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Year: 1860

How TO DO UP SHIRT BosoMs.-We often
hear ladies express a desire to know howthe
gloss is produced on new linen Bosorns, &c.,
and in order to crafty them, snhjoin the
following recipe:


Take two ounces Of white gum arabic pow
der, put it in pitcher, and pour on apint or
more boiling water according to the strength
you desire; let it stand all night, and In the
morning pour it earthly from the dfegs into
a clear bottle, and cork it for use. A table:
spoonful of this gum water, stirred into pint
of starch, will give lawns, either white or
colored, look of newness, to which nothing
else can restore them after they have beeh
washed.


For washing fee and elegant colors, the
Scientific American advises ladies to boil
scme bran in rain water, and Use the liquor
cold. Nothing can equal it fot ease upon
color and for cleaning cloth.
Year: 1860

The Boston Olive Branch says the following
lines were written by an inmate of an Insane
Asylum, to his wife. When she visited him at
the Institution, he sat with his head bowed down,
and his face hidden between his hands. For a
he looked up at her, and said, Chow dc
you do, love 7" and dropped his head as before
In minute or two after, he rose, went to table
took pen in his hand and hastily scribbling of
the following touching verses, gave them to her
I shall die first dear love;


My mournful soul made free,
Shall sit at heavens bright portal


To wait and watch for thee;
To wait and watch for thee, love,


And through the deep dark space,
To peer with human longings


Upon thy radiant face.


Amid the stars of heaven


One only shall see


The earth-star of my passion


Half heaven for holding thee
All heaven for holding thee, love,


And brightest of the spheres,
If by thy smile illumined,


Or hallowed by thy tears.
l shall die first, dear love;


feel that this shall be-


But heaven will not be heaven


Until it's shared by thee


Until it's shared by thee, love,


I'll linger at the gate,


Or be thy guardian angel,


To teach thee how to wait
And when thine hour shall come,
'And through the yielding night
I'll see thy happy spirit


Upsoaring, robed in light,
Mine shall go forth to meet thee,


And through the opening door
We will pass in rejoicing


Made one forevermore.
Year: 1860

The NATURAL REstLT.-The news which
was carried back to Japan, of the splendid
reception extended to her nbassy at San
Francisco, has put the population into high
state of excitement to immigrate TO the Uni
ted States. Ifthey could see John Chinaman
in the mountains, toiling up hill on a hot
day under a bamboo stick, with hundred
pounds slung to each end, the romance of
the thing might not present itself in such
promising colors.
Year: 1860

The following sensible hit will suit oul
latitude, as we'll a some others. and ma ~
be read with profit by all engaged iD buy
and selling:


"Some are not honest in buying or sell.
ing. The rule il, at all times, to buy as
cheap as they can, and sell as dear as
they can. This is wicked rule. We
otter trade with those who 60 not know
the worth of the thing booeht. or sold
1t is cheating them to make the best bar
gain we can. Sometimes We trade with
those who are in great want, and we FIX
our own prices, aud make them too high
if We sell, or too low if We tuy. There
is fair price for every thing. Let that
be paid or taken for every thing He
who is just and true, and who loves bis
Deighbor as bimself, will soon End out
what fair price is. Almost all men
use too many words in buying aud sell
ling, and there is almost always lie
somewhere"
Year: 1860

plainly and pa'pabiy their duty. to aid 10
giving full effect to this require mentY-
When a person held to service or labor
in Virginia escapes into your State and
is there found. is it not incumbent on your
citizens to see tb at be or she shall be de-
lisered up. on claim of the party, to " hon
such service or labor may be due -
Ought not your Legislature to require
your judges, justices of the peace, alder
men aDd other officers, TO aid, by all le-
gitimate means. the claimant in recover
ing the possession of his slave property,
that may be found in your STATED Itcannot
be said that your Law of ls47, IS it now
stands upon your statute book, was intend
ed to effect this object In re-enacting
this law at your last session, il will not be
claimed, an sure, that the object was
to secure more efficient execution of the
fugitive slave laws of 1893 and 1850, and
a more faithful performance of the duty
imposed upon your citizens by this arti-
Gle and section oft Federal Constitution.


