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Year: 1860

E~ The Horses attached to the Fayette-
vile mail stage. ran away from in front of
the Post Office in this city. last Wednesday
afternoon, the driver not being in his seat
at the time. After running about hund-
red yaras-they brought up against a Tele
graph pole. throwing passenger who was
on the Drivers seat to the brick pavement and
a negro wesnan who was inside tue stage ou,
on the graEnd. Neither were injured to
any extei.s Beyond the breaking of the
tongnesM the stage no other damage occur
rod
Year: 1860

any Democrat in America. Hence the
Court has already decided the question
once, and has decided in favor of nOn-inter-
vention and Popular Sovereignty as claim
ed by the Democratic party. The case Of
Prigg VS.. The Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania covers that branch of the subject, and
the Dred Scott decision, ip which the Court
declared that Congress had no power TO
prohibit slavery, covers the other branch of
the subject think it is clear, from these
facts. that the decisions of the Court, as
they now stand, affirm the doctrine of nom
intervention and Popular Sovereignty as
advocated by the Democratic party.


take it for granted that the leaders of
the Republican party do not know anything
about these DECISIONS otherwise they would
not have asked me the question. Surely
honorable gentlemen would not disturb a
meeting by asking for information which
they already possessed.


Having shown that the Supreme Court
has decided the question in my favor, will
conclude my answer by saying that l in
tend to stand by aud carry out the decision
in good faith. | hope my answer will
prove satisfactory.
Year: 1860

has won for itself such renown for the cure of
every variety of Throat and Lung Complaint, that
II Is entirely unnecessary for to recount the
evidence of its virtues, wherever II has been EN-
ployed AS it has long been in constant use
throughout this section need not do more than
the people itsauality is kept up the best
1t ever has been, and that it may be relied on TO
do fnr their relief all il has eYer been found do.
Year: 1860

TnE WIFE'S HELPING HAND. - AT
no moment of difficulty does hus-
band, knowing his own utter helpless
ness, draw SO closely to his wiie's side
for comfort and assistance as when he
wants button to be sewed on his shirt
collar Punch.
Year: 1860

The condition of the multitudes of the
black and mixed race, that are leaving theiI
bonds in the south and seeking home o


freedom nuder British protection in Canada


is a subject of frequent aIlusion, and bur
little positive information is in posse ssiou
of the masses as to the facts in the case


Information, therefore, Of reliable char
aeter on this subject, we presume, would
be read with interest, by every seeker after
truth, whatever his predictions on the
vexed question Of slavery, or his prejudice'
against color may be. The subject, of the
present and future condition and pOlitica
Year: 1860

horse-racers were ont Of htmor at being
bothered with the bull, and at the burIesane
which they supposed wOs intended, but
thought that it would be over as soon as
the horses started


Wheb the signal was given, they did
start Hays gave blast with his horn;
and sunk his spurs into the side Of the bull,
who bounded off with terrible bawl, at no
trltilng speed, the dried ox-hide fappifg up
and down and rafting at every jump, max
ing combination of noises that had never
been heard on race course before.


The horses all few the track, every one
seeming to be seized with d sudden deter.
mination to take the shortest cut to get out
OF the Hedstone country, and not one Of
them could be brought back in time to save
bis distance. The purse was given to Hass.


A general row ensued but the fin OF
the thing put the crowd all on the side Of
the bull. The h6rserhen contended they
were swindled out of their purse; and that
if it had not been for Hays horn and OK
hide, which he ought not to have been per-
mitted to bring upon the ground, the tliihe
would not have turned out as it did,


Upon this, Hays told them tlidt his bnlt
could beat any Of tEieir horses anyhow, and
if they would put up a hundred dollars
against the purse he had won, be would
take off the ox-hide and leave his tin horn,
and run fair race with them. His offer
was accepted and the money staked


They again took their places at the start
ing post; and the signal was given Hays
gave the bull another touch with his sp1r,
and the bull gave tremendous below
The horses remembering the dreadful sound
Thought all the rest was Coming as before.
Away they vent again; in spite of all the
exertions of the riders, while Hays gallop-
ed his bull around the track and won the
money
Year: 1860

are directed to objects great and small with
in their reach. At the fall Of the scant1
rivulet they set up their little manufactory
Of wooden bHttons or combs-they plant a
barren hillside with broom corn, and make
it into brooms at the bottom--and on its
top they erect a wind mill Thus at a
single spot you may see the air, the earth,
and the water all at work for them. But
at the same time the ocean is whtened to
its extremities with the sails of their ships
and the land is covered with their works of
art and usefulness.


