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Year: 1860

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But We should open to them studies demand
ed BY the present condition Of society, of which
they may avail themselves with advancing
years, and furnish them with such facilities for
an acquisition Of rudimentary science as may
be brought fairly within the scope of common
school instruction.


Our public Dchools would thus be made the
means for securing to all practical knowledge
of men and things, and the eer1'i.unity that is
10th to give Its support to them cannot but
disregard its highest interest.


Ia this age OF the world, when great events
follow each other i'll such rapid succession, aud
truth is so blended with error, it is necessary
that we should be educated. in order that we
may judge Alright ofhuman thoughts and ac-
tions.


In this enlightened day. when an age is
crowded into a lifetime. the person who is not
possessed of cultivated mind may be said to
exist, but not to live, in the full sense of the
term.


Could we but succeed in presenting our peo-
pie with anything which will serve to make in
them greater interest in behalf of our system
ofpublic schools. we should feel more satisfied,
for we firmly believe that without the influence
of our common schools in the great mass of So
ciety, Our best and highest interest, as nation,
would at once assume downward, demoraz-
ing tendency. We have to glance over the diff
ferent nations of the world. and different por
tions of our country, to find the proof of this
assertion.


As it is with States and nations, so it is with
individuals. A practical education is the great
est safeguard to society


1t is the greatest essential in life to success
and happiness. Integral education is the god
dess of art and science. and the key to all know
ledge and understanding American hopes
and liberties are based upon liberal and COM
prehensive education, physical, moral and intel
lectual. Education-upon it, it is believed,
depends the perpetuity of our institutions; and
our character among the States of the confede-
racy.


Educate our citizens, aud then cur country
will at once assume the front rank among the
nations, and enter at once upon the highest Ca
reer of glory and usefulness


Respectfully submitted,


GROVE X. GODFREY,
Superintendent Public Schools, Shasta Co.
Year: 1860

seA Somebody says a baby laughing in its
dreams is conrersing with angels. Perhaps so
but we haze seen them crying in their waking
hours as though they we're having spat with
the devil.
Year: 1860

BE- A-corpulent clergyman rose, at public
dinner, to return thanks, which be did BY lay
ing bis hand on his stomach, and saying =" We
thank Thee for these blessings, SO bountifully
spread, and for our capacity to enjoy them"
Year: 1860

When the vessel has Sc tiled down in a
sandy bottom, il is preserved many
months from breaking up, and its posi-,
ton may be much the same as it would
be when floating in calm water, il il be
not lifted over by under-current drifts
The light, of course, depends upon the
depth and nature Of the bottom but
when there is no chalk TO give milky
thickness to the water, ihe diver pursues
his work in kind Of gloomy twilight.
BY the aid Of this he can see and feel his
way round the ship, but when he ascends
the deck and then wends his way down
into the principal cabins, he finds it pitch
dark, and he has nothing 10 guide him
but his hands. This is the most difficult,
and yet the most frequent labor be has to
encounter, the danger being that, in a
large vessel, where the cabin stairs are
deep. and the cabins long and broad, he
might get his ar-tube twisted around
some unfamiliar projection, and squeeze
of his supply of lie from above. In a
position such as this lie requires all his
nerve and self-po>session, all his power
Of feeling. to find his way back IN the
exact road that he came.


He may have got the precious casket
20 which he has been directed, in his
arms, but what of that. ii he die before
he can find The stairs: The cold. help.
less masses that bump against his helmet,
as they float along the lower roof over his
head, are the decomposed corpses Of those
who were huddled together when the ship
went down. A few Of those NAV be on
the foar under his feet, but only when
pinned down by an overturned table or
fallen chest. Their tendency is ever
upward. and the remorseless sea washes
away tie dead infant from its mothers
arms, ahe dead wife from the dead bus-
band s embrace. II the wreck be in The
channel, the small crabs are always be.
ginning TO fatten on their prey,


