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Year: 1860

DESIGN IN ALL THINGs.-The discovery of
the mineral wealth of California, Australia
and Utah, is naturally considered providen-
tial by our religious contemporary of the Pa
cifc, who says that none of those mines of
gold and silver are forgotten in the glorious
plans of God, and that he unlocked them
for the benefit Of the nations at the very
crisis when needed:


The Spaniards for long, long years were
denied the golden keys that in our hands
have unlocked the hills and placers and
the Mormons, God kept them near the bitter
waters of Salt Lake and concealed from their
unhallowed avarice the inexhaustible mines
of silver and gold in their own promised
land of Utah, reserving the great wealth for
the people and the time that would best de-
velop by it. Just as soon as Nashoe begins
to give ore to the smelter, Japan throws its
gates open to America. 1t has hitherto re-
fused any commercial medium but silver,
and the demands of China and Japan for it,
were beginning to make the scarcity of sill
yer detriment to commerce.
Year: 1860

The Legislature has followed up its excel
lent action in passing law consolidating
the proceeds of the sale of the school land
sections, by adopting joint resolution re-
questing our delegation in Congress to pro.
cure the passage of an act BY Congress, pro-
viding for the floating of the sixteenth and
thlrty-second sections of land donated to the
State for school purposes, and providing for
the selection of two additional sections for
the mining townships. An act of this kind
IS rendered necessary by the uniform action
OF the General Government, exempting all
mineral lands from sale or pre-emption. The
Legislature has deserved the thanks of the
people by its wise attention to the interests
of education
Year: 1860

Assemblyman Fairchilds hyfalutin Union
resolutions have at last got themselves ven
tilated through the public prints, by the
kindness of waggish members who voted to
have them printed because they did not wish
to keep a good thing from their constituents.
We thought before reading Mr. Fairchild's
elaborate effort, that there could bs nothing
new in the way of political resolutions; but
these are decidedly original, since they not
only promulgate political opinions but give
lengthy description of the physical char
acteristics of California, a flying history
(play on spread eagle) of the country at
large, and embrace an invitation to all the
world to pay US visit, bring their knitting
along and stay to tea. This liberal invita-
ton is couched in the somnambulic words
OF Lady Macbeth, uttered as she beckoned
with her incarnadined little hand


"Come! Comel Come r'
Year: 1860

DR.. Hayes proposes to sail in search of the
open Polar sea during the month of May.
If he succeeds in reaching open water where
he expects it, and where it was seen in 1854,
he will make at once for the North Pole.-
How strange that sounds, even at this day
Year: 1860

A plan for the Pacific Methodist College
has been adopted. The building is to be of
brick, three stories high, eighty feet long
and fifty wide. The contract for the work
is to be let to the lowest bidder, and the ed
ifce must be completed for occupation by
next December.
Year: 1860

The Board of Managers of the Virginia Military
Institute has instructed the Superintendent to
confine his purchases for the Institute, as far as
practicable, to goods manufactured in the State,
or to foreign goods imported directly into the
State.
Year: 1860

A WELL-MANAGED RAILRoAD.-The Directors of
the Boston and Worcester Railroad Company state
in their report just issued, that during the year
1859 they carried one million six hundred and three
thousand four hundred and. .ffty-three passengers,
without injury to a single person.
Year: 1860

CHARLOrrEsvlLLE, Aug. ~, 1861.


Dar Sir-I have just this moment received your let
ter of the 2l inst covering editorial of the Daily
LaielGgelesr Of your city Of that date in which am
reported "ds expressing myself entirely confident Of
Brsekinridgss success an the State" am happy Of the
swift opportunity you thus give me- Of contradetng this
report because any importance should be attached to
IT, but because | would not have my opinions, however
humble, misrepresented.


have never believed nor on any occasion expressed
the fear much less the confident opinion that Breckn-
ridge would carry the OF this State. On the con-
trary without doubling Mr. Breckinridges fidelity TO the
UniOn his fortunes too much and intimately assoca-
ted with the schemes Of dsunioniss Of the South to
allow me to think for moment, that they would be IA
vored by the people Of Virginia whose representatives,
last winter so manfuly Wthsood the efforts Of some Of
the Southern States TO commit them to the beginnings
Of disuuion in plans of Southern conference l shall
never cease 10 think with gratitude Of the unanimous op
position which the representatives Of the Northwest
sterny gave to these first seahy approaches OF that
spirit which has last sgnazed itself in the nomination
OF Breekinridge.


