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Year: 1860

This improvement, so long in contemplation,


is at length in fair way Of being consummated.
But for the unfortunate pecuniary embarrassment
set, it would have been completed and in use
long ere this Now, however, the enterprise is
undertaken BY one who is possessed Of both the
means and the energy needed for its consumma-
ton. Mr.. Philip Reach, associated with Messrs.
Byrd and GOldsborOugh, will be the builders and
proprietors Of this wharf More energetic and
snterprising men never engaged in an undertak-
Ing Of any kind. With Mr.. Reach at the head
Of this enterprise, we have an assurance which
We had not before Of its early and substantial
completion; Tor he knows no such word as "iail
in anything. The sawed lumber required for
the wharf has been already purchased; the
square timber has been contracted for, to be de-
livered in few days. Already some Of the piles
have been put in place; the remainder, to the
number Of about three hundred, will be deliV.
cred as fast as they are wanted. A steam pile
driver having arrived yesterday from below, the
work viii now be vigorously prosecuted. As
many Of our people never witnessed the working
Of piledriVer, Il will doubtless excite much In
teFest Its pOnderOuS hammer is welded with
an effectiveness truly wonderful Here, how
ever, Il Is considered somewhat doubtful whether
piles can be driven; the bottom being covered
mainly with what are termed cObble stOneA A
day or two viii nov settle the question. With
the aid Of this efficient machinery, Mr.. Reach says
be will be able to complete the wharf In three
or four weeks.


Il Is designed to extend this wharf out to
whore the water Is never less than twenty feet at
extreme low tide. A greater depth Of water
than this viii probably never be required. A
very great advantage possessed BY this wharf
Is the facility with which the best spring water
can be conveyed through L to the shipping; the
ground At its head containing number Of never.
falling springs, the water from which viii be con-
ducted In pipe 10 . tank Of The end Of the
wharf While this involves very triHing ex-
pense. Il viii be perhaps the most valuable fea-
ture Of the wharf When completed, tho San
Francisco mail steamerswiI stop at Il coming up
and going down; this win not only prove . great
convenience in the getting Of freight but will
also afford our people ample time to answer let
tsrs-sAy ffteen hours.
Year: 1860

Florence Nightingale has written some
sensible things in regard to sick and suffer-
ing humanity; how they should be cared
for, and, many times, she shows that what
is generally supposed to be injurious, is ac-
tually beneficial to the invalid. For in
stance, it is generally supposed that night
air should be carefully excluded from the
sick room; but Florence investigates the
matter, looks up the authorities on this
subject, and finds that night air is often
purer than that which we inhale many
times with care-sucking it into the inner.
most part Of our lungs because it is the
pure morning air. Especially is this true
in large cities, where the dust and smoke
makes the air impure from early morn till
dusky night.


The air Of London is found to be the
purest about ten o'clock in the evening, and
we suppose that investigations carried on
in other cities would show corresponding
condition of the evening air. In the coun-
try, where the air sweeps over the clean
meadows and fields Of grain, which give
up to it their sweetest fragrance at all times,
it matters little whether we breathe the
evening or the msrning air, provided We
inhale all we can receive to our lungs of
this life-inspiring element.


We should thankfully receive it Us VIC 20
forth to perform the labors of the day, when
We reclne in the shade to rest, and when
at night, we retire to our couchcs to rest,
the pure atmosphere should surround lis,
and it should not be so confined that our
poisonous breath would destroy its vitality.
The doors of our rooms should be closed,
but our windows should be open, that the
cool air (no less pure because the light of
the sun is not comminglcd with iD may
Immediately surround us and we arise re-
freshed from our slumbers A large portion
of the life Of man is spent in sleep, and il
during his sleeping hours he surrounds him
self with a poisonous atmosphere, or any
deleterious influence, it indeed would be
wonderful if he lives out one half his days.
The most We have to fear from the night is
the change Of temperature, and the persist
ent belief of some people that they require
no more clothing on cool evening than
during the warm day, hence arise the
chills, colds, hoarseness, fevcrs and many
disagreeable little effects of imprudence that
nobody ever remembers protect the body
from sudden depressions Of temperature,
and we need not fear to breathe the evening
air. Walk in it-talk in it-sing in it
shout in it-inhale tit will do you good
but mind you the above does not license
you to reclne upon the damp ground, OF
allow chilly sensations to creep over you
NJ
Year: 1860

following story which is whopper:


