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Year: 1859

~ We understand that certain
members Of the new packet company are
very indignantat the liberty We took in Civ
ing publicity to their recent organization.
as by so doing we knocked in the head a
nice little speculation by which the origin.
lists of the affair were to get their sto'
without being anything out of pocket. The
way this was to be accomplished is as fol
lows: Several outsiders being desirous OF
purchasing stock in the company (the
original capital was $4,000 the originators
had concluded to increase the capital ia
$4,000 90 as to accommodate them; upon
the same principle of man eating dried
apples and then drinking water to make
them swell. BY this addition of fictitious
capital the first stockholders would be still
owners of half the boats which those per
sons more recently admitted to the compa
ny, would have to paw for. Our expose Of
the terms upon which the boats were
bought. knocked this arrangement into q
cooked hat. We are sorry. boys, but you
did not play it very fine.
Year: 1859

THE demand tor laborers has mate
terially decreased, the farmers, for the most
part. having supplied themselves with oil
they require. We think that the laboring
population Of this citv stand very much in
their own light when they take the course
pursued by them thus far. One dollar per
day is all the farmers can actually afford to
pay for laborors but most of them are will
ling to pay 1925. This should have been
satisfactory to them but they demand one
dollar and half, which is more than the
farmers can afford
Year: 1859

~ There is much fear entertained
by some Of our farmers that the potatoe
crop will turn out perfect failure. as the
dry rot has made it, appearance thus early.
We do not IL ink this 10 general. as we
have heard Of but two or three felds
which have been found afflicted. We sin.
cerly hope that the potatoe crop will not
prove even partial failure. as We are all
Irish In our love for that vegetable.
Year: 1859

UPsET.-A mule team engaged in
unloading slaves from fiat boat, at the
foot of one of the streets in the lower end oi
town, upset the wagon and driver on the
river bank yesterday morning. The driver
q German. swore he would have nothing
more to do with the tam dipgs' and walk
ed off leaving his employer to find new
driver where he could.
Year: 1859

FREE FsRRIEs.-The Moline Inde-
pendent says that number of the citizens
have started a free ferry between that city
and the Island. Our exp. rience. regarding
free ferries is somewhat limited, but We are
confident that paying fifteen cents for croas
ing on q scow boat does not argue very
favorably for the ferry heinga free one
That is just the sum We paid last Thursday
and ws thought it cheap riding at that
Year: 1859

Personal. We understand that
W. F. GaovENsuRY, Esq., the only author
lied" has accepted the position of Captain


on the steamer Resolute, one of the new
line Under the charge of Capt Groven-
bury, the Resolute will undoubtedly soon
cause the Black Hawk to cave, as he has
declared his intentions of leaving this point
on the same days, one hour ahead of that
Year: 1859

E The weather during the last
two or three days has been quite favorable
change over the preceding week OF intense
heat, as far as bodily comfort is concerned.
but the crops don't care how hot it gets.
However, the harvest field is full Of hands
now. busy reaping. binding and stacking.
and these cool mornings are very welcome
IN fhou
Year: 1859

% We understand that an indig.
nation NEE ing against the dog ordinance is
being talked Of by some of our citizens
Now. all We have got to say, Is, that if you
attempt anything of the kind. gentlemen
you will find that not one man it one hund-
red of our population will 60 with you.
The dog ordinance is an excellent institution
and We are bound to support it.
Year: 1859

~ An important work is going on
between Rock Island and Moline-that of
macsdamizing the road between the two
cities. In the spring it 10 almost impossible
to get along with team. between these
two important points,
Year: 1859

E A general rush was made to
this office yesterday by the river men. for
extra copies of the Democrat containing the
particulars Of the new packet arrangement
The article will appear next Thursday in
our weekly, when any number of papers
desired can be obtained.
Year: 1859