Massachusetts is perhaps the most flourish
ing of the Northern States. Yet Of natural
productions she exports but two articles
grant and ice ABSOLUTELY nothing but
rock and icc Everything else Of her com
merce, from which she derives so much
wealth, is artifcial-the work of her own
hands.


'All this is done in fegion with bleaB
climate and sterile soil by the energy and
intelligence of the people. Each man knows
the public good is his individual advantage
The number of railroads and other modes
of expeditions intercommuuicatio knitS the
whole country into n closely compacted
mass, through which the productions OF
commerce and OF The press, the comforts of
life and the means of knowledge, are uni
verSally diffused while the close intercourse
OF travel and business makes all men neigh
bors, and promotes common intrest and
common sympathy. In community thus
connected, single fash of thought prevades
the whole land almost as rapidly as thought
itself can fly. The population becomes, as
it were, single set Of muscels animated by
one heart and directed by common sen.
sorium. How dfferant the condition Of
things in the South ! Here the face o
the country wears the aspect of perma
ture old age and decay No improve
ment is seen going on-nothing is done
for posterity-no man thinks anything
beyound the present moment Our lands
are yearly tasked to the utmost capa.
city of production, and when exhausted
are abandoned for the youthful West. Be-
cause nature has been prodgal to us, we
seem to think it unnecessary to do anything
for ourselves. The industry and skin that
have converted the inclement and barren
hills of New England into garden in the
genial climate and fertile soil of the South
would create almost paradise Our natural
advantages are among the greatest with
which Providence has blessed mankind but
we lack the spirit to enjoy & improve them
Rich ore is beneath our feet, yet we dig moi
for it. The golden fruit hangs from the
bough, yet we lift not our hands to gather
! it


IT Mr. Preston had remained long enough
at the north to have discovered the secret o
this wonderful prosperity, he would hav,
found it in the lofty religions principles o
the founders Of our institutions in thei
Just estimate of man as a moral, intellectual
and immortal being IN their conseguen
deep abhorrence of slarery, and in the pro
vision they have made for aiding every maj
in rising to the highest point of which bis
nature is capable. ~ Y independent.
Year: 1860

A new kind Of leather has made its ap-
pearance in market. II IS made from the
skin of the white whale found 10 the River
ST. Lawrence. From the skin Of the white
whale can be made superior kind Of sole
leather, harness. leather aud black leather
for boots
Year: 1860

How THE EYE is SWEPT AND WASHED. For
us 10 be able 10 see objects clearly and dis
tinctly, il is necessary that the eye should be
kept moist and clean. For this purpose, ii is
furnished with little gland, from which flows
a watery hOOd-tears-Which is spread over
the eye by the lid, and is afterwards swept of
by it, and runs through hole in the bone to
the inner surface Of the nose, where the warm
air, passing over it while breathing, evspOrates
it. 1t is remarkable that no such gland can
be found in the eyes Of fish, as the element in
which they live answers the same purpose. III
the eye had not been furnished with liquid
to wash it, and lid TO sweep it of, things
would appear as they do whom we look through
dusty glass. Along the edges Of the eye lid
there are a great number Of little tubes or
glands, from which fow an oily substance
which spreads over the surface Of the skin, and
thus prevents the edges from becoming sore or
irrtated. and It also helps to keep the tears
within the nd


There are also six little muscles attached 10
the eye which enable US 20 move il in every
direction; and when we consider the different
motions they are capable Of giving 10 the eve,
we cannot but admire the goodness of Him
Year: 1860

The New York Herald discOurses in the fol-
lowing irreyerent fashion about the 90 coming
Prince, in regard to whom all the feminine
hearts Of Fifth Avenue SnObdom are in so ter
rible futter:


