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Year: 1859

Restraints Of datrimony.-Thc first
District School Board of New Orleans
have resolved, "that hereafter no
Young lady teacher will be allowed 10
contract marriage while occupying
the position of teacher, and that such
an act on her part shall be virtually
considered a resignation"
Year: 1859

The heads Of the Indian arrows, spears,
javelins, DC, often found in many parts of
our continent, have been admired, but the
process of forming them conjectured.-
The Hon. Caleb Lyon, on a recent visit to
California, met with party of Shasta In
dians, and ascertained that they still used
these weapons, which in most tribes have
been succeeded by rifles, or at least by
iron pointed arrows and speers. He found
a man who could manufacture them, and
saw him at work at all parts of the process.
The description which Lyon wrote and
communicated to the American Ethnologi-
cal Society, through Dr.. E. H. Davis, we
copy below:


The Shasta Indian seated himself upon
the floor, and laying the stone anvil upon
his knee, which was Of compact, talcose
slate, with one blow of his agate chisel he
separated the obsidian pebble into two
parts, then giving another blow to the
fractured side he split off slab some
fourth of an inch in thickness. Holding
the piece against the anvil with the thumb
and finger Of the left hand, he commenced
series of continuous blows, every one
of which Clipped off fragments of the brit
tie substance. Itgradually assumed the re-
quired shape. After finishing the blaze
Of the arrowhead (the whole being only
little over an inch in length) he began
striking gentler blows, every one of which
expected would break it into pieces
Yet such was their application, his skill
and dexterity, that in little over an hour
he produced perfect obsidian arrowhead.


/ then requsted him to carve me one
from the ramains of a broken porter bottle,
which after two failures, he succeeded in
doing, He gave as reason of his i'll sue
cess, he did not understand the grain Of
the glass. No sculptor ever handled a
chisel with greater precision or more care
fully measured the weight and effect OF
each blow, than this ingenious Indian, for
even among them, arrow making is dis
tinct trade or profession, which many at
tempted, but in which few attain excel
lence. He understood the capacity Of the
material he wrought, and before striking
the first blow, by surveying the pebble,
he could judge Of its availability as well as
the sculptor judges of the perfeetness q {
block of Parian. In moment, all that
read on this subject, written by learned
and speculative antiquarians of hardening
of copper, for the working of flint axes
spears, chisels and arrow heads, vanished
before the simplest mechanical process.
felt that the world had been better served
had they driven the pen less and Chi
plough more.-N y Courier and En
Quirer. W
Year: 1859

No sort of quarrelng pays. Il is al
ways more profitable to have the good will
and the good opinion of any man than to
count him an enemy. The humblest man
has some influence, and it is better to have
that on our side than against US. If we
quarrel with one who cannot himself injure
us, he may have relatives OF friends whose
good word might one day be useful, Or.
If he is such an outsider as to have nei:her
friend, relative or influence, it SCENE like
small business to quarrel with so rorlorn
an individual. Amiability is so lovely
virtue that men instinctively admire its
fortunate possessor, and when he comes in
contact with cross-grained, quarrelsome
individual, his own good nature shines
more brightly by reason. Of the contrast.


We may safely promise largely in
creased enjoyment to him who becomes
reconciled to an old foe. 1t is not wise to
nurse quarrel and keep it warm by
brooding over real or imaginary injuries.
And the road to peace is very plain and
straight; if we have been hasiy, or unkind.
or incousiderate, there is nothing SO manly
and honorable as prompt acknowledg-
ment of our fault or folly, and none but
brute will refuse proffered reconciliation.
On the other hand, if we have been in
jured, let us remember that we also need
pardon for many offenses, and we also
need grace to ask that pardon, and we will
find it hard to withhold our forgiveness.
Year: 1859

| We will not guarantee the strict ortho-
doxy of the following passage, from one Of
Beecher's sermons, but will cheerfully en-
dure the penalty annexed to the propsga-
ton Of heresy. if it be heresy, and give il
the farthest reach of our circulation:


