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Year: 1860

EXPLOSION OF THE DIAMOND MACHINE. 1t is
generally known that party Of gentlemen
have been experimenting for some months
past in diamond making, and for said purpose
have caused to be put together some sort of
machinery of some kind peculiarly to the vo-
cation, we know not what At any rate it is
of iron, and is boted and rivited together
about as strong as mechanics can make such
things. Yesterday, about noon, as |. W.
Underwood vas experimenting with this pet
which is to make diamonds as Cheap as reb-
bles, the thing blew up and the experiment.
er barely escaprd with his life. We under
stand that the power Of the explosive gas was
so great as TO tear asunder solid iron three
fourths of an ipah thick, as readily as one
would tear wet paper Some eighteen bolts
were broken, and the machine was damaged
to the amount of about $500. But what is
the use of talking about expenses, when the
machine, after being finished, is to make dia-
monds Sac. Union, 7HurSlay
Year: 1860

PENNsYLvANIA.-The Philadelphia Press Of
recent date has the following:


For any true and sincere Douglas Democrat
to vote for solitary man as an elector, who,
in any event, or for any ultimate purpose
whatsoever, may cast his vote for Breckin-
ridge, is simply an absurdity. 1t cannot be
done 1t will not be done. Not only will
every true Democrat insist on having an elec.
toral ticket pledged to Douglas and johnson,
pure and simple, but the men placed on it
must be in this respect, like C@sar's spouse,
not only pure, but above suspicion, If the
Federal office holders in Pennsylvania desire
to avoid confusion there is a way ia which
they can gain their point. That way, how
ever, is not fusion, as they understand it. 1t
is rather by n dif>fusion. Let them diffuse
their extraneous organization into empty
space, disband the sectional secession faction.
withdraw Breckenridge and Lane. and Join
with the regular Democratic National organ.
'zation in the support of Douglas and John
son. That is the only kind of fusion to which
the true Democracy can listen. Any other
kind Of fusion is only confusion.
Year: 1860

The KENTUCKY ELECTION overwhelm.
rebuke, says the Nation, with which the Sc
cessionists have met in the gallant State of
Kentucky, although once favorite son of
hers has lent his name TO head their disgrace.
full movement, cannot but convince every
thinking mind that the flag of treason can
lead no victorious hosts in this country The
Democratic majority for Governor cf Ken
lucky last year was S,9l6, and now the tele-
graph tells us that at an election in which the
BreckinridSe or Disunion forces were against
the Union candidate for State Office, sixty
hve eouutlea gave the latter majority of
1926. And this too, in the State to carry
which Mr. Breckenridge was placed upon the
Musical Institute ticket. The bubble has
burst early in the action.
Year: 1860

A WOMAN HUSG IN MYYEsoTA-Scene on the GalIoss
The St Paul MIMI Pioneer, March 2Ith contains a
long account of the execution of Mrs Bansky at that
place. for the murder of her husband by poisoning The
murderess made the following remarks ON the scaold


a. die without having had any mercy shown me- or
Justice die fur the good Of my SOUL and not for mur-
der. May you all profit hy my death. Your courts of
justice are Of ustice-hut will vet getjustice
in Heaven am guilty woman, know but not of this
murder which committed by another. | forgive
everybody who did me wrong l die a sacrifice to the
law. hope you all may be judged better than have
been, and by righteous Judge die prepared to
meet my God"


Her demeapor not defiant soical, nor did she
shed tear. 1t is believed that she expected pardon CT
repreve to the last moment Dr. Miller the deputy sher-
M then approached her with the rope when she excam-
ed "Dr. Miller how you stain your hands by putting
that rope around my neek-the instrument Of my deathg
He assured her that duty compelled him to do and she
made no resistance and only said Do for Gods sake
put il on so it will sutfocate me-"


After il had been arranged DR.. Miller tooi the black
cap from his pocket and proceeded 70 put on her head
when she said Be s,o tnat my face il well covered ~
All this Gas pace in less time than it will take to sead It
during which she said several times "4od have mercy
God have mercy on NY soul" Her last words were
Lord, Iesgs Christ, receive my soul"


She was requested TO take step forward on the drop
and then everything being prepared Dr. Miller made
motion to Sheriff Tulis, who pulled the fatal rope apt
in an instant she fell and in few lsconds life was
tinct.
Year: 1860

A CORE ponient writing to an ex-
change in Western New York, in re-
gard to the work on Physical Perfec-
,ion,' recently published, says; "It
has been said often enough, that If one
wishes to have beautiful face he must
cherish . beautiful spirit; that living
in tho midst Of fine scenery tends to dc
velop beauty in men; that two perso; s
living together will grow to look alike.
But in this Book the philosophy Of all
this is taught, andh w it may to heas
on all ones life. We see at once how
persons of different religious faith may
be known by the shape Of their heads
and faces. do not know how others
may be affected, but nothing in long
time, 80 much as the reading OF this
book, has impressed me with the ncces
sity Of men being in constant and low
in, communion with Gnl, in order to
the growth Of beautiful character.


