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Year: 1860

must inevitably follow, in case of
success? (Cheers.) Can they have
the madness or folly to believe that
our Southern brethern would sub
nit to be governed by such a chief
magistrate Z? (Checrs.) Would he
be required to follow the same rule
prescribed by those who elected
him in making his appointments ?
If a man living South of Mason and
Dixon's line be not worthy to be
president na Vice REesitlent Hoult
it,be proper to select one from the
same quarter, as one Of his cabinet
council, or to represent the nation
in foreign country? Or, indeed,
to collect the revenue, or admins
ter the laws of the United States I?
If not, what new rule is the Presi-
dent to adopt in selecting for office,
that the people discard in selecting
him


These are serious, but practical
questions, and in order to appreci-
ate them fully, it is only necessary
to turn the tables upon ourselves
Suppose that the South, having a
majority of the electoral votes,
should declare that they would
only have shareholders for Presi-
dent and Vice President, and should
elect such by their exclusive suffra-
ges to rule over us at the North
Do you think that we would sub
nit to it? No, not for a moment.
(Applause.) And do you believe
that your Southern brethren are
less sensitive on this subject than
you are, or less jealous Of their
rights? tremendous .cheering.)
If you do, let me tell you that you
are mistaken. And, therefore, you
must see that if this sectional party
succeeds, it leads inevitably to the
destruction Of this beautiful fabric
reared by our forefathcrs, cemented
by their blood, and bequeathed to
us as a priceless inheritance.


/ tell you my friends, that l speak
warmly on this subject, for / feel
that we are in danger. l will wash
my hands of the consequences,
whatever they may be; and / tell
! you that we are treading npon The
brink of a volcano that is liable at
any moment to burst forth and
overwhelm the nation.
Year: 1860

pa. What is true as to the exter-
nal and interior phenomena of our
globe is also frequently true as to
the character--that the extreme
GOODNESS upon the surface may exist
in connection with great internal
heat. v, {
Year: 1860

D1-A fellow on the race course was stag
gering about with more liquor than he could
carry "Hailoi what's the matter. nowT
said d chap whom the inebriated individual
had Just run against "Why-hic--why, the
fact is, q lot Of my friends have been betting
liquor on the race to-day and they have got
me to hold the stakes"
Year: 1860

ALLEGED FRAUDS IN PASSING THE LECoMPToN
BILL The special Washington correspou-
dent of the New York Herald telegraphs as
follows:


"tlon. Robert J Walker will again he be
fore the Covode Investigating Committee, to
testify further in regard to Kansas uifairs-
This investigation promises to be exceeding
ly interesting as the committee have discov
cred n placer in regard to the appliances used
in the passage Of the bill through the House
1t is thought that the developments will i'm
plicate some of those members of the last
Congress who first opposed that measure, and
nfterward gave It their support


The substance Of the testimony given be
fore the Covode Committee Thursday and
Friday, by Mr.. Bean assistant clerk under
Col Allen. the Democratic clerk, of the las,
House. is that he received from Mr. Wendell
the sum of $4,000 for his services to carry
the English bill. and that he heard Wendell
say that the bill must be carried if it would
cost bushel basket full of gold Mr. Bean
is at present editor of Democratic paper at
Fremont Ohio. The Committee have the
evidence before them that disbursing agent
of the Administration deposited and checked
out of the Bank of the Metropolis 1925, 900,
a great portion of which the Committee ex-
pect to be able to prove was checked out to
several persons who were employed to carry
the English bill through the House.
Year: 1860

AN Eastern paper says that negro was
put INTO box at Nashville lately and ship
ped for Cincinnati the intent of the parties
being to make him free. On the arrival Of
the train at Seymour, Olio, careless handling
started off part of the cover and disclosed
the fugitive who was sent back to bondage.
Year: 1860

Their PoLloY.-A Washington dispatch says:
The friends here of the seceders at Charles
ION openly avow their policy to be that Of
throwing the election into the House by run
ming three or four tickets. Once there, they
count on fifteen Southern States, together
with California and Oregon, to elect their
man. This plan involves keeping out Kan
sas until the next session, which they have
the power to do through the Senate
Year: 1860

KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN Cross. The Los
Angeles Star of the 18th inst, says: We
are informed upon pretty good authority,
that couple of representatives from these
modern crusaders have been in our midst for
some days past, most likely here to make
converts for their chvalric institution. One
of them is said to hold the commission of
Colonel under some one of the governments
which now distract poor Mexico.
Year: 1860

A family Of father, mother, and four chill


dren' living on Deep Run, about six miles
above Wheeling, Va. were swept away 10y
the storm last Tuesday night. The roof of
Their house leaked very much. and they went
underit for protection from the ram, and
while there the stream swelled so rapidly,
81 and came down upon them with such violence
mat the whole six were swept away like
drawS One only. young lad, lodged upon
some drift wood, to which he clung during
Tue whole of the night. and was rescued the
next % morning The rest were drowned.-N
Year: 1860

IHE GRAPE Fly IN TUoLUMNE-We are
very sorry to observe says the Columbia
Courier, that our whole crop of grapes is
threatened this year with that dreaded vine
yard pest, the grape fly. 1t would appear
That in the whole country around us, among
the gardens. ranches. and vineyards, the fly
Is observable in immense quantities Our
readers would like to know OF sure remedy
for this evil, which has been tested by ex-
psrlence. We believe that a strong suds
made of whale-oil soap, if syringed upon
the leaves and vine, would kill the insect I;
out this method is a very tedious one; yet
Il Is better to do this than to lose our grapes
Gan anybody inform us ola better method
Year: 1860

DR.. johnson was rather a rough
and unpublished diamond, but, never
theless, he uttered many sententious
and wise maxiIns, and among others
the following; " He who waits to do
great deal Of good at once, will never
do anything" A keen observer Of
human nature, and capable of com.
prOhcnsive views of the motives Of
human actions, although too often
blinded in his judgements CT men by
his predictions or prejudices, be
threw out many suggestive sayings,
calculated to incite us to activity for,
good. How many verify the truth Of
the remark above quoted, waiting for
an opportunity of doing great deal
of good at once, and thereby loosing
the privilege Of doing a little good
every day.


How much better is it to improve
our daily opportunities for usefulness,
and thus, in the aggregate, accomplish
a large amount of beneficial labor,
than.tp wait with the delusive hope Of
doing some great thing at once, and
thus, Before we realize it, find that life
has slipped away, and nothing done
at all for good.


Let, then, the dreamers Of doing
something wonderful at once wake up,
and go to work to-day. Go and visit
the poor, the sick and the dying
Dry up some widows tears cause
some lone orphan to bless you for yonr
kindness; lead the feet Of some out
cast into the path OF recttnde; pick up
ragged boy in the street and carry
him TO the Sabbath school ; persuade
the poor irebrlate to take the pledge ;
distribute choice tracts; do something
to-day. There are ways enough to be
useful if you have the disposition to
do good, and to make the world better
for your having lived in it. But il
you are waiting to do some great
thing you are chez ishing an illusion,
and you will die without accomplish
ing any thing. @.
Year: 1860

BOYS, HELP Your MoTHER.-We
have seen from two to six great hear
ty boys sitting by the kitchen stove,
toast ng their feet and cracking nuts
or jokes, while their mother, a slender
woman, has gone to the wood pile for
wood, to the well for water, or TO the
meat-house to cut frozen steak for
dinner. This is not as it should be.
There is much work about the house
too hard for a woman. Heavy lifting,
hard extra steps which should be
done by those more able. Boys don't
let your mother do it all, especially if
she is feeble woman. Dull, prosy
house work is irksome enough at best.
1t is long work, too, it being ithpos.
sible to tell when it is quite done, and
then on the morrow the whole is to be
gone over with again. There is more
OF it than one is apt to think. We
wish some busy, all day house worker,
the arrangement Of whose house is
about as inconvenieut as it can be, a
no uncommon state of things, would
count her stops for one day, and let us
have the result in miles, let it be no.
ted how many times she goes into the
celler, to the wood pile, to the pump,
up and down stairs, and especially
how many times from the stove to the
buttery. .--Morning Star.
Year: 1860

