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Year: 1860

THE GREAT PRIZE FIGHT.-The London
Times lii speaking of the late prize fight, says,
on the authority of the referee, that he CLOSED
the conflict only In com mpliance with the wishes
of the Americans. When the ring was broken
the referee was forced away, and was outside
the crowd round the com batants while the last
three or four rounds were fought. The friends
OF Heenan insisted on his return to stop the
fight, claiming in accordance with the rules OF
the ring, that when the Enclosure was broken
into the combat should cease. They therefore
made passage for him to return TO the men
and stop them, which he accordingly did in
spite of the wishes of Sayers' supporters who
were confident of his winning in Il fe ~ minutes
more. No other hostile meeting Will ever take
place between the two men, as the supporters
of each consider that the courage and endu-
rance Of both men have been sufficiently
proved, and they Will therefore consent 70 the
late contest being considered a drawn battle"


The Times, in leader on the great fight, re-
marks that nations without great qualities
could not have brought together two men will
ling to pass through such an ordeal as the ter.
rible fight of Tuesday. The London Star, in
its account of the combat, says that in the
thirteenth round Sayers was "giddy, unable
TO defend himself, and ought never to have
been brought up to be Knocked down again,
II adds:


This shocking struggle lasted from half past
seven until fourteen minutes TO ten. l ended
with the thirty fifth round, when Heenan got
his powerful arm around the neck of Savers
whose neck everybody expected would be
broken. The humanity Of the mob was arous-
ed at last. The ring was broken intO with
great violence, aud the fight put an end to in
fearful confusion. Two more rounds were
actually fought in the crowd; bnt as the uin-
pire was thrust out of authority, and the po.
lice made their way to the men, the fight WAS
terminated, and Is left undecided. We sho uld
not be surprised To hear if fatal conseQuen ceS
yet ensue.
Year: 1860

HORSE IN A POsT-O T-OFFICE.-Thursday
morning q horse attached to grocery wagon
distinguished himself in Lowell, Mass he
ran up the steps ard through the passage-way
III the Post-Oftice to the back part, breaking
out the lower sash of the window. Here a
thick wall brought him up No one was hurt,
but some thought ne was I special messenger
from Charleston
Year: 1860

A BEAUTIFUL ExrRACr-B eautiful is old
age, beautiful as the slow dropping mellow
autumn of rich glorious summer. In the
old man, nature has fulfilled her work she
loads him with the fruits Of a well-spent life
and surrounded by his children, she rocks him
away softly to the grave, to which be is :ol-
lowed by blessings God forbid we shonld
not call it beautiful There is another life
hard, rough and thcrny, tVOdden with bleed
ing feet END aching brow a battle which 70
peace follows this side Of the grave which
the grave gapes to furnish before the victory
is won and strange that it should-ths is
the highest life of man Look back along
the great names of history, there is none
whose life is ether than this Westminster
Reciew.
Year: 1860

The EMBLEM OF SCoTLAND.-The following
is related as the origin Of the use of the thistle
as the national emblem of Scotland When
the Danes invaded Scotland they availed them
selves of the pitch darkness of night to attack
the Scottish forces unawares. In approaching
them unobserEed, and marching barefooted to
prevent their tramp being heard, one of the
Danes trod upon a large prickly thistle, and
the sharp cry of pain which he instantly ut
tered suddenly opprized the Scots of their
danger, who Immediately ran to their arms and
defeated the foe with great slaughter. The
thistle was thenceforward adopted as the ma
tionai insignia of Scotland
Year: 1860

WHAT HAS He BEEN.-What is that to
you? 1t is Of 10 consequence if be has been
one of the most abandoned of men. He is
not so now We care not what evil man
has done provided he has heartily repented,
and now lives an upright, consistent life. lu-
stead of looking back dozen or twenty years
to know what person is you should inquire,
What is he now ? What is his present
character" If you find that bis reformation
is sincere, and that be laments his past errors,
take him cordially by the hand and bid him
God-speed in his noble purpose. We are no
friends to those who would take up past sins
and vices to condemn one who is resolved to
be upright and yirtuous. Many person is
driven back to the paths Of vice, who might
have become an ornament to society, but for
the disposition too common among men to
rake up and drag to the light long forgotten
inquiries We always admired the reply of
daughter to her father, who was asked re-
specting young man of her acquaintance
" Do you know where he come from -
No." replied the girl, =" l do not know where
be come from, but l know where he is going"
Year: 1860

