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Year: 1860

The TWO SExEs.-There is nearly al
ways something of fnature's own gentility in
all young women, Except indeed, when
they get together and fall giggliug.) 1t
shames us men tosee how much sooner they
are polished into conventional shape than
our rough masculine angles. A vulgar boy
requires, heaven knows what assiduity, to
move three steps, do not say like gen.
tleman, but like boy with a soul in him ;
but give the least advantage of society or
tuition to peasant girl, and hundred to
one but she will glide into refinement be-
fore the boy can make bow without up
setting the table. There is sentiment in
all women, and that gives delicacy to
thong ht and taste to manner; with men it
is generally acquired, an offspring of the
intellectual quality, not as with the other
sex, of the moral.-Buz'oer Lytton.
Year: 1860

commercial Allies In New York.


The Charleston IS. C.) Mercury of late date
says:


The merchants of New York, under the
alarms of the New York Herald, are making
gigantic efforts to buy off, and frighten of,
the people of the State from carrying out
their political views and sentiments Just now,
in the election of Lincoln. William B. Astor,
we are informed, has contributed one mill
ion of dollars and another million has been
raised from the first half-dozen merchants
that were applied to. This is but a sample
of what they are doing. These men really
suspect that the South-or a small portion
OF it at least, is in earnest about opposing
the election Of the representative man Of the
legal and constitutional majority. Are the
moneyed men of Gotham given to panics
that they should bleed themselves so freely,
and in so hopeless a task, as diverting, by
gold and gable, the people of great free
State from the vindieation of their political
convictions2 Are the people of New York
so timid and so prohigate in political senti-
ment, that an attempt so uncemplimeutary
to their integrity and intelligence should be
gravely attempted 1t is, indeed, an argu-
ment against their capacity for selfgovern-
ment-an insult to the cardinal principle of
republican government, and a horrid slur
upon the rural population of the great En-
pire State. In fact, we are astonished at the
audadity, not to speak of the immortality Of
the attempt.


We presume, however, that as fear is un-
scrupulous, under the higher-law plea of
necessity, these bad practices are reconciled
to the consciences of terrified merchants. To
their morbid apprehensions, as a matter of
policy, it seems better to contribute large
share of what each is worth, than to lose the
greater part of their property in the depre-
citation and panic that must follow, at the
North, the dreadful dissolution of the Union.


But who is it that is cruelty terrifying
these Northern princes, and making them
come down to the work of defeating Lincoln?
Has the South got them by the pockets, that
they should display such ZEAL and do they
know it Is it the disunion braggadocio at
the South that induces them at this late day
to make such Herculean exertions2 We ask
for information. Maybe twas the disunion-
lists of the State-rights Democracy that
elected Mr.. Buchanan in 1856, by pitting in
terest against inclination at the North. In
this instance, however, we are sorry to be-
lieve the New Workers may save themselves
the trouble. The city is not the State, and
the people of the interior of New York are
too many, if not too honest to be bought,
nor can they be frightened by Southern
thunder.
Year: 1860




Strength and FerOeity of the African Go
rillns-ExtrROrdinary Species of Man
Fiends,


DR.. Du Chaillu is probably the first and
only white man who has dared to wage war
with gorillas. The apes of Borneo and
Sumatra are infants in comparison with
them. The far-famed Chimpanzee is a great
docile creature, which can never be named in
the same day with the gigantic savage of
Central Africa Think of It'll The gorilla ia
six feet two inches in hight, and three feet
between the shoulder-blades. The paw ia
that Of giant-three times the size of the
human hand. The finger measures six
inches in circumference at the base. There
is an immense ridge running perpendicular
over the Uranium; this and the great Jaws
are packed with muscle of prodigious
strength. The creature has huge arms alto
gether disproportioned to the body. 1t is
covered with black hair and has a matted
lock on ats head, which il has the power of
bringing over its face. 1t has almost the
sagacity of man, and almost the ferocity
of fiend. The male is terribly pugnacious;
the female always flies. When they make
their attack they beat their breasts with
their fists, making q sound which can be
heard mile. Their cry-which has ter
rifle resemblance to human voice-can be
heard three miles amid the reyerberation of
the hills.


