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Year: 1859

Jeffersonville, Indiana.
The Journal adds: awe take it for granted
that Annie Mauri and Myra May do not expect
us to publish their advertisement for husbands
gratis; if they do they are not entitled to obtain
irst-rate articles. Each of them must call and
give us kiss; and If there is in Myrn, as she
says there is, more of the serpent than Of the
dove, that is if she is better at hugging than
cooling, she may twinc herself around us as tight
as she pleases."


The Journal also has another PiccOlomini
item:


In reply to a remark of ours about Piccolo-
mini the editor of the Boston Post tells the world
that he saw her ''make uncommon quick work
of pot Of porter at the wings of the thvater."
Did the chivalric editor, in the watch he kept
upon her private movements, discover that she
sometimes did any other little things in secret
that she probably would not like to do right be-
fore her audiences?
Year: 1859

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DEAR SIR thank you for yours of the
9th inst. have apprehended all along
that Tammany Regency would carry uni
ted delegation from New York to Charles
ton For whom? Douglas, know is con
fident; but you may rely on t that Mr..
Buchanan is himself candidate for re-
nomination, and all his patronage and
power will be used to dsappoint Douglas
and all other aspirants. Our only chance
is to organize by districts. and either whip
the enemy or send two delegations.


If that is done, we must still rely on a
united South. A united South will depend
on united Virginia, and pledge you that
she at least, shall be a unit. Virginia a
unit, and presistant and firm on a sound
platform of protection to all persons of
Popular versus S1uatter Sovrei gnty, she
must rally to her suppot all the South. The
South cannot adopt Mr. Douglass platform
It is a short cut to all the ends of Black
Republicanism. He then will kick up his
heels. Ifhe does or don't he can't be nom
mated; and the main argument against his
nomination is that he can't be elected If
nominated. If he runs, an independent
candidate, and Seward runs and | am nom
mated at Charleston, can beat them both
or if Squatter Sovereignty is rlank of
the platform at Charlest;on, and Douglas
is nominated, the South will run an inde-
pendent candidate on Protection princi-
pies, and run the election into the House
Where then would Mr.. Douglas be? The
luwest candidate on the list. IF | have
the popular strength you'supposed, it will
itself fix the nomination. Get that, and
| am confident Of success.


The Hon. +. Wood is professedly and, l
really believe friend and of course would
in good faith, be glad of his influence and
would do nothing to impair it and could
not Justly reject his kind aid; but you may
rely upon it that am neither complete
ly nor at all, in the hands Of Mr.. Wood or
any other man who breathes. He has al
ways been friendly to me, and am to him
but always on fair and Independent terms
There is nothing in our relations which
should keep aloof any friend of either
He knows as well as any one can tell him
that his main influence is in the City Of
New York, and l judge what you say Of
his country influence is correct But am
counting all the same without New York
and don't fear the result am depend
ing solely upon open position of principle
Independent Of all cliques, and defying all
comcrs We will overwhelm opposition
in Virginia, and her vote will be conserva-
tive and national.


At all events shall always be glad to
hear from you, and am yours truly,


HENRY A. WISE.
Year: 1859

The Boston Ecening Gazette tells the
following abominable story of good old
Christian:


GA pious old gentleman, one of the salt
of the earth sort, went out iuto the field
to catch mare that he wanted to bear him
to town. He moved on the most approx
ed mode. He shook measure of corn at
her, to delude her into the belief that she
was to get it; but she was not to be deceiv-
ed by any such specious act. She would
come nigh and then dash off again, until
the good man was fretted very badly. At
last he got her into a corner among some
briers, and made dash at her, when she
bounded over the wall and left him spraw-
ling in the bushes. His Christian forti-
tude gave way at this, and gathering him
self up he cried 'Oh. hell The ejacula-
ton had passed his lips before he thought,
but becoming Immediately conscious ofits
wickedness, he added, 'lelujah !! and trans
lated the profane word into a note of
triumph"
Year: 1859

"I wish you would embrace my hus-
bands principles" said dashing lady in
Washington to member of the Opposition
al could never do that but I would gladly
embrace his wife," was the reply--and
that seems to be the idea all around in that
latitude.
Year: 1859

Two JUVENILE CoMPosuIoNs.-O On dan
cing.-Some people think dancing is right,
but do not. think dancing is wrong.
People who 90 to balls lose their nights rest,
and get up in the morning feeling very bad
and cross. My advice to all is not to dance
on no occasion whatever.


On the Elephant-The elephant is the
largest armal in the world. He eats hay
and cakes. You must not give the elephant
tobacco, if you do he will stamp his great
bio foot on you and kill you dead. Some
people think the elephant is the most noble
animal in the world, but as for me, give me
the American eagle!
Year: 1859

Not long since a pious old lady, prepar-
inc to 20 to church, was seen to take
considerable quantity of gold from her trunk
and put it in her pocket. She stated that 1t
was her habit, that it kept her mind steady
at her devotons, "for where the treasure is,
there will the heart be also"
Year: 1859

with or without iron frames, have, in their NEW
SCALE AN IMPROVED ACTION power and compass
of ton equalling the grand, with the beauty and
durability Of the square piano The Press and
first Music Masters have justly pronounced them
equal if not superior to any other make. 1hey
are guaraptee3 to Stand Ike action Of ecery eli
Year: 1859

u-A little boy who was engaged in the sport
Of tying his sled to wagons and getting pulled
through the streets. met with painful accident
last evening he had, tied, to big wagon, and
when crossing gutter, the sled shot ahead
between the hind wheels, when one Of the lit
tie fellows legs caught in the wheel, jerking
him of the sled whirling him once around in
the revolution When he struck the ground
he became unloosed from the wheel; and by
stander picked him up and carried him home
His leg was supposed to be broken. Boys
ought to be very careful while riding behind
wagons and sleighs.
Year: 1859

