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Year: 1860

How long the lamp of conversation
holds out to burn, between two per
sons only, is curiously set down in the
following 1 passage from Count Con.
tallioner's account Of his i,nprison.
ment.


" Fifteen years I existed in a dun
geon ten feet square. During six
years l had a companion during nine
| was alone. l could never rightly
distinguish the face of him who shared
my captivity in the eternal twilight of
our cell: The first year we talked in
ccssantly together; we related our
past lives--our joys forever gone, over
and over again. The next year we
communicated to each other our tho'ts
and ideas on all subjects. The third
year we had no ideas to commmuni-
cate; we were beginning to lose
the power of reflection. The fourth at
the interval of a month or so, we wo'd
open our lips to ask each other, if it
was possible, that the world of which
we formed such a silent part, went on,
AS gay and bustling as when we were
among mankind. The sixth, he was
taken away--1 never knew where, to
execution or liberty. Bnt I was glad
when he was gone; even solitude
was better, than the pale vacant face
One day Ct must have been year,
after my companion left me) the dun
geon door was thrown open. Whence
proceeding l knew not the following
words were uttered: By order Of
His Imperial majesty I intimate to you
that your wife died a year ago." Then
the door was shut, and l heard no
more !; they had but flung this great
agony upon me and left me alone
with it,
Year: 1860

each man for himself-but that all who
live under it must be governed by Ger
tain fixed principles Of action. If a
man is to determine, in the affairs ot
Government, what he will do, withou,
reference to the laws, he may as well
claim the ri ght to apply the same prin-
ciple of action in determining the rights
of property-recognize no law but the
law within himself. We are bound
each to the other in mutual obligations
and duties. We are bound to dis
charge those duties in the fear Of God
and with due regard to the welfare Of
the whole. We have TO ask, tonight,
solemnly and seriously, each man fol
himself, this question-whether the
blessings of this Union are worth pre-.
serving at the cost of some sacrifice of
private opinion, or whether they are
not. 1t is to be decided. conscientious.
", and then followed up by action.
[Applause.]


For my own part, I have the utmost
confidence in the good sense of the
great mass of the American people,
that they will interfere, and arrest the
dangers which now threaten peril to
our country. I trust to see the day
when peace may be restored, and both
sections of the country again go on
hand in hand, jointly and harmoniously
towards those proud heights of imperi-
al greatness which we have fondly be-
|lieved this nation was'destined to tread.
I hope that the Southern States, when
they find that fraternal feelings are re-
stored, may relax the severity of some
oc their laws, and so modify their sys.
tenn as to give it some of:'that patriar.
chal character which they say it is in.
tended to wear, and thus disarm the
North of much of it's motive for COM
plant and dcnunciation. l trust we
may again see the time when we can
look upon each other as brethren, each
respecting the sovereignty which the
other possesses over his own affairs
and joining only in efforts for the com.
mon good. And then we may address
those two great sections Of our common
country, in the language used by Mil
ton towards England and Scotland III
the days Of their union: eco on, then
hand in hand, O nations never to be
disunited. Be the praise and heroic
song Of all posterity. Commit secure
ly to true wisdom the vanquishing ani
uncasing of craft and subtlety. Joir
your invincible might to do noble and
godlikc deeds ; and then he that seek
, to break your union, cLEAv1Nc


CURSE be his inheritence to all genera
e tions!"[L Loud applause.
Year: 1860

Not long since, a clergyman was
visiting one Of his parishloners, who
was a man Of business. AS might
have been expected, the great subject
of the souls salvation was not forgot
ten, and the following conversation
substantially occurred:


p: 1t is true am not satisfied with
my present condition. l am not "of
a settled mind in religion" as you ex-
press it, Still am not utterly hope
less. I may yet enter the vineyard,
even at the elecenth hour.


