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Year: 1860

CeSsTITUTloNAL RALLY IN THE SECOND DISTRICT.
A call viii be found in another column FOR the
voters Of the Second District to assemble at the
Orleans bali-room at = o'clock this evening, for
The purpose Of organizing a Constitutional Bell
ana Everett Club. We hope that all Unien.ioying
men in the District viii be there. We know that
no section of the city contains more firm support
ers Of tha Constitution and the Union than the Old
Second, and if they viii turn ont with the same
spirit that they have always shown, their Club will
be Is numerous as any in the city. Rally then for
the Constitution.
Year: 1860

Alfred Hobbs, the famous lock manufacturer and
picker of other peoples locks, has disposed OF his
establishment to company, and will return to
Boston with his laurels and his gold in the autumn


a SINGULAR NoTIoN.-The head of a celebrated
mercantile house in Vienna has recently erected a
mausoleum which no one, even of his most intimate
friends, is allowed to enter. The walls are covered
with black velvet, upon which appear the family
arms of the proprietor. Upon platform slightly
elevated stands an open coffin, candles of black
wax at its four corners. At the foot Of the coffin
is plate of silver, on which are name and date
of birth of the future occupant ofthe narrow abode,
and space has been left for the date Of his DEATH
and this he evidently expects within the coming
ten years, for he has completed the record as far
as 1856. Daily he is accompanied by his friends
to the door of this tomb there he leaves them,
enters alone into the edifce lies down in his coffin
and causes concealed organ to play lugubrious
music. Then he goes forth to the world again
dimes heartily, and eonverses with a gaiety OF
manner which charms all his guests.
Year: 1860

FIRE.-There was fire in the back part Of the
Second District yesterday morning, about half


past O'Clock. The alarm was given from the en-
gine house of Fire Company No. g. on Bayou road.
A small frame building was destroyed.
Year: 1860

A RELIc.-There is now in the library Al
West Point. folded around the likeness Of
General Scott, the identical fac which was
first hoisted on tie Rio Grande, during the
interview of Generals Worth and La VEGA,
on the 29th of March, lS46, and which was
again floating from the National Palace in
the city of Mexico on the day when Gen.
Worth turned over the city to Gen. La We
GA, and the United States forces finally evac
uated the place. The coincidence is quite
noteworthy, that the same flag and the same
general officers were TINS conspicuous in
both the opening and the closing Of the
war. This relic is therefore Of three fold in
terest, and it is extremely gratifying that it
is thus preserved.
Year: 1860

The are of horse is now more easily
told by his eyes than his teeth, in this way
After horse is nine years of age n wrinkle
comes on the eve-lid al the upper corner of
the lower lid, and every year thereafter he
has one more defined wrinkle add the mum
Der of wrinkles to nine, snd YOU will al
ways have the age Of y"ur horse. So aa' 5
writer, and he is confident it will never fail
As great many people have horses over
nine, it is easily tried.
Year: 1860

NOR years both myself and brother have suffer-
l. ed so from Dyspepsia, Weakness of and sour
Stomach, Indigestion and Flntuleace that life at
times was a burden We have used your Cordial
Or Webber's Invigoratng Sanguificr) four days
and feel better than we have for years.
Year: 1860

WINTER SHoEs.-Like the gnarled oak that
has withstood the storms and thunderbolts
Of centuries, man himself begins to die at the
extremities. Keep the feet dry and warm, and
snap our fingers in a joyous triumph at disease
and the doctors. Put on two pair of thick
wooden stockings (but keep this to yourself)
go to some honest son Of St. CIispen, and hive
your measure taken for stout pair of winter
boots or shoes; shoes are better for ordinary and
every day use, as they allow the ready escape
Of the odors while they strengthen the ankles
accastoming them to depend on themselves.
very slight accident is suf ;ient to cause a
sprained ankle to an habitual boot wearer. Be-
sides, shoe congresses less, and hence admits
of more vigorous circulation Of the blood