1t seems that the Prince Of W ales is a ladies'
man, and has produced sensation among the
fair at st. Johns by his winning attentions no
less than by his " particularly brilliant hazel
eyes He is quite beau, and "a very grace
fuI and accomplished dancer as he proved
by the way be whirled the ladies through the
mazes Of poetry in motion" He set them
right when they went wrong, and every now
and then he called out the different figures Of
the dance. His dancing was " repeatedly
cheered, and every time he danced he took a
different partner-half a dozen in all How
they must have been captivated by so sweet
a prince, as he condescendingly corrected
their blundeTs." Probably the ladies Of New
fOundland do not know much about such mat
teTs, and the sex in Canada are but little in
advance Of them But when the Prince comes
here he will find the ladies posted up-fully
acquainted with all the new figures and the
most intricate steps. They have perfectly at
their toes ends the latest pas from Paris, and
perhaps may be able even to teach his Royal
Highness something he does not know. We
advise the ladies, therefore, 10 be prepared
armed at all points, that they may show the
Prince Of Wales that they can dance better
than the damsels of the British Provinces
Let Jnem dl>O DC IeSty 10 De taken captive by
the . boyish' charms of nineteen years The
Prince is almost as young as Don Juan, who
In his travels made such havoc among hearts;
he is like that hero, too, in being d" handsome.
slender, but we'll knit, and in having re-
ceived a finished religious education, under
pIOus tutors. Little Tommy" of the Japanese
Embassy, upon whom the women of Washing
ton made such a rush, was, after all, not n
real prince, asd he cannot compare for mo-
ment in good looks and mpishments with
the son Of the British Queen. Who can saw
that the young scion Of royalty may not be
smitten by some one of our American beau
ties, and marry her, too, as Maria Theresa
married the youth she fixed her eye upon, in
spite Of every remOnstrance, and as Queen
Victoria married the man of her choice. Eng
lish princes generally have had their marriage
contracts made for them by their ministers
without being consulted on the subject. These
marriages are generally cOntrived to secure
strong national alliances. But the Emperor
Louis Napoleon took the hand Of a woman with
no royal blood in her veins, and Prince erome
BOnaparte welded Miss Patterson, an Ameri-
can lady; and there can be no good reason
why the Prince of Wales should not follow
these examples. His alliance with an Ameri-
can lady would greatly strengthen the entente
coTttGie between the United States and Eng
land, and would be the most judicious and
sensible thing he could do for his country If
II were nothing else, he would thus prove that
he had mind and a will of his own. Ltt
every lady, therefore, put On her most be-
witching smile To catch prince is no com
mon achievement.
Year: 1860

that formed them, and thus saved US the
trouble of turning our heads every time we
wish to view an object Although the eyes Of
some animals are incapable Of motion, as the
fly, the beetle, and several other insects, yet
the Creator has shown his wisdom and good
ness in furnishing their eyes with little globes,
and by placing their eyes in front of their
heads so that these little insects can see almost
all around them without turning their heads
A gentleman who has examined the eyes of a
fly says that the two eyes of a common one are
composed of eight thousand little globes,
through every one of which it is capable Of
forming an object. Having prepared the eye
of fly for the purpose, and placed it before a
microscope, and then looking through both in
the manner Of the telescope at steeple which
was 290 feet high and 750 feet distant and he
says be could plainly see through every little
hemisphere the whole steeple inverted or
turned upside down.
Year: 1860

A woman is naturally gratifed when a man
singles her out and addresses his conversation
to her. She takes pains 10 appear to the best
advantage, but without any thought of wilfully
misleading


How different is it with men, At least IL is
thus that women in general think Of men. The
mask with them is deli berat tely put on and worn
as mask, and woe betide silly girl who is too
weak or too unsuspiciOus not to appear dis
pleased with the well turned compliments and
hattering attentions 80 layishly bestowed upon
her by her partner at the ball. If girl has
brothers she sees a little behind the scenes and
is saved much modification and disappoint-
ment. She discovers how little men mean by
attentions they so frequently bestow upon the
last new face which take, their fancy


Men sre slngularly wanting in good feeling
upon this subject; they pay girl marked at
tention, fatter her in every way, and then.
perhaps, when warned by some judcious friend
that they are going too far, "can hardly be-
lieye the girl could be 80 foolish as 10 fancy
that anything was meant"


