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Year: 1859

o! Columbia the gem of the ocean,


The home of the brave and the free;
The shrine of each patriots devotion,
A world offers homage to thee:


Thy mandates makes heroes assemble,
When liberty's form stands in view;
Thy Banners make tyranny tremble,
When borne by the red, white and blue.
When war winged its wide desolation,
And threaten'd the land to deform,
The ark then of freedoms foundation,-
Columbia rode safe through the storm;
With the garlands of vict'ry around her,
When SO proudly she bore her brave crew,
With her flag proudly floating before her,
The boast of the red, white and blue.
The wine cup, the wine cup bring hither,
And fill you it true to the brim,
May the wreath's they have won ne'er wither
Nor the star of their glory grow dim;
May the service united ne'er sever,
But they to their color's prove true,
The Navy and Army forever,
Three cheers for the red, white and blue.
Year: 1859

A report has for some time been current
that Commander Maury is to be detached from
the national observatory. Those best ac-
quainted with the subject say that ii this
should take place, it would be with the view
to place him in active service as commander,
in. which capacity he has not served since his
elevation to that rank, and that without such
service, he would not be in the line of further
promotion.
Year: 1859

ed by late writer in Harper's Magazine for
June-a considerable portion of which article,
however, is exceedingly incorrect, (and no
wonder, either, seeing that the writer thereof
was to my certain knowledge, not within a
hundred miles of the Red River of the North,
and therefore could not reasonably be expec-
ted to give very accurate description of a
country which he had never seen) But, no
matter; 60, my friends, and see for yourselves,
and if you do not return with renewed health
and strength, and with varied and pleasing
"reminiscences to entertain your friends, then
the writer of this will acknowledge himself
somewhat mistaken


In conclusion, know that people are very
fond of giving advice, and that in many cases
they do not follow it themselves; but this will
not be so with me, for shall most undubita-
bly take the medicine recommend to others,
and leave tomorrow for the land of the Da.
cotahs, whence it is not at all improbable that
the readers of this journal may hear from me
occasionally again. E. w.
Year: 1859

How ye come train so varied,


Thronging, thronging through the brain,
Sometimes sad, aud sometimes mirthful,
Sometimes reveries of pain!
Now ye bring our days Of childhood
Fresh and glowing to our view;
Now ye open unknown vistas


For our hopes to wander through.
Thought, how varied aye, how boundless,
Is the range Der which ye roll
Who can comprehend the mission


OF the mystic, living soul
Rainbow-tinted, spread before us,


Hopes bright banner waves us on
But how darkly ye come DER us,


When we find our hopes are gone.
When our path is black with sorrow,


And our eyes are dim with tears,
When no star comes out to guide us,


And no beacon light appears,
Then how tbickly ye come crowdiDg,


From the sad and throbbing breast
When we fee to the Eternal,


Praying for his heavenly rest.
Year: 1859

Why is it that the rainbow and the cloud come
over us with beauty that is not OF earth, and
then pass away. and leave us to muse on faded
loveliness? Why is il that the stars that hold
their nightly festival around the midnight throne


are placed above the reach of our limited facul


ties, forever mocking us with their unapproacha


bic glory? And why is it that the bright forms
of human beauty are presented to our view, and
then taken from US, leaving the thousand streams
of affection to flow back in the almighty torrents
upon the human heart? We are born for a
higher destiny than that of earth. There is a
land where the stars will be set out before like
islands that slumber in the ocean, and where the
beautiful beings that pass before US like a meteor
will stay in our presence forever-Geo. d. Prentice.
Year: 1859

RECENTLY a most extraordinary race
took place in fashionable ladies' seminary
school in the Thiergarten. Berlin, where
thirty-three young ladies contested for the
championship in swimming. The winner,
who is nineteen years of age, and very
handsome, is said to have proved that she
might as we'll challenge the other sex as her
OWE. The race was followed by an elegant
luncheon, only ladies being present, and the
promenaders in the neighborhood listened
with astonishment to the lusty cheers that
followed the tOasts.
Year: 1859

Two bills are before the Legislature of
North Carolina, now in sessio /, which taken
together, give to the free colorcd people resi-
dent therein, the choice of removing out OF
the state within two years, of choosing an own
ner for themselves, or Of being sold at pub
lie auction for the benefit of common schools.