'.rhe obligation to be beautiful is not
understood. Women think it matter
simply of pers NAL interest whether they
are good looking or not. This is a mis-
take. What right has your neighbor
to present to YOU each morning, to hold
opposite to you during every meal, and
to show you the last thing before he
parts with you at night, honcly face
IN he might show you beautiful


me? When men better understand
their relations to each other, they will


cherish good locks As duly t, o,he' 8
rather than to crafty personal vanity.
Year: 1860




me Baltimore banks having suspended specie ment
the Warrington banks Atey followed suit for
protection NOT wishing 70 be caught in the trap OF
when they held out week after ,he Baltimore banks
and re brokers Of that city made . sortie upon theu
vaults and nearly depleted them Of specie Tho
here confused and unsettled state but the city
Al this late period dull that the value Of money
other than gold and silver oaonot be readily estimated
Year: 1860

THITRY-SIxTH CoNGREss.-The session com
menced on Monday, Dec 9Th, and the PRESIDENT s
message may be looked for in few days, if the
House organized in season for the Overland mail
now due. The views Of the chief magistrate of
the nation concerning the condition of the coun-
try, its foreign and domestic relations, looked
for anxiously by the people of this coast The
unfortunate condition of the House. owing to
party division, may delay organization and nee
essary business to the country. Patriotism may
prevail, and the interests and honor Of the whole
country be regarded.
Year: 1860

INDIAN DEPREDATIoNs.-Mr lIowk, Humboldt
mail carrier, sends us word that a COW was shot
trail, few days since. The Indians came close
to the house to accomplish their purpose The
Indians sent to Reservation last winter are back
to their old haunts again, and more fendish and
daring in their depredations. Unless immediate
steps are taken to check them, we shall again be
cut off from all communication with the coast,
and have to record acts Of murder and pilage as
Of Old We hope the matter will be properly
placed before the State authorities.
Year: 1860

CLOSE OF THE VOLUME The present number
closes the fourth volume of the TRINITY JOUR-
NAL. 1t is proper time to call attention to the
fact that with this paper a large proportion of
the subscriptions expire. There are quite a num-
ularly furnished with the JOURNAL for two and
three years, for which we have never received
cent. Promises to pay, oft broken, has decided Us
to run the pen across all such nam,s. All bills
are made to this date, and will be presented i'm
mediately, both for subscriptions and Advertising
large amount OF money is due the Office, which
we shall take immediate steps to collect.
Year: 1860

-"sworc the dog was mad,


They swore the man must die.
But soon wonder came to light,


That showed the rcgues they lied,
The man recovered of the bite


The dog it was that died"
Meanwhile, great deal may be said on both
sides, and while political wisdom is such drug
IN the market, We propose to cork ours down, and
not to part with it at a sacrifice.
Year: 1860

w WohAN MORE SECRET THAN WE SUPPOSE
we laugh at womanss tongue and wonder
When woman Keeps a secret but every
true woman keeps a crock of choice preserves
for her own indulgence. The mans mys.
teries are not hers if he cannot keep them
himself let him expect them TO be blown
abroad. Her own secrets of love- Of self
denial, ofunsuspected surerings, no woman
exposes altogether, even to her dearest
friend. There never lived husband happy
in the true love of his wife who farey knew
all the depths of her mind about him
Every man profits stupidIy by the wise lit
tIe perceptions that arise so quietly and
have no utternace except in deeds Of which
we vaguely ascribe the fitness to a special
faculty called womeu's tact. Women 10
short, keep to themselves four.ffths of the
secrets OF society, and do it with a winning
air of frankness all their own.