G. All! perceive that yoar allusion
is to the Saviour's parable of the loi-
tering laborers who wrought one hour
at the end of the day. But you have
overlooked the fact that these men
accepted the first offer.


r. Is that so?


c. Certainly. They said to the lord
Of the vineyard, "No man hath hired
us.'' They welcomed his first offer
Immediately.


p True; I had not thought of that
before. But then the thief on the
cross, even while dying, was saved.


c. Yes; but it is not likely that he
had ever rejected an offer of saliva
ton as preached by Christ and His
apostles. Like Barabbas, he had been
a robber by profession. Into the re-
sorts and haunts to which he had been
accustomed, no sound of the gospel,
probably, had ever penetrated. There
is good reason to believe that he too
accepted the first offer.


n Why, my dear sir, you seem de.
|sirous to quench my last spark of
hope.


c. Why should I not +? Such hope
is an illusion. You have no promise
of acceptance at some future time.
No,o is the accepted time. Begin now


r. How shall l begin


G. Just as the poor lepcr did when
he met Jesus by the way, and commit
ted his body to the great Physician,
in order to be healed. So commit
your soul to him as a present Saviour.
Then serve him from love. The next,
even the most common duty of life
that you have to perform, do it as SER
vice unto him. Will you accept the
first offer? Your eyes are now open
to see your peril. Beware of delay.


r. You are right. May God help
me: I have lived in a kind of dreamy
delusion on this subject, and have no
more time to waste.-- Tract Journal.
Year: 1860

THE PEACE AND STABILITY OF


THE UNION


: The following closing paragraph of|
Hon. H. !. Raymond's speech at the
Troy Union Meeting, on the 28th ult,
is an honest and manly utterance of
what we believe are the real sentiments
Of the majority of the people in the
North:


When the aboiitionists endeavor to
rouse Northern feelings to the same
pitch Of resentment against slavery that
they have reached, they are taking the
first step towards plunging the coun-
try in civil strife. My belief is, that
they have not done it more or less
throughout the whole body of our peo-
pie. They have indoctrinated their
sentiments in the hearts of many men
III political circles, even unconsious!y to
themselves, and made them, to great
er extent, the basis of their action
But believe that, when the real ma
ture and tendency Of their doctrines
and their efforts are exposed, the SEN
timents OF every political party, and Of
the public at large, will recoil in horror
from them and that, in aiding such
All exposure, BRowN's invasion will
clear the atmosphere, and restore the
public mind to a healthier tone.
saw, a day or two since, in lead
ing public journal of New York, let-
ter from THEODORE PARKER, one of
the ablest men Of the day, in which he
laid down certain propositions; first,
that it is the right of every slave to
kill the man who deprives him Of his
liberty second, that it is the duty of
every slave, when he can do so success
fully, to kill his master; third, that it
is the ri ght of every freeman to help
the slave in his clIdeavor to kill his
master and fourth, that it is the duty
Of freemen to help the slave kill his
master for his own freedom, when he
can do it with the chances of success.
And this is said in the name of philan-
thropy. Philanthropy! It is the
philanthropy that was sucked at the
breast of the wolf: 1t is the philan-
thropy Of the French Revolution-of
RoBEsP1ERRE, ofDAYroN, and of BAR,
ERE. Robespicrre began his public
career by denouncing capital punish
ment as a barbaric institution, and not
to be tolerated in civilized commune
ty. Yet where did he end in his ca.
reer of philanthropy and freedom p
He plunged France into the broadest
and deepest ocean of blood that the
world has ever seen. Our philanthro-
pists are treading in the same steps
are using the same plausible sophistries
in support of their ideas. 1t is not inn
possible that they may plunge us into
the same horrors.


1t is our duty, as patriots and good
citizens, whatever we may think or
believe of slavery, to remember that
we are here as citizens of q Govern,
ment that we have duties to preform.
as we'll as the right of citizenship to
enjoy that Government IS not an alb.
|straction-a thing: whose limitations
'and obligations are to be decided by
Year: 1860

Halls Journal Of Health enumcrates
the following The list is capable of being
indefinitely extended. Indeed if one should
specify all the silly and ridiculous habits
and practices by which the majority of rea-
soning mortals-are injuring themselves, he
would make a chapter as long as the At
lantic cable.


