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Year: 1859

During our visit to Lowell, we were shown through the Laboratory of our celebrated country man, Dr. J. c. AVER. Scarcely could we have be- leved what is seen there without proof beyond dis putting.

 They consume barrel of solid Pills about 5O,- O00 dosos and barrels of Cherry Pectoral 12O 900 doses per diem. To what an inconceivable amount of human suffering does this point TO 900 doses day Fifty million of doses per year l! !! What acres and thousands of acres of sick beds docs this spread hefore the imagination !! And what sympa- thies and woe! True, not all of this is taken by the very sick, but alas much of it is. The Cherry Drop and this sugared Pill are to be the companion of pain and anguish and sinking sorrow-the in- heritance our mother Eve bequeathed to the whole family of man. Here the infant darling has been touched too early by the blight that withers half our race Its little lungs affected, and only watching and waiting shall tell which way its breath shall turn. This rcd dlop the table is the talis man on which its life shall hang. There the blos- som of the world just bursting into womanhood, is stricken also Affections most assidueus care skills not, she is still fading away. The wan messenger comes nearer and near=r every week. This little medicanent shall go there their last, perhaps their only hope. The strong man has planted in his vi tals this disease This red drop by his side is helping him wrestle with the inexorable enemy i; the wife of his bosom and the cherubs of his heart are waiting in sick sorrow and fear lest the rod which they lean in this world be broken.

 Doctor! Spare no skill nor cost, nor toll, to give the perishng sick the best that human art oiye-Gakreston Ierds, Ners.
Year: 1859

iS The democracy of Virginia are evidently in a bad way The Richmond Enquirer says expressly that the only way in which they can succeed in their approaching State Election is ty rpudiotng h Presidents Hess age! James Buchanan and all hi. works are to be renounced as the price of political salvation. being too heavy load for the Old Domn ion to care just at present
Year: 1859

An advertisement setting forth the many
conveniences and advantages to be derived
from metal window sashes, among other par
ticulars, observed that these sahes would last
forever and afterwards, if the owner had no
further use for them, they might be sold for
old iron'
Year: 1859

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The late John Jacob Astor, as he left bis
native Germany passed beneath a linden tree.
not far from the line that separated his native
land from another, and made the resolutions.
which he intended should guide him through
Iife:- wv
l. He would be honest; 2. he would never
gamble. He was on foot; his wealth was in
small bundle that swung from the stick that lay
on his shoulder. He was able to carry them
out. His success is the best comment on his
endurance.


Stephen Girard, at the age of forty years.
was in quite moderate circumstances. being
the captain of small coasting vessel on the
Delaware, and part owner of the same. No
trait in his character was more marked than
his endurance, and this element gave him
fortune. ''''


All men who have succeeded we'll in life have
been men Of high resolve and endurance. The
famed william Pitt, in early life was fond Of
gambling the passion increased with years;
he knew that he must at once master the pas.
sion, or the passion would master him. He
made firm resolve that he would never again
play at hazard game. He could make such
a resolution he could keep it. His subse-
ouent eminence was the fruit of that power.
William Wilberforce, in his earlier days, like
most young men OF his rank and age, loved
the excitement of places and hazard. He
was one night persuaded to keep the faro bank
-he never saw it before he was appalled,
with what he beheld. Sitting among gaming.
ruin and despair, he took the resolution that
he would never again enter a gaming house.
He changed his company with the change of
his conduct. aad subsequently became one Of
the most distinguished Englshmen OF his age.
Year: 1859

The LADIES Of Wesley Chapel continue to
hold their Fair this week at the Assembly X ooms,
Louisiana avenue. An evening can hardly be
spent In more agreeable manner than in their
charming society, to say nothing about the GOOD
bargains they give in their precious handiwork
Year: 1859

Look up! the futures all before


Then let the past deep buried lie:
While life still nerves the arm to do.


Let hope yet fire the soul TO try.
Oh, bow not down before the blast.


