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Year: 1860




Thursday, the 18th, was in Brackott's studio
and saw Margaret Foley at work on her bust o.
Theodore Parker. 1t is half life size, and it will
be work of value to Mr. Parker's friends as well
as of great merit in the execution. Mr., Phillips.
who is able to judge, says that it will be The like;
ness Of his illustrious friend. ] risk nothing in
saying that this bust will approve itself to those
even who never saw Mr.. Parker, as wonderful
work of art. The mouth alone is great achieve
ment of genius. 1t not only expresses the steady
will but the genial and tender heart Of man who
had as much affection as any other man known to
history. And in every detail Margaret Foley has
done not less faithful and notless successful work.
All Mr. Parker's admirers in the West should get
this likeness, for it tells the story Of great life
as nothing that survives to the eye will IbelievS
copies will cost IS.


Mrs. Parker has returned home, but has been
unable to see her friends 1t is difficult for those
who neither knew Mr.. ParAer nor approved bis
theology, to realize the tenderness and strength of
the love which the great preacher and great pastor
communicated from those who were near him.
The poor people whom bis daily life blessed with
unostentatious aims and Christly charity, will
alone shed more tears for their friend and helper
than have fallen for any great man .hese many
years. @
Year: 1860

Mr., President and Gentlemen of tho Conyen
tion l come here from the State Of Georgia, in.
dorsed by that State Convention and by the Con-
vention at Charleston. This ought surely to give
me a right to be heard before you; and though
have not Joined my fortunes in the State of Goor-
ga either to the House of York or the House Of
Lancaster, l feel that have right here to speak
TO the great Democratic party of the United States
In seeing the elements of disruption and disorgan
zation which seem to prevail in the midst of this
most intelligent assembly, have felt that the ex-
pertinent of the capabilty Of man for selfgovern-
rnent was about to prove failure here, and that
the genius of liberty was about shrieking to leave
the world but trust this may be the darkest hour
just before the day, and that Srom these elements
of discord, the representatives of tho intelligent
American people here assembled may be able to
devise plan upon which the Great Democratic
party of the United States may be united and
that we will yet add another victory to the many
we have already achieved. am an advocate for
maintaining the integrity of the national Demo
cratic party. belong to the extreme South; l
am rO.Savery man in every sense of the word


AYE, and an African slave trade man, Ap-
plause and laughter


WHAT SLAVERY HAS DONE.


This Institution Of Slavery, as have said else
where. has done more to advance the prosperity
and intelligence of the white race and of the hu-
man race than all else together. believe it to
be founded upon the law of Nature and upon the
law of God; believe it would be blessing to all
races; believe that liberty would not truly exis!
IN this Western World except by maintaining the
integrity of the great national Democratic party
| Applause, AS for this irrepressible conflict
party, with their serried ranks now ready to march
down upon us, have no faith in it, because it is
founded in anarchy, in everything anti.republcan,
in everything that lie opposed 20 human progress;
while understand the idea Of the great National
Year: 1860

The NEGROES IN CANApA.--A cOrreSpoaaent who
has recently visited Canada writes as follows Ccn-
cerning the negroes settled there


4 went with the view Of examining the country
and the condition of the people Of color. 1t is
currently reported all along the Southern border.
and Of course 10 the interior of the South, that
the cOlOred people in Canada a-e in suffering and
even starving condition. Being Southron my
self, knew the value of this report to Slavery.
and as am opposed to all lying was determined
to find out the truth Of this matter. Aud l am
prepared to say from personal observation and
from personal interviews with reliable men from
Year: 1860

TAXING IT CooLLY.-A Mexican senoreta,
the other day. while standing near a small
camp fire OF pack train, on the northern
edge ofthe city,a smoking cigorita, ,caught
FIRE. In a moment, the thin. gauzy dress ont
side of her hoops was afame and she was en-
veloped from the waist down in a blaze
Turning to II Mexican near by, she told him
TO put out the FIRE. and went on smoking her
cigarita. The Mexicau threw his serape
around her waist aud skirt and extinguishpd
the flames. When he took away the serape
the lady looked little queer, standing there
with nothing on but her hoops and bodice
If our American ladies would act as coolly
when their dresses catch fire. instead of run
ming out into the wind and screaming at the
top of their voices, they would fare much
better.
Year: 1860