Walking along the streets with the point
Of an umbrella sticking out behind, under
the arm, OF over the shoulder. BY sud
denly stopping to speak to a friend, or 9TH
er cause, a persorwalking in the rear had
his brain penetrated through the eye, in
one Of our streets, and died in a few days


Stopping in a church aisle. after dismis-
sion. and standing to converse with others,
or to allow occupants Of the same pew to
pass out and before, for courtesy of preced-
-ence, at the expense of a greater boOrish-
ness to those behind


Te guzzle down glass after glass of cold
water, on getting up in the morning, with
out any feeling of thirst, under the impress
sion of the health-giving nature of its
washing-Out qualities.


To &c, nomize time, by robbing yourself
of necessary sleep. on the ground that an
hour saved from sleep is an hour gained
for life, when in reality it is two hours
actually lost and half a dozen other hours
actually spoiled.


To persuade yourself that you are de-
strOying one unpleasant Odor by introduc-
Ing a stronger one, that is, attempting to
sEeeten your unwashed garments and per-
son by envelOping yourself in the fumes
Of musk, eau de cologne, or rose water;
the best perfume being clean skin and
well-washed clothing.
Year: 1860

/ Oh be not the first to discover


A blot on the fame of friend,
A flaw in the faith of a lover,


Whose heart may prove true in the end
We none of us know one another,


And oft into error we fall;
Then let us speak well of our brother,


Or speak not about him at all.
A smile or sigh may awaken


Suspicion most false and undue;
And thus our belief may be shaken


In hearts that are honest and true.
How often the light smile of gladness


Is worn by the friend that we meet.
To cover the soul full of sadness,


Too proud to acknowledge defeat.
How often the sigh of detection


Is heaved from the hypocrite's breast,
To parody truth and efectiOn,


Or lull suspicion to rest.
How often the friend We hold dearest


Their noblest emotions conceal;
And bosoms the purest. sincerest,


Have secrets they cannot reveal.
Leave base minds to harbor suspicion,
And small ones to trace our defects
Let ours be nobler ambition,


For base is the mind that suspects.
We none of US know one another,


And oft into error we fall;
Then let US speak well of our brother,
Or speak not about him at all.
Year: 1860

mo- Resolution providing for the Observation OF the


Eclipse the Sun which will the eighteenth day


July next.


Rcsored BY tie Senate and House Of Representatives o.
the United States Of america an Congress dSseEed, That
Superintendent Of the United States Cost Survey he
hereby is authorized and directed to furnish vessel and prov
ions for the the most suitable point the eastern
Of this continent for observing the total eclipse Of the
which will the eighteenth day Of July next Of asronO
not exceeding i've in number and their assistants to be
leced by the said superintendent Of the Coast PO1
de That the United staes shall not be liable other charge
account Of the said astronomers and their assistants than their
and provisions a. herein provided and that they shall
furnish their obsevao for the Of the coast without
further charge to the government.


Approved June Is, 1850.
Year: 1860

There are people in this world quite
a. much given to slander as dog is to BARK
ing. Th. foilosing is an example:--


"Perfumsry il m article that indoient
young ladies make use OF to supply The place
Of clean water and soap"
Year: 1860

Mr. Geo. Bowles, the deck bar-keeper,
had a narrow escnpe, losing his money
and all but what ne had on his back
There were some fifty deck passengers on
the boat, and he thinks the loss of life was
fully twenty in all.
Year: 1860

SINGULAR PREsERvATIof or 4 BoDx
Not many years since, says Fraser's
Magazine, certain miners, working far un.
derground, came upon the body Of a poor
fellow who had perished in the suffocating
pit forty years before. Some chemical a.
gent to which the body had been subjected
An agent prepared in the laboratory of
nature--had effectually arrested the pro-
gress of decay. They brought it up to the
suface. and for awhile, till il cr.imbled away
though exposure to the atmosphere. it lay
there, the image of fine sturdy young
man. No convulsion had passed over the
face in death---the features were Tranquil,
the hair was black as jet. No one recogA
nized the face-a generation had grown up
since the day on which the miner went
down bis shaft for the last time. But a
tortering old woman, who had hurried from
her cottage at hearing the news, came mp,
and she knew again the face which through
all these years she had never quite forgotten.
The poor miner was to have been her hus.
band the day after that on which he died.
They were rough people Of course, who
we're looking on; liberal education and
refined feelings are not deemed essential to
the man whose work 1t is to get up Goals.
or even tin but there were no dry eyes
there when the gray-headed old pilgrim cast
herself upon the youthful corpse, and pour.
ed out to its deaf ear many words of en-
dearment unused for forty years. It vas
a touching contrast--the one so old, theFo-
ther 50 young. They had both been young
those young years ago; but time had gone
on with the living, and stood still with the
dead.
Year: 1860

UNDER THE ICE.


