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Year: 1859

THE NEW IMPLEMENTS OF WhR.-The
London Times, discussing the prospects of
war in Europe, and the effect of the inven-
ton of more destructive weapons of warfare,
says:


If war is to become year by year more
dreadful and more destructive, what will be
the practical effect upon society? We trust
it may be this-that it will be less and less
readily undertaken. When war is almost
certain ruin to both sides, both sides, we
may hope, will pause before they accept
such an issue. The Enfield rifle, as we
have seen both in the Crimea and India, can
change the very face of battle; but the
Enfield rife is a mere pop-gun compared
with the elaborate weapons which are now
introduced to the world.


In the American frigates single gun
worked by half a dozen seamen, Will throw
| to distance of three or four miles, shot
equal in weight to an entire broad-side OF
such cannon as were used by Duncan and
Jervis. Armstrong; guns are expected to
carry nearly twice the distance, and rifles
have been produced which will send bullets
through target at 1000 yards with the ra-
pidity of succession like that of hail stones
on the skylight. How any ship or batta-
lion is to stand against such projectiles, it is
puzzle to conceive. But, if war can be
thus made to extinguish war, it will be a
true blessing, though realized by strange
process.
Year: 1859

EE-Judge Holt, recently Com missioner
of Patents, and now Postmaster General, was
formerly a resident of Louisville, and in
early life was, we are told, a machinist.-
He has discharged his duties in the patent
Office with great ability, and introduced
many important reforms. He has now an
opportunity to exercise his talents in that
line in a more extensive field, and if he
carries into the Post Office the same energy
that he has displayed in his former office, we
shall see great Improvements in the mail
service, when he is furnished with the means
to carry them out. Being an old citizen of
Louisville, devoted to her interests, he will
not, it is believed, be very ready to increase
our facilities of intercourse by mail with
Green River. t
Year: 1859

asA. The Louisville Democrat gives an
account Of one of its friends living In La
we're county, KY, who is the happy parent
whom eighteen are voters and all sound
Democrats. Six daughters are married to
Democrats, making, with the father, t,Oenty-
fOe Democratic voters, who ne"er fail in
their duty to their party and their country
on the day of the election. There are four
boys growing up in the right way who are
yet minors, and prospect for more. This is
real patriotism. If every Democrat would
do his duty as well, the country would be
safe
Year: 1859

B1Two young ladies belonging in New
buryport, few days since, wishing to go
from Lowell to Lawrence, preferred skates
and the Merrimac to the cars and railroad,
and made the passage of ten miles in forty
minutes. For some portion of the way there
was a strong head wind, or the feat might
have been accomplished in less time.
Year: 1859

IL respectfully herewith give notice to his nu-
merous friends and the public that as will be seen
.by the notice of Dissolution of Partnership of the
firm Of Steele & Hunnell, he has withdrawn from
said firm for the purpose of carrying on the same
kind of business, on an improved plan, and on his
own hook, and will, in the of three months,
be found ready to fill all orders at his factory,
on the corner of Walnut street and the Canal.


mar9-2W VIM HTNNETT,
Year: 1859

CHANGE OF HoURs ON Monday morn
ing next the Mayor will hold his court at O'Clock,
and continue to hold il at that hour until late 10
the fall This change will save the police officers
a good deal of waste time, and enable tho Mayor
to dispose of matters before him with creator fa-
clity than at present. Let our readers remember
the fscs therefore, and when having business TO
dispose Of get to court by 0 o'clock.
Year: 1859

dents of Broad street, east Of 18th, having city
gas introduced into their dwellings notwithstand-
ing that they are out Of the city. The Committee
on Light, in determining to ALLOW the citizens q
Hsnrico the use of the gas, have taken step that
will rapidly increase the number OF consumers
and add largely to the receipts Of the works.
Year: 1859

GA PORTION of the legislative wisdom complain
that they do not appear well in our reports. This
is not our fault. We can give accurate reports
of what they say, but we cannot supply them
with brains"


