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Year: 1860

Never be cast down by trifes. If the
spider breaks his web twenty times,
twenty times will lie mend it again
Make up your mind to do thing, and
do it, Fear not il trouble comes upon
you. Keep up your spirits, though the
day may be dark one.


Troubles never last forever


The darkest day will pass away"


If the sun is going down, look up to
the stars if the earth is dark keep your
eyes on heaven. With Gods presence
and Gods promises, a man or child may
be cheerful.


Never despair when fogs in air,
Sunshiny morn viii come without warning
Mind what you run after Never be
content with bubble that will burst, or
a fire wood that Will end in smoke and
darkness. Get that which you can keep
and what is worth keeping.


" Something sterling that will stay


When gold and silver fly away


Fight hard against hasty temper
Anger will come, but resist it strongly.
\ spark will sci house on fire. a tit
OF passion may give you cause to mourn
all the days of your life. Never revenge
an injury.


" He that revenges knows no rest


The meek possess "A peaceful breast


If you hate an enemy, act kindly 10
him, make him your friend. You may
not win him over at once, but try again
Let one kindness be followed by another,
ill YOU have compassed your end. By
little and by little great things are com.
pieted
Year: 1860

And SO repeated kindness will soften a
heart of stone


Whatever you DO, do it willingly A
boy that is whipped at school never learns
his lesson well. a man that is compelled
to work. cares not how badly it is per.
formed He that pulls off his coat cheer
fully, rolls up his sleeves in earnest, and
sings while he works, Is the man for me-


9 \ cheerful spirit gets on quick,


A grumbler in the mud will stick"


Evil thoughts are worse enemies than
lions aud tigers, Tor we can get out Of the
way Of wild animals but bad thoughts
win their way everywhere. Keep your
heads aud hearts full OF good thoughts,
SO that bad thoughts may not find room


" Be on your guard and strive and pray"


To drive all evil thoughts away"
Year: 1860

II may be said Why do widowers So
often marry again, ii they were so dis
appointed in their first wives? Friend,
you are no philosopher.


How many men have learned wisdom
by experience Only few, and they
are all dead. If sailor is shipwrecked
and nearly killed on his first voyage,
does he forsake the sen forever after .
If man buys an image supposed 10 be
made of marble, aud discovers that II is
plaster, does be never buy another image ?
Because you and your neighbors chance
to buy a barrel OF bad eggs, are you sat-
istied that good ones are not TO be had ?


An enthusiastic young man marries a
girl whom he supposed to be an angel.
\ year passes, and he mourns over his
mistake. A few more roll away and she
dies. Does the wldower profit by his
experience No He says to himself


MY late wife was not an angel but
that sweet girl saw yesterday certainly
is. She is entirely different from my
first wife" Well, he marries angel No.
g She proved to be No in differ
dress.


A topical young man is infatuated with
the physical beauty Of a girl, and mar
ries her with the idea that he viii never
weary OF looking at her She dies
Does the widower profit by his expert
ence? No lie says TO himself;


Il was wearied Of my late wife be-
cause her hair, eyes, and complexion
were the same as mine. Psychologists
say that opposites are necessary 10 mat
rimonial bliss. There is Miss -, with
her hair, eyes, and complexion, in direct
antithesis with niue. | am sure | sho
never weary OF her p He marries her.
And tires OF her. Do you see
Year: 1860




Dc kind to thy father; for when thou vast young
Who loved thee so fondly as he9
He caught the first accents that fell from tn,
tongue,


