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Year: 1860

IHqusst-Last Wednesday evening, Justice
ChildTey, OF Henrico, attended by Constable
Thomas, held an inquest over the body of q
man name supposed to be Ellry-found at
Powhatan place. On his person was found a
memorandum book, showing that he was a
carpenter by trade, but there was nothing in
1t to indicate his name. The jury returned 4
verdict-"Came to his death from causes un-
known" Some few days since we noticed
in this paper The disappearance of a carpen-
ter who resided on Jackson street, and have
since been informed that another man of that
trade has not been heard Of by his family or
employers for several days past. The friends
OF the lost men can gel Information relative to
tue body found by inquiring of Justice Chill
6rpv
Year: 1860

Fast Driring.-Y ssterday a negro mule dr-
driving his team faster than d walk in one of
the public streets. Had g. police officer been
on Main street about IL O'Clock yesterday, he
might have had the pleasure of taking in charge
The driver of four mules attached to a wagon.
who was travelling down Main street at 2:40
speed. Fast driving, under no circ instances,
should be tolerated the pu blic streets, where
so many persons are liable to injury.
Year: 1860

7as SubRbanS-or at least many OF them
are said 10 withdrawing their opposition
10 the extension OF the corporate limits, and
some OF them are now the warmest friends OF
the Extension. They see that thIckly popuIa-
ted neighbJrhoods need light and water, and
police protection, and that they can get their
streets and walkways improved in no other
of the city.
Year: 1860

UHdscidsd-A tobacco manufacturer in this
city Informs US that all men engaged in 10
branch OF business are, as yet. complete
know nothings, SO far as the operations for
1861 are concerned None of them have con-
cluded what policy is bes to pursue, because
OF the unsettled condition of the country,
though some or them have determined to be-
come do-nothings, at least un Iii the Spring
Year: 1860

ShippfHg.-Judging from the appearance Of
the deck yesterday afternoon, the shipping 10
and from this port is extremely limited at the
present time. The tobaceonists are sending
ot very little man ufactured tobacco and there
IS nothing doing in the coastwise trade.
Year: 1860

SILENT INYLUEScE-Itist the bubbling spring
which flows gently, the little rivulet which
runs along day aud night by the farm house,
that is useful, rather than the swollen food, or
the warning cataract. Niagara excites our
wonder and we stand amazed ct the power
and greatness Of God there, as he 'pours it
from the hollow of his hand But one Niagara
IS enough for the continent or the world
while the same world requires thousands and
tens of thousands of silver fountains and gently
flowing rivuets that water every farm meadow
and every garden, and that shall flow every
day and every night with their gentle, quiet
beauty So with the acts Of our lives. Il i:
no. by great deeds, like those Of the martyrs
that good is 10 be done; it is by the daily quiet
virtues of life the meek forbearance, the spirit
Of forgiveness in the husband the father, the
mother, the brother, the sister, the friend, tht
neighbor, that good is to be done.
Year: 1860

FLOATING THIRTY MILES ON A CAKE OF
lcE.-Tbe Green Bay Advocate relates a
thrilling ice adventure:


Henry Martin and Isaac Gagnoon one
with load Of hay, the other with load
Of corn meal, we're travelling on the ice Of
Little Bay de Noquet About 4 o'clock
?. NJ, they discovered crack which cut
them off from the shore, and that the lee
on which they were was floating them out
Green nay, towards Deaths Door They
embarrassed their horses and let them 20
and took the box off one of the sleds, to use
IN case they got into the water. At mid
night, being exhausted, they lay down under
the lee of hammock of ice In the morn
ing, at eight o'clock they saw land which
proved to be Washington Island, and thew
landed outside Deaths Door. They had
thus been driven thirty miles across the Bay,
in one Of the heaviest gales that ever blowcd
The horses, after being loosed, followed the
men in their rambles on the ice, until com,
ing TO weak place they went in. Two
hours later one Of the horses swan up to
the cake on which the men we're, nut his
bead on the ice, looking beseechingIv but
they could not help the poor brute. .
Year: 1860

cal affairs at the next National election.
Fears are EXPRESSED of the mighty prestige
of the Democratic Party. Fear it not
That prestige IS now thing Of tie past
1t was acquired when the distinguished
sous of that party were high priests AT the
nltars of liberty, stirring her sacred fires
and speaking words of high import and of
potent energy to move the human heart.
But those mighty mon have passed away.
And the distinguished sons of the party
are now mere serviiors in the black tenn
pie of slavery, emitting no sounds except
Sedativc, sickcning words, in favor of the
chain, the scourge and the slave-dungeon.
Still it behooves US 10 he mp and doing or
we may witness the success OF this retro
gressivc, reactionary party. The party of
freedom may fail aud fall, but with it will
fall the best interests of humanity and the
best hopes of mankind.