But wear boots when you ride or rayel Give
directions, also, to have no cork or India rub
about the shoes but to place between the lay.
ers of the soles, from out to out piece Of stout
hemp or tow linen, which has been dipped in
in melted pitch. This is absolutely impervi-
ous to water-does not absorb particle, while
we know that cork does, and after awhile be-
comes "soggy" and damp fora week. When
you put them on for the time they will feel
as "casy as an old shoe,' and you may stand
on damp places for hours with impunity.
Year: 1860

Most cellars are built. without adequate pro-
visions being made for keeping moisture from
passing through the earthern. floors inside dur


ing rainy weather. The cellar of house
should be dry, SO as to render it comfortable
and healthy, as moisture in the lower part of a
dwelling generally makes the upper stories
damp and chilly, and causes mldcw in clothes,
books, and all househould articles made ofcloth
and leather Cellars can be easily built 50 as
to have dry walls, and hard dry floors; and the
latter are invaluable to prevent rates from bur-
rowing, as well as darnpness from coming up
from the soil beneath. 10 render the cellar
walls dry, they should be coated on the outside
with hydraulic cement, mixed with sand
Houses in our cities have their cellar walls thus
treated in many instances, but thcir floors are
neglected. 70 make cement floor, the sur
face should first be rammed down and lev,lsd;
then hydraulic cement mixed with sand. OF a.
bout the consistency Of thick mortar, should be
laid on to about one inch in thickness, and its
surface levellod with a scraper made Of thick
plank, In laying down such floor, sections
Of about eight feet square should be marked of,
and finished one after another. A coat Of clean
sand or gravel, one inch thick, should be laid on
the top Of the cement; and, after it has stood
about half an hour. the whole should be rammed
down smooth with FOUNDER, when the work
is complete, after the surplus sand has been


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swept of. In a few days, such q floor becomes
as hard as q stone, and quite imperyious to wa
ter
Year: 1860

Mr.. f.. IIolprook, a distinguished farmer
Brattleborough, Vermont, has published q long
communication on the subject ofcuitivating In
dian corn, IN which we find the following mode
adopted by him in selecting seed corn:


While upon my present subject, will say
word about saving seed corn. All experienced
farmers are aware that the productiveness and
early ripening of any kind ofcorn depend very
much upon the manner of selecting the seed
Ihayc long cared varsity which / have been
planting and improving for the last ten or
twelve years; and although during that time
have tried, presume, dozen other sorts,
give the preference to the first named sort
Whatever may be said in favor Of a change Of
seed as regards other crops, there Is no need
of changing seed corn, provided proper care is
always used in the early selection OF
that for planting. BY proper attention to this
matter variety may be perfectly adapted in
its habits TO given climate and soil, and cham
ged much for the better. as to productiveness.
The difference in product between careful Sc
lection in the fisld, and taking seed at random
from the crib, will in a few years be much in


avor OF the former mode, the soil and cultiva-
tion being cases alike. ss ss=f


AS soon as the earliest ears are thoroughly
glazed, go over the field myself, selecting from
those stocks that are tstocky'' and vigorous,
and that promise good ears. The selected ears
are taken Immediately home, braided, and hung
up in dry, airy place When commeDcedf
with my favorite variety, 1t was difficult to Ind
twin ears, but now they are abundant. My
crops also ripen ten days earlier than at FIRST
will not mention the length Of the eurs.
Year: 1860

few years ago had very valuable horse
which had the glanders, which lasted some
twelve or eighteen months, and so badly that
offered to sell him for SIS. He could be heard
to breathe from fifty to hundred yards every
treath; indeed, we could not sleep well so dis
tressing was his breathing, the stable being
close by. determined to kill or cure, so for
experiment. On Monday gave him as much
dry calolnel at would lie on a ten cent piece: on
Wednesday did the same; on Friday Idonsit
again, on Saturday he could not bite o pumpkin;
on Sunday moIning looked in his trough and
found at least one quart oil old mattery scales,
with mixture Of matter, all in d lump. From
that time he breathed easy, and never was trou-
hled again with glanders; il was a perfect cure.
worked him in my buggy for two years after
that, and traded him os o round horse to neigh
Dor for sound horse who was familiar with
the disease all the time had il. IIewasslight-
ly salivated, and was as good Afterwards ~ be-
lore, A noighbor tried the remedy with equal
success. - Cor Southern Plaate-.
Year: 1860

