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Year: 1860

The toll of day is ended


The night is at her noon;
And the harvest song swells blthely up
Beneath the harvest moon
Then tread quicker measure,


And chant louder strain
With dance aud song the days prolong
That bring the golden grain.
From out the distant mountain


Comes the voice Of the cascade,
And the nearer CLEAN OF silver stream
Makes glad the silent glade
Through all the shadowy forest
Is heard the fall of leaves
And the timid hare treads slealthily
Among the nodding sheaveS.
And now on every hillside,


The purple vintage glows;
As when deeper radience ials


From daylight at its close
No time it is for sadness


Dependency or fear.
When Autumn comes in gladness.
lie crown the fruitful year.
Dear is the pleasant time


When all is soft around
When frost imprisoned rivulets


Are melting into. sound.
And dear, too is the season


When Spring and Summer meet
When woods are faint with odors,
And the bills are dim with heat.
But Spring is but for pasture,


Aud Summer but for show
While Autum, like a crowned king,
Has riches to bestow;
So he shall be the monarch


or all the shining year.
And crown he shall wear a sceptre bCa
Cftruits, aud the golden ear.
Year: 1860

LIvISe FOR ONES EASE Henry Ward
Beecher says of those men who have no
care or thought for another, bat are con.
tended with looking after their own easeh
enjoyment. that they ought to be put in
coffin, for their life's work is ended.


when God wants sponges and oysters;
He made them, and put one on the rock
and the other in the mud When lie made
man, He did not make him to he sponge
or oyster He made him with feet and
hands, and head aud heart, and vital blood.
and place TO use them, aud said to him,
Go to work i a rslat u sq aaa


Bat tell you If man has come to that
point where he is content, he ought to be
put into his coffin, for contended live man
is a sham If man has come to that
! state in which he says I do net want to
know any more, or do any more, or be any
more he is in a state in which he ought
to be changed into mummy : OF all hide
ous things mummies are the most hideous;
and of mummies, those are the most hide
Gus that are running about the streets and
talking 7 z a.lal-a
Year: 1860

The Washington correspondent of the Philade-
pha Pennsylranion, says: [ understand from
good that the President barely hopes for the
continuance of peace during his administration. l
am told that he fears the issue of secession will be
precipitated Immediately after the election without
waiting for the Inauguration of Lincoln.
Year: 1860

The Watrous land again up at Chambers
of the Supreme Court at New York on the 24th, on


an application for a commission to Mexico to take
testimony. The motion granted, and stay of
proceedings allowed until the first of February
Year: 1860

MA1NE.-The Bangor Democrat declares
for Breckinridgo and Lane, and adds:


If there is anything in the future certain,
it is the fact that these nominees will receive
the electoral vote of every Southern State,
together with California and Oregon, making
one hundred add twenty seven in all. Nor
will the tide stop here. In New Jewsey, to-
day no candidates stand SO high in the popu-
lar favor as the gallant young statesman OF
Kentucky and the valiant old soldier Of Or
egon. This is no exaggeration, but on If.
resistable conclusion, drawn from the tone
of the press of that State.


Pennsylvania they will also carry by q
decided plurality, unless two or more of the
different shades of the Opposition combine
Under these circumstances, it is clear Il
every one that Breckenridge and Lane arr
now far in advance of all other candidates
and il is also clear that they can only b
Defeated by coalitions which will DISCUS
every true and loyal Democrat in the land
Year: 1860

We have no hesitation in expressing cur
determination to support Brcckinridge aud
Lane, the gallant standard bearers Of the
true National Democracy of the country.
Accordingly, we unfurl our flag to the
breeze, with their names at our mast head
We choerfully adopt this course, because NJ
other alternative is left US without sacri-
fcing our sense of right and independence,
and an Abandonment of the interests and
constitutional rights of the South, and the
principles upon which the integrity Of the
Democratic party can alone be maintained


