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Year: 1860

house, an unprotected orphan" answered
Joseph.


"Where did you go TO school y


+" Sir, my mother has been a widow
ever since can remember. She was th,
daughter of village school master, ant
having to maintain me and herself will
her needle, she took the opportunity o.
her leisure hours to teach me not only tc
read and write, but to cast up accounts


"And did she give you that penny
which saw you unroll SO carefully at the
doors"


Joseph stood amazed, but at length re-
piled, with great emotion, and tear stood
in his eye: Eyes, sir, it was the very
last penny she gave me-"


swell Joseph, so satisfied am l of your
conduct, that not only do pay you a
months wages willingly for the time you
have been here, but | must beg of you to
fulfill the duties of collecting clerk for
our firm, which has become vacant by the
death of very old and faithful assistant.
Joseph thanked me in the most unas-
suming manner, and | was asked to take
care of his money, since had promised to
provide him with suitable clothing for his
new occupation.


1t will be necessary to relate how step
by step this poor country lad proceeded
TO win the confidence of myself and part
ner. The accounts were always correct
to a penny; and when his salary became
due, he drew out of my hands no more
than he absolutely needed even 10 a pen
ny. AT length he had saved sufficient
sum of money to be deposited in the
bank.


1t so happened that one of our custom
ers, who carried on successful business,
wanted an active partner. This person
was of eccentric habits and considerably
advanced in years. Scrupulously just he
looked on every penny, and invariably dis
charged his workmen, if they were not
equally scrupulous in their dealings with
him.


Aware Of this popularity of temper,
there was no person / could recommend
but Joseph, and after overcoming the re-
pugnance of my partner, who was un-
willing to be deprived of SO valuable an
assistant, Joseph was duly received into
the firm of Richard Fair, Brother & Co.
Prosperity attended Joseph in his new
undertaking, and never suffering a pennys
difference to appear in his transactions, he
so completely won the confidence of his
senior partner, that he left him the whole
Of his businoss---as he expressed it in his
will, "even to the last penny"
Year: 1860

leaving it with the Legislature in framing revenue
law to discriminate only in favor of the native
products of the State and the industrial pursuits of
the citizens" This is precisely the position of Mr.
Pool the position which he has taken in the East,
and the position which he will maintain in the West
With Mr. Pool, ad valorem is precisely the same
thing in the East it is in the West"
Year: 1860

We regret to learn that on Easter Sunday, the
dwelling house of Mr. Pettegrew, situated on Lake
Skoupernong, in Tyrrell county, entirely con-
sumed by fire. The family at dinner at the
time The roof caught from sparks of SCOT from
the chimney, and was not perceived until too late.
But little of the furniture was saved.
Year: 1860

There are a number of other articles of property
their value but the above will give a small view OF
the proposition now before tie people to adopt the
All viloreIn principle, by which all the above named
article are to be taxed. 1t also be remembered
that the census Ct $50 only gave slight estimate
Of the value OF number Of the goods in the
advanced for the past ten years, must have produced
an enormous increase both in value and quantity of
the goods 10 be brought under this unbcnding,
horizontal system of ad valorem; will therefore
not nut the increase at so large amount will
be extYayagant. but will simply estimate the in
crease at p per Considering that we have not
received half credit for the quantity Of cotton raised
~ Us annually from the fact that have been
enriciing Virginia and South Carolina with
products, and also looking to the fact, that the
when the census from which we take the above was
connie,I it is manifest that with the increased labor
which has been brought in demand both from man
and beast that calculation of 80 per cent. would
NOT over rate the value Of the above articles. But
placing it as we have said at % per cent, we stlll
ird the grand sum total to be 226, ,ozo,2l2, ana
this is outside of merchants stock in theEState,
liquors. or any other article which has not been
named.


