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Year: 1859

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HIS REGULATIONS WITH THE GOLD MAN"


We suppose that the first severe trial q
boy has TO undergo is 10 submit his will 10
The old man, whom he is taught 10 consider
his father. To be restrained in doors at
night, TO be forbidden to go in swimming
five times day, or to be hindered from
pinchng the rest of the children Just for
fun, is an Interference with natural inaliena.
BILE rights, every way injurious 10 the feel
ings. And then, when upon some over
whelming temptation, the boy asserts his
independence of parental control, and
receives ''tanning" with switch, from a
ounce bush, either upon his back or his
bare feet, it becomes really very serious
thing. We never could see that the smart
of an operation like this was at all assuaged
by the affectionae assurance that it was be-
slowed of pure love.
Year: 1859

The REGIsrRY-A SHARP GAME.-Ws
understand the Democratic assessor Of lie.
compton township took the registry and
made an assessment in the corporate pre-
cincts of Lecompton, and then refused to
register and assess the large population
outside. This action can be for no Other
reason than that in Lecompton there are
large number of Pro- Slavery men, while
almost every voter outside is q Republl'
CAN. This attempt to cut of q large bod!
of voters is truly characteristic, but we
trust it will not succeed.-LaUrence Re-
publican.


The above statement is malicious and
unmitigated fslsebood. The assessment
and registry, in the city of LecomPton'
has not been made. The gentleman sP'
pointed to make the assessment, has re.
fused to serve, and the township board
has appointed another person TO perform
The service. It is especially false, that 10
Lecompton there are . "large plumber oi
pro slavery men, and that almost every
voter outside 10 q Republican" There
are over two hundred voters in the towr'
ship, only thirty nine Of whom voted tho
Republican ticket in June last There
are more Republicans in the city, in pro-
portion to the number Of inhabitants, than
in the township.


The editor who is capable Of publishing
so base and unmitigated falsehood' IS
unworthy of belief at any time, or on any
subjsct.-Lccompton Democrat.
Year: 1859

Eve thousand citizens of the United States
are thus stripped of their civil rights-the
principle is the same. Had he possessed
a keen sense of honor he would never
have consented to the appointment Of
himself as one of the Board of Cam
vassers, but would have indignantly re-
signed the proffsred task of usurping the
sworn duties of Gov. Medary. Justice
the less he profanes that word the better
May he have justice, as the compeer Of
Dictator Calhoun, in ussrping power and


place, and setting ct defiance the laws Of
the land, deserving. as he does, the scoru


and execration of mankind.
Year: 1859




The Constitution is now claimed to be
progressive one. The 18th section Of
the Ohio Bill of Rights provides:


"Private property shall ever be held in
violate, but subservient to public welfare
When taken in time of war or other pub
lie exigency, imperatively requiring its
immediate seizure, or for the purpose Of
making or repairing roads, which shall be
opened to the public, without charge, a
compensation shall be made to the owner
in money; and in all other cases, where
private property shall he taken for public
use, compensation therefor shall be first
made in money, or first secured by de-
posit of money; and such compensation
shall be assessed by jury, without deduc-
ton for benefits to any property Of the
owner"


This is stricken out by the Wysndott
Convention-one Of the most marked
symptoms Of progress in their Consti-
tuition. Hsnceforth they design it to be
the law in Kansas that Private property
may Be taken for public use WITHOUT just
compensation" Are the people willing to
place their property on such basis that
it msy be seized as public plunder?
Year: 1859

VIM. A. Phillips, standing delegate
from Arspahoe, offered the following
resolution at the late Republican Conven-
ton, which was adopted:


Resolved, That we regard the Wyan-
dott Constitution as exactly adapted to
the wants of the people Of Kansas, and
pledge ourselves to labor for its adop-
ton.


