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Year: 1859

FUNERAL PAGEANr-The funeral Of James
Martin was largely attendedyesterday afternoon.
The Deluge Company, Of which he was a mem
Der, was out 10 force, and members Of the va
rious FIRE companies Of the city were numerous
ly in the procession. A band of martial music
headed the procession. The hose carriage OF
the company served the purpose of hearse,
and the effect was much better. Mr.. Martin
was an active member of the Deluge Company,
and his brother freuen have paid proper
respect to his memory.
Year: 1859

The Opposition Republican candidates for
the Legislature, unable longer to face tho
indignant rrowns of an outraged and insult
ed people, are endeavoring, by a deatb-bed
repentance, to atone for the sins Of the past
Finding the cry Of "humbug' no longer
available to meet the stern demands of the
people for the passage of an usury law, they
are trying to make virtue Of necessity by
.Jeigning love for that measure and we firm.
ly believe that il we had broached tho doc
trino of restitution Mr.. Cuppy would prone
ise to reGund-alter the eleotionl


We must be permitted to doubt this elev-
enth hour conversion of the Opposition Re-
publican candidates for the Legislature, es-
pecially in view Of their hntecedents present
associations, aud money'sharking propensi-
ties. They remind us of scene we once
witnessed-but the like we hope never to see
again. IL was that of an old reprobate,
writhing in the agonies of death top and
lacerated by the stings Of guilty conscience
unable longer to sin against his maker ;
promising, in the littleness Of his soul, if his
Savior would save him now, that hereafter
he would do more than the decalogue re-
quired This is precisely the position Of
the Opposition Republican candidates on the
usury question, at the present time. No
longer able to stem the current of popular
indignation setting against them, they prom
ise now to advocate the passage OF an usury
law, with "penitentiary" clause attached.


Tomorrow we shall attend to the white-
liyered lie Of Deacon Comfy, viz. That I'VE
charged the Republican party with ALL being
money sharks and shavere" You should
not be permitted, Deacon, by your over-
bearing insolence, to palm of on the public
or upon us, any such ialsehood What we
did charge--and We reiterate the charge
was, that the wire workers who operated
the machinery of the Opposition Republican
Convention put candidates denomination who
were in tho interest of usurers; and, by the
nomination of Cuppy, "the prince of usu-
rers' after and in the full face of the resoc
luton passed at the Democratic Convention,
shows clearly that the moving spirits of your
party resolved, at all hazards, 10 smother
the growing spirit of discomfort with the ex'
isting order of things IN monetary affairs
And we charge you, Deacon Comfy, the old
mo-honored advocate of regular banking
with the attempt to throw chaT in the eyes
of the mechanics and manufacturers Of your
own party, and to literally sell them out tc
tho Shayers and Shylocks, us You did the
old Wing party, with all its bright and bril-
liant intelleots, and honorable associations
to the Know'NOthing party


On tomorrow, we expect to picture ou
an "ingrate' in all his hideous deformity
and his malignant attempts to prejudice oul
case, now in the courts of this county, anG
yet undetermined
Year: 1859

SIS0uLAR EscAPE.-Last Wednesday night
at Wheeling, a servant girl Of Mr.. o. w.
Heiskell, at late hour Of the night. in at
tempting to close the shutters, fell from the
third story to the ground. Singular to say
she escaped without injury beyond a few
scratches and bruises. So great was the
force with which she fell, that the bannis-
tsrs of the front door were broken. She was
not discovered till next morning, when she
was found at the back part Of the house


where il is supposed she orAwled after the
accident She is now nearly oonyalescont
Year: 1859

Tar CoLoRKD CHuRoH.-A good deal OF feel
ing is evineed by the people Of the 9Th Ward in
regard to the efforts Of the eOloroa people to
sroct a church IN that part Of tho city. This
feeling is ent0rtsiaed by the people generally
aud they ar determined that such structure
shall pot be built We have received several
communications on the subject, and will prob
ably give one tosmonow.
Year: 1859

