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Year: 1860

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL. CoNvENTION-
There can be no question that the proceedings of
the convention which assemblies in Baltimore to-
day will exert very important and significant eff
feet upon the political issues at present before the
country. tits an adjourned convention, the second
assembling together as a body of men who have
once been divided by irreconciable differences of
opinion. It is a convention adjourned from
Charleston city peculiarly Unidentified with
southern rights and institutions; and although the
adjournment has been made to city in which
popular sentiment is as stauch in support of the
South as in any of her sister cities, yet it be
admitted that the convention having been ORGAN
ally organized at Charleston, that should have
been the place for the resembling of it.


This is not point of difference it is true, but
it was movement from the South towards the
North. and one which was followed by the south
ern delegates who had seceder in their ad dourn-
ment to Richmond All this is conciliatory on
the part of the South exhibiting disposition to
do any proper thing for the ultimate vindication
was held pursuant to adjournment. and again a
conciliatory spirit prevailed. and a further ad-
journment took place. Thus by every movement
the South has made, we find willingness to sub
NIT to anything for the peace and harmony of the
nation, and of the party represented in the case,
short of the actual surrender of what is regarded
as constitutional rights.


With the power and disposition so to act the
Convention would do honor to itself and justice
to the party, by uniting upon some worthey.
unObtrusve, honest and substantial man, who,


in his political career and fidelity to constitution
al principles. will pc acceptable to the South and
command the confidence of the North Such
nomination would tend in an immeasureable
degree to heal the dissensions which now disturb
the Union, and confirm the strength of that party
which may possibly alone eombine the popular
vote necessary for the defeat and brostration Of
northern fanaticism


Unless this is done one of several results will
follow. The democratic party will ! g divided,
and the campaign will be inaugurated with two
sets of democratic candidates, neither of whom
will have majority in the electoral college.
Mcssrs. Lincoln and Hamlin will probably be
elected by such division of the democratic par
ty. Unless in the general division and distrac
ton of public sentiment and party fealty the
somewhat negative, but by no means unreliable,
position of Messrs. Bell and Everett should prove
available conservative rallying point for the
people. Mr.. Bell, upon the slavery issue, is
enough for the defence of the South against fana-
tical aggression, and the vote of Mr.. Crittenden
the other day the Davis resolutions is fairly to
be accredited to Bell and and Everett. So that
with strife and division in the democratic party,
and avowed enemy to the South in the repub
can party, the claims of the Constitutional Union
party may rise above all other considerations and
prove eminent!y attractive to conservative men,
North and South, East and West-B0h Sun.
Year: 1860

The Wheat Crop in this section may now be
considered as made, most of it is ready for the
have G not W seem such % Wheat serp erop n the tn last
twenty-five years, and the man who has been
crying for taste of wheat-bread for the last
quater of century, may dry up'' and go to
laughing, for better time is coming. The crop
is large and the Wheat fine.


The Oat crop also promises well; the best crop
we may say that has been reaped in many years


Corn is doing we'll and looks FINELY. We are
glad to see that most of ure planters, acting on
advice, have planted more corn and less to-
bacco this year. If the season holds good we
shall have big crop.


Tobacco makes good stand-we never knew
it to fal-and to look at the crop piched one feels
inclined to smile at the late cry of &c no plants! -
IN c. J Chronicle
Year: 1860

scciber would respectfully announce to his pds
ana fellow citizens that he has taken the Store at
the corner of South Front and Middle Streets where
ne Is prepared to furnish at very moderate rates
all articles usually kept in


VARIETY STORE.
He hopes by strict attention to business and urtr-
Ing efforts to please TO MERIT share of the public
patronage. VIM NJ. WATSON
June % d3w2t
Year: 1860