~ We think that for a dull day
yesterday can carry off the palm. Not .
farmer show his head in town. and our
own citizens appeared to be ashamed Of
making their appearance when everything
20 much resemblsd churchyard. We may
expect this will be the case for some two
weeks yet, by which time the farmers will
have their grain threshed and ready for
market It 10. perhaps. - well that We
should al take it easy during these dog
days.
Year: 1859

With single bound, Wentworth was at
her side. Leaning over, he tenderly raised
her in his arms, and directed by his hostess
bore her into an adjoining apartment There
he watched with breathless interest, every
movement of her pale features, while various
restoratives were administered. At length
she revived slightly, and looked wildly about
in order to assure herself that her senses
had not deceived her; that the apparition
she had seen was indeed reality. Her eyes
met those of Wentworth. Oh the deep
devotion, the yearning love, the melting,
soul-harrowing tenderness that beamed forth
from those blue orbs, even as the mists of
death were gathering before them. Almost
maddened by the sight, he clasped her wildly
to his breast, as if to snatch her from the en-
brace of death. But it too was late, sorrow
had preyed upon her mind, until her wasted
frame was tottering upon the verge of the
grave; until its frail earthly casket could
no longer contain the spirit; and now the
sudden transition from grief to JOY, was more
than she could bear. The delicate instru.
ment had been completely shattered by the
shock, and among its loose and broken
chords, the cold, skeleton fingers of death
were wildly sweeping. Again that look of
melting tenderness, and she nestled closer
to his bosom, as if to find warmth there from
the icy touch of death. Her lips breathed
his name, and her pure, young spirit took
its flight "to that silent land where the good
sleep, and the beautiful"
Year: 1859

to you, and no good to others. he that
spits against the wind, spits in his own face.
But were you to succeed, do you imagine any
good will be done byit? You yourself may
find it easy to livea virtuous life without the
assistance afforded by religion. You have a
clear perception of the advantages of virtue
and the Disadvantages of vice, and possess
strength of resolution sufficient to enable you
to resist common temptations. But think
how great a portion Of mankind consist of
weak and ignorant men and women, and Of
inexperienced, inconsiderate youth, of both
sexes, who have need of the motives of re-
ligion to rest ain them from vice, to support
their virtues and retain them in the practice
of it until it becomes habitual, which is the
great point for its security. And perhaps,
you are indebted to her, originally ly,-that is,
to your religious education, the habits
of virtue upon which you justly value your,
self. You might easily display your excel
lent talent of reason upon a less hazardous
subject, and thereby obtain rank with our
most distinguished authors"


That was sensible advice given by DR..
Franklin to Tom Paine, not to print his
Gage of Reason" as it would be great
odium upon himself and produce no good to
others This copy has been read by multi
piled thousands since, but no good has ever
been done to any body, but the subtility of
the reasoning has ugbtincalculable injury.
This remark of Franklin is worthy of a pas
sing notice:


"You yourself may find it easy to live a
virtuous life without the assistance afforded
by religion. You have clear perception Of
the advantages of virtue and the disadvant-
ages of vice, and possess strength of resolu-
tion sufficient to enable you to resist common
temptation"


Tom Paine did not find it very easy to live
virtuous life With all his "clear percep-
tions of the advantages of virtue" ETC., and
his "strength of resolution" be lived a
wretched, wicked, depraved life, became a
vagrant drunkard, outraged all the decen-
cies of life, sent one broken-hearted wife to
premature grave, compelled another to
seek refuge from his brutalities by d.
vorce, and finally died scathed, blasted,
profane, gutter drunkard, died alone, a.
bandoned of man and forsaken Of God,-of
dcliriun1 tren1ens.