a SoS OF THE OLD DOMINION.
Year: 1860

A BUCKEYE GIRL PLAYS GAMMA IN UN-
DREss.-A strange instance of somnambulism
occurred a night or two since in Cleveland,
wanderings in her sleep, arose from her bed
during the night, put on her night clothes,
and went out into the rear yard. There she
divested herself of one article of dress after
another, hanging them on a clothes-line,
until every piece was thus disposed Of When
the victim Of this singular freak awoke, she
was endeavoring to tie piece of the line to
her ankle, as if to post The girl had been
washing clothes. the day before, which fact
probably accounts for the strange vagaries
of her dream. 80
Year: 1860

It is well to be always suspicious when the
critics pronounce as decidedly failure any
work of man of genius which seemed out
of his usual routine Of thought, fJr the inn
putation put upon such one is usually ad-
Judged from the greater success Of his
peculiar talent. It is refreshing also to come
upon an obscure work of well-known
author, and as we read, see him almost anew
When Tom Hood wrote his Tyiney Hall, II
was for o generation that is fast going by,
and the new reader has had too much
novelty of late years to research old cata-
logues for ii, or seek it on the shelves of
long-established circulating libraries II
had disappeared from the stores of the book
sellers, and few remembered that the genial
and comic poet and the laughing wit had
ever contrived thoroughly organized novel;
In spite of the slurs of contemporary criti-
cism upon it, our present house thought it
worth while, recently, to give it the advant-
ages Of O good modern dress and | recently
sat down to read it with all the zest that
could be awakened in prospect of seeing the
fayorite Hood in new light.


1t must be confessed that Hood was too
much Of a wit for the best of continuous
composition, and book of several hundred
pages brings him out atvariance with artistic
propriety in many chapters. And yet TIyI-
neg Hal is very pleasant reading, for how
could it be otherwise, and own the author
ship of such man? Take the volume and
sit down to enjoy yourself, and if you have
liking for Hoodism, you can not fail to be
pleased. There is pathos in It, not un-
worthy of him who wrote the Bridge of
Sighs. There is humor and a sparkling wit,
that reminds one of his best comic verses.
There are pithy sentences that come
amazingly near the finest sententiousness.
There are apt illustrations that 90 the point,
in manner to crafty the lover of such
things; and he who has relish for the
grotesque and whimsical, will find, at odd
turns, just the humor he likes to encounter.
One can even pardon the sly twistings when
a pun enticed him from artistic reetitude, for
Hood s mind, ever on the stretch for like
surprises, had the happy faculty ofselecting,
a trouble that most inveterate punsters are
not prone to take. 4yIney Hall should never
be ignored by the friend of Thomas Hood.
Year: 1860

DIsAPPEARANCE OF LOCOMOTIVE IN AN
IRISH Boe.-The Irish bOgs have to be filled
to great depth before the railroad trains
can run over them, and short time since an
engine ran off the track, on the Northwest
ern Railway, and instantly sank out of sight.
up at the different stations, and it is feared
that two men were carried down with the
engine, as two caps were found for which
there were no owners.
Year: 1860




The Semi-annlaI Miracle Of the Liquefac-
tion Of the Blood of st. Jannrius at Ma


A foreign correspondent of the New York
Herald says in recent letter:


The first liquefaction commences on the
first Saturday in May, and is repeated dur
ing the seven following days. The second
is from the 10th to the 26th of September.
1t is impossible to give an idea of the anx-
iety with which the miracle was expected
on this occasion. The church was crowded
and the streets leading to it full at an early
hour in the morning, the people repeating
Aves and Paternosters for the promised
miracle. No gem of fabulous value could be
guarded with more jealous care than is be-
slowed upon this. AS the priest held the
phial up to sight suppressed exclamation
of awe and veneration was heard from the
whole multitude. AT first it had the ap-
pearance of hard, dry substance, like clot-
ted blood or any thing else. 1t was moved
slowly backward and forward, and re-
peatedly set ON the altar-those persons who
were so supremely happy as to be near, kiss
ing the phial with the greatest fervor. At
last, after about two hours of masses and
genuhexions without number, the sub
stance inside appeared to have changed its
nature, swelling up into q pasty material
Loud cries of joy resounded from all sides,
and few moments later, when it seemed to
boil, changing its color to bright red fluid,
the miracle was complete, and loud acclama-
tions filed the air from all quarters, among
which could be occasionally distinguished,
Viva GaribaldiP Immediately afterward
the cannon from the forts commenced firing,
and for the rest of the day it was regular
Fourth of July, winding up with an illumi.
nation of the whole city. The iquefaetion
for the remaining six days has proceeded
regularly, so there is no doubt that Saint
Januarius is quite as well satisfied with Gar
ibaldi as the Bourbon: indeed, the priests
say better, the blood being livelier this time
than last May, when the King witnessed it
Year: 1860

RESOLVED That we, the Democracy of the
Union, in Convention assembled, hereby declare
our atl.rmauee of the Resolutions unanimously
adopted and declared as a Platform Of Principles
by the Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, in
the year 1856, believing that Democratic princi-
pies are unchangeable IN their nature, when ap-
piled to the same subiect-matters


RESOLVED That it Is the duty Of the United
States to afford ample and complete protection to
all lis citizens. whether at home or abroad, and
whether native or foreign born.


RESOLVED, That one of the necessities of
the age, in a military, commercial, and postal
point OF view is speedy communication between
the Atlantic and Pacific States aud the Demo-
cratic party pledge such Constitutional Govern
ment aid as will insure the construction of rail-
road to the Pacific coast, at the earliest practical
period.


That the Democratic party are in favor Of
the acquisition of the Island Of Cuba, on such
terms as shall be honorable to ourselves and Just
to Spain. $50


RESOLVED, That the enactments Of state
Legislatures to defeat the faithful execution OF
tie Fugitive Slave Law are hostile IN character,
subversive of the Constitution, and reyolutona.
ry in their ELECT


Resolved, That it is in accordance with the
Cincinnati platform, that during the existence Of
Territorial Governments, the measure of resric-
ton, whatever it may be. imposed by the Fed
eral Constitution on the power Of the Territorial
Legislature, over the subject Of the domestic re-
latlons, as the same has been, or shall hereafter
be, finally determined by the Supreme Court Of
the United States should be respected by all good
citizens, and enforced with promptness and hdel-
ity by every branch Of the General Government.
Year: 1860

HAVING purchased the interest ofMr. Haley In


this well known Hotel, the subscribers beg to say
to the old patrons of the house and the public gener
ally, that they have made many alterations, and inn
proveme ITS and refurnished the house throughout ia
the most thorough manner, and have added elegant
Private Hall for the entrance OF Ladies' are determine
ed that in the future the House shall possess al the
requisites in every particular Of
Year: 1860

The habit of drinking can be cured
by giving the drinkers all the liquor they
want to drink all the time. We know Of
two in our own experience who were
cured in three weeks. One jumped out
Of a fourth story window and ran a curb
stone into his head. The ..other didn't
get up one morning, and has now curb.
stone growing over his hsaA. in ths
I graveyard.
Year: 1860

CoNrcALIrIEs OF THE LAW "A while since
well-knOwn lawyer in Court street brought a
suit for a citizen Of New York on a note OF
hand Of a citizen Of Massachusetts,, which the
latter insisted was cancelled by discharge he
had obtained under our insolvent laws. That
was the only point In the law, whether dis
charge in our insolvent court affected at all a
note held by foreign creditor Of the insol-
vent. While that question was pending be-
fore the full bench Of the Supreme Court our
Attorney was retained for the defsnss In a
precisely similar case. There ne was then, on
both sides Of the same question, and hence he
felt quite joyial; for which ever way the point
was decided ho was sure of winning in one
case. In due time judgment was entered in
the frst case against him, but be was sustained
in that hour Of trial with the fact that the
other case was without doubt won.