W We have but few words to say tosday in
regard to the article in the Journal this morning.
which seems to have been written for the es>
pecial benefit Of the proprietor OF this paper
What the editor of the journal is pleased TO style
the Treasury Defalcation," has nothing to do
with the issues involved in the present politi
cal campaign in this county. This, Deacon
Comfy knows as well as any body else, and
his reference to this matter is only dictated by
desire to divert public attention from the
9 stubborn facts" which we have arrayed against
his pet candidate on the Republican ticket
The Deacon has not attempted TO reply TO the
statements made in our article Of yesterday,
from the simple fact that he has not the hardi-
hood to venture a refutatiOn Of them. Know
ing, as he does that the matters which he
makes the harden Of the article in this morn
ing's journal, are now in course Of judicial in.
yestigation an investigation from which
we have never attempted to shrink-and
knowing also, as he does, that should
the case go against us, the County
is amply protected in ITS claim-he exhibits &
degree of recklessnes and brazen effrontery
which any decent man would regard as infa-
nous and despicable by alluding TO them at all


If the Journal expects to make any capital fol
the Republican cause by pursuing ths course 4


does, it win find itself greatly mistaken. II il


entirely at liberty to expend its venom anC


malignity upon us, but we wish its editor Il


understand distinctly that his course will no


in The least deter Us from discussing freely anC
feaflessiy, the merits Of ihs 5aHdids:ss upoi


the Republican ticket. This we shall do


"wilhout fear, favor or Affection the persona
attacks OF the journal upon ourselves, "to tn
contrary Notwithstanding.
Year: 1859

GJ- The journal says the Empire made the
Usury issue before Cuppy was nominated. To
be sure we did; aud that is what we have all
along claimed and you denied. You have
said II was a bogus issue; that we were not in
earnest; that it was gotten up to meet Ouppy's
case Your blundering admission this morn
ing breaks the force Of your charge that it wns
trumped up to meet his case. You accepted
the issue we made, long since, by putting Cup
py on your ticket. 1t is not a mere personal
warfare on him but upon him as the rePresen'
tative Of his class. You have endorsed him,
and you would now sneak away from the odi-
um Had he not been candidate his name
would not have been mentioned, although his
practices would have been alluded to, necessa-
rilv
Year: 1859

The Telescope" Of this week, in reply to
our article Of last week, has seen proper not
to allude to the "Horse Show" or "Califor'
mia Taylor''--the only matters in dispute be-
tween us. We accept this-it will be ac-
cepted by all who have taken the trouble to
read our effusions--as q virtual abandon
ment of the disp ute. The Telescope" how
ever, still higgles about it's report of DIR.
Durbin's address, and quotes portion OF
it and though on Objectionable sentence is
left out enough is given to prove what we
said with regard TO the spirit which dictated
parti,colored notice Of what the "Tele-
scope" said was not intended for the public
earl The trickster is evident in the effort Of
our Cotemporary, and the performance is beI
low mediocrity It is very ungraceful
backdown, in bad spirit, from an untenablc
position, and we throw the mantle of chari-
ty over it--a mantle whose principal mates
rial is silence.


But, before We turn our friend over to the
uninterrupted discharge of his religious du'
ties (aud here we ask pardon for having in
nocently interrupted them) we beg to assure
him that we have not been actuated in any
thing we have said with regard to the "Tel0'
scope" by a sectarian spirit The charge is
not true. We are not connected in any way
with the Methodist or any other sect We
are in position to say what we conceive
to be our duty about all matters pertaining
to church or State. We do this without ask
ing the privilege of any body. If we give
some space in our columns to church mat
ters, it is because we desire to keep oui
readers-members of all churches, and
members Of no Church-posted on such mat
ters; and the information is furnished u.s. Az
an instance of our independence in regard
to Methodist church movements, we refer the
"Telescopo' to our structures on the Lay
mems Association of the M. H. Church
when in session here recently; articles
which we doubt not the editor read and rel.
ished. at tho time.