The fault which strikes women most forcibly
in men is SelfStHeSS. They expect too much
in every way, and become impatient if their
comforts and peculiaIities are interfered with.
If the men of the present day were less selfish
and self-indulgent, and more willing to be con.
tented and happy upon moderate means, there
would be fewer causes Of complaint against
young women undertaking situations as gov
ernesses when they are wholly unfit for so re-
sponsible an Office. feel the deepest interest
in the present movement for the improvement
Of the female sex but could not resist the
temptation of lifting up my voice in testimony
against some of the everyday faults Of men, to
which think many of the follies and weak
nesses of women are mainly to be attributed


Mr.. Thackeray is the only writer of the
present day who touches, with any severity,
upon the faults Of his own sex. He has shown
us the style of women that he thinks men most
admire. in Amelia, and ''Mrs Pendennis -
Certainly my own experience agrees with this
opinion and until men are sufficiently i'm
proved to be able 70 appreciate the higher
qualities in women, and to choose their wives
among women who possess such qualities, do
not expect that the present desirable move
ments will make much progress The improve
ments OF both sexes must be simultaneous A
"gentlemans" horror is still ''blue stocking"
which unpleasing epithet is invariably be-
slowed upon all women who have read much
and who are able to think and act for them
selves.
Year: 1860

vol, limo. 464 PIP, Illustrated. Price 81,


postage paid.


We have before listened to the homely tale OF
the liberated slave, but it did not impress US as
does this narrative of Douglass, for the reason
that we were left to supply the commentary which
is here pressed upon us by one who has both seen
and felt what he relates. The story bears through
out the impress of truth and the manner in which
it is told stamps the writer man of genius and
a high order of talent.-Ohio State Journal


This is splendid work. The personal worth OF
the author, the deserved popularity he has secured
throughout this nation, and the universal desire
that prevails to have memento of one of natures
noblemen, will conspire to create an unprecedent-
ed demand for this book Wesleyan.
Year: 1860

SENSIBLE ADv1cE.-Let all young men
looking tor wives follow this counsel. 1t
will save them world of trouble: If ever
you marry, let it be a woman who has
Judgment enough to superintend the work
of her house, taste enough to dress herself,
pride enough to wash herself before break
fast, and sense enough to hold her tongue
when she has nothing to say.
Year: 1860

Dsy~ The winter in the eastern States has
been exceedingly cold. Here the weather we
have had the past week was about as cold as
any we have experienced during the winter
And yet almond and peach trees are in bloom
and the buds uninjured by cold Our eastern
friends may thus form a correct idea of the
glorious and unequaled climate which blesses
California
Year: 1860

A WONDERFUL SHIP.-Euglish papers state
that Mr.. Page proposes to build for the Brit
Ish Government ship of such nature as to
defy the utmost powers of existing ordnance,
and which will be capable of throwing with ac-
curacy seven hundred explosive shells per hour,
into any dockyard three miles distant
Year: 1860

using the same style of letter as on the genuine
imported article and also, using our shipping
mark 81. 7. d. sometimes transposing the let
ters to avoid detection


This common Whisky is paIu9ed off, to a large
extent, on the unsuspecting purchaser, for the
GENUINE EUREKA, thus enabting the SELL
er TO make large profits on a cheap imitation
Whisky, which is sold on the reputation of the
genuine article.


To protect ourselves, and enable purchasers
to guard against imposition, every package
Of the
Year: 1860

nsA. The New York correspondent of a
Charleston paper says:


In the way OF gossip, rumor has it that a fair
niece of Mayor Wood is soon to be led to the
hymenial altar by Cuban millionaire.


More likely by one of her fathers negro min
strels.
Year: 1860


Morn on the waters, and purple and bright,
Bursts on the billows the flashing Of light;
Der the glad waves like child Of the Sun
See the tall vessel goes gallantly on;
Full to the breeze she unbosoms her sail,
And her pennon streams onward like hope 10


the gale;


The winds como around her like murmuring song,
Andthe surges rejoice as they bear her along
See she looks up TO tho golden edged clouds,
And the sailor sings gaily aloft in the sbrouds-
Onward she gliles, amid ripple and spray,
Oer the waters, away, and away!
Bright as the visions of youth ere they part,
Passing away like dream of the heart!
Who as the beautiful pageant sweeps by,
Music around her and sunshine on high,
Pauses to think amid glitter and glow,
Oh! there be hearts that are breaking below.
Night on the waters 4! and the moon is high,
Flung like gem on the brow of the sky;
Treading its depths in the power Of her might,
And turning the clouds they pass into light.
Look to the waters asleep on their bresst
Seems not the ship like an island Of rest!
Bright and alone on the shadowy main,
Like heart cherished home, some desolsts