BS We can well pity the "pheelnks of
the stranger who was sent up stairs in Wesr
tern hotel to sleep with back woodsman, who
gave him this welcome Wall, stranger,
Eve no objection to your sleeping with me-
none in the least bnt it seems to me the bed
is rather narrow for you to sleep, comfortable,
considering how dream Of shootin' and scalp
ing Iniuns At the place ! stopped night be-
fore last, they charged me FIVE dollars extra,
cause happened to Uhittle up the headboard
with my knife while | was dreaming. But
you can come to bed if you like feel kinder
peaceable tonight"
Year: 1860


Scatter the germs of the Beautiful
BY the way-side let them fall
That the rose may spring by the cottage gate,
And the vine on the garden wall
Cover the rough and rude Of earth
With veil of leaves and flowers,
And mark, with the opening bud andGup,
The march Of summer hours.
Scatter the germs Of the Beautiful
In the holy shrines of home;
Let the pure and the fair ana the graceful here,
In the loyeliest lustre come
Leave not a trace of deformty


In the temple of the heart
But gather about its hearth the germs
OF Nature and Of Art.
Scatter the germs of the Beautiful
In the temple of our Cod
The God who starred the upifted sky,
And lowered the trampled sod
When he built temple for Himself.
And home for the holy race,
He reared each charm in symmetry
And covered each line with grace.
Scatter the germs of the Beautiful
In the depths of the humble soul
They shall bud and blossom and bear the Fruit,
While endless ages roll
Plant with the flowers of charity,


Hope, the portal of the tomb
And the fair and the pure about thy path
in paradise shall bloom.
Year: 1860

A HEARr.-What a curious thing heart
is-is it not, young lady? There is as mach
difference in hearts as in faces A woman's
heart is sacred thing, and full of purity
How proud a man ought to be to have it
placed in bis keeping-to have q pretty girl
love him so we'll that she will give it to him,
aud tell him that it was bis more than any
other Isn't it curious thing, ladies We
might say of the heart as the old woman did
of the FIRST rabbit she ever saw La, how
funny !"
Year: 1860

LET no one suppose that by acting good
part through life lie will escape s!andsr.-
There will be those who hate him for the pos
session of the very qualities that ought to pro-
cure esteem. There are some folks in the
world who are not willing that others should
do any better than themselves.
Year: 1860

A Double FooIa-A woman is either worth
a great deal or nothing If good for nothing,
she is not worth getting jealous for; if she be
q true woman, she will give no cause for jeal-
ousY. A man is a brute to be jealous of a
good woman-a fool to be jealous of worth
less one but is a double fool to cut his throat
for either Of them.
Year: 1860

agents elected by themselves called the
Federal Government. The moment that
this arrangement ceases to answer the
original design Of the parties concerned,
and that the General Government no
longer. affords equal protection to all the
States, but becomes an engine of op-
preston and despotism over one half of
them, the compact is virtually dissolved,
and the oppressed States have clearly /,
right to retire There is no power given
in the Constitution to keep them i'll the
confederacy by force. The States did
not all become members of the Union
together. South Carolina did not join
for some time, nor did Rhode Island,
showing clearly that these States had a
right to remain separated forever if they
pleased, and that they also possess the
right to withdraw, for they have not
surrendered their right in the instrument
to which they have subscribed, and there
fore it is reserved to be exercised at
their own discretion"


The Herald then goes on to invoke the
Black Republican merchants OF New
York who voted for Lincoln to "hold
public meeting Immediately y, and make
such a statement Of their views as will
satisfy the Southern States that there is
no hostile intentions towards them or
their institutions, and all may yet be
we'll But let action be taken promptly,
and before the Southern States are Too
far c0snmltieI tn rprpde"


We do not thank the Herald for its
advice. 1t conveys anything but com
pliment to the intelligence of our people.
1t assumes them to be incxpressibly YER
dant, when it throws out the idea that
they would believe a word of anything
these Black Republican merchants might
have to say. A thousand meetings of
such people would not produce any eff
feet They were warned innHmerable
times against the results which would
necessarily flow from the election of
Lincoln, and yet they persisted in war;
ring upon the South with their eyes and
ears open. Protcstations from them
would only be received with scorn and
contempt.


