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Year: 1860

New WONDERS. The spaces Of the solar
system, or some of them at least, appear to
be thickly peopled with small planets, or
asteroids, invisible to the naked eye or the
ordinary use of the telescope. No less than
forty seven of these young planets are now
known to exist between Mars and Jupiter,
and every few months we hear of a new dis
covery The largest of them is said to be
only forty miles in diameter and the small
est only four. h
Year: 1860

NJ A G I c r q F F Els.
TNIiIS universally admired article for ladies
i trimming is graceful and pretty in its effect
on every garment to which it is adapted either for
ladies or childrens wear, it is made by new pro-
cess, in the neatest, and most substantial manner
and will laundry equal to the best hand made Ruff
hc These Rutfes will be furnished by the box
of any material and style that may be ordered.
Call soon as it is going very fast.


iy IA C. C. BERRY, King street
Year: 1860

Nothing can be more rational than the skep-
ticism which leads men of experience to doubt
shs occurrence of any very great event which
is very confidently predicted aud, if the event
be an American event, incredulity is increased
by the knowledge that the American people
have principles of barking which are entirely
distinct from their principles OF biting. Still
there are some Symphonic which make it worth
while to attend to the contingency of separs-
tim between the Northern aud Southern States
of the Union. If there is one sign which
clearly shows that an American is genuinely
uneasy, il is the abatement OF his commercial
confidence, and we new learn that as soon as
it became more than probable that Mr.. Lincoln
would be elected to the Presidency, American
securities declined seriously 10 all parts of the
United States IL does not seem to be thought
for one moment that auy act of armed rebel
lien is meditated BY the Shareholders, and they
appear to be too divided in opinion for there to
be much chance of their concerning a plan of
simultaneous resistance. Bot one or two
Southern States, peopled by bigots OF more
than ordinarily furious temper, have announced
that they mean to take course which is GER
tainly alarming. They propose TO instruct the
Senators who represent them 10 the Upper
House Of Congress to resign their seats, aud
then they intend to abstain from filing the va
caneies. The Senate, 10 which all States are
equally represented, is the kuot of the Feder-
al Union but there do not seem to be any
weaus of compelling an unwilling State to
contribute delegates to it, nor is there any
known Constitutional fiction by which the empty
places can be taken to be filed. The with
dRawal of part Of the Senators would amount
to de tacto separation much more difficult to
deal with, and perhaps more dangerous, than
overt treason against the commonwealth.


AS soon as 1t becomes worth while to discuss
the establishment of seperate federation of
the SIavsowning States, the considerations
which suggest themselves are such as to make
as wonder at the folly Of the undertaking.
The least drawback on il is rs expenslveness.
At present, the cost of the General Govern
meat is most unequally distributed between
the North and South and, though in the
Southern section these expenses are much larger
than in the Northern, from the greater inac-
cessibility Of the country, the amount contri.
bnted by the Slave States TO the revenue which
pays them is out of all proportion smaller than
the amount raised from the States of Free
Soil. This. however, is a trifing reason for
valuing the Union, compared with others. Is


it possible tnat the planters do not perceive
that their connection with the Northern States
has the effect, as it we're, Of insuring their Pc
Year: 1860

Oh! ye Craftsmen who proudly the Mason's


badge wear,
Who still meet on the level and part on the


square;
While ye net by the plumb, ever upright and


just,
Be strong in your faith, and in God put your


trust.
With the square and compass to counsel and


guide,
You may travel the earth with feeling Of


pride;
And with smiles on your face that clear con-


science brings,
You may shake hands with princes and sit


down with kings.
BE tho landmarks unharned that for ages


have stood,
When fire and sword swept the earth like I


food;
Protected and watched by the Al-Seeing eye
Hcart-rootcd they stand; and times changes


defy.
At the altars you knecl where your father.