LooK Cur FOR THE WoMEN.-Young
man, keep yonr eyes open when you
are after the women. If you bite at
the naked hook, you are green. Is
pretty face or form SO attractive or a
pretty face, event Founces, boy, are


no sort Of consequence. A pretty face


will grow old. Paint will wash off,
The sweet smie>of the firt will give
way IL. the scowl of the termagant.-
Another and far different beng will
take the place. of the lovely goddess


who smiles and eats your sugar candy.
The e1nquette will shine in the kitchen
corner, and with the once sparkling
eve and beaming countenance will look
daggers at you. Beware! Keep yoar
eye open, boy, vixen you are after the
women. II the dear is cross, and scold.
at her mother in the back room, yor


may be sure youwill get particular tub.
all over the house. If she bushes wher
found at domestic duties, be sure, she is
Of the dislrag aristocracy-li:tIe breed.
ing and great deal less sense. II you
marry a girl who knows nothing but 10
commit woman slaughter. on the piano.
you have got the poorest piece Of music
ever got uP. Find one whose mind is
right and then. pitch. Boy. don't be
hanging round like sheep thief, as
though you were ashamed to be seen
in the day time, but walk up like a
chicken TO the dough pile, and ask for
the article like aman. tr-E F.. r. =
Year: 1860

bent figure could ever be improved, even by the
skillful care of old Mrs. Grove, but the progress
OF disease was stayed the long nights Of suffer,
ing gave way to peaceful, quiet sleep, and the
dark bitter words were supplanted by the
grateful love which she bestowed upon the old
lady who seemed to be almost an object Of wOr-
ship to her.


Ninety years had passed over the head Of
! Mehltable Grove when from the pleasant cot
tage where her early married life was passed
and rom the tender care Of the child she had
rescued, she was borne to her last rest. Grand
ma Grove had grown rich in her last years.
The railroad that had cut off a corner Of her es.
tate had not diminished its value and other
things had conspired to throw money into her
hands. And at her death it went to Lefty.


No one objected to this. All of the relatives
elt that Letty-the child of her old age, was
their grandmother's rightful heir, for the two
had been all in all to each other for years. And
no one had helped more than Lefty to that
management which had added to the estate
thus before thirty years had gone over her, she
ound herself possessed Ct fortune, though a
fortune was small part Of the good gift which
she had received from Mrs Grove But the
hunch- backed Lefty Grove had little use for
wealth. She had imbibed to the full, that
strong christian faith which the life Of her pro
tectresS had so exemplifed, whom the Lord
loveth he chasteneth." She remembers and
she has accepted the hardness of her early life,
as lesson, and a preparation for her work in
the world. Now, in the country where she
lives, there is an orphan sylum, endowed from
her wealth, over which she presiies as matron
giving of herself to the little ones under her
that loving and tender care which she knows is
so seldom vouchsafed to the motheress.
Year: 1860

OF all the funny things which are chargeable
to the Republicans, the very funniest of sll is
their attempt to pursuade themselves that their
policy accords with that of the immortal JET
ferson. The grand cardinal doctrine Of their
party is that it is the duty of Congress to pre-
vent the extension of slavery in the United
States On the other hand, the great crowning
act of Jeiferson's administration, was the pur-
chase OF Louisiana and the annexation to the
United States of an extent of Slavs Territory
greater than all the Thirteen Colonies. What
a shabby modern Republican the Sage of Mon.
ticello would have made!-Ne,oark Aduocate
Year: 1860

Washington to my grandfather, Red
Jacket, when your nation was in its in
fancy. You will be glad to sec and
handle it, and I should do wrong were l
not to give you the opportunity" As
he spoke thus, he removed the wampum
from his bosom large massive me lal,
in oval form, some seven inches by five
and 1t passed from hand to hand along
the tables. On one side of this medal
were engraved, in full length, the fig
ures oftwo chiefs; Red Jacket, in cos
tune, presenting the pipe of peace, and
Washington, with right hand extended
as in the act of receiving it. On the
other side were the Masonic eublcms
with the date Of 1892, if my memory
is correct.
Year: 1860




DIR. Stephen War of Boston. in
his testimony in a recent case
which grew out of injuries from
the bite of a dog, furnished the
following valuable advice:


