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Year: 1859

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.


There is nothing in the correspondence be-
tween our government and England to justify
the least apprehension of any rupture result
ing from the San Juan affair.


The Administration has disclaimed having
given Gen. Harney any instructions to take
exclusive or military possession of San Juan
Island; but, in case Of such step being Ia
ken, it is not disposed to recede from it !;
while it will be ready to continue negotions as
to the disputed boundary. Lord Russell's
letter is not offensive, and presents no demand
except to restore the joint occupation before
proceeding further. This is declined here !;
but the correspondence continues amicably,
and the conviction is fully entertained that
Scott's presence and investigation will remove
all points of embarrassment to the satisfaction
of both sides. The information here is con.
elusive that the importance Of the island as a
military position or otherwise, has been great
ly exaggerated. ....
Year: 1859

The Chicago Press and Tribune says GA
gentleman from CharlestOwn, Va, who was
present when Brown made his speech Just be-
fore his sentence was pronounced, assures us
that reaction of feeling took place in the
crowd almost instantly As Brown was led
out to prison the general admiration for him
was expressed on every hand. The people
had seen a man and heard him speak
many of them for the first time in their
lives.
Year: 1859

polite and not the main body itself; and that
while the Republican Party will adhere strict
ly to all the compromises of the Constitution,
and will give the South I" its bonds;" yet
not drop of blood shall accompany the
pound of flesh, and that Slavery as ali insti-
tuition, must, in future, take a back seat in
the congregation of the Americon Union!
Year: 1859

The account of the speech and sentence OF
Old Brown, found in another column, shows
that eccentric hero to be game to the last
lie is to be executed on the 81 proXlno, a
which time, it is to be hoped, Virginia will re
cover from her ague lit.
Year: 1859

BRoADEsT AT THE BAsE.-Young man,
one of the first things you ought to consider,
is how to build up character. Allow us to
tell you one fact about it, which We have
learned from observation it must be built
like pyramid, to be firm and lasting-broad
at the base. Then the foundation must be
good, or even pyramid would crack and fall
to pieces. Get reputation from early boy
hood, for truth, honesty, industry obedience
to parents and teachers, and above all, piety.
BY and by your character will be as firm as
pyramid host of examinations could not
overthrow it. But if youth and early life is
bad. to build character on such a beginning
would be almost as difficult as to poise pyra-
mid on its apex.
Year: 1859

E2y- Certain Legislators are making them
selves appear ridiculous by again starting the
project of removing the capital. They would act
more wisely by removing themselves from the
capital as soon as possible
Year: 1859

BeA. The Beacon has entered upon its third
volume Without any desire to tickle the vanity
of the editor, Gf he has any we will say that he
writes up very admirable paper To be sure
friend Fisher has his editorial faults but
what editor has not2 If there be one such, let
him throw the first stone
Year: 1859

WARM SoILs-Black or dark colored soils
are sooner warmed by the suns rays than
those ofa lighter color, and remain constant
ly at high temperature so long as the sun
acts on them. An elevation Of several degrees
In the temperature of light colored soil
may be caused by strewing its surface with
peat, charcoal powder, or vegetable mold.
Melons are ripened even in the coolest sum-
mers, in Frieberg Saxony by strewing coat
of coal dust AIN inch deep over the surface of
the soil. In Belgium, and on the Rhine, it is
found that the grape natures best when the
soil is covered with pieces of clay slate. Cir
ardin found, in series of experiments on
the cultivation of potatoes, that the time of
their ripening varied from eight to fourteen
days, according to the color of the soil. He
found on August 25th, in a very dark humus
SOIL twenty-six varieties ripe; in sandy soil
twenty; in clay nineteen; and in white lime
soil only sixteen. That dark soils may actual
ly attain an increased temperature of three
to eight degrees over light colored soil is
matter of direct observation.
Year: 1859

