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Year: 1859




Mr.. Sdell has submitted to the Senate report
from the committee foreign relations in which it
is proposed to place thirty millions of dollars in the
hands of the President to be used in acquiring Cuba
from Spain; and our representative, Mr.. Branch
has submitted a similar report to the House from
the foreign relations committee of that body.


We have read Mr.. Side's report, but have not
yet had the pleasure of seeing Mr.. Branchs report


We are bound to believe that the condition of af-
fairs between this country and Spain and inciden-
tally between this country and France and Great
Britain is Of such character to justify this ap
preparation. We outsiders can of course know but
little as to the condition of things and must there
fore, conde largely this subject in the President
and his friends ON these committees of the two
Houses. Still, the amount asked for is not large
enough to justify the expectation that the purchase
can be made just now; indeed, it may be wanted as
an assurance from Congress that this government is
in earnest in its wish to acquire Cuba, and it may
be used to pave the way for permanent and final
bargain for the island.


Various modes have been suggested for obtaining
Cuba, but we confess that We can see none that do
not tend either directly or remotely to war. In
or two events only would this government be justi-
fled in going to war for Cuba and that would be a
change in the government of the island, with the
view of giving the control or protection of it to
France or Great Britain; an attempt by Spain to
abolish slavery there, and thus Atricanize the pop
ulation Nevertheless the government of the Uni
ted States has long list of unpaid claims and
dressed grievances the part Of its citizens to urge
upon Spain. They hare been urged until all rea-
sonable patience has been exhausted Spain appears
to be determined to refuse justice to citizens and
to our government and if after exhausting all 9TH
honorable means to obtain justice this government
should resort to for redress and to vindicate
its character the acquisition Of the island aoould
olow as an isecitable consequence. War with Spain
for any cause, therefore, and at any tme would be
a war for Cuba,-at any rate, the island would be
ours, no matter what France or England might
threaten or do. E.-.. .s..s.-


We are for Cuba. We are for it on honorable
terms; and if it cannot be obtained on honorable
terms, we are against it. That it will be ours at
some future period is certain that the will
rise tomorrow and being thus assured of ultimate
ly obtaining it. we can afford 70 be patient and to
adopt no means for securing the prize not strictly
Just and honorable. .,..-...
Year: 1859

~ j. Parker Jordan Esq, by request Of the
ladies of the Mount Vernon Association will deliver
an address in the town Of Herford the night of the
25th Febuary-the proceeds to be applied to the
purchase of the home and grave Of WAsHINeToS.-
As the Democratic Pioneer says


Mr.. Jordan is popular speaker, and will no
doubt sustain his reputation in the effort which he
contemplates. The occasion is to call forth all
his powers there is scope for the indulgence of his
vivid imagination, and his audience will doubtless be
permitted to gaze upon picture of the tolls, suffer
ings, and hardships Of the ilustrious Father Of
his Country that will tell upon their patriotism
and stir their gratitude" 80
Year: 1859

w We call attention to the change in the ad-
vertisement of the sale of Gen. Hawkins lands
These lands to be sold at Warrenton, instead Of
at the former residence Of the deceased. Only the
place of sale is alteredthe time is as formerly ad
it vertised. ttr
Year: 1859

DEEP RIVER CoAL.-We are under obligations to
Mr.. Cassidey, President of the Cape Fear and Deep
River Navigation Company, for barrel of the Deep
River coal recently landedat Wilmington This coal
is btuminous, readily ignites, and burns with clear
bright fame, throwing out much heat One square
yard of it will weigh ton.


Persons who have not seen this coal are invited to
call at the Standard Office and examine it and sec it
burning.
Year: 1859

schedules in the present bill. This would be short,
and would be more readily understood when unell-
numbered with the machinery of the BILL


To this tax bill might very properly be added an
appropriation bill, setting forth all the payments
the treasurer shall make in the next two years.
This would greatly simplify and systematic our f.
nancal department.