BY ]. NJ. BATES.
Under the ioe the waters run;
Under the ice our spirits lie;
The genial glow Of the summer sun
Shall loosen their fetters by aud by.
80 Moanand groan in thy prison cold,


River of life--riyer Of love.
The winter is growing worn and old,
The frost is leaving the melting mold,


And the sun shines bright above.
Under the ice, under the snow,
Our lives are bound i'll a crystal ring;
BY and by will the south winds blow,
And the roses bloom on the banks of spring.
Moan and groan in thy fetters strong,


River of life-river of love.
The nights grow short, The days grow long,
Weaker and weaker the bonds of wrong,
And the sun shines bright above.
Under the ice our souls are hid
Under the ice our good deeds grow;
Men but credit the wrong we did,
Never the motives that lay below,
Moan and groan in thy prison cold,


River of life-river of love;
The winter of life is growing old,
The frost is leaving the melting mold,


And the sun shines warm above.
Under the ice we hide our wrong
Underneath the ice that has chilled us thro
Oh that the friends that have known US long
Dare to doubt that we are geod and true
Moan and groan in thy prison cold,


River of life-river of love;
Winter is growing warm and old,
Roses stir in the melting mold;


We shall be known above.
Year: 1860

AM in the city and engaged in selling county rights


for the STATE Of Tennessee for the manufacture and sae Of
ny Patent Improved Bes Hives the virtue and speroy
Of which have been testified to by hundreds the most worthy
eminent citizens OF our country The construction Of NJ
is simple aud promise il is the only Hive in known
which proof agsRst the bee mote Persons dssrous pu
chasing either family OF county rights og the Bee Hve IN
t1e World n ma me for few days the Auction Rooms Of
Ness Hardy Brothers. where viii happy them


iuy2e-u JOSEPH KENT.
Year: 1860

SILVER IN TuoLuMNE.-The report came to
Sonora the other day. that an extraordinarily
rich silver mine had been found near Don
Pedros Bar. A great rush was made from
Chinese, and the other mining camps in the
lower portion Of the county. for the scene OF
the discovery. Specimens of the ore are now
in town, but have not yet been assayed. We
are rather inclined to think it humbug
though returned Washoeite, is said to he
the dscoverer and has taken up claims in
conjunction with parties at the Bay, who
have made thorough assays of the ore.-SO-
nora Democrat, 7M AprA
Year: 1860

ARcHY BACK AGAIN-This subject of a
learned and austute decision of the Supreme
Court of California is back here again. He
yesterday made his appearance on the wit
ness stand of the Police Court in case of as
sault and battery, in which the defendant
bore the arstocratic name of Wellington,
and the prosecuting son of Hama Jamaica
darkey-t the scarcely less distinguished ap-
pellation of Lord North-S. T. CGA
Year: 1860

AS it takes money to build and fit up Hotels in this
country, and having been at great expense in max
Ing the recent improvements to the UNITED STATES
we would inform all parties indebted to us, that we
want them to pay Immediately. Business is business
ana money snecessary to carry 1t on Don't wait for


second invitation, but step up to the Captains Of
fee and SETTLE


apl-Im STOKES SHIELDS.
Year: 1860

ARsENrcAL QUARTz.-At the Assay Office Of
Messrs. II. Harris & Co., in San Francisco
may he seen, says the Alta, curiosity in the
shape of a quantity Of quartz specimens. bro't
from a mine recently discovered about ten
miles shove Oroville in Butte county. The
gold is apparent in all these specimens, and
the several assays that have been made show
value of about four thousand dollars TO the
ton. The only drawback to the realization
of a speedy fortune by the proprietors, is the
fact that this quartz is blended with an ore
consisting mainly of arsenic-in such quanti-
ties that the operation Of roasting the quartz
has nearly killed several parties who have
attempted it; and the working of the quartz
has been stopped in consequence The crush
ing process does not work well, and none
dare to make further attempts with fire, until
some scientific person can be found willing
to undertake the business. Messrs. Harris d
Co., made an attempt to work some of the
specimens the other day, and their assayer
nearly lost his life by it.
Year: 1860