MOVEMENT AnoxG THE DRAYMES Our
quiet citizens were much surprised. yester-
day afternoon shortly after the arrival of
the boat, to see a procession of sixteen drays,
out of the twenty belonging in the city,
marching up Third street and down D in pro.
cession, and deliberately haltiug at D'Arte-
nays Saloon on First street. We learned.
upon inquiry, that the draymen of the city
have concluded not to haul any mere freigh,
from the landing on Sunday. during the dry
weather. Going down to the boat, yester-
day evening they ascertained that the freight
would not be unloaded before this morning,
and consequently that they would be expect
ed to haul it Sunday, They refused TO do it,,
and informed patrons concerned Of their in
tention. BY way of solemnizing their agree
ment. they formed a procession as related,
and wound up by taking drink at DArte-
nay s saloon The draymen think they ought
TO have rest on sunday. when it is not abso-
lutely necessary that the goods should be i'm
mediatey removed from the landing and in
dry weather they think it is not.
Year: 1860

MooxEY AND MoopY.-These gentlemenly
landlords Of the Empire Ranch Hotel VIII
give May Day Ball on Tuesday night at
their house. l, will be fine affair. if they
carry out their programme. and no doubt
they will, for they are the kind Of men to
d. it. We know OF no more delightful rural
resort than the Empire Ranch. The water
is pure and delicious, the house well kept.
and its surroundings beautiful The night air
must be especially pleasant in that vicinity
and fragrant with the odor Of the near by
garden, orchard and vineyard and the neigh
boring Wooas
Year: 1860

STEAM CARRIAGES The Legislature Of
Maine has incorporated a company to be
called the maine Steam Road Carriage Com
pany," giving them the exclusive right TO
make use Of steam in propeling carriages
over highways in the State for twelve years
A specimen of the steam carriage to be used
by the company will probably be in use about
the first of July.
Year: 1860

CAUGHT.-Several instances of sluice rob
berry have recently occurred near Orovile
a few nights since a Chinaman was caught in
the act Of robbing one of the sluiees lie was
lodged in Jail.
Year: 1860

QUEEN PosIrIoN. The Ex ress does not
agree with Douglas in his principles is for
nenst him. first last and all the time, in his
Popular Sovereignty notions, and yet com-
plaeertly declares that it will support him
if he is nominated. We would not give much
for that kind of support. 1t would be SO
plainly piece lip service that every body
would have to despise it,
Year: 1860

A little time previous 10 his death | re-
ceived the following letter iron DR.. John C.,
Warren Of Boston.


DEAR SIR: For more then thirty years
have been in the habit of inquiring Of pa
tents who came to me with cancers on the
tongue or lips, whether they used tobacco,
and if so, how whether by chewing or smok-
ing. If they sometimes answered in the
negative as to the first question, ! can truly
say that to the best of my knowledge and
belief, such cases are exceptions to the gen
eral rule. When, as is usually the case,
one side of the tongue is affected with
liberated cancer, it arises from the habitual
retention of the tobacco in contact with this
part. The irritation from a cigar or To-
bacco pipe frequently precedes cancer of
the lip. The lower lip is mere commonly
affected by cancer than the upper in conse-
quence of the irritation produced on this
part by acrid juices from the mouth
Among such substances, what is more likely
to cause a morbid irritation terminating in
disease, than the frequent application of to-
bacco juice?


Aged peasons are very liable to cancer,
especially about the face,and when an irrita-
ting substance is applied the skin becomes
discolored and takes on a cancerous action.
This irritation may be produced, as already
stated. by the use of tobacco in the interior
of the mouth, by the habitual application of
a cigar TO the lips, and even pipe applied
to the same parts, Few days pass without
an opportunity of witnessing veriiicalion
of these facts, and at the moment OF writing
this, such case presents itself for my opin-
ion. The patient is a fiimer, healthy except
that he has formerly used spirituous liquors,
about fifty years old, an habitual smoker
who two years since was afflicted with can
cerous liberation of the lower lip. The
primary disease was removed by an opera
ton, and the wound healed. but soon after,
numerous lymphaiic glands on both sides
of the neck began TO display the effects Of
cancerous poison, and there are now devel-
oped number of large very hard punches
which must continue to grow until they pro-
duce fatal termination.