However, we will not comment further
upon this branch of the subject. 1t is
not necessary. The point to which We
wish to draw attention is that both of
the influential journals named, the one
virtually and the other positively, admit
the right of aggrieved States to with
draw from the Union, whenever the
general agent of all "becomes all engine
of oppression and despotism." This is
all the right the South asks, and she
will exercise it whenever she sees
proper.
Year: 1860

No CANCELLATION TO BE LOOKED For
The New York Tribune, the great ma
tional organ of Black Republicanism, in
its issue Of the 9Th inst, says: .s-<.


The rumors afoat of a letter to be
written by the President elect; intended
to soothe the nerves of those WHO have
persistently denounced him as a foe to
the Constitution and the South, seem to
us as devoid of intrinsic probability as
of positive support. If those who have
hitherto insisted #on believing Mr.zLin-
coin all that he is not and should not be,
will candidly read his discussions with
Douglas in 1S58-with which we shall
be happy to supply them-1hey cannot
fail to see that their fears are fallaeious
and their imputations -groundless. If
they will not regard what he so plainly
declared long before he was thought of
for President, and when he was appeal
ing for support to the citizens of free
State only, they surely cannot be cx-
pected to place confidence in professions
made under the immediate impulse of
the threats of the fire-eaters that they
will dissolve the Union whereof he has
been chosen President. "If they be-
lieve not Moses and the Prophets, neither
would they be persuaded though one
rose from the dead" s..z-.
Year: 1860

p An AMIABLE PARTNERSHIP, AND AN EQAI.-
LIZ AMIABLE DIssoLEr1oN.-A singular fact


is related of two citizens of Southbridge


Mass, by the Webster Times, who have
jointly owned and occupied a farm in
that town for sixteen years, but have
lately dissolved partnership. During the


whole of that period no accounts of any
kind have been kept by either of the
parties. Both individuals were men of
family, occupying different portions of
the same house, and when either wished
to use cash he went to the drawer in


which it was kept and took it, no ac-
count being kept in a single instance.


Yet in all these sixteen years, not
word of fault was spoken; 10 ill-feeling,
jealousy or suspicion was shown, and
perfect harmony subsisted between the
parties to the day of their separation.
The final dissolution in business was &C.
casioned by the marriage Of a member
of one of the families, when it was
thought the house might not be able to
contain the consequences" SO one par
ty raised the value Of one-llaIf the prem
ises in cash, paid it over to the retiring
partner, who quietly left. We believe
this to be an unparalleled case of honesty
and confidence, --~s'-@~a~-.----
Year: 1860

True plantation economy is matter
which the agricultural interests of tue
South seem to have ignored to "a great
extent, and most probably to their loss
and disparagement. 1t has been to IL
great degree, the ruling object of our
planters. to devote their whole energy
to the progress Of one branch to the ex-
clusion of all others. Hence, in this
region, the great desire is, to count up
as high in the range of figures as posi-
ble in the number of bales of cotton pro-
duced; and the success of a planter is
too much based upon the amount Of his
production OF the staple without injury
as to the method or policy pursued. "A
plantation, as we'll as country, State,
town or community, is the most happy
and thriving when it can administer to
its every want and requirement, and pro-
portionateIy independent. But the es-
tablished and continued practice has
been to raise the largest amount of cot
ton, and depend upon foreign sources for
the necessities required to keep up the
plantation. '- -. e--


The corn, pork and various other cs-
sential articles of sustenancc, as well as
a large proportion of articles for cloth
ing, are brought down our rivers or
through other conveyances from the
storehouses of the North. How much
better it would be could the fountain of
such supplies be brought home rather
than to feel obliged to depend upon the
caprice, and at times extortion of Il
people whose favor with us exists appa-
rently only through the medium of dol
lars and cents they obtain 1r~f g.s #~.g


The Indifference WHICH many affect in
regard to the raising of corn seems sim
gu|ar, when we look at the matter in a
calculating manner Did the net pro-
cceds of cotton amount to more than corn,
then there would be a. strong argument
in favor of attending to it to the exclu-
sion Of the latter.


