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Year: 1860

Machiue, Patented October $50.
HAV1NG PURCHASED THE RIGHT TO
Ill manufacture and sell the above machine in
the State Of Iowa, We hereby give notice to all who
tave washing to do and who have not) that We
are prepared to I'LL all orders that may be made or



Call and see, and be satisfied that We have


The Very Best Washer now in Use.
They can be had on Third street, near corner Of
Brady, and between Brady and Perry. Price 81.
Remember, We guarantee perfect satisfaction or
ne sale. Usage.


Oct5
Year: 1860

eY The boys had gay time of it
Saturday coasting down Brady stree. on their
allowed Of their running nearly mile, but the
rain has about used up the fun. Some of the
lads were dodging about the streets on skates
Rather rough work we should say
Year: 1860

STEALING PAPERs.-There is still q
number Of complaints from our subscribers
that their papers have been stolen. Let these
paper thieves have care, or they will certain
ly get themselves into trouble. We are not
disposed to be trifed with in this matter.
Year: 1860

sW There is any quantity of game
of every description in our market, save vents
son. We should think our market men could
make it profitable to import this delicious mea
from Chicago 1t is very plentiful in that
market
Year: 1860

10 make good investment in building. in man
ufscturing. or loaning monsy-in fact We have
work and opportunity for oil Who will come.


Nor shall We be lighted. The sformer histo-
ry of the rush Of immigration TO this point fur.
nishe. us with food for hope that such will
continue to be the case unless some obstacle be
thrown in their way. The channels Of imui-
grafton Westward are about to be throhged
with the bone and sinew OF the East let ev-
cry inducement be offered by landlords and
landholders to keep oil here who come to set
tie. Much can be done by all Ia this behalf
and it is expected that all will take an interest
to greater or less degree in the matter On
it. in measure. our future prosperity de-
pends
Year: 1860

EE The rain continued falling on
Saturday to considerable extent. Sleighing
is pretty much used up.


sB An immense quantity of coal is
now being hauled across the river by teams
it is cold for about the same price as at the
yard.
Year: 1860

to such eoasis,ence that when placed on
the board il will not sun off, Allowing
this to be the test, il should be as liquid
as possible. Let them have three times
per day as much as they can eat, and
when not feeding let them bo covered
With With mats or saeking. If they are
doing well they win heat and steam, and
the heat should be perceptible to the
aand when j, is put in. This should fat
ten them in ten days"


AIR DRsfSs,-L- Ii. Tucker, Of the
Country Gentlemen, speaking Of visit
TO farmer while in England, says ~
Mr.. C.'s experience on heavy clay lands
leads him to estimate very highly the i'm
poriance Of having line of tile at the
head of the Geld, connecting the upper
ends for the admission Of air. He
thought the circulation Of air thus given
through the underground channels on
stiff lands of great efficiency in supply
ing the place of the abundant pores found
in more open and gravelly soil, and
also admitting atmospheric air to the su-
perincumbent soil
Year: 1860

Gentlemen: Your official commu-
nication of the 18th inst. informing
me that the representatives of the Re-
publican party of the United States.
assembled at Chicago. had by unan-
imous vote selected me as their candi-
date for the Office of Vice President of
the United States, has been received,
together with the resolutions adopted
by the Convention as its declaration
of principles.


Those resolutions enunciate clearly
the principles which unite US, and the
objects proposed to be accomplished.
There is neither necessity nor propriety
in my entering upon a discussion of
them. They have the approval of my
judgment, and so far as any action of
mine is concerned, will be cordially
and faithfully sustained.


am profoundly grateful to those
with whom it is my pride and pleas
ure politically to operate, for the nom
ination so Unexpectedly conferred; and
| desire to tender through you to the
members OF the Convention, my sin
cerc thanks for the confidence thus re-
posed in me.


Should the nomination which /
now accept be ratified by the people.
and the duties devolve upon me of pre-
siding over the Senate of the United
States, it will be my earnest endeavor
faithfully TO discharge them, with a
Just regard for the rights of all.


IL is to be observed in connection
with the doings of the Convention,
that paramount object with us is to
preserve the normal condition of our
Territorial domain as homes for free
men.


