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Year: 1860

The National Democracy of the State of Ar kansas, will hold State Convention at Little Rock on the 24th of August next, for the purpose of ratfyng the nomination of s. A. DOUGLAS and H. V. JOHNSON for President and Vice President and of appointing electoral ticket for the State All the counties will take steps to be represented in said convention; to that end the public press throughout the State are requested to give this nlace in their columns .
Year: 1860

district school in the town whore he resides he may make app
cation for the same the superintendent of schools of ad
Joining town. who shall examine such applicant relation TO his
qualifications therefor and if found satisfactory may give his
certificate said applicant due form of law which certificate
shall be valid for one year from the date thereof in the
where said applicant resides.


SEC 2. This act shall take effect from its passage


Approved November 26, 1860
Year: 1860

No 21--AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION SIX


TY-ElGHT OF CHAPTER FIFTEEN OF THE COM


PILED STATUTES IN RELATION TO TOWN AUDI


TORS


Aereby eacd By he General assembly of he State of
VerHOn ioHooS:


SEC That section sixyeght of said shall be amend
ed as to read follows:


The auditors SHALL Immediately previous to the annual
ing in each examine and adjust the of the
and all other town officers and report the settled
with the items thereof to the town said annual meeting


SEC. 9 The auditors shall have power authority to al
low any claim account for personal services of any town Off
except where compensation for such service fixed by law
but il shall be the duty of the auditor report the of
such claim claims and the aud Of the services
rendered to the at said annual meeting


Approved November u, 1860.
Year: 1860

No. l9.-AN ACI RELATING To ELECllONS.


hereby eaaged By The General assembly Of He State of
PenoHt, t0l0cS:


SEC. l. In each year when the election of president and
vice president of the United States is to take place. the


first conabe and in Of their neglect the town clerks,
and Of the neglect Of BOTH either Of the seectmen of
the respective in this state shall up notification at
the usual place of warning eemans meeting least six days
before the Tuesday after the first Monday November in
such year, warning the eomen of such town to meet the
Tuesday after the first Monday in November at the
place and the time Of the day Of holding the next preced
ing eemans meeting in such for the purpose Of eecng
such number of electors of president and vice president Of the
United States this state may such time be entitled to
Pd that any meeting of the freemen of any town in this
state holden IN the A. u 1850 for the purpose of eecug
electors of president and vice president of the United tates
shall he legal if warned aud holden accordance with the pro-
visions Of the compiled statutes.


SEC. .. This shall take effect from its passage.


Approved October 20, 1860.
Year: 1860

THE MURDER IN DRLAwARE.-The discove-
ry of the dead body of Miss Sarah Ann Grif-
fifth, in Sussex county, Del. has been men ton
ed. A negro named John Cannon has been
arrested and has confessed the murder. He
lay in wait for her with most horrible pur-
pose, and knocked her down she passed
along the road. The blow proved instantly
fatal and saved her from more terrible fate.
The following is stated in the Delaware Ga
zette as the cause of his confession:


There is among many, and particularly ne
groes, a belief that if a murderer places his
hand upon the corpse of his victim blood will
start forth. Some one casually mentioned 10
Cannon, during the progress of the inquest,
that he would have to put his hand upon the
corpse. This, as he was fully imbued with
the superstition, he refused to do; and finally
begged the gentleman who had him in charge
10 prevent them from making him 60 through
with the ceremony, and he would tell all
about it. as he said he "could never bear TO
have the blood flying over him." ID.
Year: 1860

The Opposition Party of Richmond are to
hold a mass meeting at the African Church
tonight, to organize Bell and Everett Club
for the campaign. We understand that seye-
raj distinguished speakers are expected to be
present to address the assemblage. The party
are making arrangements for building an i'm
mense Club House, in central part Of the
city, and the young men propose to form
minute men, to be on duty during the cam
paign.
Year: 1860

Judge Lyoas will commence the flrst crimi.
nal term OF his Court at III O'Clock TO-DAY and
Will have large amount of business to dis
pose Of His Grand Jury will meet at II
O'Clock and will have some twelve or fifteen
felony cases to act upon.
Year: 1860

