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Year: 1860

Mas. PARrINGToN on WEDDiNGs-"I like
to tend weddings" said Mrs Partington, as
she came back from one in church, and hung
her shawl up, and replaced her bonnet in the
long preserved bandbox 81 like to see young
people come together with the promise to love-
cherish and nourish each other. But it is a
solemn thing, is matrmony a very solemn
thing, where the minister comes into the chan
cery with his surplus on, and goes through
the ceremony Of making them man and wife.
1t should be husband and wife. 1t isn't every
husband that turns out to be a man. l de-
clare never shall forget when Paul put the
nuptial ring on rny finger and. said With
my goods to thee endow' He used to keep
dry goods store and thought he was going
to give me the whole there was in it. was
young and simple, and didn't know till after
wards that it meant only one calico dress g
year"
Year: 1860

have if they knew was passing IN your inmost
soul


Such, then, is the Tree of Truth-its root,
its trunk, or body its several branches and
its leaves. Children, is my story told p
What shall l say this glorious tree is bar
rem =? Oh no, no, for it is also fruit bearing
tree. So fine production of the great Crea
tor, this tree Of Paradise, could not fail to
produce rich and abundant fruit Other trees
bear in their proper season only, but this one
bears in all seasons, and on all the days Of the
year, fruit for time and fruit for eternity for
the tree of truth lives forever. 1t is always
richly laden, and what is most wonderful, the
more it yields the more and the more il bears
and the larger and the finer is the fruit.


But l will not weary you with the recital
of its productions. Among the plenteous
fruits of the tree Of truth are sclf-respect The
man of truth can properly think we'll of him
self, for he is, as it were, clothed in the robe
of an angel. He is pure at heart in this res
pect, at least. He is strong and brave and
fears no one for the guilty alone have cause
to fear He enjoys the esteem Of the wise
and good, and the respect of all men, for the
most depraved must respect the man OF in
variable truth. But better than all this, he
enjoys q peace of conscience, which the whole
world can neither give nor take away and
last of all, with truth growing from the prop
er root he has life everlasting and the crown
of Innocence in that world where naught but
truth can ever enter.
Year: 1860

Look OUT FOR THE WoNEN.-Yo Young man,
keep your eyes open when you are after the
women. If you bite at the naked hook, you
are green. Is a pretty dress or form so at
tractive or pretty face, even Flounces,
boy, are no sort of consequence. A pretty
face will grow old Paint will wash off. The
sweet smile of the firt will give way to the
scowl of the termagant. Another, and a far
different being will take the place of the love
ly goddess who smiles and eats your sugar
candy. The coquette will shine in.the kitchen
corner, and with the once sparkling eye and
beaming couutenance she viii look daggers at
you. Beware Keep your eye open, boy,
when you are after the women. II the dear
is cross and scods at her mother in the back
room, you may be sure you will get particular
fits all over the house. If she bushes when
found at domestic duties be sure she is OF the
dsbrag aristocrOcy-litte breeding AID q
great deal less sense II you marry girl who
knows nothing but to commit women slaughter
on the piano, you have got the poorest piece
of music ever got up, Find one whose mind
is right, and then pitch in. Eoy, don't be
hanging ronnd like a sheep-thief, as though
you were ashamed to be seen in the day time,
but walk up Ike a chicken to the dough pile,
and ask for the article like a man. That's
the way to do it.
Year: 1860

Once this soft turf, this rivulet's sands,
Where trampled by hurrying crowd,
And fiery hearts and armed hands


Encountered in the battle cloud.
Now all is calm, and fresh, and still;


Alone the chirp of fitting bird,
And talk of children on the hill,


And bell of wandering kline are heard.
No solemn host goes trailing by


The black mouthed gun aud staggering train
Men start not at the battle-cry,


Oh, be it never heard again!
Soon rested those who fought, but thou,
Who mingest in the harder strife,
For truths which men receive not now,


Thy warfare only ends with life.
A friendless warfare lingering long


Through weary day and weary year,
wild and many weaponed throng


Hang on thy front, and flank, and rear.
Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof,


