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Year: 1859

An ECCENTRIC WEDDING PARTY.-On Faster Mon.
day there took place Of Salisbury, England, the
wedding of cattle dealer who had vowed that if
ever he did get married. he would ride to and from
the church donkey. His friends kept him to his
word and provided fifteen donkeys, that they might
bear him company en- suite. This ludicrous wedding
procession, headed by fife band went the rounds.
Year: 1859

The SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN has now reached its Four
teenth yfsr and will enter upon New Volume on the
llth Of September. 1t is the only weekly publication
o the kind now issued in this country and it has
extensive circulation in all the States of the Union
1t is not as some might suppose from Is title, dry
abstruse work on technical science the contrary


1t so deals with the great events going the sce-
tihc mechanical and industrial worlds as to please and
instruct every one If the Mechanic Artzan wishes
to know the best machine in use or how to make any
substance employed in his business-f the Housewife
wishes TO get recipe for making good color &c-if
the Inventor wishes to know what going on in the
way of improvements-if the Manufacturer wishes to
keep posted with the times and to employ the best
cies in his busuess-fthe Man of Leisure and Study
wishes to keep himself familiar with the progress made
in the chemical laboratory, in the construction Of
telegraphs. steamships railroads, reapers mowers and
Thousand other machines and appliances, both of
peace and war-all these dcserd be found in the
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, and not elsclchrc They are here
presented in reliable and interesting FORM adapted to
tire comprehension of minds unlearned in the higher
branches OF science and art.
Year: 1859

1t Is n vvel1-knOyvn fact among. the mcdI-
cal men, that there has long been wanted good and
reliabe preparation OF SARSAPARILLA as nearly all
that are manufactured in the East CONTAIN SPIRITS and
some OF them even MERCURY although processing not
to do so-consequently for all cutaneous Diseases &c


they are injurious instead of benefcial.-Now in the
preparation offer to the public we are willing to
show the receipt to any matter whodoctor or
no doctor-as every man has right to know what he
Year: 1859

The trees and shrubbery around
town are now all in leaf, aud we notice in
MANY yards beautiful flowers in full bloom.
The first crop Of grass s ready to cut, and
in = day or two, the farmers will be busily
engaged haying. Corn is coming up finely
and 80 are potatoes.
Year: 1859

Surs says that it is preposterous for
any man to undertake to undersell him, in
the line Of boots and shoes, for it can't be
did. He is getting in new goods every
day, and the faster they come the cheaper
he sells them. Wait the denouement which
will transpire in q few days.
Year: 1859

rF If it would be just as conven-
lent for the captain Of the Denmark to give
us some new music occasionally, We think
he could much better please the citizens o.
Davenport. The same tunes are played on
the toot horn which travels with the Den
mark, that were played the first time she
came up to our levee. They are very
stale
Year: 1859

Too Much Work. - We hear a
great deal Of complaint about the manner
in which the streets are sprinkled. 1t is
evident that the street sprinkler is trying to
do too much work with one sprinkler, and
by 90 doing his whole labor goes for
nought.
Year: 1859

% The CampbeIls have come, and
will open their budget Of fun and music at
Metropolitan Hall. this evening. These
minstrels have gained world vide reputa-
ton. and We hope to see full house to
greet their first appearance.
Year: 1859

E% The Steamer Denmark which
arrived at our levee, yesterday, had on
board twelve returned Pixies Peakers. They
give very gloomy accounts Of the prospects
at the mines. Not one in one hundred who
have gone there will make their salt. The
average that these men had made while
there was fifteen cents per day. Big vagss.
that, for all able bodied men, after under
going all the hardships Of ajourney to that
delectable country,
Year: 1859

~ Much fear was entertained in
the early part Of the season, that the
wheat crop would be somewhat injured
from putting in the seed too thick, but we
now learn that the grain was not quite
thick enough. But what We have seen ap-
pears to be in fret rate trim, being neither
too thick or too thin. Let we'll enough
alone. Mr.. Farmer. and don't grumble.
Year: 1859

H New Flour and Feed Store
Geneseo Flour and Feed Store, No. So Bra
dy street. nearly opposite the Post Office.
where can be found the best quality o
Flour. White Winter. Old Spring and New
Spring, Wholesale and Retail delivered
free Of charge Call and see the Flour, it
will show for itself f. BROWN,