And Joined in thy innocent glee.
BE kind to thy father; for now he is old,
His locks intermingled with gray;
His footsteps are fceble-once fearless and bold
Thy father is passing away.
BE kind to thy mother, for, lol on her brow
May traces Of sorrow be seen
Oh, well may'st thou cherish and comfort her


now,


For loving and kind has she been.
Remember thy mother, for thee will she pray
As long as God giveth her breath;
With accents of kindness, then cheer her lone


way,


Even to the dark valley of death.
De kind to thy brother; his heart will be dearth,
If the smiles of thy joy be withdrawn;
The flowers of feeling will fade at their birth,
II. the dew of affection be gone.
De KIND TO thy brother, whoever you are;
The love Of brother shall be
An ornament pure and richer by far
Than pearls from the depth of the sea.
BE kind to thy sister; not many may know
The depths of true sisterly love;
The wealth of the ocean lies fathoms below
The surface that sparkles above.
Thy Kindness shall bring to the many sweet


hours,


And blessings thy pathway to crown;
Affection shall weave thee garland of flowers,
More pleasant than wealth or renown.
Year: 1860

UNTIL THE BLACK REPUBLICANS shall
have wiped out the record of their own
notification in ten northern States thev
might as well withhold denunciation of
threatened notification or secession in
the South. IL is not for them TO utter
one word of reproach of the South. The
South has borne patiently with northern
notification for years past, and it is only
as she thinks that Mr.. Lincoln will carry
this spirit Of notification into the Fed
eral government that she now goes about
providing measures of resistance. Let
the black republicans wash their own
hands of notification, and then they can
with some grace complain of southern
secession. Exchange.
Year: 1860

@ The track of the Wilmington and
Atlanic (Ga.) railroad washed away by
rain in the night not long ago, ana lii
tie boy discovering the damage, walked
up the track and stopped coming train
IN time to prevent dreadful catastrophe.
The little fellow is to be sent to the Ga.
Military Institute at the expense of the
State.
Year: 1860

@ The census taking of the city of
Brooklyn has been completed and the
number of inhabitants is ascertained TO
be 266,674, making her the third city in
the Union in point of population.
Year: 1860

IT is ASKED why the personal liberty"
legislation of the North is so much more
offensive to the South now than it has
been all along heretofore the Federal
power to execute the fugitive salve law
has not been in the hands of the party
which has sought TO nulliry the law by
Slate legislation. With the Fedral DOW
er and the power in the northern States
both in the hands of the nulifying party,
tho South may well ask what will be,
come of the fugitive law? free Press.
Year: 1860

More potatoes are spoiled through
swestiug than freezing. l never lose any
but save them thus:


| raise the place six inches where 1
want the pit OF hole, beating it hard with
the spade. l throw the potatoes on,
shaping like pyramid, and cover thick
ly with straight clean straw. l then
commence at the bottom, tbrowing on tho
earth and trsmping it hard with my feet !;
one foot thick is plenty. When within
foot of the top, l make hole in the straw
with my hand, and put in small funnel,
one foo: long and three inches square
Close the straw tight around the funnel,
and cover closely with earth, clspping the
whole solid with spade. Let the fun
mel remain two weeks, (cover it with
small board in case of rain, then take it
out, close the hole With straw. cover With
earth. place green sod on top, set four
forked stakes in the heap, cover With
boards to keep off rain, and will insure
your potatoes.-Anserican Agricultluist.
Year: 1860

A cold is not necessarily, says the
Scientific American the result of low or
high ten perature. A person may 60 d.
rectly from hot bath iBto a cold one
or into snow even, and not take cold
On the contrary, be may take cold by
pouring a couple of tablespoonful of wa
ter upon some part of his dress, or BY
standing in q door, or some other open
ing where one part of the body is colder
than another. Let it be kept in mind
upiformity Of temperature over the whole
body is the first thing to be looked after.
II is the unequal heat upon the different
parts of the body that produces cold, by
disturbing the uniform circulation OF some
part. If you must keep partially wet
garment op, it would be as we'll perhaps
20 vet the whole of it uniformly. The
feet are great source Of colds. on ac-
count of the variable temperature they
ere subjected to. Keep these always dry
and warm, and avoid drafts of air, hot
or cold, vet spots on the garments, and
other direct causes of unequal tempera.
ture, and keep the system braced up By
plenty of sleep. and the esehewing of de.
bilitating food and drinks, and you viii


be proof against cold and its results.
Year: 1860

A cigar merchant waited upon a tailor, and pro-
posed to him to do business upon the g mutual ac-
commodation system.t The latter assented, upon
the understanding that the tobacconist was to find
his own cloth. "Let's be honest he said "cab.
bage for cabbage
Year: 1860

