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Year: 1860

GIRLS AND BoYs Nova -DAYs.-A girl
is not allowed to be girl after ten years
old. Ifyou treat her as if she were one she
will ask youwhat you mean. If she starts to
run across the street, she is brought back
to the nusery to listen to lecture on the
proprieties of womanhood. Now, IL seems
to me that girl ought to be nothing but
girl until she is seventeen. OF course;
there are proprieties belonging to her sex
which it is fitting for her to observe, but it
seems to me that aside from these; she
ought to have the utmost latitude. She
ought to be encouraged to do much out of
doors, to run, to exercisei in all of those ways
which are calculated to. develop the musou-
lar frame.


What is true Of boys, in the matter Of
bodily health, is eminently SO of girls. 1t
is vastly moreimportant that woman should
be healthy than men should be. Man votes,
and writes, and does business, but women
is the teacher and the mother of the world;
aud any thing that dsteriorates or adulter-
ates woman is comprehensive plauge on
human life ITSELF Health among woman
is thing that every man who is wise and
oonsiderate for his race should most earns
estly desire and seek.
Year: 1860

The AMrHlrHEArER.-Th evening the Marsh
Juveniles will bring out the grand fairy extraya-
ganza of Cherry and Fair STAR with new seen
cry and brilliant effects, and elaborate costuming
The entertainment will commence with the farce
of " Perfection.n
Year: 1860

PATENT CHILLED IRON SAFES.


Safe that shall combine perfect reproof qualities with
complete protection from the attacks of the most skul bur
glars has long been the every man. The very
best Of the Sheet Iron Safes use they may have
freproof qualities from the popularity Of their structure can
never resist the efforts of burglars are consequently
less for the protection Of yabs The newspaper reports in
this and all large cities and throughout the country fully cor
roborate this statement.
Year: 1860

Hhas been well remarked that no govern
ment can be prosperous or permanent, the peo-
pie Of which are unsuccessful in their social
opJecis. 1t matters not very much what those
objects are. The unimpeded prosecution of
them is the great guaranty for which govern


nents are constituted The first object of
government should be to convince the people
That this guaranty is permanent and certain
Laws which anctuateare fatal to popular pros
perity, while such as bear hardly upon any
class, however small, though they promote the
absolute wishes of the rest, will be unwise, and
become oppressive in the end to the whole for
1t is in all such cases the nature of ministers
to increase, in proportion TO the increasing de-
sire of majorties to extend their sway over
greater numbers The display of national
splendor, or private opuencc, is seldom sure
proof of national prosperity. The bankrupt
makes his most extraordinary displays of pro-
fusion Just before his open failure; and there
is no moral filth more shockingthan that which
imperial trappings are employed to conceal
Remarking to n pupil the various transactions
which had taken place. within short period,





city compared its condition, while it was want
ing in those monuments of splendor which had
pretaced its overthrow, with the subsequent
magniliccnce in which all people then indulg-
ell lie deplored the unfortunate character of
the difference, and predicted the result.
great display Of wealth can, in no country, be.
made by more than very few, and any strug-
gle at this object, on the part of the great body
Of n community is neither more nor less than
a contest in crime for the splendors Of bank
ruptcy. He preferred to see, as we should,
country thickly scattered over with smiling
and cultivated farms, even though, at the same
time, the treasury of state or city remained
empty-since people, prosperous by means
of labor, can always meet the emergency,
whatever form it may take, by which state or
city is endangered tits not so certain that state
or city can help a disolute people, who have
yet TO learn the first rudiments of industry
The noblest cdilces, in every country are true
hearts and strong hands, souls not debased by
indigcnce, ner enervated by luxury. There
will most certainly be found, in every nation,
where the government neither subjects them
for its creatures, nor affords them an unwhoe-
some example by its pomps people who will
always have iilial love for the soil they cul-
tivatc, and for the government, which, pro-
tecting them from others, does not itself seek
to oppress them. :" would rather" said the
sage, see the national treasury forever with
out penny, than know that any worthy cii-
zen stood hopclcssy in need of one"
Year: 1860