ELEPHANTS BATHING.-An East Indian cor
respondent of the London Times thus writes


They came down in files, trumpeting gaily
in anticipation of the treat, and floundered
into the waters of the Goomtee, like so many
portly Bruxellers enjoying the pea-soup sea
of Ostend. Each takes long, deep drink,
putting his proboscis into the water, and then
discharging the contents of it, when filled by
suction, into his cavernous nav. Having
thus filed up wrinkle or two in his side,
he deposits himself boldly in the stream so
that one side lies out of the water, and the
tip of his proboscis is kept above the surface
for the air. On this exposed island the ma
houts labor diligently, washing the beast
and rubbing him with hard brushes, clean
ing his ears, kneading and shampooning him,
while the pachyderm emits little squeaks of
satisfaction. When one side is done, the ell
ephant turns on the other, and he is very an
CRY indeed if he does not get his full share
of manipulation"
Year: 1859

A Textbook OF MORALS WANTED.-A cor
respondent of the S. F. Times sensibly re-
marks


There is great need in schools and fami-
lies of some text book of moral science.
shall be referred to the New Testament as
such book. This is not proper book for
the purpose. First, it is not so, as a whole
adapted to their age or their circumstances
Genealogies, letters written to unruly chur-
ches, or prophetical figures, are in no way
suited to their wants second, the New Test
ament is not received by all who support the
schools. These are made of Jews, Gentiles
Catholics, Protestants and Free Thinkers
Hence it would seem that We need some sim
pie text book of morals i'll which all agree,
whose motto is TO BE GOOD AND DO GOOD
We all agree in the elements which make
true and noble men and women. We must
all agree in moral science as we do in physi-
cal science. For it can be no less certain in
Its propositions and its results. Let us have
a text book fthis kind, which shall include
only the known laws of morals, and which
of course could offend no one Let spiritu-
al faiths be left to the care of parents and
religious teachers. Let US have book of
morals, simple and positive, intoxicating the
great principles of Truth and Love by direct
questions and answers.
Year: 1859

We LIVE IN THE FUTuRE.-Even the happi-
ness of the present is made up mostly of that
delightful discomfort which the hope of bet
ter things inspires. We lie all our invalid
lives by the side of our Bethesda, watching
the uneasy quiek-sand upon the bottom, in
its silvery eruptions, and listening to the
murmuring gurgle of the retiring streamlet,
yet waiting evermore for the angel to come
and stir the waters that we may be blest
The angel comes, and the waters are stirred,
but not for us; and though others may grasp
the blessing which we may not, we look for
the angel still, and in this sweet looking fall
happily asleep at last, and waken possibly
in the angels arms possibly, where2


Timothy 7Hconl5.
Year: 1859

The following condensed report of lee
ture by Prof Mapes, the eminent chemist, is
full of interest and suggestiveness.


Every substance in nature, when taken up
by organic life, undergoes change which no
chemical analysis nor microscopic examina-
ton can discover. One grain of potash OBJ
tanned from the ashes of double rose has
more fertilizing power than a pound of pot
ash from the ashes of wood or one thousand
pounds of pure potash obtained from field
spar rock. Substances taken from higher
class of organism are of more fertilising val
ue to the farmer than those from the lower
orders of nature. One grain of iron from
the blood of a man will act as tonic more
powerfully than one pound taken from iron
ore. At Hurdstown, N. j., there are large de-
posits of phosphate rock, that are analyti-
cally the same as phosphate of lime, obtained
from burnt bones. Several years since, some
gentlemen thought it would make an excel
lent fertilizer, and so obtained the certifca-
tes of DR.. Jackson and forty other chemists,
that it was of great value, after purchasing
the mine. Prof. Mapes was solicited to take
hold of it, but he declined, telling the owners
that no quantity from pound to ton con-
tanned any fertilizing matter 1t was ship
ped largely to England, endorsed by the best
chemists there, and sold at e. per ton. Now
it would not sell for seven shillings per ton
in any port of Europe, and is only used at
the Liverpool docks as ballast. No chemist
by analysis can discover any difference be-
tween this pulverized rock and pulverized
burnt bones. The one as a fertilizer is worth
less, the other valuable. One comes from
the lower orders of nature, the other from
higher organisms. No plant feeds on any
thing in the soil until it is in solution in
water. A man who is compelled to feed up
on lower organisms, has not the ability to
comprehend any higher course of thought.
The farmer of Vermont and New Hampshire,
whose soil is the debris of granite rock, and
contains seventeen per cent of potash, uses
wood ashes as fertilizer, not because there
is no potash in his soil, but because the pot
ash of the ashes has progressed, and been in
organic life before. The higher the organism
the better the fertilizer The iron of
an ordinary horse shoe nail has higher
functions than those of iron not manipulated.
An old casting when broken is beautifully
crystalized, while new one in the same con-
dition is only gray mass. The first product
of mountain soil is usually the ichen or
moss. These decay and higher organisms
succeed. Progression is an eternal law and
matter is immortal.
Year: 1859

