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Year: 1859

The following beautiful passageis taken
from Timothy Titcomb's or DIR. Hollands
"Preachings upon Popular Proverbs"
which the Springfield Mass Republican
is now giving to the world


"The body is to die; so much is certain.
What lies beyond? No one who passes
the charmed boundary comes back to tell
The imagination visits the realms of sha-
dows-sent out from some window of the
soul over life's restless waters, but wings
its way YEARLY back with an olive leaf in
its beak as token Of emerging life be-
yond the closely bending horizon. The
great sun comes and goes in heaven. yet
breathes no secret of the ethereal wilder
ness. The crescent moon cleaves her
nightly passage across the upper deep. but
tosses overheard no message and displays
no signals. The sentinel stars challenge
each other as they walk their nightly
rounds, but we catch no syllable of their
countersign which gives passage to the
heavenly camp. Shut in. Shut in! Be.
tween this and the other life there is q
great gulf fixed, across which neither eye
nor foot can travel. The gentle friend
whose eyes we closed in their last sleep
long years ago, died with rapture in her
wonder stricken eyes, a smile of ineffable
JOY upon her lips and hands folded over
"A triumphant heart: but her lips were
past speech, and intimated nothing OF the
vision that enthralled her"
Year: 1859

ORIGIN OF "OlD SCRATCH. old Nick,
although considered rather sharp than
Otherwise, has been served some very
acute tricks. Among the best, we have
heard OF a poor old cobbler who made a
league with him, and after enjoying every
earthly blessing, he W $ waited upon mt
the end OF the term by his birthstone
majesty, who demanded his soul.


The cobbler took sharp knife, and
ripping of the sole OF his shoe, threw it
at the feet OF his iilustrious guest.


What does this mean?' cried the lat
ter.


Look at the coptract." was the reply
of the cobbler.


Satan examined the contract, and
found that the word was spelt sole, which
only entitled him to the piece Of leather.
He turned on his heel, and went off
scratching his head and he has been call
ed odd Scratch" ever since.
Year: 1859

CONDUCTOR KILLED.-Jos. Harrison, q
conductor of freight train on the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad, was caught
between the top of the car and bridge
near the latter city, few days since, and
injured so badly that he died in short
time
Year: 1859

We clip the following extract from u
New Orleans letter TO the Nashville Pa
triot, dated Goth ultimo:


Incendiaries have been at work in the
4th District of the city, and several large
fires have occurred. 1t is to be hoped
that the police will soon put an eilectual
stop to them.


Nearly every boat which comes into
port, no matter from where she halls,
brings more or less of the great Southern
Staple. The planters have raised large
crops, and many have to buy more ne
groes to help pick it out, making from
twelve to fifteen bales to the hand, and
Notwithstanding the large receipts, good
prices have been and are still well man
tained. The demand for King Cotton
seems to increase farther than the produc-
ton. A fine thing for the South. Crops
of corn along the Mississippi are very
fine indeed. From - to 81 10 is the rate.
A great deal has been sent here too damp
The general impression seems to be that
those prices will not be maintained long.
but the market will be dropping one
and come down to low figure as soon as
the rivers rise and the receipts are in
creased.


met French gentleman yesterday
who is in the habit of dealing in Sugar
and he remarked that every hogshead
was in greater demand than hundred dol
lar notes. Undoubtedly the sugar crop
is very short one. The cane, although
it appeared very promising during the
Summer months and looks welle now,
yields much less juice than was anticipa-
ted. Some of the planters say that
owing to the very dry weather of this fall,
there is not water enough in the stalks to
hold in solution the saccharine NATTER
| think that the most plausible reason.-
One thing is very certain-sugars will
surely rule high, and as the Frenchman
said, it will take about hundred dollar
| note to cover a good hogsheau,
Year: 1859

New AND IMPORTANT BANK RuLE.-The
New York Post states that number of
banks of that city in view OF recent los
ses from forged checks Of three or four
thousand dollars each, have determined
to adopt rule to pay checks as presen-
ted, and whether forged or not, to charge
the depostor's accounts with the amount
paid. When accounts are made up if
discrepancies occur between the bank
and the customer. and a forged check is
found to be the cause, the corporation is
to throw the on's proJaaH upon the Gus,
toner, and compel him to prove the
check a forgery; or, in other words the
customer prove to the satisfaction Of the
bank that he is honest.
Year: 1859

Be5~ Dickens says Of mother who
died with her babe on her bosom:


"Clasping that light spar with her arms
she driited out upon the dark and un-
known sea that rolls around the world"
Year: 1859

psy- A man in Kalamazoo is training
an elk to trot on the race course. The
elk has already trotted against horse
fora purse of seven hundred dollars
winning the prize by long distance.
Year: 1859