DECLINING-The interest in Kansas
donations is declining gradually. The receipts
are ,apering off to point Is the committee
z ling to let the matter rest here, or will they
crowd it on still farther? The receipts have
been heavy already. The exertions OF the peo


pie OF Scott county will keep many poor people
from hunger II the people Of other places
along the river will do half as much as has
been done here, We imagine there will be
nothing heard this winter about starving Kan
Year: 1860

WE ARE informed that another large
and extensive crockery store will be opened IN
this city early in the 5 ring. Parties ar. 81
ready completing arrangements to that effect
The mora Tho snrrrier
Year: 1860

An IMpoRTANT DECISION-We com
mence the publication on the second page Of
this issue Of an important legal decision in ret
er.nce to the Illinois Banks. As the currency
o. Illinois is used here more than any other,
We deem It important that this recent decision
o! the courts with reference thereto should
be generally known. 1t is weN to be careful
To those who handle considerable amounts Of
it, it is matter Of importance-it may be o!
vital importance
Year: 1860

The following remarks were made by
Reverdy johnson before the Supreme Court
on Thursday last, at the close of an argu.
ment on the Albany Bridge case


''May it please your honors, indulge me
with word or two more before conclude.
This may be the last time this Court will
sit in peaceful judgment on Constitution
acknowledged and obeyed by all. God, in
his providence, and for our sins, may in his
inscrutable wisdom, suffer the folly and
wickedness of this generation to destroy the
fairest, noblest fabric of constitutional free.
dom ever erected by man. Its whole history
from the first moment of its operation even
to the present hour, bears evidence of its
unrivalled excellence. Our country, our
whole country, has, from the first, prospered
under it, and because of it, with rapidity,
end in manner before or since unknown to
nations. That prosperity vindicates the
wisdom and patriotism of its good and great
founders.


"Is this prosperity now to cease? Is it
now to be dashed to the earth? Are the
hopes of civilized man, the world over, now
to be blasted? Are we to become the lest.
the scorn, the detestation Of the people of
the earth? Is all memory and reverence
for the great dead, who living we admired
and adored, to be forgotten Is all graft
tude for the mighty trying struggles of our
fathers now to end Are the warnings.
the parting warnings of the peerless man of
all this world to be disregarded and despised?
Is this, the country of Washington, conse-
Grated by his va!or, wisdom and virtue, to
freedom and peace now to be converted in
to wild scene of disorder, fraternal strife.
bloodshed, war? May heaven in its mercy
forbidr'
Year: 1860

At the great Union meeting in Philadel-
phia, in Independence Square, and after the
immense audience had been called to order,
Mayor HENRY introduced Bishop ALoNzo
POTTER, who offered up, amid impressive
silence, the following prayer:


Almighty and Eternal God, the Author of
our being and of every good and perfect gift
the Ruler OF NatiOns--we come to thee in our
hour of nee6. Thou art more ready to hear
than we are to pray, and art wont to give more
than abundance OF Thy mercies, in this, the
time of public difficulty and danger. o, God!
our sins, as nation and as individuals, have
provoked US into sore trouble. But thy pro-
perty is always to have mercy. Arise, we be.
seech Thee, and stretch forth the right hand of
Thy Majesty, and deliver us for Thy names
sake! Thou hast interpOsed, in times past, at
critical and perilous periods of our history. We
have heard with our ears, for our fathers have
told US of the noble works Thou didst in their
day and in the age before them. Great GOd wilt
Thou come forward to our rescue in this time of
general perplexity and fear? Pour down upon
our hearts and upon the hearts of all those
specially concerned, the spirit of wisdom, of
understanding, and of cOunsel-the spirit of
knowledge and the fear of the Lord. Abate
the violence of passion, and stay. we beseech
AHO0, Cn0 mouHOSo VI pdIIy udulSu pTlut anu
prejudice and pour into our hearts an abund.
ance OF that wisdom, that patience, that large
patriotism, that brOtherly kindness and charity
which we so greatly need. Wilt Thou be
pleased to look graciously upon those who are
in authority over us-the President of the
United States. the Governors of the several
Commonwealths--the Legislatures and Con-
ventions? Oh grant, we beseech Thee, that
by them and by all this people, things may be
so ordered and established for the good of
Thy Church, the advancement of Thy glory,
that the safety, honor and welfare of Thy united
people may be established, enlarged and per.
petuated throughout all future time. Wilt
Thou meet with US who are here assembled on
ground hallowed by memories of past services,
tolls and counsel in behalf of Liberty and the
Union. Great God, may the spirit of this ven-
cradle place be in our hearts and rule over all
our proceedings. May double portion of the
wisdom and patriotism of the fathers descend
and rest upon their sons. that from this place
and this hour there may 60 forth an influence
which will be felt throughout the republican
influence which will tend to the healing of the
waters of strife and discOrd, and to the bring
ing back to our distracted land the reign of
unity and concord. And to this end, God
Thou who hast taught US that all our doings
without charity are worth nothing, send thy
Holy Ghost and pour into our hearts that gift
of charity-the very bond of peace and of vir-
tue, without which whOsOever liveth is counted
dead, before Thee. And may the grace OF our
Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the
fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with us all
evermOre. Amen:
Year: 1860

A RECOMMENDATION TO THE PEOPLE OF THE


UNITED SITES.


Numerous appeals have been made to me
by pious and patriotic associations and citi-
zens, in view of the present distracted and
dangerous condition of our country, to rec
ommend that day be set apart for humii.
alton, fasting and prayer throughout the
Union. In compliance with their request
and my own sense of duty, designate


FRIDAY, THE 4TH OF JANUARY, 1861,
for this purpose, and Recommend that the
people assemble on that day, according to
their several forms of worship,.to keep it as
a solemn fast.


The Union of the states is at the present
moment threatened with alarming and imme-
diate danger-panic and distress of a fearful
character prevail throughout the land our
laboring population are without employ.
ment, and consequently deprived of the
means OF earning their bread-indeed, hope
seems to have deserted the minds of men.
All classes are wholly disregarded.


In this, the hour of our calamity and per.
il. to whom shall we resort for relief but to
the God of our Fathers? His omnipotent
arm only can save us from the awful effects
of our own crimes and follies-our own in-
gratitude and guilt towards our Heavenly
Father.


Let US, then, with deep contrition and
penitent sorrow, unite in humbling our.
selves before the Most High, in confessng
our individual and national sins, and in ack-
nowledging the justice of our punishment.
Let US implore Him to remove from our
hearts that false pride of opinion which
would impel US to persevere in wrong for
the sake of consistency, rather than yield a
just submission to the unforeseen exigencies
by which we are now surrounded. Let US,
with deep reverence, beseech him to restore
the friendship and good will which prevailed
in former days among the people OF the sew
eral States, and, above all, to save US from
the horrors of civil war and blood guilt
ness" Let our fervent prayers ascend to
His throne, that He would not desert us in
this hour of extreme peril, but remember
us as he did our fathers in the darkest days
of the Revolution, and preserve our Consti-
tuition and our Union-the work of their
hands-for ages yet to come. An omnipo-
tent Providence may overrule existing evils
for permanent good. He can make the
wrath of man to praise Him, and the re-
mainder of wrath He can restrain. Let me
invoke every individual, in whatever sphere
of life he may be placed, to feel personal
responsibility to God and his country for
keeping this day holy, and for contributing
all in his power to romove our actual and
impending difficulties.


JAMES BUCHANAN.