II you think that this, with copy of her
journal across the Plains. is worthy Of place
in your paper, perhaps it may help to encOur-
age the deSponding, and interest those who
have never enjoyed or suffered tcnt-life.
Year: 1859

The last Edinburgh Review has an inter
esting paper on the labors and emoluments
of women. The writer affrms that educa-
ton is the surest means of placing her in
the position nature intended her to occupy.
Ont Of six millions of women in England
and Scotland, he shows that no less than
half are industrial in their mode Of life
more than third being self-supportng.
The matrimonial cases under recent laws
havs disclosed an amazing amount OF female
industry; almost every wife who sought pro-
lection proving that she had supported the
household and acquired property. The re-
viewer does not hesitate to attribute difficult
ties in regard to the industrial independence
of women to the jealousy of men. This jeai-
ousy, he says


Shows itself with every step gained in
civilization. and its immediate effect is to
pauperze large number Of women who are
willing to work for their bread; and We need
not add, to condemn to perdition many moro
who have no choice left but between starya-
ton and vice. The jealousy which keeps
country women from the employment Of en-
craving the brass works of watch, and
from pasting patterns of floss silk upon cards,
for trade purposes long kept the School Of
Design in London closed against female pi-
pills, and renders it still almost impossible
for an English woman to qualify herself for
treating the diseases Of women and children.
The same jealousy cost many lives in the
late war. by delaying the reception of the
nurses into the hospitals in the East. and by
restricting their action when there. In the
Staffordshire potteries women are largely
employed in painting porcelain. An art
which they are better qualified to practice
than men. 1t will hardly be credited, but
we can youch for the fact, that such is the
jealousy of the men that they compel the
women 10 paint r'thom a resi- for the hand,
and the masters are obliged by their own
workmen to sanction this absurd act Of in
iustice "
Year: 1859

= There was, however,
too much that was new and interesting on
every side, to allow the spectators to fix
their eyes long on any one point. From
another part of the room there now arose
a tumultuous noise of alteration and
laughter What had happened there?


"Brayo! Capitally donel Hurraht'
cheered the throng, and one indignant
voice, vehemently protesting against some
thing, was again and again drowned in the
general shout of approval.


A singular incident had occurred here,
leading to strife in which the crowd i'm
mediately took upon itself the Office of
Judge and jury, decided promptly, and en-
forced the decision.


A man tidily and respectfully dressed
had come regularly for some evenings
this was the seventh-always at the same
time and at the same table; had for awhile
looked on at the game, and at last drawn
a liner bag out of his breastpocket and
staked it on card. On the first evening
the card had won; and he shook the bag
out upon the table to count the money.
There were twenty EIGHT Spanish dollars,
upon which the banker quietly counted to
him the same sum, and the gentleman
Year: 1859

the mourning mother into the shaded par
lor Death had not even kissed the fresh
ness from the lips of the sweet child.
Death, as if he had no power to mar such
loveliness, had not drawn one blue tint
along the marble temples, or under the
closed eyes Death had not stolen one
line of beauty from that heavenly FACET
smiled in spite of death.


ooh, Antoinette! dear little Antoinetter'
sobbed the strong man. You found me
in ignorance, and blessed me with those
holy hands; they were the first pure fin
gers that touched me with the touch OF
love, and made my buried heart throb with
new life. Oh, little Antoinette! you were
the first one to lea me to my Savior; on
your infant breath my name was first car
ried up to Christ. 0, my lamb! canst
thou not look down upon me, and see me
bend over thee, blessing even thy mani
mate clay? But the tomb cannot hold
thee, my darling; thank God! the tomb
cannot hold the infant disciple. Already
is she up therew he cried, lifting his stream
ing eyes. "The brightness of Thy glory,
O Lord God of Hosts! falls upon her tenn
pies. She hath led souls to Thee, mighty
Redeemer, ,and Thou wilt giver her crown
of life"


He ceased, and bowed his head upon
the coffin. What Grafton before crowned
monarchs ever reached the sublimity OF
this mans offering over dead form of a
little child? He had been converted
through her ministrations, and since his
entrance into the Gospel ministry he count
ed those who believed on Jesus, through
his faith and his ministry, by hundreds
and he laid his trophies in the name of Je-
sus beside the gentle child who had taught
him Christ.