have knclt,
Where the proud and the strong into tender


ness melt;
So firm and enduring, that man cannot sever,
Is the mystical tie that binds them forever,
Though your lives may be chcckered and dnrl


by the way,
Where the suabeams of home on the heal


cease to play,
The great light of the Craft, with its lessor


sublime,
Will illuminate your path on the journey o


time.
Should some poor erring Brother his claim


on you press,
Oh! regard not his faults, but relieve his dis
Over fai!ings be taught to throw Charity
For the best are but mortals, and mortals ar
= frail.
AS yc stand by the grave of a Mason, an'
weep,
With emotions of anguish all silent and deep,
| Oh forget not the needs ofhis de,olate hearth
And the dear tender ties that long bound hin


to earth.
Go, kind sympathy, visit the hrcside of grief,
And should want be found thtre, carry speed
relief;
Do not give rs you would to the mcndicar
poor,
That may shisering stand and beg aims
your door.
Should the spirit of evil your wild passion
fire,
Still let the moral strength triumph and Wi


dom inspire;
| Charming beauty and virtue alown the sur
line
That will lead you to bliss and to glory d
vine.
In the search of moro light by degrees yo
may climb,
| Till We pass from earth and the trials Of time,
| Wearing diadcms bright, and with failing
forgiven,
May we all meet ut last in the Grand Lodg
of Heaven.
Year: 1860

South Cdroiina M1ney.-The Charles
ton Courier, in an article entreating
holders Of South Carolina money with
out the State not to sacrifice anything
on it, gives the following:


The action ofour Legislature in re
spcct to to the suspension Of our banks,
was simply to remit that penalty due
to the State by bank in II State OF
suspension, and does not in any way
operate to lessen the security of the
noteholder. No bank notes in the
United States are better secured than
those of South Carolina. They are
not based upon public securities, which
in time Of pressure and public difficulty
could only be realized at heavy sac
rilice, which the noteholder must bear;
but by an article in the charter Of every
bank in this State, the stockholders
are liable, in the case OF the failure of
the bank to pay to its noteholders and
other creditors, an amount equal to
twice tho par value of the stock held
by them respectively. As none of our
banks are monopolics, but owned by
many shareholders, it is probable that
very nearly, if not quite tho whole
amount thus pledged for their security,
could bo realized by the creditors OF
the banks, if so much should be neces-
sary to satisfy their demands.
Year: 1860

Tho Amalgamatiou Of Langadges.--Ihere il
growing tendency in this age to appropriate
he most expressive words of other languages
and after q while to incorporate them into our
own thus the word Cephalic, which is from
the Greek, signifying .'for the had" is now
becoming popularized in connection with Mr.
Spalding Great Headache Remedy, but it will
soon be used in more general way, and the
word Cephalic will become ascommon as Elec'
trotype and many Others whose distinction as
foreign words has been worn away by common
usage until they seem ''native and to the manol
horn"
Year: 1860

A little blue Jay concluded one day
A courting she would 70, .., ....
And the steelyard song. all tho bright day long
From out her throat did flow.
Another blue Jay few over that way, ....
To cheer her solitude,
Good morning, my dear, just came to hear,
And hope don't intrude I" ....
"Oh no, Mister Jay, It's such fine day.
In glad to see you here,
We will mix our song, and all the day long,
Well be Of right good cheer"
Awhile they agreed and happy indeed
They both did seem to be,
And all the woods round, did echo the sound,
Of their sweet minstrelsy. ..
Now, this young she Jay, with her artfn way
Did win his honest heart
And made him believe, she d never deceive,
Or from his side depart.
He heard her thus sing, and tapped his blue


wing,


And seemed quite full of glec,
For meath the bright sun, he said there were


none


So happy half as he.
But soon there was heard, u he mocking bird
With notes both sweet and high,
Come over this way, my dear little JAY"
And over she did fly.
A bachelor state, was thus the sad fate,
A fate to hin, quite blue,
So sud and 80 lone his little mate gone,
And to her VOWS untrue.
Awhile he did cry. and thought he would die,
So lonely We're the days;
But flying around, he very soon found
The world was full of Jays,
Whose songs were as sweet, and plumage al


neat,


With just as winning ways,
So he closed his heart to the coquette's art,
And sought for other Jays.