lIoEiSG PorAroEs wuEy WEr.-A corrc-
spondcnt of the Praric Farmer states that,
having noticed how potatoes were interrupt
cd in their growth, invariably pined away
and died, ii disturbed and bruised when wet
with dew and rain, he tried the following ex-
pertinent: lie selected patch in his potato
field, had 1t ploughed only once, and then
loosed the soil with the hoe when tho stalk
was above ground, and in the heat Of the
day when they were dry. lie never touched
them afterwards till they were dug in Octo-
Der. These stalks kept green and the yield
OF potatoes was very large. The other por-
ton OF the patch was worked three times
and when the stalks were wet with dew.
Those blighted early, did not produce half a
crop, and that OF an inferior quality. The
ground. seed and time Of planting in both
patches were the same.
Year: 1860

In your situation; but before We could set 10
his relief, he plunged into the sea ,supPosing,
as we concluded, that his horse would swim
to the shore; but they both sank and wero
drowned


gave my delivercr al the money had.
which | think was about eighteen pence, and
tarried oil night at the hotel. Next morning
Twas not little embarrassed how to pay my
reckoning for want Of cash, and begged my
landlord would keep pair Of silver spurs
until should redeem them; but he answered,
The Lord blcrs you, sir, I would not take
farthing from you for all the world Ai.er
some serious conversation with the friendly
people, l bade them farewell, and recon'
menced my journey rejoicing In tho Lord'
and praising him for his great salvation.
Year: 1860

Of all this vast value, We presume there was
not at an ounce of raw material which could
not have been furnished IN this country, and
not days labor which our own skilled nlechan-
les might not have performed. Does it not
seem Incredible thar more than Sl,000,000
should have been paid for bar iron, more than
a million for pig iron, and two millions and
half FOR Railroad Iron, when tie crude ore, the
means OF refining il, and the machinery for
manufacturing can all lie found in existeues
within less than hundred and City miles OF
the port where all these things we're landed.
Year: 1860

WHAT We PAY FOR WHAT WE HAVE AZ
READY.-The Treasury Department furnishes
tho following table Of the value of the goods
manufactured from Iron and Steel, Rheh were
imported into this country during the last fs-
cal year
Year: 1860

THE Loss or THE Observation-Disclosures pa
pers Of March od state that q numerous corps
of divers had reached the wreck of the Hun
earan, whose Investigations may lead to i'm
portant discoveries ia regard TO the loss OF the
vessel and the bodies of her passengers aud
what we can learn in regard to the position of
the wrecked vessel when last seen. She must
have struck about midnight, when ali but The
watch on deck were in their beds, aud thus
probably they perished." OF the two hundred
persons on board the Hungarian, says the
Boston Traveller. the bodies Of only five or
six have been found. In regard to the Others,
it is probable that they were carried along
with the current aud driven ashore upon the
uninhabited portions Of that bleak coast, " here
their bones will remain to bleach unless an
expedition is specially sent out 10 gather up
the remains, by this time, probably. in most
cases unrecognizable, and bear them to u
common place of sepuiture.
Year: 1860

TIE Mayor was almost out Of business last
Saturday morning. One or two con tin ued
cases of 4 trivial character occupied his time
for few minutes, but neither OF them were
of sufficient interest TO make them worthy Of
notice.
Year: 1860

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-Mrs. Potter. W ifs of
Asa Potter who worked in the branch mill
near Woonsocket. r. l., was passing near an
upright shaft on the 5tb, when her dress caught
on the head of Il bolt in the coupling of the
shaft, winding it around the shaft, throwing
her down, and in that position whirling her
around with great velocity, the shaft making
hundred revolutions per minute The
shaft was stopped in one or two minutes, but
she was dead when disenlaugled from it
When carried around with the shaft. her head
aud shoulders were being constantly thrown
against the contiguous machinery with snch
force as to break her neck and shockngiy
crush and nangle the bones and flesh Of her
head neck, shoulders, arms, and upper por-
tions of her body.
Year: 1860