The diver disentangles himself from
this silent crowd, and ascerds the silent
stairs TO the deck. The treasure he has
rescued is hauled up into the attendan,
diving coat, and he returns again TO re.
new his work. He seldom meets with an
accident under the water, never perhaps
with death, and the chief risk he runs is
| hom getting some heavy piece OF ship
lumber overturned on his long train oI
air pipe. Even in this lie feels the sud
den check and the want Of air. gropes his
way back 10 the obstruction, removes it
signals to his companions to be raised
and reaches the boat exhausted and
alarmed, but not so much as to give uE
his place in the trade. His earnings most
ly take the form Of shares in what he re
covers. II fortunate. his gains may b'
large; unfortunate, they may be small
but no man can grudge him the highes
prizes it is possible for him to win.
Year: 1860

RIoHEs.-You may put man in tho midst
of all tho musical instruments in the world
and, if he does not know how to play on
thCm, thoy will afford him no PLEASURE
You may heap wealth upon a man until il
castles itself 10 heaven. and yot he may DO
paupor. The paupers are not in the poor
houses, but in mansions for a man is rich
ouiy by 80 much as he knows how to use
what no has; everything beyond that is
poverty. do not think the asses that lug
the gold ore from tho mines are rich (; aud
yct many men choose to take their places,
and spond thoir whole life, and bend them
selves double, to carry that which always
will DO a burden to them. They do not
carry it to make it a power Of usefulness
they do not carry it to make it infiame and
feed moral power, by benefaction--by a
large divinity Of bene6cence; they carry il
merely as gold, as property and they are
beasts of burden, burdeped. Multitudes
and multtudes of such beasts there are, and
ten thousand apiBg men running after them,
saying; "Oh that were they, or like unto
them" Add so the steep path frUm the
mino to the point where they throw of
their load is worn so smooth that many who
walk upon it overburdened, slip and 60 TO
perdltion.-Bseeher.
Year: 1860

WE have never heard a more beautiful
incidcnt IN the life of Mr.. Webster than
that which he related 10 a friend of ours
Ii was in effect thus when Lord Ash.
burton and myself said that great man,
sat down at opposite sides of the table.
entirely alone. as both had desired, to
consider the Northwestern boundary diff.
Guilty, said to his Lordship in the outset,
MY Lord. wish TO propose to you at the
commencement of this discussion, lhis
simple resolution, TO be adopted before
We 60 further, namely: that the question
at issue between your country and mine
shall be settled amicably and that the
enemies of the institutions and religion o
both shall not be allowed the delight ol
seeing both doing their utmost TO destroy
each other With the deepes, emotion
Lord Ashburlon replied IL heartily
accept the resolution a; the same time
grasped Mr.. Webster's hand across the
table
Year: 1860

mcre, Who was the strongest man IN this company,
IA Sc received the Electoral sste Of but one State,
"a voice-"scarcely that" "The opposition have
adopted ad ralaresn in this State rs their hobby,
and have sent forth standard bearer, who, . few
short months ago an oath, as representative |"
the Legislature of the State by his vote declared ad
edtoress to be wrong in principle Ihey resolve
warmly in favor of internal improvements and fol-
low as near as possible the platform of the Char
otte Convention and to carry out this they select
who first distinguished himself by overthrow
ing western democrat upon proposition Of inter-
nal improvement man who has uniformly voted
against every Railroad proposed to be built during
his keraa in the LegislStnrc. They magnanmou-ly
awarded their special protection foreigners while
they select as their gusrfiaa. third degree know
nothingr' He regarded the opposition platform
masterpiece Of contradiction. contraricty and
antagonism.'' at was thoroughly 0ppostion -
Professedly conservative" they had seized the
pillars Of the Constitution and threatened to shake
the fabric toits basis They proposed to violate the
compromises existing between the East and the
West"


They tell us the democratic party must go down,
and that must be overthrown this question.
WE'LL if must will have to say that fall battling
for the Constitution Of my country, erected by
fathers in the revolution and baptized with their
blood-battling for that glorious instrument under
which three generations have lived and prospcred
unsurpassed by any other in the history of the
world.


