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Year: 1860

The position of Mr.. Treasurer Cobb must be
getting rather uncomfortable. Is it rot true
| that Buchanan and the smaller sharks that


have assisted him in impoverishing the public


treasury for the last four years are all for dis


union would they not prefer the breaking
| up Of the government to seeing it pass into any


other hands than theirs? Really it would seem
so. But Mr.. Cobb, though big gun in Geor-
! gia, cannot destroy this government; nor can
all the alar1nists, sccedcrs and disunionists in


the country do it. The majority of the people
Of all sections appreciate is many blessings
and mean to preserve it in all it's parts A


New York paper says:


| The Journal Of Commerce in its issue Of yes
| terday morning. contradicts. with much empha-
sis and feeling, the story that Mr.. Cobb had


written to banker in this city, stating that he


did not expect the late ten million loan to be
taken, and that no plates had been prepared


from which the bonds could be printed. This
| is satisfactory so far as it goes.


But since the Journal of Commerce under


takes to speak in vindication of the Secretary


of the Treasury, we regret that its denial is
| limited to this single point. That paper can


not be ignorant of the rumors so rife in all po-
| ltical and commercial circles, for the last few
| days which are even more injurious to Mr.
| Cobbs reputation than the statement winch 1t
contradicts. Why not deny if denial can truth
fully be made that Mr.. Cobb during his visit
here, attempted to promote the Wall street
panic, by repeatedly expressing the opinion that
Mr.. Lincolns election woul be followed by
disunion and general arrangement of the
monetary concerns Of the country. Is it, or is
it not true that the views of the chief financial
officer of the government on this subject are so
thoroughly digested and well-matured to
have assumed the form of q definite PLAN for
the secession of certain States from the Union
For to this extent do rumors, apparently au-
thentic, imp1cate the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry, in the disunion designs of the aiarmists.


This is too grave matter, and Mr.. Cobb.
may be presumed to stand too high in the con-
fidehce of the administration, for these dshon-
oring rumors to be regarded with indifference
by the country. We should be derelict in our
duty if we allowed them to pass unnoticed but
shall copy with great alacrity and pleasure
any authentic and satisfactory denial.
Year: 1860

The November number Of this excellent
monthly is before us. The leading feature of
this number is Memoir of Hon. William
CASTOR, late Judge OF the Supreme Court of
North Carolina: By Hon. Matthias E. Manly" "
accompanied by an engraved likeness of the
lamented subject of the Memoir. This article
will not only prove interesting to every North
Carolinian but to many beyond the bounds of
the State who revere the memory of CASTOR.
And who more competent to prepare such
tribute to departed worth than our distin
guished townsman, Judge Manly We shall
endeavor to lay the entire Memoir, 10 pages of
the Magazine, before our readers as soon as the
election returns have been announced
Year: 1860

W. L. YANcEY.-The Standard very proper
ly denounces the arch traitor, w. L. Yancey


and the Press and other papers of that stripe
express great "regret" at the Standard s course :.
Just as was to have been expected. The only
''regret" we have in the matter is that the
Standard did not maintain the position it took
Immediately after the Baltimore Convention,
and have continued to denounce Yancey, the
Sectional nomination and all who had any hand
in making it. Such a course would have given
the Standard and its editor position in the
State that would have been impregnables f,'.-,
Year: 1860

Well, the battle has been fought, and proba-
bly, by tonight we shall have enough to ena-
BILE US to determine who is the victor. New
York and Pennsylvania will most likely decide
the contest and to-nights mail Will most like
ly bring us enough to determine how they have
gone.


The voting here was conducted quietly and
peaceably, as far as we saw or heard and there
was but little or no excitement. The result
IN this county, as far as heard, we give below.
Year: 1860

A sELF-MAos MAE.-The Boston Post gives
the following interesting sketch of the Hon.
William S. Lindsay, the British member of
Parliament who is now IN this country on q
commercial mission:


He is one of the selfrnade men of England
or rather of Ayr in Scotland. He vas left an
orphan at SIX years OF age; left home at the
age Of fifteen with three and sxpence in his
pocket worked his passage to Liverpool by
trimming coal in the coal hole of steamer;
slept for seven long weeks in the streets and
sheds Of that city; and at length started from
destitutien, but with honesty as dover, on a
three wears sailors life as the cabin boy of a
West Tndaman. His trials were not over
He was shipwrecked and had both legs and
one arm broken. At the age Of nineteen he
was in command of the Olive Branch, when.
in 1899, in the Persian Gulf he was assailed
and cut down by sabre, and to save himself
killed his assaliant with pistol shot. He left
the sea the next year and in Sal became agent
for coal company, where he rendered to
HartlepooI great local service.