GIVE Your Docs WATER.-A freeze
up is always dangerous on account of dogs.
They can get no drink, and become mad.
Every person owning dog should be care
ful to supply the animal with water daily,
as the best preventive against bydropho-
bia. Frequent cases Of this terrible dis
ease occur in severe winter weather, SIM
ply because the poor dogs find it impossi-
BILE to supply themselves with water. Ice
and snow only aggravate the thirst-they
must have water.
Year: 1860

The condition OF things here requires men
of stern stuff, and | think the Republican
Members of Congress are such men. This is
an era in our political existence, when we
want True rather than GREAT men. | am
proud 10 become associated with such men as
the Republicans have sent here. think they
can neither be bought frightened, norEersua-
ded into an abandonment of the right. |
should not be surprised if more than one
member Of Congress should be killed before
this Congress closes, but better be SO than
the truth be abandoned, or that liberty be
stricken down in this country. If the time
has come for sacrifice 10 be made for freedom,
Why not let those sacrifices be made now as
in The days OF the Revolution
Year: 1860

A visitor going into free school during
the half-yea,y examination, noticed tive
fine looking boys, one of whom had taken
its first prize, and the other the second
Said the teacher: "Thc boy who took the
first prize, is the son Of the man who saws
my wood; the boy who took the secoud,
is the son Of the Governor Of our State"
Year: 1860

found voting for Slavery, but rather against
it! They vote, by ballot, just as they
please! And the following is the result
OF the great, monster, mammoth, Union
saving conservative
Year: 1860

to us recommended as surgical and mechan-
ieal Dentist Of long established reputation for
professional skill. His specimens of work will
compare with those of any other dentist what
ever natural appearance, fitness and beauty
of finish, while in all surgical dentistry his
mode of operating commends itself for its free
dom from pain and security against accident.


Office over A, Block Co.
Year: 1860

wise men assembled at Sacramento
are pondering upon the grave ques-
ton, what is to be done with the
Chinese in California. Thus far only
bill has been prepared designed to
check the immigration from Asia and
ultimately TO get rid of the Asiatics
alro ly here.


The question whether the Legisla-
ture of State can expeI the Chi
nese already here, even indirectly. is
a troublesome one. The Supreme
Court has decided one law designed
TO abate the nuisance. unconstitution-
al. The Legislature is casting about
to see if another law may not be
framed which will stand the judicial
ordeal.


While all admit that the room OF
the Chinese is better than their COM
pany, there is a difference of opinion
as to what is desirable to be done and
can be done with the evil. The
Chinese are a pest, and are yearly
growing more so as their Plumbers in
| crease.


They ought 10 have been checked
in their migratiors hitler in the start.
/ Fifty or sixty thousand persons who
are aliens and who must remain So
are no easy customers to deal with,
in applying coercive measures, and
when we come to examine the sub.
ject in all its bearings, it would seem
to be the wisest course to discourage
further immigration as far as possible
and endure the grievance Of the Chi
nese already here in philosophie
spirit, as one of the evils incident tC
human affairs, until the swarthy race
shall be lost in the overwhelming
tide Of a superior. By cutting off the
stream of emigration from China, moi
many years would elapse before the
present crop of Celestial celibate'
would so nearly become extinct thattEt
remainderiwould cease to be Of mucl
account except to the ethnologis
who wished to study the effect of eli
mate. mode of life &c. upon tie races
1t is possible that in the course O.
ages the Chinese might become com
pletely amalgamatcd with Americans
and lost. gradually, as the blood of The
two races became mixed by Illicit in
tercourse. In the opulent era of the
Spanish rule on the Pacific, wber
Acapulco was the great mart of trade
numbers of Chinese emigrated thith'
CT and never returned The obliqut
eyes of the Mangolian are still seer
in some of the natives about Acapul
co. The hoarse croakings of the
Chinese have been lost in the liquit
Spanish, and every vestige of tht
original blood is nearly vanished.
Year: 1860