dywine it was only in imagination-she had
been laboring with one of the most terrible OF
diseases that the human family has to contend
against-the yellow fever; and she saw as dis
tinctly as if it had been a reality, the gold in
the cave of Peggy Drew. This distinguished
individual had lived in legend for years on the
Brandywinc; and Madame Jaques had heard
of her frequently; no doubt the recital of some
of her famous deeds of witchcraft had found
their way to her ear; besides, Brandywine
Hundred had always been famous for Witches,
and it has only been few years ago that Pro-
fessor Roback had to be brought in requisition
to lay their Vaccinations. As for Anna Croas-
dale, she had never been seen by Madame Ja-
ques but frequently she had heard her son
speak of her and as u natural consequence
these two persons, in her estimation, were


linked together as the destroyer of her son.


In the dead hour of night Augusta was con-
veycd to the grave yard of the old Swede's
Church, in this city, where many victim OF
the fever were deposited, without single stone
to mark the srot where he rests.


Madame Jaques, in due course of time, was
apprised of the loss that had befallen her fami-
ly in the death of her son. For the first time
in her life did she become acquainted with Anna
Croasdale, and how differently did the reality
appear from the imaginative onel Madame
Jaques gradually improved in health, and as
good fortune would have it, Anna escaped the
contagion unscathed. Madame Jaques being left
alone in the world she naturally longed for a
companion; that companion was Anna Croas-
dale. The two lived together for years, or
until death separated them by bearing Madame
Jaques to the tomb. Anna Croasdale lived for
many years after, a spinster, and was well
known to the citizens of Wilmington as an eX-
emplary character.


Having now disposed of our characters in ac-
cordance with the facts, and entertained our
numerous readers for n few hours, we conclude
what to myself, was never pleasant story.
do not claim the theme of this story as wholly
original, as it was related to me by an old rela-
tive but have put it in readable shape Kind
reader, adieu.
Year: 1860

TIE DEAD BODY OF CnILD EATEN BY A Car.
The Coroner relates. says the St. Louis Re
publican, the following horrible circumstan-
ces attendant on the death of a child:


In lower basement room rear of No 266
South Fifth street, poor woman, named
Stelfen, was confined to bed of sickness by
the birth of a child Il few days ago. While
her husband was away CATHERINE blAckber-
RES with a view to raise a few cents from
them, the child was suddenly taken with
spasms and died. The mother managed to
crawl out on the edge of the bed, laid her
dead child on n box close by and spread n
cloth over it. Towards midnight the dismal
bowling Of large gray cat was heard near
window left open over the box where the
dead child lay. The ravenous animal jumped
upon the box and ate half of the chld's cheek
and sucked its eyes out before any one could
prevent.it. The mother, on awakening from
sleep, uttered several piercing shrieks, which
frightened the cat away aud brought a
neighbor to the window. In the morning
the body of the child presented a most fright
full appearance, and wrung the mothers heart
almost to desperation.
Year: 1860

LARGE VALLEY DISCOVERED. Captain
Lance Nightingale, who headed scouting
party in the Indian country, has returned to
Carson Valley. The Territorial Enterprise
learns from him, that the party discovered a
large valley while proceeding from High
Book Canon towards the Sierra. 1t says:


While proceeding in that direction, and
when about 100 miles due east of Shasta
Buttes, they came upon a rich and beautiful
valley, nearly as large as Honey Lake. and
which, from the fact of its being laid down
on none of the maps, Capt. N. is of opinion
had never before been discovered by the
whites. This Valley the company proposed
to call after the Captain. 1t is about seventy
miles north of Honey Lake, is some so miles
long, and has an extensive mud Lake on its
eastern margin. To the north end Of this
lake, and connected with it by stream is a
smaller lake, which seen through a glass,
seemed clear and deep.


