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Year: 1860

l saw little sutf' 'rer lie


Upon its cradle bed
Disease had stamped with early blight,
The rose of health had fed.
And bending DER that infants couch
A fair young mother wept;
Her heart flowed out in anguished words
While she her vigil kept.
Oh must my boy, my loved one die
oh must he haste away
And must give him to the tomb
In life's fair opening day l.:
Just as he twines his tiny arms
Around his mothers s neck
On must the ties of new born love
Thus early snap and break
on God in pity spare my boy
Take not my only son;
l cannot live upon the earth


Without my darling one
l cannst give thee up,


My hearts love and delight
How can | give thee to the tomb


And deaths long chserless night
A frenzied gleam lit up her eye
Despair came DER her heart
She caught her darling to her breast
To shield him from Deaths dart.
And as the breath came slow and short;
And edges of blue grew dim.
That M other's voice went up t, God,
And thus she vowed to Him
"Oh God. if in this heart enshrined
The object Of each thought,
I've made thy gift an idol there,


The Giver quite forgot
Forgive the sin, oh spare my child
Henceforth nv aim shall be
To take this idol from it's throne,


And worship wholly thee.
God heard her prayer of agony


In mercy on her smiled;
He gave him back to life once more,
In pity spared her child.
Like some chilled plant the boy revived
The rosebud of her love;
But. Oh remembered she the VOW
She made 10 God above
Year: 1860

James Wood, formerly of Philadelphia, ,
man of wealth On Chestnut street, who shot
his daughter in 1889 for marrying against
his wishes, escaped the penalty of the law by
his counsel setting up the plea of "moral in
sanity" died in that city recently. The old
man, stricken BY immediate remorse, buried
his daughter in Monument Cemetery in that
city, close by the wall, built him little cot
tage on the outside, and as near as possible
to her grave, and there lived solitary and
heartbroken.
Year: 1860

q The Burlington Times is responsible
for the following: :.


"The Bell and Everett ticket is looking
up! AT present i, is tolerably sure Of three
States the state of Hope, the state OF Coi-
lapse and the state Of Despair. This isn't
had for a beginning. A final triumph Is
looked for, if the party should not remove
INTO the state Of Suspended Animation be-
tore election"
Year: 1860

some TO have the largest congregation of any
country church on the peninsula.


But we must pass on to notice the latter part
of our subject Hazlettville, you know, or
ought TO know, Mr.. Editor, is becoming a place
OF some note, not to be surpassed even by Fell
ton, in some respects; and think may ven-
ture to say in a political point it is more highly
honored than any village in the county. We
have here the County Treasurer, Constable,
and. you know, the last Legislature went for
Lotteries and improvement of all kinds SO they
authorized an additional Justice of the Peace
for Dover Hundred, aud it was given to Haz-
lettvlle. So you see we have two ESquireS
now, and Post Master By some means they
got the mail carrier way from us; we did not
intend that, but let it slide, since we ere to
have an election held here this fall. We don't
want to complain Of our Legislature, but we
wish His Excellency, the Governor, would con-
vene the Legislature this fall and let them see
IT this respectable place cannot afford better
place to deposit our votes than in an old mean
barn, kept by one Of our merchants as a place
ioT ueposltlng bacon ana mOlasses casks, sur
rounded by u large and spacious hen.coop.-
But never mind we shall have plenty of "rifia
whlskey," since we have three stores here
two OF them sell the old critter, and say they
intend keeping constantly on hand largo
stock of the best qualified liquor so they say,
or 1t least the people say they say so | myself
am not very well posted in this matter.


Since have briefly passed over my sub.
JscI, and my letter is by 10 means lengthy,
permit me TO make q suggestion or two further
often hear it said, "What is to be done,
) nee we are flooded to an alarming extent with
Il I'M, I'd drunkenness is so on the increase %
Some say," Use moral suasion." Well, that
IS very good, 90 faF as it goes, but it does not
20 far enough. ";Vell, one says" what will
10 it!" | answer, legal suac'on, aud nothing
short, and my plan is to petition ea%h succeed
ing Legislature until we get the thing we
need. Ask for little al time, and if W., ca "
not kill The monster all at once, let it be doh
BY degrees, for die he must. And let every I
christian man, woman and child, together with .
every good citizen, be asked to sign those pe-
.i:ions asking for amendments 10 the liquor
Jaw, and if they refuse, and continue to turn us
empty away, let the sin remain at their DOORS