II The best thing IN the world for low
spirits is, to have clear conscienee and a
warm heart. Never be guilty Of anything
that would trouble your mind; keep your
heart warm with love for every one; and
you will pass through the world as smooth
Iy as over sheet Of glass.
Year: 1859

There was some moderation in the tone of the
weather yesterday. The talk was, that the sugar
cane has been seriously injured, and lower esti-
mates follow this extreme early cold SPELL Of
course, there was marked stiffness in prices
among the gimlet rangers yesterday. There was
not sign of rain yesterday. The sun in the morn
ing and evening was particularly noticed but
rain may follow the moderation, as the barometer
indicated something towards decline. It is
hardly necessary to repeat the talk of low water
and difficulties of navigation in the Mississippi and
all its tributaries. The Western merchants and
dealers, however, put good face on the Interrupt
uon and as they are not in the habit of advancing
on crops to grow, or on grain and breadstuts stor
ed away in the interior they can philosophically
Withstand the delays of navigation However, the
ooats from the West manage to work along with
good supplies of produce, which keep the stocks
on Ichoupitoulas, New Levee, Poydras and Fulton
streets well supported, and ample for the regular
demand and trade from Alabama, Georgia and
Texas, which, by-thebye, is not large at this mo-
ment. There is more activity on the great levee-
cotton is being hurried shipboard as fast as the
twenty steam presses can move it.


There were the usual gatherings on Carondelet
street yesterday after the sun got well up. There
was also more doing in cotton, the sales exceeding
Year: 1859

Complaints are daily accumulating of the great
drouth, which has prevailed for four weeks. The
last rain We had in this vicinity was on the 10th of
October with slight sprinkling on the 22d-not
sufficient to lay the dust. The for gathering
cotton has been remarkably prosperous, and no
complaints of the yield have been received from
far and near, excepting from some of the old worn
out lands in the parishes Of East and West Fell
ciana, and from two or three counties in Missis-
sppi the land having been worn out quarter of
century ago; yet, good crop, or nearly an
average one, has been gathered. The planters ap-
pear in most every section to be well satisfied with
returns, both in the yield and the market prices,
and many Of them anxious for a few more
descendants of, real Africans to aid in develop
ing the many acres of land now waiting to be
brought into cultivation.
Year: 1859

From the New York Sunday Times.l
Where dost thou linger?-thou whose gentle bearing
Seemed still the promise of gentle heart?
Yet who, DER ALL q manly pride still wearing
Oh shall we walk forevermore apart?
Now thou art gone, the truth is clear before me
The truth l saw not whilst thou still vert near
Would that might yet to my side restore thee
By the brief sentence, " Thou to me art dear -
Thy voice of music, in my car still sounding,
Robs Of all sweetness every other tone;
With loving kindness DER my path abounding,
Without thy presence am sad and lone.
In vain to me another's worth is proven,
Vainy in tender cares his love is shown;
Thy memory, with all my thoughts inwoven
Through every trial holds me still thy own.
The humblest home to which thy hand might lead


me,


When shared with thee would beautiful appear
With all that wealth could give, my heart would


need thee
And all without thee would be dark and drear.
My soul is weary with its sad, vain longing,
And yet thy coming, hoping still, doth wait;
While thou thine own true heart art blindly


wronging-


Return, beloved one, ere it be too late
Year: 1859

The Paris correspondence of the Boston
Traveller writes:


Drunkenness is universal IN Paris just now,
and encouraged by the government, because it
makes the soldier and conscript forget--suerV-
thing, at a moment when memory is prone TO
be so busy, and remembrances so painful The
discipline in this particular s entirely relaxed.
| have seen company after company move
along so drunk they could scarcely walk. As
their guns are taken away from them, and will
be given them only when they reach Genoa,
there is no danger OF their doing damage with
their weapons The strangest scene | saw was
at the Lyons railway station, where the troops
took their departure Soldiers Of every differ.
ent arm of service were huddled together
They were without weapons. Each had
well filed kuapsack, ON the back Of which was
strapped fat cake Of brown bread foot wide
and four inches thick. These were the otisin1l
dimensions, but many had been curtailed of
their proportion until little remained except a
! huge slice The immense space in front OF the
departing" station was filled with fellows
| stretched full length ON the ground sleeping off
| in the sun the fumes Of the wine Here were
sergeants busiy engaged calling the roll" and
leading their men into the cars There were
drunken fellows examining all their pocke cts
with hard boiled red Easter eggs. Many groups
were formed by weeping mothers and sisters
and fathers and brothers bidding farewell to the
to the loved one. How many of all these |
have seen depart will return here againl No
scene (belevs me, saw many painful scenes)
Of all those | saw touched me so near as the
! parting between brother aud sister-suoh
was their relation, heard them say The girl
was seamstress and wore no bonnet, but a
neat muslin cap decked with cherry ribbons,
which set off her embrowned face with great
advantage do not think she could have been
more than eighteen. Tears streamed down her
checks. She filled every pocket he had with
something or another she had bought from the
pedlars that hawked eatabes around, and when
his pockets were fnll she took little silk apron
she wore and packing it to its utmost capacity,
tied it securely an placed it under his arm -
When the parting moment came (000 men
were sent of hourly the poor child hung TO
her brother as if she would have that second
eternal, and bowing her head on his breast, wept
silently and bitterly His lip quivered and
tears stood in his eyes "He Ia bds! 97 97 de
peche-toi doae!" cried the sergeant The
brother kissed the girl on both cheeks, and in
a moment was hid by the great door, behind
which none but soldiers can go, l walked be.
hind tbs poor girl as she returned home She
lived not far from Notre Dame. She occupied
a Dom in the garrett for | saw her open the
window, and sitting near it, bury her face in


