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Year: 1860

She blosscmed in the country,


Where sunny summer filings
Her arms around the earth,


And brightest blessings brings;
Health was her sole inheritance,
And grace her only dover
| never dreamed the wild wood


Contained so sweet flower.
Tar dis tan: from the city,


And iCland from the sea,
My lassie bloomed in goodness,


As pure as pure conld be.
She caught her dewy freshness


from Hill and mountain bower,
| never dreamed the wildwood


Contained SO sweet flower.
The rainbow must have lent her
Some OF its airy grace;
The wild rose parted with the blush
That nest!ed on her face;
The sunbeams got entangled in
The long waves Of her hair.
Or she had never grown to be


So modest and so fair.
The early birds have taught her
Their joyous matin song,
And some of their soft innocence,
She'd been with them so long;
And for her now, if need be,


I'd part with wealth and power;
] never dreamed the wild wood
Contained so sweet q fower.
Year: 1860

idence and fed the facts it i. deservedly en-
ntied to great respect. In consequence of this,
! have abridged the term Of your sentence al
least several ysara During the time Of your
confinement in the penisentiary of the State,
you will have abundant opportunity to reflec,
upon the causes, and doubtless to regret the
Act which has occasioned your imprisonment
You are yet youth--s loag life probably
opens before you-Iet us hope it may be one
OF usefnlDess il not of honor. Let the future
fully atone for. and more than redeem the
past. Though the morning Of your days is
thus overcast, the meridian and the close NAV.
nevertheless. be cloudless and bright. Take
and keep resolution-that you will be better,
and will do better-that you will abandon
idle habits. and bad associates. and vicious as.
soeiations


In view Of your extreme youth, the many
mitigating circumstances which have been
brought to my attention. and especially in con.
sequence Of the recommendation Of the jury.
the judgment Of the Court is, that VOC be
confined in the Psnitentiary Of this State for a
term Of three years. and that you pay q fine
OF 500 and ths costs Of prosecution.
Year: 1860

DREAMING Up.-Wcathcr prophets
predict an early and pleasant spring, and we
must cay that it has very much such an appear
anee just now. The ice bridge is not at all safe
for crossing and with two or three days more of
warm weather We can safely look for move
are now freely Offered that boats will be run.
ming between this point and st Louis by the
first OF next month Not improbable
Year: 1860

ATTEMPT TO DEsTRoy a RAILROAD TRAIN.
-NlRRoR EscAPE.-on Saturday night an
attempt was made by some precious Williams
to throw the night express train east of the
track, which fortunately did not avail. The
train, Conductor Murray, left here at $40,
and when between Fairview and Swanville
the engineer discovered, too late to stop the
train, that rail had been removed from the
track. The whole train passed over the spot,
humping and jOttihg heavily Of course, but
by chance little less than miracle, every
car passed in safety. The train was stopped,
the division men reused, and a new rail laid,
delaying the train about an hour. The per-
petratsrs of this dastardly deed should fare
hard If they are discovered lD
Year: 1860

~ Now that the heat of summer is ct
hand, it is more than ever necessary that
our pure lake water should be brought to
perform its useful service IN laying the dust,
which is already great annoyance. B. T
Bower gives his attention to Plumbing, and
does his work with neatness and expedition,
and at reasonable prices. His shop is on the
east side of the Public Square. RIO
Year: 1860

Workmen are now engaged in laying
down iron cellular paVements in Baltimore
both streets and sidewalks being paved with
iron. Small patches Of it have been in use
as test for near three years, and it has
succeeded so well that iron is to be gener
ally adopted in future.
Year: 1860

Surely the Senate will not resort to any such
refinement in order TO imprison citizen.


Secondly But there is broader objection
still: that whatever may be the power OF the
Senate in judicial cases, it cannot compel the
testimony of a witness in proceeding OF which
the declared purpose is merely legislative.
Officers of the Government communicate with
Congres and its committees simply by letter.
They are not summoned from distant posts, or
even from their office here. And | know not
why distant citizen, who is charged with no
ofense, and who in every right is the peer of
any officeholder, should be. treated with less
consideration. II any information from him
be desired for any legislative purpose, let him
communicate it in the way most convenient to
himself, and most consistent with those rights
OF the citizen which all are bound to respect.