And blench not at thy chosen lot
The timid good may stand aloof,


The sage may frown, yet faint thou not.
Nor heed the shaft too surely cast,


The foul and Kissing bolt of scorn
For with thy side shall dwell, at least


The victory of endurance born.
Truth crushed to earth, shall rise again;
The eternal years OF. God are hers
But error, wounded writhes with pain,
And dies among his worshippers.
Yes, though thou lie upon the dust,
When they, who helped thee flee in fear,
Die full of hope and manly trust,
Like those who fell in battle here.
Another hand thy sword shall WELD,
Another hand the standard wave,
Till from the trumpet's mouth is pealed
The blast of triumph DER thy grave.
Year: 1860

n6 Conversation is the daughter of reason
ing, the mother of knowledge, the health Of
the soul, the commerce of hearts, the land Of
friendship the nourishment Of contest and
the occupation Of wit.
Year: 1860

PAT MURPHY. THE RAILROAD Mon
oMANIAc.-Traveling east on the train
to Albany few days since, an incident
of a novel character came under our OBJ
scrvation. We were seated in the smo.
king car soon after leaving Syracuse, and
the conductor passed along, inspecting
tickets of the passengers. There was a
little chap aboard from whom the officer
could collect no fare, and with whom he
had very animated controversy, which
resulted in his putting the boy off at the
next station.


The story run that the boy, who bore
the name Of Pat Murphy, had got pas
sion for riding on the cars, which had
became an uncomfortable mania with him
He seized every opportunity to jump on,
though at the risk of life and limb, and
kicks and cuffs of the conductor, and in
spite of the commands of his parents, who
reside at Syracuse. What makes the
case the more singular was that the boy
has already met with several severe acci
dents in his rides. On one occasion ht
had leg broken, and on another an arm
But though he was thus disabled and
crippled, he would still hobble upon The
train, and seem in the estacies Of rapic
locomotion to be entirely oblivious of his
past suferings, and fearless of the evi
consequences Of persisting in such ].
course of folly. What do our doctors say
to this anomalous species of lunacy ?
And who 10 the humanitarian who vii
head the subscription for cork leg fol
the Syracuse cripple


Unless this fast boy gets situation
for life from the Central Company, W,
expect shortly to hear of coroner's IN
quest on the body Of Pat Murphy, tn,
railroad suicide. -Rochester Express.
Year: 1860

NARROW EscAPE.-A teamster, named
Adams, was driving along near French Cor
rail-, on Monday last, with SIX mule team
his wagon being loaded with goods from
Marysyille, when, the left wheels ran of
from a sort of causeway on the side Of d
steep hill, and the wagon upset, CARRYING
driver, mules and all along with it, for con.
siderable distance down the hill. So steer
was the place that it was almost bluff, vet
strange to say, the driver was not hurt nor
were his mules. The wagon was also but
slightly damaged Everybody who wit.
messed the place where the turn over occurred
regarded the fact that man, beasts and every
thing else was not destroyed, as a miracle.
The wagon was rghted, the load again nut
in and the team proceeded on its way. Bat
1t took a good many men several hours to do
the job,
Year: 1860

As t. disunion, as he had endeavored to
speak about fact, and not fable, he thought
it hardly had place in the sermon; yet, if
they should presist in diSinion, it would be
like scene he saw in the North River, Of q
little steamer towing great number of bar
ges and rafts. Suppose the hindmost one
should threaten, ifthe steamnr did not con-
form exactly to her wishes, she would cut
the rope. 1t would be unpleasant to the
raft thus left behind, but the rest would go
all the faster. But they cannot scare us: we
have something Of Bunker Hill and Lex;ng-
ton left, and, if actual armies could not scare
us, empty threats will not be likely to- He
spoke this in all kindness. But he had no
such fears; he believed that Palmetto and
the Pine would join together for liberty, and
all the North and South there will be cordial
grasping ofhands of freemen for Freedom -
Then shall be the dawning of millennial
glory for, when great nation like this ri
ses mp against iniquity, and stands free be
fore the world, it is spectacle that can be-
long to no otherp sriol that III, latter-day


glory. May God in His time advance this
confirmation.
Year: 1860

Beecher says of Blondin: - II is a very
small thing for that fool to walk across that
cable with the roar of fNiagara under him,
carrying somebody like himself on his back,
though ten thousand other fools go to gap
and stare at him. But for man to walk
across the thread of daily life, carrying, not
another fool but soul with immortality in
every faculty, potent wonderful in scope,
and power, and susceptibility, so as to keep
itin balance, is not small thing, 1t re-
quires him to be wide awake that is, to
,e1fck
Year: 1860