"This view interprets, too, what is
meant by being clothed with another's
righteousness. Oh, woe is you, if THE
sweet thought shall not preach Of father
and mother to you. ! am clothed with my
mothers righteousness to this hour, al.
though she died when | was yet an infant
my memory Of her is as Of some faint
cloud, far 10 the horizon. But though
my memory of her form has SO faded
during the lapse of many years, yet the
consciousness OF her goodness, her serene
wisdom, her pure, disinterested nature
and her devoted love to me, and my
brothers and my sisters, has gone with
me all my life long. feel conscious thai
the effect of her nature on mine was to
enrich me. Among the things that es.
TEEN, and among the things that l veal
in title, nothing is 30 dear to me as the
remembrance that l am child of my
mother. And the very name have is
not so dear to me because l have lived
in it, and filed it some way, as because il
was given to me by my mother, and was
solemnized by the sign and symbol Of
baptism, aud was mentioned in the house
of God.


By all the fondness I have for my
mother; by the regrets, ten thousand times
repeated, which ! have felt, that she did
not walk with us longer IN this world; by
the salutary influence which | am con.
scious that my memory of her has had
upon me; by the feeling sohich Ihave had
Mousand times in temp 'dtion, that sht
Jeheld me, Mat she restrained me; that he'
heart was get w;th me, sorrowing and re-
joieing, as l sorrowed and rejoiced-by
even these fragments of experience,
know what it is to be clothed with anoth-
er's righteousness.


And that which l have had in this small
measure from my mother, has been full
filled 10 me in more glorious measure by
my other parent, who WAS my father wher
| was child, and to whom | am father
now that he is child.


| should be sorry for any one that die
not know what such relationship was
through father or mother, or some one tina
stood to him in the place of father OF
mother-that did not know what it was t'
have the goodness and power of other
transfsrred to him. And when | speal
of being clothed with the righteousness o
Christ, l Danish all idea Of going to
wardrobe and getting garment in tn
form of some Christ-like virtue, ant
throwing it over human being. pu
away all notion of imputation like that o
taking ont the heart of one man and put
ting it into another man. ! do not for al
instant entertain the thought of rud'
transfer of the qualities of Christ to man
To be clothed with Gods righteousness
according to my understanding. is this:-
A generous nature, with the spirit of love
looking upon the love of God feels, "H
surrounds me; he stimulated me; l an
clothed with his goodness, rather than up
held by my own"
Year: 1859

A 1Sc1ENT1F1C DIscovERY.-You
have heard about the .''silvery sea-
but did you ever imagine that it
was an actual fact that the sea con-
tanned an immense quantity Of sill
yer? a couple OF learned members
Of the Academy Of Sciences, at
the last sitting, presented to that
body the results Of their investiga-
tions uron this subject by which it
is established that the waters of the
Atlantic contain one milligramme


4 - hundreth part Of a grain,
troy,) to the hundred killogrammes
(about two hundred and twenty-five
pounds, avoirdupois) and of course
the sea contains much lar: er mass
Of the shining metal than has ever
been extracted from the bowels of
the earth. They say its presence
may be accounted for upon two
theorles-that it may either proceed
from the emanations Of chloride Of
silver, issuing from the bosom Of
the earth, as also from the slow ac-
ton which salt water exercises on
the argentifirous sulphurets which
crop out from the earth, both on
land and at the bottom Of the ocean,
At any rate, they are satisfied it is
there, but, as it c SITS now about ten
times as much to extract it as it is
worth, it is not probable that this
immense placer OF silver will entice
away many Of the oyster-diggers,
who recently have fallen so
fortunately upon the big bed Of
the bivalves on your side of the
water.
Year: 1859

As q proof of the little value NJ. de Hum
bolt set on personal distinctions, it may be
stated that the great number OF decorations
which he had received from the sovereigns OF
all countries were found lying pell-msll in q
cupboard
Year: 1859

A TELEGRAPH NOTICE.


"A NEW line of Telegraph from WASHINGTON
North Is advertised, falsely represented connect
vannah, Montgomery, Mobile, &c.