After some considerable delsy the full bench
entered Judgment in the other case, and 10,
and behold, 1t was against him there too. The
exact logical grounds on which these two cases
were decided have never transpired, since by
some mysterious oversight, neither of them
have ever been reported. But 1t Is well
known fact that the reports of cases do often
get lost while in trnnsitn between the full
bench and the reporters. There are very few
lawyers of much practise who have not read
from the books some Of these cases, that to
their minds, came to an untimely and unde.
served end. Accidents will happen in the
best Of families Transcript.
Year: 1860

The KING's PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE
OR FLIGHr.-A letter from Naples, dated the
10th ult., and published in the Journal des
Debats, says "If You desire to know the most
remarkable event in this city during the last
two or three days, will tell it to you in four
words-People are running away The news
that the conquest of the kingdom by Garibaldi
was about to begin has filled the reactionists
and the timid with alarm, and they are all
departing. The King is causing the fortress of
San Elmo and the new fort to be filed with
bombs and other incendiary projectiles. Three
days ago preparations for bOmbardment by
His Sicilian Majesty would have been useless;
but since then 1t appears that Admiral Mondy v
and the English feet have received instruc
tions modifying these first given. which were
TO the effect that renewal at Naples of the
success at Palermo should be prevented. The
modihcatlon OF the instructions is certain, but
cannot tell you to what limit the King il
authorized to defend himself; nor can ex-
plain this change in the attitude of England
In the meantime the Court is spreading the
rumor that His Majesty will embark without
striking blow, but will make an appeal to
Europe and his people, and confide the pre-
servation OF his Inheritance to diplomacy and
the arm.. The report has produced the effect
OF slackening the activity Of the revolutionary
party; but the truth is that the King will de-
fend himself to the last, and as long as he has
single cartridge or q man. The sole precau-
ton he has taken ia to embark 1000 OOO
ducats in the Arthur, q small war schooner
anchored in the military port beneath the
windows of the palace. The vessel is to sail in
two days for Trieste, passing by the Faro, and
going round Sicily.
Year: 1860

Oh! yes, dare say. She would mar
ry again. Did you ever know widow in
your life especially a young one, that did
not marry again. if she had chance?--
And they always get chance, too, it
seems. For my part, don't see what
the men race after them so for,


The above remark set me to thinking.
Who is it about? Oh, as nice little bo-
DIV as you would want to know. A quiet
modest little woman, whose only fault is
in being young widow. Poor soul!-
She can't help that. People throw it uE
to her, though, and cast it in her very
teeth, with inhumanity. To be sure bel
husband has been dead these FIVE years
but what difference does that make? She
is not SO hard hearted as TO expect evel
to be happy again-is she! What does
she want to get married again for, II
like to know? One man is enough fol
any woman. A man is different, he car
90 as lie piedSeS. nc OItencT ne Is mar
ried the better. Suppose she is only
twenty three or four? All the ore reason
why she should be watched, and pecked
at, and shifted at, by all the cross old wo.
men. with grown up single daughters; and
AL the young ladies who set up for them
selves. -


Sometimes the men, even, indulge in a
fling at young widows; but they needn't
mind them, for such are always old fogics,
or disappointed lovers" who do it. Hug
the assurance to your bosoms, ladies', that
as general thing, young widow is an
"object of interest to the men. And as
it is said of the ladies, that the approba>
ton and esteem of the other sex is their
chief desire, why she need not care for
the malicious remarks of the ill-natured OF
their own; knowing that every true wo-
mans heart, whether matron or maid,
will sympathise with you, if You are a
young widow.
Year: 1860

That the efforts of this enierprising firm are
appreciated. is manifest from the fact that
within few years past The trade with the
South and West have increased TO such an
extent as to require the constant assistance
Of fifteen clerks. This firm entered with a
boldness upon the business which reflects
great credit upon their foresight, and they
full deserve the success which has rewarded
their enterprise. For the friends Of the
South there can be found no more desirable
place to deal, as the whole house is composed
Of gentlemen Of sterling character and worth,
and there is no doubt but all will be satisfied
who pay them visit Bait Daily Exchange.


t5r See advertisement Of Messrs. Armstrong Catol
e. Co. in another column.
Year: 1860

menced running up his hand and wrist. A
deadly languor came upon him. and his vision
grew dim. clearly indicating that the sub
tie poison that was coursing through his
veins, was rapidly approaching the citadel
of life. But remedy was used, merely by
way Of experiment. which to the surprise oi
all present, acted like charm. the compo.
nent parts Of which we're onion, tobacco and
salt, Of equal parts, made into poultce and
applied to the wound, and at the same time
a cord was bound tightly about the wrist.
In two hours afterwards he had so far recov.
cred as to be able to resume his work.
knew an old negro who cured boy that had
been bitten by mad dog, by the same ap.
plication.
Year: 1860