As they approach their adversary, they
endeavor to intimidate him. One would
think this was easily done. That fearful
sound, those frantic eyes, glaring with the
intelligence and malignity of a demon, were
enough to shake nerves not easily disturbed
from their equipoise. Our hero lost five or
six men in these strange engagements. Think
of the tremendous strength that, with one
blow of the arm, could crush the ribs like
pipe-stems, and tear out piece of the side;
and that, with single movement of the
jaw, could crush the barrel of gun as if it
had been stick of candyI Another fact
There are no lions in the beat of the gorilla.
Year: 1860

What is the difference between fine
and a recovery? A fine is for getting
drunk. A recovery is getting sober.
When is it necessary to commence q
fresh suit? When the other has become
too yentilating or seedy. E


What is a release? To exchange the
society of your ugly aunt for that of your
beautiful cousin.


What is clerical error? Preaching a
three hours sermon. F


What are breaches of trust? Trowsers
procured on tick.


What are incumbrances3 Your poor
relations. aa e4fess


What is mortgage in possession? An
uncle. s agaa8 so


Mention some of the principal Law
books which you have studied. Hoyle's
law of Whist, Cribbage, etc.


What are original writsf Pot-hooks
and hangers. eeaya3


Whatsteps should you take to dissolve
an injunction? l should put it into hot
water ard let it remain there until wanted
Year: 1860

White LaborerS, Look Here.


HENRY CLAY, in letter written to Mr..
Cotton, thus warns the white laboring
man of the dangers of Abolitionism. Mr..
C. said:


"But the great aim and object of your
tract should be to arouse the LABOR
ING GLASSES in the Free States
against Abolition. Depict the, conse-
quences to them of immediate abolition.
The slaves being free would be dispersed
throughout the Union; they would enter
into competition with the free laborer,
with the American, the Irish, the Ger
man; reduce his wages; be confounded
with him; and affect his moral and social
standing And as the ultras go for both
Abolition and Analgamation, show that
their object is to unite in marriage the To-
boring man and black woman, and to re.
duce the laboring man to the despised and
degraded condition of the black man."
Year: 1860

COMPUTING INTEREST. "A new mode Of
computing interest ct six per cent has
been published, which appears very sim
pie. Multiply any given number of dol
lars by the number of days of interest de
sired; separate the right hand figure. and
divide by six; the result is the true inter
est in cents of such number Of days at six
per cent. The rule is simple, and SO true
according to all business usage, that every
banker, merchant and clerk should post
it up for reference and use. There being
no such thing as a fraction about it, there
is scarcely any liability mistake. BY
no other arithmetical process can SO de-
cided information be ATTAINED with so few
figures. 49,
Year: 1860

AS general rule; it is most economic>
al to buy the best articles. The price is,
of course. always little higher; bat good
articles always spend best 1t is sac
rifce of money to buy poor -four, meat,
sugar. molasses, cheese, butter, lard, &c.,
to say nothing of the injurious effect upon
the health.


Of West India sugar aud molasses, the
Santo Cruz and Porto Rico are consider
ed the best. The Havana is seldom
clean. White Sugar from Brazil is very
good. Refined sugars usually contain
most of the saccharine substance there
fore there is probably more economy in
using crushed, loaf, and granulated sugars,
than we should at first suppose.


Butter that is made in September and
October is best for winter use.
Lard should be hard and white; and
that which is taken from hog over year
old is the best.


Rich cheese feels soft under the pres
sure OF the finger. That which is very
strong is neither good nor healthy. To
keep one that is cut, tie it ur in bag
that will not admit flies, and hang it in a
cool dry place. If mould appears OF it
wipe off with dry cloth.


The best rice is large and has clear,
fresh look. OH rice sometimes has little
black insects inside the kernel


To select nutmegs pick them with pin.
If they are good, the oil will instantly
spread around the puncture.
Keep coffee by itself, as its odor affects
other articles.


Keep tea in close chest or cannis-
ter. 81. 80.
Oranges and lemons keep best wrapped
close in soft paper and laid in drawer
of linnen.


When a cask of molasses is bought.
draw eff few quarts, else the fermenta-
tion produced by moving it, will burst
the cask.


Bead and cake should be kept in tin
box or a stone jar.


