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Year: 1860

A BRAVE SoLDER.-The Constitutional gives
the following anecdote of the late war in Italy
During the battle of Magenta the combat was
exceedingly severe round the railway station, and
as the French regiments advanced, men were
busily employed in removing the wounded, fear
ing that if their comrades should by chance be
obliged to fall back the men lying on the ground
wuold be trampled under foot. An officer per-
ceived soldier on his knees near his musket,
busily employed in binding up his head with a
handkerchief, having received thrust from a
bayonet which had passed through his cheek
and entered his left eye. The officer asked him
what he was doing, and seeing that be was bad
ly wounded, told him to go to the ambulance
"To the ambulance!" said the soldier, "and
why?" "Because you have lost your eye" said
the officer sYes," said the soldier, s'but the
other is still good" at the same time pointing
his musket to show that he could still take aim.
In quarter of an hour after, the railway sta
ton was in the hands of the French. A ball
fired by the Austrians struck in the arm of a
French soldier who was climbing up to one of
the windows and he FELL The same officer ran
and raised him up. "Ah, is that you, Captain 2"
said the same soldier, "thank you; but the ras-
Gals have broken my arm" ''Yes," said the Of
icer, shave you not had enough of it now ?"-
The soldier did not for a moment reply, but af-
ter taking up his musket he said, with smile,
1T is only the left, Captain, the other is still
good" and he again hurried to the combat
This captain went on also, and in few moments
again saw him fall down from shot in the
breast. "Poor fellow" said the officer, leaning
over him. The soldier heard his voice, and
with dying accents said, "Oaptain, you must not
be angry with me, for if had left the field two
other men would have been hit, whereas in my
case it makes no great matter, as my time was
evidently come." And the poor fellow, falling
back, expired. 1t was the officer who told the
story, and in his turn was killed at Solferino.-
Such is the fortune of war.
Year: 1860

Postmaster General Holt has reoently decided
an interesting and novel question. A husband
who bad been separated from his wife, demand
ded that his village postmaster should deliver
her letters to him, threatened suit at law If
bis demand was not complied with. The
wife on the other hand, forbade the delivery of
her letters to the husband. In those circum-
stances the postmaster applied to Mr.. Holt for
instructions. That officer pronounced the claim
by the husband too preposterous to be seriously
he says, it is as abhorrent to
law, as it is to the christian civilization of the
age-and he directs the postmaster to deliver
the letters to the wife.
Year: 1860

PULPIT NOTICES Nothing in the way of
practical Jokes has amused US SO much for some
time as dog notice that was given at the Or
thodox Church in Lancaster on Sunday. 1t may
serve as a burlesque on advertising all sorts of
things from the pulpit. a notice was sent to
the sexton-doubtless with the intention of
having it but posted on thei1eetlng house-whlch
some mistake he was Led topass over to the
minister. The officiating clergyman happened
to be stranger, and when be came to read the
notice he hesitated somewhat, but, after pre-
face to the effect that being a stranger he did
not feeel at liberty tc declne reading what was
given him, let off as follows;


sAn owners of dogs are notifed that if the
same are not registered by tae first Of May they
will be killed according to law"


The effect upon the congregation can be i'm
agined. sa
Year: 1860

THE FRESHMAN AND THE BULL.-An Irishman
was going along the road, when an angry bull
rushed down upon him, and with his horns
tossed him over fence The Irishman re-
covering from his fall, upon looking up saw the
bull paving and tearing up the ground, Gas is
the custom of the animal3 whereupon Pat,
smiling at him, said: s'If it was not for your
bowling and scraping, and your humble apollo
gies, you brute, talk would think that you had
thrown me over this fence on purpose!" 4
Year: 1860

We heard good stoty the other night OF two two
persons engaged in duel. After the first fire
the second proposed that they should shake
hands and make up. The other second SAID ne
saw no particular necessity for that, for thell
hands had been shaking ever since they began.
Year: 1860