Democracy owes its rupture and overthrow to these
potters Of dsunion and the leaders in that movement
seem to me- TO be aiming at the election Of Lincoln
as means Of firing the Southern heart and Preepd-
ting tie cotton States info reUOlHtiOn, than at the II
dculous ehimera OF electing Breeknridge. Who ex-
poets him TO get vote in the NorthY And since his
crushing defeat in Kentucky what vote can he count on
a the South, except that Of South Carolinay and that
be will scarcely obtain II he viii declare himself for the
Union and opposed TO their contemplated treason OF sub
vering the government if the majority Of the people
shall elect Lincoln; result that would be depored by
me as much as BY them Bot my dear sir we owe these
Year: 1860

seen, on which the cars did not even form, or with
perhaps one nubbin " to hundred hills. Three
dollars and upwards per bushel, and hardly any to
be had at that, is the price of corn at different
trading points through this country, and at some
places am told, it cannot be bought at any price
unless it is satisfactorily shown that it is to be used
for bread, and not to be fed to stock.


Cotton is being badly injured. Many Of the mp
land planters " won't make cotton to the acre."
The very best Of weather from now to harvest time
will scarce avail to secure moderate crop. The
weather is unpreeedentedly hot and dry.


Ny next letter will be from Homer, forty miles
distant the parish seat Of Claiborne, which, with
BienYile parish, adjoins Bossier on the east.


TOURIST.
Year: 1860

Not one inch of territory has ever been pur-
chased or acquired OF any foreign power, since
the Constitution was adopted, at the instance
of the Free States, or which was intended for
their benefit yet The Tree States have peid more
than two.thrds of the entire cost of all lhesg
acquisitions Of territory.


How has the free territory been divided
From the territory thus purchased. and paid for
by all the States, FIVE new slave Ststes have
been admitted, having the following extent Of
territory and representation in Congress:
Year: 1860

WOULD SELL five six hundred of Land Of the
i upper part of my Plantation Cape Fear, adjoining
the Maulsby Tract at White Hall. Running from the iver
to back line there is low land cleared and
very rich meadow land clear with back lands attached
suitable distance frcm the River to build for health
will sell the above property reasonable terms my
object in selling is that have more land than want


CALVIN J. DICKSON.
Oct. l8.
Year: 1860




DEAR SIR Rejecting the important bearing of the
mark made by Judge Douglas the Hon. Mr. McPherson
Republican member of Congress from this State stated
to y0u to wit that before the election should 20 to the
House he would throw his influence for Lincoln and see
ing in Forneys Press an inmaton to the effect
have spoken of it to Others and wishing be correct my
statement you will greatly obige by giving the words
as nearly you can that were used by Judge Douglas


Yours truly ~
Year: 1860

from which mankind suffer large part of the globe
the consequence of diseased action in the SYSTEM induced
by the poisonous miasm of vegetable decay This exha
lation is evolved by the action of heat on wet soil
and rises with the watery vapOr from it. While the
oeoW the horizon this fingers the earth surface
and the virus taken with through the lungs the blood
There it acts irritating poison the internal viscera
and excretng organs of the body The liver becomes
pd and fails to secrete only this virus but also the bile
from the blood Both the and the bile accumulate
the ccuation and produce violent constitutional disorder
The Spleen the kdneys and the stomach sympahze with
the liver, and become dsordered also Finally instinct
of organism in attempto expe the noxious nfu
sion concentrates the whole blood of the body the
nal excretores force them to cast out The blood
the surface and uhes to the central organs with congeve
violence This is the CHILL But in this effort it fails
ra organs and rushes to the surface as if in another effort
to expe the irritating poison through that other great
cretory-he skin this also fails and the system aban-
dons the attempt exhausted and waits for the recovery
strength to repeat the hopeless effort another day These
stutiona disorder will OF undermine the health it
is hot removed.