Mr. Lindsay in 1S45 became citizens of
London, where he laid the foundation of the
business which made him one of the merchant
princes of that great city. In 1852 he owned
TWENTY-FIVE first class ships, and that year as
underwater. he insured risks to the amount of
fourteen million of dollars, while the house he
was in chartered seven hundred ships, chiefly
70 India and the Mediterranean. Thus had the
immigrant from Ayr become one Of the largest
ship owners and ship brokers of the kingdom.


But vital portion OF this indomitable career
remains to be told His clear, simple forcible
exhibit of his cause before the Board of Trade
bears the marks of method and culture, and
there is no royal road to these How came he
by this talent? He never in his busy life lost
sight of the mental training that makes after
all the man, and which, with fortune, brings
power; but he gave the spare hours that
thousands carelessly cast away, to selfinstruc-
ton. As proofs of his success, are his pamph-
lets on the shipping interests and an elaborate
volume entitled g Cur Navigation and Mercan-
tile Marine Laws in which merchant of
large experience gives his countrymen the bene-
fit of his best thought.


Mr.. Lindsay tried to get into Parliament in
1852, but corruption and arlstocratic influence
defea al him. In 1854 he was elected for Tyne
mouth by the meagre majority Of seventeen,
and in 1857 wa elected without opposition
He is now forty-four years of age. Such has
been the remarkable career of Mr.. Lin lsay, and
Though he may not succeed in pursuading our
government to concede the vital change Of
throwing open our eoasting trade, yet much
which he said will command the assent Of the
liberal of all parties
Year: 1860

young lady, writing enthusiastically as
young ladies generally do portrays Garibald
as ' a dear old weather-beaten an el." We
doubt if angels care much about the weather,
considering they are always living in the open
air, ard are not generally represented as having
much clothing about them, though, on the
other hand, it is agreeable to picture Gar, baldi
as an Anglican avenging angel for the long
endured wrongs Of italy an angel of deliver
ence of the long-suftring martyrs of Naples
However, granting land to young lady we
are always ready to grant everything; that Ga
ribaldi is "a weather beaten angel" it is a
comfort to know that as yet ne has never been
beaten by anything else
Year: 1860

reputation for courage by subterfuge. 1t is
we'll known he was consulted throughout
was within reach, and was sneaking about
the city Immediately after the matter was
closed. The idea that the proposed contest
was barbarous and inhuman, after his course
to provoke fight and exclude an opportunity
for an explanation, is a rich joke. The weap-
ons were ru!gor-not suited to an aristocrat-
ic and chivalric stomach. 1t would not have
been vulgar to put up Potter to be shot at by
practised duelist, when he would have the
same chance that man would have with
gambler holding marked cards-that would
be the mode usual among gentlernen"-but
to meet determined, resolute man with
equal weapons, when real pluck formed an
element in the result, was putting face on
the matter calculated to make poor Pryor s
unsteady, and so he concluded that discretion
was the better part of valor.
Year: 1860

The Correspondence IN the Pryor and Potter


Game Of the Bully.


The first document is from Mr.. Pryor to
Mr. Potter, thus


nsWiI Won have the kindness to designate
nIace outside the District of Columbia, and the
time when and where, there may be further cor
respondence between us? have the honor to be,
very respectfully"
Year: 1860