Finally, these sectarian jealousies, snnrl
ings and snsppings, which we sometimes no
tice, are anti Christian. They ore not o.
the Holy Spirit, but Of the Devil. We make
no determinations make no distinctions be
tween sects, in this expression of contempt
for the practice. Being a constant reader
Of the Telescope" and only occasionally
seeing other journals of religious devotion
it may be possible that our attention hai
been more persistently called to these fault
at home than abroad The absence of sucl
things in religious papers viii have the eff
feet of "drying us up" We don't think am
other plan will meet our views.
Year: 1859

New MoDE OF SAVING GoLD.-The Gala
veras Chronicle states that nearly all the
quartz mills at Angels and Altaville have
adopted a new mode of saving the gold, or
rather have gone back to first principles
They have thrown away all the shaking ta-
hles blankets &c, and adopted the Chilean
bowl or batea which is made OF cast
iron, about four feet in diameter, with con
cave of six inches in the centre from the lev.
el Of the sides. A rim three inches in height
extends around the basin, only leaving suffi'
cent space to discharge the water and crush
ed rock. This bowl is hung by three iron
rods, attached to the rim, and coming to the
centre at the top. On the under side of the
bowl is pivot 10 which is attached crank
giving the bowl o rolling motion Of three


inches from the centre, keeping everything
perfectly loose and tending to settle all hea-
W particles TO the bottnm and centre. and
anal Sainate the gold with the quicksilver
These bowls. when in rapid motion, have al.
mos. the same movement as the old fashion,
ed Chilean bowl VIXEN worked by hand
The invention is by a gentleman of the
Chrystal mill.
Year: 1859

PIONEER CoURrsHIPs.-[From a speech by
J. ID. Taylor at a Pioneer celebration in
Ohio. l-One subject always interesting to
Pioneers had been omitted by the speakers
Pioneer Courtships He could speak from
experience of The happy times when boys
and girls used to "set up" together, when
counting was done Sunday nights. and
sparkling was enjoyed in the only family
room Of the log cabin blankets the only
partitions, and the curtains around the bed
of the old folks About the children
would climb the ladder to their hunks, close
under the shake roo. ard in an hour more
father and mother would retire behind the
BLANKETS leaving the "sparkers" sitting at
opposite corners Of capacious stick chin
ney fireplace. Soon the fire would need a
little fixing with the wooden shovel or pok-
er, and in resumiug seats, somehow chairs
would manifest unusual attraction for clos
er contiguity. II chilly must sit close to-
gether TO keep warm il dark to keep the
bears off, Ofwhat was then whispered Mr..
7. was mum, but when the FIRST hearty smack
broke the cabin stillnes, the gentle breath
ing behind the blankets was often interrupted
by slight hacking congh


When s.rapping boy. he fell head over
heels in love with girl Of the real Ply
mouth Rock stamp. She lived twenty miles
away, and he went to sec her regularly eve
ry fourth Sunday night. He won the lass.
longed TO marry her, but as the course of
true love never did run smooth, her mother
objected. He however kept on counting un-
till be got to love everything OH the old
mans farm. At last love aud perseverance
were rewarded, and the wedding day was
fixed. The new country was sickly and he
often found himself feeling his pulse as the
day Of days grew near, in tremor lest the
shakes should be added TO the fever which
was consuming him.


Firally got married without accident,
moved to his log cabin aud went to honse-
/ keeping, Election soon come on, went TO
the polls, was asked If he was of age and
didn't vote Mrs 7. was also annoyed about
il and when election next came round, that
very morning she presented him with. a little
counterpart Of himself. The news reached
the town meeting before him and nobody
now objected to his voting.
Year: 1859

love for the vittuous, the spiritual, and the
refined. Shut out that from your soul which
is ienoble and degrading and let the mind
dwell only upon that which is pure uncon-
taminated, and beautiful, and your pathway
through life will be strown with flowers Of
Joy. The whole earth below, and heavens
above are all full Of beauty, subimity and
glory.


Let us appreciate the world around us as
Intellectual and immortal beings and our
souls, rosPlendent with the glories Of c. od
himself will exult in bliss, ecstatic and u u
ceasing.
Year: 1859

MELTING PIECE OF SuGAR.-Ifyou hold
piece of Sugar in spoon at the top of
your tea. it win melt quicker than If drop
ped to the bottom. The reason is. as the tea
becomes sweetened it falls to the bottom by
its own specific gravity, and fresh portions
of the unsweetend are brought in contact
with the lump Of sugar till all is dissolved
Year: 1859

The gold mines at Pixies Peak are still at
tracing considerable attention. Experienced
men who have explored the country esteem
the mines rich and extensive. There are
about 1900 persons in the mining region. and
several towns are springing up. It will re.
main for future experience to determine the
extent and richness of places.
Year: 1859