We have labored to find and have found, antidOte
which neutralZes this malaous poison in the blood, and
stimulates the liver to expe it from the body As it should
so does this actg disorder with perfect certainty.
And it does more, rather does what Of service to
those subject to this Infection If taken in season it expes
it from the system is absorbed and thus keeps those
who free from its attacks keep the system in health
although exposed to the disease Consequently only
cures but protects from the great variety affections which
are induced by this malignant influence, such Remitent
Fever Chill Fever Dumb or Masked Age Periodical Head
ache Bilious Headache, Bilious Fevers Neuralgia, Rheu-
mats GOu Blindness TOcthace, Earache, Catarrh Asthma
Paptatons Painful Affections of the Spleen, Hystercs Col
fc Paralysis and Painful Affections of the Stomach Bow
els all OF which, when arising from this cause will be found to
assume more or less the intermittent type. This AGUE
CURE removes the Of these derangemens and
the disease.


This it accomplshes by stimulating the eXcretories to
pei the virus from the SYSTEM and these by degrees
become habted to do this their office of their accord
Hence arises what term GcClmddttOn. Time may
compsh the end but often is not long enough
sacrificed in the attempt, while this AGUE CURE does
and with safety We have great to believe
this we'll safer remedy for the whole class of
diseases which caused by the masmatc Infection than
any other which has been discovered and has still anoth
important advantage to the public, which is that it is
cheap well as good.
Year: 1860

THIS afternoon those chaste "vessels"
City Hall to consult upon and adopt measures
for the public welfare. They have any guam
tity Of work on their hands, and their setion
will, in . great measure. determine whether
they will be suffered to remain in the positions
they now occupy, or whether they will Be
thrust aside to make room for more honest and
worthy men.
Year: 1860

Some of our Bell Everett friends have de-
MED that Gov Neill S. Brown, of Tennessee
ever said he would give up all the negroes in
the country before he would the Union. We
have the Official proceedings Of the Baltimore
Convention which nominated john Bell. pub
Iished in the "Union Guard" +" the Washington
organ of the Constitutional Union party In
that Baltimore Convention, Gov Brown made
speech, from which we extract from the
Union Guard. Said he;


am one of the men who say here in the
presence Of my brothers all from the North,
and before the world, that / would not swap
the Union of these States for all the niggers,
and all the manufacturers and all the railroads
in this country, and all the ships that swim
the ocean, Applause For you could lose
all this, vast as the amount of wealth would
be-yes, you could all see it float off into the
gulf of oblivion; but you could look forward to
see their places supplied from other sources Of
wealth. 1t is your Union that has made Xou
rich, has made your public credit, has given
you a large commercial marine, has given us
our share Of property in the South, or at least
protected it.


We can only repeat what we have said be-
fore: Great God, whittier are we drifting?
When Southern men, for partisan purposes,
utter such sentiments, we think it is high
time the true men in the South were taking
counsel together, in order that they may see
how best they can protect and defend that in
stitution upon the maintenance Of which de-
pends not only our equality, but our social
and political existence as people.
Year: 1860

1t is the boast of the friends ofMr Douglas
that he has been consistent-and that in all
the mutations Of parties lie has stood firm
For the editication of these admirers Of his
consistency, we invite their attention to the
following extract from his speech in 1850
as found on page LIS and 1,116 of Con-
gressional Globe, volume 81, part 2:


"But, sir do NOT hold the doctrine that
to exclude any species Of property by law from
a Territory, is violation of any right to
property. Do you not exclude banks from
most of the Territories? DO you not exclude
,rhisky from being introduced into large
portion Of the Territory of the United States
are properly recognized as such in the States
where they are tol 2rated And has any one
contended that the exclusion of gambling
tables, and the exclusion of ardent spirits was
a violation Of any constitutional privilege or
riqhti And yet it is the case in a large portion
of the territory Of the United States; but
there is no outcry against that because it is a
prohibition of a specific kind of property, and
not prohibition against any section of the
Union. Why, sir, our laws now prevent a
tavern-keeper from going into some of the
Territories of the United States, and taking q
bar with him, and using and selling spirits
there. . The law also prohibits certain other
descriptions Of business from being carried on
in the. Territories. / am NOT, therefore, pre.
pared TO say that UNDER THE CONSTITU.
TION ace hare NOT the po1oer to pass la,u,
EXCLUDING NEGRO SLAVES from t.,
Territories '''


