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Year: 1860

The election of yesterday has taught the
Lecompton testmakers a lesson which they
will be likely to remember. The vote shows
that they have been rebuked by the masses
Of the Democracy of this city in n manner
not to be misunderstood. They undertook
10 say to Old Line Democrats, "You are out
of the pale of the party, and you shall have
no voice in the primary elections You may
vote the ticket alter it is nominated, but You
shall have no part in nominatingit it. We are
the pure and the immaculate. lVeare going
to have all the Offices We are going to die
tate to the entire Democracy Of this city and
county, now, henceforth and forever" And
this insoent dictum came from men, too,
many Of whom were but new and green in
the ranks Of the party-men fresh from every
organization in the world except that of the
Democracy-mere babes in the political
swadling clothes by the side of the full grown
Democrats whom they dared to exclude
mark aud prescribe.


Verify, they have had their reckoning.
The action Of the Administration City Com
mittee has been repudiated 10y the masses OF
the Democracy. The ruling test-making
majority of that Committee have been brand
cd, by the Democratic voters Of this city, as
enemies of the best and truest interests of the
party-as men who, when the great majority
OF the Democracy were for the union of the
party, and anxious to do battle with united
front against the common enemy, interposed
their little up-start authority to prevent SO
proper and so necessary consummation, and
were determined to keep the party split, torn
and divided. They hnve been taught that
the voice Of the Democracy is for union, and
that union they will have


The only men that these test-makers have
saved upon their general ticket are two. One
OF these was saved on account of his great
personal popularity, and the other because
he was running against Il man, who although
good and worthy citizen, was nevertheless
Republican Ererg single Douglas Demo
crat on the main ticket of the PEoPLt's max
ing was elected, except one clearly proving
that the Democracy were hound to recogniz,
as good and true Democrats those members @,
the party who had been so insultingly ex-
eluded from the primary elections.


The fight was against the test makers. and
most gloriously have they been whipped
We presume it will he some time before they
undertake to institute any more Of their test
and their prescriptions. Perhaps, they had
better make the next test include those o,,lg
as Democrats who voted for the test making
ticket at the present election They would
have merry set of supporters truly Their
triumph would be overwhelming-to them
selves


With regard to Aldermen, the test question
was ignored 1t was upon The general tick
ct, of course, that the fight was made: for
the Aldermanic contest was merely local and
personal.


So much for the mighty () test-makers
We told them that they would find a God in
Israel, and they hare.
Year: 1860

81. LouIs.-We are informed by n friend
just down from Sierra county, that the pros
poets OF the miners about st. Louis are better
than they ever were before at this season OF
the year. They have now an ample supply
OF water, and large quantity of rich bottom
dirt already uncovered, which, from the
shortness OF the mining season last year, they
hnd not water to wash after having piped
OIL the upper or non.pnying dirt
Year: 1860

On Saturday owing to the high winter.
portion of the levee along the American river
at Sacramento, eaved in. Fortunately, says
the standard. the water was not sufficiently
high to overflow the bank, or vnst extent
of the city in that section would have been
and incalculable damage done.
Year: 1860

We learn that during the gale on Thurs
day last. Judge PAGES plantation was Wis
tied by heated air knowa in tropical
climates as "Simoom." which is destruo-
tive to animal, as well as vegetable life
The passage was confined to scope OF
about one hundred yards in width. killing
cotton on prominent points. where it
touched The ground. Tie cotton presents
the appearance of having been scorched
with fire. the leaves being perfectly dry in
80 minutes after the storm This is rather
a singular phenomena for this latitude.
and doubtless the first instance on record
of a Simooon wind passing through Mid
die Georgia We have heard of several
plantations where cotton was killed in the
same storm Copire Times
Year: 1860

A SHORT MEMoRY-Some of our Breckenridge
friends arc highly indignant against the New York
Democratic Convention for having placed upon its
electoral ticket few old line Whigs-gentemen n
who have never been identified with the proscrip-
tive principles of the Know Nothing party. A few
weeks ago the Breckenridge State Convention in
New Jersey placed two Americans upon It's ticket,
and our Breckinrige friends pronounced IL holy
alliance-one that was eminently fit to be made
fit was right for the Bfeckinridgeites TO place
Americans upon their electoral ticket in New Jer
sey, can it be wrong for the Democrats OF New
York to place Old Line Wings upon their ticket
-Indianapohs Sentinel.
Year: 1860

