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Year: 1860

The Charleston .News holds forth as
foil


What has her (the city Of Charles
tons privatehospitality to do with such
a case: an lrruption upon her of an i'm
mense horde of men, intent on their
own selfish ends, and Indifferent alike
to her people, their sentiments and in :
terests And thousands of them, too.
of such character and manners that il
they were to come here individually.
again and again, it would never be
thought duty by resectable man of
our city to admit any of them within his
doors During the presence of that
promlscuous crowd, the private doors of
Charleston will never have been SO
tightly shut and carefully guarded as
then. She will confer more WATCHING
than hospitality oil the camp followers
who have come to swarm at the as
sembling of d national conyention.''
Year: 1860

We are informed by Mr.. Elwell that
tie Superior road, which our citizens
and those Of the adjoining counties have
been assisting to open, is now SO far
completed as to admit Of Wagon travel
over it; and that five teams of provls-
ions have already been taken over the
road to Lake Mile Lac. 1t is intended
to still expend about one thousand dol
lars to complete and perfect the road
Any additional assistance which can be
furnished is much needed. The road
needs to be widened and otherwise i'm
proved to make it easy of travel.
Year: 1860

Hon. d. Heaton, the able Senator
from Hennepin, has written US letter
complaining that in our article on the
Concurrent Resolutions, published in
former number Of this paper, we did
him great injustice. We certainly did
not intend to arraign our friend for his
vote on those resolutions. By no means
All we meant to say-and we fancy all
our language would inply-was that we
could not understand what were the
reasons which induced him to oppose the
resolutions We were anxious that
something should be done for building
road from Lake Superior to this point
or some point on the Mississippi and
we thought the passage of these resolu-
tions would effect this desirable object


Senator Heaton, in his letter to us,
and in his able speech which we find in
the Neacs, takes the ground. that the
Bill in question, even had it become a
law, would have accomplished nothing,
in the direction we Of Northern Mime
sofa so much desire. We confess as
to this, we are not prepared to express
an opinion. Ifthe effect Of the Resolu-
tions in the form of law would have
been as MIR. Heaton states, we certainly
do NOT reorat thair dacoot Ono tb;o =,
we state with pleasure; we believe
Senator Heaton, in all his public acts,
is governed by religious regard for
what he believes to be for the best in
terests of our State and our people =
We publish elsewhere a portion of his
speech in relation to the matter.
Year: 1860




Sir: In your issue ofto-day, you in
yite an expression OF opinion from any
of your readers who think they have
any suggestion Of Importance to make
in regard to the great theme that now
occupies the attention ofthe Republican
party, viz: the Chicago Nomination.
As an original Republican and Seward
Wing, would like to call the attention
o: that class Of our friends, in your State
and elsewhere, to what | have to say.
And | now not only speak my own views
but also what ] know to be the senti-
ment, to great extend, of my brother
Republicans here. We 90 for Edward
Bates of Missouri, as President of this
Republic in this year 1860, that we
thereby may consolidate a party able to
place itself in power, and prove by its
acts tho purity of its aims and the patri-
otlsm of its Intentions then we will be
able to reward those great leaders who
have carried the flag through the thick
est of the fght-and among whom the
first in our love and admiration is the
great statesman of New-York. But we
have not the heart to see our best friend
placed in a position where there is the
least risk of his being sacrificed or cut
down with that flag he has carried so
long rather let him 60 no erecting that
tower of Liberty which he has so sue
cessfully reared to its present proud
hight, and when completed and his task
finished, let him be placed on the apex
as the representative of our great princi-
pies. But, Mr.. Editor, we in Pennsyl-
vania, know where we stand and among
whom we live, and we hope our friends
from other sections, through ignorance
| of the material they have TO work with
viii regard our views and save our great
leader from the abyss we think they
would plunge hin in. But let the Chi
cago Convention thin; otherwise, and
nominate for our candidate that distin-
guished man, and we are for hin
speak for every Republican in this
State), heart and soul, until the sun sets
on the day of battle. And, on the eth
er hand let tncm nominate-un Repub-
lican platform-a practical emancipa-
zionist, Edward Bates Of Missouri, then
not only every true Republican, but
every ID line Whig and every .9meri-
can in our State, will give his vote and
voice that day for the standard-bearer OF
Republican principles, and a shout vii
60 up from the valleys of Pennsylvania
on that eventful night which will pro
claim land once more free, and rejoice
the hearts of all the true lovers ofLiber
ty throughout its breadth and width.


Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia March 9. 1860
Year: 1860

ly firm and reliable, was taken-that a
triumph was achieved.


Is there not instruction to be derived
from that result, and the manner by
which it was attained? Does 1t not
teach this lesson substantially, that no
man occupying the same political posi-
ton that Mr. Sherman did, can, by any
effort however earnest, or any argument
however eloquent, obtain for the presi-
dency majority of the votes of the
American people. We have neither the
space nor the inclination now, to eIabor-
ate an argument on this proposition. All
we care to say at this time, is, that we
believe it. 1t appears to us plain in
deed; and every days political devel-
opments but add to our convictions Of
its truth.


We need not to disguise the fact that
we are opposed to the nomination, at
Chicago, of any man whose political po-
sition will repel all votes but Northern
ones, and whose race, therefore, would
necessarily be a purely sectional one.
In the first place, such a candidate
wonld be defeated in the second
place, he would deserve to be.


Everybody who knows anything Of us
knows that we are opposed TO slavery
and slavery extension; but we have not
reached the point yet, and hope we new
er shall, Of believing that anti-sla-
very agitation is the catholicon which is
to heal all manner Of Diseases, and cure
all evils with which the country may be
afflicted All we desire at the hands Of
the Chicago Convention, is, candi-
date who, while he denies the power of
the Constitution to carry slavery into
the territories, possesses an equally fra
ternal feeling for the citizens of every
State of this Union-whether North or
South, slave or free. Such a man is
EEwARD BATES of Missouri.
Year: 1860

G@It is now thought probable that
both Houses of Congress will take a
recess during the National Conventions,
in order to give members an opportunity
to attend at Charleston and Chicago.
Year: 1860

LADIES, remember that Risley's Pan
Drama Of the Thams4 Will be sxhibised this
afternoon sor Your especial benefit Be sure
and attend Also. an exhibition will be given
at o'clock this evening.
Year: 1860

and are decrepit soon after they are Of
age. | was godfather to one of these old
fellows. He is now three-and-thirty,
which is the grand climateric of a young
drunkard | went to visit the crazy
wretch this morning, with no other pur-
pose but to rally him under the pain and
uneasiness of being sober.


But as our faults are double when they
affect others besides ourselves, so this
vice is still more odious in married than
a single man. He that is the husband
of woman of honor, and comes home
overloaded with wine, is still more con-
temptible in proportion to the regard we
have to the unhappy consort of his bes-
tiality. The imagination cannot shape
to itself anything more monstrous and
unnatural than the familiarities between
drunkenness and chastity. The wretched
Astraa, who is the perfection Of beauty
and innocence, has long been thus con-
demned for life. The romantic tales Of
virgins devoted to the jaws of monsters,
have nothing in them so terrible as the
gift of Astr@a to that Bacchanal.


The reflection of such a match as spot
less innocence with abandoned lewdness,
is what puts this vice in the worst figure
it can bear with regard to others; but
when it is looked upon with respect only
to the drunkard himself, it has deformi-
ties enough to make it disagreeable, which
may be summed up In word by allowing
that he who resigns his reason, is actually
guilty of all that he is liable to from the
want of reason.
Year: 1860