Washington, Dec. IA, 1860.
Year: 1860

that it will break his heart when he finds
out that his master is going TO secede!-
If there were ten men in company, and
an eleventh one was waiting and watch
ing for an opportunity to kill one of them,
it would vex him very much to see that
one quarrel with the nine others, leave
them entirely, and 60 away into place by
himself-wouldn't itl Before, it would
have been one against ten, then it would
be one against one. Cuffey, iu the cotton
States is waiting and watching for an op-
portunity to strike for freedom; if he
should strike now, there would be ten to
one against him; if the cotton States Sc
cede, it will be man to man, and Cufey
will then have an open field, and fair
fight.


These considerations, however, are not
worth the notice of such high toned chew
alters as the friends of the cotton States.
Why should they' To notice them man
must take the trouble to figure; and who
would expect fighter to 6gure9 Posi-
bly,, some fighters may stoop to so mean
thin; but certainly one who is so full of
honor as to be willing to die for slavery,
never could! ZOUAVE.
Year: 1860

1t is perfectly marvellous what doct-
rines men will find in the Scripture. Is
there not something curious in the ca
paclty of the human mind, while glanc-
ing along the sacred volume. to find up
on its pages both what suits its prevailing
mood, and its firm conviction at the time?
You feel bouyaut and cheerful open your
Bible and read it; what cheerful, hopeful
book it is; you are depressed and anxious
you open your Bible; surely it was writ
ten for people in your present frame Of
mind! 1t is wonderful to what degree
the psalms, especially, suit the mood and
temper of all kinds Of readers in every
conceivable position. / can imagine the
poor suicide, stealing toward the peace
ful river, and musing on the verse of a
psalm. can imagine the joyful man,
on the morning ofthe wedding day. which
no malignant relatives have embittered,
finding verse which will seem the echo
Of his cheerful temper. And passing
from feeling to understanding. it is re-
markable how, when man is possessed
of any strong belief. he will find, as he
reads the Bible. not only many things
which appear to expressly to confirm his
views. but something in the tenor of what
he reads. that appears to harmonizs with
it,-Farmer's Magazine.
Year: 1860

Once when travelling in stage coach,
| met a young lady who seemed to be on
the constant lookout for something laugh
able; and not content with laughing her
self, took great pains to make others do
the same.


Now travelling in a stage coach is rath-
er prosy business. People in this stu
alton are apt to show themselves peevish
and selfish; so the young lady's good hu-
NOR was, for time. very agreeable to
travellers. Every old barn was made the
subject of passing joke, while the cows
and hens looked demurely on, little
dreaming that folks could be merry at
their expense.


After while ar old woman came run
ming across the fields, swinging her bag at
the coachman and in a shril voice beg
ging him to stop.


The good natured coachman drew up
his horses, and the good old lady coming
to the fence by the roadside, squeezed
herself through two bars, which were not
only in horizontal position but very
near together. The young lady in the
stage coach made some ludicrous remark
and the passengers laughed. 1t seemed
very excusable; for in getting through the
fence, the poor woman had made sad
work with her old black bonnet, and now
taking seat beside a well dressed lady,
really looked as if she had been blown
there by whirlwind This was Eew
piece of fun, and the girl made the most
of it, She caricatured the old lady upon
a card, pretended when she was not look
to take patterns of her bonnet. At length
the poor woman turned pale face to-
ward her.


MY DEAR" said she. "you are young
healthy. and happy; | have been SO too,
but that time is past, | am now decrepit
and forlorn, This coach is taking me to
TO the death-bod of my child. And then
my dear, will he poor old woman, all
alone in world where merry girls think
me very amusing object. They will
laugh at my old fashioned clothes, and
odd appearance, forgetting that the old
woman has spirit that has loved and
suffered and will live forever,


The coach now stopped before q poor
looking house, and the old lady feebly de-
cended the steps,


"llow is she?" was the first trembling
inquiry of the poor mother.


''Just alive" said the man who was
leading her to the house


Putting up the steps, the driver mount
cd his box, and we were upon the road
again. Our merry young friend had
placed her card in her pocket, She was
leaning her head upon her hand; and you
may be assured l was not sorry to see a
tear upon her fair young cheek. 1t was
a good lesson, and one which we hoped
would do her good