Mr. Irish, who lives some three miles
from this place was digging well, and
when he had descended 64 feet into the
bowels of the earth, he came to an opening,
along which he crawled until he came to q
well, which was round and walled up with
stone.
Year: 1860

THE FRUiT ORCHARD AND NURSERY. There Is not reader of this journal that is not interested in good fruit. And eve " one that can. should raise ii; for in- dependent of the pleasure Il affords, ripe fruit will be found matter of economy. Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, and Grapes, should now be planted. There IS no little skill required in planting tree. IL Is not reasonable to suppose, that tree can be taken up with all It's fbrous roots entire but it should be taken up with so much care, that as few rooIs are broken as possible. Wherever there is broken root, the wound should be cut clean, and the top should be cut back to correspond with the loss of roots. The tree should be planted no deeper in the earth than il originally stood, and should be planted firmly at once. It is well to select a cloudy day for tree planting, but rather than miss, plant in the sunshine.

 Apple and pear trees that produce in- ferior fruit. may now be grafted in their limbs, with choicer varieties. Select limbs not.more than twice as large as the graft, and graft within three inches of the trunk, or of the main limbs. Manure old trees with muck and ashes, or muck or lime; take out the old dead and diseased wood, scrape the bark where it IS rough or diseased, and rub the trunk with strong soap suds.

 Look after the peach worm in the root the tree will not perfect good fruit with those blood-suckers girdllng the root.
Year: 1860

Theatre Alley is said to furnish the grea ter
proportion OF the dirty water that flows down
9Th and Grace streets, and annoys all the resi-
his officers are endeayoring TO find out and
punish by fines the offenders, with the hope OF
abating the nuisance; but until the streets are
culversd, and underground drainage is
generally adopted, they cannot he kept as
give portion OF his attention to the content IS
of the gutter Of North Main street, from 18th
to 23d Day and night stream of dirty suds
and other filthy liquids pour down this
gutter. and the consequence is, that that por-
ton of the city is becoming any thing but u
pleaSant noSegaY.
Year: 1860

CHANGE OF PRoFEssION.-The patriot John
Adams, 1t is said, was designed for II shoe
maker, like his father. One day Deacon
Adams, his parent, gave him some uppers to
cut out by pattern that had q three-corner-
ed hole it, by which it had hung upon Il
nail, and 1t was found that he had followed
the pattern exactly, triangular hole and all.
The Deacon upon seeing this, declared that
John wasn'tfit to be a shoemaker, and put
him to learning. The old patriot would have
made good printer, in an office where the
rule is to follow copy"
Year: 1860

WHAT ALLIED HIM.-The last number
of the Knickerbock or has good anecdote
of man who rarely failed to go to bed in
toxicated and disturbed his wife the whole
night. Upon his being charged by friend
that he never went to bed sober, he indig-
nantly denied the charge, and gave the in
cidents of one particular night in proof


"Pretty soon after got into bed, my
wife said 'Why, husband, what is the mat
ter with your You act so strangely !"


"Theres nothing the matter with me,
said l, "nothing at all /"


"Im sure there is said she, you don't
act natural at ALL Shan't l get up and get
something for your"


Aud she got up, lighted a candle and
came to the bedside to look at me, shading
the light with her hand.