Loss OF LIFE.-The San Francisco Telegram
says;


On last Sunday morning the wreck of a
fishing boat was washed ashore at Bonita
Point. Captain Robinson. a resident of that
place, reeognized the wreck as portion Of
an Italian fishing boat which had left the
Point on the morning previous with three
Italians in it, There were articles in the
wreck which corresponded exactly with those
they had. and there is no doubt but that they
were lost, as very heavy gale prevailed of
the Heads on that night. The boat was
painted black, and copper fastened.
Year: 1860

Machinist, Nlllwright and Gun Smith, will
give prompt attention to all work in the re
pair of Engines, Machinery and Fire Arms
All kinds of work from a Darning Needle to
a Locomotive attended to on the spur of the
moment and warranted to give satisfaction.
Shop on Main Street, Vernon Springs Iowa


mas tf)
Year: 1860

We publish to-day the census of this
State complete by counties, and like
wise the mortality Of each county for
the year ending June 1st, 1860. This
is an interesting publication to the peo-
pie OF Iowa, as we trust it may prove
to be to the people of other States and
countries, as it shows how desirable a
place Iowa must be for people to live
In; else its population could not increase
as it has done for the last ten years.


Pop. POP. Mortality for
COUNTIES in 1860. in 1850. year ending in
Year: 1860

oGARIBALDI AND aVIoroR RMMANUEL--Ar
extract from private letter written by Gar.
ibaldi makes the following statement:


~ was on the point of making the King
acquainted with my project He himself
admittedto me, withthe admirable franknesI
which distinguishes him, that in order to at
tain unity Italy required to be freed from the
rotten ways Of ministerial diplomacy. did
not go further for the moment. did mean
to tell him all about it a few days before my
departure, but must have gone to Bologna
to see him, and really had not the time
Besides, ] thought it more prudent on the
whole to keep the secret from him.. He
would have prevented me- from going for.
ward, and could not have resisted any order
from such an unique and perfect King.
could not think without transport upon the
fact that the Sicilians had been waiting for us
for month, and l oyerruled every other con-
sideration 10 fly to their succor."
Year: 1860

The SECRET OF PRACTICAL SUCCESS
Twenty clerks in store. Twenty hands in
printing Office. All want.to get along in
the world, and all expect TO do so. One Of
the clerks will rise to be partner and make
fortune. One of the compositors will own
a newspaper and become an influential and
prosperous citizen One of the apprentices
will come to be master builder One of
the villagers will get handsome farm and
live like a patriarch. But which is destined


to be the lucky indiyidual2 Lucky? There
is no luck about it. The thing is almost as
certain as the Rule OF Three. The young
fellow who will distance his competitors is
he who masters his business, who preserves
his integrity, who lives clearly and purely,
who never gets in debt, who gains friends by
deserving them, and puts his money in a
savings bank. There are some ways to for
tune that look shorter than this old dusty
highway. But the staunch men Of the COM
mnnity; the men who achieve so me thing
really worth having, good fortune, good
name, and serene old age--all 60 this road.
Year: 1860

Let no man think himself'called to be q
reformer or builder in modern times, unless
he has made up his mind that the call in
cludes life itself.'s And if you are called to
suffer, count it all joy when you are called


into diverse trials. Rejoice and be exceeding


glad when God calls you TO suffer for right
eousness sake. But, oh, what shall we do
with that ragged and broken band of men
who come fleeing from life's battlei crying
out "We are beliedtrwe are beset on every
side with misconstruction y Why not2 l.
the servant greater than his master2 II they
9 alled him Beelzebub,- will they call you less
Are you not willing TO suffer2 Then you
are not willing to do good. The degree with
which you are willing TO do good, is accord.
ing to the degree in which yon are willing tc
take misconstructions, opposition, and suf,
one thing, that there is nothing men will re-
siEt 50 universally as any effort TO transplant
them to higher range from a lower. " y"