MALE.
This story you'll find, applies to mankind,
All simple though it be,
A fish you may lose, but don't have the blues
Gas good are in the sea"
Year: 1860

A distinguished friend of ours says
that "poctry is sverybody's coin which
ono man jinglesj" but We are afraid
that it is generally coin jingled by
those who have no other TO jingle.
Year: 1860

PARsoN BRowNLow.-This Reverend gentle
man, the pastor Of Southern church as well as
the publisher Of the Nashville IlHig seems ia
Indicate, by the following pretty plain remarks,
no very exalted opinion Of modern Christians or
his paper;


Our deliberate conviction is, that ten of the
standards of picty might be selected from each
of the four leading Protestant denominations Of
our country, in all forty men--conliuG them to
the society Of the best Of an equal number OF
Democratic leaders, selected from different States
Of the Union, and not permit them to keep any
other company for ten years-at the expiration
OF which time let them all die, and we sincerely
believe they would go as straight to hell as a
bee would fly from buckwhcat patch to his
hive
Year: 1860

THE Assembly has passed bill to abolish the
office of Quartcrmaster General, which the Ma
rysville APpeaL approves of, as well as other
lower city papers. viii not the same body
establish Offices Of as little benefit to the State,
and at much greater expense to the people du-
ring their session There are several such that
we think of.
Year: 1860

MorHERs L0vE.-Larmartne tells good sto
ry that exquisitely illustrates mothers love /:
" In some spring freshet, a river widely washed
in its shore, and rent away bough whereon
bird had built cottage for the summer
hopes. Down in the white and whrling stream
drifted the green branch with its wicker cup of
unirdged song, and huttering beside it as she
went, the mother, unheeding the roaring river,
on She kept, her cries of agony and fear piercing
the pauses Of the storm" How like the love of
the old fashioned mother who followed the child
she had pIucked from her heart all over the
world. Swept by passion that child might be, it
mattered not, bearing away with him the frag
ments of the roof tree though he did, yet that
mother was with hinga Ruth through all his life,
and Rachel at his death.
Year: 1860

ADVICE TO BB READ AND REMEMBEHED.-If
you wish to stop your paper pay for it in full to
the time when yon cease taking it, as an honest
man should do. Don't go sneakng to the post
master and tell him to send your paper back
refused" but send for your BILL deposit the
amount with the postmaster, and ask him to for
ward it or what is a much better way, go to the
Office Of publication yourself, and pay your hon
est dues like a man. Some people complain that
they can't stop paper that they have once sub
scrbed for, but there is no difficulty in it, if they
take the right way. Pay up all you owe, and
then, If the paper is con tinued, contrary to your
orders, you are not liable for it, Don't under
take TO cheat the printer out Of his due, whe lher
it be ten cents or ten dollars. You have had the
benefit of bis labor, aud are bound, upon every
principle Of justice and fair dealing, to pay for it
Year: 1860

shoot their fbres during the first genial


weather, even in winter. In extreme cold


and exposed locations, or in heavy, clay


soils, spring may be preferred, but the evils


resulting from these may be obviated in


some cases by any one who understands the
business. A belt of evergreens or other
| timber is always desirable upon the exposed
sides of orchards, in cold, windy situations.
| If the soil be of clay, and liable to hold
water. a mound should be raised around
each tree to the hight of six oreight inches
| in order to turn off the water, and prevent
| the earth from becoming compact and hard.
This is important, even in the most suitable


soils, as it not only leaves the surface mel
low in the spring when the hill is removed,


but it serves to steady the tree against the


action of the winds in winter.


But with all the advantages Of fall plant


ing, most farmers defer this work until


spring, and even until much of the pressing
work of other planting is accomplished


This is great mistake, because the tender


roots of thrifty nursery trees break forth on
the approach of the first warm days. After


this, if the trees are removed, these tender
rootlets are broken off and destroyed, and
the surface becomes more or less dry, and on
the failure of 4" the first intention the vigor
| of the trees is more or less impaired, besides
if the planting is delayed until spring, and
often too late then, the tree can hardly get
| favorable start sufficient to carry it through


the dry spells that frequently follow, and


hence they either die or get feeble start.
Persons who have failed to do their plant
| ing in the fall, should embrace the first sea-
sonabIe weather during the present month,
! provided their trees are near at hand, and
set them out at once, always remembering
| that the branches should be well thinned
| out and those that remain to form the head


should be cut back one-half or two-thirds OF


their length. This is important to compen-


safe for the loss of the roots and small 6brcs,


caused by the removal from the nursery
| A good covering Of straw or other litter
| placed around the roots, extending over a
| space of four feet in diameter, will retain a
| moist, mellow surface during summer, and
| go far towards securing the life and vigor-
| Gus growth of the trees.


