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Year: 1860

This volume will prove timely and acceptable one 10 all who


feel interest in the condition of Italian affairs In ad
clifton thoughts upon the political social and ecclesiastical
Italy work comprises important and valuable srt
cisms upon italian Art and Literature
Year: 1860

The late S. S. Prentiss had scarce
" made bis brilliant debut at the
Vicksburg bar, before a plan was
set On foot to get him out of the


way. 1t was arranged that person


who having been borne and educated
"a gentleman, had thrown himself
awsy aud was fast becoming a sot,
bat who was a capital marksman,
should perform this service for the
community. His second bore the
challenge. Prentiss quietly read it,
and said that be would answer it at
his own time and ia bis own way
Selecting one Of his best shirts, be
dispatched it by his body servant
with the following note:


Sir accept the challenge, but With
one prOviso- that you appear on the
ground in the accompanying piece of
as it is impossible for me
10 fight any one who does not OBJ
serve the externals Of gentleman.


The gentleman Withdrew the ehal- |
enge but kept the shirt.
Year: 1860

II is stated that Iowa is infested
with men banded together for the
perpetuation Of crime: Old and
wealthy men have been engaged in
cattle stealing; young and promising
men have been convicted Of horse
stealing; men Of influence have been
condemned to long Imprisonment
for passing counterfeit coin whilst
others have forged and counterfeited
bank bills.
Year: 1860

The Houston Telegraph thinks
that there were from fifty to sixty
people frozen to death within the
State of Texas during the late cold
weather. OF these, at least forty
were under the influence Of liquor
when frozen. There we're, also, many
thousand hogs, cattle and sheep
frozen.
Year: 1860

A young man dropped a pistol
from his pocket While dancing at
party in Wilson comfy during the
holidays. The pistol being set off
by the fall, the charge entered the
knee Of another young man, wound
ing him seriously. What a place for
a pistol.
Year: 1860




A late San Francisco paper saws: "On Tues
day, boat load of sailors, marines, and Off
GERS from the Japanese corvette, came ashore,
and took little tramp around town. The
captain of the company, who talks English
like book, was without hat. His head
was shaven on the crown, the straight black
hair turned upward, tied together, and the
ends, compacted by virtue of poriatum into
one solid round mass; were laid straight fore
and aft on the crown, pointing ahead. Upon
this model most Of the others of any rank
dressed their hair. Several dandyish officers
wore broad-brimmed white hats, such as our
Chinese sport in rainy weather. A cushion
was arranged inside to lift the hat clear of
the head. Two stout strings, one passing
from in front of the ears under the chin, the
other from behind the ears around the front
Of the chin, kept it in place.


Others wore straw bonnets of fancy colors,
shaped like an inverted cone, the cushion
within, sustaining on the shaved scalps all
the hats weight, and the cross-strings main
tanning 1t in position. Others, indeed all the
old man had every hair on his head shaven
off. The officers were fancifully dressed in
very different styles. One wore light-blue
gown and trowsers the color of the sky at
sunset, spangled, starred and barred with
gold and crimson. He carried short sword,
worn almost horizontally, on his hip, with
white shark-skin covered handle, and beau
tifully polished scabbard. A little below
hung longer sword, got up in the same
style. In his right hand he carried fan, in
his left walking-cane. The dresses high
and low were spotted with little circular,
oval, or square patches with inscriptions OF
an import quite unknown to us. Almost
every man wore sandals, generally of grass,
but only consisting of a sole, strap coming
up between the great toe and the next toe
adjoining then splitting, surrounded the
ankle. They marched the foremost in single
file then in double and treble file. =
Year: 1860

SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN ENGLAND-ONE Hun
DRED AND TWENTY PERSONS PREcIPfTATED
INTO SLIP.-0n Good Friday evening an
unfortunate casualty occurred at Eastman.
About quarter to eight clock in the even
ing vast number of people, who had been
spending the day at the above favorite place
Of resort on the Mersey, being anxious to get
across the Mersey to Liverpool by the eight
o'clock boat, assembled on the slip for the
purpose of going on board the steamer when
il arrived. As the number on the slip was
far too numerous for the boat to carry, and
as every person was anxious TO procure an
early passage across, a general crush took
place. A rope which had been placed up the
side of the slip to guard against accident, and
had either been broken or cut, from the sew
cred ends the latter conclusion seems prob
able,) gave way, and upward of one hundred
and twenty men and woman were precipi-
tated into the mud below, it being low water
at the time. The scene then became inde-
scribable. Men, women and children were
relentlessly trampled over in the excitement
consequent on the break of the rope. Sew
efal persons were seriously injured, while
one young women, cook at the residence Of
Mr.. Poulty, Higher Trammere, was killed.
Year: 1860

A DISCOVERED LOVER AND MIDNIGHT
FLIGHT WITH PISTOL AcCoMPANIMENTs.-T
serenity of Caliborne-street, in New Orleans,
was not little disturbed on Sunday night,
by the report of several pistols shots, and a
ghostly, white apparition scudding along be-
meath the shade of the trees. The loud
laughter of a party of gentlemen near the
corner where the shots were heard drew the
police, and the fact was vouched for by the
party that they heard a shot inside of house
near by, saw man come out on the second
story gallery, swing over the railing and drop
into the street, having on nothing but his
shirt, and his pants and boots in his hand, and
then travel like a scared dog, while another
man appeared on the gallery, and shot at him
several times as he flew. No complaints or
arrests. Decidedly suspicious.
Year: 1860

MODE OF RAISING TOMATOES EARLY.-Those
who have no hot-bed of their own, and can
seed in boxes in the house. This may be
done any time from the middle OF March to
the first of May in this latitude. If the seed
is planted in inverted sods, cut in pieces two
inch square, these can be taken out and
planted with the plants rooted in them. The
proper time to set the plants in the garden is
about the goth of May. The bed should be
previously prepared by forking it over several
times. This mixes the manure we'll with the
earth, and warns it. The plants will grow
in moderately rich soil, if the earth is loose.
Wood-mold is the best soil for tomatoes.
Year: 1860

A HATcHET BURIED IN Tree FOR Two
CENTURHs.-The editor of the st. Johns IN.
b. Democrat was recently shown block OF
wood taken from the heart of white oak
tree, in which was firmly imbedded an Indian
hatchet of stone. The tree was perfectly
sound, and nothing indicated that such a
thing was imbedded therein, until it was
struck upon with an axe. Upon examina-
ton, it was ascertained that the hatchet was
stuck there when the tree had about thirty
years growth, and that it had remained in the
tree more than two centuries.
Year: 1860

ExooMMUNICATIoN.-Th last number of the
New York Freemdn's Journal says: Since
Victor Emmanuel incurred accommodation
by the spoliation Of church property in Sar-
dinia, the hand of death has been heavy upon
his family. This fact has been noted by per-
sons around his own court, and the House Of
Savoy bids fair to be as speedily extinguished
under the curse of the church as were the
Tudors in their day after the excommunica-
ton of Henry VIII.
Year: 1860

SINGING BIRDS IN AMERICA AND EUROPE
A very unfounded notion prevails in En-
gland, that in the New World the brilliant
hues of the bird take the place of the power
of song. On the contrary, it would appear
from Wilson's American Ornithology that
the American song birds are infinitely more
numerous than those of Europe, and many
of them superior to the most celebrated song
sters of the Old World. f
Year: 1860

DECLINE OF Downtown PRoPBRTY IN New
YoRK.-The New York correspondent of a
Boston paper says; Below Wall-street it is
safe to assert that real estate, in that part of
the city, is not worth one-third what it was
ten years ago.
Year: 1860

The DriH Room for company G, to be erec ted
on Church or Union Hill, is to be paid for by
private subscription, added to such amount
Fair which they are now preparing TO hold
Every resident of those two hills ought to
subscribe literally to the building, and the
County Court of Henrico might we'll afford
to add $500 to the fund from the county trea.
sury. The county needs good soldiers. aud
must aid IN their support, if she expects to
have them
Year: 1860

Tie Commissioners Of Streets. generally. were
ort IN an omnibus yesterday, examining the
streets in the various wards Of the city. pre-
paratory to making known their condition
ana an arranging for their future improvement
Inc term OF the present Council will expire
In the course of few weeks and the mem bers
are, therefore. arranging matters as to turn
them over to their successors in good order
Year: 1860