When Warren Hastings was Governor
General of India, he observed that in the
district of Benares, little below the sur
face of the earth, is to be found stratum,
Of kind Of fbrous woody substance, of
various thicknesses, in horizontal layers
Major Roebuck, informed of this, went out
to a spot where an excavation had been
made, displaying this singular phenomena.
In digging somewhat deeper, for the pur.
pose Of further research, they laid open
vault. which, on examination, proved to be
Of some size, and to their astonishment,
they found kind Of printing-press, set up
in the vault, and on it movable types, placed
as if ready for printing. Every inquiry
was set ON foot to ascertain the probable
period at which such an instrument could
have been placed there; for it was evident
ty not of modern origin, and from all the
Major could collect, it appeared probable
that the place had remained in the state in
which it was found for at least one thousand
years. We believe the worthy Major, on
his return to England presented one Of the
learned associations with memoir, contain.
ing many curious speculations on the SUBJ
iect. Paper We know to have been manu-
factured in the East many centuries before
we had any knowledge of it, and We have
many reasons to think that the Chinese had
been acquainted with the mode of printing
they now employ many centuries before
Faust invented it in Europe 1t certainly
does no credit to the inventive genius Of
the Romans to know that while they ap.
preached 50 near as to engrave in style
not to be equaled in the present age on
gems and stones, and of course the taking
of impressions from them, they should
have remained ignorant Of the art which
has bestowed 50 many blessings upon man
kind
Year: 1860

1t is not probable that any 1nore bonds will
be presented for parmopt out Of this fund
The State is now paving regularly the scmi~an-
nual interest on its entire Indebtedness. and Illi
nois bonds sell readily ut 3 premium in the
New York market By the act Of the Lceis-
lature Of 1857, tile proceeds Of this tax, when
no, called for as provided By the ISL, article
Of the Constitution is to be applied iu tie pur~
chase Of State Indebtedness; AMI By the act
Of 1859, il is provided .ilat whenever auy State
Indebtedness becomes due aud the Governor
caunot with the fluids appropriated by law for
1hat purpose: purchase said Indebtedness, ui0-
out paying q premium for the SAME, lie shall
appropriate such funds TO the payment Of such
bonds Of the State as may be then due, after
giving q months notice in the New York pa
psrs, designating tho bonds, stating tho time
and place when and where the payment will
be made, and providing that "tlc interest on
such bonds shah cease from the time Of pay
nent specified"


Under this provision the Auditor, US We
learn from the STATE JournaA is now making
out list Of such bonds, and the Governor will
forthwith give the requisite notice to the hold
Year: 1860

IT was reported by gentleman from
Washoe to the Mountain Democrat, that a
fellow rode into the camp of Winnemucka.
the head Chief Of the Pah.Utes. and shot
him dead. To revenge his death, the Indi ms
OF the tri e. it is stated, armed themselv es
and declared war
Year: 1860

FRANK CoRNELL who had lis arm blown
of at Petaluma by the premature DISCHARGE
OF cannon, was at last accounts lying in n
critical condition; so much so as to render
his final recovery doubtful.
Year: 1860

Men ENOUGH, But No ARMs.-A number of
gentlemen at Virginia City have telegraphed
to Major General Clark, that there are no
arms in the Territory, but men enough for
any emergency. They state that they have
sent messenger to the commanding officer
Of the company Of U. $. dragons in Honey
Lake Valley, With an account Of the mas
sacre
Year: 1860

TnR INvESToR OF THE HYDRArLIc Pho
cEss.-We are informed, says the Hydraulic
Press, that Mr. Mattison, who originated in
Nevada county the hydraulic process of min.
ing is still engaged in mining operations in
the upper portion of the county, aud has
lately perfected a wheel to clear fumes Of
the leaves, sticks and other trash which float
on the water. He is an ingenious man, and
the hydraulic process alone has better en-
titled hin to reward from the State than If
he had discovered a thousand mines.
Year: 1860

A S1NGuLAR AND ROMANTIC CAREER OF A
CovoDE.-The grandfather of the Hon John
Covode, of Pennsylvania, was picked up at
Amsterdam when child of three or four
years, put on vessel and brought to Phila-
delphia, where he was sold by the Captain
as a "redemptioner" until be was twenty
eight years Of age, the Captain giving him
the name Of Covode. He was sold to q man
in Chester County by the name of Miller.
He never learned to read or write. After he
had served out his time he married the
widow of British officer, the officer having
died at York, Penn. There was one son the
issue of that marriage, and the Hon. John
Covode is the eldest son of that son, his
father having died about the time of his first
election to Congress. Some time since an
effort was made to trace the family in Am
sterdam, but no name of the kind could be
found there, leading to the supposition that
the Captain gave the child name of his
own contriving. At another time the
American Consul at Amsterdam was asked
to inquire concerning a child of the age
lost at that time, but so many had been
stolen and carried off, that nothing could
be learned of that family, and the search is
now abandoned.
Year: 1860