4 productive garden is not only lux
ury and cause of enjoyment to the far
mer or man of wealth, but is also COLI
slant source Of amusement and supplies
many of the wants Of the mechanic as well
as OF the poor. No !aborins man,whether
acriculturist or mcchanic,i is SO unceasingI y
occupied that he cannot spare half an
hour each day for his garden, and no pro-
fcssional man, nor any other che confined
to indoor employment, who has the COM
mand Of rod of ground ought to be
without the exercise and the exertion
required for keeping in good order
a small garden. His wife and chill
lren Will be benefited by the light labor
and the mechanic will by such occasional
change from his ordinary employment Sc
cure more constant and vigorous health.
Trees and the gathering of his fruits and
flowers will all afford interest and gratid-
cation. 1t is an amusement to be eovet-
ed beyond all others and leads to nothing
but good, to nothing sensual or vicious.
1t cannot give rise to bad habits, but on
the contrary. will serve to protect man
from the aIluromcnts OF dissipation and
vicious induleenees-a garden in fact, Is
essential to the health, comfort aud we'll
being Of the mechanic and day-laborer,
and it may also be said to be essential to
the comfort ana enjoyment of individuals;
yea, every class.


Iu the case of the journeyman or day
laborer what can be 50 delightful as half
an hour spent in his garden, with his wife
and children around him after his daily
toll? The change from laborious excr-
ton to the lightest Of all outdoor en-
ployments must be to him relief, To
the farmer, too, as well as to the profess
sional man, how many broken hours will
pass unemployed and perhaps without en-
ioyment, if he has not garden in which
to occupy his time, and in which he may
occasionally try experiments on small
se- le, either for amusement or for verify
ing the experiments of others before car
rying them into practice on his farm.


II.
Year: 1860

A punctual man is very rarely poor
IN IN, AMI never nam OF doubtful credit,
His small accounts are frequently settled,
and he never meets with difficulty in rails.
in money to pay large demands Small
debts neglected ruin credit, and when
a man has lost that, he will find himself
at the bottom Of hill he cannot ascend,
Year: 1860

If piece of wood be forced to great
depth in the sea, tho pressure will force
the water into the pores of the wood and
will increase its weight SO much that it
will sink like stone. For tho same rea-
son it is possible tbere is a depth below
in which fishes cannot exist,
Year: 1860

There were several slaves accompanying the gen.
tleman from Tennessee and Kentucky, who visited
us last week. They were permitted to rolute
with their tread the immaculate soil OF Ohio
They touched this soil and Their shack,es did no.
fall. They touched the rotunda OF cur State Cap
itol, and the genius Of Liberty did not appear in
the shape Of an officer with writ of habeas
corpus. They crossed the Ohio that Thread OF
silver" so eloquently described by Jud ge Storer,
with their masters, and are to day in bonds and
all that sort of thing Cincinnati Commercial


The unmolested presence Of ,hese slaves in Col
umbus at the Black Republican festival given by
the Legislature of OHIO to the Legislatures of Ken
tucky and Tennessee. is one of the most curious
incidents of the times. Heretofore, Chase & Co.,
have acted as if they felt it TO be sacred duty to
aid in stealing from his master every slave who
wac caught within Ohio. But now all Of sudden,
our Ohio Republicans have become SO good ma
tured and SO fraternal, they not only feast tho
slaveholders themselves. but absolutely entertain
their niggers as the guests Of hesitate !-Mewark
Ad6ocate.
Year: 1860

AN INCIDENT OF THE PECULIAR INSTITUTION.
Passing along Pine street. between Fourth and
Fifth streets, yesterday about twelve o'clock, onr
attention was attracted to a crowd which stood on
the south side. and being of the inquistive order
we resolved to see what was the matter. We as.
certained the cause of the excitement to be as
follows: A negro woman, aged about fifty years,
and her two children. neither of whom were over
twelve years of sge-a boy and girl--relices Of
a large family-hadjust been sold-ths mother to
one individual and the children to another one Of
the purchasers living in this city and the other in
Year: 1860

employ three lecturers at not quite
three dollars each per day But per
haps the Institute will pay some more,
others less. This fifty dollars will
be under the exclusive control Of the
members Of the Institute. Will all
the school officers and friends Of cdu-
cation in the county assist those teach
crs i'll making their selection of lee
turcrs and also in naming the time
and place for holding said Institute
| wish to ascertain all these things as
soon as possible, in order to apply for
the appropriation in season. The fol-
lowing are the names Of the teachers
and those who intend to become such,
as far as now aSCcrtained
Year: 1860