rMo2tiasJurg (Va.) Republican.
Year: 1860

A THRILLING SCENE A noise was heard
on deck, the dog watch sprung from his
caboose, seized the gig-whip, and laying
over the dead eyes of the bony, made him
shin up the bowsprit, catch hold Of the sky
scraper, which he used so freely on the keel
son that he rubbed off the shoe of the an
chor, which was caught by the cat harpings,
who commenced to spanker with the broom
till she burst through the stays, cutting the
topsoil ties, grabbed the monkeys tail, which
knocked jews eye cut Of the Turks head.
caught the ship round the waist with one
hand, boxed the compass with the other, till
the cook cried, and the captain applied the


teaches of the foresail to the inaamed eye Of
the astonished needle.
Year: 1860

The BAYoNET RIFLE.-We have had the
pleasure of examining sample of the rifles
with bayonets, ordered by our State for the
volunteer militia. The gun differs from the
rifle now in use in the following respects f:
Length is about the same bore considerably
larger, consequently barrel not so thick
mounted with iron, and stock not as neatly
finished She sword bayonet which is pro-
tected BY scabbard, is so constructed that
by application of the thumb to spring it can
be separated from the gun, and havinga han.
die aud guard like cutass can be used as
sword or cutlass when in close contact. The
sights are variable at will, for any distance
within the range of the rifle.


These are all the variations, of any note
from the Mississippi Rife. They may all be
improvements in the art of warfare, yet W.
are at loss to discover the advantages to bt
derived from an increase in the size of thu
ball'-Mississippian.
Year: 1860

The Nashville Patriot, Bell and Everett
organ which is using its utmost endeavors
to promote the cause of Douglas, on hearing
of the report of the majority platform by the
Committee at Charleston, said "that it is a
reputation of both Squatter Sovereignty
and the doctrine of unfriendly legislation,
and is decided improvement upon the Cm>
cinnati platform The Patriot, when it
fronkly uttered this opinion, did not believe
that the platform which it SO highly com-
mcndod, would become the corner stone Of
the Democratic faith in the Presidential
election.
Year: 1860

Among the many articles suggested to
render light goods fire proof the most success
ful yet used is the phosphate of ammonia
1t leaves the fabric soft and pliable, acting
but slightly on the fbre, and may be mixed
with the starch. One ounce the salt is dis
solved in one quart of water, and applied
either by itself or in the starch, and dried as
usual. The only objection is the expense of
the salt.
Year: 1860

TRADE OF THE FAE EsT.-A bout $4,000
in gold dust arrived at LeaV Veuworth the las I
week of August In little more than the same
time one hundred and forty seven wagons lett
for the mines tot!h nearly million OF pounds
of trefght'
Year: 1860

Yesterday was marked BY two events, both
of the first importance, but of very different
cast, and looking to consequences as wide apart
as the poles. One of those events was the Sc
cession ION paper) of South Carolina, and the
second event, which will override secession
everywhere, was the passage by the House of
the Pacific railroad bill, with two lines, one
Central, and the other Southern, which will
bind the Union together with bands of iron, If
not with hooks of steel.


This vote of the House yesterday, meeting a
great emergency with great measure of pol
icy, with the energy of the DEGREES of the old
National Assembly of France, will carry to the
plotters Of treason everywhere, the same terror
which is depicted upon their faces here.
Year: 1860

EXCITEMENT IN FAIR RooM.-On Wednes.
day night, about eleven o'clock, gentleman
entered Thorn's Hall, where the ladies of the
Ninth street M. P. Church are holding their
festival, and stated that information had just
been received at the office of the National Re
publican that the State of Georgia had refused
TO secede. The news was received with the
most intense delight, the ladies waving their
handkerchiefs, and two or three young men VIII 0
had been wearing cockades, instantly put them
out of sight A young man, on the impulse of
the moment mounted chair and delivered an
enthusiastic Union speech. Several young
ladies sang patriotic songs, and Fishers band,
which was in attendance, struck up " Hail Co.
lumbia" and the Star-Spangled Banner"
This may be taken as a fair index of the senti.
meat of the people Of Washington on the ques.
ton of disunion.
Year: 1860

WARRINGTON, D. c., December, 1860.


The undersigned have commenced the publica-
ton, in this city, of a weekly newspaper, called
the National Republican.


1t is printed on a large sheet, 27 by AZ inches,
and is furnished at the low prices stated below


II will contain all the original matter OF the
daily National Republican, with the exception of
local news not interesting TO country subscribers


1t will give full reports of the proceedings
Of Congress, and of the other departments of the
National Government.