The able advocate and defender Of
Republican principles whom you have
nominated for the highest place that
can CRAFTY the ambition of man,
comes from State which has been
made what it is by special action in
that respect, of wise and good men
who founded our institutions. The
rights of free labor have there been
vindicated and maintained. The thrift
and enterprise which so distinguish
Illinois as one Of the most flourishing
States of the glorious West.we would
see secured to the Territories of the
Union, and restore peace and harmo-
ny to the whole country by bringing
back the Government to what it was
under the wise and patriotic men who
created it. If the Republicans shall
succeed in that object as they hope to,
they Will be held in grateful remem-
berance by the busy. teeming millions
of future ages.


l am very truly yours,


III. HAMLIN.


To GEo. AsHMUN. Pres't.. etc.
Year: 1860

Minor EFFECT IN MONEY SPENDING.
"A correspondent of the American
Agriculturia writes as follows on a
subject Of much interest:


There is one thing | would be glad
to see more parents understand, name
ly: tha. when they spend money iu-
diciously to improve and adorn the
house. and the ground around it. they
are in effect paying their children a
premium to stay at home. as much as
possible. to enjoy it; but that when
they spend money unnecessarily, in
fine clothing and jewelry for their
children, they are paying them a pre-
MUM to spend their time away from
home-that is, in those places where
they can attract the most attention and
make the most display.
Year: 1860

THE TORNADO AT THE EAsT.-On
Monday evening there was a very Sc
we're storm. though less destructive
than the terrible hurricane which
swept over so wide a tract in Illinois
on the day previous. At Baltimore
many houses were struck by lightning
ami hailstones Of an immense size fell,
doing great damage to vegetation. In
Northern Virginia and Central Penn
sylvania the effects OF the tempest
were also very disastrous.
Year: 1860

J


Entertaining the opinion that some movement
should be instituted at the earliest possible mo-
ment, to arrest the progress of events which seem
to be rapidly hurryiDg the Government of the
Union to dismemberment, initiatory step,
have, with great difldence, concluded to submit to
the Governors of the slave States series of prop
ositons and ask their counsel and cooperation in
bringing about a settlement upon them as a basis.
Should the propositions be approved they can be
submitted to the assembling Legislatures and Con-
ventions of the slave States, and Convention of
all of said States, those only approving, be called
to pass upon them, and ask general Convention
of all the States of the Union that may be dspos-
ed to meet US on this basis for full conference.


The present good to be accomplished would be
to arrest the secession movement, until the ques-
ton as to whether the Union can be preserved
upon fair and honorable terms can be fully tested.
If there be basis for the adjustment of our diff
cultes within the Union, nothing should be left un-
done in order to its development. 10 this end, it
seems to me there should be conference of the
States in some FORM and it appears to me the form
above suggested would be most effective. l. there
fore, as the Governor of a State having as deep a
stake in the perpetuity of the Union and at the
same time as much sOhcitude for the maintenance
of the institution of slavery any other, would
respectfully beg leave to submit for your consider
alton the following outline of propositions


lst. Repeal, by an amendment of the Consultation
of the United States, all laws in the free States in
any degree nuifying or obstructing the execution
of the fugitive slave law.


I'd. Amendments to said law to enforce its thor
ough execution in all the free States, providing
compensation to the owner of the slave from the
State which fails to deliver him up under the re-
qurements of the law or throws obstruction in the
way of his recovery.


Sd. The passage of.a law by Congress, compelling
the Governors of free States to return fugitves
from justice, indicted by grand jury in another
State, for stealing or enticing away slave.


4th. To amend the Constitution so as to divide
all the territories now belonging to the United
States, or hereafter to be acquired between thu free
and the slave States, say upon the line of the 37th
degree of north atitude-all north of that line to
come into the Union with requisite population as
free States, and all south Of the same to come in
slave States.


5th. To amend the Consultation so as to guaran-
tee forever to all the States the free navigation OF
the Mississippi river.


9th. To alter the Constitution so as to give the
South the power, say in the United States Senate,
to itself from unconstitutional and oppres-
sive legislation upon the subject of slavery.