1t is cheering to find in slave State such
an interest in common school education as
is indicated by the last kind provision
Year: 1859

CRITICAL Cos 8 McAdam
whose injury at the rolling mill last week was
noticed by Us, is in critical condition, though he
may eventually recover. His left breast ard arm
were SO terribly mutilated by the machine In
which he was caught, that the greater portion OF
the flesh will have to slough off, before there 10
the slightest chance of his gettina well.
Year: 1859

DRiDLY WEAPONS Richard Baker, q
stranger in this city, found drunk and asleep iu
the streets last Friday night, and on being taken
to the cage and searched, it was ascertained that
be had upon his person a large bowie knife When
called before the Mayor last Saturday morning, he
required to give bail for his future good beha-
Year: 1859

FIFTH sTRsET, north If Leigh. is ina
proving so rapidly, that Navy Hill begins to pres
sent the appearance of neat little village. A
large number Of pretty residences have sprung
up ia that section within short time, and many
others would bs put up at once if the city would
only bridge the guley so as to make carriage
way to the settlement.
Year: 1859

MINORS AT THEATREs.-An act passed by the
LEGISLATURE OF New York provides that IL shall be
unlawful to admit to any theatrical exhibition
held In the evening, any minor under the age Of
fourteen years, unless such minor is accom- panied
by an adult The law makes any person violating
this provision liable to ne OF not less than twen-
'y-n'e dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars,
or imprisonment for term not less than ten or
more than ninety day, for each offence
Year: 1859

For the peaceful victories Of the mind
that unknown and unconquered world
for which Alexander wept, is forever neal
at hand hidden, indeed, as yet, beyond
the veil with which nature shrouds hel
undiscovered mysteries, but stretching
all along the confines Of the domain oil
knowledge, sometimes nearest when least
suspected. The foot has not yet pressed,
nor the eye beheld it; but the mind, in
its deepest musing, in its widest excur.
sons, will sometimes catch a glimpse OF
the hidden realm,--a gleam of light from
the IIesperian island, fresh and fragrant
breeze from off the undiscovered land


Snbasan odors from the spicy shore,


which happier voyagers in altertime shall
approach, explore, and inhabit. Who
has not felt, when, with his very soul con-
centrated in his eyes, while the world
around him is wrapped in sleep, he gazes
into ihe holy depths Of the midnight
heavens, or wanders in contemplation
among the worlds and systems that sweep
through the immensity OF space, who
has not felt as if their mystery must yet
more fully yield to the ardent, unwearied,
imploring research Of patient science p
Who does not, in those choice and blessed
moments, in which the world and its in.
lerests are forgotten, and the spirit retires
into the inmost sanctuary of its own med-
tation, and there, unconscious of every
thing but itself and the infinite perfection,
of which it is the earthly type, and
kindliug the fame of thought on the alter
of prayer,-who does not feel in moments
like these, as if it must at last be given
to man 20 fathom the great secret of his
own being, to solve The mighty problem


OF providence, foreknowedge. will and fate


EdtUard EvereH.
Year: 1859

Here is awhoe volume concerning the
customs, manners and habits of the
Turks, contained in single paragraph:


The Turks abhor the hat; but uncov,
ering TIE head, which with US is an ex-
preston Of respect, is considered BY
them disrcspectful aud indecent; no Of
fence is given by keeping on hat in a
mosque, but the shoes must be left on
the Threshold the slipper, and not the
turban, is moved in taken Of respect
the Turks turn in their toes they write
from right to left; they mount on the
right side Of the horse; they follow their
guests into the room and proceed them
on leaving it, the left hand is the place
Of honor they do the honors Of the table
by serving themselves first; they are
great smokers and coffee drinkers they
take wall and walk hastily in respect
they beckon by throwing back the hand,
instead Of throwing it toward them they
cut the hair from the head, but leave it
on their chin they sleep in their clothes;
they look on behcading as a more dis
graceful punishment than strangling
they deem our short and close dresses i6.
decent, our shaven chins mark Of ef.
feminacy and servitude; they resent an
inquiry after wives as an fnsult t@ey
commence their wooden houses at the
top, and their upper apartments are fire.
quently finished before their lower ones
are closed up; they esc'ew pork as ar
abomina,ion; they regard dancing as I
theatrical performance, only to be looked
at and not to be mingled in, except b,
slaves their mourning habit is white