The Ninth Indiana State Fair will be
held in the City of indianapolis. Oct. Is
to go. 1860. The premixm List is much
enlarged and reaches $4,000 cash being
the largest ever offered by any State Board.
Ia circular the Secretary says: The new
and splendid grounds now nearly compile
ted situated in the northern part OF the
city, are unrivalled in natural beauty and
the highest degree commodious and erns-
mental. Every citizen of Iidians should
be proud of this enterprise. and no State
in the Union has more to be justly proud
Of in the productions Of her skill aud Ia
Dor. This offort of tho board to establish
the State Fair permanently at the Capital
and to build up the great and growing in
terests which it is designed TO foster. de-
mands the hearty co-operstion az all
Year: 1860

INVITATION Honest Old Abe Lincoln has given
out the information that short while ago he was
invited to go over into Kentucky and talk to that
benighted people the great political of the
day. lie frankly says that he declined. because
he afaid they would lynch him. A pretty can
didatc for the Presidency. indeed. is he whose
principles are obnoxious to the people of some
States that he dare not go amongst them.
Year: 1860

the county funds to the amount Of four or FIVE
thousand dollars. let them make the charge, back
ed up BY the evidence, and if cannot prove it
false, and those who make it, liars will bear all
the responsibility which is justly attributable to
such acts. T. MCDONALD.
Year: 1860

An old physician, writing to the Alexan-
dria Gazette from Mason county, Va, says


This section ofour State has been remarka-
bly, healthy, until quite lately, when it has
been visited by disease deemed by many
to be a new one but this is altogether fall
lacy. allude to a malady called diptheria,
and by the French diptherite. The doctors
disagree as to the character of the disease,
as they are too often apt to do regarding the
ills that flesh is heir to- But it is undisputa-
bly, modification of scarlatina, or the pu-
trid variety of Richter, very old author,
and, therefore, an old disease instead ola
new one. And, in plain English, it is moth
ing more nor less tnan the putrid sore throat
one of the most dangerous maladies that can
possibly visit any community. There is
nothing new in it with me, as I have been
familiar with it, at different periods, for up
wards Of fifty six ycars-a period in which
/ have been engaged in the study and prac-
tice of medicine.


In a communication like the present, can
only drop few remarks respecting the treat
ment Of this terrible disease, which has al
ready proved so fatal in several instances in
this and other neighboring counties, as well
as on the Ohio side Of the river. A man Of
the name Of Swartz lost both of his sons with
it one nearly of age and the other sixteen
only a few days ago.


Emetics are eminenty useful in this dis
ease, and the earlier they are resorted to, the
more beneficial will be their effects indeed,
they may be recurred to occasionally through
out the whole course of the disease. The
bowels should be kept in soluble state by
the milder laxatives. But all active purging
should be avoided. ~ + z


When the fever is on, administer cooling,
acidulated drinks-lemonade cold water,
and little ice. In the apyreria, or when
the system flags with much prostration, ex-
hibit warm, stimulating teas. and drink.


The local treatment-T employ various
local applications but to mention few Of
them must SUFFICE. Make strong solution
Of the sulphate Of lime, with plentiful addi-
ton ofhoney, and use as gargle several
times or dissolve two drachms ofsal ammo
MIA in pint of water, sweeten well also with
honey, and gargle the throat three or four
times day with it. These gargles may be
employed alternately. The external applica-
tons to the throat may be volatile liniment.
But when the neck is very hot, it should be
kept as cool as possible, even when making
these topical applications. @ s. '
Year: 1860

| Once, when travelling in stage coach,
met young lady who seemed to be on the
constant lookout for something laughable ;
and not content with laughing herself, took
great pains to make others do the same
Now, travelling in a stage coach is rather pro-
zy business. People in this situation are
apt to show themselves peevish and selfish !;
so the young lady's good humor was, for a


time, very agreeable to the Travellers
Every old barn was made the subject of a
passing joke, while the COWS and hens look
ed demurely on, little dreaming that folks
could be merry at their expense. Animals
are not sensitive in that respect. They are
not likely to have their feelings injured be-
cause people make fun of them but when
we come to human beings, that is quite
another thing. Soft seemed to me for after
while an old woman came running across
the fields, swinging her bag at the coachman


and in shrill voice begging him to stop
The good natured coachman drew up his
horses, and the good old lady, coming to the
fence by the roadside, squeezed herself
through two bars, which were not only in a
horizontal position, but very near together


