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Year: 1860

wisdom. has made Il large appropriation for
arming the militia of the State and for manu-
featuring arms: but these provisions will
prove Of little value in time of need, If IA w
militia only are to be relied upon To make
the militia valuable, vOluri teer organiZati ton $
must be encOuraged-and to make these effec-
tnal As nucleus around which the untrained d
can rally to receive instruction, every facility
must be afforded them for regular drills and
thorough organization. The best volunteer
company in the Stale, deprived of its drill
room for six months, would break down and
tumble to pieces, so that a corpOral's guard
could not be had for any purpose.


In the city Of Richmond there are now at
least twelve organized companies, each Of
whom ought to drill at least one night in the
week, but only six of whom are furnished q
drill room by the city To remedy this evil
for evil il is-three Of the companies hA,e q
the City Council to let them build a military
hall ON a lot owned by the city on 9th, between
Main and Cary streets, in which they pledge
themselves to furnish drill rooms for three
other companieS-S that every corps in the
city will then have place of rendezvous one
night i'll the week. where they can receive in-
structions and become perfect in the Of
their arms, and in the duties of the soldier
The petitioners do not ask the city to give the
lot, SO that it can be disposed OF by them now
or hereafter, but only 10 be held by them as
long rs the hail is used by the petitioners for
military purposes. The lot asked for is not
worth more than S6,UUO-about $1,000 to each
company to use it, the interest on which is but
sou per anrum and surely the Council will
not hesitate 10 donate that sum to maintain an
organization which, sooner or later may be
called upon to defend the rights, and perhaps
the fresides, of every taxpayer in Richmond.
Year: 1860

RIGHTEOus VERDICT-The Cleveland .Analyst
brought in that city, in which the plaintiff was
successful. Lever Lawson, rumseller, sold
Reed Bush q pint of vilainons whisky, with
which he became intoxica ted. lie went home
and quarreed with his family, during which he
threw an axe at his wife, injurng her so badly
that amputation of the foot was necessary. She
brought suit TO recover damages for the loss of
that member, and the jury after being out one
hour returned with a verdict of $4,000 damages
in her favor.
Year: 1860

THE CABLE.-Some fifty miles of the Atlantic
Cable have been taken up, to point extending
seaward fifty miles from the shores of Trinity
Bay. Fractures were found in the cable just
where they had been indicated by the instruments
on shore.
Year: 1860

DEAD.-Theodore Parker died at Florence, It.
ally, on the 10th of May last. His last request
was to have the first eleven verses Of the Sermon
on the Mount read over his grave, and then a
plain, gray stone, with his name aud age, with
no further inscription.
Year: 1860

An EXPERIENCED NURSE and Family Physician, has a
Soothing Syrup for children teethng, which greatly
facilitates the process of teethng by soening the gums
reducing all inhamaton-w allay all pain and is to
regulate the bowels Depend upon it, mothers it will
give rest to yourselves and relief and health to your in
mns. prefectly safe in all See advertisement in
another column m.121T,sn
Year: 1860

NEVER PLEAD GUILTY TO POVERTY Credit
ors never annoy man so long be is getting
up in the world. A man of wealth only pays
his butchers bill once year. Let bad luck
oyertake him, and his meat bill will come in
every morning, as regular as breakfast "ad
hungry children. Again we say, never plead
guilty to poverty So far as this world is con
cerned, you might better admit that you are a
scoundre.
Year: 1860

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.


A compost Of muck and manure will heat
and become almost fine, with one tossing
over. before the 18th Of MAY, although il
will certainly pay TO take more time. II by
a little extra exertion you double your guam
tity OF manure, you may perhaps feel able to
Such reserve added to your Summer ma
nures. composted with leaves and oil sorst Of
iarm waste in September and October. viii
give you such quantity Of fine manure that
you will be able to put up the entire contents
Of your yards and hog-pens. letting them lie
in bulk sufficiently long for the volatile parts
of your manure to unite with the peat or
muck-which have an extraordinary appe-
tite for just those things that are so apt to
blow away. The moist heat which is geher-
sted in compost is just the thing to take
the life 81 weed-seeds. The manure thus
formed is light, and can be readily handled
and evenly spread and mixed with the soil.
II is as sweet and clean as any earth, and the
rotting process has gone on rapidly, yet
quite thoroughly, and with no appreciable
loss.