But stand erectly. firm and strong;
And brayely meet opposing fate,


Albeit the struggle 5 fierce and long,
Yes, FL bare ,re your your arm. and raise your head,
Ihe palm Of victory lies before,


And you shall grasp il il you will.
The world may seek to put you down,


But that the world can never do;
If strong in conscious truth and right


Your purpose hrm, you firm pursue.
The men who'vo made living mark,
And won name that ne'er can die.
Have tolled through years Of doubt and gloon
Up TO their immortality,
How bright the generative scroll
nat marks the long descended line,
Whleh bore the sacred ark Of truth
DOWN through the dusky realms Of time.
They've often on the scaffold's frame,
And often in the lonely cell
Maintained the dignity Of right,


And triumphed over earth and hell
The seafold then-the crimson throne
On which the victor bends the knee,
Receives the crown Of martyrdom


And passes to eternity.
Oh! fainting soul, fresh courage take.


While deeds like these immortal shine.
II thou wilt struggle to the end,


The victory must and will be thine.
And IN that toll each drop Of sweat,
- Shall fash a jewel in thy crown;
Inc world may strew your path with thorns
But II can Heoer put thee down.
Year: 1859

Why A SHIP Is CALLAD "SHE. Some
heartless wretch who should be punished
by being tied to a post With his face with
in six inches of kissing distance of pair
of bewitching "cherry-ripe" feminine lips,
with certainty Of never reducing that nunlz
Der of inches between him and bliss, says
ga ship is called she because a man knows
not the expense till he gets one because
they are useless without empOyment--bo>
cause they look best when well rgged-be-
cause their value depends upon their age
--baceuse they are upright when in stays
because they bring news from abroad, and
carry out news from home"
Year: 1859

The Charleston Mercury of a late date
restates it's position in regard to the Con-
vention which is to assemble at that point
for the nomination of Democratic candi-
date We copy for the benefit Of the un
initiated:


"As for an alliance with Douglas, we
will here state that the Mercury will sus-
tain or countenance him under no circum-
stances whatever. He is traitor to the
Democratic party, and a traitor to those
principles which secure the South He is
dangerous and designing. Away with
him Let him be anathema mardnatha,
say We Nor shall the Mercury sustain
any platform put forth by any party
whatever, which platform or party shall
maintain or endorse, directly orindirectly,
by affiliation or omission, the fatal posi-
tions and fraudulent policy assumed by
Douglas with regard to our territorial
rights. We repudiate the. whole scheme
by which it is sought to tie our hands and
encircle US, as with the folds of snake,
to crush out or smother the vital power Of
our civilization.


"Fmally, the Mercury shall sustain no
man OF whatever party, clique, creed or
section, who shall stand upon the platform
of Douglas principles though he should
be nominated by twenty Democratic Con
ventions For the party which would per,
init that creed is an enemy to the South
and we will war with it to the knife. For
ourselves, and we can safely say for South
Carolina, we will neither countenance, sus.
tain, nor submit to any such party, plat.
form, principle or politician.
Year: 1859

have finished II, the letter,


That will tell him he is froo
From this hour, and forever,


IIeis nothing more to me-
And my heart feels lighter, gayer,


Since tie deed at last is done
1t will teach him that when courting,
lie should never court but one
Everybody in the village


Knows he's been wooing me
And this morning he was riding
With that saucy Anna Lee
They say he smiled upon her,


As he cantercd by her side;
And I'll warrant you he's promised
To make her soon his bride!
But I'VE finished it, the letter.


From this moment he is free
lie may have her, If he wants her,
If he loves her more than mel
He may go-it will not kill me-
would say the same so there;
If knew it would for flirting,
It is more than can bear.
1t is twilight and the evening
That he said he'd visit me;
But no doubt he's now with Anna
He may stay there, too for mel
And as true as Pm living,


If he ever comes here more,
I'll act as if we never,


Never, never met before!
1t is time he should be coming,
And wonder if he will;
If he does, I'll look so coldly,--
What's that shadow on the hill2
declare, out in the twilight
There is some one coming near
Can it be? yes-'tis his figure,
Just as true as am herei
Now almost wish I'd written
Not to him that he was free;
For perhaps twas but a story
That he rode with Anna Lee.
There! he's coming through gateway,
will meet him at the door, still love him,
If he'd court Miss Lee no more
Year: 1859