TRADERS AND TRIcKsrERs.-It was q
shrewd device of the Ancients to defy,
in Mercury, at once the God of trade
and of the tricks Of trade. Divine
honors were paid to him equally by
merchants engaged in the exchange
of commodities, and by cheats en-
gagged in the adulteration or stealing
of commodities. The idea intended to
be conveyed by this apothocsis was,
that it is difficult for those engaged
in traffic to resist the temptations Of
their profession. 1t is to be feared
that some portions of the mercantile
community now worship the heather
deity in both his aspects. AS old
John Jacob Astor briefly stated it,
they cheats each other and calls it
business" We wish the other asser-
ton was as false as the grammar is
bad.
Year: 1860

MorHER-YounG man ! thy mother
is thy best friend. The world may
forget you--thy mother never the
world may wilfully do you many
wrougs-thy mother never the world
may pcrsecutc you while living, and
wien dead plant the ivy and the night
shade Of slander upon yonr grassless
Gravc--but thy mother will love aud
cherish You while living, and if she
survives you, will weep for you when
dead, such tears as none but mother
knows how to weep. Love thy moth
cr!
Year: 1860

A New England paper says, some
what POLITICALLY, that Time is about
to turn over a new leaf in the book of
the Democracy" Then it must be the
fly leaf at the end BY the way, il
Democracy is book it must be an al,
manac, for its positions are calculated
for all meridians, and changed every
vpnr
Year: 1860

The undersigned Memoriaiists citizens Of New Orleans
Of the State Of Louisiana deeply impressed with the con
vco that tho res Of the election for President Of the
United States in elevatnE Black Republican to that high
once evidence deep seated hostility the part Of the
North towards State with the other States OF
the sonh and in Of the act that many Of Onr sister
States arc taking through their Legislatures as TO what
shall be done In ibis would respectfully request your
Exeeeey TO convene Legislature of State a as early


al practicable Il take such Measures they may deem
eessary and proper TO yindcate and secure our rights
Year: 1860

The prices are reduced nrMEAsURABLY LOWER than
Dry Goods were before offered BY any house IN the
try and gives purchasers an opportunity Of selecting fresh and
good articles at no more cost than The prices of
Year: 1860

AV AAE.

 The Buffalo Republic is responsible for the

 following, at the expense of the Wide Awakes

 Scene--In bed, face to the wall-Strong smell of coal oil-Time, three in the morn

 ing. A pretty time indeed for you to come

 home, sir Where have you been all night You smell as if you had been in search of Symmes' Hole through tar barrel. Talk of sulphuretted hydrogen, or superannuated eggs They ain't anywhere. Say, where have you been? Here Pve been lying

 awake for the last five hours, waiting for

 you to come. Now I want to know where you have been all this time Wish /

 aoouldm't bother you-teH me im the morning :!

 l want to know now i; it's near enough

 morning to know where one's husband has

 been all night, particularly if he comes

 home perfumed clear through as you are

 You mustn't "good wife" me. That won't

 answer. Suppose you were woman and your husbaud should go off every night in

 the week, and come home as you do, and--I wish you'd get up and let some fresh air in-

 to the room, or shall certainly suffocate--

 what would you say? Don't you imagine

 there would be row in the family Been

 scith the Wide Aaoakes l should think as

 much. You are wide awake fool, that's

 what you are. Pve always thought you

 had about sense enough to parade the

 streets with those nigger lovers. Why did

 Imarry you That's pretty question.

 Didu't you swear you'd shoot yourself if l didn't take pity on you? Pm sorry didn't

 allow you to shoot, or hang, or drown your self It would have been the best thing l ever did in my life. What is it smells so Nothing? Don't tell me nothing-it never smelt so in the world Had to carry toreh ? That's sweet business for man who pre- tends to be the father of large family. Next thing expect to hear of you is, that you have been splitting rails for general cir culation. / k''oao nothing about pohties ? Don't, eh <? don't want to know nothing about politics, if had to neglect my fami- ly and carry stinking torches for the benefit of lazy man in Illinois who is trying to be president. Want to sleep? l thought you were Wide Awake. 1 suppose you've kept awake tonight on whiskey, havn't you? The town clock just struck three. Been to Tonnawauda to raise liberty pole That's a sweet Dote Why didn't the Wide Awakes of Tonnawanda raise their own pole! l expect that republicans arc scarce in that section, and you've been trying to make great splurge. Well, you can't fool any body 1 believe know something about politics myself, and I know that you are drunk. That's what you are. Must go to sleep, must you? Why didn't you think of that before? I've had no sleep tonight. and you never once thought of me. You are an old brute, and just such a man as ought to vote for an old rail splitter. Vote fo.' Douglas if let you alone? Mir. Doug las don't want such votes He will be elect ed without your vote. But now that you show signs of returning reason, I'll let you go to sleep.
Year: 1860