The selection OF ground for an orchard is
matter ol good deal Of Importance. too
often overlooked. In a wet soil the trees
may make wood and flourish for while. but
they cannot be expected TO bear much fruit.
As rule. any good liam. that viii bear six
ty bushels Of corn 10 the acre, will answer
for the apple tree. II the ground slopes
gradually to the south or east il is all the
better. A sabsoil Of yellow loan. two or
three lret deep, j. TO be preferred. II there
i little land TO choose from, and the ground
ia naturally ~et. II should be underdrainej.
No land IS dry enough where the water will
stand IN hole three feet deep. Steep side
hills are sometimes selected, and on newly
cleared land the trees often do well. but
such locations are liable 10 wash unless they
are kept in sward. which is not desirable.
Year: 1860

Iates the produce of slave-grown American cotton.
lhey are neither of them, apprehend so reckless
or so wicked as to wish to close our factories and
throw some two millions of our manufacturing pop
ulatlon out of bread. Why then, these nconscquent
and these irritating denunciations Let us create
new fields of produce if we can; but meanwhile it
is neither just nor dignied to buy this raw material
from the Americans, and to revile them for produc-
ing it.
Year: 1860

A BEAUTIFUL ExPERMENT.-Ifa an acorn be
suspended by a piece of thread to within
half-inch of the surface of some water, in a
hyacinth glass. and is so permitted to remain
without being disturbed, will in a few months
burst, and throw root down into the water,
and shoot upward its tapering stem, with
beautiful little green leaves. A young oak
tree, growing in this way on mantle-shelf
of room, is very interesting object.
Year: 1860

AWFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS If it does not
rain in this upper country before long there
Will be no water to wash out the gold with.
and no gold to pay for grub. Grass emit
grow without moisture, and cattle can not
get tat without grass. Vegetation will all
dry up" and times become of a fnty hard
ness. In fact Siskiyou county wants u thor
ough good wetling - Yreka JournaI
Year: 1860

NOT Coop LAw.-Thc New York
Courts, by decision just rendered, hold
that the " conditions printed on the free
passes issued to cattle droyers are a sufi-
eient defence to any claim for damages
arising from any cause whatsoever. The
suit was brought against The Hudson River
Railroad. According to this ruling of the
New York Courts, if a railroad company
carry a man for nothing, it has a right to
main or kill him, without being liable, 1t
has been decided in one of the Courts Of
this State, that a railroad company was
bound to carry an individual safely, even
if it does carry him free, and this is COM
mon sense, and ought to be good law
Those who travel upon free passes are sup
posed to receive such paSses for an equiv
alent of some kind.
Year: 1860

A CAPITAL. TRICK THAT ENDED WELL
Here is a good story which we have Just
heard. A young man "a brother to "Sly
Boots perhaps, for, like her, he enjoyed


good jokc) was studying in college
One afternoon he walked out with one of
his instructors, and they chanced to see an
old pair of shoes lying by the side of the
path, which appeared to belong to a poor
man at work close by. "Lct us have a
little amusement at his expense" said the
student, "Suppose we hide these shoes,
and conceal ourselves in the bushes and
watch his perplexity when he cannot find
them" 81 can think of better trick than
that, said the instructor "You are rich ,
and suppose you put silver dollar in
the toe of each shoe, and then we will


hide" The young man did SO, The
poor man finished his work soon, and went
to put on his shoes. You can imagine his
surprise when he stopped down to take out
a pebble, as he supposed from the toe, and
found it to be a hard dollar, and then his
absolute perplexity and astonishmcnt when
he found still another in the other shoc.--
His feelings overcame him; he fell upor
his knees, looked to heaven and uttered
aloud fervent tn anksgiving, in which h,
thanked a kind Providence for sending
some unknown hand to save from perish
ing his sick and helpless wife and children
without bread. Do you wonder that til


young man stood in his hiding place deep
ly affected, and his eyes filed with tears


Young friends, and you Miss ''Sly Boots,
when you want to enjoy fun, real pleasur


at witnessing the perplcxity of others, Sc


if you cannot in some way initiate the stu
dent. Such tricks are worth performing
Year: 1860

a nd no friends-I am starving; but if
you should give me all the money in New
York, heapcd ten times over, l would not
do this thing Why do you come here to
tempt, and insult me because l am poor ?"
and she almost fell down gasping, but she
says she saw the man start back, with face
ghastly. .palc, saying:


"My God What sin you have saved
me from !"