It will be seen that tie late declaration o
his, that slavery is entitled to the same pro
lection as any other property is in exact ac
cordance with his views in 1850, when h
thought slaves, as well as other property
could be excluded from the territory unde
the Constitution.
Year: 1860

"Ithout other attractive and redeeming duaii-


'.es' they are much more corrupt and degraded


thah the Austrians. A Frencbroan may


sometimes be, aud doubtless is ou;,o oea,,


mean IN small things bat an EneIisauan IS
oYer-scrupulously honest and conscientious :,


minor affairs, and raseally and unreliable in


great ones. If he be common looking man


and profess friendship for you, it is well to be


on your guard, as the probabilities are that


he will pilGer or plunder you before you sep
arate. If he have pretensions to gentility,
and acts the aristocratic part, don't take a
seat near him at the table, for the chances ol
your getting anything to eat are problematical


as he extends bis hand and arm across and
| around the table, and draws in the eatables in
the same style that mower reaps with his
| scythe the golden fields of grain; and even
II you are fortunate enough to get something
| from the wreck, his manner Of devouring his


quota is so inhumanly disgusting that your
APPETITE is destroyed Look at common


Engiishman, and from his department, one


would easily imagine that he considered him
self the salns-total" OF mortal perfection. and


that if his life were taken away to-day the


sun would cease TO shine tomorrow as SIGN


of his sorrow for the loss which the world had
sustained. He places but small estimate
upon the triumphs Of other nations and closes
his eyes upon everything that is superior in
kind to that which they have in England.


found London wonderful city, smoky,
fogy and gloomy. | have no space to allude
to its monuments and places of attraction
and amusement at present / viii visit Eng
land again. when viii have much more to
say of its people and institutions. You see
nothing like Paris in the capitol of the British
Empire. The difference is striking. The
former is more diversified and beautiful, while
the latter is more populous and extensive.
They speak English as if each one had a
mouthful Of hot n7usA, whicn was taking
away the breath. The Hotels are not so good
as those on the continent, and one is imme-
diately struck with the cxorbitant charges;
never less than four or five dollars per day,
with numerous extras. 1t is the most i'm
moral place which have ever visited At
night what lewd spectacle do you see, too
dfssraceful to be mentioned, and too common
and notorious to escape observation. 1t is not
the same thing as at Paris. where the dissi-
patton IS delicate and captivating, yet not gross
and bestial However, l will write no more,
as / will have occasion to allude to the vices
of London and Paris in separate letter, for
in their social effects they well merit candid
and impartial notice. B. w. S.
Year: 1860

Under the above caption the Bangor (Me.)
Union has the following pertinent article


On Monday evening last in the course Of
some remarks at meeting of the Democrats
of Hampden, we alluded to the dangers that
might result to the Union from the inaugura-
ton Of Abraham Lincoln as President Of the
United States, and to the intensity of the
Southern feeling on that subject. Some Re
publicans present sneered at the idea that they
would make any resistance to the placing Of
the powers Of the General Government in the
hands of a man elected on principles ofavoYed
hostility to their institutions, and among them
was the Republican representative elect Of
Hampden to the Legislature.


To test the question, whether the South
would have any reason to regard the inaugu-
ration OF Mr.. Lincoln as dangerous to their
institutions and 10 their rights under the
Constitution, we asked Of Republicans pre-
sent if the Republican United States MsTshals
that might he appointed under Mr.. Lincoln's
Administration ic0uld erecute The Fugitive
!SlaUe LdaC The emphatic answer was NO :"
and among those who thus replied was the
Representative elect aforesaid.


As we were proceeding TO show what the
effect on the South had been Of Northern
notification of the Fugitive Slave clause ofthe
Constitution by Republican State Govern
ments, and what must he the inevitable effect
on the same South of the notification of the
same clause by the U. s. Government for the
support of which the South pay equally with
the North, we were interrupted by the afore-
SAID Representative, who proceeded to qualify
and explain his negative answer by declaring
thatsthe u. s. Marshals should not execute
the Fugitive Slave law unless the fugitive
should first have trial dgJUy in the State
where he was found.