AS to the difference between the committee of
finance and the governor and treasurer that exists
in the imagination of the gentleman from Camden
only and not in reality. When the treasurer says
that it would not be safe to provide for less than
$4,000 annual increase of receipts, he speaks only
of the amount required by himself to meet the de-
mands upon the treasury. In two parts Of his re-
port he speaks of the sinking fund, and aludes to
the propriety of increasing that, as should be ad
vised by the commissioners of that fund. These
commissioners have made their report and urge the
necessity of raising the sum of one hundred thou
sand dollars from taxes in addition to the other
ceipts set apart for that fund. As explained in a
report of the committee on finance, handed in some
days ago, the committee had the $lOO OOU asked for
by the commissioners Of the sinking fund, and the
additional $4,000 required by the treasurer before
them when they were making their calculations,
and Mr. F. referred the House to that report for the
calculations.


Mr.. F. further remarked, that the gentleman from
Camden need not be alarmed that we would raise
too much money by this bill. Experience has
shown us that from some cause our disbursements
have for years been exceeding the amount provided
for. In the Bank of Cape Fear debt of $l5O, ,0OC
has been run up, and is now treated as funded
debt; the income Of the literary fund had been con
vertcd to uses of the general fund until we there
have upwards of $4,000 which is considered as
funded and strange it may appear, the treasurer
has been compelled to the money of the literary
fund another $50, 900 which now stands as an open
s6'VsRs sspinst ~ ptabl6 hsasag0t ID ~ bSs1sl
Year: 1859

CR1rTENDES ON TIE REPUBLICAN NoMINA.
T1oN.-There is more practical sense in the
following brief remark of Mr.. Crittenden than
in all the thousand columns of editorial that
we have seen indited upon the subject to
which it relates. The Washington CORES
pondent of tho Ohio State Journal says:


Some sycophant within our ranks proposed
to Crittcnden the idea that the Republicans
should take him up and make him their can
didate He replied: 81 could not carry a
single Southern State as your candidate, and
how many could you carry North with me for
your candidate? The party would sink me
in slave State, and would sink the party
in the free States. No, Sir! 1t is not your
policy to take up Southern slaveholderP'
Year: 1859

NUNS THE WoRD.-Tt is semi-offi cially
stated that Douglas is to be taken back to the
bosom Of the Democracy, on the basis of
Senator Green's proposition to drop all dis
cussion upon Intervention and non-interven-
ton, as non-essential, and the withdrawal of
all opposition to the admission of Kansas,
whether as free or slave State, in the next
Congress. These bases of accommodation
arc accepted by the Administration, and the
breach between the factions of tho Democracy
is regarded as healed
Year: 1859

A PAINFUL ScENE.-Mr. Pennebaker, one
of the persons rescued from the St. Nicholas.
in making statement, draws the following
painful scene:


II then got down on my knees and crawl
ed through the wreck about distance of
twhnty feet, where l found the Captain
with both legs fast under a portion of the
roof about thirty feet wide, that had fallen
on him; he asked me to pull him out; |
struggled to release him but could not. Mr..
Reed and one of the strikers came to my
assistance we tried our united strength
but could do nothing, the fire got so hot
that the pilot, Mr.. Reed, was forced to leave
to prevent being burned to death he climb
ed over the roof and escaped. The striker
and l remained, and after repeated attempts
got one of the Captains legs entirely clear,
and the other one free with the exception
of the ankle. He conversed with US all
the time, and asked us not to leave him.
Finding that we could not otherwise release
him, he impored US to cut his leg off. We
would have proceeded to such an extremity
to save his life, but could find nothing to do
it with. We told him we could stay no
longer; he remarked, well | must burn up
them The flames advancing drove us
away. l heard him give three heart
rending scre ans, and all was over.
Year: 1859