"Seward says that the democratic party must
fall; and what say they3 They say it is responsi>
BILE for the agitation Of slavery the history Of the
party believes this but were their assertions truce
the party ought to be dislodged. They say the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise was the cause
of the agitation; yet, the who ia said to have
drawn up this libel himself roted for it. repeal.


In conclusion, Gov. Ellis bade his friends be Of
good cheer and promised that ere the summers
sun arose in the heavens they would see their op-
ponents scampering away from their crazy platform
like rats from a burning barn." (Applause.)
We regret that the report of this mastery speech
is so imperfect that injustice must be done to It's
distinguished author,-but it is the best we can
produce
Year: 1860




We have already given readers general idea
of the town affairs acted upon during the week; all
of which fully endorse, espically the order for
the further aid of the School fund Our heart
warns at the mention of the Orphan Children who
generally Doomed to grow up in ignorance and
vice. They ought to be thoroughly educated
to enable them to take position. We never think of
the Orphan boys of our country but that mind
.nders back Moses the Law giver at the time of
his discovery under the banks of the Nile, and trac
ing him to the ascent of Mount Sinai where amid
the thunders of Heaven he received the Laws which
afterwards governed his people. He was bright
example of an Orphan boy. Romuus, another or
phan boy, found the banks of the Tiber and
nursed by wild beast was the founder and King
of Rome. We might single out many other bright
example of the poor neglected children. No where
in the who variety of human epithets is a name
which carries along with it so many images of Sor-
and woe. Those who have had father to fold
them to his and bless them who have smiled
under the benediction of a mothers prayer who
have felt the Tears and Kisses of parents tenderness
and solcitude know nothing of the trails of these
Orphans Through all the vast possessions of this
world magnifeence and wealth. not dwelling
opens upon them to which they go and say we
are at home. Silent, Solitary and folorn they look
to the sky for their shelter and to mankind for their
friends. In Gods name let all such be educated
eoery sohere.
Year: 1860

The Iredeil Express says 6 If the Bank Of North
Carolina should refuse to locate branch at States
ville-Hhch we believe it will not--proposal have
been made by two Banking institutions in South
Carolina to establish agencies in Statesvilie and
upon the say-so of cur business it would bedone
forthwith
Year: 1860

love LABoR-Few seem to labor for the pure
love of it. Yet the necessities OF it are not
more apparent or positive than its DEMENT'S
Like every other divinely appointed institution,
it secures the richest of blessings to him that
,oes forth to his work and unto his labor until
evening. Every man and woman, and !n every
ea.a shn,id have regular and daily employment.
The SIMPLEST and plainest articles OF food and
rain,enr have cost labor. and what right has any
one n to partate thereof unless he labor? Is it
nota plain and positive declaration Of the Bible:
"If any man would not work neither should he
oat
Year: 1860

QuENcH1sG THIRsr.-Nearly ahundred years ago,
DIR. Lind suggested to Captain Kennedy that thirst
might be quenchsd at sea by dipping the clothing
Subsequently, the captain, ON being cast away had
opportunity making the experiment. With
great difficulty he succeeded in pcrsuading a part
Of the men to follow his example, and they all sur
vvcd; while the four who refused, and drank salt
water, became delirious and died In addition to
putting the Clothes while wet, night and morn
ing. they may he wetted while on two or three
''After these operations we uniformly found that
the violent draught went off, and the parched
tongue was cured in few minutes after bathing and
washing our clothes, while we found ourselves as
much refreshed as if we had received some actual
nourishment" The bare possibility of the truth of
the statement makes it Immunity for any paper to
give it wide publicity, since there are not many
readers in any hundred who may not go to sea and
be shipwrecked.
Year: 1860