This question is attracting attention in
many parts of the nation. The Wide
Awakes have done a glorious work 10 the
successful effort to peacefully revolutionize
the government, aud it does not seem right
and proper that they should be permitted to
die out At Albany, on the evening ofelection
It was with great unanimitv resolved to con-
tinue the organization, and the same action
has been taken elsewhere There should at
least be steps taken in every place to preserve
the records and the property of the compan-
les so that they may be made available when
occasion shall require the revival Of the or
der


\ question in some degree akin to the
above, is, How shall the Wide Awakes tes-
tify their qualification at the great triumph Of
their party In several localities We OBJ
serve that festivals are to be i'm ed ately he'd,
and at Tully in this county one takes place
this evening We should think that our
city Wide Awakes, at least, might make
some formal recognition of the glorious
achievements of theE brethern throughout
the Free North.
Year: 1860

TfoaH kNco.j nov


We come now to the second part OF the sub
ject: what should Georgia and the South do in
this new and alarming aspect of affairs thst has
been forced spOn themg There is difference
of opinion on this point-an honest and pstriotic
difference, We are constrained to believe, for We
all have the same interest at stake and the same
motives to do what is right. One class are for
an immediate disruption Of the GOvernment, and
separation in toto from the people of the North.
Another is at the opposite extreme, cnnseling
US to do nothing but to give the ADMINISTRATION
Of Lincoln trial, and resist it only in e acts Of
aggression. We respect the opinionsof both,
as We have reason to believe they originate ia
nigh and patriotic motives. The forma are fired
with just indignation for the wrongssnd indg-
mites We have suffered at the hands q our Nor
thern brethren, while the latter are apmated by
an ardent attachmentfor the work of our fathers,
and are 10th TO tear it down, even under prov.
ocation that would Justify the STEP After ma
ture and dispassionate consderatonsf the sub
ject in all its bearings, with sincere desire to
act fully up to the duty Of Georgiap and pat
riot. we feel constrained to differ iron both
Year: 1860

Nov is the time to act. Let the final step of
Secession be taken and fully consummated while
the Federal Government is ia friendly hands
Much may be accomplished before the 4th o.
March next But then we are told that it will
be several years before Lincoln will have control
OF the sword and the purse through the instru-
mentality OF Congress. This furnishes an addi-
tiOnal argument for action now. Let US rally 10
the protection of our sovereignty before the en-
emy can make good his promise to overwhelm
US. The issue is upon Us. Delay is dangerous.
Now is the time to strike Let hot a moment
be lost. The Executive of Mississippi will do his
duty. The Legislature cannot hesitate to do
theirs.
Year: 1860

A WoMAN's CRINoLINE SAVES HER NECK.
Not long ago, at village in Belgium, a
young lady in full dress was seen walking on
the roof of ahouse. Inquiry developed the
fact that she was in fit of delirium, result
ing from fever, and that she had risen from
her sick bed, dressed herself and gone by a
window to the roof All efforts to persuade
her to come down by the way she had
ascended proving fruitless, two skaters were
sent to bring her down, but, before they
reached her, she leaped of. Strange to say,
she was but little injured by the fall, as her
crinoline had swelled out, and diminished the
velocity of her descent. r7f4f v-ItH ...u
Year: 1860

AN ANEcDoTE OF PATRICK HENRY. When
Patrick Henry was an old man, the late DR..
Rice, of Virginia, took his young son to see
him, in hopes that some word would fall from
the lips of the eloquent old man that would
leave a lasting impression upon the heart OF
the youth. Henry gazed into the face of the
boy and said, "Young man, remember that
every man is the maker of his own fortunes
and character" In that single sentence was
more truth, more sense and more sound phi
losophy than In all theories of Social Reform
org
Year: 1860

On motion it wss ordered that the donations
received by the several ward committees be
left at the Mayors Office. which will be open
At al hours Of the day for receipt Of the same.


