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Year: 1859

THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION TO Pa
RAGUAY.-This expedition is now at
tracing good deal of attention in Eng
land, several of the late London papers
containing lengthy leaders upon the sub
ject The London Ne'rs of Nov. 18th


speaks of it as formidable expedition,


consisting, as it docs, of a considerable


number of vessels of war, accompanied


by three thousand fighting men. The


extreme length of time occupied in
getting up this expedition leads the Neacs
to believe, that in case of hostilities be-
tween England and the United States,
the former would have very great ad-
vantage at the commencement of hostili-
ties-a superiority they have rarely en-
joyed upon the breaking out of war in
Europe.


The Ners is of opinion that the expe-
dition is out of proportion to the insults
of the government of Paraguay, and ar
CUES that it is intended as an illustration
of the United States policy in regard to
the whole of South America sort of
notice of what they may expect in their
turn if the wishes and interests of the
United States are thwarted and contra
vened. 1t is also limited that this expe-
dition may be in part intended by Presi-
dent Buchanan to withdraw attention
from internal subjects of discord. The
editor, however, is disposed to believe
that the expedition has not been sent out
without good reason, and expresses the
hope that it may result in the breaking
up the exclusive policy of Lopez:


eff so the invasion of the waters of
Paraguay by this expedition cannot do
otherwise than very great good; and all
the world will be greatly obliged to the
United States if it insists on two things
to the free and secure navi-
CATION of those waters-the dismantling
of the batteries of Itapira and its fortified
camp, and the reduction Of Lopez's river
fotilla to a strength required for fiscal
purposes only. For if we are to have the
free use of the Plate and its tributaries,
We must not tolerate the existence of
large armed force commanding the pas
sage of the rivers Parana and Paraguay,
as is the case just now. In It's abatement
England has just as deep an interest as
Brazil, the Argentine Confederation, and
the United States; and SO far as that
goes, we shall watch the progress and
fortunes of this American expedition
with interest and hope"
Year: 1859

A WORD TO Young WRITERs.-
The subjoined remarks are made by
"Autocrat" Holmes, in the Atlantic
Monthly:


'1f you have the consciousness of
genius, do something to show it. The
world is pretty quick nowadays to catch
the favor of true originality. If YOU
write anything remarkable, rest assured
the newspapers and magazines will find
it out. That is a ridiculous notion of
yours that your articles arc rejected be-
cause you are unknown Produce any,
thing really good, and any intelligent edi-
tor will not fail to find space for it.
Nothing pleases an editor more than to
receive composition of merit from an
unknown hand. There is always dearth
Of good articles for literary journals, for
of the hundred received, ninety, at least.
are below the sea level. Some have wa
ter; occasionally, only do they come from
full reservoirs, high up on that hill which
is so hard to climb
Year: 1859

YOUNG MEN.-Our young men are
painful study. AS they lounge about
the street with bold leering faces, poison
ing the air with oaths, or whirl madly
behind lashed horses or loom up dimly
amid the smoky glare of haunts of folly,
sin and shame. 1t is sickning to think
that with them rests the future of the
country, and in them lies its hope 1t
is no wonder that the hearts of fathers,
mothers and sisters are filed with dread
and grief. No wonder that the perpetual
and eternal advice to the young man is to
go into ladies company. The advice is
good. There is positive safety for him
in the company of a vain, giggling trifing
girl. The most empty-headed and empty
hearted of coquettes is more harmless
companion, than a cursing tippling fellow
who thinks all manner of Stiffness and sin
manly and will travel fast although hell
yawns at the end of the road. Yes,
your young mans salvation is in the sweet
smile and voice, the beautiful graces and
accomplishments of some fair creature,
attractive alike in mind and body.