THRILLING ADVENTURE ON TIE Ioa.-0n
Monday last party Of gentlemen visited the
bay for the purpose Of seeing tho Indians and
others feb for trout. About two o'clock some
Of tho party observed singular motion Of the
ice. II appeared that there was strong our
rent in the water, but On examination dis
closed the fact that the loo upon which they
were standing had parted between them and
the shore, and that they were rapidly floating
into Lake Huron. They at once put their
horses in motion to find some point whore they
could get to the main land, but could find no
such place. In the moan time they were go
ing very rapidly, the wind blowing gale
from the shore. Their situation was very
dangerous, both as regards the danger Of the
breaking up Of the ice upon which they were,
and the severe oold; great excitement existed
at Bay City among the inhabitants generally,
and many plans for their relief were talked Of
aud oanvsssed. They aoated some fourteen
miles, whom one end Of the ice fortunately
grounded on Hquaw Point. They made rush
for the shore after first getting of their horses
and sleighs. The iee was much broken, and
they had to travel some distance over separate
cakes to reach the shore.-East Sdsinaw Cour.
Year: 1860

THREE PERsoss DESTROYED BY A Doa.-A
French newspaper, the Journal de Chartres,
relates terrible affair: A dog, through whose
nose some unfeeling wretch had driven o long
and sharp nail, became SO furious from pain,
that he attacked and bit almost every one
with whom he came in contact. Of ten persons
bitten, three are already dead, and some Of
the others are SO fearfully injured that their
recovery is not probable.
Year: 1860

B8~We are informed by a gentleman Just
from Paducah that we were misinformed in
regard to the account we gave on Tue sday
morning of the shooting of aRepubIcan
there by lawyer named Kinkead. No
such an occurrence took place. The ac-
count We got was so circumstantial that we
could not doubt it, and accordingly gave / t
as we heard it. We are extremely glad it is
not true and sorry we should have been so
imposed on, as lawyer of the above name
inPaducah we are told is an en- tirely different
kind of a man than would appear by the
above account.
Year: 1860

B2y~The Republicans we meet all seem
to feel particularly good, as if they were at
peace with. sail the world and the rest of
mankind They repose on their laurels
with great self-satisfaction, and well they
may, for none have done better service tina
the invincible Republicans of Vanderburgh.
They have covered themselves with glory.
Year: 1860

BeS@A All our Republican exchanges that
have come to hand since the election are ju-
bilant over the election of Lincoln and
Hamlin and our other victories while our
Democratic exchanges have all put on sack
cloth. Conveyances for Salt River are now
in great demand amongst our opponents.
Year: 1860

GAvITT AND PARRoTT.-The journal of
Saturday contains what we denominate a
very unjust charge against Sheriff Gavitt
and Judge Parrot, in relation to the formers
bill against the county, and the latters al
lowing them. We presume that Judge Par
rott knows as much law, to say the least of
it, as our Journal friends, and understands
his duty as Judge, and that his allowances
to the Sheriff are lawful and correct we have
no doubt. If not, there is a remedy, with
out waiting until a partisan judge shall have
received his commission, as indicated by the
Journal. We apprehend that Judge Pitch
er will not feel fattered by the Journals
allusion to him PARTISAN on the bench,
nor do we believe that we Will come up to
the standard of the Journal as a partisan,
but we have thc tmOst confidence in his
deciding all cases according to law, as he
understands it, the j Journal S illusions to the
contrary notwithstanding.


This attack upon Gavitt aud ParrOtt, we
regard, being the dregs of political bitter
ness against those gentlemen, emanating
from a diseased mind-diseased from an
over dose of flhaticism.-EnQuircr. TS


If the question is ever 10 be tested Impair
TALLY we are confident that the objection
able allowances made by Judges PARROT and
Moore 10 the oherIH VIII be decided as HE
gal. We are willing to submit the question
to any fair Judge. We believe Judge
Pitcher u be such "a man, and have never
said anything to Justify our neIghbors i'm
putations. We have never made the most
remote allusion to Judge Pitcher as a parti-
san; in fact we supported him on the
ground of his ability and freedom from po-
litical bias in the discharge of his official
duty. We are glad to see our contemporary
express such perfect confidence in his i'm
partiality, and know this confidence Will
be sustained by Judge Pitchers course on
the bench. The Sheriff will not have the
hardihood to present wrongful bills to him,
and any bills that Judge Pitcher allows
may be considered as right just, and legal
Year: 1860

There was once child, and he strolled
about good deal, and thought of num-
Der of things. He had sister, who was a
child too, and his constant companion.
These two used to wonder all day long.
They wondered at the beauty of the fow-
ers; they wondered at the height and blue
ness of the sky; they wondered at the
depth of the bright water; they wondered
at the goodness and the power of God, who
made the lovely world.