If the Union is to be preserved, it is
necessary that all causes of complaint,
irritation and dissatisfaction, shall be spec
Oily removed In the present condition
of affairs, delay ends in destruction. If
the non-slat eholdiDg States desire to save
the Constitution from overthrow, and the
confederacy from dissolution, let them
"show their faith by their works." Let
them repeal at once all statutes, which
are Injurious to the rights and interests
of their Southern fellow citizens, and
are in any degree calculated, to enbarrass
them. in the recovery of fugitive slaves.
This cannot be done moment too soon,
and | urge you and all other conserva-
tive men in your section, to act without
delay, and show to the South, that you
really desire the preservation of the Union
You can do much to allay the excitement
now existing, to restore concord and fra
ternal feeling, to revive lost confidence
between the sections. and you owe it to
yourselves, to your country, and to those
who are to succeed you, to do your duty
and Jour whole duty promptly and faith
fully.


In the same kind and conservative
spirit which dictated Jour letter, l bave
replied to it, The question discussed, is
one of great interest and Importance a.
this time. and is attracting much of pub
lie attention. In the earnest hope that
the discussion may result in some practi-
cal good, have concluded to publish your
letter and my reply.


With respect | am truly,


Your ohedieDt servant,


JOHN LETCHER.
To LEWIS D. VAIL, Esq, Phila., Pa.
Year: 1860

history will be the necessary result."-
God grant it!


And, in concluding. permit me to be
seech you and all other Southern conser
vatives to examine the statute books OF
the North for yourselves, and not rely
upon the statements of some hired scrib.
bier, whose only obj ct is to make some
bad newspaper sell, although. in SO do
ing, be may "add fuel to fame that is
burning with sufficient intensity now"
Believe, sir, this is written only for the
purpose of correcting grave mistake,
and is the true statement of private cit
izen of great State.


Yours, respectfully,


LEWIS D. VAIL
Year: 1860

OLD NswspAPERs.-Many people
like newspapers, but few preserve them !;
yet the most interesting reading imag
inaLle is a file Of old newspapers. 1t
brings up the very age, with all its bus.
tie and every day affairs, and wakes its
genius and spirit more than the most
labored description Of the historian.
Who can take up paper Of half a
century back, without the thought that
every name there printed is now Gu,
upon tombstone nj the head Of an ep
itaph.
Year: 1860

A Texas paper informs us that old
Sam Houston, when last seen, was
dressed "in a yellow vest and d Turkey
tail fam" This is not quito so simple
as the Georgia uniform a shirt col
lar and pair Of spurs but rather
more picturesque, and nearly as COM
Portable, if the vest was thin.
Year: 1860

MIsLED CHURCH.-The steamer City of
Cleveland arrived at Buffalo May 20, and the fol-
lowing incident is told having occurred at Dun
kirk. The mate who was at the wheel while max
ing the port of Dunkirk (who is an old lake sailor
and well acquainted with the harbor there, but
who has been absent for the last year) always laid
his by certain church spre. He did SO this
time, and the consequence that the vessel was
soon high upon the reef. The church had been re-
moved, it seems, recently, some four blocks from
its original position. 1t is said the mate is losing
confidence in everything, now that the churches
deceive him.
Year: 1860

At an election for town Supervisor at New
Brighton, Staten Island, on Thursday last, the
baliot-box was taken from the custody OF the OH
GERS after the election, but before the count, and
broken open and the contents destroyed
Year: 1860

The Common Council of Trieste has been thrown
into the utmost CONSERVATION by the arrest of
eral of the most prominent merchants and bankers
of that city, on the charge of being implicated in
the recently discovered frauds in the Austrian
army.
Year: 1860

In CASE OF AcCLDENT.-Life being notoriously y
insecure in New York, one of the New York pa
pers has proposed that every citizen should
have his name and residence marked on his cloth
ing, that in case anything should happen to
hin, Ito use mild expresson-whatever is found
may be identified The discovery of body
stripped and sunk in the river, however, has sug-
gested defect in this arrangement, and it is now
proposed (need we say by the Louisville Journai7)
that every New Yorker should have his name
tattooed on his breast such secure place.
GAS marking the place of residence, that would
be impossible, for New Workers all move every
May-day, that ful-grown or woman
would look like printed directory"
Year: 1860

