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Year: 1859

CLEANING siLK.-The following Is said to be
an excellent recipe for cleaning silks: Pare
three Irish potatoes into thin slices, and wash
them well. Pour on them half pint Of boil
ing water, and let it stand till cold; strain the
water aud add to it an equal quantity of alco.
hol. Sponge the silk on the right side, and
whom half dry, iron II on the wrong sida. The
most delicate colored silk may be cleansed by
this process, which Is equally applicable to
cloth, velvet or Grape.
Year: 1859

That the present Administration refuses to
protect the foreign born citizen in his rights
and declares in effect that he is not the equal
of the native born.


Do not Forget


That the President has declared that i,
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS is a Democrat he is
nonel


Do not Forget


That the Administration has kept the 20.
litical guillotine in perpetual motion, chop
ping off the heads of Douglas men, all over
the Union.
Do not Forget


That the same Administration has emptied
the National Treasury and nearly bankrupt
ted the Government
Do not Forget


It's corrupt contracts with party favorites,
IN order to pay them for their foul and dirty
services
Do not Forget


That to vote for J. G. McKibbin ia 20 ro.-
buke the present miserable excuse for an Ad.
ministration, while to vote for Scott Is 70
vote for a mere tool of VIM. NJ. Gwin.
Do not Forget


That you are MEN, responsible for vour
actions, and that you owe it to your country
to vote for principle and sustain the right.
Year: 1859

We are not disposed to crow over foe
that is cowed, but the chopfallen countenan-
ces of the Lecompton candidates at this time
are laughable to behold. They wander about
like wayworn ghosts, and the longitude OF
their faces is only equaled by the latitude OF
their conscienees They know not what to
do. They feel defeat in the very marrow of
their bones They thought they were on the
strong side. They thought that the people
were degraded enough to vote, always, ac-
cording to Federal dictation, or the dictation
of Federal sycophants and lacqueys; but
they find they are mistaken, and would fain
now be on the Douglas side. But it is too
late The people despise and detest them,
and will spew them forth
Year: 1859

HUMPHREY GRIFFITH, OF YoLo.-This able
gentleman delivered, last night, to large
and enthusiastic audience one of the most
powerful appeals that have been made from
the stump during the present campaign
His logic was compact and his denunciation
terrible. There are few men superior in the
powers of oratory to Humphrey Griffith.
He did good service to the cause of Popular
Sovereignty last night.


Jesse o. Goodwin followed in a very able
and eloquent speech.
Year: 1859

No SIGN OF HIM-Up to late hour yes
terday, nothing had been heard further of
James Sherwood, the missing man, we'll
known citizen of Marysville. large party
had been in search of him, but found no
trace. Towards evening preparations were
making for firing heavy guns on the bank
and using other appliances to see if he was at
the bottom of the river it being coniectured
that he might have endeavored to swim to
the other side of the river to rejoin some of
his friends, and was drowned.
Year: 1859

Is there a naturalized citizen who will dis
grace himself this day by voting for the Ad-
ministration which pronounces him an in
ferior being, and not the equal of a native
born citizen? Is there a single foreigner
who will not have the good sense to vote for
the Douglas party. who are his friends Let
all our foreign-born brethren not fail to re-
member that Douglas has taken firm ground
against the Administration on this question.
Let them KNOW THEIR FRIENDS.
Year: 1859

Charles S. Fairfax for Supreme Court Clerk.
He has been sucking at the public teat for
the Lord only knows how many years, and
has done no good to any body. lie seems to
imagine that he has an inalenable right to
the office of Supreme Court Clerk, so persis-
tently does he ask for it at the hands of the
people 1t is time that he sought some other
means of existence than living on regularly
furnished outlay from the public treasury.
Year: 1859

PREMIUM FOR PHoroeRApHs--In covr.ot;or
oi former statement in this paper, which
statement was an error Of the soeistv Of Tho
Northern District FAIR, we would inform tba
public that the first premium in the late Fair
was awarded to j. Heath for the best photo
ghaPhs on exhibition. These pictures were
indeed superb.
Year: 1859

