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Year: 1859

Under the eheient management Of Mr..
Holder, this enterprise, which has so long
laid dormant is again reviving. The lower
bridge will be finished next week, having
been covered, painted and rooted Ii is now
one Of the most substantial structures of the
kind in the West The upper bridge will
also be finished yet this fall and there is q
probability that the iron may be obtained so
as to open the road for tho fall trade. This,
however, is not certain and depends chiefly
upon the exertiOns Of our own citiztns. The
rods assist those who help them selves is an
old and true adage, and if Germantown
wisheE TO realize the benefits of a railroad
it must make sacrifices commensurate with
the benefits it will derive therefrom.


Public meetings, we understand will soon
be held all along the line, and the people
will he informed by the officers of the road
Of its exact condition.


II the citizens Of Germantown could be
made to realize the immense advantages
which they would derive from railroad con,
nection with "the rest Of mankind if they
could only be convinced OF the immense in
fiux Of population and wealth which such a
connection would bring, saying nothing about
convenience and mail facilities, they would
not hesitate TO advance twice the money
needed to finish the road. If the present
effort is allowed to fail, the road must be for
ever abandoned, every dollar already ex.
pended is lost beyond recovery, aud Ger
mAntOWn will fall Ear behind its neiThbors ia
population and wealth.-IadepeRdent
Year: 1859

GFFifty'four freight GERS came here yester
day on the O. Il. d d. Road, in one train =
There are now one hundred loaded cors at the
depot in the city awaiting transportation This
will be accepted as pretty strong evidence Of
the "revlvai of trade" so long looked for aud
hOped for
Year: 1859

GJ-The track" on the National Horse Fair
Grounds. contiguous to the city, is being rapid
ly completed, and will soon be ready for "ex
ereise." Mr...Smith is using every commend
able diligence in making arrangements for the
Great Fair. The public may depend that every
thing will be prepared in complete order before
the day.
Year: 1859

seS- The Superintendent Of the House OF
Industry, in New York, found widow hard
at work making boys cloth caps, trimmed
with braid and bow and buttons, lined with
glazed muslin and wash leather, and with
patent leather front, for the making and
pressing Of which she received twenty five
cents dozen, or two centa piece If this
woman were a sooty wench, you would hear
plenty of abolition bowling about slavery,
cruelty to the blacks, &c but as it is only
a white woman, the negro howlers can see
her worked to death, and starved in the bar
gain, without single expression of christian
sympathy. Out upon yel ye hypocrites and
Pharisees
Year: 1859

FINISHED, FENCING AND ALA friend of ours
went up to Troy last night, but finding that
there was fence nd the place, and the
gate leading into the town fastened, he camped
outside Of the city, and returned this morning.
His intention was to have made personal ad,
dition to the place, but learning that it was
finished" his mission was endedl
Year: 1859

II The Chicago Press. Of Friday, records
the singular fact in that market, that standard
Spring Wheat had been offered in exchange fol
No Corn bushel for bushel. the corn being
nominally one cent the highest Subsequently
Wheat rose to the level of Corn, and several
thousand bushels were exchanged even.
Year: 1859

GTWhen we spoke of the Statesman giving
credit to the Springfield News for editorials
from he Ohio Press. We felt sure that it was
not done Intentionally but having Doticed the
mistake two or three times. we called the atten
tiOn Of our cotemporsry TO the fact. We did
not intend any thing like meddling.
Year: 1859

IL Letters from the Holy Land state that
there are symptoms of the beginnings OF a
great religious movement in Jerusalem, aud
that there is a prospect that Christianity may
yet be recognized in the place Of its birth,
Year: 1859

GrThe Republican party are getting into q
"pretty kettle of6sh" over their nominee for
Supreme Judge spaulding and Giddipgs de-
clare that they will not support GholsOn, unless
he will pledge himself in opposition TO the
Fugitive Slave Law. he is between hawk and
buzEard. and hopes TO eoncilate both wings Of
the party by keeping quiet aud saying moth
ing.