This valley contains n rich soil, abounds in
water and grass, numerous pure cold streams
coming down from the mountains on its west
side, and the clover and pea vines being
nearly up to the sides of their animals This
spot is, no doubt, one of the favorite haunts
of the Indians who had been there but
short time before, their footprints being still
quite fresh in the sand. Many of them are
supposed to be in the vicinity at present.
Year: 1860

IT is a startling fact that if the earth were
dependent alone upon the sun for heat, it
would not furnish existence to the animal and
vegetable life upon its surface 1t results
from the researches of Pouillet that the stars
furnish heat enough in the course of the year
to melt crust of ice seventy feet thiek-al-
most as much as is supplied by the sun. This
may appear strange when we consider how
immeasurably small must be the amount of
heat received from any of those distant
bodies. But the surprise vanishes when we
remember that the whole frmamept is thick.
ly gemmed with stars.
Year: 1860

CANNIBALIsM IN BRIrlsH AMERICA The
Red River Nor Wester says: Detailed ac
counts of n case of cannibalsm have lately
been received The victims were six in
number-a Saltaux Indian and his wife and
four children-and the cannibal one of the
youngest members Of the family!


Incredible as it may appear, the tale has
been confirmed by too many to leave any
doubt as to its correctness That boy so
young should thus be able to butcher SO
many people, can only be accounted for by
the superstitious dread with which the Indi-
ans regard Il Windigoo, or man eater.


In the present case the murderer could not
have been urged to the commission Of his
crime by starvation. When the atrocity be-
came noised among the tribes, Shay
gonish was hunted from place to place. and
at length, being found at the Lake of the
Woods he was chased into the woods and
shot by his uncle
Year: 1860

THE Pony Prices REDUoED.-We e notice by
the advertisement of the Agent of the Pony
Express, VIM. W. Fnney, that the Company
will hereafter forward letters at 81 30 per
quarter ounce, charging the same for each
additional quarter ounce and fraction Of one
quarter ounce. A person or number of
persons can now send three sheets of tissue
paper fo" 50 30 to Tie East in ten days and
there can be no excuse for not giving the
Pony free and liberal support The price
has been reduced from five dollars to q mere
tritiing sun.-Sd raBteRto Union.
Year: 1860

LIS LIrTLENEss, General Thomas Thumb
recently assured Californian, while in con
versation during an exhibition in one of the
Eastern cities, that he would, in the course of
the present year, pay visit to the Golden
State.
Year: 1860

A PARIS letter states that a pistol ball was
found in one of Prince Jerome Bonaparte's
lungs after death, which had been lodged
there more than fifty years ago in duel
with brother of Marshal Davoust.
Year: 1860

New PAPER.-We have received the first
number of the Semi~Weekly Independent,
published at Red Bluff, by Chalmers and
Bishop, editors and propretors In their
Salutatory they say that the course they
intend their paper shall pursue will, accord
ing to its title, be an Independent one. The
Independent is about the size of the Beacon
Year: 1860

GARIBALDI has issued the following decree
in Sicily;


Considering that a free people should
abolish every custom that calls to mind the
old state of slavery-Article l. The title Of
Excellency is abolished without respect to
person. Article 3 Doing homage by kissing
hands is prohibited
Year: 1860

You smooth the tanglcs from my hair
With gentle touch and tender care,
And count the years ere You shall mark
Bright silver threads among the dark
Smiling the while to hear me say,
"Youll think of this again, some day.


Some day!
do not scOrn the power Of Time,
Nor count on years of fadeless prime.
But no white CLEANS will ever shine
Among those heavy locks of mine
All, laugh as gaily as you may,
You'll think of this again, some day.


Some day
Some day IL shall not feel, as now,
Your soft hands rove about my brow
shall not slight your light commands
And draw the long braids through my hands
shall bs silent and obey
And you--you will not laugh that day;


Some day!
know how long your loving hands
win linger with these glossy bands,
Whom you shall weave my latest crown,
Of these thick braidngs long and brown;
But you shall see no touch of gray
Adown their shining length that day;


Some day
And while your tears are falling hot
Upon the lips which answer not,
You'll take from those ono treasured tress
And leave the rest to s!entness--
Remembering that used to say,
You'll think of this again, some day,


Some day!
Year: 1860

High blood, like the finest vine, msy
be kept so long tha. it shall entirely To- ~
its flavor. Hence, the las. man of an Oh
family may be like the last bottle Of {
nous vintage n thing to talk Of not "a
Year: 1860