The Sacramento Union said that the conclu-
ding declaration is indubtable. With enlarged
capacity to donate, nothing more valuable than
"head dcheese' would be found available.
Year: 1859

Al Brcone street New York

 w! E desire to call the attention of the Trade

 w and of the public generally to our Piano Fortes, justly pronounced superior to all others in volume, richness and purity of tone. Possessing also peculiar singing quality adapted to, and har monizing with the human voice, they are very pro- perly called the Organ, or Vocal Piano. Being made with the Patent Arch Wrest Plank, they will stand in tune in all climates. We guarantee our customers that efforts that lffel long experience untiring industry or capital can procure will be spared to maintain for instruments their world wide reputation . tbe best Piano., aud that every improv ement of intrinsic value to Piano will be found in ours All orders with which we are fayer- ed will be promptly and faithfully attended to.
Year: 1859

- Our best friends are those who tell US of our faults i

 - A young lady being told that her lover was suddenly killed, exclaimed ''Oh, that splendid gold watch of hs!--give me that give me something to remember him by!"

 - An Irish gentleman lately fought duel with his intimate friend, because he jo- cosey asserted that he was born without shirt to his back

 - Not what men do worthily, but that which they do successfully, is what history makes haste to record.

 - Whenever you see lady and gentle man alone in cab, each looking out of a different window, be convinced that they are perfectly harmless, for they have been mar red some months at least.

 - In Italy, lover at ball places two fingers on his mouth, which signifies to iady, "You are very handsome, and wish to speak to you" If she touches her cheek with her fan and lets it gently drop, that signifies s'I consent;'' but if she turns her head it is de- nial. At ball in Paris, to take lady out to dance with her is only indifference; to place yourself near her is interest; but to follow her with your eyes in the dance is love.

 - The Rev. Thomas Whittmore recently heard an eminent northern divine preach in the morning from the text; "Ye are children of the Devil., In the afternoon the theme was improved upon by a homily upon the pas age. "Children obey your parents"

 = The Know Nothing party pledged themselves to elect the best men to office. They seem to have very few of the best class; for they can't find anybody fit for office except the men who feel it an honor to be beat by Democrat.

 - A fool in high station is like a man on top of monument-every body appears small tc him, and hs appears small 10 every body.
Year: 1859

-Walter Scott was very particular about his books. He would always endeavor to have the best copy of an edition, and when he re- ceived an inferior copy, he would make some marginal notes here and there, and, on ac- count of the dssire to be possessed of speci- men of his handwriting, he would soon get a better book in exchange.
Year: 1859

u The arrivals at oil Of the hotels for few
days past hare been quite numerous, among
whom are many Southeruers- We believe that
most Of the hotels have concluded not to reserve
rooms for tue fair, but hare adopted the rule
first come first served.
Year: 1859

served to US at the public table of the ''Glades
Hotel, never have eaten-partly owing perhaps
to the fact that the Elysian larder of wild brook
and prairie is not dishonored by the cook in the
kitchen. An acquaintance with the Oakland's land
lord, IN fact and the various comforts and agree
ableness of his daily dispensation, might be safely
put down as among the twenty-year investments Of
Sidney Smith:-"Mankind are always happier for
having been happy-so that if you make them
Ihappy now, you make them happy twenty years
hence by the memory of it,


Some charming specimens of the company for
the season. were already assembled at Oakland,
and left the spot after delightful evening and
forenoon, with sigh not at all in tune with the
impatient whistle of the locomotive The Baltimore
tran to which our peasure-cars were now attached.
Is here half way on its route to Wheeling, and be-
heve | must reserve the remainder for one letter
more Yours, Mp w
Year: 1859