The oberlinites are not to be put of in that
way however, but are demanding an expression
Of his opinion. It's evident thata storm is
brewing.
Year: 1859

make war me- requires that they should
point out wherein they differ from me


In this connection il may be proper to add,
for the Information of all who feel an interest in


my record, one short paragraph from my Afri.
can Church speech, in 1886, relating to the
same subject-and from the several extracts
herewith furnished, think few viii have any
difficulty in aScertnining my position on the
slavery question. Here is the extract referred
to:


my position on the question of slavery is
this, and so far from wishing to conceal it, |
desire 1t should be known to all. Muzzles were
made for dogs, and not for men, aud 10 press
and no party can put muzZie on IN; mouth,
so long as value my freedom. ] make bold
then to proclaim, that | am no slavery propa-
gandiSt will resort to all proper remedies to
protect and defend slavery where it exists, but
tempt to force it upon reluctant people any.
where and still less will Justify the use of the
military power Of the country to establish il in
any of the territories. If it finds its way there
by legitimate means, it is all well; but never by
force, through any instrumentalitY of mine.
am myself STAKEHOLDER, and all the property
my children hive in the world is slave proper
tY, Inherited from their mother; and lac who
undertakes tn connect my name, or my opinion
with AbOlliOnism is either knave or foul
and not unfrequently both. And this is the
only answer | have to make to them have
not connected myself with any sectional party
or sectional question, and so help me God
never will"


Is there any other portion of my record wan
ted, gentlemen Ii so, let it be called for, and
it shall be promptly supplied


Respectfully, JouS NJ Boris.
Year: 1859

Our objsct ID simply TO put our readers on their
guard, against the persistent and systematic
efforts which are now being made, to prejudice
the public mind and forestalI the verdict of the
Law, and to enter our protest against the false
and mistaken sentiment of honor, by which a
great public crime is sought t. be justified


For-lct our readers be careful to remember
that no matter what the prOyocation may have
been, in the eye of the law, the wilful and pre-
meditated killing Of man. cannot be less than
murder, and murder in the first and highest
degree. In the next place, we will venture to
remind them, that whatever Mr.. Keys faults
OF character may have been, and it is not our
business to extenuate them, in the Judgment
of those who knew him best, he was a man
wholly incapable of plotting or accomplishing
the ruin of any woman. Mrs Sickles' para
mour. it is possible he may have been-but
her seducer, never. Not only does Mr. Keys
character forbid the possibility of any such sup
position, but the character of Mrs. Sickles is
said strongly to favor the truth of the opposite
conclusion. Her reputation is said to have been
less than doubtful, by New York Journal.
whose statements upon that point we copied
yesterday, ii is very plainly intimated that her
real seducer was her husband, and that her
marriage came barely in time to cover but not
conceal her shame. The very nature and cx-
tent Of that criminal intimacy with Mr.. Key.
which Is relied upon by Mr.. Siekles in justifica-
tiOn OF his crime, argues a woman wholly lost
TO shame and to every sense of virtue. In one
word-hers Is n case, according to her own
showinS-nOt OF seduction-but of prostitution.
Year: 1859

TINE flies fast. but every musician oI
any note can beat time.


WHEN did Moses sleep FIVE in bed?-
Why, when he slept with his four fathers.
Why is man who makes additions TO
false rumors, like one who has con fdence
in all that is told him?


Because he relies on all he hears.


FoorE expressed the belief that GER
tain miser would Jake the beam out OF his
eye, il he knew he could sell the timber.
Why is a thief in garret like an hon
est man?


Because he is above doing wrong.


Why is a man that marries twice like
the Captain of ship?


Because he has a second mate.


Why did Job always sleep cold? Be-
cause he had poor comforters,


WHAT grows less tired the more it
works: A carriage wheel.


WHEN is iron most ironical? When it
is railing.


WHEN is tired man like a theft
When be needs resting.


AN Illinois paper says there is a man
out there SO dirty that the assessor set him
down as "real estate"


To cure the too.hache--let an omnibus
run over your foot.
Year: 1859

The following recollectious of the last
days OF Burns were written by one who
knew him WELL and were published many
years ago in the London Magazine:


The first time ever saw Burns was
in Niihsdale. / was then child, but his
looks and voice cannot well be forgotten ;
and while write | behold him as distinct
ly as [ did when stood at my fathers knee,
and heard the bard repeat his Tam oShan-
ter. He was tall and Of manly make, his
brow broad and high. and his voice varied
with the character Of his inimliable tale ;
vet through all It's variations it was melody
itself. He was of great personal strength,
and proud too of displaying it; and 1 have
seen him lift load with ease, which few
ordinary men would willingly have UNDER
taken.