their sncred color il green their Sab
bath day is Friday; and interment fol
lows Immediately on death. The deaths
Of women are not registered; those 0
the men are. Marriages are registered
and with the marriage the woman is vir
tually struck from existence. so far a
government is concerned. She is no
known officially to the government 0
Turkey. Her "lord" or husband doe
with be, = pleases him.
Year: 1859

throw over it a drapery woven Of the
bright hues of usefulness. lore ard duty;
if they would look beyond today and see
in the future the outooming Of their Ia
Dor, and in speaking Of it give it the best
instead of the worst expression of feeling,
we fancy, girls would not so many of
them grow up to womsnhood with Bet
ties hatred OF house work. il.
But fathers and brothers can do as
much even as mothers toward rcconci!


ing woman to this useful position, BY
giving credit whare credit is due Lei


the mothers see to it that she teache. her
boysto respect the labor Of their sisters.
Year: 1859

~ General jackson was a man, every
inch man, and loved manliness, frank
ness end sincerity in others. Peter Cart
wright was backwoods orator, as bold in
the pulpit as " Old Hickory" I" was in the
field. He had never rubbed his back
against a college, gone through one--in
to one door and out of the other. Indeed
he was never known to quote Latin but on
one occasion, and then after hearing ser
mon SO deeply metaphysical that he could
not understand it, and being asked his
opinion of the preacher, he exclaimed "in
sl0dnapus non cOmati6us."


But Peter Cartwright was noble preach
er, and not afraid to declare the whole
truth, whoever was present to hear. AS no
was to preach in the neighborhood, General
Jackson went to hear him. One of his
friends whispered to Peter as he entered tho
church, that General Jackson was in the
house, and gave him caution about his
manner. Cartwright never whispered, but
spoke out aloud. Who cares for General
Jackson he'll go to hell as soon as ary
other man if he don't repent


Then taking the pulpit. he preached with
his usual bluntness and in the laundering
tones Of his native eloquence, which ever
and anon made his hearers quake. After
the service was over, gentleman asked
General Jackson what he thought Of that
rough old fellow p The General an
swercd I" Sir, give me twenty thousand
of such men, and I'll conquer the world, in
cluding the devil ~
Year: 1859

fraught If faithful here, eternity--the
sublime futurities of your being alone-will
tell the good you have done. Shall we by
lethargy and Indifference cxtinguish the
torch Of science lighted up here God for
bid. II we do it we will place an inefface-
able stigma upon the fair escutcheon Of our
holy Mcthodism. We cast the idea far from
Us as too little to deserve passing notice.
To say we can not establish school here
of nigh character with our members and
strength, is-.a preposterous notion. This is
the age Of progress and advanc ement. The
stagnant ocean of mind has begun to stir,
to ebb and flow, and thus operates in its
own health. The vast world seems to be
rushing with little less than electric speed
to tho contamination Of her exalted desti-
ny. The alternative is visible, labor, or be
left to mingle with the dust that falls from
the car of progression. If we thought our
, wishes could not be completed, we would
not appeal 70 you. We would not urge an
imp ,ssibility. Effort. strenuous effort is all
We want. Why may not this conntry be.
come as sacred 10 the MUSES. as the vale of
rembo or Mount Helican, or our pebbly
streams possess the inspiration of Castalia
Why may not the youths Of our land here
gather laurels as green as ever waved upon
the summit of Parnassus. Brethren,
preachers, 4eroes of land that only wars
to conquer, ply your energies. send US stu
dents, battle together in this mighty cause
second only to religion, and we will sue
coed. God of heaven and earth, let the i'm,
Dpotance Of our educational interests at this
point, settle upon every heart with all tho
force of overwhelming conviction.