y


We have the best authority to induce us to con-
slider this great line of travel as certainly to be
completed in a short time to Westminster 1t is
now finished to Owens Mills, and steam cars are
running at this time that part of the road 1t is
supposed that the road will be in running order to
ReisterstOwn by the first of September next and if
the weather proves favorable it will be brought to
this place in time for persons come here by that
transit by the lst of April next. This will open nm
one of the richest mineral and grain coun
tries heretofore undeveloped, not only in
this State, but in any other the seaboard We
think our friends West of us, towards Hagerstown
and in that region of country between here and
there had as well turn their attention to this road
and throw little of the profits OF their surplus
crops in aid of this enterprise by such means and
investments in bonds as they may iud convenient
now and will hereafter be surely available But
we especially call upon friends in the CITY of
Baltimore to lend their helping hand to our work.
And we say so, because while we Of Carroll county
have been paying cur quota of taxes towards the
support of the public works, centring there, not
one dollar has been expended by the city or State
in developing the resources of grain, iron and
other rich resources Of this coanty-second to
none in the State. We thiuk it is time that the
Baltimore papers should take some notice of us,
and, II they please, copy this. YVES MINISTER,
Year: 1859

We give place to the following communication,
not because We feel that the Baltimore press has
neglected the enterprise of which it speaks That
it has been favorite one with us our columns will
testify. We know ofnone of the same proportions
which more deserves support from the capitalists
ofthi city, or which will better reward judcious
outlay
Year: 1859

On Saturday morning about one O'Clock, fire
was discovered in a smoke house belonging to Mr.
Kemp on Jenkins lane in the rear of Greenmount
Cemetery. considerable quantity of beef was
hanging in the house at the time, which, together
was no insurance, and the loss is $500
Year: 1859

How IT NOW FEBrs.+The Nevada Journal
thus explains its ''phelinks" on the occasion
of joining the Administration


Since joining the Administration democra-
cy we feel freer, more Independent and lOoser
than we ever felt before. During our whole
former political career we had been "crib'd,
cabined and confined" by certain foolish and
womanly notions of propriety aud justice
but henceforward having discarded forever
all moral restraints, we intend to deal with
our foes in such manner as will convince
them that Shakespeare erred when he said
conscience makes towards of us ALL" To
our foes we say don't flatter yourselves that il
we get chance to stab in the dark, any "still
small voice" will bid us pause. To our form
er friends we say that all attempts at our re-
clamation will be fruitless we are gone too
far we could not recover our former position,
and we must pursue our present course even
though it leads to the very depths of degra-
| dation
Year: 1859

The London Illustrated News, in an arti-
Gle upon the present position of England in
the Italian struggle, says:


"But gild the bitter pill as we may, there
is pill that the nation must swallow, and it
is this. Our place is not at present the first
place in Europe. We have been taken
down peg" We have been left behind in
the march of events, and must either resume
our place without alliances, or look for new
ones. If neither alternative be within our
grasp we may remain a great nation, but
one no longer the greatest.
Year: 1859

A DISPATCH to New York paper says that
"The treaty now being made with Mexico for
a right of way through that Republic not
only embraces that portion Of territory 6or-
dering on our own, but also any portion from
the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean. The
concessions are most liberal and important.
Year: 1859

A LADY and gentleman were stopped in the
north part of San Francisco on Wednesday
night, by three robbers, who took from the
gentleman $25 and medallion containing a
highly valued miniature.
Year: 1859

from St Louis, says:


General Cass's new non.interVention doc
trine. as applied to natuLalized citizens whC
may be seized and put to military service IL
the land of their birth, has seriously alarmed
his party. They think it is carrying the
Government intentions to be neutral in the
present war in Europe little too far. In
several instances of recent date, in which the
Democracy have had occasion to hold con ,,
ventions OF mass meetings, they have passed
resolutions affirming it to be the duty of the
Government to insist upon or enforce the re-
lease of all luckless semi Americans who may
wander back to Vaterland and be put in
duress there
Year: 1859

OVERLAND IMMIeaArIoN.-A letter has been
received from Fort Bridger by gentleman
in San Francisco, in which the writer says
that the immigration for California is greater
than that of the year 1850
Year: 1859

The Supreme Court of Georgia has decided
it to be good cause for a new trial, that one
of the Jury who tried the case was cousin
to the prosecutor, and not known to be SO
till after the verdict
Year: 1859

4 SINGULAR FACT.-Let the farmers go
out upon the centre of our prairies and
plow up piece OF land ever So far away
from our woods, and that land will grow
up to timber Now the question arises
whence comes the seed or nucleus of the
timber? Has the seed been in the ground
ever since the flood? Here is theme for
philosophers to study upon.