Let every Douglas Democrat walk straight
to the polls this morning, at the very earliest
hour and deposit his vote, before the excite
ment and hustle of the day begin. Vote
and then work Work for your ticket with
all your might and main, until the close of
the contest Do this, and our dreaded little
Douglas stronghold is again invincible.
Year: 1859




For LIARS at the polls to-day, charged
WIN wi their vile venom against good and true
democrats Let them meet with silent con
tempt Answer them Nth a vote in favor Of
the candidate they abuse.
Year: 1859

Let every stauuch and true Anti -Lecomp-
tonite voter bring in his friends to the polls,
and have them vote at once. Delay never
does any good. Whatever you have to do,
do it at once.
Year: 1859

Douglas men should be on their guard to-
day at the polls against all manner of frauds
The Leeompton crew will stop at nothing
They are desperate. They feel that it is
their last chance
Year: 1859

The time is fast approaching when it will de-
volye upon the citizens Of Norfolk county to
select man to represent them in the councils
OF the State; and permit me, through the CO.
lumns Of your valuable journal, to call their
attention to the gentleman whose name heads
this article, as one in every way qualified tor
the position. ,.
The county of Norfolk is one Of the largest
in the State, and is intersected by two large
canals and railroad. The progress oil one
and completion of the others will be greatly
by the Legislature. Mr. Banks is just the man
to represent this peculiar interest, and we are
con(ident if the Convention deem it expedient
TO make him their nominee, that it would be a
source of infinite qualification to major por.
ton of the county.


With such men as Col. j. W. Lewis for the
Senate. and R G. Banks, Jr., for the House Of
Delegates. success will attend the Democratic
party as sure as night follows day.


GREAT BRIDGE.
Year: 1859

WE have received the Agency here for the sale OF Som
w brero Guano. This is the richest Phosphate Guano
known the world and contains above 81 per cent OF
Bone Phosphate OF Lime. We receive supplies direct
from sombrero Island West Indies IL will be ground
here and put up in strong substantial bags OF about lI0
lbs each and warrant pound pure and free from
any mixture whatever.


In calling the attention OF the public this valuable and
recently discovered deposit OF this fer;zing article,
merely that like all other phosphate guanos its most
valuable constituent is phosphoc acid, bone phosphate
OF lime and that It's mercantile value as compared with
other guanos OF its kind may be easily determined by the
OF phosphorc acid, bone phosphate OF lime II
contains In order therefore, give the public thorough
knowledge of what Sombrero usno does contain We beg
refer the following list OF eminent chenss, In differ
part; Of the wsrld who have anayzed different car
cargoe just they arrive from the Island without drying
selection OF specimens for analytlton Each analysis
will be exhibited II required, under the original signature
Of each chemis, named


or phosphorc acid estimated as equivalent 10 phosphate
Year: 1859

thousands Ofadults who were reported in the last
census as unable to DO so, and for the mental
culture Of the masses generaly, than has been or
can ever be done by legislation merely. While
we commend these UNCONVENTIONAL efforts We
yet respectfully suggest whether it would not
be better to form a union of all the denomna-
tions Of the State on some broad basis, such
as the American Sunday-School uniony The
day is fast passing away for denominational
exclusiveness- Who that was present at the late
Sunday-School Convention in Philadelphia, or
who that has real the speeches upon that oc.
caslon, has found anything scctarian there
Year: 1859

| Many a thoughtless pert girl has asked this
question with curled lip and toss of her head,
us if she were sure she never would be one. In
many cases, at the time it was uttered the hand
writing has been upon the wall which fixed her
destiny Yes, many of this class have unwillingy
yielded their fate, and spent their days repnng
and fretting their early folly, and have died
repentng while Others fearful of the misconceived
notion that it was a disgrace, have plunged into
matrimony under circumstances from which they
would gladly have extricated themselves.