The want of attention to CLEANLINESS Of
Ten connected with this practice, and the
consequent lodgmeut of the particles Of To-
bacco on the surface Of the lip has, rs al
ready suggested. a great influence in these
cases. This would naturally suggest an in
quiry whether those who have been in the
habit of general and exact eltanliEeSs are
so affected with external ca Ger rs athers,
think they are NOT.


But you ask why do not all tobacco chew
ers have cancers on the tongue and lips r.
I answer, because they are MT predisposed.
You smile, but there i something in this
rs cooperation is necessary. Where has
Year: 1860




An EsoCIMAUx WIpow.-This widow
greatly interested me. She ate birds for
conscience sake. Her husbands soul had
passed into the body of walrus as a tenn
porary habitation, and the Angekok had
prescribed that for certain period, she
should not eat the flesh Of this animal aud
since at this time of the year bear and seal
were scarce, she was compelled to fall back
upon a small stock Of birds which had been
COLLECTED during the preycps summer.
This penance was of kind which every
Esquimaux undergoes upon the death of a
near relation. The Aneekok announces to
the mpurners into what animal the soul Of
the departed had passed and henceiorth,
until the spirit las shifted its quarters, they
are not 10 partake Of tie animal. This
may be bear, a seal, walrus, a lumme,
a bur -mnstergull, or any other embraced
within their limited bill of fare. The
widow had one practice which, notwilh-
standing that it related 10 the same serious
subject, caused us not little amusement.
Her late husband, for whose sake she re-
Trained from eating walrus, met with his
death last Upernak (summer} by being
carried put TO sea on loose cake of ice,
to which he had imprudently gone TO watch
for seal. The tide having changed, the
floating raft was disengaged from the land
aud, in full view of his family and friends,
the poor hunter drifted out into the middle
Of Baliin Bay, never to be heard of more
1t happened That during the evening, the
name Of this hunter was mentioned several
times, always in terms of warm praise, and
each time his widow shed copicus flood
of tears. Peterson told us that all strangers
were expected TO join in this ceremony.
Our first attempt, | fear, made poor show
of sorrow but the second was perfect of
its kind The motions could rot have been
surpassed, even if the cause of grief had
been a rich banker and the mourners his
heirs. The tears were hardest to manage;
but sufficient quantity found their way TO
the surface to satisfy the bereaved one that
her grief was appreciated by US, and she
resumed her lively manner, so far forget
ting our former discourtesy in our present
respect for her sorrow, that she tried
again to treat us TO munched meat.-Dr.
Hayes.
Year: 1860

a STRONG IpEA OF MILITARY Promo
TIoS.-lt was the custom of an old officer
TO make his childIea read chapter in the
bible every Sunday afternoon. Upon men
ton being made Of Nebuzaradan, captain of
the guard, coming to Jerusalem q Kings
XIV: 50 he stopped the reader and cried
out in tone of voice that showed how much
he was Interested in the matter, +" Good
Godl is that man still captqnY Why he
was captain when was a little boy. Pro
motion in his regiment must have been
very Slow"
Year: 1860

OLD MAIDs.-A sprightly writer ex-
pressed his opinion of old maids in the fol-
lowing manner:


II am inclined to believe that many of
the satirlcal aspersipns cast upon old maids,
tell more TO their credit than is generally
imagined. Is woman remarkably neat in
her person, she will certainly die an old
maid Is she particularly reserved toward
the other sex, she has all the squeamishness
Of an old maid Is she frugal in her ex-
penses and exact in her domestic concerns
she is cut out for an old maid And if she
is kindly humane to animals about her. moth
ing can save her from the appellation of
old maid In short, have always found
that neatness, modesty, economy and hu-
manity are never failing characteristics of
that terrible creature, an odd maid
Year: 1860

ness to the motive for this last deed but the
| skein will probably be unraveled before long.
In the minds OF those who know the accused,
and who saw her at the inquest, there seems not
TO be the shadow of doubt that she is guilty OF
unnatural cruelty for the testimony before the
Coroner appeared TO show that she had daily
administered poison while pretending to nurse
the daughter she was numbering
Year: 1860

Of making a long stop. The railroad man was
of in twinkling, and sying around clump Of
bushes to get shot at noble 6ock Of the afore-
said large sized fowls. But at the moment when
he was about to press the fatal trigger, the geese
saw their danger and flew away. At the same
time the steamers ropes we're taken in and the
boat moved out into the stream. There was no
help for it, and we left him there in the wilder.
ness upon the shores Of the Big Muddy. But
at the next landing whom should We see but our
railroad friend, standing upon the levee rifle in
hand, awaiting our approach. He had taken a
short cut across the bend and came in ahead Of
US. OF course, he was the "hero goose" for
the remainder of the day.