A good many years ago Massachusetts man was elected to the office of lieutenant governor. When the fact of his election was announced, he was called upon for a speech. He proceeded to acknowledge the honor in very handsome terms, and added that he had no doubt he should make good l;eutemamt governor. as that was the office he had always held in his own house!
Year: 1860

A Profane Crow. ra" r..


Several years since, on warm sabbath
morning, while the Rev DIR. B., of a we'll
known fishing town in Mass. was holding
forth. "A tame crow which had been taught
to utter but one word and that wicked
one, few into the church and alighiing on
the pulpit, saluted the minist T. ith Cd
d--n ye," whereupon the enraged as well
as horror stricken parson ''dr w OFF, and
gave the "gentleman in black a winner
that sent him to the floor Nothing daun.
ted by this, however, the crow was soon
upon his feet, anil looking up at the Rev.
gentleman repeated his salu,ation with such
an emphasis that he took to his heels, and
together with his congregation, scamp rcd
from the sacred edilce in double quick time.
One little old woman, whose seat was in
one corner, did not see fit to follow the cX-
ample of the shepherd or his flock, but
firmly kept her position; upon seeing which
the crow advanced toward her, and hopping
upon the seat in front Of her. again gave
vent to his iavorite expression; the old wo-
man not little a>tonish,d d at his impudencc
and evidently taking him for an evil spirit,
in the shape of bird, yelled forth at him,
Cd d--n you too! what do rou G. d
d-n me for don't belong to this church Y
and giving him wipe with her umbrella,
she cleared the coast, leaving the church to
silence and the crow. ....
Year: 1860

Hon. ID. +. Miller of this county is an
independent candidate for Judge of the
Supreme Court.


Mr. Miller is one of our "oldcst inhab-
tants," esteemed by all who know him as
one of the best lawyers in the State. lie
was an active old-line Wing, but recently
has been almost wholly engrossed in the
duties of his prof, sson. lie is now
moderate r, publican, but wholly opposed
to the "chief wing of the Republican
party.


From all we can hear, Mr.. Miller will get
large vote among the conservative Repub-
licans, and if the Democrats make no noni-
nation he will receive general vote from
that party.


His acknowledged emincnce as lawyer,
his long and intimate acquaintance with the
jurisprudence of the State and his conSer-
vative course as a politician will command
for him the cordial sympathy and support
of men of all parties who esteem honesty
and capacity as OF the first importance in
Judicial positions.-heokuk Journal. s
Year: 1860

AS much miSapprehension exists, even in
ordinarily well-inforned quarters, as to the
result Of the popular vote for President in
1856, and some Republicans even cherish
the belief that had the election depended
on the people, Fremont would have been
President, We have taken the trouble to
compile the following statement, which I'll
be found interesting and useful for refer
Year: 1860

PANoRANA oF KASsAs.-The prOprietors
Of the Kansas Panorama desire to have it
understood that they do not propose to repre-
resent on canvass all the actions of the par
ties in that beautiful land, nor any of them
in political point of view, but to give
true and correct picture of the principal
cities, towns and other points interesting to
the Dublic
Year: 1860

ACADEMIA laborer employed in excava-
ting on either side of the street railroad at
the junction of Kinsman and Pittsburgh
streets for the running through of tiles to
connect with the Eagle street sewer, was Sc
verely injured yesterday forenoon by being
jumped upon by horse which took fright
at one of the holes. The man was properly
cared for.
Year: 1860

COMPANY DIS PARTY.-This popular com
Pany will give Party at the Angler House
Thanksgiving Eve, (2Sth inst The Party
given by this company last year was one of
the finest of the eason, and every effort is
being made to render the coming one supe-
rior, if possible, 10 that. The company is
composed of thorough gentlemen, and we
know that nothing Will be left undone which
can in the least conduce to the pleasure of
those who may favor them with their pres
ence on Thanksgiving Eve.
Year: 1860