AT all events, if this power is TO be exercised,
let 1t not be under simple resolution of the
Senate but by virtue of a general law, passed
by both houses, and affirmed by the President,
so that the citizens Shall be surrounded with
certain safeguards.


Mr.. President, confidently submit that
power so entirely without support and also so
obnoxious to criticism, at the same time that
1t is so vast is not to be carelessy exercised.
You cannot send the witness to prison without
establishing a new precedent and commencing
new class of cases. You will declare that
the Senate, at any time-nOt merely i'll the
performance of its admitted judicial duties, but
also in the performance of its mere legislative
duties-may drag a citizen from the most dis
tant village of the most distant State, and
compel his testimony, involving the guilt or
innocence of absent persons, or, it may be, of
the witness himself. This is fearful preroga-
tive, and, permit me to say, that in assuming
1t you liken yourselves to the Jesuts, at the
period of their most hateful supremacy, when
it was said that the power was Il sword whose
handle was at Rome, and whose point was in
the most distant places. You take into your
hands a sword, whose handle will be in this
Chamber, to be clutched by a mere party
majority, and whose point will be in every
corner of the Republic.


do not admit, feel that | cannot go wrong
when lean to the side of liberty. But even
admitting that you have the power, is this the
occasion to use it Is it, upon the whole ex-
pedients Is the object to be accomplished
worth the sacrifice ! 1t is well to have a
giants strength; but it is tyrannous to use it
like giant.


For myself, sir, confess feeling of graft
tude to the witness, who, knowing nothing
which he desires to conceal and chiefly anX-
ious that the liberties of all may not suffer
through him, feeble in body and broken in
health, hardly able to endure the fatigue Of ap.
pearing at your bar, now braves the prison
which yOU menace, and thrusts his arm as a
bolt to arrest an unauthorized and arbitrary
proceeding
Year: 1860

Scientific men and others who have thoroughly
tested the merits of the Vesper Gas Air Light,
ronounce 1t the best and cheapest light now known
Numberless testimonials being received daily
from ali quarters vouching for the excellence OF this
light a few of which are given below.
Year: 1860

of FOrgeron with such additions and
embellishments as stories usually receive
in passing to third person. 1t would
be as difficult to detail a mountain storm
as TO picture the wrath Of this mountain
eer. But if we can not portray the
storm, the consequences may be easily
told. The Blacksmith swore in his
wrath that he woud whip every Metbo-
dist minister that passed the cape inre-
venge for his insult


FOrgeron was a man Of bis word, as
the bruised features of many Of John
WesIey's disciples could testify. His
character soon went abroad and the good
old matrons of the surrounding counties
on each side of the mountain trembled
at his name. In short the Mountain Pass
which was really such as a landscape
painter would seek for a picture, and was
just the spot to remind a youth fresh
from bis classic studies, Of the place
where Leonidas and his three hundred
SPartans fell in attempting to defend
Greece against the army Of Xerxes; in
despite of the grandeur of its beetling
cliffs, and the beauty of its verdure was
associated in the minds Of many pious
persons with the broad gate that leads
to destruction. And Ned Forgeron the
handsome blacksmith was invested with
the attributes of his Satanic Majesty by
many a mountain girl who would doubt
less have fallen in love at first sight with
him under any other name.


The preacher whose circuit lay on
either side of the mountain at the time
Ned's direfuI edict was promulgated to
the world was a meek and lowly man.
who approached in his natural disposition
to willing obedience to the mandate
relative to turning a cheek to the smiter.


The poor soul passed many sleepIess
nights in view of the fate that awaited


him at the Mountain Pass. In his


dreams he saw Forgeron with huge
sIedge hammer in hand ready to dash


out his brains, and would start with such
violence as to wake himself He inquir-


ed if there was 10 other place at which
/ the mountain would be passed only to be


in his dream more certainly. Being q


timid man but withal impressed with a
sense Of duty he resolved to discharge


his duties faithfully to the consequence


what they might.


Like lamb going to the slaughter did


he wend his way toward the gap; as he
came in front of the shop the blacksmith


was striking the last blow on a shovel and
singing to the tune Of" Clear the Kitch.
an -
Year: 1860

Old Georgia IS a noble State


Her laws are good and her people great


On catching a glimpse Of the parson
who had fattered himself that he was
about to pass with impunity, Ned sung
out, Stop there, you eternal short-billy
and pay the penalty of my injured rep
ptation."