ANOTHER LOVER MAD ABOUT A PRINCESS.
We learn from an English paper that another
placed under restraint. This unfortunate
gentleman is Mr.. Nichols, who, as ship
owner, had sustained series of misfortunes,
which appear to have deprived him of
reason. His hallucinations were of the most
extraordinary character, and chief among
them was the delusion that the Princess
Mary of Cambridge was violently in love
with him. He had written her letters, and
sent her presents, and when warned by the
police to abandon this form of persecution,
he adopted the course of following her about
whenever she appeared in public.
Year: 1860

POVERTY OF THE WINE Crop IN FRANCE
The wine crop of France is very poor this
season, and the opinion is that it will fall
short of the last one. Vines are all affected
by the oidium, in the south of France pri1ci-
pally, and the grapes are nearly destroyed;
in some places sulphur has been employed
successfully to destroy the disease.
Year: 1860

Ways ELEoTRIo LIeHT.-Professor Ways
electric light, in which the light is produced
by a stream Of electricity applied to run
ming stream ofmereury as fine as the point of
gland. II is said that there is no actual COM
bustion of the mercury, the only expense
being for the acids supplied to the battery.
The light is exceedingly brilliant.
Year: 1860

THE RECEIPTS OF FIRST AMERICAN Cor
TON IN ENGLAND.--It has been stated as an
historical fact, that the first export of cotton
from the United States TO England, was in


1894, when vessel arrived at Liverpool
with eight bags of cotton, as part of the car
go, and that it was seized by the Custom
house officers under the conviction that it
could not have been the growth of America.
Year: 1860

New INVENTION FOR MINEs.-A new in
vention for raising minerals or water from
mines, consists of a steam cylinder running
the whole length of the shaft, with a piston
end and back again, at pleasure, carrying
with it any required load.
Year: 1860

Is IT NOT TRUE 2-Our dislike to the sight
of our faults we vent upon the way in which
our friend has discovered them to us. If he
have done it boldly, we cry out against his
abruptness, his roughness; if delicately,
gently, we exclaim at his duplicity, his dis
simulation
Year: 1860

AN ABSURD STORY OF THE PRssCE.--
Blondin, as we have stated, offered to carry
the Prince of Wales over the tight-rope al
Niagara on his back The New York let
ter-writers say the Prince would probably
have accepted the invitation if it had not
been for the Duke of Newcastle. Bosh The
Prince would not have been carried over for
his prospective kingdom in Britain and
Heaven
Year: 1860

TIE DEoADENoE OF OLD AND NOBLE FAM
LIEs.-It is stated in an English paper, in
speaking of the failure in descent in many
of the families of the nobility, that of the
twenty-five Barons who were appointed to
enforce the observance of the Magma Charto
there is not now in the House of Peers a
single male descendant
Year: 1860

One Of the most novel. pleasing and instructive Ex-
hibitions of Beauty, Mechanical Skill and Fascina-
ton of Animated Splendor introduced into this
country, will be opened in this city on
Year: 1860

.sThere is more impudence in the little
finger of the Palmetto State than in the
whole body Of the North. - C;acinsati
Daily Commercial.


It is certainly much yexed question
whsther the freedom of the Press be curse
or . blessing. Whether it is net rather a
curse than blessing that editors are per-
mitted to give utterance to any and all Bit
terness, whether directed against govern
ment or individuals. We make the above
extract moro as text than as solitary or
unusual example oe the stuff with which
our journals are unfortunately crowded.
We do not charge the Commercial with
being more to blame than others. In trr,tl
the above extract is not SO bitter as r,auy
which too often scandalize the press. ant
engender bitterness. sectional AMI. deadly
How can two sections of our country eve
hope to be at peace so long as the iournal
of the country continue to !nake such fling
at them. We cannot cer.sure the Northern
pres only, for we, unfortunately, have man!
of the same factious spirit in the South
And it is from such sources we have mos
to fear. The press disseminates its seed
of good or evil throughout the entire ccun
try. Not only among the highly refnet
and educated, but they reach also the mas
ses--they engender bitterness which i
uarebuked by knowledge or wisdom and i
I.egr.vatsd By ignos.ncs. From .hi. ei.s,