In the case of the bite of a dog
where the teeth of the animal
penetrated the flesh, whether the
dog was known to be mad or not
ne should use the same precau-
tions. He would wash the wound
with warm water, extract all the
virus posi- bic by sucking the
wound with his lips, and then
cauterize it deeply with the caus-
tic most readily obtained, but
should use potash if it could be
procured at once. The time in
which the effects of the bite of a
rabid dog would be seen, varied
from two to three days to as many
years, but if mo effects were felt
after two or three months, as a
general thing, the patient might
feel himself safe. Bites made
through clothing are seldom pro-
ductive of much harm, as even if
the dog is mad, the clothing
absorbs the virus before the teeth
reach the flesh. Most all of the
fatal cases occurred where the per
son YVES bitten on some naked
part.
Year: 1860

At Masonic banquet given in Chi
cago, Ill. Ely S. Parker, chief Of the
Six Nations and practicing lawyer
Of Galena, Ill, delivered a speech which
is thus spoken Of in an article publish
ed in the Masonic Journal:


One speech Of tho evening, as also
an incident attending it, deserves moro
particular attention. It was that of
Brother Sir knight Parker, q grand
son of Red-Jacket, and his successor as
chief of the Six Nations He is full
blooded chief, but highly educated, and
an eloquent speaker. I shall not at
tempt even an outline Of his speech, for
if reproduced, it should be with its
charms of action and utterance, which
man could equal. He spoke Of himself
as almost lone remnant Of what was
once noble race; Of his struggles in
coming forward to manhood, and seeing
his race disappearing as the dew before
the morning sun. As he found his race
thus waning away, he asked himself:
where thall I 60 when the last Of my
race shall have gone forever? Where
shall find home and sympathy when
our last council FIRE is extinguished7--
/ said will knock at the door of Ma
sonry, and sec if the white race will
recognize me, as they had my ancestors
when we were strong and the white men
weak. I knocked at tho door Of the
Blue Lodge, and found brotherhood
around its altar. I knelt before the
great light in the chapter, and found
companionship beneath the royal arch.
I entered tho encampment and found
valiant sir Knights willing to shield me
hero without regard to race or nation.
I went further. I knelt at the cross of
my Saviour, and found Christian broth
erhood, the crowning glory Of tho Aa
sonic tie. lam most happy to meet
you in tho grand councils Of the gath
ering, and sit with you at this festive
board to share these greetings and hos
pitalities. Ifeel assured that when my
glass is run out, and Ishall follow the
footsteps Of my departed race, Masonic
sympathies will cluster round my cof:
fin and drop in my lonely grave, the ev.
ergreen Accacia, sweet emblem of bet
ter meeting. l. nv race shall disap'
pear from the continent, have the con
soling hope that our memory will not
perish. If the deeds Of my ancestors
shall not live in story, their memories
remain in the names Of your lakes, and
rivers. your towns, and cities, and will
call up memories otherwise forgotten"


"Few eyes could hold their tears as
hs poured forth in words like these the
utterance of full heart. Silence for q
time prevailed after he sat down, when
he arose and said: II have in my pos
session . memento which ! highly
prise-1 wear it near nay heart. It
came from ancestors to me as their sue.
cessor in Office. 1t was - present from
Year: 1860

Have you any domestic manufactures
to reportr asked census marshal of
the female head Of the family, rejoicing
in the bloom of health.


We'll yes,' said she with something
of an embarrassment in her voice IN
ountenance, we have eight, with con
tinued prospect


The marshal who was modest man,
blushed slightly, made the entry in the
schedule with his pencil. and asked hew
many yards Of rag carpet she had made
during the year.--M Y. Er:
Year: 1860

An auctionecr having a horse
to sell which could not be induced
to cross abridge that lay in tho
way of his masters country resi-
dence, advertised him as "to be
sold for no fault but that his own
er was desirous of going out of
the city"
Year: 1860

Propose continually to your
self new objects It is only cons
family enriching your mind that
you can prevent its growing poor
Sloth benumbs and encryates it.
and work is always in our power.
Year: 1860