The young lady in the stage-coach made
some ludicrous remark, and the passengers
laughed. 1t seemed very excusable for in
getting through the fence, the poor woman
had made sad work with her old black bon
net, and now taking "a seat beside a we'll
dressed lady really booked as if she had been
blown there by whrlwind This was a
new piece of fun, and the girl made the most
of it. She caricatured the old lady upon
card--pretended, when she was not looking,
to take patterns of her bonnet, and in vari-
Gus other ways tried to raise laugh At
length the poor woman turned pale face to-
ward her. "My DEAR" said she, "you are
young, healthy and happy | am now de-
cript and lorlorn. This crach is taking me
to the death bed of my child And then,
my dear, shall be poor sid woman. all
alone in the world where merry girls think
me very amusing object They will laugh
at my old-faShoned clothes and old appear


ance, forgetting that the old woman has a
spirit that has loved and suffered, and will
live forever The coach had now stopped
before poor-looking house, and the old lady
feebly descended the steps. "How is she,"
was the inquiry of the poor mother.


I Ii :
ing her into the house. E


Putting up the s'eps, The diver mounted
his box, and we were upon the road again
Our merry young friend had placed her card
in her pocket. She was leaning her head
upon her hand-and you may be assured I
was not sorry to see tear upon her young
cheek. It was a good lesson, and one
which we hope would do her good.
Year: 1860

the government, as of old, will now be in "a
vor offreedom, and not for the supremacy ol
slavery, as has been the case for the last six
years. Freedom will henceforth be the law
Of the Territories, because the people in
their majesty have so decided; and neither
Courts nor Congress will be able to thwart
their will. When full effects shall have been
given to all these great measures Of the Re
publican party, and the prejudices engen.
dered against it in the minds of many, by
the artfll appeals Of demagogues who have
misrcpresented its objects, shall have been
removed by actual knowledge of its acts, we
may expect the bitterness of party spirit to
subside; the cry of disunion to be hushed
and the principles Of Republicanism to be
come the permanent policy of the Govern.
ment, under which it will flourish and pros
per, as trust, forever.
Year: 1860

The man who is devoid Of local pride, has
very little pleasure in this world The mar
| who does not make an effort to adorn his
home, and thus assist in making the whole
city attractive, is not good citizen. The
providing of the common necessaries Of life
does not comprise the care Of a family. Food
and raimeht, shelter from the heat and pro


lection from the cold are not really the es


sentials of happiness. All these it is the du


ty' Of every man to provide. When he fails
to do so there is q law to compel him -ant
when he is not able to gather these comforts
for his family, there is charity made sacred
and incumbent by nature as wen as necessi
ty, that is always, prompt, prompt to bestow
these on the Needy. Butt IS the beautiful
that makes home really happy. The little
acts to please the eye. A twig cultiva.
ted to bear single bud, often delights the
eye and overHows the soul with more pleas.
ure than a glutton's dish or a vain fools
attire. It is the beautiful that elevates man


What q world this would be were it not
for the BEAUTIFUL? There would be no love
then, to cheer and chasten, no devotion to
inspire confidence, no hope to establish faith
in one another si-'iiit ~ @ Ta6 1lsa Ec


Without the beautiful the world
would be, If not wild chaos, reality toe
stcra for man to endure. tits the beautiful
that dissipatcs this sternncss A home
made beautiful by contentment, it of it.
self adorned and made more attractive than
those where iveried hands raise the latch,
and conduct you through halls of gilded
brightness to chambers Of satin and damask.
Those are not beautiful homes to our con-
ception Of the beautiful unless love lights
the fame ON its altar and peace imparts its
incerse to all its shrines. Added to these,
the hands ~ must contribute their
share towards creating and multiplying the
beautiful in this world i And this is easily
accomplished 1T costs nothing but time in
wolves only little patience, and the beau-
tiful spring around us like the magic crea-
tions Of . fairy dream. 2sd aiah}l9