The Fugitive Slave law makes no provision
for trial by Jury. and therefore the gentle
mans explanation involves the absurdity Of
constituting Marshal judge of the justice
or injustice of precept he is commanded to
execute. A strange intermingling of the leg
i>lative, judicial and executive functions Of q
Government in one person





We have been thus explicit in regard to
this little episode, because the gentleman in
question is Republican Representative elect
from the town of Hampden is one of the
rght-hand men of Hannibal Hainlin, the Re-
publican candidate for Vice President, and
received his vote and support at the polls in
our late State election. -
Year: 1860

UNIVERSITY OF THE SoUTH.-The solemn
ceremony of laying the corner stone of this
edifce took place on the 10th inst. The
Nashville Republican Banner brings us full
and interesting account of these imposing
ceremonies which we are unable to publish
for want of space. There were from five to
eight thousand persons present on the occa-
sion
Year: 1860

A correspondent of the New Orleans Delta
thus forcibly illustrates the practical workings
of this device of the Douglas faction to rob the
South of her territorial rights:


1t is stranger still that any Southern man
can be found to defend his doctrine of Squatter
Sovereignty, in defiance OF the decision of the
Supreme Court. Carry this creed into prac-
tice, and see how it operates. My farm is in
Oldham county. KY; the Ohio river .sepa-
rates it from Indiana. and my neighbors on
the river in Kentucky have sons opposite in
Indiana we have friends on the river who
also have sons. None of us are able to give
one hundred dollars per acre (the current rate
here) for land on which to settle our children.
They must emigrate to tind cheap lands. The
young men in Kentucky and Indiana have
been friends from childhood. They have
PLAYED together-hunted and fished together,
gone to school, to parties and to church to-
gether, and now they desire to emigrate
together. The Indiana young men receive
from their fathers, cattle, horses, money and
other property. In Kentucky we give our
sons money, horses, cattle, and few negroes.
All these Young men start for a new home in
the Territories together, intending to settle in
the same neighborhood. When they reach
the border they are met by the Squatters,
who NAV or may not own foot of the soil
and in another year may live elsewhere.


The Young men from Indiana are allowed
to enter the Territory. The Kentnckians
are refused. They ask the reason. The re-
ply is, YOU own negroes and the Squatters
have passed laws excluding them. You have
lust admitted the sons Of Indiana. Does not
Kentucky own the Territories as much as
Indiana? Yes. Does not the Constitution
give us the right to come here and settle
Yes. Has not the Supreme Court decided
our right to be the same as yours to settle
here with our slaves Yes. But we are
superior to the Constitution and the Supreme
Court, and we have passed laws excluding
you and your slaves, and we intend to enforce
them-so you may go back and settle among
your slave-driying friends. This is revolu-
ton, and can any but demagogues be found in
the South to advocate it?


Is it not in effect as ruinous to the South
as the doctrines of Seward and Lincoln II
the South submit to it, there will never be
another slave State. The first ssttlers in
Territories never own slaves-these, with the
aid Of Emigration Abolition Societies in New
England, will forever exclude slavery.


The aim is to confine slavery to its present
limits. If this is done all can see that the
time will come when there will not be land
enough for the slaves, much less the white
people. When that arrives, it needs no pen
of mine to predict the disastrous results.
Year: 1860

Mrs DR.. LYDIA SAVER HAsBnoucK, of Or
ange county. n. Y, who insists that a wo-
man should not be taxed unless she is allow
ed to vote, has thought to shame the collec-
tor out of his demand by offering to work
out her road tax The doctress, having
somewhat passed the bloom Of youth, made
no impression upon the official and there =
fore instead of paying under protest as some
of her sisters do, she went upon the road and
drove cart
Year: 1860

SCARCITY OF FooD IN IRELAND-A letter
from the north of Ireland, states that there
will be a great scarcity of food for the people
Potatoes are scarce, and the price is rising
daily, while oats, which rank next to pota-
toes as an article of food, sell for $3.50 per
barrel.
Year: 1860

The Washington correspondent of the St.
Louis Republican says:


"The programme of Lincoln, as understood
by the Republican Executive Committee, is
to deliver a speech on the occasion of being
serenaded- which speech is already pre-
pared for publication) lin which he will lay
down clearly and emphatically the principles
on which he will administer the government
and these principles will be such as to meet
cordial endorsement by every one, except
as have before said the ultras North and
S9qth. They will be mutually disappointed.