A ToMAHAwK FOUND INSIDE A SAW LoG-Thc
Messrs. Gibson, who own saw mill in the neigh
borhood of Caledonia were engaged few days ago
in saving pine log about two and a half feet in
diameter, when an unusual screeching of the saw
attracted their attention. They examined the cause
of the noise and found in the centre of the log
Indian tomahawk, in the eye of which piece
of rotten wood, a part of its former handle. The
log ives otherwise perfectly sound.-Hanaiton Can
add) Spectator.
Year: 1859

The WAY TO DO TT.--If you want to
keep your town from thriving, turn a cold
shoulder to your mechanics, or new be.
ginners in business look upon every new
eomcr with jealous scowl discourage all
you can last though not least, refuse to
! take your county PAPER and don : adyer'
iise.
Year: 1859

"whencver, by the operation Of the law of ma
tons an individual becomes eiotled with our naaon-
al character be he native born OF nat'FfalIed clti-
zen an exile driven from his early home by political
oppression or an emigrant enticed from it by the
hopes Of better fortune for himself and pOsterity


he can claim the protection Of Uis soUeynaeRt and
it may 70 pond y that claim without being Obliged
10 cSpSIs ts conduct to any foreign power, ol
Year: 1859

nz-Wc arc authorized to prescnt tho name
q THOMAS H wEIGHTMAN, of the Parish Of Ascension,
As candidate the Office of Commissioner Of Board Of Public
Work. for tho Second District oS 2pte.
Year: 1859

MAINTENANCE OF DIGNITY.-A very soundly
reasoning cotcmporary advises members Of the
Legislature to abstain from intruding "Qucstions
of Privilege" based on the ialsifcations of jour
nalists who seek notoriety by msrcpresenting
and involving better men in trouble. The sug-
gestion is wise; last session much time was lost
in disproving the Intentionally false statements
of professional maigners who reside near the
Capital. Members should pay no attention to
the gossip Of political candal-mongers whose
life business is to snarl and snye every person
aud measure Democratic Such persons have no
influence beyond the moment, no more than has
the compulsory negative debater who is required
to oppose everything, merely to maintain two
sides to discussion. Let the representative, with
right intention, act and speak boldly; if reporters
misrepresent, Intentionally, expel them; if a
hypocrite and liar be discovered through the thin
gauze of loud virtuous profession, undermining
deserving character, through the public press,
and misrcpresenting action of right intent, avoid
him; leave him unnoticed, his words will waste
on the wind; if depravity or baseness be wrong
fully charged, let the sufferer obtain leave OF
absence, and cane him; the undertaking will not
be perilous-such fellows won't fight The
assassin of character is even greater coward
than the skulking thief who would cut one
throat in sleep.
Year: 1859

AUsTERE TEACHERs.-The reason why so many
religious publications fail to be read is that they
affect too great austerity, too much of the gloo-
nv, and show nothing of the sunny side Of the
Christians Inheritance. For attendance at thea
tres or dancing parties they threaten excommun-
cation and eternal death, and one who interprcts
their theology, literally, is half inclihed to
believe that they demand pilgrimage through a
rayless vale Of tears, with sackcloth on the pill
grim, and with nails in bis sandals TO torture him
at every upward step.
Year: 1859

WHAT'S COMING The moon last night was
encircled by largely diametered halo. Is it a
sign of rain or wind IS. f. .NdtionaL


We reckon that the Man o the Moon had just
heard of the Illinois election, and being a friend
of Douglas was Illuminating.
Year: 1859

This is the fifty-second Journal which we have
prepared for the people of Trinity County-our
first years labors here are now complete when
this article is finished we have turned leaf
If we can discover that you have been pleased,
or in small degree, instructed by our work, it
will be no slight qualification if you have not
liked it we are sorry but are consoled by the
fact that other, better and abler men have failed
in similar effort We have wrought for you one
year more diligently, carefully, than we ever
worked before nevertheless we may have in ma
ny instances worked wrongy-infallble, indeed
must be the mortal who, reviewing the acts OF a
year, can discover no record over which be would
blow the dust from succeeding page But we
can't unsay an error proclaimed by many-tongued
type we can't bring it back from its multifari-
Gus and diverging wanderings Let it go Error
will sink in the black waves that run swiftly
down TO Internal depths ; Truth will lie along
the shore, sparkling like golden sand grains
Frightening as it is shifted by the waves the
discovercr will find no adherng particle Of the
base rock with which it once comminglcd time
will have smelted and refined il to the currency
Of Heaven, though the hand that cast it into the
crucbe may have been spotted with sin.