WEsTERS PENNSYLVANIA RnLRoAD.-The
directors OF the Western Pennsylvania rail
road held a meeting on Thursday last at the
Market. We belive that the offers have been
made for the completion of the road as far
as FreepOrt, and are now under cOnsidera-
ton. This road is a very important one, and
ought by all means TO be finished as soon as
possible. II would deVelope the resources
and increase the trade Of a very fertile Sec
tion of the State.-BlarSUWe Record
Year: 1860

LAID UP FOR THE SEAsOS.-We under
stand that the steamer which has been run
ming in connection with the SanduslEy, Day
ton and Cincinnati Railroad, between San
dusky and Detroit, has been laid up for the
season. Shipments by that road for the
West will hereafter be met via Clyde.-Chic-
ago Tines and Herald
Year: 1860

The burden of Mr.. Wigfalrs speech in the
Senate yesterday, was the supremacy of cotton.
With two hundred and fifty millions Of exports,
the cotton States, in his Judgment, could raise
q revenue which would enable them to defy the
world in arms.


With the monopoly Of a great staple, the cot
ton-State gentlemen feel disposed to treat the
slave States which do not raise cotton, with in.
difference, if not contempt.


This is making breach between the two
classes of States, which is daily widening.


The first impression upon the subject, was,
that the cotton States had the power to coerce
the border States, by refusing to receive their
negroes, and supplying their demand for labor
directly from Africa. But this impression is
yielding to the evidence that the European
Powers will not permit the African slave trade
to be opened.
Year: 1860

eJ" The National Republican has been
published but little over two weeks, and now
has circulation in this city larger than that
of any other paper with the exception of one,
and is increasing each day.
Year: 1860




ATTEMPT TO Ron BANK-THE RoBBER Blown OUT
OF DooRs.-Last night an attempt was made to rob
the bank at Medina, Orleans county, and the rogues
were hosted by their own petard. They entered
the bank edihce by false keys, or by picking the
lock OF the front door, and then proceeded to oper
ate on the safe or vault door. They uncovered the
keyhole and inserted powder to blow the lock to
pieces and open the door. Unfortunately for them,
they put in too much powder. When the explosion
took place it not only blew the door of the vault
OPEN but 1t blew the windows of the bank out, and
maue such loud report, that the people of the
village were aroused from their slumbers


The bank is on the main street of the village, and
closely Joins other buildings where people slept
AS soon as the explosion took place, the people in
the neighboring buildings sprung from their beds
and appeared in the streets. The rogues who had
caused the mischief disappeared themselves, alarm
ed by the shock they lad given. 1t is thought that
they blew themselves out of doors. At ali events,
they lett without taking any of the contents of the
vault, aud had their labor for nothing. 1t is not
known which way the burglars went but they
have doubtless left the vicinity to operate else
where. Other village banks may as well be on the
lookout for them.
Year: 1860

That TRIP TO CAPE MAY IN THE GREAT EASTERN


1T is now finally arranged, we believe, that the
Great Eastern is to make a trip to Cape May on
Monday week, and to take as many passengers as
may offer for the round voyage at $40 the head
Stetson, of the Astor House, we are told, is to be
charged with the commissariat, and the directors
are lucky in having that department in such COM
petent hands. Judging from some specimens of
the Great Easterns larder, which turned up on the
day of her arrival, there was ample room for its
Improvement 1t has been intimated that this trip
might be interrupted upon the ground that our
navigation laws forbid the carriage of passengers
from one American port to another in foreign bot
toms. This law, however, does not apply to the
present case, as the Great Eastern merely under
takes to carry passengers out to Cape May and
pack Tor the sail, and not to land them. If they
land, 1t will be their own affair and at their own
expense 10 accommodate the large numbers who
WIN no aouot desire to drop n long enough at least
1or path, at this famous watering place, CAPTAIN
ochultz, we understand is making ARRANGEMENTS to
accommodate the Great Eastern with one or two
small steamers, to run ferry between her and the
Wharf during her stay in those waters. The Great
Eastern will cross the bar about five o'clock in the
afternoon, and reach Cape May after sunrise in the
morning. There will be fine moon part of the
night and if the weather is fair the sail will be de-
Ightfu 1t rough, it will be instructve.-N y
Post, of SdturddU