Respectfully, your obedient servant,


B. MAGoFFIN.
Year: 1860

EXCITEMENT AND LYNCH LAW IN TENNEssEE-T
Memphis Argus of Wednesday evening, says


The following letter from Friar's Point, writer
by Mr.. Samuel j. Halle, of the firm of Berlin &
Halle, clothiers, on Front row, in this city, fully
explains itself:


FRIAR's PoINT, Miss, Dec IL, 1860.
To the Editor of the Daily Argus:


There is great excitement in this communitv-
The people are in arms against the Northern mer
who have been in the country but few months.
On yesterday evening two gins and negro quar-
ter fired simultaneously, doubtless BY the pro
| curement of these wretches. The night was lit ur
for miles around. The vigilance committee were
soon under arms, and proceeded to the room o
three carpenters, one by the name of Hamin, the
others unknown, and took them and hung them tc
the first tree, and afterward cut them down and
burned them


The town is now under arms, the military are
parading the streets, and all is excitement and
alarm. This morning the remainder of the North
ern men were sent up the river the steamer
Peytona; some of them were branded with the
letters G. 3. (gin burners) before shipped Four
teen gins have been burned in this county during
the last six weeks, and the people have determined
to stop it.


An abolitionist hanged barreled up and
rolled into the river, at this point last week. and il
was probably to avenge his death that the last gins
were fired. negro implicated the men who were
hung. He said that they had told him all the ne
groes were to be free next March, when Lincoln
becomes President, and that there will be a gene
raj rising of the negroes then.


The Vigilance Committee have sworn to hang
every Northern man who comes here from this time
until the 4th of March, and all such had better be
in HI than Friar's Point. SAML. J. HALLE.


THE Position OF THE New YoRK COURIER AMI
ENQUIRER.-We tell you plainly that such is our
patriotism, such our devotion to the Union, such
our love of Country, and such cur admiration of
the Constitution and the glorious Government il
establishes, that ready to sacrifice our lives
in its defence, and will cheerfully embark in civil
war if need be, to prove it, Thank God our Go,
vernment is well worth fighting for; and if mad.
men or traitors seek to destroy it, the people will
rise in their majesty and strike down the wretch
who dares to assai this great work of our Patriot
Fathers.
Year: 1860

BosToN, Dec. l6.-A great crowd attended Wen
dell Phillips lecture to-day, on the subject of
"Mobs and Education" The excitement against
him being very great, large force of police were
in attendance and the military were ordered under
arms for fear of riot


He was frequently interrupted by Kisses, and on
the conclusion of his lecture the crowd made rush
on Phillips as he made his appearance on the out
side of the building. He was, however, protected
from violence and escorted home. The service of
the military were not needed. 1t is believed that an
organization exists to prevent Phillips from speak
ing, and it would have been successful on any other
day but the Sabbath.
Year: 1860

The Steamer Clifton, one of the Hudson river
freight boats, was burned on Friday bale of
nay mad been placed near stove and took fire. the
flames rapidly spreading to the wood work of the
vessel.
Year: 1860

We will venture to remind any Republican who
is considering what he shall take in view of
the public feeling of the South, that there is also
has just uttered itself in the election of Abraham
Lincoln. 1t is the backbone of continent of free
men. Such a feeling is not to be trfed with. 1t
is one that political leaders may guide but cannot
control. No man who insults it or trifes with it,
on any...pretence of public duty, will be able to
stand up before its indignation. Consenting to a
disgraceful compromise with disunioniss and trai,
tors, will be the objectionable Sin of him that
commits it in the eyes of the Northern people. He
will be ordered to political execution and be heard
of no more. He that hath ears to hear, let him
hear.
Year: 1860

MILITARY CoNsULTATIoNs.-For some DAYS past
the Secretary of War, Governor Floyd, and the
Commander-n-Chief of the Army have been in
this city, to which General Scott is understood to
confne himself for the time being on account of
indisposition. Thus they spent together the bust
ness portions of yesterday and the day before, we
that the military aspect of the secession question
is at the bottom of their consultations Masking
ton Star, of Saturday.
Year: 1860




The following is from the Charleston Courie, of
the 18th:


This question reaches US from all sides, but gene
rally from distant readers, and from other and re-
mote States.