AS young man was ploughing in a
field near Cornwall, c. W., on the South
Branch, few miles from town, his at
tenton was attracted by the barking of a
bull terrier dog, and on looking after him,
he discovered the dog engaged in a fight
with an enormous eagle. Selling stick
he ran to the assistance of the terrier,
who was receiving the worst of it from
the eagle. On approaching, the eagle
turned upon his new adversary, and in all
probability would have overcome him had
not the faithful dog come to his rescue
and renewed the fight. After a short
scuf1e between the eagle and his two ad-
versaries, he was dispatched, and the
young farmer carried his carcass home as
trophy of success. He measured nine
feet from wing to wing
Year: 1860

|


The crowd soon overran every part of
the premises, but seeing the piteous state
to which Mrs. Ross was reduced, had the
delicacy to vacate the room wherein |
had found her, and where, after sending
a messenger for female assistance, which
soon arrived, l left her. The crimson
glow of fover on her face, the lurid
glances of her eyes, the wild gesticula-
tions, the muttered and sometimes half
shrieked calculations, betokened her era
Zed state too well for her words to be lis
tened to by any save as rawlings of a mind
where reason was dethroned, and yet to
me, holding the slight clue l did, they
had fearful significance.


Conviction seemed to rest on every
mind that Percival was the murderer,
and the desire that he should be appre-
hended was only expressed. The greater
part of the crowd soon left with the sher
itf, who had arrived at the scene of the
occurrence, to witness or assist in the ar
rest of the supposed criminal, had he not
fled.


Contrary to general surmise, he was
found at his office, pale and agtated,
though, when the sheriff informed him of
his mission, he manifested much surprise,
and seemed on the point Of yomonstrat-
ing and dscaiming; but, as if influenced
by some after-thought, accompanied him
without word.


AS the day wore on, popular feeling
rose high against Percival, and whereas
if he had shot Ross down in the street,
no one would have given it a thought,
except to rejoice at being rid of the des-
perado, now they called him murderer,
and seemed eager that justice should be
executed on him. Those who had hith-
erto been loudest in praise and admira-
ton for him, denounced him in the most
compromising terms; those whose inter-
ests he had most advanced, constantly
proclaimed the fact that they had always
lacked confidence in him, and he who
had Aoated on the high tide of popularity
but few hours before, found himself
wrecked, and at the mercy of that fierce
and tickle wind, called public opinion.


In the dusk of the evening, when |
would be most unobserved, obtained
an interview with Percival, in the rough
cell of the little log jail. Listening a
second to the retreating step OF the per-
son who had accompanied me to the door
he said quite calmly;


"Eustis, l have not done this thing"


"The pistol?" Iquerried.


"Is mine, certainly, but she persuaded
me to give it to her, on pretence that III
hasty moment l might use it on him
I know now-hard fate-it was for hei
own protection"


There was an air Of eracity about hin
which, coupled with the sight of th'
bruise on the breast of Mrs. Ross, and TIN
remembrance Of the vague words that ont
Year: 1860

WHAT stupid thing is wild turkey
a man in Huntington, Pa, catches them
by means of a trap or pen made of sap.
lings, laid openly, one above the other,
until some feet in hight, and the whole
covered by similar open work, to admit
plenty of light. The pen then is raised
about the highth of turkeys back
Now, by means of corn scattered from
different directions leading into the trap,
the turkeys are baited into it, and enter
while feeding, with their heads down.
Becoming satisfied or alarmed, they raise
their heads above the level of the openings
for entrance and endeavor to escape thro'
the space between the saplings or other
materials ofwhich the pen is composed,
and not again lowering them to this level,
are thus entraped.
Year: 1860

MIND YoUR OWN BUsiNEss.-Yes, if
you would succeed in the world mind your
own business; let other peoples business
alone; attend to your own business strict
ly; be prompt in business, and do your
business in business-like manner
Many persons waste time enough in look
ing after the business of other persons to
grow rich upon, if properly employed


Let other men do their own work and
you do yours. If you are a farmer you
need friends, neighbors and helpers, and
you can only have them by rendering to
every man his right-doing your own
business and letting others do theirs. If
merchant you must have patrons and
customers, and you can only have them,
by attending strictly to your business and
allowing others to do the same. If a
lawyer, a physician or a preacher, you
can only succeed by acquiring charac-
ter by honesty, promptness and sincerity
of purpose, and this you can do by mind
ing your own business and doing Justly
to all men with whom you have dealings.
Yes, whatever your profession or occu-
patton may be, learn to keep your tongue
in your mouth and your hands fast hold
of your implements Of labor-mind your
own business and you will succeed.
Year: 1860