Now, we ask how is it possible, as the advocates
Of I'D oaloren contend that slave property Will pay
as much other property how possible for 1t to do
Year: 1860

WHEN TO BEGIN. THAT you may
find success" said Rev. Charles Brooks,
in an address to boys: let me tel you
how to proceed; Tonight begin your
great plan of life to live. and it is i'm
measurably important that yon do not
make a mistake, Tonight begin care
fully Fix your eye on the fortieth year
of your age, and then say to yourself:
At the age of forty / will be temperate
man, an economical man, a benevolent
man, well read man, religions man..
and useful mani will be such man
i resolve, and viii stand to it. My
Young friends; let this resolution be firm
as adamant; let it stand like the oak,
which cannot be wind shaken"
Year: 1860

There is the greatest coward about
snakes mp in Calhoun county, says
Southern exchange, that lives in America.
He came from the East last spring, and
bought farm, and for the first six
months in the county he hardly slept two


hours night. He had fine patch Of
oats on his farm, but he was afraid to cra-
die it. One day he concluded he'd take
look to see If there were many snakes
in the patch; so he got his old horse, and
after leading him through the gap, and
laying up the fence to keep the hogs out,
he took an old scythe sneathe in his hand
to fight with in case of an attack mount
ell the horse, and struck ont into the oats
holding up both legs as high as possible.
he hadn't gone far when he saw a whal-
ing big snake slipping along the oats after
him. Away he went, around and around
the patch, and away went the snake, right
along with him: sometimes on one side
and sometimes on the other, sometimes
behind and sometimes before. He could
not get ont of the lot because the fence
was up, and as the snake kept constantly
with him, there was no chance but to
leave the old horse, and try to keep out
of its way He went it that way till ev-
cry stalk OF his oats was tramped down,
and until the horse was Just about dead,
when he discovered that he'd been run
ming from the shadow ofhis scythe sneaths.
Year: 1860

One practical hint NAV not be out of place
here. 1t seems to be sometimes forgotten by
those who must know the fact that the
tongue is very different, ana;omically and
physiologically from the stomach. Its con-
dition does not in the least imply that of the
stomach, which is of a very different struc-
ture, covered with different kind of epithe.
lium, ard furnished with entirely different
secretions. a silversmith will for a dollar.
make small hoe of solid silver which will
last for centuries. and will give a patient
more comfort used for the removal of the &C
cumulated epithelium and fungous growths
which constitute the fur" than many a pre-
scription with split-footed X before it, ad-
dressed to the parts out of reach. | think
more of this little implement because | con-
sider that the use of it, or something like it.
saved the colony at Plymouth in the year
1923. Edward Winslow heard that Massa-
soft was sick and like to die. He found him
with house full of people about him, women
rubbing his arms and legs, and friends ina
king such hellish noise," as they probably
thought would scare away the devil of sick
ness. A case of typhoid fever, clearly, with
prostratlon, stupor. epistaxis and frightful
sordes. Winslow gave him some conserve,
washed his mouth, scraped his tongue, which
was in horrid state, got down some drink.
made him some broth, dosed him with an
infusion of strawberry leaves and sassafras
root and had the satisfaction of seeing him
rapidly recover. Massasoit, full of gratitude
revealed the plot which had been formed to
destroy the colonists, whereupon the govern
or ordered Capt. Miles Standish to see to
them who thereupon as everybody remem-
bers, stabbed Pecksuot with his own knife,
broke up the plot, saved the colony and thus
rendered Massachusetts and the Massachu-
setts Medical Society a possibility. as they
now are fact before US. So much for this
parenthesis of the tongue scraper, which saw
ed the young colony from a much more seri-
GUS scrape, and may save the Union yet, if a
Presidential cSadidate should happen to be
taken sick as Massasoit was, and his tongue
wanted cleaning-which process would not
hurt good many politicians, with or with
out typhoid fever.-Dr. Holmes
Year: 1860

fate. But after day or two his case was
talked over between his master and himself
and when we state the result, We afford proof
of Jim's eloquerce and the generosity and
nobleness of the masters heart. Jim's free
papers were made out, his stock of money
was considerably increased, ticket to Cliff.
ton was put into his hand ,and walking proud.
ly by the side of his late master, now protec.
tor and friend the two crossed the Mississippi
into Illinois. Here seating him in the Nor
thern train the master, with tears flowing
down his cheeks and warm pressure of the
hand, bade Jim goodbye and invoked for
him Gods blessing to speed him on his
way.