1t will contain all the news of the day, foreign
and domestic, markets, &C., &C., as well as an
original correspondence from all parts of the
country. The miscellaneous department will re-
ceive special attention, and, in all respects, the
effort will be made to establish the character of
the National Republican as


FAMILY NEWSPAPER.


In politics, the paper will be Republican, sus-
tanning the incoming Administration of Mr. Lin
coin, but disclaiming, however, any pretension
to be the organ Of the President elect.


There is no othor Republican paper in the
District of Columbia or in the vicinity of it, and
it is believed that recent events have opened to
such paper an important sphere of useful eff
fort. The time has come, when the actual ad-
ministration of the Government upon Republican
principles will explode the Misrepresentation
which have made those principles so distasteful
to the South.


But it is not only here, and in this vicinity
that the projectors of the National Republican
hope to make it useful. To the whole country
they offer a journal which will discuss national
politics from a national standpoint, and which
will never be swerved from patriotic duty by any
overpowering pressure Of local interest.
Year: 1860

The Troy Wing of Saturday says it was
publicly stated in that city day or two ago
that Major General Wool had written Secre
tary Cass patriotic and able letter. in which
he took advantage of his many years of friend
ship to offer some advice in reference to the
present crisis General Wool is an open, un-
disguised opponent Of secession, and it is un-
derstood that he advised Gen. Cass that the first
duty of the Government was the arming of
Fort Moultrie. 1t is quite probable, in view Of
the important action of Gen. Cass, that the
advice of his distinguished friend may not have
been without its weight and effect in determin-
ing his line of conduct
Year: 1860

A PERTINENT Query. The Providence
Journal says if one State may secede, another
may; and another and another. Suppose they
should all secede but Rhode Island or Delaware,
who will be responsible for the national debt?
Year: 1860

AN ACT TO grant to tine Parish of Point Coupee Louisa


ma, ceriain Tracts of Land n. said Parish


Be enacted by the Senate and House Representatives
Of the United States u America in Congress assembled
That the of land in the Parish of Point Coupee Lou
sana which bave been ancient occupancy the site nf
church and court house. aud which designated the
pats of the public surveys sections twenty three and
twenty four in township Our south of range fen east
the southeastern district Louisiana, be- and the
hereby granted 20 the said Parish Of Point Coupee the
condition that the aforesaid section twenty fur the
church site shall be held by said parish the use of the
Catholic congregation occupying it for public worship
and burying ground but the prejudice Of a
lid adverse right, il such exist.


Approved June 25, 1860.
Year: 1860

AN ACT 10 authorize the Location Of certain Warrants for


Bounty Lands heretofore issued


Be enacted by the Senate and House OF Representatives
Of the United States u America in Congress assembled
That warrants for bounty lands heretofore issued under the
authority OF the entitled IAN provide for satisfy
ing claims FOR buunty lands for military services in the late
with Great Britain, and r ether purposes approved
the twenty seventh day of Juy in the year eighteen hun
dred and forty twO and OF the several revving the
approved he twenty sixth day of June in the
eighteen hundred and fOry eight and the eighth day
February the year eighteen hundred aud fifty four may
be located in conformity with the general laws in force
any time within three years from the date Of this and
that all entries and locations made with such
the twenty sixth day u june the year eighteen huud
and fifty eight shall be valid and eectua If the
eral acts aforesaid had not then expired.