In order for the land TO produce the tim
Der, stout and vigorous. it should be cult
waited couple of years, and when the soil
is well mixed it will produce in this region
oak, aspen, white walnut and maple. In
our fields the aspen is most common but
we have discovered the other varieties
named. They grew up like weeds


Some contend that the growth may be
attributed to the spontaneous production
of the soil; others that they grow by
chance; while some suppose that the seed
becomes scattered over the surface since
is cultivation. The last conclusion is
wrong. because there has been no opportu-
nitv for such to be the case We do not
pretend to offer an opinion either way. 1t
is beyond our comprehension In a few
wears all who reside on the prairie may
with proper care have all the timber they
will require
Year: 1859

| Shs helps to cook the dinner she has
bought for servants are waste!ul with
coal, and She knows 10 an ounce how little
she can use In that marvellous place, a
French kitchen, where two or three little
holes in a stove cook such delicate dishes,
and perform such culinary feats as our
great roaring giants ot coal fires have no
conception Of. she tirts about like a fairy,
creating magical me.ses out OF raw mate
rial of the most ordinary kind. es,
though lady born and bred, refined aud
elegant, and agreeable IN society, "a belle IN
her way. she docs not think il beneath her
dignity to Tighten the household expenses
10y practical economy and activity.


The dinner of French family is cheap
and simple There is always soup, the
meat Of the w-pan-sometimes, If not
strict i'll their expenditures, another plate
Of meat-geuerally twovegetables, dressed
and eaten separately, and sometimes, (not
always a sweet dish; If not that, little
fruit such a. may be the cheapest and
ripest in the season.


Bat there is very little of each thing,
and it Is rather i'll arrangement than in
material that they appear rich. The idea
that the French are gourmands in private
life is incorrect They spend little in eat
ing, and they eat inferior things, though
their cookery is rather a science than a
mere accident OF civilization. At home,
the great aim OF the French is to save, and
a seit-sacrifce that will lead to this result
i chcertully undertaken. more especially
in eating and the luxury OF idleness. No
French woman will spend u shilling to
save herself trouble She would rather
work like dray-horse 10 buy an extra
yard Of ribbon or new pair Of gloves,
than lie on the sotte,t sofa in the world, in
placid fine laiyIng, with crumpled gauze
or bare hand. -La,bJs Treasury
Year: 1859

WALKING UNDER WATER-A diver in a
suit Of submarine arnor, recently crossed
the Schuylkill river, near Philadelphia,
marching on its bottom with ease and safe
ty His suit consisted of an india-rubber
dress which covered him up to the neck
and over this was sheet copper hood COW
ering the head helmet, and extending
down to the shoulder. a pipe to supply
fresh air was connected with the helmet
ard two men in boat followed him pump
ing in the necessary quantity the foul air
escaped by a valve. a rope was suspended
under the water from one shore to the
other, as guide to the diver who reached
the western side in % minutes from the
time of entering the water. The trip back
was made in % minutes. His progress
through the water was indicated by a
slight bubbling and ripping as he passed
along.
Year: 1859

An old schoolmaster said one day to
clergyman who came to examine his
school. Il believe the children know the
catechism word for word"


But do they understand it that is the
question" said the clergyman


The schoolmaster only bowed respect
fully and the examination began. 4 little
boy had repeated the fifth commandment.


d" Honor thy father and thy mother,
and he was desired to explain it. Instead
of trying to do so, the little boy with his
face covered with bushes, said almost in
a whisper: Yesterday | showed some
strange gentleman over the mountain
The sharp stones cut my feet and the gen
tlemen saw they were bleeding and they
gave me some money to buy me shoes.
/ gave it to my mother, for she had no
shoes either, and / thought could 60 bare
footed better than she could.
Year: 1859