On Wednesday evening, Jim made his ap-
pearance suddenly and without warning at
Clifton, whence he had been carried off. He
was waving his free paper over his head. A
little crowd collected around him, and he re-
lated his adventures and the kindness of the
master. A gentleman harnessed horse to
take him to the farm where he had been en-
ployed, and another, with rare consideration,
rode off to warn Jim's wife of his return and
coming. 'Niggers have no feeling. 1t don't
hurt them to have their domestic life made
the plaything of white mems cupidity and


ust,' say the man-selers. The strong wo-
mans cry of JOY as she clasped her husband
in her arms her devout thanksgiving to
God that her life was not left all dark her
breaking down under the food of emotion
which the glad event aroused her sobs and
plants, interrupted only by united prayers
to the Father of black and white alike that
deep feeling that Jim displayed that delic-
ious joy ennobled by the new consciousness
of freedom and security in the possession of
wife and home-these, leaving not a dry
eye in that little crowd of lookers-on, dis
prove the SANDER. And to-day the relation
of that scene at that meeting, even in Cliff
ton, where it is thrice-told tale, brings tears
from eyes that are unused to weep.


The ladies of Clifton. moved by the rare
generosity Of Aime Pernard, united in let
ter thanking him in warm terms for what he
had done, and inviting him to pay them a
visit at his earliest convenience, that they
might in person point out to him the eviden-
ces of the good he had done. Mr.. Pernard
replied that since he had lived in Missouri,
he had held family of negroes. who had
worked with him, side by side, and had
shared with him the benefits and profits OF
their labor. He mad never sold slave, but
he had manumitted several. James ran away
from him, but he had never taken any meas
ures to reclaim him. Mr.. Pernard also said
that being convinced that James was better
off and more contented at his present home
at Clifton, he would have his emancipation
papers made out, and would bring them to
Clifton himself
Year: 1860

A late number of the London Quarterly
Review contains historical sketch of the re-
markable revival in Sweden, brief notices Of
which from time to time have been given,
and from which We compile the following
paragraphs


Scarce any means have been employed be-
sides the circulation of tracts and the reading
Year: 1860

plaster of a Mississippi rail road bank
That was taking the rag from the Bus h.


In New York city, the common bats fly
on ly at twilight, but brick-bats fly at all
hours.


There was lively sensation in the probate
court at Cincinnati, a few days since, when
a New Orleans mercha Mt led in a beautiful
mulatto girl; nearly white, and had free
papers made out for her She was yer
brilliant and elegantly dressed, and it was
almost impossible to conceive of her as a
slave.


NJ Army of Kansas states that if he had
not been stopped by the Senate committee,
he should have testified that John Brown
was twenty-five miles from Pottawatomie
when the Doyles were killed He says
Brown told him he was not of the party,
though he considered it a righteous deed
One Of the party also told him Brown was
not there, but was campei on Middle Greek
Another witness says he saw Brown the next
morning, 50 far from Pottawatomie that it
was impossible for him to have been party
to the killing
Year: 1860

Mr. SHERxAN.-The Tribune makes the
following Just comments upon the course OF
the Republicans, and the magnanimous be
havlour of Mr.. Sherman


"Some of the hypercritics are trying to
draw consolation from the fact that the Re
publicals declared their determination to
stick to Sherman for speaker. Such was
their purpose, and they executed 1t right
manfully, in spite of all attempts to drive
them from their position They never finch
ed nor faltered, nor broke their ranks The
Republicans voted for him in solid phala nx
until he himself rose in his place and with
drew his name as a candidate. This he did
in view of the fact that by the capitul ton
of the Democrats and Disunionists to the
South Americans, he had ceased to have a
plurality of the votes cast. At this point, for
the Republicans to insist on the use Of his
name any longer, was to court defeat. As
this was not their object, but success rather,
they adopted the only course left open to de-
feat their adversaries. 1t is no wonder those
adversaries lament the change and complain
of it. These complaints are very natural,
but if they can derive consolation from the
event in question, all we can say is, they are
satisfied with a homeopathic dose OF that
blessing.
Year: 1860