We can only answer, in full confidence and con
yiction, that we do not believe any compromise
possible. Nor do we deem it probable that any
terms which the more dominant section will
adopt, even under the imminence of separation,
could be honorably accepted by the South.


Admitting, however, the adjustment of terms ac-
ceptabe in themselves, the great question would
present itself: "What guarantees can be gven?''
What pledge or token, or earnest, or covenant
could be offered more obligatory on the North, and
more satisfactory to the South, than those which
have been violated again and again by the North.
The great compelling cause of separation is
broken faith and the first and essential prelmina-
ry to a consultation, with view to adjustment, is
mutual appreciation of faith between the oppos-
ing parties The North at least that portion east
of the Hudson river, can not give guarantees of
good faith sufficient even to open consultation.
Year: 1860

While the working men are doing wonders on
the outside, the soldiers within are by no means
idle. Field pieces have been placed in position
upon the green within the fort, and none of the ex
pedients of military engineering have been neglect
ed to make the position as strong as possible. 1t
is said that the greatest vigilance is observed in
every regulation at this time, and that the guns
are regularly shotted every night. 1t is very GER
tain that ingress is no longer easy matter for an
outsider, and the visitor who hopes to get in must
make up his mind to approach with all the caution,
ceremony aud eircumlocution with which the allies
are advancing upon the capitol of the Celestial EN-
piTe
Year: 1860

The difficulty of getting rich is comme
on by the Albany knickerbocker in~
the failure of Jacob Little. He wa
worth two million dollars in ready
and had credit for five millions but


much as when he had only two thousd
wanted that to become four thousand,
desired to change his two millions


millions. He was not satisfied with
come of three thousand dollars q wccl
like Oliver Twist he wanted more. Re}
came and the great Bear Of Wall stree
PROSTATE. Again he recovered and
he fell before the changing tide; and
licvc he has suffered five failures, each
however, like an honorable man, pay
full all demands against him. At his 4
age it is doubtful if he will be able to-
take the fortune he has SO long been ID
suit of, but he will undoubtedly yet
Wall street feel that he is alive.


What is true of Jacob Little is tt
everybody, for he has only acted out b
nature. Men are never rich on their IN
more than thousands or hundreds; tho
never satisfied, whatever they have Il
never are, but always to be blessed.
start out into the world without a cent
think, while we toll for mere pittance,
if we had house over our heads we I
call our own we should be independent
contcnted; then we want five or ten Il
and dollars, and by the time that has
mulatcd, the expenses of living have pr,
upwards so fast that we must double
keep clear of absolute want. Next the
may have his fifty or hundred thous
but the value OF money has changed to
a dollar was once bigger than doubl
now; and there is the same desire to be
as when the half eagles in his pocket
only pennies.


Happiness is not in riches; wealth i
in abundance; independence and cor
ment depend not upon the extent of the \
the number of ships, or the list of stock
calls his own; it all depends upon the
Of mind; and he who learns to do wi
what is not absolutely necessary is md
just as much progress towards content
perhaps more-as he who has acquir(
means of satisfying the needless want. |
actual wants of mankind are few and 81
and easily supplied; it is the artificial
luxuries--that makes us slaves; and bd
these we have imaginary or anticipated v
which may never come to us, that bs
and perplcx the soul. We have not the
confidence that the future will supply ii
needs-that tomorrow will be as abur
to-day; we have no faith that God will
per the storms to the condition Of the
or give supplies when required and o
exact amount needed; and therefore 1
our own work and assuming Gods sups
ion, living in to-day all the future, and
ing at once to supply natural and arti
wants for all time, civilized society is
of scrvitude.
Year: 1860

What chemists term matter is indestructi-
bic. Nothing that exists, whether it is in
the form of tangible subsistence or of ma
ture as light and invisible as the air itself,
can be destroyed. We are accustomed, for
instance, to speak of the agency of fire con-
suming anything that will burn, and consid-
er that the result Of the process has been the
annihilation Of the greatest part Of whatever
has been subjected to its action. But this is
not so; combustion is merely the result Of
the union of chemical elements which, from
the rapidity of their combination, produce
what we call flames The elements them
selves are still existent though under new


forms and with new properties IL we take
stick of wood, for example, weigh 1t, and
then burn it, and then collecting all the
smoke, steam and other matter produced,
and the residum in the form of ashes, we
shall find that we have the very same weight
in all these that we had in the wood at first.