Now, the only tslegTaphic connection with those
points is through the lines under the control of the
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY, to
which by virtue Of the ownership of Morse's pat
snts all the the teegraphlc business of said places
lawfully belong. This therefore is to give notice
that the same charge will be made all messages
sent by the line and delivered to any station of
the Magnetic Company IN the South for transmits
sion to the above named or other places, similarly
situated If they had been handed to the Magnetic
Company At the place Of their origin the nearest
convenient point thereto. J.KENDALL,


mar 9-tf General Superintendent
Year: 1859

AxALsANArios.-Durin the year 1853
in Boston, nine colored males were married
to white women, exactly the same number
thai occurred in the year 1887 There is
not an instance reported of the marriage of
a white man with q black woman.
Year: 1859

EA- Weiss Bier is tue name of a new bev-
erage, which, to some extent, is supplanting
Lager Bier II has very much more car
bonic acid, and so little alcohol, that it is
almost impossible to get drunk upon it,
This Bier halls from Berlin, where it is the
favorite beverage of those ladies who have
frequent occasion to imbibe with their male
friends
Year: 1859




DELAY Nor.-We have not a. vet
been favored with : statement OF the affairs
Of Messrs. Cook Sargent. or Burrows 4
Prettyman. The public are anxious TO receive
some explanation Of the direct causes that led
to the suspension and locking up oftheir funds
at time of oil others. when.th were most
likely to need them. We think full and i'm
partial statement Of what brought about the
failure. what the situation Of the firm 10 at
this time. and when the public may hope to
obtain an honorable settlement would be Just
the thing to allay the feeling now openly ex-
pressed by many Of the deposit@s-that there
has been sculdugg.ry practiced by the parties
who have been go unfortunate a. to be obliged
to close their Bank doors. It is certainly not
asking too much of c. d S. to make . state>
ment, and they must see themselves, that it
would be very appropriate just at this time
1t has always been practice among Banker.
to make such statements when by hard ne
cessity they were compelled to stop payment
and We must say We think it is just the course
W puIeue.


People thinksit looks suspicious. when an in.
dividual fails and declines giving any explana.
tion Of his affairs. We have thus far heard
nothing but rumors, and they certainly are
not very complimentary to Cook 4 Sargent
Men who have been their friends and warm
supporters. now cay that the failure was a
concocted thing to get rid of an uncomfortable
a;aanut of wild land by turning it over to
their depositors at more then twice its value
Others say that Bank has failed poor. Now
we do not believe these knoscing individuals
know anything about it, and we warn our cit
isens against placing any reliance on what they
say.


We shall confidently look for q full and COM
plete statement of the affairs Of the Bank
sometime this week. We are positive that il
will have q beneficial effect, let it be ever sc
bad.
Year: 1859

FAT BEEF FOR CaRIsrMAs.-We no.
ticed two splendid fat steers standing in front
Of the market house Of Messrs. Kelly, on Bra
dy street, yesterday morning. These stser'
have been fed on corn meal for the past twelve
months, and are probably the fattest cattle ~
er brought to this market. Thew have beer
kept expressly for the holidays. and will b
cut up on Saturday next We are grean "or
. streak of lean and . streak Of fat," and shall
take this opportunity to indulge in loin roas'
of the above character.
Year: 1859

MONEY CLAIMED.-1f the person who
called at our Office on Tuesday. and stated that
he had found On amount of money, will call
again, We believe we can describe the fund.-
The owner has authorized us to pay him c or.
tain reward. which the finder will agree is very
lib eral
Year: 1859

v Bishop LEE is now in the East
on business connected with Griswold College
We are glad to learn that this institution open 3
with every prospect Of . brilliant and succee',-
full career.
Year: 1859

~ The weather was intensely cold
yesterday. although . bright beautiful sun
sbonc overhead The ice in the river started
again in the forenoon. leaving clear channel
in the middle Of the river. At sunrise yester.
day the thermometer stood three degress BE-
low sero, and We shall not be surprised 70 sse
it down to ten this morning.