The verdict of the Coroner's Jury on the


Pemberton Mill disaster in Lawrence, Mass,


was rendered on the % inst. The substance


was to this effect-that the foundation walls


were in all respects sufficient, that the bricks,
mortar and timber were of suitable quality,
and fairly and properly put together; that
the walls were unusually thin for structure
OF such a size and to be used for such pur-
poses, and the distances between the support.
under the floor timbers greater than in other
mills; yet that there was no evidence that
the mill was unsafe for those reasons; that
the real defect was in the iron columns sup
porting the floors of the several stories, and
in the iron pintles which connected together
the columns standing over each other-that
these iron columns were outrageOusly defect
i've, some of them (alI being hollow having
a thickness of not more than one-eighth of
an inch one side, and of poor material-that
no proper care had been taken by the founder
to insure that the core of the casting should
be in the centre, and that they were used
without any proper inspection of them, to
make sure of their sOundness and strength
that the pintles were quite insufficient TO the
purpose they were put to. The direct cause
of the fall of the building the jury therefore
attribute d" to the weakness and insufhcieney
of the cast-iron snoring v; and the thinness
Of the xUalls arH tho dISfapaa hafxuaaYo n
supports were additional causes and aided in
the general demolition. The actual faulti-
ness of the iron pillars they impute to Albert
Fuller, the contracting agent and foreman
of the Eagle Foundry, at West Boston, at the
time they were cast, and that upon Charles
l.. Bigelow, the Architect and Superintend-
ent of the construction of the mill, who plan
ned and approved the work, and failed to ex-
ercise due care and caution in inspecting the
pillars, &c, must rest the responsibility
for the direful catastrophe which involved the
death of so many persons. As to the fire,
originating after the mill had fallen. the jury
find that 1t was caused by the accidental
breaking of lantern in the hands of some
person to them unknown, at the time actually
engaged in aiding, assisting and rescuing
sufferers then alive and beneath the flooring
of the mill


Captain Bigelow has published a card, in
which he says the Coroner's jury do him an
injustice-that the mill was deemed an un-
commonly well-built one by all who knew it;
that the steadiness of its running was very
remarkable that the contract for the iron
columns did not come within his part of the
business they were calculated to bear ten
times the weight laid on them, and he made
all the inspection of them which was Gus
tOmary or would have been thought necessary
by any body if the accident had not taken
place; he sees 10 justice in making him bear
the carelessness or fraud of another party.
Year: 1860

OF Its waning power, raises the startling cry


OF dlsuniOn To its aban comment of the SEN


timents, opinions and policy Of the Republi-


can fathers to its betrayal of the rights and


interests of free labor and the cause Of human


rights at home and abroad, is now added


dlsloyalty to the integrity of the Union Let


the intelligent patriotism of the nation re-


buke this mad exhibition of folly and fanati-
cism which would shiver this Union into


broken fragments, and let it proclaim, in the


words of Andrew Jackson The Union


must and shall be preserved" "


Considerable has been said by few papers


in favor of having the day already assigned


for the meeting of the National Republican


Convention at Chicago, June 18th, changed


for an earlier one. From what was SAID to


the n Y State Committee on the 3lst by


Gov. Morgan of New York, Chairman of the
National Republican Committee, there
seems to be no probability of any alteration
in the day already designated. Indeed, af-
ter the day was once set there ought to be
very strong reasons indeed assigned to justi-
fy change We have seen none such Of
fered.


Gov. Morgan said that the time was fixed
by the National Committee after a lengthy
discussion, and at that time all were satisfied
with it, He had since received numerous
letters urging that the day should be changed
to an earlier period, and during last week he
wrote to all the members of the National
Committee, stating the fact of his receiving
a large number Of letters, and asking the
several members whether it was their wish
to change it to some earlier day. He had
thus far only received seven replies, there
fore not enough to form any opinion az to
the wish of the entire Committee Those
that he had received We're nearly all against
changing the time. The member from New
Jersey and one other We're ali that desired a
change He had also Just received a dispatch
from Augusta, Ne, dated Jan. 3, stating
that toe State Central Committee had been
in session there this morning, and Unani- |
mously decided against any change in the !
day of holding the Chicago Convention 1t /
was his opinion that there would be no |
change.