Fon TEE HTpk Pax HorsE.-A special train
will leave the Central Depot for the Hyde Pork
House every night at 1o:45 during the sitting Of
the Convention. The Hyde Park House has
first class accommodation.
Year: 1860

DWELLING BURNED.-The dwelling of Mr..
Morse, near the west gap of the Sugar Loaf,
caught fire last Sunday evening, and was con-
sumed. 1t was showing very hard at the time,
and the members of the family barely escaped
from the burning building, and were driven out
half-clothed in the pitiless storm. A subscrip-
tion paper was taken around the next day, for
the benefit of the family, and we presume
enough was raised to supply their immediate
wants.


PosTPoNED.-The Baptist church on Spring
street was to have been dedicated on Sunday
next, but in consequence of the severe andpro-
tracted storm the dedication will have to be
postponed for a week or two, of which due mo-
tice will be given.
Year: 1860

AFFAIRS AT LAwRRNCE.-The Boston Journal
OF Saturday has the following:


- large force OF men are still at work OH the
ruins OF the Pemberton Nj III, under the direction
oi The officers Of the Company. tverhauling and
removing the mass of machinery and rubbish A
large part of the machinery is found to be worth
less except for sale old iron but what is of any
value Is saved. In hiring labOrrrs upon the
ruins preference has been given to those former
ly employed in the mill, and quite large mum.
Der of these are now engaged on the work /,
Will take considerable time vet to clear away ali
the rubbish, such Ia the nature and mag nitude OF
the work The steam chimney and the main
shafting, and the portion OF wall between them
are still standing, and the chimney will no doub,
remain monument, pointing out the scene Of the
great calamity.


The Traveller learns that the owners OF the
PembertOn Mill have made a claim upon the In
surance Companies for the entire amount of the
insurance, some Sil5 600, and have retained able
legal counsel in case the claim is resisted" "


A large amount of the risks on the mill Is held
by New York Companies II is the intention oi
these Companies TO contest the claim of the mill
owners on the ground that the property was not
really destroyed by fire, bot by the fall Of the
building The fire occurred after that event
Year: 1860

An INTERESTING CIRCrHSrASCE.-We are
reliably informed that the body of MI Lafay-
cite Branch, one of the unfortunate victims of
the calamity at Lawrence, and a well known
citizen of that city, was discovered through the
means of relative, who, while ia a trance
state. two days previous to the body being
found, saw il in q vision Not only was the
locality Of the body revealed, but its condition:
both of which facts were subsequently, verified
The person went up to Lawrence from Boston,
and endeavOred 10 call the attention of the
Workmen to the spot where he alleged the re-
mains could be found Disbelief was expressed
at once, 1t being stoutly asserted that Mr.
Branch was buried within the line Of the walls.
LIZ was only after much persuasion that the
vJrkmen were induced to remove the ruins at
quite different point, and outside tho main
building, and whore they soon found the body
These are said to be the facts of the case which
are stated 20 have created no little surprise
among them who knew il couldn't he so''-
Boston Aflos.
Year: 1860

THE LAST DoDiE "A day or two ago man
specially dressed, called at grocery store IN
upper part Of tie city, and inquired after lat,
attendant In the store. He was Informed that he
had gone TO California; upon which he expressed d
his regret that he had rot been able to see him he.
fore he started. as he owed him twenty dollars.
which he was anxious to pay. The store keeper
said he would forward il to him. If desired; to
which the other with thanks assented, and handed
over fifty dollar bill receiving thirty dollars in
change. The fifty dollar bill was subsequently,
ascertained TO be counterfeit Pnila3elp phid
Ls6S,r. Jan 10
Year: 1860

tians pray and labor for reform :;
but reform is well nigh stationary as the
history of the past will show, while this
colossal evil remains guarded and ador-
ed The stalking evil of intempcranee
will not submit to leave belicd that which
possesses such marked affinity to itself :;
tobacco is equally unwilling to part with
It's twin sister intemperancc. There is
but one remedy-wil all apply it-"touch
not, taste not, handle not"