A motion to defray expesss Of passage Of
mechanics who are unable to do So was adop.
ted.


IN ,co.;oc
Year: 1860

Singular Defence Of q Ptdyer.-An
itinerant player, possessed of more wit
than money, was a few days ago driven
by the hard master, hunger, to commit
the high crime of poaching, in the
neighborhood of Birmingham, and being
unluck1y detected in tho act, was
carried forthwith before bench of
magistrates, when the offence was fully
proved. Tho knight of the buskin,
however, being called upon for his
defence, astonished the learned justices
by adapting 'Brutus's speech to the
Romans on the death of Cesar to
his case, in tho following manner:
"Britons, hungry men, and epicures! !!
hear mo for my cause, and be silent
that you may hear; believe me for
mine honor, and have respect for mine
honor, that you may believe; censre
me in your wisdom, and awake your
senses, that you may better judge.
If there be any in this assembly, any
dear friend of this hare, to him / say,
that players love for hare is no less
than his. If then that friend demand
why player rose against a hare, this
is my answer: Not that | loved hare
less, but that / loved eating more.
Had you rather this hare were living
and | had died starving, than that this
hare were dead, that might live jolly
fellow? AS this hare was pretty, weep
for him; as he was nimble,,I rejoice
at it; as he was plump, honor him;
but as he was eatable, l slew him
Here the gravity of the Court was
obliged to give way; prosecutors,
spectators, and all burst into laughter
at the ready wit displayed by the poor
actor The information was withdrawn,
and the knight of the sock and buskin
left the court with pockets much heavier
than when he entered it, with the
intention of appearing on the stage the
same evening in an entirely new
character
Year: 1860

A IHief Compelled 10 Disgorge--A
physician in Cincinnati, Ohio, had for
some time past been much annoyed by
some depredator, who drank up the
milk left on his doorstep ut an early
hour. One day last week he loft an
emetic in the pitcher, and soon after
the milkman had passed, the doctor
found policeman in neighboring
alley making his returns
Year: 1860

A Wedding and Rumaaoay Hife
all IN one Day-Last Friday young
man applied to the Mayor, and told him
that he loved one of the fair nymphs,
then an occupant of the city prison,
and that if his Honor would let her out
of Jail and unite them in the bonds of
wedlock he would take her out of the
way of temptation. His Honor complied
with the request, and the two were
married without fee or reward. Perhaps
the Mayor kissed the bride, and perhaps
he didn't, we did not inquire; but if he
did, it was all the fee he got. The happy
pair started on foot on a we dding tour
to the rural districts. They had not got
far beyond the city limits when an old
crony met them, and gave the young
groom dime and bottle, and sent
him back to get a quart of whisky.
The happy husband, in response to the
wjshfdl looks of his bride, yielded to
the tempter and started for the liquor.
When hc returned both wife and friend
had vanished, and III his despair he
swallowed the liquid, returned to town
and bcwailed his hard fate so noisily
on the streets that he got in Jail for
being drunk and disturbing the ponce.
This was quick work, as it all happened
in u few rs.-IndidnapoiiS Seminal.
Year: 1860

Proposals must be to carry the mail with acelerty,
tanty and security using the terms of the law and they
must be guaranteed by two responsible certified
to such by postmaster judge of court of record


No pay will be made for trips not performed and for
each Of such omissions satisfactorily explained three
the pay Of the trip may be deducted For arrivals
far behind time break connexion with depending
mails and not sufficiently excused oneourth of the
pensation for the trip subject to forfeiture Fines will
De imposed unless the delinquency be satisfactorily
planned for negecting to take the mail from into post
oice for suffering it to be injured destroyed robbed
lost and for refusing, after demand to the mail
frequently as the contractor runs is concerned in run
ming vehicles the The Postmaster General may
annul the contract for dsobeyng the Office laws
the instructions OF the department. He may alter the
schedule and also order increase of service by allowing
therefor pro rata increase the contract pay.
also cura discontinue the service in whole or in part
pro rata decrease of pay, allowing months extra
compensation the amount of service dispensed with
Bids should be addressed the "Second Assistant POST
master General" superscrfbed Proposals for mail service
State of -" and sent by mail


For forms Of proposal DC, and other Information, PEE
advertisement of this date and also the advertisement
December ls 1885, in pamphlet oru at the principal post
Offices -, .
Blank proposals will be furnished application to the
department. ]. HOLT,


Postmdster General
June s, 1850. 23-w4t
Year: 1860

All the other seeding States then came up and
signed the protest; and the meeting adjourned to
meet at such time tomorrow as the Chairman NAV
call them together.