Business looked much better Yesterday. .
goodly quantity Of grain having come forward
for which our dealers were willing to pay
good prices. Many Of our farmers regret not
having brought in their wheat when it wss up
to s2as3c; while others rejoice that they did
not do 70, - in al probability il wonld have
been tied up in tho warehouses Of sone Of our
suspended produce dealers. The prices paid
for wheat 1t this time will yield fair profit to
the farmer. and our advice to them 10 that they
rush in their grain as soon as they can.
Year: 1859

To the Editors Of the Evening Post sod


In your notice of double-headsd girl on
exhibition 10 Georgia you express doubts ss
to the truth of the statement contained in
the notice you published. One year ago
this month saw this child in st. Louis,
Missouri. She is slave born in North
Carolins. While an infant she was cold for
one thousand dollars. At the age of six or
seven years she was sold again for five thou
sand dollars. The owner took the child to
England and exhibited IL to hundreds of
thousands in the old world. The present
owner bought its mother. went to England.
and instituted legal proceedings in the mama
OF the mother for the custody of her child.


The resemblance which the child bore to
the mother was so strong that the presiding
judge directed it to be given up to The moth
er. which was done. The late owner then
offered to deposits in court fifty thoussnd
dollars to the credit of the mother if she
would commit the child to him again, and
remain With it herself; for by the laws of
England. she and her child were free. but
the offer was declined. "What should I do
with so much money ?'' said she. 81 wish
to return with my child to North Carolina"
which she did by way of New York


A3cI OHHeT tuSu dskSO tue QotnSE- IA H1SS
manner she wished to live. and he would
conformait. She asked for little cottaRe
and patch of ground where she could raise
her own chickens. There. says ber master,
she lives with her husband and Eve otbsr
childisn which he has purchased. Two 9TH
ers were sold while young to a negro trader;
and notwithstanding that the mastersof this
valuable family has offered FIVE hundred
dollars to know who is the present owner
of these two. no trace can be found of their
whereabouts. a >t'+


a7 never saw more sprightly child of Its
age than this wonderful twin child, which
in fact is two children in everything but the
body. A little below the shoulder blade
there Is but one spinal column; there are
two heads snd necks, two hearts and sets Of
lungs. four arms and four iegs-in short
the child is as much two as one. The two
heads converse with each other. IS do the
Siamese Twins. They can sing together or
separately, and can talk with different per-
sons at the same time. This double crea-
ture can run and dance, and appear perfect
ly happy. It was dressed. when saw It.
in white. with crown on each head. with
long flowing curling hair. The complex
ion is dark copper color, with bright full
eyes noticing all that takes place in their
presence. But for fear of emancipation the
child would be taken North. Nearly one
hundred dollars day were received Wills
it was in ST. Louis. w. TIC


Brooklyn, June I, 1859. H "
Year: 1859




Here are some very ludicious remarks on
much needed reform in this country:
: The homes of America will not become
what they should be until true idea OF
life shall become more widely implanted.
The worship of the dollar does more to de-
grade American homes, and the life of those
homes, than anything-than all things else.
Utility is the god of almost universal wor-
ship. The chief end of life is to gather
gold, and that gold is counted lost which
hangs picture upon the wall, which pur-
chases flowers for the yard. which buys a
toy or book for the eager hand of child
hood. Is this the whole Of human life p
Then it is mean, neager and most unde-
sirable thing A child win go forth from
such home as horse will go forth from
a stall-glad to find fresh air and wider
pasturage. The influence of such home
upon him in after life will be none at all, or
nothing good. 5e-d


Thousands are rushing from homes like
these every day. They crowd into cities.
and into villages. They swarm into all
places where life is crowned with higher
Significance; and the old shell of home is
deserted by every bird as soon as it can fly.
Ancestral homesteads and pstrimonial acres
have no sacredness; and when the father
and mother die. the strangers presence OBJ
literates associations that should be among
the most sacred of all things.


would have you build up for yourselves
and for your children a home which will
never be lightly parted with--a home
which shall be to all whose lives have been
associated with it, the most interesting and
precious spot upon earth. I would have
that home the abode of dignity, propriety,
beauty, grace, love, genial fellowships and
happy associations. Out from such home
l would have good influences flow into neigh
borhoods and communities. In such a
home would see noble ambition taking
root, and receiving all generous culture.
And then would see you, young husband
and young wife, happy. Do not deprive
yourself of such influences as will come to
you through an institution ike this. No
money can pay you for such a deprivation.
No circumstances but those of utter pow
erty can justify you in denying these infu-
ences to your children. s4.rIu7 e e.
Year: 1859

HAV1NG established themselves in the above
i business at Emporia, would announce to the
PEOPLE OF the surrounding country that they are
fully prepared to do all manner of work in thei,
line of business. in the best manner. They fatter
themselves that with their long experience at the
business they will be able to give the fullest salts
isetion 70 all who may favor them with their pat
ronaee. Prices reasonable


Emporia, August /, le5S-d
Year: 1859

A FieURE-The following occurs in yes
terday's Express Referring to the DEMooRAr
it says:


ut is something like the dog in the man
ger. Because it could not eat the hay it does
not wish others to do it."