The holy man protested innocense of
ever having Intentionally injured him in
word or deed.


The mans subd1ed looks and earnest
voice had half dissuaded Ned from his
stern purpose, when the giggling of his
striker and the CHEEKY of two or three
ideas nerved him to do what he felt was
mean. Let any one pause a moment and
reflect if he has never been urged on TO
acts his conscience smote him for, BY the
opinions of others before Mr.. Forgeron
| is sentenced as a devil. The preacher
received several boxes on his ears and
heard many denunciations of bis sect
before he was permitted to depart, and
when that permission was received he
was not slow in availing himself of the
privilege.


At the next annual Conference, when
circuits were assigned to the different
| preachers this one made his appearance
Punctually but by some process Of
casuistry, convinced himself that duty
did not call for a revelation Of his suffer
ings. IF he was too sensitive Of the
blacksmith's character to expose it to
rude remark, or had a preference that
some woTtbier brother should occupy
that healthy station among the mountains
IS difficult to conjecture. But Forgeron's
reputation had extended beyond the cir
cult, and was done ample and seE ere
Justice by others who had heard of hi.
fame. 1t soon became the subject oi
animated conversation and there was ID
little wincing, each one fearing It would
be bis cruel fate to be sent a victim e
Iappease the anger Of this human Mintaul
against the Methodist Church.


\ After a time It was decreed that the


Rev. Mr.. StubbIeworth was the doomed
individual, and when the annunciatior
came many an eye Of pity and mingled
curiosity was turned on his ruddy, good
natured face to see how the dispensstior
Year: 1860




Be IL Ordaiaed by the Mayor and
Council Of the city Of Carroliton, That
it is tho duty of tho Attorney of this
city and he is hereby directed, in accor-
dance with Section IL Of the Act to
Incorporate the City of Carrollton, to
cause to DO recorded in tho Mortgage
Office of the Parish of Jefferson, all
tax bills which remain unpaid at tho end
of tho delay of 20 days, for answering
as fixed by section rs Of said act; and
TO that end and for that purpose, it is
hereby made his duty to prepare a list
showing the names of the debtors, the
amount due by each, the year for which
it is due and the description of tho pro-
perty, rs found on the bill, on which the
tax is due; which list shall be made and
sigucd by him forthwith after the expi-
ration Of said delay of 30 days and filed
with the Recorder in the least possible
delay, to be entered on his Books ac-
cording to law. The Attorney shall
talle Judgments by default against all
persons who have not answered and then
stay law proceedings, ON all unanswered
tax suits until further orders of tho
Council. In all answered suits he shall
proceed according TO law.


BE IL further Ordained, That all bills
for paving or other work done on tho
streets and sidewalks and for which tho
front owners are liable according to law,
and all bills for work lawfully dono
on private property and for which tho
owner is liable, shall he recorded in tho
Mortgage Office by the Collector pre-
yious to being put in the hands of tho
Attorney for suit.
Year: 1860

Remarkable Health Of the Country
The New York Herald, of the 27th, has
the following remarks on the health, crops
and atmospheric phenomena of the sum
mer:


During no summer, probably, within
the memory Of the living generation has
this country enjoyed more uninterrupted
good health than the present. In the me-
tropolis the mortality returns show most
gratifying diminution of deaths each week
from the returns of last year and the pre-
vous years; while throughout the entire
country, from North to South, not n single
case OF epidemic disease of any kind has
occurred. This is certainly very remark
able, and is something to feel grateful for.
In like manner the crops were never before
so good all over the continent; and in con-
nection with these circumstances it is a
curious fact that we never before had pre-
sented TO us so many atmospheric phcno
mena as this year.


The air seems heavily charged with
electricity the northern lights have been
frequently illuminating the skies with
singular briliancy in various quarters; ter
rife tornadoes have swept over the face of
the land thunder storms have been fire.
quent and violent comet is at present
visible in California we have had an
eclipse of the sun, visible nearly all over
the country; and, to crown all, the greatest
meteor that was ever seen has visited us.
In short, we have this year the best health,
the finest crops, the heaviest tornadoes and
the biggest meteor ever known.