DEATH PENALTY FOR HIGHWAY
ROBBERY Gov. Downey, influenced
by multitude of petitions. has rec =.
commended that highway robbery be
made punishable By death. We
think the Governor rash in the rec
ommendation. The severity of the
laws prevents their execution We
are quite sure that should the Legis-
lature act upon the proposal of the
Governor and enact the sanguinary
law, there will be no abatement of the
crime of highway robbery, and worse
than all. few juries will be found will
ling to convict the guilty of a capital
crime when caught. A jury whose
feelings bave not been brulalized
shrinks with horror from taking the
life of fellow being except for the
most aggravated cases of murder, and
even then the conscience has to be
soothed with the plea of absolute ne
cessity. Much as we would desire to
see every wretch who is guilty of the
crime of highway robbery brought to
certain and righteous punishment, we
cannot believe that making the crime
punishable with death will remedy
the evil. Experiments of the kind,
the world over, have proved unsat-
isfactory, particularly in civilized
States. 1t looks like a backward
step towards barbarism which the
spirit of the age cannot sanction and
uphold.
Year: 1860

WE DIDN'T Go TO Do IT.--The
Grass Valley National says there
seems to be disposition on our part
to dlsparage Grass Valley because
she has not shelled put for the preliln-
mary survey of the railroad to Au-
burn. We respectfully submit that
our language will not bear that con-
struction We never dreamed that
Grass Valley would contribute cent
for any public Improvement Of the
kind. Some of our citizens doubtless
expected" our neighboring town to
pay portion of the expenses of the
survey, but they were of The vision-
ary sort.


The National thinks in time we
may learn our true position. We
know it now. 1t is in township So
and-so, north, range so-and-so, east, of
the Mount Diabolo meridian.
Year: 1860

The RAILING PAssIoN.-The Grass
Valley National is authority for say
ing that Cap. Rufus Shoemaker has
returned to the editorial charge of the
'ReyeiHe, at Port Gibson, Miss. The
Captain can make that paper interest
ing again. x :.
Year: 1860

When, not quite two years ago, we hoisted
the name Of stephen A. Douglas. Of Illinois,
as our choice for the Presidency Of the United
States, subject to the decision of the National
Convention at Charleston, there were many
who sneered at the idea, and who were read
ing that great statesman and leader out oi
the Democratic party. We told them. then,
that ne was the choice Of the Democracy OF
this Union for the Presidency. but, whether
he was or not, his principles were right and
we would stand by him, to the extent of our
humble abilities, till the last foot Of ground
upon which he and the Constitution Of our
country stood. was swept from beneath our
feet We haze stood there, and We stand
there still We told them that the doctrine
Of nOn-inierventon by Congress with the
affairs Of State or Territory, on the ques
tion of slavery, was the well established and
authoritative doctrine Of the Democratic
party, and that the enactment Of slave
code for the Territories would never, in our
humble opinion, receive the sanction OF the
Democracy of this Union. What is the re-
suit ? A clear majority of the National
Democratic Convention has declared for
stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois. and rejected
the Slave Code Platform adopted in the Sen
atorial Caucus at Washington. of men hos
tile to Douglas, and hostile to the true prin.
ciples of the Democratic party.


With this full and perfect endorsement o.
our position by the great National Conven-
tion of the arty, We are satisfied. The or
ganization which undertook to pronounce
upon that kind Of Democracy which we pro


fessed. and declared that Stephen A. Doug


las was not the choice of this State for the


Presidency. sent Delegates to Charleston


who cast one vote for Dickinson and three foi


Lane. Thirty thousand Douglas votes were
excluded from the primary elections, in thi.
State, in order to effect this grand result
| One vote for Dickinson, (the choice of the
California Express and thee for Lane. We
| believed when that Convention refused to
send Douglas delegates to Charleston, that
it misrepresented the will of the Democracy
of this State. and we believe it now. The
organization, under which that Convention
assembled. lin order to defeat the election OF
Douglas delegates) excluded thousands upon
thousands of the friends of Douglas and re-
fused TO allow them to be represented in the
Convention. These thousands held no Con-
vention at all, and made no opposition to the
proceedings. save to protest against their
manifest unfairness and injustice. They
stood ready to support the nominee of the
National Convention of the Democratic par
ty. That Convention will finish its proceed
ings at Baltimore, and we are confident that
it will be true to Democratic principles.
Year: 1860

WHERE YOU WILL FIND EVERY WISH
Where your rooms are always neat and clean.
Where your Beds are always soft and sweet
"here the Table furnished with the b. At in the mar


ket.


