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Year: 1860

An 1N Sh4hOs
O, mother why will God not come
To give bread to eat?
You said he would if We would pray,
And only patient wait.
0, mother tell Him quick to come,
Else will surely die,
am so hungry mother dear,
So hungry and SO dry.
o, mother! call to Him aloud;
How far away is he?
And do you think He's coming now
With bread for you and me,
Why do you look up at the stars!
o, mother speak to me!
Will God come from the stars to us?
And is it him you see?
O,motherl take me in your arms:
I'm SO cold and numb
And do not look for God again,
know lac viii not come.


HENRY JIceB.
Year: 1860

revulsion of feeling was almost too great for
words, and the rapture Of knowing, as /
looked down into that lovely face that it was
rot for the last time, quite took away the
little sense I had remaining.


If you want to know how felt, ask man
who is going to be hung how he would feel
to be reprieved.


Well how time flies. It certainly does not
seem five years since all this happened, yet
cousin Jenny (my cousin jenny so bitterly
reproaches US 10 her last letter, for not visit.
ing her in all that time, we have again un-
dertaken the journey but under different
auspices, since Florence is Florence Dundard
no more and sleeps npon my arm in the cars
no more blushingly, but with the confidence
of wife of nearly five years standing, and 1
registered our names in the hotel book as
" Mr.. and Mrs. LIE Roy" and bless my lucky
stars as read it over. Even while write,
Florence, lovlier than ever, as I think,
makes grand pretense of arranging our
baggage at the hotel where we stop, land
which reminded me, by past transaction, to
write down this story or comes leaning
over me to call me "dear Chester" instead
of "dear cousin Frank" as five years before
and to scold me for being so stupid as to sit
and write, instead of talking with her.
Was ever man so happy in slight mis-
take?
Year: 1860

Once upon a time there lived an old
couple known far and wide for their IN
terminable squabbles. Suddenly they
changed their mode of life. and were as
complete patterns of conjugal felicity as
they had formerly been at discord. A
neighbor, anxious to know the cause OF
such a conversion, asked the gude-wife to
explain it, She replied, Il and the old
man have got on well enough together
ever since we kept two bears in the
house" Two bears !" was the perplexed
reply. Eyes, sure" said the old lady,
"bear and forbear."
Year: 1860

PUMPKlN PUDDING.-Take one pint of
pumpkin that has been stewed soft and
pressed through colander: melt in half
pint of warm milk, quarter of a pound
OF butter, and the same quantity of sugar,
stirring them well together; one pint of
rich cream will be better than milk and
butter; beat eight eggs very light, and
add them gradually to the other ingre-
dients alternately with the pumpkin
then stir in a wine-glass of rose-water and
two glasses of wine mixed together, a
large teaspoonful of powdered mace and
cinnamon mixed, and grated nutmeg,
Having stirred the whole very hard, put
| il in a buttered dish, and bake 1t three
| quarters of an hour.
Year: 1860

Fun FOR M. DE BALzAC.-M de Balzac
was once lying awake in bed, when he saw
man enter his room cautiously, and attempt
to pick the lock of his writing desk The
rogue was not a little disconnected at hearing
a loud laugh from the occupant of the apart.
ment whom he supposed asleep. "Why do
you laugh 2" asked the thief 81 am laughing,
my good fellow, said NJ. de Balzac, "to think
what pains you are taking, and what risk you
run, in hopes Of finding money by night in a
desk where the lawful owner can never find it
by day" The thief Evacuated Flanders" at
onpp
Year: 1860

GOOD News FOR THE DAIRYMEN-If our
agricultural friends have studied the statistics
OF exports of certain articles OF produce for the
first half OF the present year, they must have
derived from them some idea of the demand
just now made upon this country for some of
its leading productions. They can also give
to the facts there presented such significance
as they deem them entitled to- III connection
with the prices likely to rule for some OF these
articles the present season.


The export demand for butter and cheese, of
course bears no adequate comparison with the
demand for home consumption; still SO great
an increase as that exhibited in the first halt of
the present year, cannot but exert an influence
upon the prices to be obtained by the pro.
ducers. Although the figures to which we re-
fer are published weekly in our columns, it
may not be amiss to repeat them here, so far
as two leading articles of animal production
are concerned The exports from the port of
New York to foreign ports during the first six
months OF 1858, 1859 and 1860, have been as
follows
Year: 1860

rcd which should counsel me TO use caution.