What connection these natural pheno-
mena may have with the health and the
crops of the country we leave to the learned
pupdits to discover, and it is very inter
esting subject for investigation.
Year: 1860

The values in the Stock market continue to decne un
der the pressure of cash stock The feeling very
heavy to-day, and the decline was general from to


per cent There appeared to be disposition to de.
press the market which falls fast enough from natural
causes to satisfy the most eXaetng bear The purchases
far be ascertaned mostly to cover short
contracts The commission houses doing very little
They get few time orders which continue to be very diff
cult to execute.


The specie the South continues although
the advces from New Orleans day that sight exchange
has risen to al per discount gives more prospec
that the drain in that direction may be checked 1t
understood that the negotiations for aiding the
Boston banks have been abandoned for the present
Our banks are, however, refrainng from draw.
ing their Boston balances in specie, and are in
individual cases, extending other aid The Boston pa
pers state the banks dscounng with considerable
freedom and the money market is evidently easier
than here In the open market in Wall leading pa
per is nomnally l2ls per cent but the transactions be.
low 10 per cent are exceptional The pressure paper
is not great but buyers portion of the
duness Of paper is accounted for by the fact that two
great Trust Companies the New York and the United
States do not appear buyers usual These Com
panes have written off two millions hundred thousand
dollars of Bills Receivable without replacing the amount
On demand money is per cent. good collaeras and
moderately abundant The offerings at Bank tomorrow
are large the difficulty of passing paper the open
Set, throwing the whole strain upon the Banks.


The Philadelphia Ledger of to-day says:


Instead of any Improvement in business in credit and
in confidence in the future each all look daily more
discouragng What is to make bank borrowers bet
ter able to their loans now, in the future than
they were last week or last month? Credit is more shat
tered the rate of money is higher Or rather paper is
held in less favor stocks and all other prices lower
and the cause Of all this the political disturbances
South look like going beyond the first threat than
of falling short of its realization.


The money market continues in the same unsettled
state that we have had occasion notice several
past. The demand the street is on the increase with
no corresponding response the part captaliss-n
deed within day or two, there is less disposition to
lend on any terms; and although there is little doing


that little points to higher raesif the market can be
said to have any rates Occasional can loans are made
at sac per cent and few No | bills of short time
are placed at rates ruling from to per cent month
Year: 1860

P SSiuce writing the above based upon further infor
nation and experience, have del from the despar
views there AIKEN Mrs TomPkins terribly chacrined
the mlsortunes attending that pair Of pants and in her
distress she to her friend Mrs Pipes for womanIy sym
pahy But Mrs Pipes odh that the whole trouble grew
out Of not having Of the right kind of sewing machines
that most matter of fact traps in which the
wary caught She showed Mrs Tompkns hers-one of
GROW ER BAKERS, with their peculiar stitch-which
she said was sure preventive against any such calamity as


had experienced at the ball According to her description
while the upper thread in the Grover l. Baker machine
went through the CLOTH the lower started eff nm
middle down the outside cast OF right and lett went rornd
the last stitch lodged through the next, turned summer
saulthrou h two or got up chaos
in each particular but produced seam mahematcay
exact and perfectly smooth and the stitch so elastic
tn at the would not rip.


Notwithstanding terrible experienced bought Gro
yer Baker machine at No 1sl BALTIMORE STREET, and
Mrs. Tompkn applied to the fragments OF late Ia
mened pantaoons In few minutes they restored to
their pristine excellence and for evenings put them
to conceivable test by jumping, dancing bowling
kicking and the integrity stitch has been demon
strated amidst the most terrible temptation to
der. TT
Year: 1860

TuE HEAT, yesterday, was little too
much for the Local, and be is obliged 70 come
before his readers With rather . slim paper this
morning. Our devil wss particularly frisky
yesterday Just the weather to suit him. We
noticed Bob. Of the Gazette. practicing in the
sun, 10 the afternoon; good plan to get
used to such thingA
Year: 1860

ACcIDENr.-Yesterday morning, a
man employed in the Planning mill of Collins &
Wood, had his thnmb split from the point up
to the ball of the hand, by coming in contact
with small circular saw This isahe thru
accident of the kind that has happened in the
above establishment within short time We
should suppose that men would become more
cautious having such startling examples before
them,
Year: 1860