LINES ON A SKELETON.
Behold this ruin Twas skull
Once of ETHEREAL spirit full,
This narrow cell was life's retreat.
This place was thoughts mysterious seat.
What beauteous visions filed this spot,
What dreams of pleasure, long forgot.
Nor Hope, nor Love, nor Joy, nor Fear,
Have left one trace ofreeord here.
Beneath this mouldering canopy
Once shown the bright and busy eve;
But, start not at the dismal void
If social love that eye employed;
If with no lawless fire it cleaned,
But through the dews of kindness beamed.
That eye shall be forever bright
When stars and suns are sunk in Night.
Within the hollow Cavern hung
The ready, swift, and tuneful tongue,
If FalSehOod'S honey it diSdained,
And where it would not praise, was chained
If bold in Virtues cause it spoke,
Yet gentle Concord never broke
This silent Tongue shall plead for thee
When Time unveils Eternity.
Say, did these fingers delve the mine?
Or with It's envied rubieS shine?
To hew the rock or wear the gem,
Can little Row avail to them.
But if the page Of Truth they sought,
Or comfort to the mourner brought,
These hands a richer need shall claim
Than all that wait en- Wealth or Fame
Ayails it, whether bare or shod
These feet the paths of Duty trod p?
Ii from the bowers Of Ease they fled,
To seek Affections humble shed,
If Grandeurs guilty brib@ they sparaa4,
And home to Virtues cot returned,
These feet with Angels wings shall vie,
And tread the palace of the sky.
Year: 1860

and SAYS he will prove it. He brings ne
small pair of white trousers, with gay
stripes at the sides, and asks if | didn't
make them for him when he joined the
boys militia? He says he is the very
boy, too, that made the bonfire near the
barn, so that we came very near having
fire in earnest. He brings his little
boat to show the red stripe on the sail
Git was the end of the piece and the
name on the stern" Lucy Iowa lit
tie girl Of our neighborhood, who, because
of her long curls and pretty, round face,
was the chosen favorite Of my little boy.
Her curls were long since cut off, and she
has grown to be a tall, handsome girl
How the red comes to his face when he
shows me tle name on the boat. Oh |
see it all as plain as if it were written in
book. My little boy is lost, and my big
boy soon will be. Oh! [ wish he were a
little tired boy In long white night gown,
lying in his Ii lie crib, with me sitting by,
holding his hand in mine, pushing the
curls back f ON his forehead, watching
his eyelids droop, and listening to his
deep breathing.


If only had my little boy again, how
patient | would be. How much [ would
bear, and how little I would fret and scold.
| can never have him back again; but
there are still many mothers who haven :
lost their little boys. | wonder if they
know they are living their very best days ;
that now is the time to really enjoy their
children. | think if | had been more to
my little boy, [ might now be more to
My grown up one Wurerly Magazine.
Year: 1860

feet--there grow sweet summer flowers ;
there wave the gentle grass there birds
sing their mathis and vespers there the
blue sky shone down to day, and there
lies the freshness of MY heart.


Parents, you should have heard the
pathos in the voice of that stricken moth
er, as she said, "There are plants that
spring into great vigor if the heavy pres
sure of footstep crush them but oh
there are others that even the pearls of
the light dew bend to the earth.
Year: 1860

We surrender the greater portion of our space to-
day to the annual Message of the President


The Message was sent in to the Senate on Tues
day, and read to that body


1t is an able and dignfcd document, breathing
true and just Constitutional spirit.
Year: 1860

JUDGE BATES ON MANUAL LABoR-Judge
Bates, in speech commemorating the death of a
young member of the St. Louis bar, referred to
the great mortality of the profession, and added:


"Alow me to suggest that there is lesson con-
nected with this fact, which it would be wise for
us to heed We are too little attentive in our ac-
tive and busy pursuitsfor fame and wealth, to the
keeping of Sound mind in sound body We
sacrifice the one thing in the hope of raising the
other. l will state, far regards myself, that
for nearly forty years. (and believe have labor
ed as much man ought to labor,) have made
it rule to work from one to three hours each day
in the garden; and thus, though my star has long
eliminated and l am going down the western
slope of life with increasing impetus, | find myself
in good state of health, and attribute it to the
fact that [ have exercised my arm to labor in til
ling the earth on a small scale; and [ advise all
my young friends to do the same thing
Year: 1860