The Empress Eugeqie isin, 4 condition
Year: 1860

Who that has ever seen the young about to
embark on the great sea of the world" can
have failed to mark the elasticity of spirit
with which they enter on the new stage of ex-
istence? The present is regarded as nothing
the past is looked on as a watch of the night
and the future alone is esteemed the end and
object of life. Age takes its pleasure from
"nnemory; :" youth centres its joys to the
"hopes" of the FUTURE physiology, which be-
longs neither to the young nor TO the old ex-
clusively, has regard to the present and sobers
its vision of what is to come by experience,
and time alone must be their monitor. The
silver hairs, and the furrowed brow and tot
tering step must GALL come ere we fully re-
alize the unwelcome truth that, in our schemes
and prospects of enjoyment, distance alone has
lent enchantment to the view that under the
fairest pleasures there have ever lurked
insidious thorns, and that the gorgeous shapes
that have foated before us in golden magnif.
cence have been but as monster soap bubbles
which the first breath of six shattered into an
Inhalation.
Year: 1860

The Pixies Peak gold fever. we observe, is
again becoming prevalent throughout the coun-
try, and will doubtless 'scarry off F." scores and
hundreds Of young and middle aged men.


1t carried off many last year-carried them
towards the Rocky Mountains, leaving the
bodies OF some on the way, to be eaten by the
wolves breaking down others in health, for
tune and spirits to return eastward in desperate
straits and landing the more venturesome and
determined, who were properly equipped for
the privations, discomforts and hardShips OF
pioneer life, high and dry on the golden peak.


Though still satisfied that there was much
humbug mixed up ia the general excitement
about these gold discoveries in the Pixies Peak
region, last Spring and Summer, we are also
more satisfied than we were then that there is
gold there, abundance Of it, perhaps; and there
is one class of men who would well go there
namely those who have. means and ''pluck
enough to undergo the difficult and hazardous
journey thither, and who, when they get there
shall be provided against unfavorable contin-
gencies, beyond the danger of starving to death
or dying from exposure.


Undue enthusiasm and excitement in mat
ter of this kind, is always likely to result in
rash steps. In nothing should we allow an i'm
moderate zeal OR magnifed anticipations to get
the better of sober reason and calm judgment.
The man who, brought by wild enthusiasm
to the belief that he can cross the sea in bark
canoe, attemps the mad undertaking, is only
preparing a feast of himself for a certain con-
vocation of polite sharks.


Let us say, then, to those who contemplate
a trial of their fortunes in these far off wilder
ness gold mines go not unless you can go pre-
pared to face danger, to endure the toughest
of hardships and are equipped with all neces-
sary means of keeping the body and soul to-
gether for at least six months after you reach
the mines, and have enough left, at the end
of that time, to go back with, in case fortune
should fail to smile upon you or bring your
fond hopes to a fruition of wealth. -.


Thousands will go there this year, hundreds
of whom will be disappointed in their expecta-
tions. Those best able to cope with obstacles,
endure rough life and withstand the vices
that always attend life of this kind, will be
the most likely to be fortunate in the end, and
return, if they ever return at all, rich men.
Think seriously of what is before you, and
weigh carefully the chances of your doing bet
ter there than you are now doing here, and be
sure you are prepared against danger and ex-
posure and starvation before you make the ven
ture.-Chtcago Journal.
Year: 1860

Hn
A first principle in profitable farming is 10


cultivate only so many acres as you can make
better Il may be yuor misfortune to own a


large farm, and to be without any other. cap


ital- 1t is your ruin, and the ruin of the land


to continue running over large surface, and


secure crops that barely pay the expenses of


labor. 1t were good policy, in such ~


case, to sell half of the land to get capital to
work the other half. If this cannot be done
seek to cultivate only 50 much as YOU can


make remuneratiYe. It is not improving land


to pillow it and take off crop. II should


have manure enough to raise seventy.fye


bushels Of corn, sixty of oats, thirty Of wheat


and three tuns of hay to the acre, when it Is


laid down to grass. Crops less than these


ought not to be considered good farming-that
is, where the natural soil is not decidedly bad.