At Omaha saw several Pawnee Indians. The
braves had the hair of their heads closely shin
gled, except the scalp lock, which was left long
but hot shaved-faces daubed with red paint,
and wore blankets, lsggings, and moccasins.
The squaws were dressed principally in dirty
nkets-bareheaded with their course black
hair hanging down their backs in long matted
locks.


They are miserable beggarly race--buying
whiskey when they have money, stealing it when
they have none, and keeping in state of stupid
drunkenness as long as the white mans fire wa
ter lasts.


Omaha is the present capital of Nebraska Ter.
ritory. and is fast going ahead Of Council Bluff
her old fogy neighbor opposite-in enterprise
and Improvements, although the last named place
had start of dozen years or more in the race.


We steamed into Omaha with flags flying at
mast head, and were welcomed by cheers and
booming Of cannon. We were the first boat
through, and heralded to the natives the vel.
come fact that after being shut in Cor months by
ice and low water they were at last again in CON-
munication with the outside world. No wonder
that one half the crowd drank the other halt
into state of Inconsistencies.


The distance from st. Joseph to Omaha is
about two hundred and forty miles by river, and
our trip occupied eight days in going and return.
ing. QUEO.
Year: 1860

Hon. Geo. w Woodward, of the Su-
preme Court Of Pennsylvania, in a recent
address before the Philadelphia Law Acad-
cmy, stated that he found it impossible, on
one occasion when he was practicing law,
by any reasoning Of his own to dissuade an
old man client from conveying his estate
to his sons and sons-in-law in consideration
Of their bond to support him and his wife
for life; but remembering that he was a
reverential reader Of the Bible, the Judge
turned to the 33d chapter of Ecclesiasticus,
and read to the old man as follows:


Give not thy son and his wife, thy
brother and friend, power over thee, whilst
thou livest, and give not thy goods to an
other, lest it repent thee and thou entreat
for the same again


As long as thou livest and hast breath
in thee give not thyself over to any. For
better is it that thy children should seek
to thee, than thou shoulist stand to their
courtesy. At the time when thou shalt
end thy days and finish thy life, distribute
thine inheritance


Are those words in the Bible?' asked
the old man. Indeed they are, replied
the Judge; though they occur in one of
the Apochryphal Books No matter for
that he replied; viii take the advice
And the sequel proved, added the Judge,
that it was well he did
Year: 1860

A gentleman lately from Jamaica, via
Boston, gives some curious particulars in
regard to the discovery made in the harbor
Of Port Royal, in reference to the ancient
city Of that name. The discoveries were
said to have been made by party of divers,
but 1t was not stated who they were, or
what they went for 1t turns out, how
ever that they were sent from this country,
to explore the wreck of the steamer Os-
prey, small vessel of 800 tons, that used
to trade between New York and South
America, calling into Kingston, Jamaica, a
few years ago. The Osprey, in 1856, was
on her return voyage, with rich cargo
of india rubber, and other valuables, when
she called as usual at Kingston On the
very morning of her intended departure,
shortly after midnight she caught fire,
through one or two Of her crew attempting
to steal spirits, and she burnt to the waters
edge, and then sunk.