Fun At HoME.--Don't be afraid OF
little fun at home, good peoplc! Don't
shut up your houses, lest the sun should
fade your carpets and your hearts, lest
hearty laugh should shake down some Of
the musty old cobwebs there! If you
want to ruin your sons, let them think that
all mirth and social enjoyment must be
left on the threshhold when they como
homo at night. When once home is
regarded ms only place to eat, drink and
sleep in, the work is begun that ends in
gambling houses and reckless degradation.
Young people must have fun and relaxa.
tion somewhere. If they do not find it
at their own hearihstones, it will be
sought in other, and perhaps, less profit
able places. Therefore, let The fire burn
brightly at night, and make the home
nest delightful with all those little arts
that parents so perfectly understand
Don't repress the buoyant spirits Of your
children; half an hour Of merriment round
the lamp and freight of home blots out
the remembrance of many a care and an
noyanco during the day, and the best safe
guard they can take with them into tho
world is the unseen influence Of bright.
little domestic sanctum.-


Milwaukee News.
Year: 1860

"The people of a territory like those of State, determine for themselves, whether slavery snail or shall not exist within their limits.'

 What did Mr. Buchanan mean by this language! --Douglas' Address.

 He meant what the democratic party means when it asserts the power and right of the "people of a territory to determine for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limits" He m can't to indorse the doctrine of non inter- vention as understood by the framers of the democratic platform of 1856, and as ex- plained and interpreted by the southern democracy in 1860. He meant to vindi- cate the right of the people of a territory to decide the question of slavery for them selves, at the only proper time, and in the only constitutional manner, viz: when the people of such territory form their constl- tuition preparatory to asking admission into the Union as a sovereign State.

 And what did Mir. Breckinridge mean, when at Lexington, on the 30th of June, 1856, he said

 "The whole power of the democratic organiza- ton is pledged to the following proposition: That Congress shall not interpose upon this subject (sla- very in the States in the territories, or in the dis trct of Columbia, that the people of each territory shall determine the question for themselves"

 We suppose MT. .Breckinridge meant what he says he meant, viz: that the peo- pie of territory shall determine the ques- ton for themselves, when they meet to form constitution.

 We ask our friend of the Van Burcn Press if the distinguished democratic lead CTS of his State, the Ingersoils, the Touceys Sevmours and others, do not condemn the odious dogma of squatter sovereignty, and ratify the nomination of Breckinridge and Lane as the standard bearers of the consti- tutional democracy; and if the history of every territory for the last fifty years does not show recognition of supervisory power in Congress, over legislation in the territories?
Year: 1860

The Douglas convention met on We'd nesday last for the purpose of organizing for the Presidential campaign. Dr. Wright was called to the chair, and acknowledged the honor in short and sensible speech.

 The Hon. A. Rust was called upon for a talk, who responded in well considered speech of two hours MT. Rust in the South is one of the most prominent, enthusiastic, and out of this State, the most influential supporter of the claims of Douglas and Johnson; we say that his influence is much greater out of Arkansas than in it, for the reason that his prominent position and na- tional reputation carries weight and a moral influence in many sections of the country, where the sentiment of the people is unfx ed and careless. Here in Arkansas the doctrine of congressional protection, of the equality of the States and determined op- position to squatter sovereignty is ineiace- ably stamped upon the public mind, and the position of Mr. Rust is bound to effect his influence much more than the we'll settled opinion of the people. Col. Rust hurled from him with indignation the imputation that he was untrue to southern interests.- We believe he has the good of the South at.heart as much as any body; and that he does not lack in devotion to her interests; but the means he adopts to preserve those interests intact, and the zeal he displays in vindicating an obnoxious heresy, we think badly calculated to accomplish any sub stantial good for the South; but on the con- trary we believe his sentiments are freight ed with serious injury, if not fell destruc- ton to the democratic party, and gives a fatal stab to the constitutional rights of the South. Col. Rust took up the record Of President Buchanan and his cabinet, and areued to show that they had all been much more unsound on the slavery question than Mir. Douglas. Grant this to be true, 1t oc- crrs to us that Mat is no part of the issue; a vital "live' principle is involved which certainly materially affects the welfare of the South. and which must be met upon Its gaerits. it matters but little what hae been the errors of prominent democratic leaders. The dogma of squatter sovereignty IS either contrary to the constitution or agrees with it. Congressional protection IS either an important right which the South should never yield, or it is an immaterlal dogma which is unnecessarily agitated. squatter sovereignty is either dangerous to the equail- ty of the States, or it is harmless consti- tutional abstract principle.