CONVICTION OF A CHILD FOR MURDER.-A
remarkable criminal case was before the
Court Of Albermarle county, Va, last Thurs
day, being an indictment against a little
negro girl, eight years old, for attempting,
by the most ferocious means, 80 murder her
mistress The Charlottesville ReyublicG
says:


The inhumanity and brutality OF The of
fenSe for which the accused was tried, and
her extreme youth, made this one of the
most remarkable cases to be found in the
annals oferiminal jurisprudence. The charge
against her was that, in April last, she at
tempted to kill her mistress (who was con-
fined to her bed from protracted sickness,
ar'a was very feeble, and entirely helpless,
by choking her, dragging her out OF bed, and
brutally beating her with the tongs, and
burning her with Goals and embers. The
probability is, that she would have succeed
ed in killing Mrs. I. very soon, had she not
been prevented by the arrival of the family
physician, who found her upon the floor in
a state Of insensibility.


The prisoner, at the time of the commits
sion of the deed, was about eight years and
nine months old. The case consequently
involved the consideration of the interesting
! question in regard to the age at which legal
responsibility for crime commences; or, in
other words, al what age person is, as the
law writers say, doll copdr. This question,
so far as we are advised, has not been set
tied by the judicial decisions of this coun-
try, the tendency of the decisions in Eng
land being to make it depend rather on the
intelligence and capacity to distinguish right
| from wrong, than on the age OF the party
accused. Blackstone mentions two cases as
having occurred in England, in one OF
which the accused was nine, and the other
eight years of age; and in which they were
severally condemned to capital punishment


Our court, in view of the irresistible evil
dence in the case, and the enormity and
brutality of the act, felt bound to convict
Judy OF the attempt to kill, and to sentence
her to be hung but, in consideration Of hei
tender years, they recommended her to the
clemency of the Executive.
Year: 1859



 MEssRs. EDIToRs: I wish to inform you that your paper due this office on Wednes- day nights, has not reached here for the last three weeks, until the following Mondays. It comes by the southern mail and it seems does not know the way when it gets to Rockport, but goes down to Washington and then about faces and slowly approaches this office. It is somewhat difficult to un derStand this, as we are at the fountain of mall arrangements here-probably it is owing to the eastern war and probably the temperature of our southern country has an influence upon its ereatic oeregrinations- The fact is, our mail facilities are very rheager here just now. From beautiful daily two-horse post-coaches we have gradually got down to a rickety tri-weekly coach and an occasional one horse mail boz (with no mail and if they continue to grow !" beautifully less we soon will have a one-eyed boy on a lame mule or some fel- low lugging it on his back, which would not at all be pleasant through this hot sand.- ouAPrineipal mail line (Pine Bluff and Princeton) has almost fzzled out, owing to the interference of some one, and from a tri-weekly coach we now have a one horse arrangement that cannot carry all the mail matter from that point.

 POST MASTER
Year: 1859

FoRCIBLE RESCUE OF -SLAvE.-On the 3Oth ult., a southern lady. with two colored servant girls, arrived in the harbor of Detroit, and immediately the steamer was boarded by a number of colored per sons, with the view of rescuing the slaves The Free Press says:

 The girls, who are aged thirteen and seventeen, refused to go with the intruders and appealed to their mistress for protec- tion She told them they were at liberty to go if they chose, and inquired of the negroes if they had any means of securing them support. Of course no satisfactory answer could be given to this, but the girls were informed that they must go.- They refused, and the eldest ran into a state-room and locked herself in. The other attempted to follow, but was caught and dragged down stairs and fairly pushed off the boat, followed by the whole gang The ferry boat Uniine lay close alongside and the crowd rushed on board of her, the captain immediately casting off and run ming across the river. They took her to W lndsor, on the opposite side of the river, and slowed her away in some negro hut. where she now remains. In the meantime a messenger was dispatched for an ofic of some sort to arrest the lady. By . re- cent act of the Michigan legislature. any person bringing slave within the limits of the State commits criminal ohense. punishable by ten years Imprisonment in the State prison. The lady was consequent ly liable. Fortunately for her the boat left the dock before any such advantage could be taken of her helpless position, and proceeded on her way to Cleveland. The lady is a resident of Winchester, Ky, near Louisville and gave her name as Mrs. Moore She has been spending the sum- mer at Superior city, and iS now on a visit to Cincinnati. Her husband is still at Su- pelior, his wife travelling alone with the two servants, who were kept merely aS personal attendants
Year: 1859