A man with secreet will be stony, or
portentous, or provokingly suggestive he
will keep his mouth shut ostentatiousy. A
woman is too absolutely secret to set up
sign over whatever may be buried in her
MUD. She gossips, pTattles, pours out
what she does not care to hold, with such
an air OF unreserved simplicity that all
mankind is mistifed, and says, in a friendly
jest, "A woman only hides what she don't
know" Among the uneducated poor, this
difference between the WOMAN and the man
is the most conspicuous.


The innate powers Of the sex place her at
once upon an eminence that man can ouly
reach by education. She must needs often
be tied to one wanting understand.
ing requisite to the formation of true sym.
pathy. BY far the greatest number of the
wives OF unskilIed aborers mechanics live
more or less happily, and more or less con.
cious of the hidden life within thetd; hav.
ing such q seal upon their minds and hearts.
Year: 1860

Oh he not the frst to discover


A blot on the lame of friend,
A flaw in the faith of a lover,
Whose heart may prove true in the en-
We none ofus know one another,
And oft into error we fall;
Then let us speak well Of our brother,
Or speak not about him at all.
A smile or a sight may awaken


Suspicion most false and undue;
And thus our belief may be shaken
In hearts that are honest and true.
How often the light smile Of gladness
Is worn by the friend that we meet
To cover the soul full Of sadness,


Too proud to acknowledge defeat.
How often the sigh Of detection


Is heoved from the hypocrite's breast,
To parody truth and affection,


Or lul suspicion to rest.
How often the friend we hold dearest
There noblest emotions conceal;
And bosoms the purest, sincerest.


HaYe secrets they caunot reveal.
Leave base minds to harbor suspicion,
And small ones to trace our defects
Let ours be nobler ambition.


For base is the mind that suspects.
We none of US know one another,


And oft into error we fall
Then let US speak well of our brother,
Or spake not about him at all.
Year: 1860

Cor LErr.-A genuine touch of woman's
nature, as well as human nature, prevades
the following:


A comfortable old couple sat seat or
two i'll front Of US, on the railroad, during
one of the hottest days of last summer.
The journey was evidently the event of
their lives, and their curiosity excited the
attention of the passengers. At way sta
ton the old gentleman got out for drink,
or buy dough-nut, and heard the bell only
in time to rush to the door of the eat
ing house, aRd see the train move off with
out him. The old lady in her seat had been
fdgeting, looking out of the window, in her
anxiety for his return, and when she sew
bis plight, his frantic gestures for the train
to stop as it swept father aud father away
she exclaimed


There my old man has got lift he has !
there see, be has ! Wall" she continued,
sitting bach in her seat again, Pm glad
ont it's always been, Nanny, you'll get
left 7 all my life long, and now he's gone
and got left, and Pam glad ont !"


Her candid reflection on the accident,
and the evident satisfaction she felt in the
fact, that it was the old man, and not her.
self that was. left, was greeted with round
of applause Not few of the ladies in the
car were delighted that it was the old man,
and not the old woman, who had made the
bluuder, and "gone and got left"
Year: 1860




I'm bleeding at my heart for tae dearest,
Thy rashuesS and folly, and pride,
For still to my soul thou art nearest,
More precious than all things besides
And when am sure thou dost langnish
For treasure SO idly flung by,
My own heart is tortured with anguish,
And longs to thy comfort to fy.
But no. If thy heart is relenting,
Its own love must urge it to mine
With honest and noble repenting,
Becoming a spirit like thine.
Thou mayst know that this breast will re


ceive thee, -....
Nor taunt thee with weakness a word,
o let not thy folly still grieve thee,
Come back to thy nest, my poor bird.
Come back, while thy spirit is yearning
TO weep out its burden OF woe
On this heart. that shall bless thee, returning
Aud kiss every tear that shall tow.
Not in kindness to me, but thysell love,
In honor and reason, and truth /;
For affection, not pity norpelf love-


Come back TO the love Of thy youth.
Year: 1860

Life In New Yorl--Romance and Reality.