Those in the ball now adjourned to the City Hall,
where Mr.. Yancey made a stirring address to a
large and enthusiastic gathering.


SECOND DESPATCH.


CHARLESTON, April 30-Midnight.- Douglas
men profess to be perfectly satisfied with the re-
result, declaring that the seceders do not represent
the popular sentiment of the States from which
they come.


The Wood delegation have all joined the seceders.
The foregoing dispatches should have all reach
ed here in time for yesterday mornings editions,
but owing to the great press of business on the
Southern telegraph line, and the fact that only one
wire was working during the night, have been
greatly delayed-Reporter
Year: 1860

Great preparations are making at Nashville for
the coming National Convention of the Printers OF
the Union. The meeting is to open on the 9TH OF
May. Printers are requested to take notice that
this event will be the nonpareil of all events, with
capital arrangements in the way of space and fur
niture and that no imposition will be practIsed on
the delepates.
Year: 1860

CULTURE ColToN IN UTAH.-The Mormons
have the virtue of industry, if nothing else. They
are turning attention to the culture of cotton and
in Washington county, 800 miles south of Salt
Lake city, about five tons were raised the past
year. One person raised two hundred pounds of
ginned cotton one-fourth of acre, and it is
stated that enterprising citizens sending to the
States Tor cotton gins, to work up the cotton so as
to bring it into market.
Year: 1860

A SENSATION sronED.-The other day the
Local of the Cincinnati Commercial was IN
formed that baby's leg had been found in
one of the streets, and forthwith he diligent-
ly pursued his inquiries for particulars hop
ing for a startling sensation, when at length
he discovered that the leg belonged to dolI
! bqby.
Year: 1860

Bg1" The New York TdJIet (Roman
Catholic) thus concludes an excited article
upon the outrageous wrong done in Georgia
to the Irisman JAS. Crangale:


q If the safety of the Union is only to be
accomplished by the prescription of the
freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the
freedom of circulation for every free citizen,
by the destruction of the hd6eds corpus, by
the substitution of mob and lynch law for
that of the Courts of Justice, by the con-
temning of constitutional rights and the
disregard of constitutional guarantees, then
we say again the Union is not worth saw
ing, and we, for one, would not lend n hand
to save it,
Year: 1860

The right Of he people to regulate their
Institutions IN their own way. This was the
definition the Nebraska Legislature gave it
and accordingly passed law prohibiting sla-
very in that territory. They only discover
ed their error on having their bill returned
to them vetoed by the Governor.
Year: 1860

LITTLE THINGS IN LovE-WHAT WOMEN
WANT.-Fanny Fern, or some one like her,
prattles in this wise: Now, "bonnets
don't cure the headache; and all the rings
and bracelets you could toss into woNan's
lap Il speak of a true woman), are not
worth one clasp of your arm around her
neck when you come home from your place
of business. We don't want forever to take
it for granted you love US. We are demon
strative, we women. There is no need of
your breaking your backs to pick up our
hadkerchiefs as you used to in the old court
ing times; (heavens, how you stepped
around then y neither do we want you,
after hanging up your hat in the hall, to sit
down in the parlor, and cross your legs,
without ever coming up stairs to give US the
returpskiss, which is so potent as to make us
forget all the little musquito singing hous-
hold annoyances, which are but feathers s
weight when our hearts are light and hap
py, for it not work, but worry, which makes
leaden hearts and footsteps.
Year: 1860

The first day of the session they began an
infamatory debate upon the slavery question
intended alone for home consumption, and
they are still consuming time speaking to
empty benches. have heard the speakers
denounce Sherman as unfit to live and as
unGt to die, and have seen them, at the
conclusion Of their remarks, arm Sherman
and walk off in social glee So much for
their sincerity and honest Indignation.