That day she heard accidentally of the
society to help children, and resolved to
60 there for last chance. If she failed
there, the only thing left for her seemed
to be self destruction or death. We know
the happy result.


The simple truthfullness and pathos Of
this girls story cannot be represented, Of
all heroic scenes which the upper Powers
ever look upon in this world, can surpass
that where the poor weak, starving girl
deserted of men, and seemingly almost
abandoned OF God, spurns from her the
greatest of all temptations, and deliberate.
ly chooses starvation rather than dishonor
or wrong! Perchance among those in
this day who sneer at, or bargain for, wo-
mans virtue, this little story, out of the
real life Of New York, may show what a
priceless pearl, this virtue is that the lone
ly, famished child should choose the pang'
of famine rather than lose it.
Year: 1860

MARK ANTONY yoked two lions to his
chariot; but there are two lions no man
ever yoked together yet - the lion of the
tribe of Judah, and the, lion of the pit
These can never go together. Two opin-
ions you may hold in politics, perhaps, but
then you will be despised by everybody,
unless you are of one opinion or the other
and act as independent man. But two
opinions in the matter Of soul-religion you
cannot hold. If God be God, serve him
and do it thoroughly but if this world be
God, serve it, and make no profession OF
religion. Ii you are wording, and
think the things of the world the best,
serve them; devote yourself to them, do
not be kept back by conscience, and run
into sin. But remember, if the Lord c
your God, you cannot have Baal too; you
must have one thing or else the other
mo man can serve two Masters" II
God be served, he will be a master; and
if the devil be served, he will not be
long before lie will be a master and Eye
connot serve two masters" Oh be wise,
and think not that the two can be mingled
together.
Year: 1860

lT may be, that during sermon two
men are listening to the same truth ono
of them hears as attentively as the other
and remembers as much of it; the other
is melted to tears or moved with solemn
thoughts but the one though equally at
tentive, sees nothing in the sermon, except
may be, certain important truths well set
forth as for the other, his heart within
him and his soul is melted Ask me how
it is that the same truth has an effect upon
the one, and not upon his fellow reply
because the mysterious Spirit of the living
God goes with the truth to one heart and
not to the other The one only feels the
force of truth, and that may be strong
enough to make him tremble, like Felix;
but the other feels the Spirit going with
the truth, and that renews the man, regen-
crates him, and causes him to pass into
that gracious condition which is called the
state OF salvation. This change takes
place instantaneou5ly. 1t is as miracu-
lous u change as any miracle of which we
read in Scripture. 1t is supremely SUPER
natural. 1t may be mimicked, but no i'm
itation of it can be true and real. Men
may pretend to be regenerated without the
Spirit, but regenerated they cannot be-
1t is change SO marvellous thatthe high
est attempts of man can never reach it.
We may reason as long as we please, but
we cannot reason ourselves into regenera-


ton; we may mediate till our hairs are
grey with study; but we cannot mediate


ourselves into the new birth. That is word
ed in us by the sovereign will of God a.


lone.
Year: 1860

If God be really worthy of worship,
and you really think so, demand that
you either follow him, or else deny that he
is God at all. Now, professor, if thou
sayest that Christ's gospel is the gospel, if
thou believest in the divinity of the gospel
and puttcst thy trust in Christ, 1 demand
of thee to follow out the gospel, not merely
because it will be to thy advantage, but
because the gospel is divine. If thou ma.
kest profession of being child of God,
if thou art believer, and thinkest and
believest religion is the best, the service of
God the most desirable, do not come to
plead with thee because of any advantage
thou wouldst get by being holy; it is on
this ground that l put it, that the Lord is
God and if he be God, it is thy business
to serve him. If his gospel be true, and
thou believest it to be true, it is thy duty
to carry it out. If thou sayest, Christ is
not the Son of God, carry out thy Jewish
or thy infdel convictions, and see whether
it will end well. Ii thou dost not believe
Christ to be the Son of God, if thou art
Mahometan, be consistent, carry out thy
Mahometan convictions, and see whether it
will end well. But, take heed, take heed /.
If however, thou saycst God is God, and
Christ the Saviour, and the gospel true !;
l demand of thee, only on this account,
that thou carry it out.
Year: 1860