The New York correspondent of the
| Charleston Mercury writes


Did it ever occur to you what capita
trap Broadway is for catching fugitive
murderers, burglars. and swindlers frou
other parts of the United States or foreign
countries 1t is a fact that at least nine
tenths Of all the criminal refugees who Wis.
it this city are nabbed in Broadway. And
here is the explanation Broadway is con-
stantly crowded with human beings, and
the fugitive having previously disguised
himself, so that be feels sure of escaping
detection seems to think that he will be
less observed in the thronged mart, than
in the scantily travelled side streets. Be-
sides if he is u perfect stranger here, he
cannot resist the temptation to see the
sights. NOY the chances are ten to one
that the photograph of the particular ras-
cal is at the police headquarters in Broom
street and that his lineaments have been
carefully studied and copied with almost
Photographic accuracy upon the minds of
twenty thoroughly experienced detectives,
who spend most of their time in Broadway,
in citizens clothes, and are constantly on
the lookout for persons whose portraits or
verbal descriptions Of whom have been
sent by the police authority, or other par
ties of other cities, to the superintendent
of the New York force A man acquaint-
ed with these Shadows" cannot walk
half dozen blocks on Broadway without
meeting one of them strolng along the
street, carefully scrutinizing each passer-by
peering under slouched hats looking with
especial care at every man with a wig and
Much of their hunting is done in stages.


About three p NJ, when the Broadway
promenade is at its height, shrewd detect.
i've will not have to ride up and down
more than twice before he will spy some
malefactor on the side walk. Having a
strong suspicion that be has at last found
his man, (and the shadows" rarely make
mistake, he pipes" the supposed fugi-
tive, watches bis manGuvers passes him two
or three times, and takes side-long looks at
him, to compare his disguised face with
the portrait Of description In the mean
time he meets another shadow" secures
his assistance by a sign, and feeling at last
perfectly satisfied that he is on the right
track, waits until his prey turns into side
street, a saloon or hotel, Ito avoid
scene,) and then steps up to him with an
extended hand, and addresses him by name.
No amount of cooness and self-possession
can stand the shock of such an unexpected
salutation, and the guilty party immediate
y betrays himself by the sudden pallor of
his face. The shadows" open their coats
and show the policeman'S shield Slittering
within, and the fugitive succumbs to his
fate in stupor and amazement. Scenes like
this occur daily in New York. .r.
Year: 1860

and tears should fall upon them. 1t is a
strange thought. What would the soul
be doing then What would IL think of
the few real mourners who bent above the
worn out tenement it had left forever


How would it look upon those who had


hcaped curses upon that unconscious shead
10 life, and who came to gloat over their
work when hate and anger and revenge
could do no more can faucy it all.
can see the small procession enter the bury
ing-ground. ! can see the wet day, the
dying leaves and the grey and somber sky.
There are children pecpiug through the
railings of the grave yard fence, with a
half frightened, half interested air. There
are one or two, it may be- standing beside
the open grave, who have loved, and memo
ry is busy iu their hearts, and they can
weep--lbe rest are silent. They lower the
coffin into the damp, dark grave ;-some
one bends forward, and the first sods rattle
down, with sharp, pitless sound They
shud1er and look up at the sky, as if they
feared to see a spirit there. The grave is
filled, and the sods laid upon 1.-THE pro-
ccssion passes slowly from the lonely place.
1t might be that those who wept turn to
look at the mound they are leaving behind,
as the iron gate closes after them but it
is only glancc--they turn away and sigh
then step into the waiting carriages and
are wheeling away The lonely grave re-
mains behind-aud the rain falls, and the
sobbiug autumn wind whirls the wet and
wthered leaves around 1t is dreary
picture.
Year: 1860

The cotton is very promising for the season, and
fair average crop is calculated on. The corn
crop is estimated at from third to half what it
should have been. The weather is exceedingly
warm and rain is very much needed. The Qua
chita runs unusually low this season and particu.
larly at this time. 1t is little more than creek
winding through the lowest port of its broad and
nearly empty bed Boats cannot get nearer Mon
roc than about one hundred and sixty miles.


purpose addressing my next & slice = from Bas-
trop, in the adjoining parish of Morehouse.


T0IsETer
Year: 1860

The present year is the extreme outer limit as
signed by astronomers for the temperance Of the
long expected comet of Charles V. The uncer-
tainty of its return arises from the very vague and
general descriptions of its in 1854 and 1906
from which the data were extracted for modern
calculations.
Year: 1860

preacher once selected the following words Tor
his text, 1.-The world, tAa flesh sud the DEVIL
Observing that he would arrange each under It's
proper head-he would cemmgace upon the flesh,
pass lightly over the world, and hasten as fast a.
he could to the devil.
Year: 1860

A MARVELLOUS SIGHT IN CHICAGO.-The
Chicago Press and Tribune, of Thursday,
contains the following wonderful item;