AN INDIGNATION MEETING.-The New York Clip
per says that it is in contemplation to call public
meeting of the friends of 'air play" to take some
action in reference to the recent fight in England,
and to express the Indignation of the American
people at the unfair treatment which the "Boy'
has met with throughout the match but more es
pecially while in the ring, when, the battle being
in his hand, the mob nterfered, and saved the
Champion from further punishment at the hands Of
Heenan. testimonial to be presented to Heenan
10 als taIkad of
Year: 1860

THE LATE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.


Yesterday the friends of Heenan and Savers
again met at the Office of the referee in the Strand
to endeavor to arrive at some decision that may
bring the late contest to satisfactory and AMIGA
BILE conclusion. Sayers again attended, now bear
ing scarcely any tokens of the battle on his face.
His arm, however, is still powerless, and indeed,
has got rather'worse than better, the whole limb
being swollen, discolored, and painful in the ex-
treme. As ON the previous occasion, Heenan was
Year: 1860




The Wisconsin Farmer contains some judi
eiOus remarks in relation to the size Of Western
farms.


More land than q farmer can cultivate well,
and ssasOnably at all times, is damage and
loss to him That this is so, every one will
admit; but how much the farmer can cultivate
wei, is a question on which there is good
deal of difference Of opinion.
A German who has lived and supported a
family on five acres Of land in the old country,
usually feels well satisfied when hs CONES to
this country to get forty acres; emigrants from
other countries want more, but do not usually
covet large farms. But the enterprising and
speculative Yankee farmer, usually buys big
| farm if he can manage to do so-tWo, three,
four, or even i've hundred acres-neVer calcu-
| sting Just how he is going to improve, stock,
and carry it on. BE buys to venture, to the
extent of his pile, and often largely beyond;
thus often exhausting his capital in the outset,
and taking load of debt on his shoulders be
sides, for after years, and all for what he does
not need at all, for ten to one, if two>thirds of
his big farm does not lay in commons, or what
is nearly ss bad. Thus the folly of big farms
Il shown,


If the three hundred acre man took one hun
dred and paid all up first, and had money to
spare, instead Of encumbering it with mort
gage, Chat most cursed institution,) and then
went on and fenced and improved il well and
I thoroughly in all respects, putting the Plow
down deep, and spreading the msnure on thick;
eultivating thoroughly and in season; leaving
not weed to grow upon it, nor aught else but
what pays; which, think you, would make the
more money, and which be most pleasant and
ereditabls to the oWneTi Who Is at loss to
tell Small farms pay much the best, in pro-
portion, and are also much the most advantage
ouB to the country. Let the farmer 60 down
deep, as well as sideways; be viii find his land
eqnally as valuable, and even more So in that
direction. Eighty or one hundred acres Of land.
when thoroughly gone over, viii be found to
be good deal Of land, and to call for deal of
hard work. Let men who have unimproVed or
half improved farms scattered about them,
producing little or nothilg, think Of these facts,
and may be learn from them one cause Of their
getting along 50 poorly. Let such also stucy
where to divide and sell of the surplus and
useless portions Of their farms, even ct medium
or low prices, rather than keep them at the
sacrifice Of taxes and Of interest. Remember,
that all such improductive lands swallow them
selves up in taxes and interest cnce in about
i've years. Better sell at moderate rates, then
to keep dead weights bearing down upon us;
more land than we can well use, is worse than
useless.
Year: 1860

TnE Davenport Gazette says that two OF
three thousand Of the former residents Of that
town have abandoned it and gone to seek
homes else swhere.-ExcAange
The editor Of the Davenport Ga.ette does
not know what he 10 saying more than hall
the time. The above ite = is proof positive oi
this assertion.
Year: 1860