Pity that girls so thoughtless. AS a gener-
al rule, matrimony is the most natural, the most
suitable and the most happy condition of the sexes
But then there exceptions to this rule Ii is not
in the order of Providence that all should marry.
The lady who, from choice or conviction, elects to
remain single, does not place herself in position
to deserve the jibes and ieers Of either sex; and
when it is necessity, that very fact should shield
her from them. Besides, the purest, most disin-
terested and holiest of the sex have spent their
days in single blessedness. 1t is not position,
therefore. to be undervaued much less sneered
at. Without the responsibilities and peculiar trials
of the married state, most of them have shared
others burdens. Nor have We found them, as
class less happy, less contented or less useful than
others with the same amount of trial vexation.
Therefore, girls while we do not select single life
for you, beware of that foolish question-"Who
would be an old maid ?'-iSpt. Age.
Year: 1859

a PRTsoNER's ETIQUETTE-A curious case of
prison etiquette recently occurred in Delaware A
number of prisoners broke Jail, and among them
one named Turner, under sentence of death
for rape. He called upon the Attorney General,
coolly seated himself in his Office, and informed
the gentleman that number of prisoners had
escaped, among them himself; that he was prepared
to go back again whenever he could be assured
that he would be safe in so doing. Several Of his
social companions had been discharged, and in
their stead woman had been placed in jail who
was afflicted with scarlet fever; he had formally
notified the deputy sheriff that if such conduct
was persisted in he would feel obliged to change
his quarters, and that receiving no satisfactory
evidence the part of the officers of the jail that
his grievances would receive attention, he had
thus avaied himself ofthe frstfavorable opportunity
Of giving practical turn to his indignation by
leaving the premises He did not care a straw
about the sentence of death hanging over him, but
he didn't want to catch the scarlet fever. The
escaped prisoner escorted back to his old
quarters.
Year: 1859

FALSELY PACKED AND SANDY COTTON
Great complaint has been made of late on account
of the large amount of foreign matter packed in
the cotton shipped from most of the Southern
States. The Memphis Enquirer deprecates the
practice very much, and says:


An instance ofthis kind occurred the other day,
fifteen bales being returned from q Northern
manufactory, to the purchaser in this city The
bales are represented as having been plated to the
depth of six inches with fine cotton, the classifca-
ton for which they sold, while the great
bulk of them were poor cottons, imprcgnated with
sand, dust and trash. Such base conduct the
part of planter who would do anything of the
kind, or would allow it to be:done, if in his power
to prevent, ought, at least to subject him to the
severest penalty Of the law
Year: 1859

We should be among the last to wish to subject
the negro population to any stricter discipline than


was necessary for their proper government and due
subordlnation nor are we prompted by any fears OF
the personal safety Of the whites, when express
the opinion that i'll this part Of the country at least
there is axity Of discipline of the black popula-
ton, which is detrimental as we'll to them to the
white inhabitants.


At night, the blacks roam about pretty much at
pleasure, and thus tempted into, and have the
opportunity of indulgng in all kinds of bad habits
and the commission Of all kinds of thefts, &c
There are unhappily in the bosom Of every COM
munty certain class Of whites, who will not he
state for the sake of pecuniary gain to
negro, and speculate upon the crimes he may be
tempted to commit. The negro not being compet
ent to give testimony in court, it is exceedingly
difficult to convict his white accomplice in crime
and thus the honest portion of the community are
subjected to depredatons of all descriptions To
arrest these evils, there is but mode, but for
tunately that mode is extremely simple, and easy
of adoption. 1t is at ight, and outside his own
ers premises, that the negro carries on his opera
tions. Keep him at home unless when sent on
specified errands, and with permit to pass to and
from specified places and his opportunities for
mischief will be taken away. Have, then, a good
night watch. and let every negro found out of his
owners lot after the bell rings at 8o'clock in Win
ter and o'clock in Summer without pass, be
lodged in the guard house, and kept until morning
when, after good thrashing, to be paid for by the
owner, he may be turned out. We do not believe
that the policy of letting off the fogging on the
payment of fine, is good one, because it makes
the negro believe that he may roam about with i'm
punity to his as long as his owner is good
natured enough to buy him off from punishment
IF the negro ought to be off his owners lot at
night, he readily get pass and if he fails to
get one, the fact ofhs being out furnishes the best
reason to believe that he ought not to be out, and
ought to be punished for being out. Not many
would be locked up at night and whipped next
morning. before the negro would come to the con-
clusion that his best policy would be to stay at
home, or get his owners permission to go out
Raleigh Register.