But young man dare not go and see a
young girl he fancies, and make friend
and companion of her. Will not all the
Mrs. Grundies think and say that it means
something and Immediately and vigor-
ously set to whisper their suspicious loud
enough for the world-including the re-
spective families of the young person to
hear them. Is not your young man a
filrt, desperate in whom there is danger,
If he is known to 90 and sec half dozen
girls at the same time? Has not this
propriety which prevades our modern life,
something to do with the terrible out
lawry and viciousness of the young men?
Has not rigid, ghastly etiquette driven
them from the parlor to the rum shop ?
In the days when some of us were boys
and girls it was not proof that two young
people were engaged to be married that
they were often together, happy in
the interchange of interests and sympa-
thy and kindly feeling. And somehow
there were better boys then, than now.
And better girls too, for that matter
Philadelphia journal.
Year: 1859

CONSTANT EMPLOYMENT man
who is obliged to be constantly employed
to earn the necessaries of life and sup
port his family, knows not the unhappi-
ness he prays for when he desires wealth
and idleness To be constantly busy is
to be always happy. Persons who have
suddenly acquired wealth, broken up
their active pursuits, and begun to live at
their ease, waste away, and die in very
short time. Thousand would have been
blessings to the world, and added to the
common stock of happiness, if they had
been content to remain in an humble
sphere, and earned every mouthful of food
that nourished their bodies. Persons
who are always busy, and 60 cheerfully to
their daily tasks. are the least disturbed
by the fluctuations Of business, and at
night sleep with perfect composure.
Year: 1859

Under the moon, as the twilight breeze
Ripples the water in pulses bright,
We stand on the bridge by the sycamore trees
and listen to the voices that come through the


night.


Under The elm row misty and dank,
Loves sweetest laughter rings from the bank
Surinkled with many deep red lamp,
stretched away through the distant damp
Hark, mid the foliage blossomed with June
Tiukles a serenade under the moon.
Under the moon, in the village street,
Gossipping groups in the shadow meet;
seated at dusky doorways there,
Red-lipped maidens taste Of the air:
Whispering now of their lovers. eyes,
Live as the beautiful summer skies;
Whispering of their batteries sweet,
As Autumn fruitage dropped i the heat,
Until they cadence trembling tune,
Soft as their pulses under the moon.
Under the moon by the cool sea shore,
The wind walks over Its spacious floor,
Courting the snowy -bosomed sails.
Daintily dripping through azure wales;
Over the crisp foam bearing along
The music mariners midnight song,
As by the rising helm with hands


Lit in the compass lamp he stands,
Thinking of those he left at noon,


Sad on the green shore under the moon.
Under the moon by the dusty read,


Pace we on to the old abode;
The lstless splendor floating falls


Over its sycamore roof and walls,


Peering into the easement nook
Piled with many brown old book;


Spirits ere they whose pages TEEN


With thoughtful pity and pictured dream;
Spirits, amid whose silence soon


Our own shall slumber under the moon.
Year: 1859

Some fifteen years ago, man named Geo.
Bristol left this city for the shores of the Pa
cific. At the time he left he had a wife and
one child, the latter only three years old. They
resided in the town of Westerlo. At the
time his wife and child were living with her
father. Some two years after, the father and
mother of the woman died their estate was dis
posed of to safety mortgages, and Mrs. Bris-
tol a.aa her chi.d were thrown upon the cnari-
ties of the world for living. She was very
| feeble in health, and, of course, was unable
to take care of herself.


The mother and child came to this city,
where they lived for some five years, at the
expiration of which time the mother died land
the girl was left alone in the world, to DO as
best she could. Being now about ten years
old, and smart, active. good-lookng girl, she
soon found situation in a respectable family.
| Here she remained till she Was fifteen years
old when she bound herself out to milliner.
She served three years at that business, aud
had become mistress of her profession. Now,
the strangest portion of this revelation is to be
told. The girl is now over eighteen years old,
and perfect model of her sex.


During this long interval, it must be re-
membered that the girl had lost all track OF
her father. Her beauty attracted the atten-
tentiGn and admiration of spruce-looking
gentleman who met her on Broadway. He
was a man of about forty years, but his ap-
pearance did not indicate that he had ever
seen over twenty-five summers. An acquailt'
ance was made between her and the gentle.
man above alude to, and final engagement
entered into for marriage. The day was set,
and all the necessary arrangements made Tor
the ceremony.


On the appointed day the pair, accompani-
en by their respective friends, met for the
purpose of having the p!ighted ones joined in
wedlock. Just before the minister commenc-
ed the marriage rites, an old couple entered.
They were formerly neighbors of the Bristol
family, and had watched the girl grow up
from infancy, and were now anxious to see the
choice she had made In partner for life.-
Imagine the surprise Of all about when the old
couple above referred to recognized in the
"mar of the girls heart" her own legitimate
father.