But we have heard it affirmed again
and again by experienced planters, that
an acre OF corn was equal in value to
cotton, if not superior, as an acre of
cotton would not furnish tie amount of
corn that could be produced on an acre
of ground; and if such be the case, how
Improvidcnt to slight the corn, and lc
at the trouble and expense Of preparing
and freighting to market cotton and
freighting back corn to take the place cf
corn that should have been standing in
the field. How much more economical
and prudent to have raised sufliciency
Of the latter, and a little to spare so as
to be prepared for an unpropitious season
like the present. at


AS it is with regard to corn, so it is
with raising pork, and with providing
many Of the other necessities which are
now sought for abroad with as much
regularity and complacency as thought it
was nndeniably established that they
could not be secured by home industry.
By a modification of the old routine of
duties and proper division of labor,a
decided economy can be brought into
play, a still larger profit derived from
the soil, all impetus given to home iii
dustry,5 and our domestic institutions
rendered more beneficial and more. per-
manent. Concordia Intelligencer..
Year: 1860

will consider the alternatives of exile or re-
imprisonment.


Sd. Your antcirations that tho States Right
principle will get before the Court, by a new case
in shape to relieve it Of the complications which
cluster around my case so that the State will be
set right and its former position be yindica.ed,
do not share. For my rescuers and defenders
could be held harmless only on the ground that my
discharge by tbo Supreme Court on the writ of Hn-
Jeas Corpus was lawful; aud if so, the Supreme
Court, twas bound by every principle &C justice and
every consideration Of self respect to issue writ
not of HaJedS corpus, but-of attachment against
my kidnappers-Mer, Uphem and Lewis-to
compel them to relieve me, soon as | was rem
prisoned And Judge Paire act nsuch a case,
just as well as he can act in new case growing
out of my rescue. And 50 must Judge Dixon, or
refuse to acknowledge the authority of the Court
of which he is member. For it is not the dec-
sion OF ne,c principle or the rendering Of a new
judgment that is sought, but the upholding Of the
the authority Of the Court in enforcing a iudg.
ment already established, which it has refused to
reverse And for Judge Dixcn to refuse to carry
out the judgment Of the Court, is to assert that
the Judgment of the Supreme Court is not binding
on a member who dsscnts from it, and that a mi
norty o: the Court may override and reverse the
judgment Of the majority,


My re.imprsonmcnt was the most fragrant act
of contempt of our Supreme Court ever perpetra.
ted. Had an individual laid violent hands upon
the members Of the Court while in session. ,or de-
Gliding case against him, it would not have been
more marked case Of contempt and of defiance
of their authority, than was my imprisonment by
the Federal officers, after ! had bten discharged
by that Court, And it need not have waited in
my case, any more than in the case supposed for
some one to move for a writ Of attachment to pun
ish the offenders vindiolte its own authority, and
purge itself Of contempt.


Let me say, in conclusion, that the discharge Of
my rcscuers, in the case you suppose, will not vim
dicate the State, and restore it to its former posi-
ton. Not until it gindicates my liberty and estab-
fishes my claim 10 be free from molestation and
pursuit by Federal bloodhounds as matter of
'igAt, and not of grace, and makes atonement for
the wrongs done me by its refusal and neglect to
protect my personal liberty, will its former posi-
ton be restored, and its sovereignty and honor be
vindicated. And every hour that am pursued by
Federal kidnappers. and compelled TO defend my,
self by force, IS swift witness Of its imbecili.y
and Injustice.
+ Ripon Aug %, 1860.