My25-lw. Agent.
Year: 1859

esterday was death on tall
hats. The way they flew up Second street
and down on the Levee, was fun to the small
boys. We saw one or two tiles floating in
the river. near shore, and two more flying
to keep their company. One man lost q
good hat while on the bridge yesterday af-
ternoon. But "it's an i'll wind that blows
nobody good" and the wind yesterday wa,
God send to some of our hat stores.
Year: 1859

CoLLEcTloNs.-lti is a. true saying
that the last bin paid is the printers; and
it is also true, much as We regret to say it,
that If any bill is to..be forgotten entirely, it
is sure to be the one held by the above
named unfortunate individual. For the
above reasons we had hoped that Pixies
Peak might prove a second California, % in
that case we should have entertained some
hopes of recovering the various little
amounts which the deluded pilgrims in
their haste to be off to the newly discover
cd Opher. allowed to slip their memory
But even that hope is badly "bust az
Pixies Peak has proved most grievous
humbug Here in our own city q great
deal of difficulty is experienced in making
what collections are necessary to defray our
current expenses, and it all arises from the
self same idea, that "the printer does not
need money!" II the printer does not re


quire money, we should really like to know
what class Of business men do7 Their ex.
penses such as paper, help, ink, telegraph


gas. rent, etc., are all cash articles, and have
to be paid promptly. This being the case,
how is publisher to meet his weekly ex-
penses If his bills are not promptly liquida-
ted 2 He cannot do it, and the fault rests
with those who can pay. but wiA not. The
genial countenance of our collector will
make its appearance quite often hereaf
ter. and the only way our friends can gel
rid Of him will be to allow him the pleas
ure of receipting their bill after he hal
carefully counted the money. Boots are
cheap, and John, with his numerous calls


will undoubtedly make sole leather auffer
Year: 1859

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no part of which expenditure goes out of
the neighborhood; it is all spent to benefit
some enterprise established in our midst,
except the sum set down for the purchase Of
chemicals. Our railroad and river routes
will be greatly benefited by the shipment
Of the starch to all parts Of the country. for
there 10 not town or village in the West,
North or South to which the article will not
be sent, and we might compliment the COM
psny for their foresight in choosing point
from which radiate so many lines Of travel
From the above amount of corn they will
gain 100000 lbs of pure starch. which, at
6 cents, would amount to e54, 900, netting
profit of $23,3OO. q handsome surplus
enough to satisfy any men who are content
to live by the profits Of legitimate busi-
nea Success say We to oil such enterprises.
Year: 1859

E 1t will be seen by his card in
to-days paper, that our old and esteemed
friend L. G. Eads has taken up his abode at
his old beautiful home, Argyle Cottage.
near the city of LIE Claire. The Colonel was
a citizen of the above place over seven
years, when he removed to Davenport and
engaged actively and largely in the land
agency business, and we presume has been
one among the fortunate.


We almost envy him the sweet comforts
of so pleasant q home as that to which he is
about to retire and SO richly merits We
part with him with pain. but.we are quite
sure his old and numerous nei ghbors and
friends at LIE Claire will hail his return with
pleasure.


We wish him long life, much happiness,
and mellow rays of his setting sun.
Year: 1859

N. BUY YOUR BOOKS At THE GIFT BOZ 6f0kk
where you may buy


A Book and Gold Watch for Sl0e


A Book and q Silver Watch for LOO


A Book and o Gold Chain for 100 s
Book and Gold Thimble for loo a4
A Book and Cameo Pin for 100


A Book and set of Sleeve Buttons for 100
Book and Gold Locket for 100


Book and q Gold Bracelet for LOO
A Book and Gold Pencil for 100 ~
Book and Gift Book for 100


This il q great movement. which has for its end
the dssemina ton Of knowledge. Be sure to cali at
No. Sc Main street. and BY Book. ap12-et
Year: 1859