:. The last time | saw Burns in life was
on his return from the Brow-well OF Sol
wav: he had been ailing all spring, and
summer had come without bringing health
with it he had gone away very III, ana he
returned worse. He was brought back, 1
think. in covered spring cart, and when
he alichted at the end of the street IN
which he lived, he could scarce stand up
right. He reached his door with dIflculty'
! He stopped much, and there was visible
change in his looks. Some may think L
not unimportant TO know that he was al
THAT time dressed in blue coat with the
/ undress nankeen pantaloons of the yolun-
,eerS. and that his neck. which was lnelIn-
inc TO be short. caused his hat TO turn VI
4 behind, in the manner of the shovel hats o'
the episcopal clergy. Truth obliges me e
add that he was not fastidious about hi'
dress. and that an officer. curious IN ih'


personal APPEARANCE and equipment o. hH
Year: 1859

company, might have questioned the mill


tary nicely OF the poets clothes and arms


But his colonel was II maker of rhyme, and


the poet had to display more of his charity


for Lis commanders verse than the other


had to exercise when he inspected the cloth


ing and arms of the careless bard. From


the day of his return home till the hour OF
\ his untimely death, Dumfries was Ike


beseiged place. 1t was known he was dy-
I ing. and the anxiety, not of the rich and


the learned only, but of the mechanics and


peasants, exceeded all belief. Whenever
| two or three people stood together, their
talk was Of Burns, and of him alone; they
spoke of his history-of his person--of
his works-of his family--of his fame, and
OF his untimely and approaching fate, with
"A warmth ard an enthusiasm which Will
ever eudtar Dumfries to my remembrance.
All that he said or was saying-the opin-
ions of the physicians (and Maxwell was
kind aud skiliful one,) were eagerly caught
up and reported from street 10 street, and
from house to house.


" His wit never forsook him. He look
ed TO one of his fellow volunteers with
smile, as he stood by the bedside with his
eyes wet, and said, John don't let the
awkward squad fire over me- He was
aware that death was dealing with him.
He asked a lady who visited him, more
sincerity than in mirth, what commands
she had for the other world he repressed
with smile the hopes of his friends, and
told them he had lived long enough. As
he drew near close, the eager yet deco
rous solicitude Of his fellow-townsmen in
creased. He was an exciseman, it is true
IA name odious, from many associations,
to his ceuntymen-but he did his duty
meekly and kindly, and repressed rather
than encouraged the desire of some of his
companions TO push the law with severity
he was therefore much beloved, and the
passion of the Scotch for poetry made them
regard him as little lower than spirit in
spired. Its the practice of the young men
of Dumfries 10 meet in the streets during
the hours of remission of labor, and by
these means had an opportunity OF wit
Messing the general solcitude OF all ranks
and of all ages. His differences with them
in some importan! points OF human specu-
lation and religious hope were forgotten
and forgiven they thought only OF his
genius-of the delight his compositions had
dilfused-and they talked of him with the
same awe as Of some departing spirit, whose
voice was to gladden. them no more. His
last moments have never been described
he had laid his head quietly on the pillow
awaiting dissolution, when his attendant re-
minded him of lis medicine and held the
cup TO his lip. He started suddenly up.
drained the cup at a gulp, threw his hand,
before him ike a man about TO swim, and
sprung from head TO foot Of the bed-fell
with his face down, and expired with a
groan."
Year: 1859