'REaULAR PRAcTlrroNEes." We
wish physicians generally to distinctly under
stand that We have no more sympathy With .
% called regular practitioner than We have With
an irregular practitioner. We think . man can
be just - competent to practice medicine and
not belong to the Scott County Medical Socie y
as those Who are members and in good stand.
ing. We believe there are very many skillful
men Who belong to the Eclectic SCHOOL Of
physicians. and vs also believe there are many
very skillful men who ara of the old school,
Ofthe two phy ysieisns Who received the contract
for attending the poor Of this county. one .s IN
irregular and one . regular practitioner. They
are. We think. both men Of experience and
skill, and We do not believe the award could
have been made 70 better men. What We find
fault about, 10 the fact that our much Landed
c. unity Judgs-Lioderman, should have given
the contract TO party vhoss bid was much
higher than Others offered.
Year: 1860

Whom newspapers were first established
they werc quite destitute Of advertisements,
and nothing was more common than for
papers to be printed with q blank pago.
The fret newspapers printed in America had
only three pages of reading matter, as there
was not foreign or domestic news enough to
fill OFT all the columns In England, after
a while, new method was adopted to Oil
up the space not required for the current
news, by publishing selections from the
Holy Scriptures, and many an old news
paper Is now oxtant Sith whole page copied
from the Bible Chapters from the New
Testament were placed at the head Of the
column. and the space below was filled out
with psalm Of tho required length. At tho
time this to US novel proceeding was re-
sorted to. to fill out the paper, the Biblo
wasn't so common or SO cheap as at present,
and doubtless much good resulted from tho
practice. But what would some of the sub.
scribers to "our paper say, were it to como
TO them with seven or eight columns selected
from the Scriptures Doubtless in some
quarters. even in our day. extracts from the
Bible would be "new indeed"
Year: 1860

VEsUvIUs TO BE ExTNGUIsHED. IF thore
be any truth in the rumor of proposition
to extinguish the volcano of Vesuvius,it cer-
tainIy must be tho product OF some mad.
dened brain. According TO most eoologists,
earthquakes are often caused by the iErush
of waters upon volcanic free, and the con.
sequently rapid generation OF imprisoned
steam. But to the point. Some Of tho
German Journals announce Seriously shat Q
company of English capitalists have made
application to the King of Naples for con-
cossiou for the extinction of Vesuvius. The
principal seat of FIRE of that volcano is sit.
uatod several thousand feet below the level
of tho sea. By cutting q canal which would
cary the waters into the crater the fire
would be completely extinguished. and the
operation which would cost only 1000. .000f.,
would restore 10 cultivation, lands of ten
times that value. Such Is evidently the
opinion Of few visionary dreamers.
Year: 1860

The LOVING KINDNESS OF GoD.-Tbo
loving kindness of God what q beautiful
expression How rich and copsoling the
thought contained in it 1t is not mere good
will, nor more complacent friendship, nor
mere neighborly kindness of human beings,
although these are of high and precious
account; it is tho good will, the friendship.
Of love- of the love of God, who is love
isself. We know something of the loving
kindness of father and mother. We have
been gently tended and nursod by this kind
ness; or, parents ourselves, we know full vol
the tbrobbing of patornal affection. Deep,
earnest. selfsacrifcing is human love in
many tender relations.


We trust in il fervently and without fear.
o If fthere were no human love in which
we could trust, what would this earth be
But the loving kindness of God, of that in.
comprehensive Being who fills tho universe
with his presence, and before whose majesty
the pillars of heaven remblo-what loving
kindness that must be the kindness of in.
finite love welded with infinite power
There 10 nothing that love can conceive of
or wish to do for It's object, but is contained
here and rendered not only possible, bul
absolutely certain.
Year: 1860

A TOUCHING ANEcDorE.-Hon. A. H.
Stephens, of Georgia, in recent address
at meeting in Alexandria, Virginia. for
the benefit OF the Orphan Asylum and
Free Schools Of that city, related the fol-
lowing anecdo:e