II knew there was something strange
about YOU" said she, "why roU ARR
SOBER"


SHOW, this is fact and my wife will
swear TO it, so don't you slsnder mo any
more by saying that I havn't been to bed
sober in six month, cause have
Year: 1860

ENERGY.-It is astonishing how much
may be accomplished in self culture by the
energetic.and the persevering who are care
full to avail themselves the opportunities
aud use theNfragments of spare time which
the idle permit to run waste. Thus Fergu-
son learned astronomy from the heavens
while wrapped in sheepskin on the high
hills. Thus Stone, learned mathematics
while working as journeyman gardener /;
thus Drew studied the highest philosophy
in the interval of coblng shoes thus Mil
ler taught himself geology while working
as ay-laboror in a quarry. BY bring
ing their minds to bear upon knowledge
in its various aspects, and carefully using
up the very odds and ends of their time.
men such as these. in the very huinblest
circumstances. reached the highest culture
aud acquired honorable distinction among
their fellow-m men. 1t was one ofthe char
actoristic expressions of Chatterion, that
God had sent his creatures into the world
with arms long enough to reach anything,
If they chose TO be at the trouble.
Year: 1860

What mighty country, says Senator
Crittenden, we have. Does the sun shine
upon people that can say, my country
is equal to the country of the people Of
the United States of America? MOL
Providence, in an exemplary manner, has
taken care you. lie has cast your "lines
in pleasant places" lie has given YOU
the chosen land of the earth, and with
it he has given you the choicest blessing
of free government. These are all
your own. They were not--they did not
come by accident; they did not come by
the easy and the regulated descent which
the law gives to propriety. No! They
have been "bought with price" Liber-
ty has been driven from the world-al-
most every where there were Kings, and
Emperors, and Princes without number,
and the people were their footstools.-
Our people, in happy day, conceived the
glorious thought of freemen and liberty.
We determined to fight for it. After
long and arduous seven yeals struggle
you accomplished it. 1t was no easy ac-
quisition-blood and tears baptized it.
But, under the guidance of happy Prov
idence, we succeeded, and we have esta b.
! liShed for ourselves liberty. We formed
a government calculated to preserve that
liberty, and under that happy government
we now live, with prospect as bright as
is presented to the gaze of mankind.-
From humble beginning--from a coun-
try ruined-its houses burned and its
people slaughtered, to great extent by
the common enemy, by perseverance and
by valor, we succeeded and of the two or
three millions which came out successful
from that war, as sprung up now what
we may call this mighty nation of thirty
millions of ireemen-tnen enjoying actu-
al liberty under government that op-
| presses no man.


Dc you know man that is oppressed?
We extend over q vast surface, yet over
that vast sui face there is spread a govern
ment whose very instinct is liberty
there is no oppression anywhere in the
land. There may be bad government
their is---but there is nothing like tyran-
nical, oppressive government, upon peo-
pie. There is no tyrant to lay his hands
| upon freeman--there is no man that
has power against his will to enter the
cabin of the humblest citizen in this Com
monwealth, nor in this great nation
\ on do not know how to compare your
condition with the condition of the peo-
pie of other countries. We enjoy the
light and warmth of the glorious sun,
vet we hardly ever look up to tive
hardly ever think of our obligation to it.
The God of nature gave it to us. We
are familiar with its blessings. We do
not think enough of it to be thankful fo,
it. Well, as freemen, unless we turn our
minds to the task, we shall hardly think
where this liberty came from. 1t comes
from the glorious Union that binds us to-
gether and from that glorious Constitu-
ton which makes us freemen.
Year: 1860

A great talker is seldom wise man.


a wise man speaks but sparingly.


Above all things, reverence thyself.


1t is better to be poor than ignorant.


Quiet and leisure are above everything.


One should not undertake what he
cannot perform.


A ,uan ought either to be good, or to
seem so.


Envy corrodes its possossors, as rusts
does iron.


Avarice and vanity are the principal
elements of all evil.


Praise not the unworthy on account of
their wealth.


A blush is the complexion of virtue.


In war, steel is better than gold; in life,
wisdom exceeds wealth.


One ought to remember kindness re-
ceived, and forget those one has done.


All things should be common between
friends; our friend is another self.


Procure not friends in haste; nor, if
once procured, in haste abandon them.


Commit no secret to a friend, which,
ifreported, will bring you to infamy.


Never praise a man for being like a
woman; nor woman for resembling a
man.