The life and death of Paine should be a
warning to all young men who would throw
off the restraints of religion. 1t is fit and
proper that the lager-beer infdels, who re:
pudiate the Bible, discard the Sabbath and
Christianity, should celebrate the birthday,
and laud the virtues of such man. If he
had devoted his excellent talents to more
praiseworthy object, and had conducted him
self properly, he might have left name
worthy of being enrolled among the great
and good of earth.
Year: 1859

Several years had passed since Alice Yer
non had been laid in the graveyard at Wood
lawn. A simple marble slab marked her
last resting place. The grave had not been
neglected by those in whose hearts the men,
ory of the dead was still! sacred. Beautiful
flowers had been planted around it, and the
place exhibited every mark of the most care
full attention. 1t was fit resting place for
one whose whole life had been an embodi-
ment of virtue and simplicity. In Summer,
when the flowers were in bloom, and the
large oaks completely sheltered thespot from
the rays of the sun, tempering the noou-tide
heat into the mild air of evening; when
birds were warbling their "wood-notes wild"
in the o'er.hangipg branches, and the con.
Year: 1859

in wine glass half full of water, and from


betpeen the different layers of the burr is
shooting forth green blades, bright, beau
tiful, refreshing. For little thing, we have
seen nothing that so. pleased us with its
beauty and novelty. And the secret is this:
the burr was found dried and opened; the
different circles were sprinkled with grass
seed; and it was placed in wine glass, with
water in as above. In few days the mois.
ture and nourishment gave the burr life and
health, and different circles closed and bu-
ried in themselves the grass seed, and few
days more gave to the seed also life, sprout,
and growth; and now pyramid of living
green, beautifully relieved by the sombre
hue of the burr, is the result-as pretty and
novel q parlor ornament as We have for a
long while seen. We do not know whether
the idea was original with the LADY, but we
do know that its success is beautiful. Troy
Times.
Year: 1859

'GooD N1aHT.' GOOD NIGHT, PApAp
These are the words whose music has not
left our ears since the cleaning, and now
it is midnight. Good night, dsrlingp God
bless you you will have pleasant dreams,
through I toss in fever, haunted by the de-
mons of care that harrass me through the
day. Good nightp The clock on the man.
tie struck twelve, and no sound was heard
in the house save the regular breathing Of
those little lungs in the next room, heard
through the door ajar We dropped our
pen, folded our arms, and sat gazing on the
lazy fire, while the whole panorama Of life
before US, with it's many sgood nights Il
is a great thing to ba rich, bnt ii Is n rich
thing to have good memory-provided
that memory bears no unpleasant fruit, Bit
ter to the taste; and our memory carries US
back to many pleasant scene-to the little
arm chair by the 6reside; to the trundle bed
at the foot of the bed to the lawn in front
of the house and the orchard behind it; to
the butter-cups, and the new clover, and the
chickens and the swallows, and the BIRDS
nests, and the strawberries, and the many
things that attract the wondering eye Of
childhood, to say nothing of the mysteries Of
the starry skies, and the weird gloom Of the
morning forest. But, then, there were the
good night and the little prayer, and the
downy bed, on which slumber fell as snow
fake, only warmer, and such dreams as only
visit perfect innocence The household
Good nightv Somebody, in whose brain
its rich music still fingers, has written this:


Good nightp A loud clear voice from
the stairs said that it-was Tommy. Dood
night ? murmurs little something from the
trundle:bed-a little something that we call
Jenny, that filled a large place in the centre
Of two pretty little hearts Good night!
lisps little fellow in plaid rife Dress who
was named Willie about six years ago.


"Now lay me down to sleep,


I pray the Lord my soul to keep;


If should die before wake"-


and the bundle in the trupdle,bed has drop.
ped off to sleep, but the broken prayer may
go up sooner than many long petitions that
set out great while before it.


And so it was good night all around the
homestead; and very sweet music it made,
too, in the twilight, and very pleasant mel.
ody it makes now, as we think Of it; for it
was not yesterday and the day before, but
long time ago-so long that Tommy is Thom-
as Somebody, Esq, and has forgotten that
he ever was boy, and wore what the bra
vest and richest of Us can never wear but
once, if we try-the first pair of boots.


And go it was 'good night all around the
house; and the children had gone through
the ivory gate, always left a little ajar for
them-through into the land of dreams.