Approved June %, 1860.
Year: 1860




City Of Philad: lpha. -- Js.r


Be enacted by the Senate and House Representatives
Of the United States Of America in Congress assembled
That the proYiso OF the third section Of entitled An
act making appropriations for sundrv civil of the
government for the ending the hireth of June Ammo
Domini eighteen hundred and sixty passed March third
eighteen hundred and fifty nue be- and the is hereby
repealed. -. -.r -
SEC q And be il further enacted That il the premises
agreed TO be purchased by the United States from the
American Philosophical Society site for courthouse
mentioned in the said third section should fail TO sell ON
account of defect Qualification in the little thereto
that then the of seventyeght thousand dollars APP
propraed by the act of August eighteenth eighteen hum
dred and ysix entitled An making appropriations
for certain civil expenses Of The for the year
ending the thrtieth ot June eighteen hundred and fy
for the purchase and payment Of the same together
with the unexpended balance Of the of fifty thousand
dollars appr pristed by the said of March third
eighteen hundred and uine for the purpose of making
alterations To the building thereby authorized be pnr-
dred thousand dollars, appropriated by the Of March
third eighteen hundred aud yseven for completing and
furnishing the said building purchased of the Rank
Penns ylvana und TO adapt IL to the Of post office
Philadelphia shall be applied to carrying provisions
Of the fourth section Of the said act of March third eighteen
hundred rnd hfty-nine in the following manner. first
for the purchase OF the lots mentioned aud described in the
said fourth section as the Bailey and Levy lots prices
not exceeding the in the said fourth section men
toned and then for the construction Of building the
said lots suitable for postce and house Provi-
ded That the said property purchased from the Bank Of
Pennsylvania be sold at price not less than hundred
and ten thousand dollars "


Approved, June 23, 1860. -
Year: 1860

cnsuch land by digging or carrying away any stone,
ore gravel clay sand turf mold from such land any
roots fruit plant there being by scutting down or
carrying away any grass hay grain standing Or
being such land shall be punished BY imprisonment in
Jail not more than sixty days. or by 6ne not exceeding
sixty dollars 2. - Ec5 ~ k.5


SEC g. Ard be it further enacted That every person
wbo in said District without color Of right shall wlfuy
commit respass by entering the garden orchard
other improved land of another with intent cut take
carry away de try nure the gran grass hay,
fruit vegetables there growing being. shall be pun
ished by Imprisonment in a not than forty days
BY a fue not exceeding fifty dollars - Es


SEC And be il further enacted That justices of the
peace shall have exclusive prg9 jursde in all cases
mentioned in the preceding sections, saving. however
party convicted before such justice The right trial
by jury on his appeal 10 the criminal curt. -


SEC And be il further enacted That every person
victed before justice Of the peace of any offence named
in this aud appealing therefrom shall be committed to
abide the sentence OF the criminal until he shall
cognize with suetie in such reasonable the justice
shall require with copdon TO appear at said court there
to proecue his appeal and 10 abide sentence thereon On
such appeal being taken and bond fled, the justice sha
make copy Of the conviction and other proceedings in the
case and tansmt the together with the recogn1anc
to the clerk of the criminal court. ..... - =
Approved, June %, 1860.
Year: 1860

AN ACT in relation to Malicious Injuries TO- and Trespas


ses upon Public and Private Property, within the Dis


trict Of Columbia %. ekss,la


of the United States Of America in Congress assembled
That every person who shall wIfuy and maliciousy
wantony, and without cause in the District of Columbia
njure fruit other Tree not his own standing
growing for shade ornament other useful purpose,
shall malciousy destroy, mutlae otherwise ure any
statuary monument other work Of art standing or be-
ing on land hot bis own, shall alicousy break down
njure fence enclosing belonging 70 anothers
land shall malicousy sever from the freehold of anoth
any product thereof anything aachnd thereto shall
be punished by imprisonment in Jail not than three
months by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars


SEC q And be it further enacted That every person
who in said District without of right shall Enlly
rying away any kind of timber wood down lying
Year: 1860

GRAND WAY TO GET RID OF FLEAs-We think
we shall deserve special premium for the fol-
lowing excellent plan which we now give to gel
rid Of fieas from a sleeping apartment Set the
night lamp in pan of soapsuds upon the floor
of the room; the feas will naturally seek the
light and fall into the soap water and be drown
ed. This plan is sure one any one who tries
it will find the plan sure to rid them of every
flea in the room.-Cdl Farmer
Year: 1860

1t is the rule also that the process Of
earning success shall be the preparation
for its conservation and enjoyment. SO,
day by day and week by week ; so, month
after month and year after year, WORK
On and in that process gain strength
and symmetry, nerve and knowledge,
that when success, bravely and patiently
acquired, shall be yours, it shall find you
prepared to receive and to keep it. The
development of all your mental and NOR
al qualities in the brave battle OF life will
amply reward you for the struggle. 1t
will Eelp to make man Of you, and
give you not only selfrespect, but the re-.
spect of your fellows and the public.
Year: 1860