plain,


Who, as she smiles in the silyery light
Spreading her wings on the bosom Of night,
Alone on the deep as the moon in the sky
A phantom of beauty--could deem with Sigh,
That so lovely thing is the mansion Of sin,
And souls that are smtten, lie bursting withinf
Who as he watches her silently gliding,
Remembers that wave after wave il dividing,
Bosoms that sorrow and guilt could not sever,
Hearts that are broken and parted forever;
Or dream that he watches afoat on the main
The death bed of hope, or the young spirits grsvey
'Tis thus with our life, while it passes along,
Like a vessel at sea amid sunshine and song,
Gaily We glide in the gaze of the world
With streamcrs afoat, and with canvass unfurpd,
All gladness and glory to wondering eyes,
Yet chartered by sorrow and freighted by sighs-
Fading and false is the aspect it wears,
AS the smiles we put on Just to cover our tears
And the withering thoughts which the world can.


not know,


Like heart broken exiles, lie burning below;
While the vessel drives to that desolate shore,
When the dreams Of our childhood sre vanished


and Ger


THE above lines have been found in an old
The trsnscriber would be pleased,
in addition to the favor Of publishing them, TO be
told, who is the author.
Year: 1860

MYSTERIOUS CHILD MURDER N ENG-
LAHD.-A most mysterious murder has
lately occupied public attention in Eng,
land. \ factory inspector, living near
Frome in SomerSetshire, one morning
missed his Youngest child. boy about
four years Of age, from the cot in the
muses. room, where he usually slept, an3
after q tedious search, found his body
thrust into the vault of an out house, with
the throat cut from ear to ear, and a larye
stab in tie region of the heart, evidently
inflicted after death. The mystery envei-
opinc the whole affair battles even the IA
u.nus detectives Of London. This may
be better appreciated when it is known
that in one of the bed rooms slept the
nurse maid and in 'he same room the de-
ceased in a little cot, aud in another part
of the room another child in a second cot
At o'clock The next morning the nurse
awoke, and missed the deceased. The
impression of the chld's body still remain
e. in the oed and pillow, but the under
blanket was gone, and the ceverLd Gale
fully folded down. Tie father and moth
er we're applied to by the nurse, to know
if they had taken the child into their bed,
but they had seen nothing of it since the
previous night. Further search was made,
and the drawing room door, window and
shutter-a all ofWhich had been fastened on
the inside lAc previous night-were found
little opened, After a time the body OF
the poor child was found in is night
clothes as above stated. Every inmate OF
the house was searched, but not spot Of
blood, or the slightest cue tending to
crininate ony one in the commission of
the crime, could be found. How an indi-
vi4ual could have taken the child from
his cot, placed the bed clothes tidily, Car


ried him through the drawing room, across
the lawn. through shrubbery and stable
ward. where walcb dog was loose Ioam-
inc about. thence into the water closet,
deprived The child of life, and decamped
without leaving behind them the smallest
clue to their Guilt, or DISTURBING the in
mates, or coming in collision with the
dog-is mystery which time alone can
unravel 4 reward has been offered by
the Government and a free pardon to any
any accessory, not being the actual mur
derer, no may give such information as
may lead to the detection of tie murder
er.
Year: 1860

Too Low.-The New York Herald OF
Aug. % says: We have said that New
York would elect the union anti Lincoln
e'eclora! ticket 10y at least fifty thousand
majority, and we thought we were within
the bounds Of reason in 50 saying but we
have now to correct our estimate. We
did not know, when we made it, that the
black republican leaders, wirepulers and
managers were going to expose the cor
ruption and rascaiity Of each other to the
public, and not only call each other thieves,
but prove it and rub it in, as they are
now doing. Set down New York as good
for one hundred thousand majority now
for the union election ticket"
Year: 1860

The following is very significant epi8
tie to be presented to the present segener
ate age. which if answered correctly, viii
be found TO contain more truth than
poetry:


Is there heart that never sighed


Is there a tongue that never lied?


Is there an eye that never bIinkei'
Is there \ man that never drinked :
Is there a woman that never tainted ?
Is there woman that never painted
If so, then heart, and tongue and eye.
Must tell most confounded lie.