No HoPR FOR PRINTERS. - When Dr.
Franklin's mother-in-law first discovered
thas the young nan had hankering after
her daughter, that good old lady said she
did no. know about giving her daughter to
a printer; there were already two printing
offices in the United States, and she wasn't
sure the country would support them. 1t
was plain young Franklin would depend
for his support on the profits of third, and
this was rather of doubtful chance. Il
objection was urged to would be-son-in
law when there were but two printing Off
c.s in the United Stat s, how can a printer
hope to get wife now, when the present
census shows tie number to be 5,067.
Year: 1859

wWiliam Smith o. Brien, in speech to
a number of his countrymen who gave him a
public welcome in Detroit, told them, among
other things, that


''IIc found that all the hard work was done
by the Irish, and in the South, where he
thought he should find but few Of his coun-
trymen as laborers the climate was so
warm-there were great many; but it gave
him pain that all over the country he found
many of the Irish, who earn from one dollar
and half to two dollars per day, who spent
it all for whisky, and intimated that such of
them would be better off in their native land,
earning shilling per day, and where the
whisky is better"
Year: 1859

DIVISION OF CALIFoRNIA.-A project has
for a long while been on foot for the division
of California, so as to make a slave State out
of the newly erected portion. The overland
mail which arrived at St. Louis on the 7th
inst, brought the intelligence that bill had
passed both houses of the California Legis-
lature, forming the six lower counties of the
State into new Territory, and had been
submitted to the Governor for his approval.
If two pro-slavery Senators can only be
worked into Congress from the new Territory,
it Will be of very little consequence how
insignificant 1t may be in size or population.
Year: 1859

MULTIPLICATION IN ADvANCE.-In a recent
speech made by John Letcher, the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Virginia, he made
use of the following language:


"Should it be the pleasure of the people of
this State to elevate me to the office of Gov
ernor-of which there is not the slightest
doubt--if at any time collision should arise
between the Federal and State authorities,
growing out of any question of vital import
ance to us, or any disposition on the part of
the Government to interfere with the institu-
ton of slavery, or to trample upon the rights
and honor of the State of Virginia, and the
Federal authorities should resort to force,
should be prepared, with the aid of the people,
to resist to the very last any attempt of Fed.
eral troops to cross the borders of our State" :"


IfaNorthern candidate for Governor should
proclaim such doctrines, the nearest United
States Marshal would dream nightly until the
election of seeing Gubernatorial rebel dang
ling high in air, and himself the executioner.
And he would do what he could to give reality
to his visions.
Year: 1859

SINGULAR CASE IN THE SEVENTEENTH WARD
"A DYING MAN BRoUGIr BACK TO LIFE.-
One of those singular occurrences which
sometimes harpen apparently tor no other
purpose than to show how much persons are
the sport of circumstance took place some
time ago in the Sew, n eenth Ward. a man
who had b Ell suffering for number Of
weeks from violent illness, anal whoso dis
solution was mo.nentar'ly expected, was
terminated to such an extent that he recov
cred merely by a shrek on the part of his
wife. His eyes had become CLASSY and fix
ed, his jaw had fallen, the extIemilies had
become cold, and the pulse had ceased to
beat, when Just at the moment that peculiar
unearthly rattle was heard in the throat,
which is the signal of The departure of the
soul from the body, his wife gave a heart
piercing scream, called his name aud fain
ting into the arms OF her friends. The dy-
ing man turned his head d said, "Oh,
Jane, why did you not let me die 20 From
that moment he became better, and is now in
excellent health. Such accidents as these
only show what slender thread that mys-
terious something hangs which we call life
A wound fsom the point of pin may cause
death, and, as we have seen, the utterance
of single word may save life. Truly, our
philosophy does not even dream Of all that
is.- Cincinnati Press.
Year: 1859