NEWARK, Sept. 5-A celebration of the
Protestant associations of this city took place
today. There was large procession a
brigade was under arms during the day, in an
ticipation of riot. When the New York socie-
ties were about to return, each member dis
charged pistol from the cars. A negro wo
man was accidentally shot. The result was
probably fatal.
Year: 1860

From the celebrated mandatory of Cornelius Baker


shall continue to be in receipt of these Goods the
new patterns come out at all times keeping hand tn
best stock to be found in the city and the lowest
prices
Year: 1860

Of prospecting Is in cutting away the ice and
taking up gravel from the bed Of the river, which
Is very shOal not being over thirty inches at
the greatest depth of water. By this method
we easily obtain from ten cents to ono dollar per
Year: 1860

We find ourselves now amid the red and


yellow leaves of Autumn. 'Tis not much
frosty yet, but what cool weather we have had
has given the woodland thousands Of pleasant
tnts. Spring is beautiful. It's growth is
fresh and gay, but it is all alike. Summer is
beautiful. All nature has got on its full
strength and size. But Autumn is bee utltull
for all the varieties of color We may see often
within the range of ones own yard. Nature
has fine Painter. He knows all the neces.
sary touches, and spares not to put them on
And each one is suggestive. We do not think
it we'll for man to live all the time amid gale
~ ard life. Nor is it well for US TO spend all
cur moments in scenes which might cali for
the exhbl, Of our strength. But it is well
that while we have that IN the plcturlng of our
Father in heaven upon natures great canvass
which anlmates US TO higher efforts here, and
also that which inspires Us 10 the exhibitions OF
our mightest efforts, that we have something
to tell us OF our weakness and our end. 1t is
not well for life to be all a struggle. 1t is not
well for this kind of emotion to fill our bosom
Away. 1t is good for us to feel at rest, to feel
that the object of our ambition is gained. 1t Is
| then that the mind settles down into satlsfac-
ton and quiet. In Summer, natures end Is
gained in the full grown foliage and irni; aud
IN Autumn the truIt falls into our lap and the


foliage pictures to US our own end And the
| suggestions OF Autumn are not sad, really. Au-


tumn is as beautiful Spring tIme or harvest


Aud who can open his eye without seeing II


And age is as beautiful as youth. Aye, while
juvenile eyes and lips are watched with de


light, toltering uge, smuing as 1t goes, cheer


and blesses. +.
Year: 1860

IT is found that for persous to acquire the
wonderful dexterty ofour telegraph operators,
it is necessary that they should begin to learn
the art while they are young. Dispatches are
transmitted about as fast as a man can write,
and the operator reads them by listening 10 the
clicking Of the instrument, writing the words
down as they are received. Reading by the
ear is found to engender fewer mistakes than
The old recording process.
Year: 1860

paJ~ One hundred and eighty double
sets We're on the floor at one time at
late ball in San Francisco. Two thou
sand eight hundred and eighty people
were simultaneously "bobbin" round.
Year: 1860

r~ Have our young lady friends
thought of the suggestions We ave them few
days since, thst they commence casting round
for some chap to whom they would like very
much to tie to, and start in on a cour,ing trial
They have perfect right so to do this year,
and the chance will not occur again for the next
four Years. Now or never, young ladies.
Year: 1860

IS DOLLARS REwARD.-We will pay
srsward Of IS, to any person who will give us
information that will lead to the detection and
conviction Of the scamps who steal our papers
from subscribers doors We have submitted
to this imposition quite long enough. and We
now propose taking such steps as will lead TO
q detection Of the petty villains and thieves
who. too mean to subscribe and pay for the
paper, will stooP to commit petty larceny by
stealing their neighbors' We are in earnest
when We say that if We succeed in detecting
these individuals. We will put them through .
course OF sprouts. which will probably cause
them to recollect us fer years to come. We
will prosecute them. even if they be near rela.
tives Of the angel Gabriel
Year: 1860

VW Capt. Trout will cut up another
Of those fat Bucks this morning. This will be
the last chance that our citixsns will have to
obtain bite Of this delicious meat, 40 the game
law viii very soon stop the shooting of Deer
Year: 1860