The Leavenworth Times, edited by an
old time abolitionist and his son, who is
famous as q defender of fugitive slaves,
thus speaks of the position taken by the
wyandott Constitution in reference 10 the
negro:


The Republicans have taken q noble
stand, and they will maintain it. The
apostles Of free labor, they work for the
interests Of the free WHITE man. The
negro is an article in which they have no
concern, and with which they do not pre-
pose to cumber the instrument they are
drafting for the glorious future Of Kan
sas.





The Constitution prescribes that the
elective franchise shall extend to free
,clite male citizens alone. With thus de-
claring the negro socially and politically
the inferior Of the white, the Republicans
stop.


So it is Hnoble" to disown the negro,
and declare him socially and politically
the inferior Of the white"-snd this sx-
sctly meets "the wants Of the people Of
Kansas" And is this the end of the
teaching Of "the old anti-slavsry man Of
upwards Of thirty years standing ?"
What . waste of time to no purpose


Is this the accomplishment of Phillips
mission to Kansas ? Blessed are they
who expect nothing. for they shall not be
disappointed.
Year: 1859

or The wires are pulled BY the Re-
publicans in every direction to secure such
q parcelling of the State Offices as to en-
list all wings Of the party, and put beyond
a doubt the adoption Of the Constitution.
The harmonious Republicans may buy
up enough Office seekers to satisfy them-
selves Of success, but the people. whose
interests have not been properly protected
in the Constitution, will rspudiats both ii
and them. Neither spoils Of Office nor
party drill can save them. Nor can any
arrangement win BY which they may st.
tempt to trade OF Mr.. PArots for votes
in favor Of the Constitution,
Year: 1859

or A letter from Linn county informs
us that the Constitution will be defeated
in that county by at least one hundred
majority. Wyandott county has nine
hundred voters, of which number not one
hundred will vote for the vile swindls.-
Wyandtt Argus.
Year: 1859

o. If we might have all wishes in one, we
could wish nothing better, nothing greater, than
that the youth now growing up should be cast into
the right mould. present generation, duly
trained in boyhOod and adolescence, will make a
coming generation of men, Il wish our otherwise
rich English had two words, as most other Ian
guages have, to express the thought,) of MEN, who
shall stand In the battle Of poor sauntering
trlfers, in human shape and mems apparel, we
have enough; of literary Sybarites, bred on sto-
ries, fugitive poetry and monthly magazines; of
minute scholars, glorying in the niceties of metre
and accent, college honors and other tongues; /; of
dressed creatures that sweeten soirees and play
houses with their odOrs of things that futter and
die in the light of fashion, as moths about lamp;
Of religious professors that almost ask leave to
serve Christ of the sons of Belial who surround
them; more than enough have we of such young
Americans, aping every effete custom and appro-
prlatlng every funCous abuse of the old countries,
and spoiled tenfold worse by every voyage and
travel alb road, so that they blush at the marks of
an American as much as their fathers would have
gloried IN the same more than enough of young
men whose everlasting discourse is of the last
amusement or the last scandal. But of MEN, spir-


its in earnest, souls that have aim, bent towards
some object, and that great one bearing and do
ing training themselves by toll, by temperance by
sefdenal, by prayer, for the benefit of the great
est number, it must be confessed with lamentation
that we have but few. And it, as we suppose, the
times which coming on the earth will demand
such men, strong TO do and strong to suffer, our
only mode of providing them is to deal with the
young, and to pour the plastic masses into the
shaping mould Sermon By ReU. DR.. Alexander
Year: 1859

1t is well known that wooden masts soon decay
about the head, and down to the hounds and truss
hoop, in consequence of Judgments of moisture at
such parts, induced by the cap, the rigging, and
the top. 1t is equally well known that iron masts
Objectionable, account of their rigidty, the
difficulty Of cutting them to save the ship, and
other circumstances connected with them. Ac-
cording to the Mechanics Magazine, a practical
mastmakeT in Liverpool has introduced a mode
of construction by which the objections named
are obviated. He makes the top Of the mast, from
the cap to the truss hoop, in the form of tube,
of wrought iron, similar TO ordinary iron mast,
and continues the metal downwards in the form Of
four tapered arms The lower part Of the mast
is entirely of wood, and the upper end of it is t-
ted into the tube as far the hounds, where il
abuts against a strong iron crUss plate formed in
the tube The tspered arms fit close to the wood
en- portion of the mast, to which they are fixed by
iron hoops or otherwise, in such manner as to
insure the greatest strength and security.-Er-
change.
Year: 1859