The divers were very successful in get
ting out of the hull of the vessel d large
quantity of india rubber, and other articles
While thus engaged, the steamer Ealoroux
entered Port Royal, and something being
the matter with her bottom the American
divers were employed to search. They
did so, and discovered that portion of the
copper had been stripped off, which they
made all right Having done this they
were encouraged to explore the ruins Of
the old city, now lying in several fathoms
of water, which they did, and reported that
they found the ruins of the submerged city
entire, as they had been laid out, with the
ruins Of buildings on each side. This is a
matter worthy of antiquarian research Gf
such term may be used, as it may, in the
New World) and though the gold and
silver there buried may never be discovered
(and who shall say they will not p it is
really worth exploring the wreck of place
that was once-insignifcant as it now is
one Of the most ancient cities in America.
Year: 1860

Provide square trough, say eight by
four feet, by one foot four inches put a
quantity of fresh lump lime in add water
quickly. When the lime is we'll boiled,
having assisted that operation by frequent
stirring, add tar (the heat of the boiling
lime meits the tar) stir it we'll, taking care
that every part Of the lime is intimately
mixed with the tar; then add sharp sand
or crushed clinker, and stir it well as be-
fore; after which, in about twenty hours,
it will be fit for use. Tar and lime may al
so be used, in order to make either wood or
mason work waterproof. The best way to
prepare gas or coal tar for coating wood
work with, Is to get some of the best stone
lime, avoiding chalk lime, and slack it to
fine powder; boil the tar for half an hour
and then add about one pint of hot lime
powder to a gallon of tar and boil it about
half an hour longer, stirring it all the
while. Lay it on with a brush while it is
hot, and YOU viii find it to set hard, and
have brilliant appearance. 1t is the rest
coating for lgooa Work, except lead,
Year: 1860

The present hour repeats upon its strings


Echoes OF some vague dream we have forgot;
Dim voices whisper halEremembercd things,


And, when we pause to listen, answer not.
Forcbodngs come, we know not how nor whence
shadowing nameless fear upon the soul,
And stir within our hearts a subtIcr sense


Than light may read OF wisdom may control.
And who can tell what secret links Of thought
Bind heart 10 heart? Unspoken things are heard.
As if within our deepest selves was brought


The SOUL perhaps, of some unuttcred word.
But, though a veil of shadow hangs between


That hidden life and what We see and hear,
Let US revere the power OF the Unseen,


Because a world Of mystery IS near.
Year: 1860

HE OLDEST PREACHER IN New ENG.
LAND.-ln the town of Berlin, VT, adjoining
Montpelier, writes a correspondent, Gives the
Rev. James Hobart who is probably the most
remarkable preacher in New England. He is
now about entering the ninety fifth year of his
age, and the seventieth of his ministry and
still he is vigorous and active, preaching every
Sunday when and wherever he can engage
himself. Thirty years ago his people, over
whom lie had been the settled congregational
minister since the settlement of the town, in
about the year 1890, dismissed him, supposinp
he would not hold out much longer. Since
then he has been preaching in New Hampshire
and Vermont, on yearly, monthly, and daily
engagements. He is Il great pedestrian, max
ing nothing of walking half dozen miles to
preach, and home again the same day. Two
or three winters ago, he had received invita-
uons to preach on given Sunday in three
different towns in line from home and of
course the places OF worship were many miles
apart But this did not discourage him He
set out on foot early in the morning of the ap-
pointed Sunday, walked seven miles, preached
forenoon sermon, walked five miles more on
TO the next town, preached an afternoon ser.
mon, and then walked on still five miles more,
to the third town, and preached his third SER
mon. A few weeks ago he had engaged to
preach in Montpelier. But early in the morn
ing his son came to town to tell us his father
could not preach that day, as the afternoon be-
fore he had fallen twelve feet from the top of
an apple tree, which he had mounted to re.
move some dead limbs. He however, is now
about again, and we are to have our prom
lsed sermon in a week or two"
Year: 1860

New WAY TO PAY OLD DEBrs-A Hayer.
hlll man who trades in flour, grain, &C., trust
ed Hibernian neighbor with two barrels of
Hour, sold for cash price, and to be paid for in
few days at tine outside. The account ran
along siX months, and as the flour was by that
time consumed, the debtor seemed to have lost
his interest in the matter But the creditor
still thought of it, and Matched up novel cx.
pedient to get his pay, The derelict had no
more property than what the law would pro-
tect him in holding. He had one hog only,
but tEat was very fine one, weighing about
live hundred pounds. The creditor bought a
store pig out Of drove for two dollars, and
got friend to sell it to the debtor at his own
price. The bargain was TOO good for him to
throw away, and he bit at the pork bait.
Flour, Grain, & Co. then attached the large
hog, took him away, sold it, and realized
enough to cover his demand and the costs, and
to return V to the debtor