 Wednesday evening Col. Grace, Douglas elector of Jefferson county, addressed large audience in the theatre hall. His speech was well received and challenged the plaud- it's of all parties. Although we consider
Year: 1860

HoN ALBERT PIKE For no man in the west do we entertain higher respect than for the "poet lawyer" of Arkansas. We welcome with pleasure such an invincible advocate into the ranks of the constitution al party, led on by the gallant Breckinridge. We have received from the chairman of the Breckinridge committee in Pine Bluff, a letter addressed to that committee in re ply to an invitation to speak at the late ratification meeting at that place. Like every thing that emanateS from Pike's pen, it is cogent, convincing, thorough and exhausting. Who can reply to it? Turn to another column in to days paper and read it-see the difference between argu- ment and the surface skimming of pen ny-a-liners, who eternally croak their com mon-place platitudes about the On'on, while with singular fatuity they forget that this is not union of the people, but union of sovereign States, and that 1t is the con stitution strictly and correctly expounded, and not school-boy Reclamation that must secure permanency and harmony to our union of .States We consider the letter of Hon. Albert Pike the great paper ofthe cam paign, and we hope that every one of our subscribers will read it, and hand it over to his neighbor to be read.
Year: 1860

| Sufficient returns have been received to 1 show that Rector is elected Governor by several thousand majority-this IS result which we tried in good faith to prevent and we trust we are mistaken in our opinion that it is public calamity.

 There can be no doubt of the thorough organization of the know nothing party all over the State, and that to 1t, and 1t alone belong the laurels of victory. We are told that in Johnson county secret or ganization was organized in every town shin. but one, and that in that one the democratic nominee received nearly unanimous vote. In other counties no concealment. we understand, is made ot the fact that the know nothing party, under the nv name of the Union party, is even now more thoroughly and effectively or ganized than ever before in the State. 1t becomes all good democrats to unite in the support of that ticket, which has for its mottoe the constitution and equality ot the States. Whatever may have been the coall- tion in the recent canvass, a rigid watch should be kept upon our common foe, and any unholy alliance to wrest the State out of the hands of the democracy, promptly exposed If there does not already exist conspiracy to effect this object we are led to believe, from the signs of the times, that there will be.

 The know nothing party pats the Doug las faction on the back, calling it ''the reg ular democratic organization and its leader the regular democratic nominee; :" while they are loud in their denunciatlon of the supporters of Breckinridge and Lane, whom they stigmatize as the candidates of the disunon party Now why is this? Did 1t ever occur to you, reader? The reason is simply this: the Douglas men are in a hopeless, and an acknowledged minority in Arkansas, and the policy of the Union or Know Nothing party is to encourage and stimulate them, foment discords and bitter dissensions, to divide the democratic force as much as possible, and thus secure a triumph for itself.

 This may be called an idle speculation by the unsuspecting, but its sober reality must be perceived by the most superficial observer.
Year: 1860

GExTLEMEN-Iavng served as principal Clerk of the House of Representatives for the two last sessions, again offer myself as candidate for that office at the approaching session. My best recommendation is my former work; but have no hesitation in referring to any member of the last Legislature. Should you confer me the office, promise faithful and efficient service.

 Respectfully,

 S. M. SCOTT. Old Line Democrat copy month and present bill to this office. Aug. II, 1860 I'm