Yours truly,
Year: 1860

Seven raftsmen who were out in canoe on
Golden Lake, Canada, were caught in a gale and
drowned about week ago. They were seen by
several persons from the shore, who were unable
to render any assistance.
Year: 1860

HE North Californian gives the following
account of an attack recently made at Shell
ter Cave Humboldt county, upon two men
by Indians:


One of the Indians suddenly sprang from
the bushes and seized one of the men Moses
Stafford) round the waist, while several of
the other walked deliberately up within five
PAGES of Stafford and shot him five times in
the head with arrows. The other man
snapped his pistol at the Indians several
times, and finding it would not go, ran to
the assistance of Stafford and struck the In
dian that held him on the head with his pis-
tol and succeeded in freeing Stafford, who
Immediately slot one of the Indians dead
and wounded another; the rest of them ran
away.
Year: 1860

IT is reported, says the Hydraulic Press
that small diamond was found in the dig
gings near French Corral, submitted to in
spection Of Tucker and valued by him at SOS
He bought $2s 900 worth of pure carbon this
week. but the above could hardly have been
part Of the lot
Year: 1860

GEnNAN MAY FEsrIvALs.-The Germans
axe the lead In public festivities of purely
social nature This year they have celebra.
Yea the coming of May in most of the large
owns Of the State. The musical and gym
nasnc clubs are the managers of most Of the
iestiVals.-Aha
Year: 1860

EE The news from New Mexico states
that the mail party will have an escort once
a month until the Indian troubles are over.


Parties at Santa Fe are preparing pc
tition to the Postmaster General to annul
the present contract, and agree to carry the
mail once a week arli furnish their OVID
escort
Year: 1860

BaE- We call attention to our Prospectus


published in another column. Those Weekly
papers to which we send our Daily, will
confer a favor on US (Which we shall be
happy to reciprocate) if they will give it
such number of insertions as the proprietors
may think fair, and call attention to it edi-
torially. We take this occasion to assure
our friends, that we shall exert ourselves to
the utmost to make the various editions of
the Journal just what they should be, and
what the Importance of this point demands.
We ask them to come up, and give US ma
terial aid' in this work. Now let US have
"rousing" accession to our various lists.
Year: 1860

The above paper has recently changed
hands, and under the new management
will be conducted as an Opposition paper (;
claiming the patronage Of all opposed to the
present Administration in this section of
country. An exciting political contest is
drawing near, and it is necessary for every
voter to keep posted on the various topics
of the day. This cannot be done unless
they subscribe for newspapers that may be
relied on to give the latest news and large
quantity of matter.


In the first place, we advise all to take
their own county papers. This is prime
duty of every citizen. Then, if they con-
cude to further patronize the printers, we
offer for their consideration the old, re-
liable" EUGnsVitLe Journal, that has been
published here twenty-six years.


We intend to make the Journal an inter-
eSting and instructive Family Paper, by pub
fishing such Literary and Miscellaneous
matter as may be adapted to that end.


Business Afairs shall receive particular
attention. We are now publishing regular
Market Reports both for this and otherpoints,
that may be reliedon as correct.


In regard to the Latest Bescs, we are de-
termined TO be ahead of all competition in
this part of the country. The Telegraphic
Dispatches are regularly received and pub
lished by us, and in addition, we keep
close watch of our exchanges, and CLEAN
from them whatever they may contain of
general interest. .....-


We have decided on the cash prepayment
system, as the only correct one, and have
reduced the prices of subscription as low
as they can be made with safety. Our terms
are invariably. cash in GdUance. In return,
we promise the full worth of the subscrip-
ton price.
Year: 1860

ORDERLY. Saturday was, for au
election day, as orderly and quiet as could be
effort 10 bring in the soveregns to vote for
them, but the enthusiasm and eclat of former
days has departed from our people on the oc-
casion Of charter elections
Year: 1860

nNAND AFTER SUNDAY, APRIL lsT, 1860
~ lights on the Railroad Bridge will be 80 ar
ranged as to show the head and foot Of the piers
on each side Of the draw passage. Boats going
down can see the right and left hand Of tho piers
Of the draw from Stubb's Eddy, about one mile
above the Bridge Boats going up can the
right and left hand piers from point in the Chan
mel opposite the foot Of the Island one fourth of
a mile below the Bridge.