The above well-tmed remarks will suit this locality
we'll other places, and to the suggestions call
the attention Of slave-owners everxMhere.
Year: 1859

SUMMARY DISPERSION OF \ COURT OF JUSTICE
We are informed that on Monday of last week
the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Nash
county violently broken up and dispersed by
several men-whcthcr armed or not we have not
heard. The Magistrates came down off the bench
when commanded to do so. and had not returned
up 70 the last accounts. Two rival cliques have
existed in that county for some time past and this
circumstance had something to do with this queer
affair.-lNurtieesJor Citizen.


We learn from a friend who was on the ground
at the time that the scene was really disgraceful,
and that the balls from the pistols Of the assaants
1.-TWO brothers) fell as thick as hail, admonshing
him to make tracks.-FdycHerHie Carolinion.
Year: 1859



 RUNAWAY MATcH-An old gentle man in neighboring county, the father of a fair young daughter who wanted to mar " young man against her parents will, brought her to this city few days ago, and secured for her, as he thought, safe quarters at one of our hotels, the landlord of which being charged to allow no one to communicate with her under any circum- stances. But '' love laughs at locksmiths" and at landlords too. Yesterday the damsel managed to get out on some pre- text or other, and was met on the street by her lover, when the two made the best of their way to parson, who soon made of them tone flesh" The gentleman took his new bride to another hotel, where they are al present sojourning. The land- lord of the hotel at which the young lady had been placed, upon missing her.. went in search of his charge, but did not 6nd her until after she had passed from under his protection to that of one whose claim to her was paramount to that of all oth- ers.-T -TMemphis Avalanche, 20th ul,.
Year: 1859

w We are requested to return the thanks of the Baptsts of Des Are, to the pastor and elders of the Presbyterian church, for their kindness in granting them the use of their church building, for their regular worship twice month.
Year: 1859

WHERE THE LAUGH CAME IN.-Bunces and
Sizer's farm adjoined each other. Sizer had an
unruly sheep which was in the habit of gettingin-
to Bunce's field. Bunce expostulatea with Sizer
everaltimes, and thento him if he did not keep
his sheep at home, he would fix him so he
wouldn't jump any more fences. But Bunce
soon found the sheep hack again; so he caught
him, and with knife severed the cuticle or skin
Just beyond the gambril joint, and between the
main cord and bone, then thrust the other hind
leg through the aperture, and then put the sheep
back over the fence, which went off hobbling on
three legs. Sizer soon after discovered the sad
plight his sheep was in, and he knew very well
who was the cause of it, but he concluded to take
things coolly, and await some suitable opportuni-
ty to revenge himself. Presently, Bunces old
SOW broke into Sizer's field, when he caught her,
and with sharp knife cut her mouth almost from
ear to ear, and turned her back When Bunce
discovered this, he went to Sizer's in great rage,
and demanded of him what he did that for. Sizer
said, "Upon my word neighbor Bunce, did not
do any such thing. Your old solc split her mouth
laughing at my sheep through the fence"


Syracuse Standard.
Year: 1859

less pit prepared for the devil and his imps
And think of how many spend fortunes
for it, and that is not half, lose their char
acter, which can never be regained. Then
they are driven from this depot to seek
as swiggers in the halfway house where
they can get their drains occasionally as
they get penny.


At the halfway house we suppose the
keeper is a more rugged and hard hearted
being, who is dealing damnation out by
the gill to those who have just arrived from
the first honse, and hurrying them to the
final depot, where they will have to give
what clothes they have left for their cursed
dram. All soon they will be cast out as
useless freight and be found dead from the
effects oftheir long journey and hard drink
ing. These keepers are agents of trust,
and will stick to their Office. Some one
may ask for who? but it has been said
the devil ; and they will decoy strangers
into their nets of destruction, by trying to
use the scriptures to prove that it is no sin.
Yet what pains has there been taken to
apologize for life contrary to the Bible.
Ahu SoOu AtdVCnS. NHdb punishment can
be too great, what mark of disgrace suffici-
emily signal for those Williams of talent, who
have employed their educations in compo-
sition Of rum songs, or pieces Of fine and
captivating writings in praise Of one of the
most odious and destructive vices in the
black catalogue Of human dcprayity.
Look in yon group Of intelligent anj
even clever ryonths, voluntarily pressing for
ward in this disgraccfnl habit, for the pur-
pose of making them appear manly, Of pow
er and might, and thereby have avoided
that state in which they might have lived
free and happy, just to become snowy slaves
of the rum bottle.