LOOK back on the paths of your pilgrim
age. Some of you can count as many
Ebenezers as there are milestones from
here to York Ebenezers piled up, with
oil poured on the top of them; places
where you have said, "Hitherto the Lord
hath helped me-" Look through the pa
ges of your diary, and you will see time
after time, when your pcrils and exigen-
cies were such as no earthly skill could
relieve, and you felt constrained to witness
what others among you have never felt
you felt that there is God, that there i
a Providence-"a God, who compassetll
your path" and ''is acquainted with al
your ways"
Year: 1860

better be imaginedthan expressed, when their
Report (Which was made about six weeks af-
terward,) stated that the gross receipts did
not exceed $3.50. This, as a matter of course,
gave grounds to the suspicion that all was not
as il should be. ...-.H-


The company was informed, shortly alter
this Report, that the Captain had organized
and was drilling zouave Corps, Geo caIled).
At a meeting of the Light Guard, he was Sc.
verely 4censured for this conduct, as it had
been kept an entire secret from themembers,
with three or four exceptions, whom he could
rely upon to do his undetermined work, and
who proved themselves to be such by readi-
ly accepting his unmanly proposition.


While protesting friendship for the corps,
and pretending to be planning for their fu-
ture..success, he was secretly plotting to flch
from them the property they had labored
long and zealousIy to accumulate, as was
evident by his conduct on Tuesday evening
last, when he and his tools stealthily entered
our armory between the hours Of II and 2
o'clock, ard carried away nearly all our
movable property, and seereted it in differ
ent parts of the town and country, and to
crown the infamous act, added insult to in
jury, by conniving at, or actually tying
Grape on the lock Of the armory door.


Byadvice Of our counsel the articles were
replevined, and while in the hands Of the
officer he expressed willingness to forfeit
all claims, provided he could be released
from the Indebtedness, which was acceded
to in the following manner. that the proper
ty should remain in the handsof a third par
ty until we could. have all claims against
him transferred to the corps, and that we
would secure the parties holding them by
chattel mortgage. He would not aceede to
this unless we would indemnify him from all
possible loss, by giving him bonds to the
amount of 81, 800. This ofeourse was refused,
as we could not, and do not believe that if our
money has been properly appropriated, we
can possibly have that amount Of indebted
ness. Our Financial Secretary, contrary to
the laws of the corps, having delivered the
books, papers, and accounts of the company
into his possession, we could not tell what
our Indebtedness really was.


BY advice of our counsel, we allowed the
property to pass back into his hands, with the
intention of seizing it as soon as it was out
of the constabIe's possession, havinga right,
of course, TO take our property wherever it
could be found, without committing trespass.
No disturbance was intended or created on
our part, nor was there any act commit
ted by any member of the corps, discredita-
Bile to any law abiding citizen. The proper
ty was taken by US and held until the Off
GERS interfered, and insisted that it had not
been properly delivered, when it was at
once surrendered, not wishing to resist Off
GERS in the discharge of their duty.
Year: 1860




The WIDE AWAkE PARADE THIS EVENING
This evening the Wide Awakesof Cleveland
Will have their last grand parade and rally.
Tomorrow morning they viii meet at the
polls and work all day. Tonight they wiz
meet and give promise Of the brilliant vic
tory in store for them, in the brilliancy Of
their torches. The order of procession and
line Of march ere given elsewhere. We
hope that each company viii appear in full
ranks let this last display be a creditable
one. It is hoped and expected that there
will be s general illumination along the line
Of march. -
The only fear viii be that the marching
will be kept up to 50 late an hour chat those
who participate in it viii be too weary TO
get up early tO-morroW morning to go to the
polls. Better eurtail your march Tonight,
gentlemen, than allow the enemy TO get
ahead of you at the polls.
Year: 1860

on a free people against their will and. in
defiance of the COustitutionR If sOI vote
the Republican ticket. Are you in favor
of the Union of the States, and willing to
abide by the will of ;he majority when
Constitutionally and Legally expressed,
and not in favor of dissOlving the Union,
if majority of the people Constitution
ally and legally elect TO the Presidency a
man not acceptable to the minority? If
so, vote the Republican ticket. Do you or
do You not desire to have restored TIE
African STARE trade with all it horrors? ? If
YOU do, vote with the Pro-SllYery De-
mocracy; but if you do not desire to le-
galize Piracy, and would not cover with
merited inflmy the American name, then
vote in November next the Republican
ticket.