The scales Of iron that accumulate around
the anvil Of a blaeksmitlIs shop are more
valuable than manure for peach trees. A
shovel full pot around healthy peach tree
will be very likely 10 keep il 10 good cOndi.
tion and Il is said that trees already dis.
eascd have recovered by The application Of
these scales. Iron IN any form will answer
a good purpose.
Year: 1860

A cockney conducted two ladies to the Obserya-
tory to see an eclipse of the moon. They We're
too late; the eclipse was over, and the ladies were
disappointed


oh! " exclaimed our hero, ''don't fret, know
the astronomer very well he is very polite man,
and am sure will begin again.
Year: 1860

"a great lie,n says the poet Crabbe, "is like
great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and
make a frighttul bother, but it cannot hurt YOU;
You have only to keep still and it will die Of ITSELF
Year: 1860

The Supreme Court has decided, that when a
man imagines his nose to be gas light, and wrngs
his ears TO shut off the gas, 1t is to be taken as
prima facie evidence that he is q common drunk
ard, and the burden of proof rests en- him TO es.
tabiish his innocence Of the charge,
Year: 1860

NATUEAlIzATIoN- Every Democrat
of proper age. who hav" net taken cut their
las, naturalization papers sh, nld not fail to do
SO while the -upremc Court is session in this
city The time Tor issoing such papers is at 9
clock i'll the morning of e.ch day. The cost
of being made citizen Of the United States IS
only dollar Every Democrat entitled to
citizenship sisuid attend to this without any
delay Election at hand.
Year: 1860

AT noon yeste,d day the crowd OF teams
on the levee was Immense. We Cndsr'ooE 10
COZ mt them for the benefit Of the pubic, but
the crowd was too extensive. This 10 10 new
matter at all, ut on the contrary very COM
The amount Of grain, oEions. potatoes, etc.
brought into town daily is even greater than
our reporter an collect. 1t lie impossible to
get at the total amount. We get all We can,
and let the balance 60. This is great season
for grain and general produce in this market.
We hope for . coutinuation-an the time.
Year: 1860

kissing a Bachelor.


A correspondent relates She following ia
cident:


1--WE have friend-a bachelor friend
very fond Of the society Of the ladies, but
extremely modest and difident withal. a
few evening since he went to make calf
upon an acquaintance who had recently
taken to himself wife, young and beauti
full, and, as matter Of coarse, overfowing
with affection for her husband. Now this
lovely wife of week, like all other wives,
could scarcely survive the brief absence o.
her husband for the discharge of his bust
ness, and always upon his return met him
upon the threshold, and smothered him
with kisses. 1t so happened, when QUE
friend called, that the husband was absent,
but was momentarily expected by the fond
and anxious wife. She heard his foot fall
upon the step, and supposing it to be he,
husband, rushed forth to meet him and
he had scarcely laid his hand upon the bell.
pull before the door flew open, and his neck
was encirclcd by pair of white arms, and
burning kisses fell thick and fast upon his
lips and cheeks, while full and throbbing
breast was strained to his


Here was trying situation for difident
man, and our friend came near faiuting on
the spot; but fortunately the lady discover
ed her mistake in season to prevent such .
melancholy event, and he escaped from the
house more dead than alive. The last We
saw Of him, he was leaning against tree
tanning himself with his sombreo, in order
to recover strength to regain his lodgings"
Year: 1860

GROWING BARBARoUs.-There is not
half the gallantry of manners there used
to be some fifty years ago. Now gentle
man only lifts his hat to lady; then, the
hat was entirely removed from the head,
and the gentleman stood before her uncov-
cred. Now the gentleman takes smack
from her ruby lips, and hardly looks red in
the face; then he struggled for the smack,
and never drew long breath for half an
hour after; then he kneeled dowon grace
fully to tie up her shoc-string; now she
puts her foot into his lap, and he ties the
string with cape, and releases the foot,
without any ecstacy, or even tight squeeze
We arc growing barbarous.
Year: 1860

rw.In divorce case which the late
Rufus Choate was once arguing against the
probability of guilt he said "the parties
were playful, gentlemen of the jury, not
guilty-After the morning toll, they sat
down upon the hay NOW for refreshment,
not crime. They may have been little
youthful fondling-playful, not amorous.-
They only wished to soften the asperities Of
hay making.