A poor little boy. in a cold night in
March. with no home or roof TO shelter his
head, no parental or maternal guardian or
guide 10 protect him on his way. reached
at nightfall the house OF a rich planter.
who took him in, fed. lodged and sent him
on his way with his blessing. These kind
attentions cEeered his heart, and inspired
him with fresh courage TO battle with The
obstacles of life. Years rolled round
Providence led him on he had reached
the legal profession his host had died
the cormorants that prey on the substance
of man had formed conspiracy to get
from the widow her estates. She sent for
the nearest counsel TO commit her case to
him. and that counsel proved to be the
orphan boy. years before welcomed and
entertained by her husband. The stimu'
lus of warm and tenacious gratitude wa:
now added to the ordinary motives con
nected with the profession. He under
took her cause with will not easily to bt
resisted he gained it the widows es
tates were secured TO her in perpetuity
and, Mr.. Stephens added with an empha
sis Of emotion that sent an electric thrill
throughout the house, "Ihat orphan boy
stands before you"
Year: 1860

Can any ono tell how it is that during
these hard times. when every merchant,
manufacturer and mechanic is doing his ut
most to keep his nose above water, our nu.
morous drinking saloons are well sustained,
and even new ones starting:


Can any one toll why men, who absolutely
cannot pay small bills, can always find plen-
~ of money to buy liquor and treat when
happening among their friends ?


Can Any one tell why young men who
dodge washer women aud are always behind
with their landlords, can play billiards day
and night. and are always ready for game
Of "pokor" or seven up:


Can any one tell how lawyers who have
no practice manage to mako the ends meet
or meet the ends


Can any ono tell how men live and sup
port their families who have no income nnd
do not work. and why others who are in
dustrious and constantly employed, hal
starve:
Year: 1860

ENLARGEMENT OF PARIs.-On the morn
ing of Jan. lst, the whole circumference Of
Paris stepped out a mile, and drew within
its embrace three hundred thousand new
inhabitants. Paris now contains popu-
lation Of million and half When
completed, the city will be thirty miles in
circumference, with ninety-two gates
The old octroi wall is to be converted into
a boulevard and planted with trees, and
will constitute the largest street in the
world. The people living between the
old and new wall have been accumulating
for some time great quantities of wine. and
other articles subject to city tax, with a
view Of being provided for years after they
are annexed to the city with articles that
have escaped the octroi. The evasion OF
the law has awakened the attention Of the
authorizes, but there seems to be no rem
edy for il. The city revenue will be
largely diminished the first year by this
ingenious dodge Of the law.
Year: 1860

In recent lecture the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher gave an account of his
first year in the ministry, the first flock
which he gathered. consisting of nineteen
poor women. He was then not only pas
tor but the sexton Of the church. filling
and lighting the lamps. which he was
compelled to buy himself, kindling the
fires and sweeping out the church. lie
did not ring the bell because he had none
to ring.
Year: 1860

ThE new law in relation to drop letters
has gone into operation in Philadelphia. Un
der the new regulation, drop letters put into
post box in any part of the city will be de
Ilvered in any other section of the town for
one cent, which covers both the carriers and
the Governments charge, and, being a re
daction, will doubtless render the United
states local dispatch much more serviceable
than it has hitherto been. The postage is to
be prepaid in stamps
Year: 1860

FEyHE advertisers would inform the public that they


3 are now under full healway, in their NEW SEW
ING FACTORY, No. ~, ST., and wing had several
years experience in the business feel confident that
they give entire satisfaction to all who may favor
them with tn in patronage They have also on hand a
large supply of all kinds Of Es A9sS, and will do all
descriptions Of work in our line to order in neat and
durable manner, and ut prices to suit the times.


g9g7 Orders from the country respectfully solicited
and promptly attended 10.
Year: 1860

A Sierre Leone paper states that a
white woman. who accompanied her bus
band a missionary. up the Covalla River
last May. excited the greatest curiosity
and admiration among the sable d"ellers
of that benigbted region, where white
woman had never before been seen. All
wanted to touch her. and great surprise
was expressed upon feeling her hair
The King of Nyinemo Tribe called her
Every fine" and compiineDted her hus-
band greatly for hi- ta'te IN selecting her.
And when she told him he might zee 9th
er white women who would surpas. her,
be said that would either never be, or else
a very long time. Owing to her presence,
the attendance op preaching was extraor-
dinarily large. During her visit at the
Mission station, hundreds went to see her,
who said they could feel satisfied to die
now that they had seen such wonderful
being as a white woman.