R Lord Macaulay tells us in his life of Pitt, in the Encyclopedia Britannica, that the power of speaking may exist in the highest degree without judgment, without fortitude, without skill in reading the char acter of men, or the signs of the times, with out the knowledge of the principles of leg islation, or of political economy, and with out any skill in diplomacy or in the admin istration of war"
Year: 1859

/

 GENTLEMEN: After thorough canvass of the district, l am fully satihed that a majority of those who have determined to support me at the the polls, are of the de- motratic party. The great body of the people who recently plotessed to be native Americans politically, find are now ready to abandon the cause and unite with the opposition party by sustaining is nominee.

 Ihls Opposition party 1 regard as but a faction, having no measure of pull lie policy, no motive or feeling to actnate them. other than hate to democracy and hope for ofli.e and so l have charged throughout the dis trlct. A faction which, if successful. will be powerless for good, and only powerful for evll. Regarding the democratic party as the on trul y national party of the coun try and the only one capable of fighting successfully the many factions of the dav, and the black republican party particularly. 1 believe 1t to be the duty ofall true constj. tntonal national men, and the people of the south especially, in the present and ap. preaching crisis of 1860 to sustain that party; hence to it my help and support shall accordingly be given.

 In my canvass throughout the district, enaeavored to present my views fully. and which l regard as truly national, involving the best interest of the people of the whole country, as well the naturalized citizen as the native born, and when find those so recently the Ioudest in their protestations of adherence to American principles. now the most willing to wholly and shamefullv abandon them, l resolved to retire from the canvass, leaving those true men who had determined to support me to act as they may deem best for the good of their coun- try. Most respectfully,

 s. F. J. TRARTF
Year: 1859




PLASTIC PaeoEss.-G W JONES, DENTIST. having
purchased the exclusive right for the above
mode of making TEETH, and after usifa9 and test
ing it in the most difficult tohere other plates
had failed is entirely satisfied Of its absolute SuperI
Gritty over the gold. silver and patina method can,
therefore with confidence, recommend it to all who
desire full partial sets of teeth and especial
~ to such as may be dissatisfied with those they are
using In this process, all OF the objections to
the gold plate are removed-the suction being per
feet COM fort aud STABILITY 10 the I'll. and the
teeth being nbeded in the metal the food is exclu.
ded from nnper or between them; they are. there
fore cleaner smoother. andin every respect better
In consequence Of the perfect adaptation of the
plate to the mouth, and the suction thereby Sc.
cured he can insert teeth uvtttoa clasps.
and in all guarantee perfect and satisfactory
fit.


This method having been adopted and commend
ed by these standing highest in the profession,
North and South, testimonials will be given, and
specimens exhibited. to any who may desire to see
them. The old plates of those wishing to exchange
the old method for the new, will be taken in part
pay. Will of course, make teeth on the old mode
or tlosa tho may prefer it.


Filling thoroughly and gently done and teeth OK.
racted by electricity for those who wish it.


Office opposite Corinthian Hall. JaI-ly
Year: 1859

SLICK UPERATION.-'Jn SATURDAY night
last, during the absence of Dr.. James Bolton from
his residence, a negro fellow rang the door BELL
aud being answered by a servant boy, told the
boy that Dr. B. had sent word to have his carriage
brought to the Medical College at once. Leaving
the door open, the boy hasteDed to delivne the
message to the carriage driver and in his absence
the fellow gathered the Doctors overcoat hat aud
umbrella and made off.
Year: 1859

ENCOURAGING ABOUT TIRE WHEAT CRop-A gen.
fleman connected with the Land Department OF
the Illinois Central Railroad whose position
brings him in frequent contact with the people
along the line of that thoroughfareinforms us tia.
for the last week or two he has maGs inquiry of
every person be has met from the interior of the
State as to the state of the growing crop of winter
wheat, and almost Invariably received the answer
that the crop is iu the best possible condition all
along the lines of the Central Road, and that
where month ago it was supposed that much f
now fully satisfied that their apprehensions we're
groundless. As far as present prospects are con
csrned there is every reason to believe that IL
iinois will this year raise full wheat crop-Chi-
c1g0 Journal