But on that fatal night when | owoke IRON
deep sleep to find the officers Of the law
standing by my bed, for the first time fear
overcame me, and | grew faint and weak as
a baby. Great drops Of sweat started out
on my forehead and all over my body, and
then realized that at last the master whom
l had served 30 long had really deserted me
and abandoned me to my fate. 4,


But to all outward appearance l choked
these feelings down, and none who saw me
dreamed of what was passing within.


My task is done. I have related oil the
awful details Of my life with as much mi. +
nutcness as I can, and now nothing Is lett
me but to prepare to die. /,


ask no sympathy, and expect none.
shall 90 to the gallows cursed by oil who
know the causes which will bring me there,
and my only hope is that God will, in his in
finite mercy, grant INC that spirit Of true rc-
pentance which may lead to pardon and Tor
giyencss in the world to come"
Year: 1860

A SpEcK OF WAR.-The last news from Mexico is warhke. Miramon, in revenge for the capture of the steamers by our Gulf squadron, has sent to the City of Mexico a decree confiscating the property of American citizens and order ing them to leave the country. This will very probably be regarded by our Govern men, us sufficient cause for commencing immediate hosiilities Congress beng in session. the subject of Mexican affairs will be taken up at once, and we may witness within sixty days the inauguration of another Mexican war. Meanwhile we are informed that the Knights of the Golden Circle are making preparations to invade Mexico, aud that our Govern ment will not interfere to prevent it.
Year: 1860

For this purpose you must have fine,
large, tender turkey; and after it is drawn
and washed and wiped dry, lay it on
clean table, and take very sharp knife,
with a narrow blade and point. Begin
at the neck, then 60 round the shoulders
and wings. carefully separate the flesh
from the bone, scraping it down as you
proceed. Next loosen the flesh from
the breast, and back, and body; and then
from the thighs. 1t requires care and
patience to do it nicely, and to avoid
tearing or breaking the skin. The knife
should always penetrate quite to the
bone scraping loose the flesh rather than
cutting it. When all the flesh is COM
pletely loosened, take the turkey by the
neck, give it apull and the whole skele-
ton will come out entr, from the flesh,
as easily as you draw your hand out of
a glove. The flesh will fall down flat
and shapeless mass.


With a small needle and thread CAREFUL
ly sow up any holes that have accidentally
been torn in the skin. Have ready
large quantity Of stuffing made Of bread,
butter and eggs, seasoned to the taste.
with sweet marjoram, sage, parsley,
onions or shalots, mix the whole together.
With this filling. proceed to stuff the tur-
key; gil full every part and then SOW up
the body.-And with spit, skewers and
tape, put the turkey in its usual shape.


Bake three hours.or more, basting it
occasionally with sweet butter. Make
gravy of the giblets, chopped and stewed,
add the dropping ofthe turkey, (skim Oft
the fat, J enrich it with a glas of white
wine, and beaten yolks of eggs, stirred
in Just before you take it from the fire
Larger fowls may be dressed as above,
also pig.-N. Il. Journal.
Year: 1860

The love which Mississippians bear to Joe
Lane was baptized and consecrated in the
blood which flowed upon the glorious field of
Buena Vista Upon that field, as upon many
others he bore himself proudly; and in his
official report of the battle, he thus attested
the heroism Of the Mississippi volunteers:


'Tn battle as fierce and protracted as this,
where there were so many exhibitions of
coolness and bravery, it is a difficult task to
particularize; but justice compels me to men
ton Col. Davis and his regiment of Missis-
sippians, who so nobly and so brayely came
to the rescue at the proper time to save the
fortunes of the day."
Year: 1860

If anything were needed tn confirm the
Judgment of all sensible men, that Black Re-
publicanism is an imposture and cheat, it
would be found in the very character of the
body which assembled at Chicago, in which
delegates were admitted from six slave States
that out Of largely over half million ofvotes
polled in the last Presidential election cast
only 1247 for the Republican ticket The
States referred to, and the votes they then
Year: 1860

OF If the Opposition were overwhelming
ly defeated last October whs1 they were able
TO cohcantrate their whole Sose upon Colonel
Walter, what chance have they of success
with their vote divided between Bell and
Douglas in November
Year: 1860