Cartess D,iring-A negro fellow, said to he
the slave of Mr.. Jesse Williams, carelessly or
desgnedly drove his cart against a light wa
gon, which was standing in Main street near
the County Courthouse, yes sterday, break
Ing the wheels of the latter. The owner of
the damaged vehicle soon collared Cuffee and
but for the interposition Of bystanders would
have given him severe beating. The affair
wilt probably be brought to the attention of
the MayOr.
Year: 1860

THE ATLANTIC CABLE-There is q project
on foot for laying another Atlantic Cable
We perceive by the English papers thst a
meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph Company
was to have been held in London, on the last
day of February. at which proposition would
be made for enabling the directors "either
with the whole or with portion Of the share.
holders, or with ether persons" to make ar.
rangements for raising the injured portion Of
the cable, and for making another effort. next
summer, TO complete the original unde rtnltnK
Of the company.
Year: 1860

Jack Sheppard.-This singularly graphic.
melo-drametc and panoramic adaptation.
from the celebrated novel of that name. will
be presented at the Theatre tonight and will
doubtless be seen by a large audience This
extraordinary drama may be the means OF
warning youth against vice, by pointing ont
It's horrors and the punishment tha, naturally
follow crime. Every character will be well
set upon the stage, and if that of Jack Shep-
pard does not have its moral effect, then vice
will not be stunned by being seen
Year: 1860

A LIBRARY LEAKING.-A rather serious
leakage of books has been discovered during
the past week. in one Of the large public libra
of reference was missed first, and its loss men
toned in the Evening Post. The work having
been seen in an old book collection, for sale.
down town, the holder was advised to return
1t to the library-which being done, search Was
instituted for certain other missing books, and
with such success as to secure the restoration
of some sixty valuable volumes in various do.
partments Of literature, but all stolen By a
single persen, and disposed VI to down town
dealer.
Year: 1860

Mrs Glass. german woman residing
in Lowell, opposite this place, who had
been sick for several days previous. was
missed from bed at o'clock on Saturday
morning last, and after search of nearly
two hours she was found dead in the Low
ell race. 1t is supposed that she was de-
irious and that in attempting to cross the
race she accidentally fell in Register
Year: 1860

The following proceedings of the Tippecanoe
Democratic Club were intended for last weeks
issue, but were, rs we stated, crowded out. The
spirit and determination of the Democrats in that
Abolition corner is worthy of imitation by the
Democrats oi the entire country. The Republi-
cans thereabouts think it almost too much to bear
to have remiarly organized Democratic Club in
the place, and some worthless scapegrace was so
unprincipied as to cut the poe raised by the Dem
ocrats, down. We advise our Democratic friends
of thai vicinity to keep close watch over their
hen roOsts. However, confident that the
Democrats of Tippecanoe will take care of them
! seves.-ED
Year: 1860

LIVE WITHIN YOUR INCoME.--lf a man
wishes to live happily and eontenledIy, he
should make determination, under every
circumstance, live within his income. Ii
is not difficult matter to do when once a
strong will is exercised Half the wretch
edness and misery we meet with in this
world is occasioned by negecting this gol-
den rule oflife How many anxious days
and weary nights have been passed; how
many households have been broken up;
how many kind hearts have been changed,
how many affectionate dispositions have
been soured from men living beyond their
means! 1t is an old adage that when
want comes III at lhe door, love flies out
at the window" and we are sorry to say
thai 1t is only, in a vast majority Of cases
too true. Human nature is not proof
against the sharp strings of lllfortune.-
Too often it changes the affect ,nate wife
into the household virago, and the hus-
band into a drunken sot. Economy can
always be practiced without meanness and
a man who lives within his income is
making a bed of down for his declining
years, and setting an example to his chill
dreu which will secure their happiness
and prosperity when he is dead and
gone.
Year: 1860

WOULD NOT MARRY MECHANICAL
young man commenced visiting young
lady, and appeared to be well pleased
One evening he called when it was quite
late which led the young lady 10 inquire
where he had been so late


/ had to work to might


What do you work for livng9'


"Certainly." he replied, 81 am Il me~
chanic.''