THE DRoUTH.-We understand that
many Of the wells in the interisr of the coun.
ty have entirely given out, and water has to
be hauled distance of four or FIVE miles
This must be great inconv enience to farmers
We fear now that when the rain does come
it will drown US all out,
Year: 1860

THE chap who INDUCES his lungs
every few hours. before our Office, with the cry
of fresh fish !" has most excellent voice for
following stop thief. up a dark alley" We
recommend him to practice little in that
line
Year: 1860

MUsr BE SoLD.-That splendid stock
Of dry goods at Champions mus. and positively
will be closed out within the next sixty days.
Ladies. now is your time to get great bargains
in dress goods and millinery
Year: 1860

The timbers and sleepers Of Hills
Block. are nearly all in their places and the
walls will soon begin to loom up. Mr.. Hill is
determined that nothing shall be left undone,
which will add TO the strength and conven-
ience OF the structure
Year: 1860

Four dollars will buy suit Of clothes
at No. l3 East Second street, Metropolitan
Block Go there to buy and let Parks show
YOU that invoice of linen aud Msrsailese cloth
ing lust received from the East. The Glengory
an over garment for spring and summer, the
spring over sack The demand for this gar
ment has greatly increased the past year. Our
climate is so changeable that no person is safe
without one. Linen saits made from various
styles Of linen, plain and figured.
Year: 1860

CHASoK FoR SPEcUL4TioN. advertiser
has patentable invention Of a new and valua.
BILE machine, in which there is q fine chance
for speculation, but has not the means to secure
the patent and bring IL before the public. He
would like to make an arrangement with some
person who has the necessary capital. Further
particulars can be obtained from the Editor Of
this paper. IT,
Year: 1860

DST GOODs IN oaEOOE- Benz, Franklin Wait.
the pioneer dry goods dealer Of Oregon. really
deserves the patronage Of all good people over
there for the excellent manner In which he has
sustained the credit Of the trade. Those who
know the difference between rents over there
and in the centre Of the city, will not be surpris
ed at the low prices at which he sells nice
goods. The corner Of 5th and CLAY is an at
lraatiYe place.
Year: 1860




SOUTHERN ISoKNsK.-0ns Of the most CRATE.
full things we can now bring 10 mind is the ds~
lightiul perfume Of flowers in the winter seas
son. DOubly penetrating to the mid winter at
mosPhere Ia the odOr Of Southern flowers,
whose warm natures have given them more
than their share Of beauty and perfume. Those
who would bO agresAbly convinced Of what
we have just written, should call at the resi-
Deuce Of =. 8. Sage, Esq, Green street, where
they may drink in. to the full extent Of intOx-
icated delight, the odor Of about one hundred
and fifty orange blOssOmsl The orange tree
which yields this wealth Of floral incense is
about the medium height and the odOr Of i,s
blooms can be quGffed throughout the whole
house. 1t is grand--that orange tree and its
load Of heavenly fragrance.
Year: 1860

M The Duke of ModsnA iS about starting
q newspaper in the Italian language, to be
printed at Vienna, and to advocate his
elaine The Duke will find the newspaper
business arduOus though highly respectable
Year: 1860

CLOSING CAREER OF A BOLD BAD WoMAY.
Lola Montez is stopping at Astoria with
a kind friend, bat, alas in what cond.
tion of body and mind She is not exactly
an imbecile, and yet what term will more
clearly express her mental helplessness?
Physically she is an invalid ofa melau-
choly description. A female friend of mine
saw her day or two ago, and it was
enough to make one's heart bleed to note
the picturesqe Innings of the wonderfully
changed woman. Lola was costumed in q
half night aud half morning robe. and she
sat in pretty garden, her hollow cheeks
sunken eyes, and cadaverous complexion
forming remarkable contrast to the pay
flowers. She was unable to utter an intel
ligible word, except spasmodicalIy, and af-
ter repeated efforts. Her mouth was frotb-
ing, like that of one in partial convulsIons:
and she was unconsciously wiping it, as 1T
tie boys do, by drawing it across the sleeve
of her dress. In fact, she had the strange
wild appearance of a quiet idiot, and is evil
IDENTIFY lost to all further interest in the
world around her, and its affairs. And so
ends her eventful history What a study
for the brilliant and thoughtlessl What
sermon on human vanity