Salt Goldfish should be kept in dry
place, where the odor of it will not affect
the air of the house. The best kind il
that which is called Dun from the peculial
color. Fish skin, for clearing coffee
should be washed, dried. cut small, ant
kept in a box OF paper bag.
/ Soft soap should be kept in a dry place


in the cellar, and should not be used til


three months old.


Bar soap should oe cut into pieces of


convenient size, and left where it will be
!. come dry. 1t is well to keep it sever


al weeks before using it, as it spends fas
when it is new.


| Cranberries will keep all winter in
|. 6rkin of water in the cellar.
Potatoes should be put into the celia


as soon as they are dug. Lying exposed


to the sun turns them green, and make
!. them watery. Some good house-keeper
have sods laid over barrels of potatoes no
in immediate use. To prevent them from
i: sprouting in the spring, turn them out up
on the cellar. bottom.
To thaw frozen potatoes, put them il
hot water. To thaw frozen apples, pu
them in cold water.
Neither will keep well after being fro
zen.
Year: 1860

It is said, though we do not vouch for the
truth Of the report, that after the Mexican
Treaty had been under discussion three or four
days in the Senate, a discovery was made that
it virtually established free trade with the
Mexican Republic, at least in long list Of ar
tic1cs, which, imported from other countries,
arc dutiable to the extent Of 10 to 30 per cent.
ad ralore,n, Now as NC hare treaties with
France and England in which guarantees are
inserted that their commerce shall be placed
on footing Of equality with the most *4avor-
cd nations,'' the ratification Of the bargain
would have heen tho opening Of IN era Of free
trade with both these nations measure for
which our revenue system is not prepared. It
is said, further, that this free trade provision
was not the result Of any supposed advantage
to grow out Of unrestricted commerce with our
neighboring Republic; but deep design on
the part Of the Democracy whereby they
hoped to do By indirection what they knew
would he refused il asked in terms, Of Con-
gross or the people.


This discovery, or something else equally Us
potent, is supposed to have killed the treaty
so dead that there is no hope Of its resurrec-
ton. But as the discussion is in Executive
session, within closed doors, the public will
not be fully informed Of the exact state Of the
caac until the injunction to secrecy is re.
moved. We give tho rumors for what they
arc worth
Year: 1860

We regret to learn--as we do from q letter from
this gentleman published in late number Of the
election to the Senate from New Hanover county.
q This declination Of Mr.. Ashe will deprive the
Senate Of worthy and useful member. Butthough
once more private in the ranks, Mr. Ashe will
abate nothing of his zeal in the Of Democracy
and Southern rights !; while as the head Of one of
the most important Railroad Companies in the State,
be will continue to evince the deep practical inter-
est he has always felt in internal improvements is
Year: 1860

As the grand campaign of the Democracy
against the Republican Party, with the prize Of
the Presidency in view, is at hand, and as the
contest will be a long, strong and bitter one, and
as the NATIONAL DEMOCRAT will sustain the Dem.
ocratc Flag by whomsoever borne, so that be be
the legitimate nominee Of the Party, we deem it q
fitting time, TO call upon the friends Of the Demo-
crit cause throughout the country to come to
our support. The larger the circulation Of our
Weekly in the interior, the more shall we be able
to do for the benefit of the Party, and we hope T.
see the friends of Popular Sovereignty. Conserva.
tism and the Union rally around U.s. They can be
assured that we shall never abandon their cause
nor betray their confidence nor prove laegard
in the advocacy of their principles.


The WEEKLY DeMocRAr contains in every issue
TWENTY-EIGIITc columns Of reading matter. a
ueportion of which is devoted to political dis
cusson, and the rest to news, fDreign and domes.
tic, and to literary topics In short, we shall en-.
deavor, as heretofore, to make the WEEKLY DEM
ocRAT not only a staunch and reliable Political
Journal, but paper which shall be welcome to
the families and homes of our fellow citizens.


Our terms, in advance, will be found below -
Year: 1860

LAWRENCE, Mass, Jan. 1.-THE walls
Of the Pemberton Mills, in this city, gave
way and Instantly fell, about o'clock yes
terday evening, while all the vast machinery
Of the mill was in operation, aud its six
hundred operatives busily engaged in their
various departments


The vast pile was almost instantly leveled
with the ground, every story giving way
under the immense weight and force of
the machinery and material descending from
above burying beneath its ruins nearly all
who were in the building, many of whom
we're instantly killed.