How TO SECURE THE Return OF LET
TIERS NOT CALLED FoR.-Thousands of let
ters misdirected or not called for at the
post office. annually find their way to the
dead letter office at Westinghouse bourne
from which very few misguided missives
ever return. The law, however, recently
enacted, provides way for the return Of
letters to their writers. 1t is lawful to
request the postmaster at the office to
which the letter is directed, to return it
unless called for within thirty days, and
when this request is made it becomes the
duty of the postmaster to return it to the
writer without expense to him. This re-
quest can be printed on the flap of an en-
velope, and would read as follows:


Postmaster of -


Please return to the undersigned unless
called for within thirty days. -
Year: 1860

Es- Not long since, the remains of a
human head, of an enormous size, were
found in load of Peruvian guano, at
Petersburg. Va. Last week, in a load of
guano received at Norfolk, there was
found the vetebra OF human being,
WEIGH was about twice the size of that
portion of the human frame to bc found
in those now living. This would seem
to be proof of the existence at some an
terror time OF race OF giants in Peru
Various bones have also been found OF
great size, all of which have been pro-
nounced human.
Year: 1860

AN EXTENSIVE PRoJEcr.-Severalc citizens
Of Alameda and Contra Costa will petition
the next Legislature, according to the Oak
land Herald, to grant them charter of the
right OF way to tunnel the mountains be.
tween Oakland and Morago Valley, 10 Con-
ira Costa counly, to afford communication
between the two points without going over
the mountainous road at present travelled.
1t is proposed to run the road up one of the
gullies or canoHs to the base of the divide
or "big hill," and then run a tunnel through
to a similar canon on the other side, dis.
tance of about six hundred yards which
will make a road with only a slight and
gradu al grade. This is an extensive pro-
ject, and, If successful, will afford great ad-
vantages to the people living in the valleys
to the north and east of the range of noun
tains back of Oakland. It is proposed to
form joint stock company, secore char
ter from the State permitting the collection
of tolls. and build the road without any
other aid than that possessed by the com
pany.
Year: 1860

EXTRAORDINARY LOVE AFFAIR-The Lon
don Court Journal chronicles the following,
which is without parallel in the affairs Of
the heart:


A divorce case, under peculiar circum-
stances is likely to attract public attention.
A lady belonging to distinguished family,
long hesitated between two eligible suitors.
She at length selected one of them and was
marrid, but soon fancied she had made a
wrong selection, and eloped with her rejec-
ted suitor. Proceedings were instituted,
and she was among the first to avail herself
of Sir CreswelPs process of "Freedom made
Easy" by marrying her guilty partner; but
she seems to scarcely know her own mind,
for she has since re-eloped with her first
husband. Causuists are puzzled to decide
which she may be disposed to like best
Year: 1860

MANzANTrA PIPEs.-Nearly all the mem
bers of our bon ton use pipes made of man
zanita wood. They say that such pipes are
superior to meerchaums. They are made
by cutting the bowl out of block of wood,
which grows abundantly on our hll-sdes.
Some we have seen have quite beautiful


appearance, being mounted in gold, with
ornamental stems and amber mouth.pleces.
We have no doubt that ere long they will be-
come quite fashionable columbia Times.
Year: 1860

THE QUESTION AkswERED.-A young cor
respondent asks us to state the difference be-
tween the Democrats and other National
men and the Republicans. The National
men carry the American flag and keep step
to the music of the Union; the Republicans
carry no flag but they bear pixies and pistols
and keep step to the music of Harpers.--
That's the difference. Boston Courier.
Year: 1860

General Thomas Thumb, who although
barely knee-hgh to a grasshopper, made a
large fortune for P. T. Barnum and a snug
one for himself, is reported to be about to
unite himself in wedlock with lady of
youth and beauty. The authorities differ
about her height, and it is variously stated
as three feet six, and six feet three.
Year: 1860

TIL E TEMPTA TION.
"'Tis much he dares;


And to the dauntless temper of his mind,


He hath wisdom that doth guide his valor


To act in safety"