The green Signal Light the STAFF at the foot
OF the pier, and the red Signal Light at the head
Of the pier will be continued a. heretofore.


JOHN +. TRACY, Superintendent.


Davenport, March 23d, 1860. mar26- d3m
Year: 1860




THERE are but few more pleasant
days than those which we are enjoying at the
present time If the Oldest inhabitants of this
county can boast Of ever having witnessed a
ovsier Spring, We would like to cultivate his
acquaintance, and become the happy posses
cor Of both his auto and photo graph.


The SARsFIELD GUARDS Ball.
Capt. Ltter's crack company i'll give their
last ball for this season at lie Claire Hall this
evening. The Guards balls have all been very
pleasant affairs and we have no doubt this will
be as pleasant, if not more 80, than any of the
preceding parties.


Coon TnINGs.-Messrs. Baker 4
Harnaman keep on hand good supply Of all
kinds OF meat, such beef, veal. pork and
mutton also fresh lake and river fsh and
vegetables, which they sell cheap for cash. All
orders promptly filled and delivered TO every
part of the city. Call on them at their place
Of business North West corner of Fitch and
Brady streets.


ALDERMAN O'BRyEN We cOngratu-
a;e you've feel thankful for you. Add. said
in his great speech last Saturday night to the
German Band and six small boys, (who had
been hired to march in procession by liberal
distribution Of pop corn) that the Democrats
had two members of the City Comedian
Irish nan and Canadian. Taking this for
Add. to get before) We opne that unless the
ten Republicans act pretty judiciously they
will fiLl warm work in dancing letween
British North America on one side, and the
Emerald Isle on the other. There is just Dem.
ocratic salt enough in the Council to save it
from "spiling"
Year: 1860

TINS CRoToN WATER TRocBLE--From all ap-
pearsnces when we went TO press, the city IL
again this morning In The enjoyment Of lite
usual supply Of water from the mains. The
serious inconvenience 10 which the pub


lilo have been put by It's Interruption,
renders 1t worth while to consider whs,hsr
the accident could not have been pre-
vented or leszened in its effects by the exer-
cise Of proper vigilance on the part Of the
Beard, or whether the recurrence Of such ca
lsuiiy may not be prevented In future II ap-
pears that the distributing reservoir at Forty


second street was nearly drained by the escape
Of water both wsys-towsds the city BY the
Year: 1860

EXTENSION OF THE TELEGRAPH IN CUBA.-The
Cuoan Government has authorized and provided
ior the construction of telegraph line from Guam
ajay, on the north coast of the Island, by way of
Palacos and Bahia Honda, to Pinar del Rio, on the
south side. The House apparatus is to be used.-
Already there are lines in operation through the
centre OF the Island as far as La Union, along the
northern coast as far as Cardenas, and along the
southern coast as far as Trinidad; which last line
VIII soon be extended to Santiago de Cuba. the ex-
treme southwestern sea port. Within the coming
year nearly every town community of impoT-
lance VIII be in telegraphic communication with
Havana and each other
Year: 1860

JAsEsvILLE, March l7tb, 1860.


As industry must mark the pathway to sue
cess, all save few reckless vagabonds are stri-
wing to reap the laurels of this golden soil. The
hand of toll is making its impression on a DESC
late region which few years ago was trodden
by savage Indians and wild beasts The un-
tanned Digger race then roamed at pleasure over
the romantic hills and wales of their undisturbed
Fairgrounds, but they now subjected to law
and obedience. A portion of them have been
so much domestcated that attempts were made
to form peculiar :" cut and dry" society The
idea was falacious and idle in the extreme. A
more desirable circle, mbued with art and re-
inement is gathering around us in its stead. =
Husbandry is training with a careful hand the
staple products suited to our soil and climate
The prosperity of the present has not arisen
from laying waste blooming and fruitful fields,
nor living in luxury upon the downfall of for
mer energetic race, but the bosom of nature is
turning into fields of art by the industry of our
own knsmen, and the rich soil of our vales
remunerates them kindly for their hard toll.