1t is well known that the diamond, which
is pure carbon, can be entirely burned, with
out leaving any ashes at all, in oxygen gas.
The result Of this apparent annihilation is
carbonic acid exactly equal in constituent
qualities to the amount Of carbon in the gem
and the oxygen in the vessels in which it is
burned. So if we take fluid, water, for cx-
ample, and dissipatc it into vapor, we find
that even here we have only changed the
form Of substance, for, by reducing the tenn
pcrature, all that has been vaporizcd, con-
denscs, and we have The water back again.
This law may be fully and strikingly illustra-
ted by example from the vegetable kingdom.
The tree grows, gaining its increase in size
from the nourishment received through its
roots and leaves, the one drawing from the
soil what it reqires, and the other absorbing
from the atmosphere those elements which
sustains the respiratory process necessary to
life. 1t dies, decays and crumbles to the
earth again, in that condition to afford nutri-
mant. 70 other plants; which in their turn
Year: 1860

A Court ScENE.-A man who had never
seen the inside of a courthouse until he was
introduced as witnes in case pending in
one of our district courts sitting last fall in
the northern part of the State, being sworn,
took position with his back to the jury,
and began telling his story to the Judge
The judge in his bland and courteous manner,
said, Address yourself to the jury, sir"
The man made short pause; but not COM
pretending what was said to him, continued
his narrative. His Honor was then more cx-
plicit, and said to him, "Speak to the jury,
sir-the men sitting behind you on the
benches" The witness then turned around,
and making an awkward bow, said, with
great gravity of manner, "Good morning,
gentlemen
Year: 1860

That ncvcr'll do, young mani No use to
stand on the sidewalk and whino about hard
luck, and say that everything goes against
you. You are not half the consequence that
your talk would lead us to belicve-you are
like the rest of us--a mere speck upon the
earths surface. Were you this moment to
60 down in thelving tide, but a bubble would
linger for moment upon tho surface; and
even that would vanish unnoticcd. The heart
is full of hope and ambition but is not missed
when it ceases to beat One such as you
would not leave ripple


You are coward--a coward--in the battle.
There's no fight in you. You have surrcn-
dcred without struggle, and now whine be-
cause beaten. You are not yet worthy Of .
triumph, for you have not yet earned it. In
garnet, hut, and dripping cellar, are ten thou
sand heroes that would put you TO shame
They must toll or starvc. The strife is q des-
perate one with them for they wrestle with
want, while ragged and dcspairing ones watch
ut the lone hearth the contest Strong men
look death in the eye when their sincws are
strung by the wall Of hungry childhood.


Shame on you! In full vigor of health and
manhood, no mouth but your own to FIJI. and
no back but your own to cover, and yet crouch
under the first scourge of adverse fortune
You know nothing Of the storm, for you have
seen but the summer One cloud has fright
cned you and you think you are hardly dealt
Bly, You will be lucky il you find no darker
shadow across your path.


Stand up, sir, pull your hands from your
pocket throw off your coat, and take fortune
by tho throat. You may be thrown again,
but hang on. Put away the nonsense that
the world is against you. 'Taint 80. Your
destiny is in your strong arm. Weld it like
a man! with an unbending will, and honor
and truth for guide, the day is your own.


No capital, eh2 You have capital. God
has given you perfect health. That is i'm
mense capital to starton. You have strength
all invulnerable. Add will to do and you
win. A man in full health, and strength should
not whine and despair, because fortune does
not pour stream Of gold eagles into his pocket.
Year: 1860

GooD. There appears to be no fixed
standard Of good. To the trading community
any man who can pay his debts is good. A
moral person is undoubtedly good, but then
very immoral one is often esteemed good
fellow. With commercial people goodness
consists in money with the fancy, in muscle.
In short, everywhere, and with all sorts Of
folks, good expresses simply what is much
liked or desired. A traveller on the coast Of
Africa writes that native said to him, eye
ing his abundant apparel, (of which the ne
gro had next to nOne.) You very good
man--you got plenty shirt"