As lave never seen the plan, adopted
here, in raising early potatoes, mentioned
in any Agricultural paper, | herewith give
it. About six weeks previous to the usual
time of planting in the open ground, mark
out piece, say five or six feet wide, and as
long as required, on a dry and sheltered
piece of land dig out the surface to depth
of five or six inches /; place boards around
to keep up tie loan or sand then fill 10
the depth of five or six inches, with horse
or some manure which has been thrown
over to produce heat; tread it down light
ly. as for a hot-bed and cover the manure
with four inches of loan. | keep some in
my barn cellar through the winter, to be
ready at any time Ii is also well 10 keep
the ground covered through the winter
where the bed is to be made, with straw oil
something to keep out the frost. Ther
pack your potatoes as close as you can
over the surface, a single thickness cover
with four icnbes of loan, or what is better
sand, as the sprouts are tougher and do not
separate so easily from the poiatoe in lift
ing. cut my potatoes day or even week;
before and place them cut side down. Al
CONtl WIN straw VI SoH'cS ho ~
the morning, ii mild and no rain, rake of
the covering and replace at night. In case
of continued dry weather slight watering
may be of service, though seldom necessa-
ry. When the time for planting arrives
land manured and furrowed. take up the
front board, and with dung fork lift as
many as it will hold give them shake
and separate each plant carefully by hand
placing them in basket or box !; then droI
them either for hills or in rows, and have a
person follow to cover as fast as possible
placing an inch or two of earth over the
tops, through which they will break in a
few hours.


II planting has been delayed from any
cause, and the plants should have attained
considerable growth, Q have planted them
when foot high and had them do well,)
lay them down and cover as above. II
your field is not too far from your dwelling,
make the bed there as il saves exposure in
carrying the plants to distance With a
few boards and stakes shelter can be made
to keep off the cold winds.


BY spron,ing potatoes in this way yor
can have them ready to die al least thres
weeks earlier.-A ,Edmaica Pkais Farmer
lnzss. {. O,ssrtry Gees.
Year: 1859

BUTTONS AT Coop PRIcE.-In the
middle of the battle of Waterloo, the Duke
saw man in plain clothes, riding about on
a cob horse in the thickest fire. During a
temporary lull, the Duke beckoned to him,
and he rode over. He asked him who he
was-what business he bad there? lie re-
piled he was an Englishman, accidentally
at Brussels. that he had never seen fight.
and he wanted to see one. The Duke told
him he was in instant danger of his life he
said . Not more than your grace" and they
parted. But, every now and then. he saw
the cob man riding about in the smoke. and
at last, having nobody TO send to regiment
he again beckoned TO this little fellow. and
told him TO go up to that regiment and or
der hem to charge, giving him some mark
OF authority the Co. would recognise. Away
he gaioped. and in few minutes the Duke
saw his order obeyed. The Duke asked
him for his card. and found. in the evening.
when the card fell out of his sash, that he
lived at birmingham, and was a button
manufacturer. When at Birmingham, the
Duke enquired of The firm, and found that
he was their traveller. and then in Ireland.
When he returned. at the Dukes request,
he called ON him in London. The Duke
was happy to see him. and said lie had a
vacancy in the Min, of $500 a year. The
little cob man said it would be exactly the
thing. and the Duke installed him.-Lfte Of
Raseson tls P1t,ssr
Year: 1859

A plain marble stone, in churchyard
bears the brief inscription She always
made home happy


This epitaph was penned by a bereaved
husband, after sixty years of welded life.
lie might have said Of his departed wife,
she was beautiful and accomplished, and an
ornament TO society, and yet not have said
she made home happy. He might have
added, she was Chistian, and not have
been able to say, She always made homo
happy What a rare combination of vir-
'ues and graces this wife and mother must
have possessed How wisely she must
have ordered her house In what patience
she must have possessed her soul How


elf denying she must have beeni How
tender and loving How thoughtful for
The comfort for all about her. Her hus-
band did not seek happiness in public places,
because he found purer and sweeter enjoy
ment at home. Her children, when away,
cid not dread a return. for there was no
place so dear to them as home. There was
their mother thinking for them, and pray
ing for them, and longing for their coming.
When tempted, they thought of her. When
in trouble, they remembered her kind voice
land her ready sympathy. When sick they
must go home they could not die away
from their dear mother. This, wife and
mother was not exempt from the cares COM
mon to her place. She toiled she suffered
disappontments and bereavements; she
was afflicted IN her own person, but she was
submissive and cheerful. The Lords will
concerning her was her will, and so she
passed away, leaving this sweet remem-
brance behind her: She always made
home happy.'-N. T. ErangeHst
Year: 1859