| A very mistaken idea almost universally


prevails in regard to the care and cultivation
necessary to secure the healthy growth of a
young orchard. No delicate annual crop


needs more careful and thorough cultivation
/ than the orchard. The labor for this will


be more than repaid by choosing suitable
/ crops to plant between the rows of trees
| These should never be oats, wheat, &c.


| More trees have been lost, with the loss oil
/ vast amount of labor, by disregard ot


these simple facts, during the last ten years,


than are healthy trees now growing in the
4 United States. i
Year: 1860

Each season has its peculiar advantages
for transplanting trees from the nursery.
Under almost any circumstances we, should
nrefer the fall season First because this is
a season of comparative leisure while in
spring there are many duties to be edischarg-
ed upon the farm that can be performed at
no other season. Trees set in the fall be-
come established, with the earth firmly


ettled about their roots, and are ready to
Year: 1860

Since the menufacture ofwooden nntun0gs
in Connecticut has ceased, the people have
turned their attention to the manufacture Of
all sorts of Yankee notions, from patent
sewing birds, in the manufacture Of which
fortune has been made, and wooden clocks,
in which fortunes have been made and lost.
down to campaign medals, of which one
manufacturer turns out ten thousand per
day. About the last invention contFived By
one Of these ingenious people is the rnanu-.
fasture Of school states out of wood. Not
long ago Messrs. Dean g. Munger, OF New
Haven, Conn, took out patent for the
manufacture of this article, and, from their
manifest superiority over the old stone slate,
they are going into almost universal use
They are made of three thickDesses. Of ve-s
neering glued together, and covered on both
sides with black coating Of just the proper
degree Of roughness to receive the impres-
sion from the pencil, and are then framed In
the usual manner. Their most striking PEI
culiarities are their extreme lightness end
durability they may be thrown down, and
even stamped upon. without being ercken..
The same firm also make black-boards With
the same covering.
Year: 1860

REMovED.-The Mayor and City En-
gineer have removed their office from the
corner Of Brady and Third, to the corner Of
Main and Second streets. in McAsnus Block.
Entrance or Main street.
Year: 1860

VERY few farmers were in town Sat-
urday on account Of the prsss Of business 10
the harvest field. Never was there more pleas
ant or fortunate weather for securing crops
than they are now enjoying. Truly the farm.
ere are In luck this year.
Year: 1860

GoDEY's LADY's Book comes to US
again. with many pleasing features No mag
asine Of the kind IN the country comes any
where near it in perfection. Ladies. the stce
plate engraving in the August number o.
Cooley is worth q years subscription. to cay
nothing of the brilliant things which come
after
Year: 1860

ELECTRICITY IN CATs.--The extraordinary
electrical character of the cat is well known
On cold bright day, if cat be stroked, the
hairs Of the fur bristle up, and electrical sparks
issue thereirom, accompanied with slight crack
ling. 1t appears too that the animal may be so
surcharged with electricity that it will give a
severe shock to the holder. In order to obtain
this result, the cat should be placed ON the knees
and one hand applied TO its breast, while the
other is employed in stroking its fur Cracking
and sparks soon make their appearance, and in
short time, if the party continues to stroke the
ANIMAL he will receive sharp electrical shock
that may be felt above the wrists. The cat seems
to suffer as much as the experimenter, for on
giving forth the shock she springs to the ground
in terror and seldom will permit repetition of
the same process.
Year: 1860