INDEPENDENT.
Year: 1860

Tell the fainting Soul in the weary Form,
There's a world of the purest bliss,
That is lnked-as that Soul and Form are


linked


By Covered Bridge. with this.
\ ct to reach that realm on the other shore,
We must pass through transient gloom,
And must walk unseen, unhclped and altne
Through that Covered Bridsc-the tomb.
But we all pass over on equal terms,


For the universal toll
Is the Outer tiarb. WHICH the hand Of God
Has flung around the Soul.
Though the eye j, dim, and the Bridge is dark,
And the river il spans is wide,
Yet Faith points through to a shining mount
That looms on the other side.
To enable our feet in the next days march
10 climb up that golden ridga,
We must all lie down for one night rest
Inside Of the Covered Bridge.


ENTER, ME., 1860.
Year: 1860

brothers and sisters and had lived happily in
the married state for nearly seventy years.
The Brattleboro' Phoenix, in its notice of their
decease, says they had lived to see all their
children, seven in number, grow up, marry,
and settle in life, five of whom have survived
them. They haye lived to see their children
and grandchildren wearing grey hairs, and to
embrace grandchild of one of their grand
children-a circumstance very rarely witness.
ed. In life they were much respected, in
death lamented, and like a shock of corn fully
ripe were gathered to their final resting place
without a groan or struggle. AS fitting
conclusion to such long union in life they
sleep in one grave.
Year: 1860

signed letter. against the boilers in that state,
and in favor of the regular nominations of the
marty. This letter has been published in the
Providence Journal They are all too wise
and too much in earnest to countenance the
unprincipled course of the boiling hunkers.


Thomas Corwin has been elected delegate
to the Chicago convention from the district
which he represents in Congress.
Year: 1860

DOUGLAS AND THE ExTREMIsTs.-The Chi


cago Daily Times, the home organ of Senator


Douglas, had long article, few days since,


denouncing "Bright's Committee" and the


resolution movement of the democratic


senator's As those engaged in this movement


have adopted the work of "Bright's Commit


tee" the following paragraph from the Times


becomes noteworthy =


"Mr. Bright's committee is a poor instru-
| ment TO do an infamous deed. 1t is intended
| to lay down, in Washington, platform for the
| Charleston convention so odious that Senator
Douglas will feel in honor and duty bound to
denounce it in advance, or at least to refuse to


90 before that convention as candidate. 1t
IS despic able plot, and will certainly miscar-
nv. And again, Mr.. Bright's committee will
be bye-word in the mouth of every honest
democrat. Whatever the members of that
committee may want to accomplish, the dem
ocratic masses are in favor of an entire and
immediate union of the party for it is seen
that only as a united party can we meet and
overwhelm the enemies to the Union and the
constitution. We have great faith that this
union will be perfected at Charleston, but not
with such heartineSs as to give much prospect
Of success in November next unless we are
permitted platform that honorable northern
democrats can stand upon. We
will be more explicit: no man can be elected
President this year who does not adhere to
the popular doctrine of popular sovereign
ty."


The Washington correspondent of the same
paper, dated Washington, February 18th, and
published in the same number of the Times
as that from whose editorial columns we have
just quoted, goes even further, and pronounces
the whole proceedings of the Senate commit
tee as an Outrage, prompted by desperate
senatorial gamesters from the free states and
disunionists from the south, both determined
on accomplishing a common purpose, even
though the democratic party is destroyed in
the attempt"
Year: 1860

MoDEsTY AND >DIGNITY.-It should be
the boast of every man that be had never
put modesty to the blush, nor encouraged i'm
uodesty to remove its mask. But we fear
there is far too little chivalry in the present
day. If young men do not chuck their
partners under the: chin, they are often
guilty of pressing their hands when the
dance affords an opportunity. There isl a
calm dignity with which to show that the.
offence has been noticed, but if LADY, con-
descends to reprove it iu words, she forces
the culprit to defend himself, and often
ends by making the breach worse. On the
other hand, let woman once overlook the
slightest familiarity, and fail to show her
surprise in her manner, and she can never
be certain that it will not be repeated
Habits of Good Society.