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Year: 1860

THE PREsIDENCY.-A friend, a politician of
standing and influence, possessing in an eminent
degree the confidence of the leading men at
Washington, writes to the editor of the Mountain
Democrat from that city under date OF February
9Th "Vce President Breckenridge is an as
pirant for the Charleston nomination, and will
continue to be until the question is closed-a
strong, discreet polite aspirant, and he enters
the field under the most favorable circumstances.
He is acceptable TO the friends of the President
and of Senator Douglas. and they may unite on
him and thus, in measure, heal the diSsensions
in the ranks OF our party. If President Buchau-
an aud Senator Douglas both prefer him TO any
one else, which seems TO be eoncod ded, he will
unquestonably be nominated on the first ballot
If not without opposition. SO far as the ques-
tiOn of nominati is concerned deem ii unWise
10 express a preference for any or opposition to
any Of the distinguished Statesmen mentioned in
connection with the Presidency; | deprecate such
expression Of preference or opposition on the
part OF any true DEMOCRAT, as tending to discOrd
and distraction in our ranks, aud as iraught only
with mischief, | shall cordially support the
nominee of the convention, and | hope every
other democrat will make like promise. Al
The present writing Brecknridge's prospects for
the nomination are decidedly the brightest"
Year: 1860

Diclkens's Description of the Great Fire in


London Two Centuries Ago.


Dickens gives the following description of
the great London fire, which occurred upon
a windy night September 3, 1866;


1t broke out at a barbers shop, near Lon
don Bridge, on the spot on which the Mon
ument now stands as a remembrance of those
raging flames. 1t spread and spread, and
burnt and burnt, for three days. The nights
were lighter than the days; in the day time
there was an immense cloud of smoke, and
in the night time there was great tower of
fire mounting up into the sky, which lighted
the whole country landscape for ten miles
around.


Showers of hot ashes rose into the air, and
fell on distant places flying sparks carried
the confagration to great distances, and
kindled it in twenty new spots at a time;
church steeples fell down with tremendous
crash; houses crumbled into cinders by the
| hundred and the thousand. The summer had
been intensely hot and dry, the streets were
very narrow, and the houses mostly built OF
wood and plaster. -.....
Nothing could stop the tremendous fire but
the want of more houses to burn; nor did il
stop until the whole way from the Tower to
Temple Bar was desert, composed of the
ashes of thirteen thousand houses and eighty
nine churches.


This was terrible visitation at the time
and occasioned great loss and suffering to the
two hundred thousand burnt-out people, who
were obliged to lie in the fields under the
open night sky, or in hastily-made huts o.
mud and straw-while the lanes and road.
were rendered impossible by carts which had
been broken down as they tried to save theii
goods. But the fire was great blessing tC
the city afterward, for it arose from its ruins
very much improved-built more regularly
more widely, more clearly and carefully, ant
therefore much more healthily.
Year: 1860

A LEGAL ROLAND FOR AN 0LIyER.AIn
Jeffersongilleo Ind, a few days since, an at
torney presented bill Of so 90 to humor-
GUS chap for legal advice. The latter admit
ted the correctness of the bill, but plead n
the lawyer had given the advice on a vacant
lot of the client, and he charged So 20 for
the use of the ground. The lawyer left re-
marking that language wouldn'tdo the sub
jeet justice"
Year: 1860

GREATNESS AND OHEERFuLNEss.-ln come
dies the best actor generally plays the droll,
while some scrub is made the fine gentleman
or hero Thus it is in the farce Of life; wise
men spend much of their time in mirthr-'tii
only the fools who are always grave.
Year: 1860

TELEGRAPHING FACILITIEs.-The Mag
netic Telegraph Company of Great Britain
are now issuing small adhesive stamps for
franking messages throughout their lines in the
United Kingdom. The principle is precisely
similar TO the pos tage stamp system. a mes
sage can be written wherever convenient and


after afixing the necessary stamp, 1t can be
sent either by post OF messenger to the nearest
magnetic telegraph station, and thence for
warded to its destination. There is said TO be
liberal discount on these stamps in order TO
assist in bringing Them into general use. The
multiplicity OF the American Telegraph COM
panies will interpose n serious obstacle TO tn e
imitation of this convenient plan in this
country, yet il seems as if a conventional tariff
might be rauged for an effort of the kind
Year: 1860