Where the Culinary Department is clean and whole


some,
Where you will find the servants always polite.
Where you will feel perfectly at home,
"here every wish is anticipated and gratihed.
Where you live better than at any other Hotel,
"here your bllyou will always find satisfactory.
where you will find first class HOTEL
Where their charges are most favorable.
Such a Hotel you will find


THE INTERNATIONAL,
On Jackson ST., above Montgomery.


JOHN j. HALEY, PROPRIETOR.
The International Coach and Carriage will always
DC ~ Iad readiness "a so convey you TO the Hotel.
Year: 1860

Your friends abroad loudly call for your
aid in their hour Of need-women and chill
dren are exposed to the battle ak of the
savagel Call forth your young and brave
men-equip them to protect your friends.
and. as is your duty, promote the prosperity
of your beautiful city. Clvn.
Year: 1860

A BIT OF ROYAL RoMANCE.-Thosc who re-
member the early years of the Queen of Eng
land will not forget that tenderness was sus-
pected between her august young ladyship and
the heir OF Elphinstone. This bit of gossip,
which no degree of vigilance could keep entire
ly quiet, was peculiarly interesting to those on
both sides of the water who had more senti-
ment than discretion, and who cared not for in
terests of state, so that the course of true love
might once run smooth. But interests of state
areinexorable. Young Elphinstone was advised
to travel, and was helped on his way by certain
distinctions. When he returned he found the
royal lady married. How much the hearts of
either was interested will perhaps never be
known. One thing is certain, that Baron FL
phinstone nevermarried. Onhis return to Eng
land he was appointed lord-n-waiting upon his
royel rnistroes, but not u hroath hoe avar fallnn
upon the public ear that could crafty the most
curious or delicate taste. He subsequently be-
came governor of Bombay. and rendered essen
tial services to his government at the time of
the Indian mutiny. He recently came home
with shattered health and survived his return
but a little while.
Year: 1860

On the ninth day of February, Q775,) John
Adams resumed his seat in Congress, with Ell
bridge Gerry for q colleague, in place Of the
feeble Gushing, and with instructions from his
constituents to establish liberty in America up
on permanent basis. His nature was robust
and manly; now he was in the happiest mood
of mind for asserting the independence of his
country. He had confidence in the ability of
New England to drive away their enemy; in
Washington, as brave and prudent comman-
der; in his wife, who cheered him with the for
titude Of womanly heroism; in the cause of his
country, which seemed so bound up with the
welfare of mankind, that Providence could not
suffer its defeat in himself, for his convictions
were clear, his will fixed, and his mind prepared
to let his little property and his life Co. sooner
than the rights of his country.


Looking into himself he saw weaknesses
enough; but neither meanness, dishonesty, nor
timidity. His overweening self-esteem was his
chief blemish; and if he compared himself
with his great fellow-laborers, there was some
point in which he was superior to any one of
them he had more learning than Washington,
or any other American statesman of his age
better knowledge of liberty as founded in law
than Samuel Adams clearer insight into the
constructive elements of government than
Franklin; more power in debate than Jefferson
more courageous manliness than Dickinson
more force in motion than jay; so that, by va
ryng and conining his comparisons, he could
easily fancy himself the greatest of them ALL
He was capable of thinking himself the center
of any circle, of which he had been more than
a tangent his vanity was in such excess that
in manhood it sometimes confused his Judgment
and in age bewildered his memory; but the
stain did not reach beyond the surface; it i'm
paired the lustre, not the hardy integrity of his
character. He was humane and frank, gener-
GUS and element; yet he wanted that spirit Of
Year: 1860

The Galveston News says that free perfon OF
color was condemned to service IN uaiVeseon on
Wednssday. for being in the State contrary to
law. He attempted to pass himself of as
white man.