BEAUTIFUL THoUGHT.-Here is one of the
many beautiful thoughts to which Fanny Forester
has given expression:


On let me die in the country, where shall not
fall like the single leaf of the forest. unheeded
where those that love me need not mask their
hearts to meet the careless multitude and strive as
duty to forget me- Bury me in the country,
amid the prayers of the good, and the tears of the
loving; not in the dark, damp vault away from the
sweet scented air and the cheerful sunshine, but
in the open fields among the flowers that | loved
and cherished while living.
Year: 1859

The lecturer resumed the subject commenced
in the previous lecture of his course by allusion
to the employment of Others in the world at this
hour in the celebration of the birthday of the in
spired plow boy, who, indeed had little to do with
money and, with other poets, had Joined in censure
of the accursed gain, even as Shakespeare had
written of " saint seduciDg gold," and Milton had
pictured MammoD
Year: 1859

There was an old prejudice against money.
Fletcher of Satoun, the friend of Algernon Sid
ney, in his second book of the Affairs Of Scotland
proposed to abolish all interest. The sentiment
was shared by the Socialists Of our own time.
Not long since there was in this city a paper with
its motto Death to all Capital" The word mon
ey carried with it ideas of vice, covetousness,
meanness, sordid disposition Is it different froUr
language in this respect, which may be moral or
immoral but which we still consider divine in its
origin? As it may be used or abused, so. in the
universaty of It's use, money is one Of the great
est blessings Of mankind.


Money may vary with its origin. With an ag-
ricuural people a favorite form was in cattle,
witnessed by the language of Homer in nestimating
the exchange of armor between Gaucus and Do
mede-the one worth hundred oxen, the other
of the value of nine. In a history of Nova Scotia,
the lecturer had tabular assessments of taxes
in beaver skins for the unit. The beaver skin was
then the dollar of Nova Scotia, and other skins
were fractions of it. In the West he had once
been witness to haggling scene over the purchase
of gun, when one OF the parties proposed
a." Give me COW; and have no more about It." Ii
is not necessary that the article of valuation should
survive In use. The community may go on the
same, though the thing has become extinct. Hence
the terms ideal money!" 'mental money all
unnecessary. It is standard of value, and there
an end. In Hamburg millions are exchanged IN
the name of the mark banco, but no such coin ex-
sts nor is there any native coin of that commercial
city-though, of course, foreign COINS are in use.
Money may, IN fine, be regarded as that commodity
Year: 1859

THIS SEASON AT HIS WELL KNOWN
i RESTAURANT


with his house newly fitted and furnished where he will continue
with choicest the market affords Cap
officers the ships will nd this place most
all they desire in the Of civil walters excellent sup
plies and first rate cooks


" B. Particular attention invited TO his private
where parties will be served all hours with meals weekly
order. l9-u
Year: 1859

It is not necessary that married ladies' whose
circumstances enable them to keep cooks and
cbambermaids, should make their own pudd-
ngs, and do their own housework but they
ought to know how puddings should be made
and homework done. They ought to have
practical knowledge Of oil that appertains to
housekeeping for two especial reaSons-first
that they may be able to direct and control their
servants instead OF being taught and controlled
by them, and second, that in case OF q reverse
of fortune, they may be capable of making a
home with their own neat little hands. This
is plain talking but no sensible wife who has
her husband and his interest and happiness at
heart. will take ofense at it.