For a moment all was amazement and sad
ness, but on the state of things being fully
recognized, the scene turned to one of Joy
An absent father had recovered lost daugh.
ter, and the assembled throng of friends were
highly delighted that the affair had resulted as
it did. The love that had before burnt so
brightly between the twain had now become a
fame as inextinguishable as the fires of Yes.
uvius. A queer world, this.
Year: 1859

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR
STATE LANDs--under rule which the Register of
the Land Office has found it necessary to adopt,
says the Baton Rouge Gazette of the sth inst. ap-
plicants to enter State land must be ready when
their applications come up to take the land they
have applied for lose their place ON the list and
apply anew at the bottom of the same. This is a
great disadvantage to applicants, as their chance
to get what they ask for is materially lessened :
but the rule is good one and operates to the ad-
vantage Of the people and the disadvantage of
spectators. If some such rule had not been
adopted by the Register, dealer in lands in the
northern part of the State might have come here
and made application for several entire townships,
and after getting maps of the same, have gone
back home and opened private land office, selling
out at his leisure, and getting the patents from
headquarters in the name of each customer as
wanted. When the million of acres of State land
came into the market under the act of 80 in May
last the applications to enter were very numerous
and have been daily increasing since that time. So
heavy is the work of the office now on hand that
an application to enter land to-day will hardly be
reached in regular course before the month of
January next
Year: 1859

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.-A series of experiments
and improvements have b en- made on the ma
chincry of the United States stcam-frgate Niagara
since that vessels return from the Atlantic Gable
and "A African Philanthropic" expedition. The
latest of these improvements has just been COM
pleted, and its successful working was demon
strated yesterday by Chief Engineer Ring. This
consists of the attachment to the reversing gear of
new cylinder that will start and stop the engines
by steam, instead of the old method by hand As
this innovation is of considerable Importance, it
will doubtless be extensively used. Mr.. Ring is
making quite a revolution in the old time-worn
machinery of the Navy Yard. For a number of
years eleven steam boilers have been making
steam for nine engines, and eyaporating only about
four or five pounds of water to pound of coal.
These are to be removed and replaced by new ones
the construction of which will soon commence, The
latter will all be placed in one boiler house, with
steam pipes leading to the different engines and to
suit buildings as need heating by steam. From
seven hundred to eight hundred tons of coal can
be thus saved annually without ever running the
risk of tre-as the boiler houses are intended to be
freproof-which is at present so imminent
Year: 1859

PRIsoNER's ErIoUETrE.--A curious case Of
prison etiquette recently occurred in Delaware A
number of prisoners broke jail, and among them
was one named Turner, under sentence Of death for
rape. He called upon the Attorney General, coolly
seated himself in his Office and informed the gentle-
man that number of prisoners had escaped
eng them himself; that he was prepared to 10
back again whenever he could be assured that hs
would be safe in SO doing. Several of his social
companions had been discharged, and in their
stead a woman had been placed in jail who was
afflicted thscarlet fever; he had formally notified
the deputy sheriff that such conduct was persisted
in he would feel obliged to change his quarters,
and that receiving no satisfactory evidence on the
part of the officers of the jail that his grievances
would receive attention. he had thus availed him
self of the first favorable opportunity of giving
practical turn to his indignation by leaving the
premises. He did not care straw about the SEN
tence of death hanging over him, but he didn't
want to catch the scarlet fever. The escaped
prisoner was escorted back to his quarters
Year: 1859

thirty years of age. Of the number nader that who
coasume it, mere than threefeurths are females.
Indeed, so fer as we are capable CT Judging women
rather than men, are addicted The practice, and
these generally without much references 10 their
employment OF condition in life'


There is something fearful in all these reflections
We have been I'D that women Of loose life, who in
this country aud in England are more goadtd by the
Of being Pariahs than they are on The Conti-
nent Of Europe, are great consumers Of the drug


There is one conclusion to be drawn from all the
ram drinking, tobacco chewing and opium eating of
the county, which is that people 90 not cultivate
health, and strength, and peace of mind as they
should, and those who should teach them to do so
neglect the duly. There is fearful ignorance e1-
tent on this subject.
Year: 1859