Il dislike the name Of mechanic" and
she turned up her nose.


That was the last time the young me>
chanic visited the young woman. He i
now wealthy man and has one of the best
of wome n for a wife


The young lady who disliked the name
of mechanic, is now the wife of miserable
fool, regular vagrant about the grog
shops. and the soft, verdant, silly, miser
able girl, is obliged to take in washing to
support herself and children.
Year: 1860

How CONGRESS ELECTS THE president
AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL cotemporary
says: 1t may be useful just about this
time to reproduce the statement which
he approach of Presidential campaign
makes opportune for four years.


The House of Representatives has moth
ing whatever to do with the election of a
Vice President, or the Senate with the
election of a President, the powers of each
body are distinct and entirely independent
Of each other.


II no President be chosen by the elect
ors the House of Representatives may
choose the President, their choice being
restricted to the persons having the high
est numbers not exceeding three on the
list of those who voted for Vice President


If the House fails to elect President
before the 4th of March next following,
then the Vice President whether elected
by the electors or the Seuate. shall act as
President.


The rule or manner under which the
Senate chooses Vice President, is exact
ly the reverse of that of the House in
choosing President--each being the re-
verse of the general principle of basis up
on which the respective body's are organ
lied. The House representing the people,
and ordinarily voting per capita, vote for
the President by the States, the represen-
tation from each State having Ole vote and
a majority of all the States being necessa-
~ to choice. The Senate representing
the Stares-in theory. at least. and the
manner Of elecling Senators--votes for
President per capita each Senator being
entitled to vote, and a majority of all
the Senators being necessary to choice.
Year: 1860

hope the old " stumper will extract all the
satisfaction he can out of the above certificate. |
said | could produce it with the names of as good
men there were in the township attached to it,
and have done so.
Year: 1860

Coon ADVICE TO YouNd wosEN-Trust not
to uncertain riches, but prepare yourselves for
every emergency in life Learn to work, and
be not dependent on servants to make your
bread, sweep your floors and darn your stock
1ngs Above all, do not esteem too lightly
those honorable young men who sustain them
selves and their aged parents by the work of
their own hands, while you caress and receive
into your company those lazy, idle popiniays,
who never lift finger to help themselves as
long as they can keep body and soul together,
and get funds sufficient to live in fashion. III
you are wise, you will look at this subject in
the light We do; and when you are old enou gb
to become wives you will prefer the honest
mechanic, who with not a cent to commence
life, to the fashionable loafer with a capital OF
ten thousand dollars. When we hear it re-
marked, "a young lady married a fortune, u
we tremble for her future prosperity Riches
left to children by wealthy parents turn out to
be curse instead of a blessing. Young
women, remember this, and instead of sound.
ing the purse of your lovers, and examining
the cut OF their coats, look into their habits
and their hearts. Mark if they have trade
and can depend upon themselves; ethat thew
have minds which will lead them to look above
butterfly existence. Talk not of the beauti.
full white skin and soft delicate hand. the
splendid form and fine appearance of the young
gentleman. Let not these foolish considera
tons engross your thoughts.
Year: 1860

SINGULAR RAILROAD ACCIDENT Terrible
Termination of a Fight.-The New York
tribune gives the following account of sineu-
lar and terrible accident:


yesterday "wednesday morning, as the II
O'Clock express train on the Hudson River
Railroad was approaching Peekskill, two men,
who are said to have been drunk at the time,
were engaged In fight on the track, and lust
at the instant when the train came up they
were both down between the rails There is a
curve short distance on this side of the
PeekskllI station, owing to which the engineer
was not able to see the men on the track In
time to stop the train. He, however. gave the
alarm for down brakes the instant he saw
the men, but it was then too late, and the
tram, consisting OF five cars, passed over the
oodles OF both the men who had been fighting.
and OF another man who, seeing their dangeI,
endeavored to save them, but was dragged
himself upon the track, and there held, till
the train came up, by one of the contestants.