In our opinion there is no disunon at the South
save what is occasioned by sense of violated
rights, and conviction that there is little or NJ
hope of redress. There are no better friends ot
the Union established by the Constitution, thar
these very fre-eaters as they are called, who are
unwilling to be left with all the obligations of tha
| instrument resting upon them, while the immuni
ties and benefits of it are denied Just restore the
Union to its origional sis,-the basis of the Con
stitution-and it will have no warmer friends and
defenders than the men of the South. Garrison
and his crew are consistent ~ denouncing the
Constitution as "an agreement with hell' and. the
Union, because based on such constitutions but
those men very inconsistent who pretend to up
hold the Union, and violate the Constitution upon
which it rests What but such violation are the
"personal liberty bills" which have been enacted
in several of the Northern States; the refusal of
the North with some honorable exceptions, to sur
render fugitive slaves, stipulated by the Consti-
tuition, the practical denial to the South of equal
rights in the Territories and generally disposi-
ton the part of Northern people, or a large
portion of them, when they do not distinctly vio-
late the Constitution Gin those features which nure
to the benefit Of the South) to come near it as
possible? Now, we say that they cannot properly
be termed dsunionists, they only so in case
the terms of the Union are persistently violated
And we say that those men at the North and





ue in Union which she never assented to-a I'm
ion not such as the Constitution calls for but such
as abolition tyrants fit to inaugurate-are them
selves the disunionsts since they virtually sanction
a violation on the terms of the Union, which they
might have prevented if they would, and then
commit the double wrong of compelling the injur-
ed party to abide under his inj uries. If A makes
a contract with containing mutual stipulations,
and if A distinctly violates and continues to vio-
late those of them that inure to B, there is not
court in the land but would say that A is estopped
from demanding of B, the continued fulflment of
his part on the contract. And this covenant
breaking ON the part of the North, is far enough
from being innocent. 1t is classed in Scripture
with the most fragrant kinds of wickedness Rom
/, 31.) The true business of the North is to
repent and do her first works; fulfil her obligations
to the South, all of them, as she once did, and as
the Constitution requires; and our word for it we
shall hear more about disunion and secession at
the South, but shall find existing wounds healing
up and the halcyon days of the Republic restored.
Thisis the way to coerce" the South with bands of
love; doing her whole duty under the constitution,
and letting the South and feel that it is Union
for her, and not against her. The whole theory
Of the Union is choice. The moment force is ap-
piled, against State section, that moment the
golden chain is broken, and so broken that IN all
it can never be repaired.-N. Your
sol Of Commerce.
Year: 1860

GEN. LANE made speech at Indianapolis on
the goth ultimo in which he said:


"I am for all the rights of the States, and will
do all in my power to preserve those rights
have battled, and always will battle, against any
interference on the part of Congress with the sub
ject of slavery. 1t is subject with which Con-
gress has nothing to do. Leave the Territories
open to the Southern man as we'll as the Northern
man; let each take his property with him, and en-
Joy it while the territorial condition remains. This
is equal and exact justice. The men of the South
fought as hard and bravely to acquire the terri
tory, or furnished as much treasure to purchase it,
as those of the North. How, then, can you dis
criminate-how keep our Southern brother out of
his inheritance? Let us then, my friends, con-
tend for these constitutional privileges and con-
stitutional rights


A voice-"What if old Abe should be elected p


"Well, l say that if he should be elected we
will keep right on battling for the principles of
the National Democracy. Should he be elected
by bis sectional party, and on his sectional plat
form, we must content ourselves with the thought
that four years will quickly pass, and at the ex-
piration Of that time the people will rise in their
might, and place man in the Presidential Chair
who will stand by and adhere to the principles of
the Constitution, as now expounded by the Su-
preme Court, and held by the Breckenridge party.
Year: 1860

From the Home Journal.
The sky looks pale through misty veil;
The winter wind walls loud
And cloud shapes grieve, as they rapidly weave
The cold still earth shroud.
Now, spirits in white, with footsteps light.
Come trOOping down the sky
Like shapes of dream, or like angels they


seem,


AS they float so airiy by.
Oh, the winter snow the winter snow
We loved it once full we'll
And with childish shout, ringing merily out,
Hailed the fleecy shower as it fell.
But now since we know, that under the snow,
Hid from the light of day,
There are treasures fair-treasures most rare,
In darkness hidden away.
Our gladness is Ger, and we love no more
To see the snow fall come;
For heavy chill, and sense of ill,
1t brings to our heart and home.
Oh, the treasures fair the treasures so rare
Hidden under the snow,
Are not the sweet flowers that in summer


hours


Set mount and meadow a.glow.
Something more bright to our yearning sight,
Something far dearer than they
Is lying low. under the snow,