No LAW TO PUNISH MURpRR.-The New
York Court OF Appeals, the Court Of nnal re.
sort in that State. mas pronounced q decision
declaring that there Is no law In the State for
P1nishtng murder IN the first degree at aR. The
law of last winter having abolished the only
statute which defined the mode Of punis hmenk,
no Court or other tribunal has any right TO
prescribe that mode
Year: 1860

1T Is A POPULAR ENRON to suppose that
light cannot exist apart from heat. At the
Paris Academic des Sciences, NJ. Jansen 70
Gently gave an account OF a series Of expert
ments, which seem TO prove that the rays Of
heat entering the eye are all absorbed before
they reach the retina; two-thirds being taksa
up by the cornea and the rest BY the aqus0as
Year: 1860

Ertewsire Corrtsposience For four montf q
past, ending October lith, th.rs were s.Ss3
business letters sent from the once OF the First
tolary work which will give very good Idea
OF the vast amount of business transacted by
the Auditor and his aide on State account
Year: 1860

Judge Douglas position is not only in keep.
ing with the policy of the Democratic party,
but it is the only course which can be
adopted, which, by maintaining the separ~
ate, distinct and independent functions ol
the legislative and judicial branches OF the
government, enables the theory of our in
stitutions to work out practically that har-
monious system which alone can successful.
ly maintain union of the several States of
the confederacy as sublime whole, indie.
pendent of the social and sometimes clash.
ing interest of different sections. He seeks
to maintain the consistency of the Demo
cratic party as great national body, North
and South, instead of sectionalizing the
country by forced construction of the consti.
tuition, and by the usprpation on the part oi
political organizations of powers alone con.
ferring upon the Supreme Court.


Perhaps it matters but little to the coun-
try whether Judge Douglas is selected as
the standard bearer at Charleston or not
But it is of the last consequence that the
Convention should adopt sound, conserva-
tive principles, that it should not become
the tool of designing politicians, and that
it should adopt platform which the De.
mocrat of the North can occupy equally
with his brother of the South, or the Demo.
cratic organization may find itself crumbling
away, and, like the old Whig party, become
a mere recollection of the past.
Year: 1860

n The testimony being closed, the case was
given to the jury, who shortly returned
verdict that the deceased came to his death
bystabs received from the hands of Robert
and Richard Gaufsr, the gtabs having been
given intentionally by them.
Year: 1860

Always sit within the patients view,
so that when you speak to HIM he has not
painfully to turn his head round in order
to look at you. Everybody involuntarily
looks at the person speaking. If you make
this act wearisome one on the part of the
patient, you are doing him harm. So also,
if by continuing to stand you make him
continually raise his eyes to see you.
Be as motionless as possible, and never
gesticulate in speaking to the sick.


Never make patient repeat request,
especially ifit be some time after. Ocou-
pied patients are accused Of doing too
much of their own business. They are
instinctively right. How often YOU hear
The person charged with the request Of
giving the message, or writing the letter,
say half an hour aftsrward to the patient,
Did you appoint II o'clock 7" or, "What
did you say was the address ?" or ask, per-
haps, some much more agltating question
thus causing the patient the effort Of
memory, or worse still, of decision, all over
again. 1t is really less exertion to him to
write his own letters himself. This is the
almost universal experience of occupied
invalids.


This brings US to another caution. Nov
er speak to an invalid from behind, nor
from the door, nor from any distance FROM
him, nor when he is doing anything.
The official politeness of servants in
doing anything, is so grateful to invalids,
that many prefer, without knowing why,
having none but servants about them
Florence Nightingale on Nursing.
Year: 1860

us; ; and as to the Territories, it would be
a vain and useless effort for slavery TO
undertake to keep up with the activity
and energy of freedom there. They have
tried that once, in endeavoring to make
Kansas a slave State. That lesson, l
trust, will not soon be forgotten by them;
aud I also think the effort will not soon
be repeated.