We understand our Republican State Com
mittee is to have a meeting here next week |
to consider the several questions which nat /
uraly arise about conventions in this State
for the election Of delegates to the National /
for the nomination Of State Of |
fcers, &c We have no knowledge whatever
Of the opinions Of the members Of that Com
nittee on any of the subjects alluded to and
we have only TO say that we hope they will
act considerably and dIscreetly There is
no call to make any special changes in this
State from the usual time Of year for holding
political conventions nor for preciPitancy /
in electing delegates, either in the Districts or .
for the State at large but there are very .
plain reasons why such elections should be
delayed to a reasonably near time to the as
embling Of the National Convention. The
lext three months Will 20 u great way to-
wards settling the popular mind as to who
should receive the votes Of Vermont in that
Convention Let there be no hurry, say we.
Year: 1860

Tn METEOR IN AUGUsT. recent meet
ing Of the Boston Society of Natural History
a discussion took place in regard to the me-
teor of last August. 1t was stated that the
noise Of the explosion was heard over an area
of 600 square miles. \ single fragment
only of the meteor is known positively to
have fallen. and that was in Bethlehem,
about ten miles west Of Albany.-The piece,
picked up soon after it fell, was quite warm,
AND bad a considerable sulphurous odor. 1t
Nas irre-ularly shaped, and about the size of
"a pigeon egg. Nearly three-iourths of its
surfacewas covered with a black non-lustrous.
evidently fused crust;the remainder presented
the appearance of a fresh fracture OF light
gray color. and granular, semi-crystaline
texture. It was apparently silicious and not
metallic. The specimen was bought by the
Reeent- of the State University OF New York,
and Is deposited in the State Cabinet at Al
bany.-Troy Wing
Year: 1860

BUFFALO, FEBRUARY 2d.-The people a
gainst John Morris9y y.-Indictment for set
ting on foot a prize fight and for leaving the
State to witness prize fight.


The prisoner appeared and plead not gull
ty to the first charge and guilty to the
second The plea was accepted and SEN
tence suspended.
Year: 1860

FRANK PIERcE.-A wonderful secret is 90
ing round the papers of late. r,-. that there
is an underground movement at work to pro
cure the nomination of Ex President Pierce
at the Charleston Convention, bringing him
forward as compromise candidate after the
the contending factions OF the Democracy
shall have exhaused themselves on other can
ddates. To this end. as the story goes, all
his old cabinet are now busily working
Quite likely Frank Pierce may think the
horse on which he rode into a nomination in
1852 may do for another heat. If he does,
he will find himself mistaken when the time
comes. The democracy know him to be
pot Of efete "emptyings'' good for nothing
to make a raise on.
Year: 1860

WASHINGTON, Dec. II, 1860.


MY LORD have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt OF your note of the Sth inst, in
which you have conveyed to this government
the expression Of her Britannia Maiesly's
thanks for the cordial reception given TO his
Royal HighRess the Prince of Wales during
his late visit to this country, by the President
and by all classes of the citizens, and of her
MaJes tvs wish that her grateful sense Of the
courtesies extended TO her son may be made
known generally to the citizens of the United
States.


/ am instructed by the President to express
the qualification with which he has learned
how correctly her Majesty has appreciated the
spirit IN which his Royal Highness was re-
ceived throughout the repu bllc and the cor
dial manifestation of that spirit by the people
of the United 5 tatss which accompanied him
in every step of his progress.


Her Majesty has justly recognized that the
visit OF her son aroused the kind and generous
sympathles OF our citizens, and, if l may SO
speak, has created an almost personal in terest
In the fortunes OF the royalty which he so we'll
represents. The President trusts that this
sympathy and interest towards the future
representative of the sovereignty OF Great
Britain, is at once an evidence and guaran-
tee or that Consciousness of common IN tere5t
and mutual regard which have in the past,
and will in the future, bind together more
strongly than treaties the feeling and the for
tunes of the two nations which represent the
enterprise the civilization, the constitutional
liberty of the same great race.


/ have also been instructed to make this cor.
respondence public, that the citizens of the
United States may have the satisfactio of
knowing how strongly and properly her Ma
jesty has appreciated the cordial warmth of
their welcome 10 his Royal Highness.


/ have the honor TO be, my Lord with high
consideration, your L0rdship's obedlent SER
want. WILLIAM HENRY TREsOoTT,


Assistant Secretary,