A BEAUTIFUL PIcTURE The man who stands
upon his own soil, who feels that by the law
OF the land in which he liyes-by the laws of
civilized nations--he is the rightful and excn-
sye owner of the land be tills, is, by the cou-
sttuton of our nature, under wholesome in
fuence not easily imbibed from any other
source. He feels-other things being equal
more strongly the character Of man as lord
wonderful sphere which, fashioned by the hand
of God, and upheld by his power, is rolling
through the heavens, part is his-his from
the center to the sky. 1t is the space on
which the generation before moved in its round
of duties, and he f. els himself connected by
visible link with those who follow him. Per
haps his farm has come down to him from his
fathers. They have gone to their last home
but he can trace their footsteps over the scenes
of his daily lahors. The roof which shelters
him was reared by those to whom he owes bis
being Some domestic tradition is connected
with every inclosure The favorte fruit tree
was planted by his fathers hand He sported
in boyhood beside the brook which winds
through the meadow. Through the fields lies
the path to the village school of earlier days
He still hears from bis window the voice of
the Sabbath bell which called his father toIthe
house of God and near at hand is the spot
where his parents laid down to rest and
when his time has come, he shall be laid down
by his children. These are the feelings of the
owner of the soil. Words cannot paint them
they flow out of the deepest fountain OF the
heart they are the Iifesprings of fresh,
healthy, and generous national character
EreTeH
Year: 1859

DURABILITY OF TMBER-The piles under the
London Bridge have been driven 500 years.
and on examining them in IS45, they were
found to be little decayed. They are prime
pa!ly elm. Old Savoy-pIace, in the city of
Loudoa, was built $50 years ago, and the
wooden piles consisting of oak, elm, beech, and
chestnut, we're found upon recent examination,
to be perfectly sound. OF the durability of
timber in a wet state, the piles of the bridge
built by the Emperor Trajan over the
Danube afford a striking example. One of
these piles were taken up and found to bepet-
riied to the depth of three quarters of an
inch but the rest of the wood was not differ
ent from its former state, though it had been
driven 500 years.
Year: 1859

HINTS FOR You've LADIEs-If any young
woman wastes in trivial amuSements the prime
season for improvement, which is between the
ages of sixteen and twenty, they regret bitter
ly the loss when they come to feel themselves


inferior in knowledge to almost every one they
converse with and, above al, if they should
ever be mothers, when they feel their inability
to direct or assist the pursuits of their children
they find ignorance q severe modification and
a real evil Let this animate their industry,
and let modest opinion of their capacities be
an encouragement to them in their endeavors
after knowledge A moderate understanding.
with diligent and well-directed application will
go much further than lively genius if attend
ed with impatience and inattention, which too
often accompany quick parts. 1t is not for
want of capacity that so many woman are
such trfng, inSipid companions, so i'll qualified
for the friendship and conversation of a sensi-
bic man, or for the task of governing and in
structing family ; it is often from the neglect
of exercising the talents which they really
have, and from omitting to cultivate d taste
for intellectual Improvement. BY this neglect
they lose the sinccrest pleasures which would
remain when almost every other forsakes them
of which neither fortune nor age can deprive
them, aud which would he comfort and re-
source in almost every possible situation in life.
--I,s. Chaponc.
Year: 1859

SPEAK WELL OF OrHERs-If the disposition
to speak well of others were universally pre-
valent, the world would become a comparative
paradise. The opposite disposition is the
Pandora-box, which, when opened, fills every
house with pain and sorrow. How many en-
mites and heart-burniDg flow from this source!
How much happiness is interrupted and des
trOyed Envy, jealousy and the malignant
spirit of evil when they find vent by the lips,
go forth on their mission like fool feuds, to
blast the reputation and peace of others
Every one has his mperfections and in the
conduct of the best there viii be occasional
faults which might seem to justify animadver
son. 1t is good rule, however, when there
is occasion for fault finding, to do it privately
to the erring one. This may prove salutary
1t is proof of interest in the individual which
will generally be taken kindly, if the manner
of doing it is not offensive. The common and
unchrstan rule on the contrary, is to procla i'm
the failings of others to all but themselves
This is unchristian, and shows despicable
heart.
Year: 1859

What is fashion? A beautiful enve
lope for mortality, presenting gittering and
polished exterior. the appearance of which
gives no certain indication of the real value Of
contained therein.


paE- Give man brains and riches and he
is q king give him brains without riches and
he is slave give him riches. without brains
and of course he is fool.


BG- A little one, after undergoing the dis
agreeable operation Of vaccination, exclaim-
ed Now won't have to be baptized, will
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