The horrible crime which occurred a few days
ago on Dry Greek, has produced a great sensa-
tion among the people of those parts. We hope
the guilty will be brought to- justice. But first
give them fair and impartial trial, and then
pronounce their doom. If there be any others
implicated in evil deeds, we hope that this case,
SO near at home, will awaken them to'a moral
sense of their duty.


We have had somewhat of a religious revival
here. One of our neghbors thinks that the
bodily health has been improved by admins
tsring the Gospel. am too skeptical to believe
that this theory will apply further than this, that
it encourages virtue, and restrans viciousness
Even admitting this part of the theory to be
axiom, it would be well for all to walk in its
precepts. The " long bucket" is taken into SER
vice daily, and the carrier devours its contents
as often with the voracity of a cur.*


ADDRESS PARTNERS.


\ Will the writer in his next please tell us
what he means by this sentence p Ed.
Year: 1860

G SALT--The salt springs in Douglas county
are said to be turning out an unusual amount OF
. good pure article. The Eureka spring is re-
presented as turning ont eight hundred pounds
per day and that it oaly requires from twenty
five to thirty gallons of water to yield bushel
of salt. There is quite number Of tic springs.
Press.
Year: 1860

SACRAMENTO, March 9TH
Senator Redman introduced bill making
log-rolling about the Legislature misde-
meanor, punishable with fine not exceeding
$500 or Imprisonment in the county Jail not
exceeding six months.


State Reform School bill was lost in the
Senate by tie vote. Notice was given of a
motion to reconsider on tomorrow.


An effort was made in the Assembly to
reconsider the vote by which the Kibbe war
bill was passed, but without effect


The act to provide for the sale of the l6lh
and seth sections of land donated to the
State by the General Government for school
purposes, proceeds to 60 into general school
fund, was ordered engrossed.
Year: 1860

IT Is believed that there are great many
people out of employment in New York at
sue present time An advertisement for a
tO''eF and an office boy attracted three or
,Uu' hundred men to store in Broadway,
o'OeRlng up the sidewalk to such an extent
'Ha' The police had to disperse them.
Year: 1860

Ar Pittsburg, a schoolmaster named Orin
Carpenter while chastising pupil, fell upon
the floor and died almost Immediately. A
eCrOners jury found that he came to his death
by an injury to the spine from fall, induced
by mental excitement and over exertion
while chastising the pupil.
Year: 1860

The stages between the City of Mexico and
Vera Cruz are robbed every day. Twice in
one week the passengers arrived in such a
state of nudity that they were not able to
alight from the stage coach before getting
clothes to hide their nakeduess. Once Car
vaial carried off the stage coaches with all
their passengers -Exchdnge
Year: 1860

The Cincinnati Enquirer speaks of the
probability Of several of the States following
the example of Arkansas in excluding free
negroes, and says:


"The result of this will be that the poor
banished wretches will come pouring in upon
us by hundreds and thousands Unfit for II
residence in new countries, and without the
industry necessary to subdue wilderness ;
shut out by stringent laws from the other
free States of the West, and kept from those
that are further north by the coldness of the
climate, Ohio will be in Il fair way to he over
run by this swarm of the destitute and i'm
prov ident, and the question, What is to be
done? will be forced upon her by circumstan
ces of the most imperative character
Year: 1860

A DOC OF GREAT DURABILITY AND PERsE-
vERANcE.-A friend informs us that he sa W a
dog a short time since taken out of an old
dry well, where he had remained for four
teen days and nights without water or food,
and when turned loose he Immediately star
ted on a rabit hunt His dogship is evident.
ly, as an old fox hunter would express it,
game to the back bone. Though fourteen
days may appear as long time for a dog to
survive without food or water, if we mistake
not, it is stated 10y some naturalist that dogs
have been known to survive for over thirty
days without receiving any nourishment.-
OrangebHg(S. C) Southern.
Year: 1860

TouCHNG-Forty children were sent W est
on Wednesday, under the auspices of the
Childrens Aid Society. A poor lad, who had
lately lost his mother, excited much interest
by simple but affecting incident He was
putting aside the old cap he had worn. and
was observed TO take out the lining and place
it in his pocket very carefully. while tear
stole down his cheek 1t was the only me-
mortal of his mother, having originally form
ed part Of her dress, and he wished to pre-
serve it.-BoStOn Journal
Year: 1860

In the Fourth District Court, Henry Har-
men filed petition for the benefit of the in
solvent law.