tells story OF Democratic harmony tina t
will bear telling again. It tsays Democrat
of Litchfell county, Conn, stole skunk
skin from fellow Democrat, and on accoun t
of the approaching election his Democratic
friends on the grand jury reused to indict
him, fearing to lose his vote This favorit-
ism made the loser of the Democratic skin
mad, and he and five of his friends voted
tho Republican ticket. The Republicans
carried the county by three votes only, cleo
ting three members of the Legislature there
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Year: 1859

there is an institution in the West where
students can obtain more thorough and
complete knowledge of the science and
practice of bookkeeping than under Mr..
Behm's tuition. He is thorough and exact
in his mode of teaching-he embraces a
more varied system of accounts than is usu-
ally taught-and he is constant and labo-
rious in his devotion to his school. He has
built up an Institution in which the city
should take pride. 1t is worthy and ex-
cellent appendage to our superior Public
School system.
Year: 1859

SpIRITED LADY SHoEMAKERs.--The lady
in Philadelphia met in conven-
tion lately and adopted the following pun
gent resolution, among others; "That We
recommend the unmarried men Of the trade
to accept the invitation the God of Nature
gives them to seek employment in the invig-
Grating and health giving atmosphere of the
country, thereby giving those who have to
stay IN "A crowded city by necessity, the abil-
ny to maintain intact the bill Of wages


lhdntie papet
Year: 1859

The MAN WITHOUT A BREAST BoNE-Prof


Groux delivered lecture, recently, in New


York, says an exchange Some seventy per


sons We're present, ab Ut one-fourth of them


ladies. The Professor was supplied with
stethoscopes, galvanic apparatus, champagne


baskets etc, to oillustrate his subject After
telling the Offices Of the organ Of pulsation,


he proceeded to dissect sundry animals of the
lower order Of creation 10y way of cxem


pIiication. Presently opeI ing one Of the
champagne baskets he produced mature
pullet, and began, without any delay, to re-
move the feathers from the lower portion of
her person. She caczlcd vehemently at this
rddcness but to no purpose. The disrobing
process completed, he turned her on her back


and with II scalpe removed the cuticle and
muscles of each lreast then cutting through
| the cartilage on each side of the s,eruum he


suddenly turned down the bone towards the
| head. BY this time Part,ett had made up


her mind to become peaceful victim to the


shrine of science.


! With a finger the lecturer tore away the
! liver and lungs and showed the heart pulsa-
ting away for dear life, At each throb the
tip of the arcx would c ntrtct about one
fourth the length, and at the same moment
the circumference would expand The Pro-
lessor then cut the organ ana Iald 1t on a
plate, where it continued its contractions for
some time The same experiment was repeat
ed at the close of the lecture. 1t is probable
the wounds inflicted on most animals are less
painful than similar injuries upon the human
subject would; yet vivisecton, though backed
by the authority and example Of Magendre,
will torture Il spectator of sensitive temper
ament almost as severely as the animal un-
dergoing the process.


The heart of the chicken, so precisely sim
liar in its nature, character and phenomena
to the human organ, having forgotten to beat,
the Professor next called attention to himself
by the different apparatus he had brought
to the hall he showed the pulsation and its
peculiar phenomena and then laying off his
coat and vest, and opening wide the Trailer
envclop beneath he displayed his chest, mi
nus breat-bone. The play of the heart
and lungs was distinctly seen to considera-
bic distance lie illustrated further the phe
nomena, suspending the pulsaton at the
wrist by voluntary effort, to the satisfaction
of all theaud cnce, many Of whom remained |
after the close to interrog ,te him about what !
they had witnessed Only a vivisection of
the Professor himself was necessary to COM
plete Che effect of the lecture
Year: 1859

con. And curious inquiry in history vii


show the fact that those men were familiar


with hard trials, had known and were Injured


to hardships.