Give us, Mr.. Chairman, the homestead
bill, as | trust We will soon haveit. Give
US fair and free election by the people
of the Territories, and freedom, think,
would have nothing to fear from the re.
suit. The Territories are now free. They
will be free 1t is their right and their
destiny Why should cur southern friends
endeavor to force slavery On them I They
have ample space within their own States
for all conceivable wants of the system.
According to the admission of distin-
guished Senator from the South, made In
the Senate short time since, they have
territory sufficient for two hundred mill
ion slaves within the slave States. As
they have now but four million, they will
scarcely need any more slave territory for
the next five hundred years at least.
THE above embraces about half of Judge
Haie's speech. The balance is mainly dero-
ted to an able and practical argument of the
Tariff question; but as we cannot make room
for il entire in this issue, we hope our readers,





rs we'll as the Judge, will excuse the omission
Of it for the present.--ED. JouR.
Year: 1860

The House being III the Committee OF the
Whole on the state of the Union


Mr.. HALE said:


Mr.. CHAIRMAN I think the RepubIi-
can party has been more misrepresented
than any one that ever existed IN this
country or any other. l propose to say
a few words in regard to what | under
stand to be the principles of that party,
to see whether they hold any doctrines
that are inconsistent with the rights of
anv portion of the country any doctrines
not held by the fathers of the Republic,
from the b beginning down to the last very
few years.


The doctrines of the Republican party,
as understand them, Mr.. Chairman, are,
opposition to the extension of human
slavery and protection to American IN
dustry. These | believe to be the two
cardinal principles of that party. This
is the only one we hold on the sub ject OF
slavery, except those other incidental
measures that grow out Of the opposition
to.fts extension, We are opposed to tax
ing S2O0,000,000 from the people Tor the
D urchase of Cuba, and to the acquisition
of territory from Mexico, for the exten
sion of the area Of human bondage.
| We. are also opposed to the reopenlrg
of the African slave trade. Have not these
principles been held at all times, by all
parties of the country, up almost to 1854
/ The North with one voice did so. They
were also held by the founders of this Re
/ public-uot alone by those who belonged
Year: 1860

From d" Nursery Rhymes for Political BI60"
THE BABE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
There was once q tale OF the babes in the wood
Which year after year amtug children has
stood
As q high Intellectual lighs-hsuse-
But know n story that's doubly as good.


About the one babe in the White house.
Oh he was beautiful baby to see
His eve was cooked as cooked could be;
He wore tremendous white choker;
The sweetest of Ill the Dutch infants WAS he,


And the incest young practicA! joker.
Now this little infant so bby in face
Oh, dear he did have most beautiful place,


Surrounded by verdure and neat-land
\ baby-house builded with infinite grace,


And called bY the dear name Of Whsatlaud.
Aiack and alas how short is each joyl
Soon trouble and danger arose to destroy
The peace of this baby so hearty;
horrid old uncle betrayed the dear boy,


His name il was Demagogue Party.
lie told the poor child where the sweet apples
grew;


He craftilY sent him to gather few


That had dropped from the tree OF high


Office;
Not word did he say though full many hs
knew,
OF the dangers that threaten a novice.
On sped the young innocent, needless Of blame.
To the loftiest tree in the orchard he came,
And with sticks and with stones he attacked


it;


When a monstrous big apple, Lecompton by
name,
Dropped down on his forehead and cracked
it.
Oh the little *Black bird, and the little bird


take,
They sang all the day for the dead babv's sake,


And the owls they Shrieked loud in the
nighttime
They may sing, they may shrek but they
never can wake
| The baby cut of in his bright time.
*Hon. J. S. Black. +uon. Jacob Thompson.
Year: 1860

Oh he WAS beautiful baby to see
His eve was cooked as cooked could be;


He wore d tremendous white choker
The sweetest of Ill the Dutch infants WAS he,


And the incest young practical joker.
Year: 1860

Sister Stuart was born in Sullivan coun-
ty, Tennessee. on the 9th of May, 1914,
emigrated to franklin county Arkansas, in
1S51-became a member of the Methodist
Church south in 1855, of which she was a
consistent and faithful member at the time
of her death. But. alas, she has NOW pas
sed the home of the living No m ore will
her joyous laugh and happy presence glad
den the hearts of her many friends. The
gem of the social circle is removed from the
scenes of earth, and oft will the tears of
love bedew her youthful grave.


No words Of mere sympathy can give
consolation to the hearts of her afflicted pa
rents, yet we beg to offer this tribute to her
virtuous worth, and to say to them mourn
not Tor the loss of your beloved daughter
she is beyond the troubles of earth-in the
realms of eternal bliss, and though earth s
number is diminished, one more is added
to the number of sanctiiied in iIeaven. But
in the far off morn when the dead shall
come forth, your child VIII live again and
meet you in the joys of an eternal day
The veil of the future is woven by the hand
Of mercy, and no cloud OF life is so dark
that the light of hope does not fringe it.
Then sorrow not, your loss is her eternal
"ain-and after a few more tempcstuous
storms have been encountered, there will be
Il grand convocation beyond the narrow
confines of earth, where the faithful shall
meet, and their jubilant voices will min
gle with seraphic music until the dome of
Heaven will resound with the praises of the
God of the universe. 5. e.