~ stranger, if just, is not only to be
preferred before countryman, but
kinSman.


1t is not only more honorable, but al
so more delightful to give than to receive
benefit.


Learning is an ornament to the rich,
refuge in adversely, and the best proyis-
ion against old age.


One part of knowledge consists in be-
ing ignorant of such things as are not
worthy to be known.


Learning teaches youth temperance,
affords comfort to old age, gives riches to
the poor, (?) and is an ornament to the
rich


Poverty and riches are the name es of
want and sufficency; he who wants any
thing ont not be called rich, and he who
wants nothing poor.


Such as have virtue always in their
mouths, and neg glect it in practice, are
like a harp, which emits sound pleas
ing to others. while itself is insensible of
the music.


We should remain tranquil and easy
on the death of our fiends both because
we cannot tell whether it has happened
for the better or the worse, and because
sorrow will be of no avail.


Men are more mindful Of wrongs than
of benefits, and it is but just that it seould
be so as he who restores a deposit de-
srrves no commendation, but he who de-
tainS it, blame and punishment
Year: 1860

A couple Of young ladies" at New
Orleans on Saturday, wished to cross the
canal. No boat was at hand, so the
stoutest Invested herself of shoes and hose,
and taking the other on her back, started
to ford the stream, They progressed
smoothly until about midway. when the
neither fair one stepped into hole, throw
ing her load over head, and immersing
herself likewise, to the great amusement
of the spec tators.
Year: 1860

physician & SURGEON Would respect
i fully inform the citizens of Holmesville and
vicinity that he has located himself in said place
for the practice of his profession. Office four
doors west of Reeds Corner,
Year: 1860

The following is related as the origin
of the use Of the thistle as the national
emblem of Ccotland: When the Danes
invaded Scotland, they availed themselves
of the pitch darkness of night to attack
the Scottish forces unawares. In ap-
preaching them unobserved, and march
ing barefooted to prevent their tramp be-
ing heard, one Of the Danes trod upon a
large prickly thistle, and the sharp cry of
pain which he instantly uttered suddenly
apprised the Scots Of their danger, who
Immediately ran to their arms, and de-
feated the foe with great slaughter. The
thistle was thence forward adopted as the
national insignia of Scotland.
Year: 1860

There is always draught through the
key holes and window crevices, because
as the external air is colder than the air
in the room we occupy.it rushes through
the window crevices to supply the def-
cheney caused by the escape Of warm air
up the chimney. If you open the lower
sash Of window, there is more draft than
if you open the upper sash. The reason
Of this is because if the lower sash be .,
pen, cold air will rush into the room and
cause great draft inward; but if the up
per sash be open the heated air of the room
will rush out, and of course there will be
less draft inward. A room is best venti-
lated by opening the upper sash, because
the hot ventilated air, which always as
cends towards the ceiling, can escape
more easily. The wind dries damp linen,
because dry wind, like a sponge, imbibes
the particles of vapor from the surface of
the linen as fast as they are formed. The
hottest place in church or chapel is the
gallery, because the heated air of the
building ascends, and all the cold air
which can enter through the doors and
windows keeps to the floor till it has be~
come heated.


Special attention should be given to tho
ventilation Of sleeping-rooms; for pure
air and an abundance of it are, if posi-.
BILE, more necessary when we are are a.
sleep than when we are awake. Sleep
ing-rooms should be large, high, and airy,
more especially in warm latitudes, and in
situations where the windows have to be
kept closed at night on account Of mala-
ria.
Year: 1860

We someties meet with men who seem
to think that indulgence in any Affection
ate feeling is weakness. They will re-
turn from a journey and greet their fam
lilies with distant dignity, and move a.
mong their children with a cold and lofty
splendor of an iceberg surrounded by it's
broken fragments. There is hardly a
more unnatura! sight on earth than one
of those families without a heart. A
father had better extinguish a boys eyes
than take away his heart. Who that has
experienced the joys of friendship. and
values sympathy and affection would not
rather lose all that is beautiful in natures
scenery than to be robbed Of the hidden
treasure of The heart. Cherish, then, the
hearts best affection. Indulge in the
warm and gushing emotions of filial, pa.
rental and fraternal love.
Year: 1860