On this bleak, sad winter day.
If We think with dread of the blossoms dead,
Under this covering chill,
What deeper woe must or sad hearts know
For that something dearer still
oh, snow. flakes fair fall light as air
Fall light and soft, pray,
On the treasures we yet so wildly regret,
Buried, and hidden away
Year: 1860

The portraits of JOHN BROWN represent
him sitting in red velvet cushioned
chair, holding copy of the New York
Tribune in his hand. There is an appro.
priateDess about the latter feature Of the
picture that none can dispute. The teach
ings OF the New York Tribune probably
did much towards pushing lin on from
anaticism to crime !; and it is proper that
ne tool and the tfse e shoul Id be held in
Year: 1860

The New York Evening Post says, man
" cannot be active and quiescent at the same
time" There may be some doubt about
that. Some fellows hustle about terribly
and yet lie still. a. n
Year: 1860

sas- The Enquirer copied our " Extra .
of Saturday in full, in its Sundays edition
but by some strange oversight, totally failed
to give us proper credit. We presume the
omission was purely accidental, and will not
occur again.
Year: 1860

REMARKARLE EoHo.-In the Cathedral of
Girgenti, in Sicily. the slightest whisper Is
borne with perfect distinetness from the great
western door to the cornice behind the high
altar distance of $50 feet. BY most un-
lucky coincidence, the precise focus Of diver
gence at the former station was chosen for
the place of the confessional. Secrets never
intended for the public ear thus became
known, to the dismay of the confessors and
the scandal of the people, by the resort of the
curious to the opposite point, which seems to
have been discovered accidentally, till at
length one listener, having had his curiosity
somewhat over gratiied by hearing his wife's
avowal of her own infdelity, this tell-tae
peeuliarity became generally known, and the
confessional was removed Exchange
Year: 1860

SPECIAL NoTIcE.-Persons announcing their
names as candidates, will please keep in mind
that it is our invariable rule to require pay in
advance. We trust that our friends will not ask
rs to depart from this rule in any instance, as
We dislike to be under the disagreeable necessity
NJ refusing them.
Year: 1860

Since his return TO Ireland. Mr.. O'Brien
has been entertaining bis countrymen by
giving them information concerning our
institutions, form of government, &c. In
his second lecture on America, in speaking
of our system of voting, lie stated that, al
though from the rapidity of his journey.
he was not prepared to say how far the
various allegations against the ballot were
well founded. he was sure that neither
corruption nor intimidation prevailed at all
to the same extent in America as in the
United Kingdom; and he would add that,
although he did not like secret voting, be
was compelled to say that if the ballot was
not soon adopted in Ireland, they would
be returning to that state of things which
existed during the time of the 40s. free
holders, when the representation of tho
largest counties in Ireland was regulated
by the landed proprietors whilst slipping
their claret. He said that the interests of
the working classes were more studied and
cared for in America than in Great Brit
ain. 1t was impossible for any one not to
observe that in Dublin, the streets inhabi-
ted by the poor did not receive the same
amount Of care as those inhabited by the
wealthier citizens, whilst the contrary was
the case in New York. As to the social
qualities of the Americans, he said, in their
intercourse with women their address was
most respectful, and in their intercourse
with each other, they were free and inde-
pendent, but unobtrusive. No man in
America, no matter how large his means,
liked to be called a ''losf4r, that was,
an idIer,-whiIst in Great Britain the son
of a poor country gentleman would rather
starve than engage in trade or commerce
and this feeling amongst the American,
was the true source Of their gr~atness
whilst the contrarary feeling in ireland
second 10 its suhjeclion to foreign rule, was
the true source of its indigsnce.
Year: 1860

A PouLTIcE FoR FEaoNs, &c Take
CASTLE soap and scrspe large or small
quantity, according to the amount wanted,
and simmer in new mix until il forms a
paste rs thick as cream. Cool il and apply
You will find this one If the best pouitices
for fe!ons or any kind of swelling that
needs poulticing, AMI far superior 10 bread
and milk.