Almost any of our exhausted soils that now


yield but twenty bushels of corn to the acre:


or tun of hay, require from fifty to seventy
five loads or halfcords of farm-yard manure
to give them start, and put them upon
course of improvement. If farmer has OIL
ly manure enough for one or two acres let
him attempt to cultivate no more. As TO the
rest of the farm, let it take care of itself ulril
you have the means of improving it.


Another principle in profitable farming IL Ia
keep only so much stock as you can keep in q
thriving condition. The profit of an aniruAa
reared for his flesh, ceases when he stops grow
ing. He should be well fed until he reaches
maturity, and then be slaughtered or sold
Ih porkers will pay as long as you can MAXI
the gain pound or two day. Lea
SOU ealing hogs are as Improbable as they asa
disg raceiul. Many farmers starve their sheep
80 tn at they are unable to bring forth healthy
ambs ; starve their cows, so that they come
)ut in the spring looking more like skeletons
han mixers. 1t takes whole season Of good
to retrieve the ill-treatment of tho
winter. Every animal kept upon the farm
hould have all the food he can digest, and as
rule, the more he digcsts, the more profita-
Die he will be, whether you take your pay in
abor or flesh. And in this item let it be re-
that good quarters for your animals
warm, dry stalls, stables, and sites, will. save
twenty-five per cent. and upward in fodder.
Year: 1860

When the summer of youth is slowly vast
ing into the night-fall of age, and the shadows
of the past years grow deeper, as if life were
on its close, it is pleasant to look back through
the vista of time upon the sorrows and felici-
ties of years. If we have home to shelter
and hearts to rejoice with lis, and friends have
been gathered together by our fresides, then
the rough places of our wayfaring will have
been worn and smoothed away in the twilight
of life, while the sunny spots we have passed
through will grow brighter and more beauti-
ful. Happy indeed are those whose intercourse
with the world has not changed the tone of
their holier feelings, or broken those musical
cords of the heart whose vibrations are so me-
lodious, so touching in the evening of age.
Year: 1860

Our notice of the fact that the cold had de-
stroyed the grape buds induced many to ex-
anime their vines to their sorrow. That the
injury is general throughout this region we
fnd confirmed on every side. The questions
may now be pressed: viii it pay to protect
our hardy vines and what protection DO they


need? A hasty glance at the vines of our
friend and correspondent, Colonel Dewey, en-
ables us to answer: If one year in ten only
is to be so severe on the vines, it is worth
while to give them the protection OF laying
them down, cOiled little together, and some


brush and rubbish thrown over them. Aside
from the protection to the vines, they viii not


'kill back" The practice will lead to fall q
pruning, and vines will get less bulky they g
will be more iudiciously pruned, and much
more conveniently, as one may have his chice be-


tween pruning on the trellst or the ground
The colonel very simply laid them together z
upon the ground, and very little light rflS- "A
bish thrown over them. They are leafng out >
beautifully. We noticed hardly blasted b,sd,
even to the tips of some which had made quite
long growth, which had been left to layer. A q
single vine or two of Que hardy native was
near and unprotected, had suffered thoroughly
the buds being all blasted The list of grapes
hardy without protection, is reduced to zero q
in our opinion. The number of varieties
which are thus hardy with the slightest pro-
lection, upon the ground, are quite numerous
judging from those of Colonel Dewey, which
embrace many of the most highly recommend
ed of the new grapes, besides the older ones
Homestead,
Year: 1860

What constitutes true lovelines Not the
polished brow, the guady dress, nor the show
and parade of fashionable life. A woman may
have all the outward marks of beauty, and yet
not possess lovely temperament. 1t is the be-
nevolent disposition, the kind acts and the
christian department. 1t is the heart, where
neekness, truth, affection, and humility are
found where we look for loveliness, nor do we
look in vain. The woman that can soothe the
aching heart, smooth the wrinkled brow, al
leviate the anguish of the mind, and pour the
balm of consolation in the wounded breast
possesses, in an eminent degree true loveliness
of character. She is the real companion of
man, and does the work of an angel. 1t is such
a character that blesses with warmth and sun
shine, and maketh earth to resemble the Para
disc of God.