Georgeanna.-This new and handsome steam
er. running between Richmond and Balti-
more, is mp for public patronage. and her
agents say they are willing 10 bring freight
and passengers to the Fair of the Virginia Ag-
ricultnrai Society as good terms as any
other steamer that floats. II none Of the lines
advertise their terms before our Northern
friends are ready to ship to the Fair, we ad-
wise them to call on all the agents. ascertain
who is willing to 90 most towards enconrag-
ing the Fair, and give their patronage where
they can do best. From all that we can
learn, there seems to be no doubt that any OF
the steamers running to this port will bring
Fair goods and take them back for half price.
Try them all.
Year: 1859

AN UNoFFENDINa MAN KILLED BY Row
DIEs.-The Cincinnati Commercial, of Monday,
states that German shoemaker named Peter
Schneider, was assaulted and killed by party
of rowdies while walking quietly to his house.
The deceased was overtaken on the Cummins-
Vile road by a barouche containing four men,
one of whom struck the German with IA whip
No cause whatever was given for the blow
Another man in the barouche drew q dirk
knife, and attacking him with it, wounded him
first in the right thigh and then dealt him a
mortal blow, striking him in the neck and sew
ering the jaguiar vein. One OF the party was
apprehended.
Year: 1859

Roekstfs Lsdge.-Messrs. Cooley & Osgood,
the contractors for removing this ledge are
steadily at work upon it, but find some por-
tions of the stone too hard even for their huge
chisels, one of which was broken lew days
since in the effort to crush the stone. They
are, however, having the instrument mended,
and will doubtless in future employ some
power to burst up the stone, when the chisei
will then readily break it into suitable pieces,
TO be removed by the hoisting machine.
Year: 1859

The ScOIchman and his Daughter.


A Scotchman gave the following advice
to his daughter on entering a boarding
school.


"Now, daughter, ye hae just four things
to learn in Edinburgh. Ye hae to learn
to manage your head, your hands, your feet
and your heart. Your head will require a
little rubbing up, bath outside and inside.
It's no the the bobs and the curls, the rib
bon and the rose knots, the gildet kames,
and the toppings o'-wsel-sleek-it up hair,
that are to stand the test Of life, and yet
these are a. becoming in their places. But
there is something else required. Ye maun
learn to think for yourself, for you Gamma al
ways have your mother and me TO think
and act for you. Ye maun learn to weigh
and calculate not only your own actions, but
your motives of action as well as the ac-
tions and apparent motives of those with
whom you have to deal, and stick aye by
that, my child, of which you are never to
be ashamed, either in this world or in that
to come.


If ever you arc spared to be wife, there
will mair depend upon your head than your
hands; and you arc none the waur o being
able to cook your family a neat dinner, aud
make yourself new gown at ony time, Oh
frock TO wee bit ane.


But now, for the heart, daughter; that is
what requires the maist care, and the mast
watching o all, and there's naught else that
l am sac unqualified in giving advice
Keep it aye free O malice, rancor and de
ceit; and as to the forming of any improp
cr acquaintance, or youthful partially, il
is sac dangerous at your time Of life, that
nae advice can countervail. maun there
fore leave it entirely to your ain discretion
and good sense.


l might hae mentioned the management
of the tongue, as another and separate
point of attention; but it is a mere machine
and acts only in subordination to the head
and to the heart, and, if these are kept il
proper order, the other will nae rim fal
wrong. But dinna be over punctual abou
catching the English pronunciation. Il
looks rather affected in country girl to 6(
always swapping at the English, and at thC
same time be popping in an auld Scott
phrase, which she learnt in the nursery, fo
it is impossible to get quit O. them. Blu
mind this, my child, that good sense is wei
favored and becoming, in whatever dialoc
it be spoken, and anc's mther's tongue al
ways suits either the lips of boonny las
or an auld earl the best.-Ettriek Shepherd
Year: 1859

A ludicrous attempt to murder husband,
which recently occurred in Halifax, Eng
land, is thus related:


A certain woman felt her husband an in
cumbrance, and applied to the druggist of
the village for six-penny worth of arsenic.
He very properly refused, and informed her
husband, at the same time inquiring of him
for what purpose his wife could require it.
The husband told the druggist that if she
applied again he must sell her some harm
less article in lieu of the arsenic, and they
would sec what her objects were. She did
apply again, and the wary apothecary de-
liYered her ssme carbonate of soda, telling
her husband of what had occurred. When
he went home he found meat pie prepared
for dinner; he pretended first want Of appe-
tite, and invited her to help herself. She
refused, and he at last ate quantity of the
pie. In a little while he professed himself
unwell, then feigned thirst, then alarming
sickness and finally death. The treacher,
Gus woman manifested great concern during
these proceedings; but the instant death ap.
pearcd to her to have occurred, she passed
a rope through the chamber floor, and knit
it to her husbands reck, in order that wher
neighbors were called in he might appear tc
have hanged himself. She then ran uE
stairs to draw up and fix the rope. The in
, stant she had disappeared, the dead mar
revived, released himself Of the rope, ant
passed it around the leg of the table, snC
the woman hung that useful and domesti,
article instead of the other one, the husband
The latter also ran up stairs, inquiring o
the faithless woman "what she was afte
drawing the table up that wayf" The al
fair has ended for the present in his, as tn,
phrase is, taking the law into his own hands
He has given her, as the Yorkshire folk
say, "a right down good hiding"
Year: 1859

A sound mind in sound body---a great
blessing this, and one which all parents
should try to SEIZURE for their children. Ex-
cessive mental exertion is bad for any child.
The physical system should be the first OBJ
iect If the order Of nature be reversed, the
mind as we'll as the body will suffer- 1t
would often be easy for skillful parent to
make a child prodigy, but a jddicious pa
rent will never attempt it. Premature
growth Of mind will seldom, if ever, be found
to spring from vigorous root. We Go not
doubt that many have sunk into an early
grave through the unnatural developement
of their faculties, aud the excessive excite
ment of mental and physical scnsibilitY,
which is the effect of it. Let it be, then,
the care eff the parent to guide and direct,
rather than to force, into right channel the
immature mental faculties of the child
But by all means, would we earnestly rec
Commend, to 90 hand in hand with moral
traing, heath-preserving and yigor inn
parting education Of the body. TO be more
explicit, we would say, in the first place, if
circumstances give the freedom of choice, do
not send children Of an early age to school.
Tho many hours confinement, the frequent
close atmosphere, and the constrained post
ure connected with most schools for young
children, can but be injurious to theil
health. Their time would be far bet
employed in acquiring, by almost constant
exercise, the bone and muscle which
they will want in future life. The above
objection, however, does not altogether ap
ply to infant schools, which, when propcrl,
conducted, especially provide for the physi
cal training of the scholars, combining
healthy play with learning, and are geneT
ally open and well ventilated. 1t is I
source of rejoicing that parents whose tim


and energies are so occupied that they car


not attend to the well-training of their chi


dren at home, are enabled so advantageous
l.. ly to secure it abroad. Were all school
for older children conducted on the sam


principle, las they might be,) so as to carr


out system ofthorough physical as well :
: mental instruction, and to encourage, ratl


er than repress, bodily activity, the NOR
e and intellectual, as well as the pysical re
suits, would be most blessed.
Year: 1859

CARD.-Itis is a well known fact among medl-
reliable preparation of SARSAPARILLA, as nearly
all that manufactured in the East CONTAIN SPIRITS,
and some Of them MERCURY, although protesting
etc. they Injurious instead of beneficial. Now in
the preparation we offer TO the public we willing
to show the receipt to any one-no matter who--Doc-
TOR OR NO DooToR-as every man has right to know
what he Is taking:
Year: 1859

FALL OF PLAsTERING.-Yesterday evening about
seven o'clock, some ten feet square of the plaster
ing of the ceiling of the room occupied by the
House Printing Telegraph, southwest corner of
which created much alarm. Fortunately no per
son was near enough to receive injury nor was any
damage done to the apparatus of the telegraph


ACcIDaNr-Y esterday a man named Patrick
Hay burn, fell from a second story window oe house
No. LOG Dugan's wharf to the pavement. He receiv-
ed cut on his forehead and is supposed to
have been seriously injured internally. officer A.
McCatferty, procured wagon, and had him con-
veyed to his boarding house on Marsh Market
space, where DIR. Duhurst rendered him medical
Year: 1859




WASHINGTON, April l9.-The amendment to the
treaty provides that the United States
shall engage to use due vigilance and all lawful
means to prevent the organization of hostile par
ties in this country, intended for the invasion of
Nicaragua. While some prominent gentlemen
look upon this a reflection on our good faith in
carrying out the neutrality laws and unnecessa-
ry, others are disposed to regard the ratification
an evidence of the disposition of Nicaragua to cul-
tivate friendly relations. Slight as is the amend
ment it is not certain it will be acceptable to the
Administration, which has not yet given it due
consideration.