her hands
Year: 1859

which be believed il the duty Of the Supreme
Court of the State TO exercise in this and all
similar cases II was the only position, in his
Judgment, peacefully, and with due respect TO
wards the Federal Judiciary, TO maintain the in
dependent State sovereignty contemplated by
the trainers Of the Federal Government, and to
avoid an unconditional surrender Of tho consli.
tutiona powers belonging to the States when
ever usurpcd by the Federal Government.


Entertaining these views, he added and, after
carefully examining the Constitution and the
act Of Congress in question, with the aid Of all
the reasons and light afforded by the various
opinions aud authorities referred to, having
no reasonable doubt Of the unconstitutionality
of the act upon which the prisoners had been
convicted aud imprisoned that in his Judgment
they ought to be forthwith discharged
Year: 1859

By the Overland Mail, with dates to the 2sth
April, we are informed by the N. Y. HLralfs
Washington correspondence that


--a negotiations have been going on there be-
tween the chiefs of the regular Democracy and
those of the Douglas wing, including Mr. u.
himself broadly foreshadowing the following
Presidential programme First, the union of the
two factions upcn a compromise on the question
of slavery in tho Territories, which will leave
the exclusive supervision of the subject to the
Supreme Court The right of the people of the
South to settle il the Territories with their slave
property, remaining as affirmed by the bred
Scott decision. Second, two national conven-
tions in 1860; The work of the Charleston Con-
vention to be limited to the reunion of the party
upon new platform. The second convention,
in this event, will probably be fixed for Scptem-
ber, and in the city of New York. By that time
the chiefs of the party will have discovered their
most available candidates, and where the weak
points of the enemy lie."


Douglas can very readily agree to the first
part of this programme, as it is just precisely
what he has been steadily contending for all the
time As to the second part, that is a matter OF
expediency, and may be agreed to by both sides
without stirring up strife or bitterness of any
kind. We hope the Ueralds report may prove
true, although we are not accustomed to place
much reliance on the political intelligence o.
that paper
Year: 1859

ticket their support, find lin case of failing to
attain their ends) some PLAUSIBLE excuse for
withdrawing their support. For that reason
alone Democrats should be careful who they
trust.


make these few passing remarks, believing
that agitatng question, and giving it publicity,
may work some good and can certainly injure
none. DEMOCRAT
Year: 1859

OLD LINE WHIGs'-We call upon all
honorable old line Wings to come up
like men and support the administration
democracy. And, in urging this, we
do not intend to indulge in silly nom
sense by saying that there is no differ
ence between Whiggcry and Democra-
cy. Wings must know, by this time,
that they have been in error all their
days. They certainly now understand
how egregiously they were befogged
and bamboozled by such ambitious po-
litical charlatans as Clay, Webster, ct i'd
omne genus. When Henry Clay was
alive, his fame and influence were SO
great over his followers that it was al
most impossible to convert W hig to
the true faith but now since that dam
gercus demagogue is dead, you, Wings
ought not to be afraid to acknowledge
your past wrong, and to Join the ranks
OF that glorious party against which he
and you have always fought.