And then the lovers Good night and
the parting kiss! They are as prodigal Of
the hours as the spendthrift Of his coin, and
the minutes depart in golden showers, and
fall in dying sparks at their feet Good
nieht.'-N. ?. atlas.
Year: 1859

The first sensation Of drowsiness is natures
call for sleep. Waking shows the body is
rested. After the degree of strength, Of
which the state Of the system is capable, is
restored by sleep, longer stayi in bed only re.
lakes. He perverts reason, who, by habit
of artificial excitement, keeps awake so late
that he is not ready'to rise by day.break-
natures undoubted signal for quitting repose,
obedience to which secures a desire to rest
at the fit hour. Some people close their
shutters against it. George III, consulted
his household physicians, separately, as to
the modes of life conducive to health and
longevity as to the importance Of early
rising, there was full coincidence. Old
people, examined as to the cause Of their
longevity, all agree that they have been in
the habit of going to bed early. In debili-
tated people, degree Of fever, or something
resembling it, comes on towards evening;
going very early to bed is of great conse-
quence to them. Rising an hour or two ear
lier than usual often gives vigor which
nothing else can produce. Many people, at
waking, feel disposition to rise; they lose
it by indulging lethargic state, or lolling
awhile. We lose vigor by lying in bed in
health, longer than for sleep the mind is
less tranquil; the body is less disposed for
refreshing sleep; appetite and digestion are
lessened. Afterlong or late mental exertion
sleep is a watch; the thoughts continue
themselves, efecting useless fatigue. Some
people cannot go to sleep; others wake too
early. Without spirit to rise, they hope to
find refreshment in an additional nap; an
other, and another, leaves them more Ian
guild; they fancy themselves unfit for exer-
ton until they have taken breakfast, which
they make no effort to merit. Nothing
breaks up the strength sooner than want of
sleep at the hour nature obviously designed
for repose, marked, as well by the regular
return of day and night, as by our own feel
iugs, if not prevented by artificial habits.
Labor, which is light in the day, is burthen-
some in the night. The accumulated stimuli
of the day are sufficient for the temporary
exhaustion of the system the rest of night
is requisite to recruit us for each successive
day.
Year: 1859

LAND MEAsURE.-Every farmer should
have rod measure, light stiff pole, just
sixteen and half feet long, for measuring
land. By a little practice he can learn to
step just rod at five steps, which will an
swer very we'll for ordinary farm work. As.
certain the number of rods in width and
length of lot you wish to measure, and
multiply one number by the Others and divide
by one hundred and sixty, and you have the
number of acres as one hundred and sixty
square rods make square acre. IF you
wish to lay off one square acre, measure thlr'
teen rods upon each side. This lacks one
rod of full measure. ...,.... ,--..-
Year: 1859

The circumstances which induced the
writing of the following touching and thrill
ling lines are as follows: A young lady in
New York was in the habit of writing for
the Philadelphia Ledger on the subject OF
Temperance. Her writing was SO full OF
pathos, and evinced such deep emotion OF
soul, that friend of hers accused her OF
being maniac on the subject of Temper,
auce-whereupou she wrote the following
lines:
Year: 1859

p. s. Be very careful and get the edition that
contains the indictment for have never been able
to find out what those two rascals stole.


The above letter is to be preserved in the
New York Historical Society Archives, and a
dinner awaits the pleasure Of the author.
Year: 1859

The passengers by the western train on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were taken
out of the cars to day on their arrival at Har-
per's Ferry by the military and imprisoned


The parties arrested are merchants from Gin
cinnati, who are on their way to this city
At Grafton they were heard to express them
selves quite freely in relation to John Brown
and his family, expressing great sympathy
for him.
Year: 1859

TFs GOVERNMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL, HoRTIcUL-


tt AAL, AND MECHANICS SOCIETY OF THE NORTH
ERS DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, AT THE
ANNUAL FAIR AT MARYsvILLE 1859.
kuLE Each member of the Society will be fur
nlshed with badge Of membership, upon the pay
ment OF the membership fee of FIVE dollars and viii be
eXpected - wear the same during the Fair and which
shall no. be transferable This badge will admit the
ladies' of his family, and children under 10 years Of
age.