Again we take the reader to the imperia
cabinet, where We find Alexander anc
Count de Moner seated at the same table al
which We saw them before. The Counts
features wore a triumphant expression
while the Dukes looked more hopeful than
ever.


yes, my lord,' said the former, the train
is we'll laid now there is not the slightest
chance of failure. You have only to wed
my ward, and I pledge you my word as q
gentleman and Count of the empire, that
you, instead Of your father, will succeed the
Empress


without bloodshed p


without bloodshed, on your part, as !
have often told you


Yet you refuse to tell me how it is to be
done


why should I p said the Count. lis ii
not enough for you to know that all will be
done by the Empress herself? AS to Amy,
he added, you must visit her again this
night. Indeed, she is most anxiously a.
waiting your appearance.


Yet the last time visited her. said the
Duke, 'she did not appear pleased to see
me in the least She did not smile once
during the whole interview; and if I mis-
take not, she hinted once or twice that my
room was better than my company


The Count could not forbear smiling at
the reply.


That Of course he said, Struggling his
shoulders. you forget the girl is timid
and needs encouragement


encouragement! repeated the Duke,
opening his eyes. Good heavens if that
was all she needed, I gave her enough Of
it, De Moner laughed. She said she
never loved me-


Never loved youp exclaimed the Count
'Why, twas but this very day she told me
she loved you better than any one. But
girls are so hard to read They say one
thing and mean another


Upon my soul, I believe you are deceiv'
ing me- said Alexander. She told me she
loved another


sAnd you believed herr


of course


well, even if she does, as you say, love
another; is that to interfere with the cere
monyT
Year: 1860

IRoS FOR PEACH TREEs-The scales Of
iron that accumulate around the anvil Of a
blacksmi,h's shop are more valuable than
manure for peach trees. A shovel full put
round healthy peach tree will be very like
ly to keep il in good condition and il is
said thst trees already diseased. have re-
covered BY the application of these scales.
Iron in any form will answer a good pur.
pose.
Year: 1860

VyTAS the first and is the only Hydropahic estab-


w lishment in California, that combines all the
varied treatments of Eastern Water Cures DIR.
BARLOW j. SMITH is the only conducting a
Water the Pacific coast, who has had the adj
vantage and received the degree of NJ. D. from the
New York Hydropathic College, We adopt and teach
the theory and practice Of that school, Reader if you
have been suffering from any chronic trouble, and
have been treated for weeks, months and years with
drug medicines, and are not satisfied with the result
and desire to consult rational system, you may
rely upon it DIR. Smith is the best Hydropahc author
ity in the State. We invite you to call and have your
examined. 1t will cost you nothing. We give
five weeks board and treatment for $100 If paid in
advance. Oar price is $25 per week if paid weekly.
We give Free Lecture every Friday evening, on
subjects pertaining to health and hygenic treatment
We depend for not in advertising but in
ing our patients, being liberal with and .laking a
pleasant home for them, and striving to let none go
away dissatisfied.


If you suffering from chills and fever or from
the effects Of the same, cure you


rheumatism seldom fail to cure, besides we teach
you how TO keep free from it.


Dyspepsia, Constipation, Piles, and the early stages
of Lung diseases easily give way and are readily
cured under proper Hydroypa'hic treatment. Weak
and nervous females suffering from any arrangement
peculiar to woman kindly treated and always
benefited at our home and Institution.


se Circulars sent on application, free of postage.


oc2-my
Year: 1860

wThe Pittsburgh Post, in speaking of the
coal oil discoveries of western Pennsylvania
says 1t is known that at Fredonia, in New
York, there is natural gas which is used fol
lighting the town. But Fredonia lies some
thirty or forty miles Immediately north of the
point where this natural oil is found There il
an almost certain connection between these
two products. We find first the vast bituminous
coal region, perhaps a hundred and fifty miles
long by fifty or more broad. Twenty miles be-
yond its termination the coal is found in the
shape of oil. Some thirty or forty miles fur
ther north, and in the same line, it is found in
the shape of gas. This surely is very remarka-
BILE, and We wonder that it has not excited the
attention of scientific men, so that we might
have some reliable rationale Of the subject.
Meanwhile we hope to hear that the oil region
Of Venango has turned out to our northwestern n
friends Of veritable California