And there is another consideration
worthy your attention. A great many
of your number are already in our ranks,
and if few more of you come over,
you will form majority of the Admin
istration party, and can mako it wha.
you please. A majority of old democrats
are acting with the Douglas party, and
unless you supply their places We are
'gone in" And, if you are going to
come, please make up your minds and
come quick." There is no time for de-
lay. If yox hesitate, ,ce are lost.
Year: 1859

SAN FRANclsCo, May 2S
In the Twelfth District Court Yesterday, n
suit was commenced against Geo. Hudson by
authority of Attorney General, to oust him
from his pretended office of Justice of the
Peace of the fifth township


In the Fourth District Court Judgment
was rendered this morning in favor of Solo
mon Adler against Levi Weidman and 9TH
ers, for $4,000 with two per cent. month
since 81.
Year: 1859

DWELLING IIoUsEs-It is fact that at the
present time there are far less dwelling hou-
ses to let in this city than there has been for
some time past. 1t is now very difficult to
find any thing by way of respectable and
convenient dwellings for families in the more
populous portions Of the city.-Sacrament
Register.
Year: 1859

A CORRESPONDENT of the Chicago Tribune
says that the great billiard match at Detroit
was regular sell" got up by the principals
to cheat outsider; that there was no stake
between the players and that the whole
thing was an advertising dodge for Phelan's
especial benefit, he being a vendor of billiard
tables in New York. His confederates made
their profits in "side bets" the result having
been agreed upon in advance.
Year: 1859

MATRIMoYIAL.-The Union understands
that an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court contemplates union with the neice of
a distinguished counselor of San Francisco,
and will leave for the East on wedding tour
on the next steamer. having been granted
leave of absence by special Act of the Legis-
Iature
Year: 1859

NUMEROUS parties have recently passed
through Carson Valley from this State. Some
of them were bound for the mines of Walk
'ers river some to Pixies Peak, but the ma
jority were going to the Atlantic States.
Year: 1859

Az the Marshall County Democrat Job Office,
IA neat and cheap work be done as at any
Printing establishment in Northern Indiana
Haring good Card Press, such work can be
done very short notice and on reasonable terms
Call and see our samples ofwork.
Year: 1859

What wise compensation Providence
does afford, exclaimed a pretty belle dur
ing the gale of Wednesday; the same wind
the eyes of the wicked young mea who
would take advantage of our admirable
confusion.--Er


Notwithstanding the dust, we would GO
one eye on the confusion.
Year: 1859

On Saturday morning John Ryan, who was ar
of party who were in the hack of John Fannin,
and who fired pistol at him with intent to kill,
because he would not drive them where they want
ed to go, had hearing before Mayor swami
Fannin could not identify Ryan, nor could he tell
the names of any of the party who were in the
hack, although he stated to the officers that he
knew them all. The Mayor accordingly discharged
Ryan. Marshal Manly stated to the Mayor that he
had good reason to suppose that Fannin was the
driver of the hack from which the pistol was fired
on Thursday night, at the corner OF Hanover and
baltimore streets, and which evaded the pursuit of
the police by rapid driving. There was no posi-
tive evidence to mplicate Fannin. and he was dis
charged.
Year: 1859

OUR REFORM MEErING.-A correspondent of the
Patapsco Enterprise, makes the following comment
on the late meeting in the square:


Rowdyism tried its hand slightly on the occasion.
but the paralysis inflicted by popular Indignation
was apparent. 1t snarled and yelled and attempted
to bite but its fangs were broken; and smitten by
the energetic hand of the police writhed and Sunk
away. o, cannot tell you how hateful it became
when it exposed its foul proportions and impotent
malice to the open eye of day. All men saw and
loathed it. And when we remember that this
hideous thing has been in league with rep esenta-
tive men, and has held the city authorities at
defiance, we wonder at our infatuation and
most abject degradation Can such things be and
overcome us? | learn that Mayor Swami has ex-
pressed purpose and desire to cooperate with
this movement and to signalize his administrator
by eteetualy subduing this malignant foe to peace
and order. That it can be done, we all know verv
well-it only wants the will. And if Mayor Swami
should now exert his will, in common with the
people, the end Of this of diabOlEm is at hand
Year: 1859

In another column will be found the resolu-
sions adopted by the Democratic State Con-
yention. The first resolution endorses the
Cincinnati platform, and the second reiterste'
che true popular sovereignty doctrine, that the
people Of the Territories have the right to form
their own domestic institutions. The position
Of the anti-Lecompton Democrats upon the
question of Congressional Intervention, cannot
be mistaken. As q matter Of principle they
hold that Congress has no more right under the
Constitution to interfere in the domestic affairs
Of the Territories, than it has to interfere in
tbe affairs Of the several States; and OF course
they will firmly oppose every attempt at inter-
vention whether it comes from the North or
the South. As q matter Of policy, too, they
hold that the people Of the Territories should
be allowed to establish their own institutions,
and either protect or exclude slavery as ma
jority may determine. They repudiste the
doctrine of Intervention in any form, believing
as they do that the bona 6de inhabitants of the
Territories, who alone are Interested should
be permitted to settle the question Of slavery
for themselves. The doctrine Of non-inierven-
siou 10 70 just and national that IL must event
ually become the settled policy of the govern
ment Let the question Of slavery be settled
upon this principle, and sectional agitation
will cease.