Reader, 1 have not written fiction. The
dust of the child has slept in the green
graveyard, where the flowers are spring
ing today, twenty-three years. Twenty
three years she has been seraph in glo-
ry. Twenty-three years she has looked
upon Jesus, her Savior and her Redeemer.
Oh! what do you and I seem beside this
beautiful seraph? Though we drink Of
the fountains of earthly wisdom, we cannot
attain to tithe of that divine knowledge
that fills her cup of bliss this day. Twen-
ty-three years in the presence of the Lord
of Life, going up and down the steps Of
light, walking and talking with angels
pure, consecrate, holy!


And may not you and | win some stars
to our crowns of eternal rejoicings
Year: 1859

otherwise peaceful communities, originate
from the use of alcoholic stimulants.


A great point will be gained, if hired
men can be brought to feel an interest in
the success of the farm. Sometimes a
good way to procure this would be the Of
fer of extra pay, provided the amount of
the crops could be brought beyond the av-
erage yield, so that each would feel a per-
sonal interest in doing his work well. 1t
would take very little calculation to show
that several bushels per acre might be add
ed to the product of each field, by better
blowing and more careful cultivation OF
the growing corn or other crops. The sub
ject is certainly worthy of careful consid-
Grafton, for most farmers are, to quite an
extent, dependent upon the labor of others.
Year: 1859

Linger not long Home is not home without
thee,


Its dearest tokens only make me mourn
Oh let its memory like chain about thee,
Gently compel and hasten thy return.


Linger not long
Linger not long! Though crowds should WOO thy
staying,
Bethink thee-can the mirth of friends though
dear,
Compensate for the grief thy long delaying
Costs the poor heart that sighs TO have thee
here


Linger not long
Linger not long How shall watch thy coming,
As evenings shadows stretch DER moor and fell /;
When the wild bee hath ceased her weary hum
ming,


And silence hangs on all things like spell


Linger not long
How shall | watch for thee when fears grow
stronger,
AS night grows dark and darker on the hill
How shall l weep when I can watch no longer
Oh art thou absent, art thou absent still


Linger not long
Yet / should grieve not, though the eye that seeth
Gazeth through tears that make its splendor
dull;
For, oh | sometimes fear that thou art with me,
Ny cup Of happiness is all too full


Linger not long
Haste, haste thee home unto thy mountain dwell
ing,
Haste as bird unto its peaceful nest!
Haste as a skif, when tempests wild are swelling
Flies to its haven of securest rest


Linger not long!
Year: 1859

We have had frequent occasion to no.
tice the different " luck" as they called it.
which employers have had with their hired
help. We knew Mr.. p, who was for
ever in hot water with his men. They
couldn't be trusted out of sight They
would idle away half their time, slight
their work, abuse the horses and cattle,
and waste more than their help was worth
such was the frequent complaint of them
and to them. On the other hand, they
unhesitatingly declared that there never
was such driving, miserly, surly, and al
together contemplate man as their en-
ployer. From early summer until their
employment ceased in the fall, there
seemed to be continual strife between
them, each aggravating the other, each ap.
parently studying to find the limit of hui
man endurance, and as it sometimes hap
pened that actual violence was resorted TO-
hand to hand encounter with one or more
of the men, followed by prosecutions, law
suits, and costs to pay.