My young friends, I am young, though
we have looked at it in very different
way, yet you must be wrong by reason, and
tender you this as my advice, never make
start on that road, and if you have al
ready started, turn before it is too late
.! do turn and be sober and be happy
and the hope that these effects will, il
some degree, add to the happiness Of


Your humble friend,


DNALWOH.
Year: 1859

novels, where penury has taken up his
abode, and starvation has laid his iron
grasp upon their emaciated forms-thev
exhort US, they adjure US, to push forward
the great work of Reformation-to eman-
cipate them from beneath this Juggernaut
of Hell-to establish the Temperance
cause on sure foundation, where the
wrath of the Bacchanalian cannot prevail
against it.


The number of deaths by drunkenness,
throughout the world, is about three hun
dTed and fifty thousand annually: by in
vestigation we see that this is nearly one
thousand daily: one thousand drunkards
each day ushered into the presence of the
Living God Think of this! Think
what havoc Intemperance is causing in the
ranks of the human family, and for Heav-
ems sake, let US resolve unanimously to ex-
tricate ourselves, our fellow men and our
country, from the vile and pernicious in
fucnce Of the Intoxicating draught.


Lodge Institute, n. c..
Year: 1859

As we were walking through the streets
OF certain town in the western part Of this
State, several months ago, we passed
small and neat looking building with this
inscriptions, Half Way" and just below
was painted bottle and glass, apparently
half filled with the poisonous liquor which
was kept within. These were all that was
on sign board, which was suspended from
that house, and it's not being met with
every day, we stopped to think where it
could be halfway to. And where do you
suppose we fixed for the end? Why at
the final depot Of drunkenness and ruin.


Now as there is halfway, there must
be beginning and ending, as to every thing
else.


We will speak a few words about the
beginning. We imagine that there is a
much finer building in the same town, and
kept by genteel looking man, where the
young men can take their glasses without
being suspected; we think there is COM
pany of Intelligent and wealthy youths sit
ting around table filled With wines and
other weaker Hquors,a as iscommon to tempt
with that which is not so apt to form dis
taste at first, and also create thirst fol
stronger; but soon they form love fol
the more common, such as gin, rum and


whiskey, which is enough to burn theil


throats and destroy their mind at once


(as it did poor fellow in the east da,


ago, who after procuring half a gallon IL
. anchored his canoe and laid down until til
l spirits had lost its healing effects and the
was frozen to death.) What conditio
r to leave this world and face an injure
f Judge at his tribunal bar on high. VIII
n could there be worse hell! than to stan
s before such Holy Being and hear Il
: words, depart ye drunkard into the bottoI
Year: 1859

Thus in the infinite mercy and patient
ong- suffering of God, this brand was pluck
ed from the burning: and his grace impair
ted IN infant Baptism, made efectual to
the saving Of her immortal soul.
Year: 1859

CONFLICT WITH A CATAMoUNT.--The
Franklin (La.) Banner gives in detail an
account of a terrible conflict between a
catamount and some negroes on the
plantation of Mr.. Thomas S. Bisland, of
st. Mary. The animal, having pursued
the negroes into the house, calmly seat
ed himself on the front piazza scrutini-
zing some dozen or more negroes who
were arriving from the sugar house.
The Banner concludes the story as fol-
lows: Satisfied with the scrutiny, he
entered the parlor or sitting room and
took formal possession, and when the door
was opened by a negro man he flew al
him and seized him by the throat. The
negro was powerful man, and after
being severely lacerated got him under
his feet when four balls were fired into
his head from revolver in the hand OF
a bystander. The overseer who had
now reached the spot, dceming him dead,
ordered the negro to remove his feet,
when, to the amazemcnt of all present,
he sprang upon third negro, but was
finally Killed Wi with a load Of buckshot from
n gun opportuncly brought by the over
seer"