Turn the leaf How pure and white but an
invisible hand has written it all over with the
years prophecies. Here, slowly revealing to
mortal vision, is a sorrow there calamity fur
thcr on are some men digging grave there is
q child laughing in paradise of flowers yon-
der is a sable figure pressing her forehead on
stone whose sculpturngs contain heart history
But donot strive to read-not till advancing day
shall have revealed the flowers and groves that
intervene not till the voices OF beautifully sing


ing birds are heard above the croak Of the raven
that flaps his sinister wings along the distant bor-
izon. This beautiful world has joy as well as
sorrow, as much of day as night, millions of sun
beams, as well as storm-boding clouds-as many
songs as dirges, as many smiles as tears.


Ordain that we may journey on in pleasant
companionship be blessed in the sacred area of
your home, whether it be a cabin desolate in the
absence of whom you love, or in a more comely
house, light with the presence Of every earth-en
dcarment. 1t is new morning now the horizon
is light with the pinions of angels bringing mes
sagcs of peace to the pure in heart only the
guilty may shrink along the receding shadows of
night. Get up, worker, it is day
Year: 1859

Profit The fnt year If the crop succeeds Eeo
These figures were given to me by man Of
knowledge and experience; but the contract
prices ut present are lower than usual, and the
cost Of fencing aud breaking Is thus below the
average cost of these operations. Neither is
there any charge for buildings, though that
would not affect the balancr, us the property
would be by that amount the more valuable
And it must be remembered that the wheat crop
sometimes fails, while the above satisfactory re-
suit makes no allowance for failures.


here learned the history Of one Of the early
and most successful settlers in Illinois. He and
his brother, then young men Of twenty and
twenty-one, CAME to this Stute thirty-four years
ago, having left Ohio after an unsuccessful ven
ture in cattle trading: They were in debt when
they begun business in Illinois. They arrived
III what vas then awildernesy, and pitched their
tent on the spot where one Of them now resides.
They brought with them pair Of oxen, mare,
some few household utensils, wagon, and two
axes. They stopped near ''grove," and built
themselves shanty or log hut. In addition TO
the general SIT ck, one Of the brothers had fur
hut which, after his arrival he traded for breed
Ing sow. They worked away, gathered lire
stock, there being no limit to the liberty Of graz
ing, drove them great distances to market, and
accumulated money. As the money gathered
they bought up all the land they could ret Ut the
government sulcs, at SIS m acre, continued their
stock farming, and now send 100 fat cutie
weekly to New York market, during the Fall
season, after the cattle are fat. One Of the
brothers il believed to have NOW, in this prudent
way, acquired land worth quarter of million
sterling.


The soil in I'LL this district is rich black san
dy loan, lying in fine gentle sweeps. admirably
adapted for carrying on with ease and economy
all the operations OF husbandry, and, to use the
phrase Ut the country, is very Handsome :"
prairie.
Year: 1859

The following excellent hints are from that first rate paper, the Rural New Yorker: Circumnavigate your whole farm, and if you find in any fence corner good rail, put 1t on the fence and if you find stumps, stones, bro ken rails, or bushes, put them out of the way. | Let every fence corner be ready for the scythe i; l then you will be able to gather much valuable fodder to store away for scarce time. Be sure and pick up all sticks and stones upon your newly seeded meadows-we win not insult you by supposing that your old meadows require any thing of the kind-then roll them in wet time, and you will have good time with your moving machine. If you have omitted to dig about and dung your fruit trees, omit it no longer. Labor ju- diciously expended on fruit trees will meet with large reward.