1t must not he understood that we underval-
lie the accomplishments which lend grace to
polite society There is no reason why lady
who can superintend the cooking of a dinner,
should not also appreciate and execute the di-
vine melodies of the German and Italian com
posers, to draw, to dance, to speak and read
one, two or three foreign languages; but we
hold that girls, what ever their pecuniary ex-
pectations may be, should above all things, have
good domestic education. They should be
taught housewifery before music, to speak and
write pure English, and to keep accounts, be-
fore they begin to coDgugate the French verbs
and study perspective. The solid column first
and then the graceful folated capital. The wo-
man who assumes the responsibilities of a wife,
should be as capable ofhelping her husband by
her practical talent in adversely, as of minister
ing to his pride by the display of her accom-
plishments in the time of his prosperity.


Our readers will now understand what we
mean by "Puddings before Pianos," but the
text would bear longer comment. ~
Year: 1859

We learn that several men, while at work
in the field in San Ramon Valley, Contra
Costa county, during the past week. have
died from a coup de sciisl, or sun stroke. We
have been unable to ascertain particulars, and
cannot voueh for the truth of the statement.
The heat has been intense, and we should not
he surprised if the rumor was confirmed, tho
deaths from this cause are very unusual in
this State Lt
Year: 1859

DEMOCRATIC STATE CoSvESTIox-The
Central Committee or rather majority Of
it have decided to change the time Of hold
ing the next Democratic State Convention
from the 9th to the l1th Of january, 1860


The New Albany Ledger says some distin-
guished Democrats are displeased at the
action Of the Committee in this respect


John L. Robinson would not consent to
any change, and will probably insist on
the Convention meeting on the day first
named. There having been no meeting OF
the committee. it is probable that Robson,
Willard d Coylwill disregard the infor-
NAL assent of the majority to the change,
and issue secret instructions to leading an
ti-Douglas Democrats to assemble on the
9th and thus get the start Of the Douglas
wing. Willard. Fitch. Bright and Rob
inson are determined by some hook OF
crook to send an anti Douglas delegation
to Charleston from this State The Chi
cago Herald. says this will be done. and il
knows how the ropes are to be laid.
Year: 1859

THE CINCINNATI GAZETTE.


1t is probably settled thing that VIII
lar'l will be a candidate for the U. S. Sen
ate when Fitch's fraudulent term ends.-
SO far as his own will can control the mat
ter he certainly will be. He has no notion
of dropping out of the Governors chair
into the gutter though such an accident
might befall him. His "sspiring blood"
won't sink into the groud. although he is
frequently disposed to put it where it
wouldn't have far to go if it did. But we
fancy that he can hardly go through with
such impediments as his administration
will fasten to him. To say that he has
been the worst Governor the State ever
had, is saying very little. for it has had
3 or that were good ones, and no bad
one at all till now. "A bull in china
shop," that proverb of misitness, would be
well-pleased and agreeable animal beside
the ignorant but conccitcd meddler who
has somehow got lodged among the del
icate and important responsibilities of the
Executive chamber His administration
began with that shameless fraud which
took Bright and Fitch into the Senate, and
it has happily verified the indications OF
that suspicious beginning. His personal
habits, too, are in admirable harmony
with his official qualifications. and since
the days of Hellogabalus, we doub, if any
body has maintained so happy balance
between public misconduct and personal
depravity. And his character is pretty
well appreciated by his own party. The
better part OF them have as little desire as
the Republicans to see the State measured
by such representative. Ifhe gets to the
Senate. it will be by skilful handling Of
the party machinery. and not by the favor
of his partizans.


1t is questionable if any man in tho
State is so universally dcspised. both for
incapacity and dishonesty, as Gov. Will
, lard. Yet he has one quality that even
his enemies must respect-hardihood.-
He will do the most dishonest act, a man
can do IN his office, with perfect indiffer-
ence. and even with sort of defiant con-
tempt of shame that would make him q
hero If he wasn't knave. The new PEN
,itentiary case illustrates this trait. He
urged the Legislature to build new Pen
itentiary, instead of charging the old one,
both in his special and general message
He presented it as one of the three things.
which made an extra session necessary
Yet, now that the Legislature has granted
it, he openly declares that it shant be built.
because it is not located where he wants it.
that is where some Of his intimate friends
have large lot of land, which he is
rather more than suspected of having an
interest in. And he is doing this with
'bated breath" and distinct suggestions,
or with roundabout practices that might
appear to lead to something little less
shameless but openly, and with perfect
indifference to contempt, and an apparent
inconsistencies that there is anything
remarkable about it, that almost astonish-
es censuIe into silence. This case illus
trates the Characteristic in question fully.
Such man will hardly get into Office
again after he is once happily out among
Democrats. r- ff1a
Year: 1859