OZARK, ARK, Jan. 18th, 1860
Year: 1860

How TO WATER PLANTs.-As rule. water
should never be given, until the further with
holding of it would be detrimental to the
plants. lIabitual watering does, in the ma.
lority of cases, more harm than good. Plants
left to battle with drought, send their roots
down deep in search of moisture, and when
rain does come, they benefit more by it than
those that have,regular watcrings all along.
If the ground is)dug deeply, and kept in good
heart, plants that have once got established,
will bear drouth for any length of time, but
things lately planted, and that have not had
time to "gct hold, must be kept su pplied or
their beauty may vanish for half the season.
Succulent vegetables, too, which ought to be
kept growing quick, must have abundance


and of course, plants in pots must, of ncccssi-
ty, have sufficient. There are two important
points to be attended to in giving water ono
is to expose the water to the sun before using
it, to render it soft and warm, and tho other
is to give thorough soaking at once, sufficient
to keep the ground moist week. Supposing
the supply to be limited, but regular, the best
way of cconomzing both water and time is 10
take the garden, piece by piece, watering each
piece thoroughly every evening, and then be-
gin again as at first.
Year: 1860

Ii women have one weakness more marked
than men, it is toward veneraton. They are
born worshipers-makers of silver shrines for
some divinity or other, which, Of course, they
always think fell straight down from heaven.
The first step towards their falling in love with
nm ordinary mortal is generally to dress him
out with all manner of real or fancied superb
ority and, having made him up, they worship
him. Now, truly great man, man really
grand and noble in art and intellect, has this
advantage with women, that he is an idol ready
made to hand; and so that very painstaking
and ingenious sex have less labor in getting
him up, and can be ready to worship him on
shorter notice. In particular is this the case
where n sacred profusion and moral suprem-
acy are added to the intellectual. Just think
of the career Of celebrated preachers and di-
vines in all ages. Have they not stood like
the image that NebuchadncZzar the King
set up, and all womep kind, coauettcs and
iIirts not excepted, been ready to fall down
and worship, even before the sound of cornet
flute, harp, Sackbut, and so forthP Is not the
faithful Paula, with her beautiful face, pros
tratc in reverence before poor, old, lean, hag-
gard, dying jerome, in the most splendid
painting of the world, an emblem and sign
of woInans eternal power Of sclfsacrifice to
whnt she deems nobirst in man Docs not
old Richard Baxter tell us, with delightful
Singlc-hcartedncss, how his wifc fell in love
with him first, spite Of his long pale face and
how shc, confessed, dear soul, after many
years of married life, that she had found him
less sour and bitter than she had expected?
The fact is, women are burdened with fealty,
faith, reverence, moro than they know what to
do with; they stand like hedge ofsweet peas.
throwing out futtcring tendrils everywhere
for something high and strong to climb up BY,
and when they find it, be II ever so rough in
the bark. they catch upon it. And instances
are not wanting Of those who have turned
away from the tattery of admirers to PROSTATE
themselves Mt the feet Of genuine hero who
never wooed them except by heroic deeds and
the rhetoric of noble life. a
Year: 1860

May QuEEx.-The crowning of the May
Queen, at Mrs. Poston's Seminary. with the
attendant ceremonies. is unavoidably post
poned for a few days. on account of sickness
among the pupils, several Of the principal
participants in the contemplated display te-
ing now down with the measles and bad
colds. The circumstance is to lie regretted
but u few days will make no very great differ
ence, inasmuch. if the Queen be crowned at
any time during the month Of May. she will
be May Queen still. Besides, there iS pre-
cedent for the postponement, many May
Queens having been crowned after instead of
upon the first day of May.
Year: 1860

EVERYBODY CAN eo-Strangers in the city
need not feel backward about attending the
Woodland Festival at the Bliss Grove, to.
day It's free thing to everybody who has
a ticket or dollar to pay for one when he
reaches the ground. The fact is, the more
people there are the merrier.
Year: 1860