S. NJ, BOOTH
Year: 1860

1t is the constant endeavOr of the opponents o


the Republican party. to show tha. if it should
succeed in eleoting President, his Adminstra


tion would be radical and revolutionary. tending
to the dissolution Of the Union and universal dis
order. The extreme sayings of oil men. of what.
ever oslibre. who of the Republican party, and
OF many who do not belong to the party, are care.
fully collated and it is systematically charged
that the party is responsible for them. and that
they must be taken as indications of its policy


The newspaper press teems with these extreme
sayings and this application Of them aud the
ssrapbOoks Of the stump speakers Of tie oppOsi'
Year: 1860

The AMOUNT OF HAY REQUIRED FOR Cows
TIE CosT OF MIIK.-otis Brigham, of West
borough, Mass, after seventy years expert
ence In farming, says, in The NeD England
Farmer, that good cows will eat on an aver
age 20 lbs. of hay per day, when giving milk,
and 10 lbs. when dry--not by guess work,


but tested by actual weighing for months at
a time. Then it is easy to calculate the cost
of milk. In the neighborhood of New York,
the average value of hay is one cent pound


and the average quantity of milk not over
ak quarts. At az cents quart it will pay
the hay bill and one cent a day over. If
other feed is given, the increase of milk must
pay for that. The manure will be worth at
least the cost Of attendance and milking. If
the milk is worth more than 3l& cents, it
gives profit; and if less, loss. The rule is
useful one for those who buy hay, as it
shows them how much must be provided to
winter o cow We would not rislra provis-
ion of less than two tuns per COW. .tlii4
Year: 1860

SINeuLAR TBADB-A WOMAN PURcHAsEs A
HoRsE IN. THE STREET-A New York cor
respondent of the Boston Journal relates the
following incident: ID.


Passing down Thirteenth.street the other
morning, saw trade carried on by q lady
that is worth noting. A dealer in horses
rode through the street, having a fine look
ing pony tied behind. The pony attracted
the attention of the lady. She came out to
the curbstone and hailed the dealer. He
came up to the sidewalk "What do you ask
for the horse2 Is he sound and kind! Is he
good saddle horse? Can try him2 were
questions put in the usual form. She called
for her servant and a saddle, examined the
horse as any horseman would have done,
placed her servant on the horse, watched his
PAGES, concluded to take him, paid $3.50 in
cash, and sent the dealer on his way in less
than fifteen minutes from the time she hailed
him from the sidewalk
Year: 1860

SUDDEN AND SINGULAR DEATH FROM A
SMALL CUT.-Recently, some boys residing
in Jersey City, N. j., were playing, when one
of them, lad three years old, cut the inside
of his hand with an old piece of rusty tin.
No notice was taken of it at the time. Sun
day the wound had an infamed appearance.
On Wednesday the child's arm was so
swollen that amputation was spoken of Yet
the parents of the child could not bear the
idea of cutting off the arm, and still felt con-
ident that the injuries would not amount to
much. On Wednesday night an unfavorable
change came over the child. He seemed
healthy and active bodily, and only suffered
from his arm. The pain was very severe.
Thursday morning he felt SO good that he
desired to go and play. All Of sudden,
however, he was seized with spasms, and ex-
must have worked inwardiy and thus proved
| fatal
Year: 1860

ANEW Variety OF RICE From CHNA.--The
attention of agriculturists in France has re-
Gently been directed to a new variety Of rice
introduced from China by the Sociste d Ae-
elimdtio8. Il is particularly recommended on
account of its being adapted for cultivation
upon dry lands, whence it is called dry rice.
Should it prove equally productive and as
valuable an article of food as the rice now
growing in the unhealthy, wet plantations,
II must become an exceedingly valuable
acquisition. The grain is said to resemble
that Of the common rice, and its culture to be
like that of wheat,
Year: 1860

From all the present indications it is fair to
predict that the immigration for this year
will far exceed any of those above quoted, for
there is a general exodus already setting in,
not alone from Ireland, but from Germany
and Northern Europe. The figures given by
the Secretary of State, IL must be remembered,
only refer to the number of immigrants land
ing in United States ports, whereas we know
that thousands who land in the British
Provinces ultimately settle in this country.
Year: 1860

MORE WIFE PoIsoNNG IN New ENGLAND.
A woman, Mary Grifiths, died at Fall River
near Boston on Saturday, from the effects of
poison, which it is supposed her husband put
in glass of soda water and left within her
reach in order that she might drink it and
thus dissolve an union which was every thing
but peaceful or pleasant to either.
Year: 1860

RAILWAY PREPARATION FOR THE PaINoE OF
WALEs.-Among the preparations making
for the reception of the Prince Of Wales, the
Great Western Railway Company, the Grand
Trunk Railway, and the Buffalo and Lake
Huron Railway Company are all building
elegant cars for his speeial use.