J WISH the ladies had the privilege Of
voting, said politician the other day
=" Why said bystandar, do you think
your party would gain strength thereby"
= Not particularly that was the reply,
" but il would be SO interesting to election
Ger with them"
Year: 1859

The Hendricks county Undiana) people
are going to have a new feature in their
fair this fall. Some citizens in the north
ern part of that county are going to exhb-
it fast troting bull in harness. and chal-
lenge competition, offering premium Of
So to the winner
Year: 1859

ENGLISH PATENT YEAsT-Boil six ounces
of hops in three gallons of water three
hours; strain it off, and let it stand 10 mi
nutes; then add half peck Of ground
malt, stir it well, and cover it over; return
the hops, and put the same quantity Of
water to them again, boiling them the
same time as before, straining it Off TO the
first mash; stir it up, and let it remain
four hours. then strain it off, and set it to
work at 900, with three piEts OF old yeast;
let it stand about 20 hours take the scum
off the top. and strain it through a hair
sieve: it will then be fit for use One pint
is sufficient to make a bushel of bread
Year: 1859

The New Haven Register relates that an
actor at one of the theatres was called out
four times in one evening not long ago
twice by the sheriff. once by tailor. and
once by an irresistible desire TO imbibe
Year: 1859

The Episcopalians of the Diocese Of Iowa
have decided to purchase the fine college
grounds and buildings at Davenport, now
belonging to the ConGreeationalist,sand
known as the d" Iowa College property.
Year: 1859

The Richmond Enquirer published two
letters in one number the other day. calling
irantieally upon the Charleston Convention
to save the Union and the Democratic par
ty at the same time by nominating Cover
nor Wise for President.
Year: 1859

BARBEE's STATUE, " The CoQUETTE.r-So extern
siyely bepraised has been this work of art that we
had made up our mind to be severely critical if the
least chance was afforded us, and to give any mper.
fection which might detect the full benefit Of the
notoriety to which its quality might entitle it; but
when we stood at last in the gharthallowed pre-
sence of the peerless maid who, obsdient to the
geniusinspired touch of the SCULPTOR stepped from
the marble block into all Of beauty save it's warm and
breathing life, we do confess that the spirit Of cr
csm disarmed, leaving naHght but sense of ad-
miration, and that we incontinently became mem
ber OF the universal landation society which endorses
Barbee's Coguette.n


There she stood, the embodiment Of all the marble
grace that the masters Of the chisel ever conceived
her form and limbs models of nature's hest workman
ship, and her face triumph Of emotional imagery.


Its every line and feature expresses the laughing ex
utaton with which she regards the heart held 10 one
uplifted hand while with the other she directs the
arrow Of Cupid with which she is about to pierce the
poor, quiverng thing that her charms have placed
her mercy. There are and have been many senlptofs
who could and can carve a face of fanltless immo-
bity, but it is only the master of the art who can
catch and indeliby picture in the stone q fleet
ing expression, in truthful keeping with which
SHau pe every St0hlleSt llHe anQ llueaMeuI-uO
lights and shades, no coloring to aid his work.
This the American sculptor has wondrously effected,
but at what cost Of TOLL For three years he dreamed
by night and worked increasingly by day in imaging
this conception, which absorbed his genus-in per
fectng its true and pquant beauty of form attitude
and face, his whole existence enwrapt. No wonder
that scuptors have become enamored Of the work q
their own hands, and welded their affections to the
brides of art. We would wager something consids-
rable that this sculptor has many q time and oft
pressed his own to the laughngy exutant lips Of his
statue, and we were not surprised when told that
once an enthusiastic lady admrer would not be salts


fed until allowed to bring her own ruby labals in os
culatory contact with this bewitchng feature Of the
"Coquette."


Go and see the "Coquette" is our closing advice
and if in your soul there is chord Of sympathy
respondent to the appeals of the abstraoty beautiful


sense that marble counterfeit of matter and emotDl
will haunt your memory, and its remembrance breal
in upon your other thoughts, no matter how gloom,
they may chance to be, like beam of sunshine.