the heayeus-the
embers Of the fire which had lit the prairie in
a flame of glory. There was such quiet.
unspeakable richness IN this grand farewell OF
day-such a terrible redness about the sky at



natural phenomenon had occurred, that the
sun had gone forever. and left deep and CORY
wound across the daTkening sky. Night was
a relief compared 10 this dread, iurid fire in
heaven-a fire which the clouds seemed To
close in upon, and stifie out with dificulty-a
fire which, like the paintings of the sunset be-
fore the DeIuge, left always an ominous anger
IN the heavens, even when the night was far
advanced, and the prairie clothed in a blue
mist which rose over IL like water. 1t was
such q sunset as moved the rural inhabitants
OF Dwight; such a sunset as even the " oldest
lnhabItant' who had been there some tive
years, had never seen before.
Year: 1860

A BLOODY DAY IN NEW ORLEANs.-SuLday
October 27th, was a bloody day in New Or
leans. Five men were stabbed. One WAS
killed almost instantly, and three others were
in a dying condition. OF the number, one
man was cut by his nephew an employer
wounded one of his hands a husband killed
the man who iLsulted his wife; a German
actor turned a pretended murder into reality,
during a play; and one friend accidentally
stabbed another,
Year: 1860

The Weather yesterday was as fine as could
nave been desired, and men of ali parties i'm
proved the opportunity To get every voter to
the polls. Carriages with flags flying were
everywhere visible, and many soyereigns got
the benefit of q ride gratis
Year: 1860

The Rtrer continues to fall grad ually though
1t still presents somew hat extensive surface
IL is not considered surprising that the river
should get high about election Tine for il is
all the fashion.
Year: 1860

DIVORCE Law OF CALIFoRNIA.-Iu a recent
case the Supreme Court of California have de-
cided that there is no authority in the Court
to impose any res traint upon a second mar
riage where the dissolu ton from the bonds OF
matrimony is adjudged. With the dissolu-
ton the obligations arising from the marriage
are completely discharged, and the parties
stand in the same position as though such
marriage had never been contracted. The
cases where restraint upon second marriage
Is permitted have arisen upon express statutes
authorizing its imposition upon the guilty
party.
Year: 1860

PTesidsntta! Eleefios.--The election yesterday
was attended with considerable excitement
ard the great throngs about the polls attested
the public interest In the result. Yet there
was no serious disturbance in any Quarter
and the day passed of as quietly as could have
been expecte The heavy vote polled shows
that all parties exerted themselves to the ut
most. Much anxiety was manifested to hear
tie news from other sections of the State and
the bulletin boards were surrounded by
crowds throughout the day.


At Henrico Court-House the excitement was
great, and some fights occurred in the after
noon, in which one or two persons were badly
beaten. The vote resulted in a majority Of
more than 300 for Bell, over both Douglas and
Breckenridge.


The Bell party seemed quite sanguine last
evening OF victory in the State, while the
Breckinridge men were no less confident Of
the success Of their candidates
Year: 1860

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND THE AMERI-
CAN MINIsTER.-The Paris correspondent Of
the New York Times writes that the Ameri-
can Minister to Paris (Mr. Faulkner) was re-
Gently summoned to the palace of st. Cloud to
deliver into the hands of His Majesty the let
ter of recall of the Count de Sartiges as Min
lister at Washington. This ceremony, where
Ministers only are concerned is usually per-
formed with the Minister of Foreign Affairs ;
but the Emperor desired, 10 doubt, show a
special attention on this occasion to the agent
of the United States. In this interview Mr.
Faulkner was retained long time in friendly
conversation with his Majesty, in which the
latter displayed that wonderful general know
ledge of affairs all over the wol Id for which he
is remarkable, and recalled in all its de-
tails, with many expressions OF delight, his
visit 20 the United States. He spoke OF his as
toniShment at the wonderful activity of New
York after arriving from sluggish Europe. He
referred at length TO the war fears of EnglaE d,
and denounced those fears as the greatest ab-
surdIty. He had not now and never had a
thought of provoking war with England
His pride and ambition was to elevate France
to a high position of commercial and agricul-
tural prosperity, and he could best accomplish
this by remaining the friend and ally of Eug.
land. To suppose that he would 60 to war
with England for revenge was small compli-
ment to his statesmanship. The Emperor was
warm in his expressions of friendship to the
people of the u United States, and promised his
good will in the conclusion of a new CONNER
cial treaty.