has proceeded the raids and treasonous at


tacks heretofore made by northern fanatic


upon the Sonth. Is not the press great,
to blame in this matter?
Year: 1860

SAN FRANclsCo TAKES THE HAr.-The
latest mention of the fertile Golden State is
a plan to make white dogs usefnL Your
San franciscan seizes up his white cur, and
with stencil-plate and black ink, inscribes
his business card on each side of the wretch
ed pup, and sends him forth, quadruped-
al locomotive advertisement-a doggerotype
OF the fast people of fast country in a fast
age. Il is reckoned that a lively Cog will
be worth at least FIVE dollars per day, or
equal to a quarter of a column in a news
paper.
Year: 1860

MOBILE, ALA, Dec. 2I.-There is an i'm
mense secession meeting here tonight The
widest enthusiasm is displayed The old
men are taking prominent part in the
proceeding.


Many places are illuminated in honor Of
South Carolina tonight.
Year: 1860

- lfTOW We London Herald, Aprii A.


REPORTED REvOLUTIoN.-A teegraphic despatch
from Paris announces the fact that the flag of Don
Carlos is again flying the Spanish soil, and that
an army of 5000 rebels is already concentrated in
the neighborhood of Valencia, under the command
of General 0rtega. In confirmation of this an
nouncement, the official paper of the Spanish gov
ernmert throws out some mysterious hints as to
the probability of an insurrectionary movement
and its revolutionary nature. We may reasonably
conclude therefore, that the fame of civil war is
once more lighted up, and that the old struggle
which for so many years desolated the plains and
cities of the Peninsula is about to be renewed
What proportion the movement will attain it
would be useless to predict. The time is well
chosen by the insurgents, but it seems hardly
probable that thev rest their hopes of success
any general disaffection on the part of the
Spanish people to the present monarch; and if we
had not the experience of the last twenty years
Of Spanish history before u.s. we should be tempted
to pronounce the enterprise thoroughly mad and
hopeless attempt. 1t must be borne in mind how
ever, that Spain is at present almost literally
Year: 1860

Senator Wigfall has written a letter to Lord Ly-
ons expressing regret for using his name in debate
during the presence of that gentleman in the Sen
ate chamber. He attributes the inconsderate re-
mark to the plain off.hand style that prevails in
the Southwest. Lord Lyons returned very hand
some and friendly note in reply.
Year: 1860

THE ADAMS EXPRESS RoBBERY.-The railroad track
from New Haven to Milford has been thoroughly
examined for some trace of the spot at which the
Adams Express safe was thrown from the car on
derstand that the New York and New Haven Rail-
road Company will Immediately issue positive or
ders to allow no passengers in the baggage cars ON
any excuse in the future.-N Y Post
Year: 1860

Twenty thousand Swedes and Norwegians are
reported to be getting in readiness to embark for
the United States early in the coming summer.
They will bring much wealth with them, and what
is better, they will bring confirmed habits of NOR
ality, industry and economy.
Year: 1860

MINISTER EXPELLED.-At recent session of the
North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, held at Mishawaka, Rev. c. w. Mil
Ter, late pastor of Roberts Chapel in this city, was
expelled from the conference and the church by
an almost unanimous vote. He made a speech OF
about four hours in length in his own defence but
the conference adjudged him guilty and dealt with
him accordingly. The charges preferred against
him were based on improper intimacy with young
lady of his congregation, accounts of which were
published in the city papers in September last
IpHianopoiis Journal
Year: 1860