The WAR IN CHNA.-Latest accounts from
China inform US that the English and French
had advanced to within six niles of Pekin-
that the Emperor had fled from Pekin, and
that the city would soon be attacked. So
the war has commenced in earnest, it would
seem; but when it will end, if the Chinese
resolve to fight to the bitter end, God only
knows. 1t would appear, however, that the
allies have been in hopes of putting an end
to the war by negotiation, after they had
taken the ports on the Peiho But as those
ports have been taken, and the Emperor has
fled from Pekin it useless to surmise when
the war will be brought to close. If it had
not been the stubbornness, or want of sense
rather Of Mr.. Bruce, the English Minister,
it is more than likely that the present war
would not have taken place. When the
American, English and French Ministers
were about going to Pekin to exchange with
the Emperor ratifcations of the treaties con
cluded, Mr. Bruce resolved to force passage
up the Peiho with his vessels, notwithstand
ing he was told that there was another way
and good one, by which Pekin could be
reached. He attempted the passage up the
Peiho with the French, encountered the Chi
nese at their forts, and was driven back
The American Minister went to Pekin by
by the other route The vessels of foreign
nations had never been allowed to ascend the
Peiho to Pekin; and as the Chinese had al
ways refused to grant this right in treaties,
we don't see how Mr.. Bruce can be justified
in the attempt to force a passage up that
river when there was another route pointed
out to him.
Year: 1860

The PALMETTO FLAG.-The Charleston
Mercury gives the following description of
the Palmetto flag, and says it is suitable
and appropriate national banner for the pro
posed Southern Confcderacy:


"The ground entirely blue, with a golden
palmetto in the centre; a golden rattlesnake
tWining around the stem of the palmetto,
with its rattles sprung, head erect and tongue
protruded. In the background, to the rear
of the tree and snake. golden spread eagle,
and single golden star in the upper right
corner, with the words Room for Moore"
on the opposite"
Year: 1860

A dispatch received in Virginia City, says
that the ore taken to San Francisco from the
Esmeralda lead had been smelted and Weld
ed even beyond the most sanguine expecta-
tions The price of claims in that lead had
advanced more than two hundred per cent.
The Esmeralda lead is in the Mono region.
Year: 1860

How TO Srop DONKEY FROM BRAYrSG 1t is re-
lated of missionary of China, that in the neighbor
hood of where he was stay, much annoyed him at
night by his incessant brayng Our missionary
told him that if that his trouble, he could soon
put stop TO that No more was heard from Mr..
Donky aud ths led the missionary to enquire as
to how Mr.. Chinaman had suddenly sealed up
the mouth Of his uncomfortable neighbor. John took
him to the spot and there he beheld Mr.. Donkey
with . huge stone tied to his tail. He could not
conceive how stone at the tai should prevent the
EXPRESSION which is claimed a> inherent right I"
all denkeys. 81 will tell you," said John. You
viii always observe. if indeed you an observing
taiiAn, that wherever YOU hear of these animals


bray, he always lifts his tail, in fact it is lmpossh
ftor him to make a noise without doing it, and To-
= YOU special comfort and convenience. tied ston


to this fellows latter appendage and you have hear
not a sound since"
Year: 1860

Only ONE BRICK UPON ANoTHER.-
Edwin WAS cre day locking at large
building which they were putting up op.
posiie to his fathers house, lie watched
the workmcn from day to dav as they
carried up the brick aud mortar, and
then placed them in their proper order.
His father SAID to him


Edwin, Won seem to be very much Ia.
ken up With the hrirklayer pray what
might YOU he thinking about I lave
You any notion Of learning the trade T.


No said Edwin, smiling, but | was
just thinking what little thing brick
IS, and yet that great house IS built by
! ylng one brick upon anoihor.'


Very true, my boy never forget it
Just so il is with all great works. All
yonr learning is one i,tIe lesson added to
another II a man could walk all around
the world, it would be by putting one
foot before the other. Your whole life
will be made up ol one little moment al
ter another. Drop added to drop makes
the ocean.