All that is necessary is, that the Re-
publican National Convention called TO as
semble at Chicago, should be true TO itself
and nominate for their candidate a man
who truly represents their principles
Then and then only will success be cer-
tain; and then within six months after the
Inauguration of Republican President,
slavery agitation will forever cease, and
the cry ofdisunion be heard no more
Then would the people of the South be-
come satisfied that the Republican party is
the only Constitutional party ofthe cOun-
try, and that with a Republican President,
all the constitutional rights of the South
in regard to slavery will be secured not on
ly against invasion, but against that agita-
tion which the Democracy now so incess-
autly and noiselessly and cuasclessly create
for the most selfish and base OF political
purposes.
Year: 1860




The sun was created with me, with you;
and by and by, when we had got over the
morning of infancy, We sat on wall, in a
field, on a hill, at our own little bedroom
window, and our childish eyes being by
that time opened, we saw the sun go down
for the first time. Nor are these pleasures
aud advantages confined to the external
world, to the sensations it inspires, or the
influence it exerts upon us. No human
passion, no emotion, the fiercest or the
tenderest, comes to us at secondhand
The experience and observation of q thou
sand years, all the metaphysical and poet
ical, and dramatic books that ever were
written, cannot add jot to the duration or
intensity of any emotion of ours. They
may exercise it, but they cannot form it,
nor instruct it; nor, were they fifty times
as many and as profound, could they
drawf it. 1t lies in cur hearts in original
creation, complete, alone; like my life and
yours CornkiH Magazine.
Year: 1860

TURNING AROUND. Wilson wrote


S letter to the John Brown celebration, which


from force OF circumstances could not come
off in Boston, in which he sali
While accord to John Brown sincerity OF
motive, unseltish devotion, and UNSURPASSED
courage, l deplore and condemn his armed in
vasion of Virginia. Were it in my power to
90 SO, would not consent TO attend your


meeting, for cannot by an act of mine thus
associate in any degree the issues concerning


slavery with John Browns Law less descent


upon Harpers Ferry.
Year: 1860

Chapel Fair The ladies are anxious 10 sec
our citizens at Mechanics Institute Hall to-
night, where they are holding a Fair TO raise
only prepared a large number of useful and
ornamental articles, suited to the tastes OF al
but their refreshment tables are loaded with
every luxury that the markets can afford
Wlil not our readers pay them a visit this
evening
Year: 1860

Northern Paup1s.-Scarcely n vessel or rail-
road train coming from the North to this city,
at this time, that does not bring score or
more of paupers from the Yankee land, In
search of prison shelter for the winter. Our
Jail aud poor house are now filled with these
straggiers, and it is time that some steps we're
taken To prevent their arrival. VIII not the
pass an ordinance TO prevent this injustice Q
upon our community Is 1t not right aud
proper that commanders of vessels who bring
these outcasts here should be held RESPONSE
BILE for their main tenance, and bs made TO foot
the bill? The South can and will provide for
her own poor. Let the North take care OF
hers
Year: 1860

A NEW CIRCUS ATTRACTIoN.-A well.
known equestrian is now on d farm in Kan.
sasengaged in training number of buffaloes tc
the ring, intending TO ride an act of horse.
manship (O upon one of them. He has ten OF
them in hand, which he intends driving tan
dem before music wagon in procession. II ie
probable that he will far accomplish his
purpose as to join some comp pany next spring
a tandem team of buffaloes in proce ssion
driven by one person, will indeed be a curl.
OsIty,
Year: 1860

A LAw.0sEYINa PsopLE.-It is said that
out of German population Of fifty thousand
in tho State Of Wisconsin, there is not sim
gle individual from the Faderland confined In
the Psnitentiary Of the State.
Year: 1860

NARROW ESCAPE OF A VsNITrAN PRIEST.
Just as the Patriarch of Venice had finished
his sermon on Christmas dsy, q large stone
fell from the roof of st. Marks on to the stairs
leading to the pulpit. The Cathedral was
crowded, but fortunately no one ww injured,
o. the people had left an open space round the
pulpit, in order that they might be able to see
o. well % to hear tho preacher.
Year: 1860

APPROPRIATE TOYS FOE SLAVE SrATH GILL
DREN.-Little wooden John Browns hanging
upon the gallows, with crank attached, by
which the legs and arms may be made to jerk
and dangle in Q beautifully suggestive manner.