With regard to the efforts of the British authori-
ties to remove the obstacles to the Clayton and
Bulwer treaty, the present appearances, if not
assurances, are such as not to change the belief
that there will be favorable solution of the
question.


1t has heretofore been confidently stated that the
Paraguay feet had been ordered to Central Ameri-
ca, but such does not now to be probable, al
though several of the vessels will be sent to the
Gulf when they shall again be put in commits
sion. 1t is considered that there is sufficient
force in Central America for all practical rur-
Year: 1859

The alarm of fire at seven and a half clock last
night was caused by the partial burning of an un-
finished brick house, owned by Mr.. Bromwell, on
West Fayette street, between Gilmor and Stricken
streets. The fire was discovered and extinguished
by the neighbors before any material damage was
Year: 1859

BUFFALO, April l5.-Yesterday the wind blew gale
from the west, raising the water suddenly at the
foot Of the lake. The water rose over the floor OF
the Western Transportation Company large ware
house, wetting considerable quantity of goods in
transport for the West The propeller Missouri,
from Detroit for Buffalo, threw overheard 14l hhds
of ham
Year: 1859

Future, and impressed it on het heart.
She was child Of impulse-a child of
Nature and of Truth. Hers was gen
erous, noble nature; wild and iupctuous
she often was, yet her heart was full Of
tenderness, and at the first kind word,
the tear:drops trembled on her silken
lashes, and the word of forgiveness on
her lips.


Her early years-thosc sunny years Of
childhood-were passed in sweet New
England village, and her home was a fit
nursery for the native poetry of her
heart. Hers was cottage home, far
removed from the beaten highway, in a
lone, secluded dell, where the music of the
lofty pines and the low rippling Of the
brook, we're the lully -bies of her childish
fancies. Her companions had been the
forest birds and the tiny fishes which
sported in the little brook T.; and hour after
hour would she watch their graceful mo-
tions and laugh at their merry gambols.
A solemn awe would creep o'er her spirits
as she watched the tiny leaves on the tall
poplars or listened to their ceaseless whis-
perings.


Years passed, and she was no longer a
child. School, with its joys and cares
was now her home and although she
wept when, for the first time, she conned
her task under other than her mothers
eye, and her little heart rebelled at the
command Of others, yet she soon learned
to love her school-books had for her
peculiar charms Night after night would
she lingcr over some delightful page in
history, or her heart would throb and her
eve beam as she recoanted deeds Of cru
city and wrong.


But Gertrude, although gifted and
noble, knew not yet the power of her
genius ;. she knew that she was alone, and
she often wept that it was so; she longed
for sympathy-for the communion of
heart with heart-yet she was happy, for
no sorrow had yet disturbed her soul and
unscaled that fearful gulf, Despair. Of
all her friends, Emily Somers was d, art
She loved her first for her sweet, her
witching beauty; for the mir,bful beam
Of her soft blue eye, and the sweet glad
smile which wreathed her sunny brow.
As she knew her better, she loved her for
her gentle heart-so kind, feeling and
forgiving, it seemed fit dwelling for the
Angel of Peace. No passion ever moved
her, and her soft eyes seemed ever plead
ing for love. And ardent indeed was the
attachment thus early awakened between
these noble girls.


But Gertrude was not thus to remain
free from the blight Of other love. Oh,
no her eye spoke of her future, and
as you gaz d into her face, or listened
to the breoth;ngs Of her poetic soal, you
could but teel there was romance in her
very life, whose end must be Of Mystery
and Passion. She had learned to love-
to love with every pulsation Of her warm
young heart, and as they alone can love
who love but once. 1t is sad, fearful
thing, for romantic nature to feel the
soft enchantment of affection-to stake
as it were, its very life upon single die


It matters not its history-Love has wings
Like lightning swift and fatal, and it springs
Like wild flower where it's least expected,
Existing, whether cherished or neglected.
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