Yours as ever


j. l.. DENTON.
Year: 1859

' DID HE GET IN ?''-Little Charlie R.
had listened very attentively while his faith
er read at family worship the third chapter
of Revelation. But>when he had repeated
that beautiful verse, '"Behold l stand at
the door and knock if any man hear my
voice, and open the door, will come into
him and sup with him, and he with me-"
he could not wait until his father had fin
ished, bat ran up to him with the anxious
inquiry" Father, did he get in 2" y
Year: 1859

E 1t is evident from the appear
ance of our columns that local items were
unusually scarce about town yesterday
We, in company with another distinguish
ed gentlemen, made earnest search at all
available points from which items most do
emanate, but our lsbors we're not attended
with that degree Of success which could
have been desired. We understand that
there will be something of interest trans.
pire before our next issue.
Year: 1859

FIRST Boar Tp.-The stern wheel
steamboat Clara IIine, which has been laid
up during the winter at Montrose, came up
the river and was laying at the Rock Is
land landing yesterday morning, or as near
thereto as che should get for ehore ice
The river is now open to st. Louis, and We
may expect to have fresh arrivals to notice
every day.
Year: 1859

The Detroit Tribune got up a terrible
story the other day, about young lady,
the daughter of a wealthy gentleman, who
was Crossed in lovo,' and who went and
done and got into" q nunnery, the Superior
of which denied that she was there, sending
her, at the same time, secretly to wicked
place in Toledo The case is thus stated
by the Toledo Blade:


The young lady arrived at Toledo and
took boarding at tho Catholic Asylum for
orphan children-there is no convent, as
stated, in that city--and while there, made
the acquaintance of several Protestant per-
sons, whom she freely visited. She said
she was engaged to be married in Montreal,
but her parents opposed the match because
her afIianoed husband already had a vile
living, and, for this reason, she had thoughts
of becoming nun. She frequently wrote
to her friends while in Toledo and no at
tempt whatever was made to influence her
conduct The Blade says:


aside from the representations made to
the editor Of the Detroit Tribune, the case
has very little of mystery or special interest
about il 1t looks as il petted and spoiled
child had become crossed in soma love af,
fair or otherwise, and had fanoied that the
seclusion of convent would be most con-
genial to her feelings, and that when the
realities of that mode of life pressed upon
her, she relented and again sought her faith.
er's house. We will not undertake to exS
plain oil the questions to which the two
statements Of the case have given rise but
so far as any force or restraint is concerned,
there is certainly no evidence Of them, and
we take pleasure in discharging a simple
duty to our Catholic friends by making the
above explanation
Year: 1859

pA Temperance meeting is called for to
morrow evening at the Sd st, Presbyterian Chueh.
The Gazette informed us that the meeting on
last Thursday twas slimly attended" There
will he room for improvement then, on to o'mOr
row night Is it possible that there is mo-
enough interest felt in the temperance reform
in this community, which is largely religious.
to triag out tOlerably fair audience to a
tenn nee meetingH Or, do these people
think me reform unnecessary Can they be
induced to give the reform respectable i'm
pelus2
Year: 1859

pour Dayton Gazette friend, goes in for
making the entire city Of Dayton one immense
park Tor planting from FIVE TO ten thousand
native forest trees, in that plaee-which he
calls the hottest in the United States. So that
Il may resemble the black forest Gin. Prsss.


Shade is very desirable, and we very much
regret the lack of interest evinced by our citi~
zeDs in putting out trees along the streets but
We do not favor the plan Of our neighbor OF
the Gazette, of return to our "primeval Stste. 4"
We believe the original forest would interfere
with our present State Of civilization and enter
prise, and would particularly annoy tho ladies
very many Of whom never made their way
through "tangled wild wood" and would
reasonably object to such transition. Our
noighbors antecedonts doubtless have a bearing
upon his tastes, and in this thing of shade has
got him completely in the brush, He will
"thnk better of it" when he cools off,
Year: 1859

EVERYDAY ABsuRplriEs. To attempt to
borrow money on the plea of extreme pow
erty.
To ask the publisher of a new periodical
how many numbers he sells a week.