The entire front OF first class buildings on
the north side of Lake street, between La
sale and Clark streets, is now rising to
grade at about the rate of twelve inches per
day. 1t will be at its full height by to-
morrow night, when it will constitute spec
tacle not many of oar citizens may see again,
if ever-a business block covering nearly one
acre, and weighing nearly twenty-five
thousand tons, resting on six thousand
screws, upon which it has made m upward
journey of four feet and ten inches. Proba-
bly, its parallel enterprise cannot be found
the world over. 1t will be worth seeing to-
morrow, and the contractors are, we learn,
preparing to accommodate the public and
give them an opportunity of looking and
passing in among the forest of iron screws.
Year: 1860

THE on FEVER PREDicTED BY SCRIPTURE
the following quotation from the Bible in
dicates that the ancients We're not without
knowledge OF the existence of oil springs


Gle male hun ride on the high places of
the earth, that he might eat the increase of
the fields aud he made him to suck honey
out of the rock, and oil out Of the fiaty
rock."
Year: 1860

SCARCITY OF WHEAT.-We learn it is now
almost impossible TO get hold of wheat at
any price. Some of our heaviest millers
are unable to buy, although offering Gin
cinnati prices. The farmers are holding on
to their supplies, in view of the gloomy
prospect for the yield of the present crop in
this locality. This may result 10 their pc
cuniary advantage, but it is a hazardous
game PinceRRes Sun.
Year: 1860

The best purpose to which coal ashes can
be applied in town or country, is in making
garden walks. If well laid down, no
weeds or grass grow, and by use they be-
come solid and more durable than brick
Year: 1860

nEa, The Connecticut election secures the
return of Lafayette S. Foster, or some other
Republican, to the United States Senate
but there is no Senatorial term vacated to lie
affected by the result in Rhode Island.
Year: 1860

CHEAPER THAN EVERi ,
VNHE UNDERSIGNED BEG LEAVE TO IN.
Il form the citizens of Raleigh and vicinity that they
have just received one of the largest and best stocks of


SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
which has ever been exhibited in Raleigh Their Stock has
been selected with great and of the latest importa
t'ons and therefore they venture to that their Goods
cannot be excelled in taste and cheapess They call the
particular attention of the Ladies to their


GREAT


variety of Fashionable Dress Goods, such as Plaid and
Black Silks Fouard Silk Valencias Coats Hair for Trav-
cling Dresses Lawns Oreandes Robes in Berupes and
Lawns Muslin of all prices and qualities French Scotch
and English Gnghams and fine assortment Prints and
Domcstics All Of which they offer at great


BARGAINS! -...,.
White Goods of every description; Ribbons and Bon
nets; Lace Goods and Needle Works the best assortment
to be found in the city; Manas Lace Points from their
own Connected importing house, and therefore they are
enabled 10 offer them


prices % per cent lower than any other house in This ctv
Iher stock OF Fancy Goods and Hosieres is larger than
IT was ever befOre Hoop Skirts in abundance from to
pay particular attention this branch of business and
their large assortment is deserving of especial notice
Their stock embraces sizes from the smallest Infants to
the largest in Congress and Lace CATERS Walk
and without heels Their prices asonshngly low aud
in fact purchasers may save 20 per cent by buying Of
them "
Their assortment of WATCHES and JEwELRY is COM
pete.


Feeling duly grateful to their friends for the liberal nat
r"nage they have heretofore received they pledge them
selves hereafter as heretofore to make the interest of
buyers I" call on them before purchasing elsewhere They
especially solicit an examination of their Goods from the
Ladies' feeling confident that the only place to secure great
bargains is at
Year: 1860

THE NEW MORMON FAcr1oN.-On the as
sumption of power by Brigham Young, after
the death of the elder Smith, Joe Smith, jr.,
refused allegiance, and a division in the
church was tire consequence, and his follow.
ers, now numbering several thousand persons
have made extensive PURCHASES Of real estate
in Douglas county, Nebraska Territory, upon
which they are soon expected to locate. 1t
is thought that at least ten thousand Nor
mons will permanently settle in Douglas
county within the present year. The new
city of Florence is to be their head quarters.
The Omaha City Nebraskian, which is located
in the same county, says: We understand
agriculture is to be the principal ocupation
of these people, while they have
also among them artisans and workmen
skilled in the various mechanical arts. We
most cheerfully welcome them to Nebraska,
and sincerely hope that nothing may ever
transpire to render residence among US un-
pleasant to themselves or annoying to
Others"