Dogs may eat hay, where the writer of the
above came from, but it is new breed Of
dogs to US
Year: 1859

VERY coNCEITED.-The three months veter
an who affects to preside over the columns OF
the Express throws out a slur in reference to
our editorial ability, and talks about the
"weak" manner in which we support the
Douglas cause. 1t has seen enough of our
editorial conduct, it says. to convince it that
we do not understand our business well
enough to become teacher of others, &c,
dc.


Well, we are not going to argue the case
with any newspaper fledgelng in the State,
as to whether we are an editor of ability or
not We are not in the habit of talking
about our own qualifications for anything nor
do we consider it mark of either sense or
decency to do So In just as bad taste is it,
for one editor to inferentialy praise himself
by runnin >. down another The editor of
the Express may be wonderfully intelectu-
al individual, but we think we shall not die
Of envy, in contemplating his greatness.
Year: 1859

We have been permitted to publish portion of
a letter received by gentleman of this place some
time since The author is sterling democrat and
one of the most influential and popular men in this
section of the State This letter speaks the will o.
the masses and feel assured no one who desires
to see our country prosper and continue to be, what
she now really is the model Republic of the world,
can but coincide with the views of the writer. In
referring to Mr. Wnslow's appointment minister
to Sardinia, he says:


81 certainly should feel regret at his retirement
from Congress at present The circumstances OF
the times would to require that weluled Ipea
sound expeIience should be the representa- E e
his retire it rtoryecrrcr ufIccrttIn WIZ


his successor and what will have been his afil171
dents. The well-bcng, tle ST ~ of the South
IN the Union, may probably will, depend in great


measure on the character Of her representatives in
Congress. and in view of the trying times to be ex-
pected in that body it certainly is not desirable for
the people whose representatives have pursued a
satisfactory course to change them for new men. =


We agree with the author.-Mr Winslow has been


faithful representative his entire course has been
sanctioned by his constituents and it is but due to
him that he should receive at the hands of the peo
pie such an overwhelming vote to cast Mr. Nc
Dufie in the shade for at least some time to come
Let us rally around him. act in good faith to him as
he has done us and let show at the ballot box
that we want a man, statesman who will reflect
honor upon us, to represent the 3rd Congressional
/ +y.ict
Year: 1859

No CHANCE FOR A THIRD PARTY The Nea1
York Ieims tells nothing more nor less than
the truth when it says:


80 Tie South must choose in 1860 between
the victory of a national democracy and the
victory of northern sectional party there
being no such thing edge Of a chance left
for the triumph of the tiers-efnt."
Year: 1859

IMPORTANT TO GRArE GRowgRs ANN Nun
sgRYMEN Vineyards and Nurseries heretofore
have never been listed by assessors as personal
property, but have been considered in the same
respect as corn or wheat--the land being tax
ed, but not tho products Last spring, Auditor
Matthew'S instructed the various township as
SCISSORS TO list vineyards, nurseries, etc, as per-
sonal property; but this gave cause for violent
complaints on the part of those owning the
property, and who had been doing quite well
enough under the old custom To make mat
tcrs sure, and avoid censure, Mr.. Matthews ad
dressed a letter TO the Auditor Of State, from
whom he has just received reply, assuring
hlm that his instructions to the Assessors were
perfectly right Auditor Wright states that
such has been the uniform instruction from that
office, "lhe fruit or ornamental trees being held
for sale, the dealer is a merchant in the sense OF
the Tax Law" and the value TO he returned
must be determined by the same rule as met
chants stock IN general This is a matter Of con
siderable Importance TO large class Of citizens
in this valley.--Cm Gas