The Gazette abandoned the great
er portion of their columns yesterday to the
snnihilation of jailor Graham. We met John
somewhat late in the day. and he assured us
that he was still entire in body and mind. Tho
Gazette says that John is email game. Why
then waste such an amount of ammunition upon
him1
Year: 1860

~ Arrangements If the most ex.
tsnsivs kind are being made to ineure large
immigration to this section Of the State during
the approaching season. An sntsrprising land
concern Of this city is now engaged in the very
lsudsble undertaking of turning the attention
Of Eastern people TO this county for settlement.
aud their extensive acquaintance in the New
England States will enable them to DO much
towards accomplishing what they 90 much de-
sire. Scott county certainly presents more In.
ducements 70 persons emigrating from the East
than any other in the State. Most Of our lands
are under high state of ofeultivation, and farms
can be obtained for prices that will place them
within the reach Of men Of very limited means
Come then, say We. to the garden spot of the
West. We have homes for you all, and hear.
ty Welcome will greet you
Year: 1860

1 The lumber trade of Davenpor.
promises to be an extensive one the coming
season. large lumber Of much needed build.
ings will be erected in the interior Ct the
county. BY farmers who have heretofore been
90 crippled by debt that they dare not incur
the expense.


The farm buildings Of this county are rather
inferior. and an improvement is much needed
We notice that those farmers Who can. have
built fine houses and allowed their old huts
barns to remain unimproved. They have
preferred to let their stock freeze every winter.
in order that they Themselves could have .
fine warm house to live in. This is . poor
plan to pursue. II you have . comfortable
house. tho first thing you should turn your at
tentisn to is the building of . fine barn in
which TO house your cattle and your grain.-
BY 90 doing your cattle will always be q
source of pride to you. aud large amount Of
grain be saved from waste.
Year: 1860

THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE is now IN its Xxth Volume.
During the past year. THE TRIBUNE sss been Obliged to de-
vote quite large proportion Of its space to Pohs but we shall
bcefoh be able limit space devoted TO Political discus


sion and most Of columns to subjects Of less intense
but more abiding interest Among these we mean to pay es
Hal IN
Year: 1860

NJ. ERitOr: The time fixed for the meet


ing OF the National Democratic Convention
in Charleston, is rapidly approaching, and
1T is now well aSccrtuned that the party will


be strongly represented from every State in
the Union. Even South Carolina, although
hitherto opposed in principle to that mode
OF selecting candidates for the Presidency


will be represented in full force, it is be


ieved, by the appreciation of large majority of
her citizens, and it is hoped by her ablest
and most conservative statesmen. Not only
will the Convention meet, by the unanimous
consent OF the party North and South but
If the delegates elect come together deter
mined, as it is hoped they will, to exclude
from the list of those out of whom the stand.
ard-bearers of the party are to be selected
all persons of extreme and ultra views, wheth.
er residing North or South, the Convention
will unite readily and harmoniously on the
nominees, and will under their banner,
march forward in solid column, to victory
that will annihilatc the Black Republican
cohorts and rescue the Constitution and the
Union from the Vandals who are assailing
them. If this policy is adopted, it must re-
suit In the exclusion of all those who are
known sspirants, and who have been promi-
"N''0 "PohSu VI III COuneAlOn WIN the IreS-
ldency and Vice Prcsidency--for each of
these have been pressed on account of some
popularity of sentiment or position that has
rendered them respectively strong in one
section and weak in another-and the Couven


ton will lnotonly hayeto look out formcn whose
ability, patriotism and principles are known
and appreciated throughout the country, but
who lave neither presented their own claims,
OF been yehemeutly urged forward by others,
have neither friends to reward or enemies to
punish, and must, therefore, prove acceptable
to the patriotic citizen of all sections. In
selecting such men ms the standard bearers of
the party, competent and peculiar abilities to
discharge the duties of the respective offices,
and hearts true to tho Constitution and to the
rlghts and interests of every section of the
Union, are the leading considerations, and it
Is not Of vital consequence In what State or
political division of the country they may
reside, Aud yet the importance Of alternating
the 6rst Office within the gift Of the AMERICAN