For some time past house Of ill-fame
has annoyed the citizens of village on
the line Of the Cleveland and Columbus
Railroad; and it was determined that the
house should be broken up. On Thurs.
day night the Marshal of the village
made a descent upon the house, took the
inmates into custody, and yesterday
morning they were taken before mag.
istrate for examination. There were
three girls among the prisoners, and as the
eye Of the magistrate fell upon one Of
them he grew deadly pale and hastily
adjourned the court. Among those
wretched and abandoned girls, he recog-
nized the once fair features of his own
daughter! Several years before, while
attending female seminary in an East
ern State, she had sloped with worth
less fellow, and her father had never heard
or seen her until that terrible morning
Deserted by her husband, she adopted q
life of prostitution, and found her way to
the west. Her father, unknown to her
moved also to the west, and settled in the
village above alluded to.-Ueve. Plain
dealer.
Year: 1860

WHAT ALLIED HIM?--The last number
Of the Knickerbocker has good anecdote
of man who rarely failed to go to bed
intoxicated and disturb his wife the whole
night. Upon his being charged by a
friend that he never went to bed sober,
he Indignantly denied the charge, and
gave the incidents Of one particular night
in proof


"Pretty soon after I got into bed, my
wife said. why husband, what is the
matter with you? You act strangely


There's nothing the mater with me,
said l, nothing at all"


"I'm sure there is, said she, you don't
act natural at all. Shan't l get up and
get something for you"


"And she got up, lighted candle and
came to the bedside to look at me, sha.
ding the light with her hand.


II knew there was something strange
about you" said she, "why, your are So
Jer."


"Now, this is fact and my wife will
swear to it, SO don't you slander me any
more by saying that haven't been 10 bed
sober in six months, cause l have"
Year: 1860

OPIUM EATINe.--It is said that opium
eating is increasing to a fearful extent in
New York city. Certain nervous law
yers, and even judges. resort to opium
eating as a stimulus-thus demonstrating
continually that the race Of fools is not
vet extinct, nor likely to be shortly.
Year: 1860

SECOND DISTRICT COURT SUCCESSION OF n. MILLER.
Of New Orleans. No. 5,467


NOTICE is hereby given TO the creditors


In Of tins and to all other persons herein 70


show cause within the present notification If


they ca why the presented by the dmnistr


Tor of this should be homoogaed and approved
the funds distributed in accordance herewith.
By order Of the Court
Year: 1860

BY the kindness of our friends in this
District, and by means of the telegraph, we
were enabled to give the returns of the
State election in quite satisfactory man
ner. But we did not do so we'll as we hope
to do hereafter.


At the Presidential election, we hope to
have the aid of our friends in the surround
ing counties as before, and by this means
and the shortness of the ticket we hope to
be able to give the full returns of the Dis
trict on Saturday morning after election
day TUESDAY, Nov. 6), at farthest.


Persons sending US returns will please
make their figures plainly, and specify
whether the returns are official or unofficial.


Now let us see whether the full returns
can not be sent to Indianapolis from this Of
fee on Friday night or Saturday morning.
There will be great anxiety all over the
country to hear from 'The Pocket" ALI
who send US returns will be acting for tie
public accommodation.


Oct. 23-d3t&w2t.
Year: 1860

a LARGE spot is now visible on the South
ern limb of the suns disk. It may be seen
at any time during the day by the aid OF a
smoked glass.


Our of five hundred sailors now on the
U. S. frigate Niagara, only thirty-four take
their grog rations.
Year: 1860

ps1- pair of double-trees belonging to
the Printers Car at the Fourth of July
Celebration, was left at this office and is
now here waiting an owner. The person
to whom they belong will please call and
get them. Std
Year: 1860

BSE@ The friends of the late Governor
Willard in New Albany, contemplate erect
ing a suitable monument over his remains
in the cemetery in that city. The friends
of the late Governor everywhere are in
viIed to contribute.