 Be sure of one tbing-your care and la- bors will increase upon you as the season ad- vances so see to it that your hay racks, reap. CTS, mowers, &c., are at once put in order otherwise you may wait for them at @ serious cost. The right time for doing any branch of farm work is a braef time so rapid are the changes of our seasons that day or two's de. lay may spoil the profits of large transac- tion. Therefore, Be ready.

 Have you good rain water cistern, with good troughs and conductors leading to it3 That is among the indisputable and inalienable "rights of women"

 Have you a good drain to conduct the sur. plus water of the kitchen to the compost heap. which is of course well supplied with the scra- pings of the walks, muck, sods, &c. .? Have you gathered up the chips from your winter chopping, the splinters and small sticks, bits of hopl Ro uvh;oh fhn when dry are so useful to start the fire Let these be carefully gathered and put in some dry place above the ground, ready for use.

 It may not be too late to turn some rivulet on to your pasture or meadow, and so increase your grass. Irrigation is much neglected, but very important operation in farming. Standing water, however beneficial to grass, is destructive of grain. See that there arc no ponds on your grain fields.

 High hills, and even mountains are favora- ble places for the cultivation of potatoes Lev el ground or slopes to the west or north are more favorable than slopes to the east or south. On the east slope they heat too rapidly after cold night, while on south slope they heat too much at noon. We err in planting pota- toes in the same soil and position with corn, melons, &c., unless constrained by the want of one that is cooler. In the Southern States they have learned to put the potato in their coolest soils. But potatoes need well drain. ed soil as much as corn.

 Corn is liable to rot in the ground if planted too early; or if it does not rot it comes up yellow and sickly, becomes stulted, and makes but little growth until warm weather. As general thing, we have no doubt corn planted from the twentieth of May to the first of June will ripen as early as though planted before that time, while the chances of success are much greater.
Year: 1859

Napoleon sent to the Corps Legislatif, on the Sd the following

 "Austria, by ordering the entering of her army into the territories of Sardinia, our ally, has declared war against us. She thus vio- lates treaties and menaces our frontier. All the great Powers have protested against this act of aggression. Piedmont having accepted the conditions, one asks what can be the req son of this sudden invasion ? It is because Austria has driven matters to such an extrem- ity, that her dominions must either extend to the Alps, or Italy must be free to the shores of the Adriatic, for every corner of Italy which remains independent endangers the power of Austria. Hitherto moderation has been the rule of my conduct, but now energy becomes my first duty. France must now to arms and resoutely tell Europe, wish not for conquest, but am determined to maintain my national and traditional policy. observe treaties on condition that they are not violated against me. I resp, ct territories and the rights of neutral powers, but boldly avow my sympa- thies with people whose history is mingled with our own and who now groan under for of anarchy. Her will was to give me power sufficiently strong to reduce into subjection the abettors of disorder and the incorrigible mem- bers of old factions, who are necessarily seen concluding compacts with our enemies, but she has not for that purpose abandoned her civil izirg character. Her natural allies have all ways been those who desire the amelioration of the human race and when she draws the sword it is not to govern, but to free. The object then of this war is to restore Italy to herself. Not to impose upon her change of master, and we shall then have upon our iron tier friendly people who will owe to us their independence. We do not enter Italy to fo- ment disorder, or to disturb the power of our Holy Father whom we replace upon his throne, but to remove from him this foreign pressure which burdens the whole Peninsula, and to help to establish order there based upon law full satisfied interests. In fine then, we enter this classic ground, rendered illustrious by so many victories, to seek the footsteps of our fathers God grant that we may be worthy of them

 I am abont to place myself at the head of the army. leave to France the Empress and my son, seconded by the experience and en- lightenment of the Emperor's last surviving brother. She will understand how to show herself worthy of the grandeur of her mission. l confde them to the valor of the army which remains in France to keep watch upon our frontiers and to guard our homes. l conhde them to the patriotism of the National Guard. l con6de them, in a word, to the entire peo- pie, who will encircle them with that affection and deyotedness of which l daily receive SO many proofs Courage. then, union. Our country is again about to show to the world that she has not degenerated. Providence will bless our effort, for that cause is holy in the eyes of God which rests on justice, humanity, love of country and independence"