Maj. McClannahan, the accomplished senior editor
of the Memphis AppeaIi is candidate for Major Gen
eral of the Fourth Division, Tennessee Militia The
dignity aud honor of the Office will find a worthy
representative in the Msjor.
Year: 1859

We like an active boy-one who has the
impulse of the age, of the steamboat. in
him. i


A lazy, plodding. snail-paced chap. might
have got along in the world about ffty years
ago, but he don't these times. We live in
an age of quick ideas; men think quick,
eat. sleep, court, marry. and die quick, and
slow coaches are not tolerated. 'sGo ahead,
if you burst your boilerl'' is the motto of
every one, and be succeeds the best in eve
ry line of business who has the most of edo
or die" in him.


Strive. boys, to catch the spirit of the
times; be up and dressed always, not gap
ing and rubbing your eyes as if you were
asleep; be wide awake for whatever may
turn up. and you will be somebody before
you die.


Think, plan, and reflect, as much as you
please before you act, but think quick and
closely, and when you have fixed your eye
upon an object. spring for the mark at once.
But, above all things be honest. If you
intend to be an artist, carve it in the wood,
cherish it in the marble; if merchant,
write it in your ledger. Let honesty be your
guiding star.
Year: 1859

WHEs YoU SHOULD TAKE YoUR HAT.-
Young man, word. We want to tell you
when you shold take your hat and be of.
And mind what we offer. It is said:-
When You are asked to take drink-When
you find out that you are courting an ex-
trayagant or slovenly girl-When you find
yourself in doubtful eompany-W you
discover that your expenses run ahead of
your income-When you are abusing the
confidence of your friende--Wh When you
think that you are great deal wiser than
older and more experienced people than
yourself-When you feel like getting trust
ed for suit of clothes, because you hayn't
the money to pay for them-When you
don't perform your duty, and nothing but
your duty.
Year: 1859

HAVING established themselves in the above
IL business at Emporia, would announce to the
people of the surrounding country that they are
fully prepared to do all manner of work in THEN
line Of business, in the best manner. They fatter
themselves that with their long experience at the
business they viii be able to give the fullest salts
faction to all who may favor them with their pat
ronage. Prices reasonable.


Emporia, August ], I65S-G
Year: 1859

MAKING NEEDLE II wonder IL anv Iittle
girl who may read this, ever thought how many
people are oil the time at work, making the
things she every day nses What can be more
common, and you may think, more simple than
a needle? Yet, If YOU do not know 1t, can
tell you that it takes great many persons to
make needle, aud great deal of time, too.


Let us take peep into the needle mauufac-
tory. In going over the premises. we must
pass hither aud thither, and walk into the
next street ard back again, and take a drive
to mill, in order to see the whole process --
We 6nd one chamber Of the shop ia hung
around with coils of bright wire of all thick.
neSses from the stout kind used for Goldfish
hooks, to that of the finest cambric needles
lu room below, bits Of wire, the length Of
two needles, are cut by vast pair OF shears
fixed into the wall A bundle has been cus
off The bits need Strengthening, for they just
came off from the coils


The bundle is thrown into red hot furnace.
and then taken out and rolled backward and
forward on table till the wires are straight.
This process is called rubbing straight" We
now see mill for grinding needles We go
dow into the basement and find needle pointer
seated on bis bench. He takes up two dozen
or so of the wires and rolls them between his
thumb aud fingers with their ends on a grind.
stone, 6r.t one end aud then the other. We
have now the wires straight, and pointed as
both ends. Next is a machine which fatfens
and CUTTERS the head of ten thousand needles
an hour. Observe the little cutters at the
head of your needle. Next comes the punch
ing OF the eye, and the boy who does il punches
eight thousand an hour, and he does it so fast
Your eyes can hardly keep pace with him. The
splitting follows, which is running a Gne wire
through dozen, perhaps, of these twin nee
dies