Learn from his not 20 despse little
things. Learn, also, not to he discour.
aged by great labor. The greatest labor
becomes easy if'dIvjded into parts. You
could not jump over mountain, but
step by step takes you to the other side
Do not fear therefore, to attempt great
things. Always remember that the
whole Of the great building is only one
brick upon another
Year: 1860

HoGs.-Two hogs were struck by
lightning as. Thursday in Rock Island. We
wish that Long John would strike iightnina 2
or raise thunder with some Of the loose pork
sss in this town, as they are getting rather
plenty
Year: 1860

Rome is now the chief seat Of the art OF
eameo-cutting, two kinds Of which are pro-
duced d-those cut in hard stone. and these
cut in shell. The stone most valuable for
this purpose are the oriental onyx and the
sardODyx, provided they have at least two
different colors in parallel layers. The
value of the stone is greatly increased for
this purpose if it has four or five different
ly colored parallel layers, if the layers are
SO thin as to assist in making the device Of
the cameo. Fer example: specimen Of
stone which has four parallel layers may be
useful for cameo of Minerva, where the
ground would be dark gray, the face light,
the bust and helmet black, and the crest
over the helmet brown or gray. All such
canoes are wrought by lapidary's lathe,
with pointed instruments of steel, and by
means Of diamond dust Shell canoes are
cut from large shells found on the African
and Brazilian coasts, and generally shoU
two layers, one white and the other either
pale coffee color or deep reddish orange
The subject is cut with small steel ehisels
out of the white portion Of The shell.


Shells adapted for cameo cutting are
dense, thick, and consist usually of three
layers Of differently colored shell material.
In one variety of these shell, each layer is
composed OF many thin plates, that is, is
laminated, the lamiRe being perpendicular
to the plane of the main layer, and each
lamina consisting Of series of elongated
prismatic cells, adhersnt TO their long sides.
The lamina of the outer and inner layers
are parallel to the lines Of growth, while
these of the middle layer are at right an
giles to them. In another variety, known
as the cowriss, there is an additional layer
which is duplicate of the nacreOus layer
formed when the animal has attained its
full growth.-[ World:
Year: 1860

them. They supplied the fortress with
cannon, which they left likewise. The en-
trance to the fortress is well defended; the
roads being partly winding and partly zig
gag, and constructed in such way that
surprise Of an enemy can be resisted, how
ever great may be the impetuosity with


which it is made. The fortress cannot con-
tain numerous garrison, but the maga-
zines are large enough TO hold stores for g


long siege.
Year: 1860

III According to the Cincinnati Gazette, ther
mas been rumor current In Brooklyn, Ohio, that
Q resident Of that place had been lately buried
awe. The deceased was quite advanced In years
and was buried the third day after he was taken
sick. minister, friend Of the family VINO saw
the body after 1t was laid out for the grave said
that II 1t was friend Of his he should not be
buried. He said this because the body was still
warm, and by pressing finger upon the skin the
color would come and go, as it will upon the skin
OF person alive. Several persons witnessed this,
and others declared they saw twitching of the
muscles OF the face. One of his sons was married
within week after the funeral, and the deceased
1t said was not On the best terms with his chill.
dren.
Year: 1860

RoYALTY IN South AMER1cA.-The Princess
Isabel, of Brazil, attained her majority on
the Goth of July, and Immediately took the
oath of office, which constitutes her Empress
In the event Of the death of her father, Don
Pedro H., the present Emperor. A strong
resemblance will be noted between this Bra
lillian custom derived from PortugaD and
the Old practice of the Greek and Roman ma
tions, TO guard against confusion in the State
in the event Of sudden death or nssassinatinn
Year: 1860

BRUTAL MURDER IN NFLoRIpA-Albert Clark
respectable citizen of Hernando county, WAS
brutaly murdered by one of his own me-
groes, on the sth instant The culprit was
brought into Brookville on the 18th, and
having made a speech on the gallows, admit
ting his guilt and the justice of his punish
ment, was executed in front of the court
house, and in the presence of large number
Of citizens.
Year: 1860

THE Boston Journal says A Judge john
son boasts that he has not read newspaper
for ten years He must be either the most
ignorant or the most intelligent of men and
should he make the tour of the country he
would excite more wonder than the Prince of
Wales.
Year: 1860

TUE CASHMERE GOAT IN CALIroRN1A. "A
letter has been received in San Francisco.
says the Alta, by gentleman who had


written East for information on the subject,
in relation TO the introduction of the Cash.
mere goat into California; There can be no
question that this valuable animal will thrive
in our climate, and can be made as produc-
tive property as anywhere else in the world