They used to say to one another some
times, "Supposing all the children on
earth were to die, would the flowers and
the water and the sky be sorry?" They
believed they would be sorry; for, said
they, the buds are the children of the fow-
ers, and the little playful streams that gam
bol down the hillsides are the children of
the water; and the smallest bright specks
playing at hide and seek in the sky all
night must surely be the children of the
stars; and they would all be grieved to
see their playmates, the children of men,
no more.


There was one clear, shining star that
used to come out in the sky before the rest,
near the church-spire, above the graves.
1t was larger and more beautiful, they
thought, than all the others, and every
night they watched for it, standing hand
in hand at the window. Whoever saw it
first cried out, IL see the star p And Of
ten they cried out both together, knowing
so well when it would rise, and where. So
they grew to be such friends with it that
before lying down in their beds they al
ways looked out once again to bid it good
night; and when they were turning round
to sleep they would say, "God bless the
star p


But while she was still very young-oh,
very, very young-the sister dropped, and
came to be so weak that she could no long
er stand in the window and at night;
and then the child looked sadly out by
himself, and when he saw the star turned
round and said to the patient, pale face on
the bed, Il see the star" And then smile
would come upon the face, and little
weak voice used to say, God bless my
brother and the star p


And SO the time came all too soon when
the child looked out alone, and when there
was no face on the bed, and when there
was little grave among the graves not
there before, and when the star made long
rays down toward him as he sawit through
his tears


Now, these rays were SO bright, and
they seemed to make such shining way
from earth to heaven, that when the child
went to his solitary bed he dreamed about
the star; and dreamed that, lying where
he was, he saw train of people taken mp
that sparkling road by angels. And the
star, opening, showed him a great world Of
Year: 1860

been in this affair deal of trouble to him
and yourself and to many others; but the
storm is now nearl y over; already may be
seen beneath the lowering clouds that are
sweetly letting in the western horizon, the
bright and glorious sun of better day,
looming up from the east, and radiant with
joy and gladness. That will be payday
for us all. / shall not forget you; ahl no,
1 shall remember you; and as the ship
wrecked mariner in after years sits by his
cheering ireside at midwinter, and recounts
to his family the dangers of the sea, of his
own perilous condition, of his clinging to
the broken spars, of the dashing of the
waves over his body, of the knawing Of
hunger, and finally of the kind friend who
risked his life and came to his rescue; SO
will I recount in after years this circum-
stance, and with joy look over my pocket
diary which will then be rewritten in folio
style and taste, and there will | recount
the names of those kind and dear friends,
who have ministered thus kindly to me
and my brave companions.


Present my respects to the committee,
and to inquiring friends generally. The
provisions are good here for prison, and
| have nothing to complain of but loneli-
ness and our being here at all. But God is
just, and his retributive powers will one
day be meted out ON this guilty, hypo-
critical, and ungodly nation.


Egypt, Carthage, Greece, Rome, and
other powers boasting of more strength,
more genius, and more wealth than the
United States, have lived and passed
away, because Of their wicked avarice, and
their encroachment on their fellow-men;
and God has marked out the days of this
wicked government; she cannot pass the
bounds he has set for her. Write to me
again soon. Don't forget to inquire
about the papers the Anglo and Inquirer.
1t is now getting dark, and shall not
commence another sheet of paper. don't
know that you will care to read all this or
not, but it is relief to my poor mind to
write what think, as l cannot see you to
express them verbally.*


l remain yours, with grateful respect,


A. NJ. GREEN.


CHERRY HILL PRIsoE, Sumnler Retreat.


'No person is permitted to see them except the
warden