A woman, with little anvil before her. flea
between the heads, and separates them They
are DOW complete needles, bnt rough aud rusty,
aud. what is worse, they easily bend A poor
needle, you will say; but the hardening comes
next. They are heated in furnace, and when
red-hot are thrown into pan of cold water
Next they must be tempered, and this done by
rolling them backwards and forward on me-
tallic plate. Tie polishing still remains to be
done. Ou very coarse CLOTH needles are
spread to the number OF forty or fifty thousand.
Emery dust Is strewed over them, OIL is sprnk.
led and soft soap is dashed in spoonfuIs over
the cloth the cloth ia then rolled up with
several others Of the same kind, thrown into a
waSh-pot, 10 roll to and fro for twelve hours
or more. They come out dirty enough, bus
alter rinSing in clean hot water. and tossing
IN sawdust. they look as bright as can be. and
are ready TO be sorted and put up for sale
But the sorting and doing up in papers, yea
can imagine, Is quite work by itself.
Year: 1859




MEssRs EDITORS: Fortunate indeed for us, and
eminenty characteristic of the benecent provisions
of kind Providence is it that scattered here and
there beside the chequered paths and toisome
journey of life, are to be found those "pleasant
places " where the weary soul may enjoy temper
ary rest from the cares anxietes and abcrs of the
busy world, and where satisfied and at peace with
all its contending passions, it may regsle and luxur
ate itself in sweet meditative repose. And how
salutary are the influences which these cool and
retreshing retreats exert upon our minds by making
us feel more contented not only with ourselves but
also with "the world in general" and "the rest of
mankind in particular At such times too, how
f'rciby and deeply impressed VIC with the truth
and beauty of that sage and charitable view of hu-
man life, so eloquently expressed by one of North
Carolina's distinguished sons namely: that, latter
all, this is not bad world nor even unpleasant
world"


The suggestion of the above train of reflections
was simply in this wise: seeing the advertisement
o. our enterprsing and meritorious young towns
men, Messrs Dodd & Scheib, availed myself of the
exquisite pleasure of visiting their very neat and
tasty Ice Cream Saloon, and after having partaken
of as nice saucer of Ice Cream as it was ever my
good fortune to pay my compliments to, delicately
and delightfully."- favored, and almost as white as the
"undriven SHOWS" l fell to" inditing this
production, which l sincerely hope may be more
instrumental in cooling off than in astonishing a
goodly number of the ocer4eated and perwiring
inhabitants of this "mund.ne sphere" In this
connection and in conclusion, would respectfully
make few suggestions to our citizens You know
that it is very desirable to have during the Summer
an opportunity of partaking of this delicate luxury
in an elegantly furnished Ice Cream Saloon; and
you know, also, that it has frequently been with
difficulty that Ice Cream could be procured here at
all. Now, .telloo-citi=ens Messrs. Dodd & Scheib
have, at a considerable expense, fitted up an Ice
C,e,m Saloon worthy of our City and of its best
patronage Let us sustain it by literally patroniz
ing thcm Go at all events and see their Saloon and
try their Ice Cream for yourselves, and if you are
not pleased will be sadly surprised. To those e,
there be any) whose souls arc bowed with heaviness
by political misfortunes, and who are sadly con-
etemplating a cheerless journey to the Head O
Salt River" would kindly, and with all delicacy
stay, visit Dodd Scheibs often, cool off and bt
refreshed, for it beats Salt River "out of all hol
low"


Raleigh, 1lth Aug, 1859
Year: 1859

The new Constitution framed for Kansas by the
Wyandotte Convention is to be submitted to the
people on the 4th of October next The Democratic
members of the Convention refused to afix their
signatures to the instrument.


The Constitution provides that "the right of trial
by jury shall be invioate" The first draft provided
that this right should be "extended to persons of
all conditions" This was intended to apply to
fugitive slaves, but was stricken out The Consttu-
ton further declares "there shall be no slavery in
this State, and no involuntary servitude except for
the punishment of crime"


The Legislature is to consist of rs representatives
and 25 Senator's to be chosen on the basis of the
entire population. Common schools and State
university arc provided for Taxes are to be uniform
and equal, and all property employed in banking is
individuals. Corporations of whatsoever kind
are to be created under general law but all such
laws may be amended or repealed The State debt
shall never exceed one million of dollars A home
stead freehold is provided for. Suffrage is confined
exclusively to white men, and the "cold shoulder"
is thus given free persons of color by the freedom
shriekers."


These are the leading provisions of the proposed
Constitution. With the exception of the one relat
ing to slavery, they will meet general approval.
Southern man would force it upon them. 1t is for
them to say, as they have said in Convention, and
not BEFORE whether they will have it or not.