WOODLAND FEsnvAL.-Let every body who
Is going to the May Day Party in the woods,
to-day. be on the ground by at least ten
o'clock, and as much sooner as they please
Omuihuses hacks and express wagons will he
ready to take them out fine dinner will
be provided on the grounds music and dan
cling will enliven the scene. and the tickets
nre one dollar.
Year: 1860

FRoM WAsHoE.-An acquaintance of ours
informs us that he has just received letter
from a friend of his in Washoe, in which he
states that there is nothing TO be made in
that region except by hotel-keepers, provis
ion-sellers and whiskey dealers, and that,
soon, even these will have so many competit-
ors as 20 make the business doubtful. Hunt.
ing for silver mines, he says, is very poor
employment. There is plenty of exercise in
in it, and it may be, in the dry season, good
for the health, but as realizing any pecuniary
profits from it, it is barren business. He
advises all his friends in Marysvile to stay
at home and attend to whatever they have
in hand
Year: 1860

CoRRUFTINe ELEcrIoNs-If the President
of the United States is guilty of one in par
ticuldr of the charges into the truth of which
the House Committee is now inquiring, to
wit: the use of money in carrying elections,
he is the guiltiest of men for it is an act
which he himself has most pointedly de-
nounced and stigmatized. He cannot have
sinned, therefore, without a full consciousness
of violating q plain dictate of his own
conscience In 1858. he wrote letter in
reply to an invitation to be present at eel
etration of the founding of the city of Pitts
burgh, in which he said:


81 shall assume the privilege Of advancing
| years in referring to another growing and
dangerous evil. In the last age, although
our fathers, like ourselves, were divided into
political parties which often had severe con-
ficts with each other, yet We never heard
until within recent period, of the employ
ment of money to carry e,ections Should
this practice increase until the voters and
their Representative in the State and Ma
tional Legislatures shall become infected, the
fountain of Free Government will then be
poisoned at its source, and we must end, as
history proves, in a military despotism. A
democratic Republic. all agree. cannot long
survive unless sustained by public virtue
When this is corrupted and the people be-
come venal. there is a canker at the root of
the Tree Of Liberty, which must cause it to
wither and to die"


Now, this rabid House Committee swear
they are going to prove that Mr. Buchanan
has influenced elections, directly. by giving
out fat jobs to partisans and having the pro
ceeds distributed with a view to the success
of his party favortes. We hardly believe
this can be proven. but time will show.
Year: 1860

IS quite an ezcltement--to say nothing
of the shooting, hanging mad general
knock downs which l am told occur
quite frequently. Countless numbers
have gone there, am afraid only to
return poorer than they went, while
some no doubt, will make fortune.---
There is no doubt but what there il
some rich silver leads in that section,
but two I think have as yet been
struck and worked, which having proved
very rich.


One thing operates against the sue
cess Of many, is the want Of water, but
I think that difficulty will be overcome
and it is thought BY many that time
ana capital will develop q portion Of
country rich in minerals The winter
was very severe there, hundreds Of head
of ca tile starved to death. and think
if the truth was known, many man
has lain down at night, not.feeling very
much oppressed from the effects of over
loadingthe stomach. don't think the
people Of that section will be very much
predisposed to Gout. I find this is a
very excitable country, new discoveries
are constantly taking place.


Yours &c,


'aa p" OSCAR T. BARBER,
Year: 1860

GEORGE Eek, would say to the people OF
u New Oregon and vicinity that his meal
times may be had q full supply Of such as the
exchange for goods or cash, (n101


East side Main street, at Eck's building,
Year: 1860

4 NCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MA
"A SONS. meet in regular communication
at their Hall in New Orgon, on, the first
Tuesday evening on or before the full of the
moon. Travelling Brethren in good Standing
with the Fraternity are cordially invited to
attend
Year: 1860

THE following is an authentic anecdote
Of an alderman i'll a provincial town in
England, who, being about to depart this
life, as soon as he knew that his case was
desperate, called together all persons to
whom he was indebted in his mercantile
concerns. and said:


"Gentlemen, am going to die, ana my
death will be an inconvenience TO you, be-
cause it will be some time before you can
oct vour accounts settled by my executors.
Now, if YOU will allow me handsome dis
count will settle them myset, at oncer'


They came into the proposal, and the
old alderman turned his death into nine
hundred pounds profit