Six hundred years ago, near Wagram, was


fought a battle which overturned the Swabiar
dynasty. It was fought and won by one man
who made his ewn horse-shoes and shod his
own horse. This showed that the 'mudsills'
had done thing or two far back in the worlds
history. Here was the foundation of the great
house of Hapsburg, of which we have heard
SO much. Six hundred years afterward came
along poor lieutenant. the son of lawyer,
another mudsiIl, who had got up in the world,
and c7erturned this old dynasty. The express
sive lesson that Napoleon taught has not been
lost. He taught that man could take posses
sion of thrones and stand upon their shoulder
ing ruins, because educated in the sympathy,
experiences and feelings, that the people under
stand and appreciate. Thus it would be seen
that God honored the mudsills, whatever South
arn gentlemen and Southern chivalry might
In
Year: 1859

A Douglas organ, the New 7 ork Leader, re-
grets exceedingly that Judge Douglas should
have been tempted to give monopoly in the
publication of his present views on popular
sovereignty to magazine which the immense
majority of his Democratic friends are not in
the habit of reading, to magazine which they
regard with distrust." 1t regards the article
as ESSENTIALLY new political pronunciamento,
penned with a view to the next presidential
contest, and designed to help the prospects of
its author as a candidate for the highest office
in the gift of the people," Viewing it in this
light, it should have been laid before the en-
tire country through the medium of free publi-
cation. 1t expresses feeling of pain at find
ing the " little giant" lending his political
reputation as a means of forcing nauseous
and detested publication into further notoriety
and demand" and advises all democrats who
have not been in the habit of buying Harper'S
Magazine " to refrain from investing in the
present (September) number" 1t concludes
by saying


ave understand that in week or two-af
ter this article shall have gained all the notori-
ETY. it seeks-the copyright restriction will be
specially removed and all the papers of the
country, invited to copy, with due credit to
the courtesy of the publishers" This will
be adding insult to injury, and we call upon
all Democratic presses to discountenance the
plans of the harpy publishers by refusing to re-
produce the paper in question. For ourselves
we take total abstinence pledge against
Popular Sovereignty served up in any such
vessel we win neither touch it, taste it, nor
handle it; and to the best Of our ability we
will induce others to abstain. Sincerely friend
ly to Stephen A. Douglas, and willing to take
more than common risks in his behalf to do
more than common labor in his service, we de-
mand from him, in the name of our Democrat
ic readers, more consideration than he has
shown in this il-advised and injurious STEP
He is our friend and our first favorite, but he
must not try to rough-rde us with too heavy q
snaffle."
Year: 1859

The love of nature affords one of the purest
delights, and is implanted in every human
breast. Flowers, Of all created things, are the
most innocent and beautiful, and afford pleas
ure which has no taint. ~
Nature is most lavish in her gifts of beauty
and adornments, but in order to appreciate and
enjoy them, it is necessary to listen to her
voice and study her varied teaching in this
way, they will be found to incucate a tone OF
refinement, besides giving the most pleasant
and healthful employment to old and young,
and to the wealthy and poor alike.


Every man should adorn his home-the
dwelling of his wife and children-with attrac-
tive objects and with all of those various en-
beIlishments which will make it cheerful
What then, will tend more to this end than a
flower garden, even though quite small, filed
with beautiful flowers, imparting their fra
GRANGE, and cheering the mind of the beholder:
- If this be done, much has been accomplished
toward making home an abode of peace and
delight. Where flowers are planted the home
becomes tasteful residence, while its intrinsic
value is also greatly enhanced.


Cultivated taste gives beauty and value to
property, and the small cost of flower gar
den, SO Iar Irom pelhg useless EXPENSE as
some regard it, adds to the money value of the
premises. Horticultural pursuits on small
scale, are particularly adapted to ladies.


A natural foudness of flowers is an evidence
of refined mind and their cultivation tends te
create delicate taste. If lady therefore learns
to plant and rear these terder and attractive
objects, the pleasure thus derived will be found
to increase in proportion to the effort put forth
and will remain when Others have departed
Ne.0 York Mercury