An extraordinary fallacy is the dread
OF nigbt.ar. What air can we brea the
at night but night-ar The choice is
betw cen pure night air from without, and
foul night air from within. Most people
prefer the latter. An uuaccountabIe
choice. What will they say if it is pro.
Yed 10 be true that fully onehaIf Of ell
the disease We suffer from is occasioned
by people sleeping with their windows
shut? An open window most nights in
the year can never burt any one. This
is not to say that light is not necessary
for recovery. In great cities, night. air is
often the best and purest air 10 be had
in the twenty -four hours. could better
understand shutting the windows in towns
during the day than during the night for
the sake Of the sick. The absence Of
smoke, the quiet, all tend to make night
the best time for airing the patient. One
Of the highest medical authorities on con
sumption and climate has told me ,ba,
the air in London is never so good as af
ter ten O'Clock at night. Always air your
room then, from the outside air, If posi-.
BILE. Windows are made to open, door.
are made to shuttle truth which seem,
extremely difficult Of apprehension. Eve
ry room must be aired from without
every passage from within. Bui the few
er passages there are in a hospital tn,
euer.-FIorence Nightingale.
Year: 1860

HARD BUTTER WITHOUT IcE.-To have
delightful hard butter in summer, with.
out ice. the CLAN recommended is good
one. Put trivet, or any open fiat thing
with fegs, in saucer; put on this trivet
the plate Of butter, and fill the saucer
with water turn common fower.pot
upside down over The butter, so that its
edge shall be within the saucer and un


der the water. Plug the hole Of the
flower pot with cork; thea drench the
Aower.pot with water set in cool place
I'LL morning, or II done at breakfast, the
butter will lie very bard by supper time.
How. many Of our city boarding school
girls. who have been learning philosophy,
astronomy, syItaI and prosod dy, can write
an explanation Of this within month !
Year: 1860

OPIUM INToxIcATIoN.-We are accustomed
to believe that the opium eater is the most
miserable of drunkards. but Sir John Bow
ring, iu speaking of the use of opium in
China, contrasted with the use of intoxica-
ting liquor, says:


Some in China use opium to excess, and
all consume it yet the deaths from the use
of it only amounted to four year out OF
ninety thousand. In England the deaths
from delirium tremens were four times as
great. Opium does not lead to crime or acts
of violence. The habit of intoxication has
become extirpated in China. Formerly the
Chinese were greatly addicted to intoxica-
ton. The opium smoker Dreams and fancies
delightful visions, while the man intoxicated
with drink becomes perfect ruffian.
Year: 1860

A few days since dog belonging to Lam
caster, living on Independence creek, in this
county, was seized with hydrophobia, and
before any one was aware of his condition, he
had bitted two children of Lancaster-one
very severely. but not inhicting any wound
upon the other The Oldest child of Lancas-
ter is not considered dangerous, as the teeth
of the animal did not break his flesh nor even
penetrate his clothes. 1t is feared, however,
that the bite will prove fatal to the other.
Year: 1860

THE Jews of Washington City recently ad.
dressed communication to the Mayor, ask
ing whether, if their places of business were
shut on the seventh day. they would be al
lowed to keep them open on Sunday. In
reply, the Mayor referred them to the statute
on the subject, which requires rest from any
bodily labor on Sunday, and stated that he
would visit any violation Of it with the Sc
verest penalty.
Year: 1860

The undersigned would respectfully announce to
his numerous subscribers his intention TO credit no
pc son for longer term than FOUR WEEKS for the
DAILY NATIONAL DEMOCRAT l am forced to adopt
the above course account Of the increase in my
delinquent list. JER0MUs RAPALJE,


dec6-4wdh Curriar
Year: 1860

GET HER A SET OF HANDSOME CHIsA.-This
would be advice gentleman who opinion
to for his wife, If she has erockery enough you


could find in such store Messrs T. v Moore Co.. No. 40
Camp street much that would be acceptable. there and
Year: 1860

HOLIDAY G1FTs.-Messrs Lion & Andr6e. corner
Of Benyie and Royal Streets have magnificent stock of
presentation goods which they selling very prices
1t would be well to give them call while passing