The following incident, which occurred in
Georgia, is published in the Savannah Reput-
l;can: I" In certain county the election
was very close, and in order to carry it
for the Democracy, the aid Of about one hun
dred votes of the "vote early and vote often'
class were brought in to secure the desired re-
suit. These had been Gagged" for a day or
two previous to the time when they should
sexercise the prerogative of freemen." When
the wagons and purchasers of the votes ar
rived to convey the patriots to remote pre-
cinct to cast their sutfrages, the most Of them
were sober and ready to make as much out
of the occasion as possible. Five dollars was
the price per head, and as each voter got into
the wagon the amount was paid to hisn.-
The buyer soon found that he had paid fol
considerably more than one wagon load anc
vet the wagon was comparatively empty
Such singular state of affairs led him to al
investigation, when he found that as the free


men would get into the wagon from one sid


after having received the five dollars, he woult


lump out at the other and come around to b.


paid over again. One man hsd obtained 81


in that way.
Year: 1859

The question is often asked, why is it that
so few people are successful in business, and
why does property find such unequal distrib-
ution? This man, they say, received the ad-
vantages of good English education, and
that man was educated at one Of our best COL
leges. Both have been industrious, honest
and economical, and yet neither of them
have succeeded in business. Why is itp
asks the New York Express, and that journal
proceeds to point out the cause, and in the
course of its remarks, observes:


"The idea too commonly prevails that
mere knowledge of books is the beginning and
end of education. The sons and the daugh-
ters, especially of the rich, grow up with this
with little idea Of the responsibilities which
await them. Their natures revolt at the men,
ton of labor, not dreaming that their parents
before them obtained the wealth they are so
proud of by prudence and economy. How
many young men, college-bred though they
may be, are prepared to manage the establish
ments which their fathers possess, and which
it may have required lifetime to acquire
How many young women, though having ac-
quired all the knowledge and grace of the best
schools, know how to do what their mothers
have done before them, and which their
daughters may yet be compelled to do at
some period of their lives? The children Of
the poor have to labor or starve, and SO far as
that goes they are educated to the practical


The education that SCOTS at labor and en-
courages idleness, is the worst enemy for a
girl, boy, man or woman. Instead of emo


6lng it degrades; it opens the road to ruin.-
The education which directs US to do what We
are fitted to d., that respects labor, that in


culcates honesty, industry, and fair dealing


and that strips u, of seltishness, is the educa


ton we do need; and that which must be


come the prevailing system Of the country be


fore we can be as people either happy O


prosperous"
Year: 1859

Fame has strange charm for men. To be
known has the least possible good in it, yet it
is sought by many more than gold or vir-
tue. 1t never satisfies, because it is unsub
stantial the more man has of it, the more
he wants, and never has enough. And what
is it, when it comes? Vanity of vanities, all
is vanity. But the sweet satisfaction ofturn-
ing soul from sin to righteousness is avove
ali comparison. 1t is to last forever! How
ever exquisite the thrill that pervades the
heart at the present moment, when we know
that one immortal soul is through our instru-
mentality saved from death, that thrills to be
prolonged and increasing, year after year, age
after age, world without end. We who have
this Joy are assured that we have been CO.
workers with God in that which his son gave
His life to accomplish. The sorrow from
which the saved soul is saved: the joy to
which it is raised the glory it obtains, and
yields to its Redeemer, joined in magnifying
the happiness of him who has any part, how
ever humble, in the word of its salvation.