One OF them was so terribly mutilated that
ne could not be recognized-portions of his
BODY being strewn along the track for some
distance: The other two were instantly killed
having their clothes torn from their bodies. but
were In condition to be recognized II ap-
pears that the engineer was entirely free from
blame IN the matter, as the moment he saw the
men on the track he did his utmost to avert
the calamity. The men were recognized
They were all intoxicated at the time. The
bodies were taken up and placed on a hand
car and removed to the engine house Their
names, and what is known of them, are as fol-
lows Henry W. Hall, an American aged 35;
Thomas Granger, an American, aged 28 and
George Rawcliffe, an Englishman, aged %.
Hall resided at Oyster Bay, L. l., and was for
several years member of No 40 Engine Com
pany of this city. Rawcliffe attempted 10 save
his comrades, and lost his life in the effort.
Nothing more is known of Granger.
Year: 1860

AT the inquest on the body of Coe Lewis


who killed his wife, and then committed
suicide, at Chimney Rock, Bound Brook


Somerset County, some thirty witnesses were
examined, all of whom seemed to concur in
the fact that Lewis Jwas exceedingly Jealous
of his wife, and for some time had been very
miserable ON account of it, Lewis was a
man Of ratherweak mind, and certain per-
sons thought it very pleasant to excite his
jealousy. One witness testified that few
days since a number of men were together


and agreed among themselves TO tease Lewis,
who was inithe' COMPANY. They sent for one
OF their number to the barn. ard then, in
the hearing of Lewis, commenced asking
each other what had become Of this man. OF
whom it was known that Lewis was Jealous


probably not without cause The reply was
that he had gone to call on Lewis's wife.
AS soon as Lewis heard this, he rushed from
the room and ran home like one crazy. The
cruelty Of this and similar conductltoward d
weak-minded man is severely censured by
all. NJ slf s.Ef. 1.I'


Mrs. Donnelly testified that a few days
ago, Lewis called at her house, and told her
that "he was in trouble; that he suspected
his wife with the man above alluded to, and
that it made him so miserable he had that
day been out in the woods with a rope to
hang himself but had changed his mind. =
He said, also, that "He. could not stand il
much longer; that he would certainly destroy
himself but that if he did SO his wife should
go first" She testified, also, that she had
informed Lewiss wife of her husband
threat, and advised her to leave him; but
she replied that she was not afraid of him
that she could trust him., ...}s'r3a e.F
Year: 1860

TROUBLE AMONG CONTRACTORS AT WASH
iNaroN.--A report prevails among contractors
upon public buildings at Washington that
work can not proceed upon several of them
by reason of want of money. The loan, bill
of last session brings nothing into the Treas
ury, because no outstanding treasury ry-notes
are sent in for exchange for the permanent
public Secnrityauthorigedby by the loan acti
Year: 1860

TELL YOUR WIFE.-If you are in any trouble or quandary, tell your wfe-that is, if you have one-all about it at once Ten to one her invention will solve your difficulty sooner than all yonr logic The wit of woman has been praised, but her instincts are quick CT and kcener than her reason. Counsel with your wife or your mother or sister and be assured light will flash upon your darkness. Women are too commonly adjudeed as yer dant in all but purely womanish affairs. No philosophical student of the sex thus judges them. Their munitions. or insi@hts. are the most subtle, and if they cannot see eat in the meal, there is no cat there In counsellng a man to tell his trouble to his wife, We would go farther and advise him to keep none of his affairs secret from her. Many a home has been happily saved, and many a fortune retrieved, by mans full confidence in his "bettcr half-' Woman is far more a seer and prophet than man, if she be given fair chance As d general rule, wives conhde the minutest of their thoughts and plans to their husbands, having no inyolyements to screen from them. Why not reciprocate, if but for the pleasure of meeting confidence with con- idencc? We are certain that no man suc- ceeds so well in the world as he who, taking partner for life, makes her the partner of all his purposes and hopes. What is wrong of his impulse or judgment she will check and set right with her almost universally right in- stincts. Helpmeet' was no insignificant t. tie, as applied to mans companion. She is a meet help to him in every darkness, difficulty, and sorrow oflife And what she most craves and most deserves, Is confdence-without which love is never free from shadow