eff I were to paw" SAYS Sir John Herschel
for a taste which should stand me in stead un-
der every variety OF circumstances, and be a
source Of happiness and cheeriuness to me
through life, and shield against its lis, how
ever things might go amiss and the world irown
upon me, it would be a taste for reading. !
speak of it of course, only as a worldly advan-
tage, and not in the slightest degree as super
seding or derogating from the higher Office and
sure and stronger panoply of religious princi-
pies but as taste an instrument and mode
of pleasurable qualification. Give a man this
taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you
can hardly fail Of making happy man; unless,
indeed, you put into his hands most perverse
selection of Books. You place him in contact
with the best society IN every period of history
with the wisest, the wittiest-wth the tender
est, the bravest and the purest characters that
have adorned humanity. You make him deni-
IN of all natiuns-a cotemporary of all ages.
The world has been created for him. 1t is
hardly possible but the character should take a
higher and better tone from the constant habit
OF associating in thought with a class of think
crs, to say the least of it, above the average OF
humanity. 1t is morally impossible hut that the
manners should take tinge of good breeding
and civilization from having constantly before
ones eyes the way in which the best bred and
the best Informed men have talked and conduct
cd themselyas in their intercourse with each
other. There is gentle but perfectly irresista.
Die coercion in habit of reading, well directed
over the whole tenor of mans character and
conduct which is not the less effectual because
i works nsen.ibly, and is really the last thing
he dreams Of
Year: 1860

CoPrER FEVER AT CRESCENT CIrY.-The
Crescent City Herald of May 8Oth says
copper is all the rage and all the cry. Men
eat copper, drink copper, sleep on copper
and dream Of copper. Approach two or
more individuals who are talking in the
street. and Il first word you hear will be
copper Ask any individual you see on
horseback where he is going, and be sure the
answer will be to the copper mines. See
anything in mans hand and you may be
certain 1t is piece of copper ore and if you
search yea, his pockets the probability is they are
lu'i OF ore also. Oxides and sulphurets, and
casing and out-croppings are familiar words
on the lips of men who two months ago would
nave been puzzled to define them. The fact
Is the whole country is full Of copper, and in
consequence all the inhabitants of this sec


uon thereof have got the copper fever badly
ana are much excited thereat.
Year: 1860

EXECUTION BY THE PEoPLE.-The Stockton
Republican, speaking of the recent hanging
of a Mexican at Knights Ferry, for murder
ing girl (after having violated herr says:


After arresting the offender, the people
were divided in regard to what disposition
should be made of him-one party insisting
on burning him and another on hanging him.
and a third, by far the fewest number, wished
to hand him over to the authorities for trial
Those who favored hanging being largely in
the ascendant, they lost no time in swinging
the prisoner into eternity The Mexican
was nnmed Antonio Ruez, and his victim,
Wather The murdered girl was within two
weeks of being eight years of age Her
parents are German, and highly respectable
and Industrious people.
Year: 1860

INVENTION FOR LETTER STAMPINa.-Am most
ingenious invention for the saving of time al d
labor is now in use at the post Office in q ue-
Dec. 1t consists of a letter stamping macuine,
Which Is calcniatea 10 stamp thirty five or
forty letters per minute. The action of the
machinery IS so arranged that it will Pile The
letters neatly, in the order in which they have
been stamped, thus facilitating dist atcn to IN
immense extent. The inventor, "A well known
mechanic OF that city, is about to procure u
patent for his inYention.
Year: 1860


Glad were the children when their glowing faces
Gathered about US in the winter night,
And now, with gleesome hearts in Verdant places,
We see them leaping in the summer light.
For they remember yet the tales we told them


Around the hearth, Of fairies long ago
When they could only look out to behold them,


Quick dancing earthward In the feathery snow.
But now tho young ard fresh Imagination


Finds traces of their presence every where,
And peoples with a and bright creation


The clear blue chambers of the sunny air.
For them the gate of many sunny palace,


opes to the ringing bugle of the bee,
And every hower-cup is a golden chalice,


Wine filed, in some grand elhn reVelry.
Quaint little eyes from grassy hooks are peering;


Each dewy leaf is rich in magic lore;
The foam-bells, down the ringing brooklet steering


Are fairy-freighted to some happier shore.
Stern theorists, with wisdom overreaching


The aim of wisdom in your precepts cold,
And with painful stretch Of callous teaching,


That withers the young heart into the old;
What is the gain II a.! their flowers were perished


Their visinn-felds forever shorn and bare,
The mirror shattered that their young faith cherished


Showing the face of things SO very fair!
Time hath enough of ills to undeceive them,
And care will crowd where dreams have dwelt before
Oh therefore, while the heart is trusting leave then
Their happy childhood and their fairy lore