The Information thus conveyed is to the ef-
ect that the Cashmere goat has been intro
duced into Texas and other Southern States
with perfect success and the party import
ing them intends to send number to Calfor-
MIA as soon as possible being convinced that
they can be made highly remunerative here.
There can be no difficulty in raising them
here they are more hardy than the common
goat, and far more prolific, producing from
two TO four always, and frequently as many
as six kids in the year. Even the lower
grades are valuable for their wool or hair
and will remarkably improve a common
stock, either for the use of their wool or
flesh. For the latter purpose the lower
grade Cashmere bucks, placed with common
ewes, are especially adapted.
Year: 1860

Our PUBLIC LAND SYsTEM-One of the
chief glories of the United States is her pub
lie land system, through the operation Of
which any industrious and deserving mem
ber of society, and even the refugee, fresh
from the monopolized acres of Europe, may,
become the proprietor of a farm or homestead
and ultimately, by the natural consequence
of rise of property, man of wealth, and
perhaps, representative of the people.


1t may be safely assumed that majority
of our public men, and not few of our
statesmen, have sprung from the pioneer set
tiers of our public lands, and in later times
especially, have themselves been foremost in
promoting the settlement of the borders
Nothing is calculated so rapidly to develop
mans innate resources ofmind and character
as to render him independent, and nothing
will so soon render him independent as to
make him proprietor of the soil from which
he derives his subsistence.


In June next, according to Presidential
proclamation, some three and three quarter
millions of acres of public lands will be sole
in California. These lands cover some of tht
best agricultural districts in the State, much
Of them lying in the valley of the San
joaquin and Sacram ento rivers and theil
tributaries, having ample supply of watel
and well timbered, with soil capable ofpro
ducing almost every variety Of crops.
Year: 1860

A4SANaNA


To all our political notions there is no
more reason for the violence reported from
the Southern States than there would be for
the electors of Southwark refusing to pay
assessed taxes, because Lord Palmerston had
declared against the ballot. The writers and
orators from South Carolina and her confed-
crates threaten vengeance and destruction.
They threaten to seize the property of North
erneTs, their bales or their portmanteaus, in
retaliation for the emancipation or the es-
cape of fugitive slaves in the free States.
They have taken down all the Federal flags,
except where they happen to be protected
by Federal guns. They have voted immense
sums for arms, though it appears that there
is no lack of arms, though there is of money.
They demand a Southern Confederation that
shall do what it pleases with its own, and
which would certainly 60 to war with the
Northern States on their first refusal to de-
liver up runaway.


1t is scarcely possible to conceive, without
reading the papers themselves, the greatness
of the Indignation or the smallness of the
ground. There is no reason why Mr.. Lin
coin should not prove as harmless mouse
as ever niDbed his way into good quarters;
but the fiery spirits of the South are frantic
with rage and fevered with apprehensions.
The mere ,Dhif Of the ball has Knocked them
dotOn, and they are screaming Nth rage and
terror, teithout hurt or scratch.


This has to be accounted for. Were the
language of these men at all reasonable, OF
even decent, we should be disposed to ex-
| plain it thus; They live on a volcano. We
know not how many millions of strong mon
! are living among them, round their houses
and under their very roofs, not in misery OF
in more degradation than is almost insepara.
BILE from labor, but with more work than
they like and obliged to do it. These slaves
are ignorant and excitable. They hear, and
the language of their masters is likely
enough to foster the delusion, that a great
slave. emancipationist has been elected Pres.
ident, and now, if ever, is the time to at.
tempt self-deliverance.
Year: 1860

COUNTERPART AMERICAN CoIN IN ENGLAND.
Double eagles, apparently fresh from the
United States Mint are circulating in Lon
gold distracted from them by Ingenious
thieves. They are correct in weight and
ring and difficult to detect. The genuine
double eagle has been slit in two parts by a
thick saw, narrow gold rim, The exact
thickness of the gold taken out, is made the
size of the place, which is first filled with a
disk OF platina, and then al soldered to-
gether, and the milling on the edge restored.
If cut in two with chisel, it drives the
gold into the platina, and appears to be
solid. ...,f--