There are few small mechanical matters
that are more puzzlingto the popular mind


than the milling on the edges of our gold
and silver coins: Everybody is familiar


with the appearance of milled souereigns,


for example, but nobody, comparatively
speaking, knows how they are smilled.'-
The very term, indeed, is more likely to


mislead than to inform the uninitiated.-


Many imagine that each particular piece of
money is put into the lathe and made to ro-
tate in close contact with, and under pres
sure of milling tool, just as the thumb.
screws of mathematical and optical iustru.
ments are. but this is altogether q mis Ike.
The process of milling coins is amuch more
rapid one than that referred to. If our
readers will be good enough to picture to
themselves a number of shankless brass
buttons, double.gilt and richly FURNISHED,
they will have tolerably clear conception
of what are called in the parlance of the
mint sovereign blanks-'blanks' destined
eventually to become prizes, and to be ca
gerly sought after in the lottery of life.-
When the mechanical feeder or the stamp
ing press has carried forward one of these
blanks to the surface of the die intended to
impress it, steel collar bored out to the
precise size of finished sovereign and
milled interiorly, is made to rise by force
of spring, and encompass loosely the
blank, which is slightly smaller than the
perfect coin. The upper die, fixed to the
movable pin or screw of the press, now de.
sceuds upon the button Of gold, which has
been softened by fire previously, and the
inevitable consequence is that the latter
becomes imprinted with diverse and re.
verse-or, vulgarly, head and talon
either side, whilst it is expanded laterslly
by sheer pressure, until it fits tightly the
serrated steel collar, and thus becomes a
milled sovereign. The collar, or edge
mould, as it may be styled, is next depres-
sed self,actingly, and thus leaves the coin
resting in its finished state On the face of
the lower die. There, however, it is not
suffered to remain more than second, for
the feeder before referred to, in advancing
with another blank to be stamped, pushes
it rudely away towards an inclined plane,
down which it slides into pan aud is
ready for its mission Of mercy or woe.


Such is briefly an elucidation of the sim
pie mode Of milling money. A collar,
such as described above, will mill many
millions Of sovereigns, as We we're toldwhen
inspecting the process of money.making
lately.
Year: 1860

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. "a, f860
To the Honorable the Common Council


Of the city Of New Orleans.
HENVLELMEN-We the undersigned, own
W Of property fronting Exchange Pace,
TO Cusomhonse street. respectfully petition
able body Hreeaby section l2 city charter
public auction, after five days public notice. the
grading and paving Exchange Place. from Ganal
house street, with granite blocks wide by
L inches long than L inches wide inches long
nor less than 10 inches thick.
Said blocks be of best quality granite having sdes
ends and top well dressed as to form surface when
laid, and TO be good solid work
Said 10 be laid dagonaly four inches Of sharp
sand and London gravel with coating top dressing
laid of four inches Of sharp gravel the Joints
to he properly filled and rolled with suitable roller until we'll
settled.


The usual curbsone four inches thick furnished when
the City Surveyor think 1t reauiste change
ing, in order TO make substantial work.


The eurhstone both sides OF said Exchange Place. from
Canal TO street to be raised and graded
hight and level in such to free the streets of
the most speedy manner and the sidewalks be raised and
| Tagged.


The foot crossings at the intersection Of all the be
laid with best North river aggu and be four wide
stone used be two feet wide four long than
six inches thick to be raised in the graded
| road pavement


Citizens Bank of louisiana by Jas d. Denegre Prest


JAS A. HOPKINS
Secretary Board Of Assistant Aldermen.
Year: 1860

EXTRAORDINARY INooNsIsTENCEs OF THE
CHINESE CHARACTER.-The Chinese charac-
ter is full of contradictions. They are cow
ards, with profound contempt for life.
They are exclusive, with a strong propen-
sity to roam. They are savage and san
culinary in their customs, with infinite docil-
ity and contentedness of disposition. They
are all for trade, and yet it costs US series
of wars to trade with them. More than
any people on the face of the earth they are
pressed by the necessity of living. They
are at one end of the scale while the West
Indian negro is at the other. A Chinaman
of the Eastern provinces has to strive and
tug for life, and, though he will surrender
this life without fear, and even sell it for a
consideration, he struggles hard to preserve
it. He will buy and sell with any body,
work for any body, and, under certain con
ditions, fight for any body. He has keen
eye to his own interests, and yet takes re-
markably broad view of things in general.
He is the man of all others in the world who
ought to be most anxious to keep on good
terms with those who buy his goods and
bring him money, whereas these are the very
relations which we have hitherto found il
impossible to maintain in peace.