To ask a wine merchant how old his wine
is.


To make yourselves generally disagreeable,
and wonder why no one will visit you, un
less they gain some palpable advantage by
it.


To sit shivering in the cold because you
won't have fire till November.


To suppose that reviewers generally read
more than the title page ol the works they
praise or condemn.


To judge of peoples piety by their atten-
dance at church.


To keep your clerks on miserable salaries
and wonder at their robbing you.


Not to 90 to bed when you are tired and
sleepy, because it is not bedtime.


To make your servants tell lies for you, and
afterwards be angry because they tell lies for
themselves.


To tell your own secrets and believe other
people will keep them


To expect to make people honest by hard
eninp them in Jail, and afterwards sending
them adrift without the means of getting
work.


To fancy thing is cheap, because low
price is asked for it.


To keep dog or cat on short allowance,
and complain Of its being thief. To ex-
pect your trades-people will give you long
credit, if they generally see you in shabby
condition.


To arrive at the age of fifty and be sur
prised at any vice, folly or absurdity, your
fellow-creatures may be guilty Of.
Year: 1859

The Indiana Senator case, which was dis
posed Of on Monday, shows in q most glaring
light the INSCRIPTIONS character of the pro-
slavery democracy Of the present day. Every
one acquainted with the facts of the case
knows that Bright and Fitch had no more
right to be in the United States Senate as
Senators from Indiana, than any other two
men in the State had Their pretended elcc-
tion was in substance no better than one by
caucus of democratic members Of :hc Le-
gislaturc. The Legislature made no election
the Senate refusing iogo into joint session
for that purpose, and no resolution for such
session was adopted by the two Houses of
the Legislature, aud the Senate was occu-
pied in regular Senate Session, while the pre-
tended election was going on in the House.
A majority of the Senate sent formal pro-
test to the U. S. Senate against the
admission of Bright and Fitch. But
they took their seats and voted during
tn, whole session. S, has, was their claim /,
chat tn Judisi,Iy Committee did not dare
to set out the fats in the case or to make an
argument but at the heel OF last session
they made naked report that Messrs
Bright and Fitch were entitled to hold
their seats. OF course the Republican Sem
ators voted against, and the Democratic Sem
ators voted for, adopting that conclusion.


But there came day when the Senate and
House of Representatives in Indiana did, in
an orderly and constitutional way, elect
two men, Messrs. Lane and Mccarthy, as U.
S. Senators, and sent with them powerful
appeal from the Legislature of Indiana to
the United States Senate, to have the
men thus lawfully elected admitted to the
seats now occupied by mere usurpers.-
Did the majority of the Senate go into an
investigation of the subject or even allow
the men thus sent by the State Of Indiana
to present their case before it? Not at all.
They refused to do either. They simply said
we have vot d these men, Bright and Fitch
into their seats, and we will not allow the
cas-, even to be tquired into.


Such an indecency, such an outrageous
wrong was of course resisted by the Repub-
licans, and of course too it was upheld by
the Democrats in the Senate. So it always
is with despotism. 1t tramples on law, on
honor, and on decency. whenever by doing
so it can strengthen its own power.
Year: 1859

there were, and she could tell them by their
pale faces, bright, eyes, and nervousness
They learned quicker, but lost so many days
during the term from sickness that they did
not get along as fast as those who were able
to be present constantly. He also took occa-
sion to examine their luncheon baskets, and
found the American fare to be a piece Of
minco pie. the same Of pound cake, two
doughnuts, pickle, and a cold sausage !;
while the English. Irish and Scotch children
had either two days old bread and meat,
bread and butter, or bread and apple with
nothing more.
Year: 1859

BALTIMORE, thursday May 70, io'''
The Maryland Episcopal Convention, after warm warm
debate, voted the proposition this evening to DIVIDE
the diocese. The majority OF the clergy were IN tne
was lost. 1t is supposed that reconsideration wan
take place tomorrow when the question will be car
red many of the laity friendly to the measure were
Temporarily absent.