FRoM statistics published, it is inferred
that the income of the Sheriff of New York
is at least 500, 900 year.
Year: 1860

the militia of each parish" to quit
their occupations to 60 sogering
and target hunting semi-weekly
without wages. This would be alb
surd. The editor of the Delta would
hardly expect to throw down his
very sagacious, learned aNd patri-
otic pen to shoot at targets every
week simply for nothing. He should
not only be compensated for bis
own personal sacrifices, but how
could the public treasury pay the
public for the loss it would most
certainly sustain? How could we
expect this narrow-minded, flat
headed, soulless people to go right,
when such pens as prick ideas in
to the Daily Delta should be cast
aside, or permitted to rust from
week to week on the editorial ia
BILE ? Why, the press would stop
that great engine Of public power
and deception might rust in such a
condition and the people would
wander about like lost sheep. What
other calamity would follow in this
train? Why, perhaps our great
speecb-makers would quit making
speeches, when they should find
that there is no longer press to
puff them into notoriety and place.
We cannot contemplate these things
without fit of ague creeping over
us for what may follow. About the
investment proposed by the Delta
in shooting irons-will he allow US
to suggest to him the fact that
right here in Uncle Sans Arsenal,
at Baton Rouge, there are arms
and munitions of war enough to
equip. five hundred thousand fight
ing men? We make no doubt that
if Uncle Sam should be advised that
we want them, and be assured that
we would not hurt ourselves with
them, he would loan them to us, as
he placed them here specially for
this purpose. Come, Della, dear,
suggest something else for the Ex-
traordinary Session to do, whilst
we look about us for the most
economical way of doing it.
Year: 1860

OOrhl III DOs


With this head the New Or
leans Delta proceeds to say briefly
and succinctly what the legisla-
ture about to assemble "ought
to do" and then, in order that its
will may not be mistaken, it pro-
ceeds to say "what it ought not to
do" 1t is a special meeting-an
extraordinary session to meet ex-
traordinary contingencies which
have not and may not arise. Of
course none but extraordinary ques-
tions should be brought forward
such, as by their very nature re-
quire extraordinary speeches to
elucidate. The Delta says:


Its members ought to bury in ut
ter oblivion, all political differences,
and consult calmly together, in a
spirit equally patriotic and states
manlike.


Had the writer wiped his pen
Just here, no one would disagree
from him even for argument sake;
which in wordy weather like this,
is all that great takers want to
set them to going like clocks; but
the Della continues:


at (the extraordinary SESSION.
ought to pass law for the imme-
date draft of one-fourth of the mill
tia of each parish, for the purpose
of being drilled (in the parish)
semi-weekly or weekly.


1t should provide them with arms,
of the latest improved kinds, and
plenty of ammunition for target
firing"


That's a very excellent sugges-
ton as far as it goes, but our boys
would like to have a small sum at
their disposal, to provide for such
contingencies as are incident to
target shooting. We have no OBJ
lection to the measure-there is no
amusement more harmless than tar
get shooting, and if funds to buy
the most improved kinds of arms
can be had, and ammunition furn-
ished, without issuing more State
bonds, or promises to pay, then
for one say we, go ahead gen
tlemen and pass the bill with all
convenient dispatch. But there is
one other consideration in connec,
ton with this subject, which ought
to be considered before million or
so is appropriated from unexpend-
ed balances not in the treasury;
the people already find it quite
onerous to pay the interest on bonds
already outstanding; we are on the
eve of a financial crisis. when it
will be hard to find purchasers of
bonds-a difficulty which will be
considerably augmented, when mo-
ney-lenders begin to discover that
Louisiana, like South Carolina, is
about to resume a sovereignty she
never had, and in her new position
may take a notion to repudiate her
debts, after the fashionable chris
tian manner. When the State re-
sumes the sovereignty she never
had; the individual sovereign may
say also, II repudiate" and then
the armed militia may find employ
ment in aiding the tax collectors
to collect the taxes which will be
needful to hold the oflice-holders to-
gether in that bond of union which
constitutes government. The Delta
can hardly expect "one-fourth of