Every eSrtion was made to save the
living and extricate them from the fearful
! pile. The citizens turned out en- n1dSSe, and
rushed to the fearful scene, bearing the
wounded aud mangled bodies to their homes,
and using every effort to restore them.


A short time previous to midnight, how
ever. while the work of extricating the
bodies of the living and the dead was still
progressing, fire broke out in the ruins Of
tbs engine house, which quickly communis
Gated to the mass of the main building, and
spread with terrible rapidity over the entire
ruin, and at II o'clock this morning the
tuill was smouldering mass of brick, morS
tar and cbarrcd human bones.


After the fire broke out it was impossible
to save many of the living who were still
buried in the ruins; aud it is estimated that
no less than 200 perished in the flames, or
were instantly killed by the falling walls
and machinery. A very large number of
those taken from the ruins are mortally
wounded, and many others are sadly mutila-
ted in various ways.


1t will be impossible for several days to
obtain the exact number of the lost and
wounded.
Year: 1860




A REGULAR "CANARD."-A French pa
per gets up the following good story about
those unfortunate denizens of the West, who
appear to be destined for centuries to come
to serve as the heroes of all highly wrought,
Improbable, extravagant narratives:


"a reverend minister in the West having
told his congregation that the best way to
conquer the habit of chewing or smoking
tobacco was to fill the mouth with fresh
water every time the desire was exPerien led,
all the men of the village tried the recipe
most diligently, with good will worthy Of
4 better cause.


Should traveller enter the inn of the
village, and pull out cigar or pipe, he
sees the young men who lounge about the
bar-room, 90 up to the counter, and, with
out saying a word take dose of water
which they roll about in their mouth, look.
ing at the stranger in manner to show
their intense desire to follow his example
A moment after, they get rid of the first
and take second dose Of fresh water,


Astonished at this extraordinary conduct
the stranger hastcns to ask an explanation
of the inn-keeper, who as soon as he smells
the tobacco, takes huge mouthful of water
and stares at his guest with frightened
looks.


In the streets, in the fields, in the factO'
riss, at the store doors, and even before the
bar of justice, can be seen none but men
with their mouths full of water.


The female portion of the population are,
of course, highly pleased with this reform
and, if the whole truth must be told, they
are not angry at shus being enabled to mon,
onolize all the talking of the village"
Year: 1860

swamps or not within the meaning of the act.

 The evidence furnished by the State should also be sent to this office in separate pack age, and be marked in such manner as will enable us readily to identify the same with the tracts as arranged in the list to be prepared by you after your examination and decision.-- You will as required by law exclude from your lists all tracts which have been disposed of prior to the date of selection.

 As soon as the lists are furnished to you by the State authorities in accordance with the requirements in the case, and have been ar ranged as hereinbefore directed you will make full entries thereof in the proper place in your tract books, with the words, !" State, Oct. 2S Sept, 1S50,' and the date of the selection. Upon your plats you will indicate the lands by some convenient mark of reference to a similar note to be written on the margin there- of and then withhold the tracts from sale or other disposition, unless otherwise especially directed by this office.

 I enclose herewith, also, copy of the act of 18th March, 1860, limiting the time within which the selections remaining are to be made. Very respectfully,

 your o'bt serv't, 3 JOS. WILSON, Commissioner.
Year: 1860

The Ledger gives advice to " unhappy married people" class of beings who, we trust, form but small minority of the continuity. But the experience of our cotemporary would seem to have been ex- tensive. We quote for the benefit of whom it may concern:

 "It happens seldom that two human be- ings are so exquisitely adapted to one an- other, by nature and education, that they can acquire the art of living happily to- gether, without being compelled to make painful sacrifices of habit, taste and feel ing. After the glow and delusion of the honeymoon are past, each has to learn that the other has faults which were not per- ceived before; each has to discover that the other is falIible and limited human being-not an angel, not hero, not a saint. Each has acquired in their pre- vious course through life, bundle of those obstinate things called habits, some of which are sure to seem unreasonable and unwise, and none of which can be laid aside without an effort Each has formed strong attachments, and, perhaps, strong opinions. The habits conflict, the opinions clash, and unless each of the mated two cherish the true spirit of friendly compro- mise unhappiness is certainto follow quick upon the tunultuous joy of the espousals. Generally, this spirit ofmutual concessions is not acquired immediately. The art of living together justly and joyously is one which is intrinsically difficult, and upon which the appointed teachers of men throw little light. If tenth part of the genius and the toll which have been wasted upon questions of metaphysics, had been ex- pended upon elucidating the laws relating to the human temper, we should, by this time, probably, have reached important and definite principles, the knowledge of which would greatly smooth the path that leads to married happiness. As it is, we have all to solve the great problem unas- sisted and to learn the secret after many months or years of experience, more or

 less bitter according as our own natures are more or less reasonable. One error, we find, is cherished by nearly all unhap- py married people namely, each thinks that the fault is all on the other side. The husband takes it for granted that all would be well with them if only his wje were a 1 little different from what she is, and the wife feels sure that perfect happiness would be the instantaneous result if only thal husband of hers were not quite so unrea- | sonable. In almost all cases, this opinion l. rse

 unless both are in fault. There can sell dom be permanent arrangement withou previous fault on both sides.
Year: 1860

GENERAL LAND OFFICE,

 June 5, 1860. { REGISTER AND RECEIVER,

 LITTLE RocK, ARKANsAs--

 GENTLEMEN: The office of Surveyor Gen eral for the district of Arkansas, having been abolished, the duty of reporting to this office the selections remaining to be made by the State authorities, will be devolved upon you, so far as the lands are found to be within your district This being the case, it becomes ne- cessary to furnish you with system of in- structions which will govern you in your ac- tion.

 have therefore to state the following as the principles established with reference to this grant, to wit:

 1st. That as the grant contempates the in- undation of extensive regions of country, by such natural arteries as the Mississippi, the lands evidently intended to be granted are those which by reason of their swampy character. and their liability to overflow are worthless in their natural condition, and whereon crops cannot be raised without reclamation by leyees and drains. An overflow or inundation from casual cause, merely temporary in it's effects does not bring the lands within the law, and cannot be said in any proper sense to render them ssunft for cultivation "-the law con templates such long continued overflow, ol fffeshets only as iEeHld totally destroy crop: and prevent the raising of the same without artificial means by levees, etc., such as art found on the Mississippi river.

 1 2d. Bodies of land covered by shallow lakes or ponds, which may become dry by evapora tion or other natural cause, do not come with in the meaning of the act.

 Sd. Lands which have been disposed of by the general government prior to the date o their selection cannot be claimed as swamp, al they are excluded by direct operation of law .from the swamp grant.

 Testimony now, after the lapse of nine year to be available, must be explicit, resting upol personal and exact knowledge of the location claimed, and must relate to each quarte section or other equivalent legal subdiyi sion. This testimony must be made by partie having no interest present or prospective, di rect or indirect, and must state the name of tn river or water course, whereby the lands ar submerged and rendered useless for arabic pur poses in their natural condition.

 enclose herewith blank form of proc which you will require from the State author ites, and if lists of lands of this class are fur nished to you accompanied with such evidence you are directed to report them to this offic in the manner set forth in the form '' B D here with, after making a careful examination c said proof and rendering your own decisio thereon as to whether the several tracts ar
Year: 1860

To KEEP BUTTER FRESH. The Farm

 Journal, German paper, published at Alleatowa, Pennsylvania. saysthat ku,ter will remain fresh and sweet for six months, and even longer, if prepared in the fol- lowing manner: Take butter as it comes

 from the churn, and wash the bultermilk

 thoroughly out of it; then dry the surface

 of the butter with y clean cloth, break into

 small pieces and pack it solid into crock.

 The air must be entirely expelled. Set

 the crock in a kettle over the fire until the

 water boils. While boiling remove them from the fire, and let the crock remain in the water until cold. Then place the crock in cool place. The object in boiling is to purify the butter and precipi,ate the

 milk which remains in 1t previous to boil ing. to the bottom of the crock.