But neighbor g. never appeared to have
such difficulty. He frequently hired the
same men employed by Mr.. P. the previ.
Gus season, yet all went smoothly. His
work was done in season, and we'll done
although they were often away from his
observation, there was no disposition shown
to take advantage of his absence, and he
used TO speak with pleasure of his excel
lent hands" Yet he never was heard to
scold, but often to praise, and if fault was
found, the offender only knew of it. This,
we apprehend, was one secret of his sue
cess. He remembered that they were men
as we'll as "help," and as man he knew
that appreciation is one of the highest
stimulants to exertion, and that fault-fnd-
ing, in presence of others, sours the feel
ings and disheartens from effort. The man
who takes as much pains to find points to
commend in those in his employ, as he
does to discover their defects, will soon see
the benefit, in cheerful readiness to work,
and endeavors to please. Scolding never
did any good. A man will listen if you
tell him of his faults, however plainly, il
it be with mildness and in private


Too many men pay but little regard to
the physical comfort of their help
They are kept on the coarsest and some
times the meanest fare, They are sent to
sleep two or three in room, often in the
unfinished chamber of an out-building, and
on beds fit only to do penance upon. Then
too, the men are not only kept at their
work " from early dawn till set of sum-
but one furrow more must be turned, OF
one swath more moved after the full time
of days work is completed Men are
easily affected by what touches physical
feelings. Generous fare-it need not be
expensive-comfortable lodging rooms.
ample noon rests, and prompt turning
out" from the field at night, will be more
than repaid by the cheerful spirit and
working with will" which will be given
in return.


Another cause of much difficulty will be
found in the whiskey jug or cider pitcher
carried into the field. Although the men
may for time seem to do more by the
use of this extra steam, experience has
many times proved that strictly temperate
men can better endure the severe labors Of
farm life; while seven-eights of the quar-
rels and collisions which disgrace too many
Year: 1859

Florida.


II the Florida Company, or proposed or presumed
wil.be Contractors in possession Of one million
OF dolarsof cash capital or cash resources they may
succeed in furnishing community with daily
mail via Florida and Charleston in from four to five
days. and If the Company can perform the undertake
ing daily the year round SO much the better Tor our
community. We have no idea Of countenancing or
encouraging this Florida route at the expense Of the
Jackson and Great Northern Railroad we are sure
Of mail four days out ofthe seven through Tennes-
see and Virginia. and after the LIST Of January next
expect to have it toieraMy regular in four days.
Our Charleston confrere will understand what tolera
bly, regular means under the postal arrangements of
the General Government


| During one Of the showers yesterday we happened
in at a dry" place, which heightened our talk con-
siderable while the shower was passing, and brought
up cotton and estimates but we have space for
further talk than our alIusion to the New York
oracle.


Col. Wright, in his circular last week for the Eu-
| ropean MARKET speaks as follows:
CRoP.-The accounts from the cotton region are
favorable for the crop. The favorte estimate here
and in the South is 600 600 bales. Most parties en-
gagged in the business calculate that with the general
adoption Of this estimate for crop, lower scale of
prices must shortly ensue. On the other hand, there





must be equal in every respect to that Of the last,
and that frost must not occur before the middle of
November in order to secure so large an amount the
former doing no business, the latter taking
moderate interest in cotton, believing that even with
100000 bales, prices low as they are likely
to be- and the critical period for the realization of SO
large an estimate has still to be passed We give
this the feeling prevailing this side, and as ac-
counting for the large business thus early in the Gulf
ports do not wish to be understood as endorsing
it. 1t impossible to give an estimate until after the
period of frost; all such at this moment are mere
| guess work.


Receipts at the ports are large, and in excess of
last year next week we shall show further gain ;
after which we shall be more a level, and may not
gain much, if at ALL for months. The receipts in the
Atlantic ports will be less for some time than in the
corresponding weeks of last year.


The Colonel intends to be the safe side this year
in his estimates. He begins with what he is pleased
to call the favorite estimate of the South, 100000
bales. We do not think he will have to vary his
figures this season. last year, that is commencing
at 3,250C00 bales in October last and figuring up in
June to 900 bales, and then 100000 bales
| less than results.
Year: 1859

A FIENDIsH Acr-On the night Of the I'd inst. an
attempt was made to destroy train on the Milwau-
kee and La Crosse Railroad. ditch eight feet wide
and as many long, had been dug directly across the
track way, leaving it apparently firm, but sooner
had the engine touched it than it gave way precpt


ating the whole train from the track. The baggage
master had both Of his legs cut off, several passengers
badly injured and it is feared some were killed