RULE u.-Prices Of single admission to the Fair or
Cattle Show fifty cents. Single admission to beth
Year: 1859

CATTLE KILLED BY EATING SORGHUM
The independence (Iowa) Guardian gives
an account of the destruction of seven
head of cattle from eating refuse Chinese
sugar cane, after it had been compressed in
the mill. The outer coating of the stalks is
of very vitreous character when broken
up and taken into the stomach. it operates
like broken glass, cutting. and in some ca
ses, penetrating entirely through the organ.
producing violent Inflammation. A post
mortem examination in this case, revealed
this as the cause of death. This important
fact should be nude known to every farmer,
as it may be the means of preventing Sc
rious destruction of their stock,
Year: 1859

CARTS FOR GOLD HUNTERs-There was
yesterday upon our streets a novel sight
something that the oldest travellers over the
plains had never seen. It was a cart drawn
by an OK in harness. There is not piece
of iron of any description about the cart.
The whole cost o. cart, OK and harness, was
S58, and with it man can carry from ten
to hfteen hundred pounds, all depending
upon the rim of the OK. These carts are
certainly the best contriyances for gold hunt
ers to move over the prairies with speed
and certainty, that we have ever seen. and
we feel quite confident that they will be
used by the emigration in large numbers
Kansas City Journal Z bIs
Year: 1859

The members of the Legislature and cit
liens of Lawrence gave Gov. Medary a
plimentary supper at the Eldridge House
in that city on the evening of the 9th inst.
1t was largely attended and general good
feeling prevailed. Guess the Governor has
come to the conclusion that the abolition
ists'' are not such bad set of folks after
all. In short speech on the occasion the
Governor said:


He had been among the people but few
weeks, and had simply endeavored to do his
duty. In his course as an Executive officer
he could know nothing about politics and
politicians, but must simply DO his duty
faithfully, according to law. Applause.
Although he had political principles which
he cherished as arden:ly as any man, still
he was the Governor of the people and not
of party"


We hope the Governor may remain with
us so long as he continues in the straight
forward and manly course which he has
been pursuing since his arrival here.
Year: 1859

Kansas, the land of elections and consti-1
tutions, is to have some more elections. and
another constitution-and We sincerely hope
this viii put . finale to this constitution
making business. On the fourth Monday
of March next, the people are to meet at
their several voting places. and decide the
all-importsnt. question as to whether: they
will have constitution or not. In case a
majority of the people of the Territory shall
vote in favor of. a constitution, then on the
first Tuesday of June an election will be
holden for delegates to farme constitution
and State Government for the State of Kan
sas. This is Very important matter TO es-
cry voter in the Territory. The convention
bill is good and fair one, and has gone
through with all the forms of law. and re-
csived the signature of the Governor, thus
leaving no chance for those politicians who
desire TO perpetuate the Territorial Govern
ment, to pick flaws and quibble over small
points. And more than all this, it meets
with the appreciation of the people at large.
1t is useless for US at this time to produce
the many sound arguments which can be
brought forth to show the advantages to be
derived by the forming of a State Govern
ment for Kansas. and procuring her admis-
sion into the Onion at as early day as pos
sible. Peennfarily az well as politically, il
win be, benefit much desired, We believe
by large majority of the settlers of The
Territory. and as this is probably the las
constitution they viii be called upon t'
make and the one that will be the funda
mental law of the incoming State, it is inn
portant that every voter should have. han,
in it. Let every man thiukof this matter
and Be prepared to come up on the fourtl
Monday in March and cast his vote for
constitution. T..
Year: 1859

unexpected act, remained motionless for a
minute. During this minute the trotka was
verst from them. When the wolves started
again after it was too late, they could not
overtake it. A quarter OF an hour afterwards
they were in sight of home. Prince Repnnr
thinks his horses ran at least SIX miles in these
fifteen minutes. He rode over the steppe the
next day. and found the bones of more than
two hundred wolves