0- The subject Of Water Works for Dayton,
is, we are pleased to note, being very generally
considered. We hope that it will not again be
permitted to drop until the project shall be put
in course of accomplishment If nothing bet
ter can be done, let iron pipes be laid from the
hydraulic dam, to conduct water into the cis.
terms already built, and into new reservoirs
which ought to be made, so that by merely
turning stop cock at each of these, an inezs
haustible supply Of water may be had when
wanted. The question should be agitAted to a
consummation Of water works Of some kind.
Year: 1859

ORLEANS LODGE BALL-To-night will occur an
event which many of both the gallant and the gentle
sexes have been looking forward to with pleased an
tcipations, the fourth annual grand fancy dress,
mask and regalia ball Of Orleans Lodge No. IL l. o.
o. F. The scene of this polite revelry and dgnfed
carousal will, Of course, be Odd Fellows Hail. and it
may be expected that as gay crowd will fill it as
ever convened for purposes Of diversion. The floor
will be managed by Prof Vegas an arrangement as
judicious as all Others which the management have
made.
Year: 1859

SINGERS New FAMILY SEWING MACHINE Mr..
Walter Bennett for the sale this approved invention in
the of patent invites the public call his depot
50 Camp street. and examine the ice test its operation
be convinced cf both its practical utility
Year: 1859

YOUNG MEN.--Many young men waste year after
ployment and they do not One qualified be useful
ness houses, the other is that the Dotears
Commercial College, LOG Canal street. readily imparts this
Year: 1859

Considerable uneasiness begins TO be felt
in England about India and what is to be
loue with it Hitherto the British people
have known little about their vast posses
Sions in the East, and as no direct expense
was incurred in the government of India,
they felt little concern in it. But its govern
mont has now been transferred from the
East India Company to the Grown, which
must of course assume the expenses attend
ing it. The mutiny of the Sep0ys had
hardly been suppressed when new mutiny
broke out among the conquerors of the na-
tive troops, the British soldiers themselves.
The recent mutiny, it is known, has arisen
from the unwillingness OF the latter to be
transferred from the service of the East India
Company to that of the Queen, aud it is
said that the government, notwithstanding
the humiliation of the proceeding, must
ultimately submit. -. a.


The mutiuy of the Sepoys cost nearly
one hundred and twenty millions of dollais,
aud the expenses of the current year will
exceed the revenue by sixty millions more.
The Indian debt which two years ago was
about three hundred millions of dollars,
will, before another year has passed, exceed
five hundred millions. The interest on this
vast debt, the people of India are obliged to
pay themselves. But as the revenue is con.
tinually falling off, and the expense of sup
porting the government greatly increasing,
the debt must rapidly accumulate, until il
will grow SO large that India, already taxed
as much as it can bear, cannot pay the inter-
est Then says the London Ne,cs will
come the crash and collaDse-the revolu.
ton and the anarchy-and the debt will be
wiped out by our expulsion from the coun.
try
Year: 1859

FIRST OPERATIONS OF THE GREAT EAST
ERN's ENGINEs.-The London Times thus
describes the FIRST starting Of the tremendous
engines of the ship Great Eastern:


The FIRST movement of the gigantic cranks
and cylinders of. the paddle engines was
made precisely at half past one clock, and
the great masses slowly rose and fell as
noiselessly as the engines OF a Greenwich
boat, but excrting in their great revolutions
what seemed to. be an almost irresistible
power. There was no noise, no vibration,
nor the slightest sign of heating, and the
tremendous frame OF ironwork sprang at
once into life and motion with as much
ease as If every rod and crank had been
worked for the last ten years. The steam
in the boilers was about 2l pounds, but, as
a matter of course, the engines were turned
but slowly, never exceeding six revolutions
per minute. Even with this slow motion
and tho slight immersion of the paddle
floats, the effects of the enormous power was
at once visible upon the ship. The great
mooring chains astern were frightened to
their utmost, and it seemed rs if Tro'man' S
anchors themselves would yield under the
strain. Fortunately, however, these held
fast, and then the screw engines were got
into motion, working the ship astern, so as
to counteract the effect of the paddles
These latter engines worked with the same
marvellous ease and freedom; there was no
noise, no sign of hot bearings, and the re-
suit was considered by all the engineers on
board TO be satisfactory in the very highest
degree, and far beyond what could have
been expected. .-
Year: 1859

Bay The registry law of New York goes
into effect this autumn. The law creates a
registry board, composed of inspectors of
election in each election district, who are to
meet three weeks previous to the annual
elections and make complete list of all the
legal voters. An adjourned meeting of the
board is to be subsequently held, just before
the election, for the revision of the. lists and
correction of errors. --.
Year: 1859

p6rP. YouSsy has been on trial for
horse stealing in Kentucky. One part of
the evidence was piece Of his finger. Just
before he stole the horse, his finger was
taken off by the knife of cutting box,
aud a Mr. Young got possession and has
kept it for more than a year. At the trial
Young produced the piece of finger and It
fitted exactly.
Year: 1859

=
The late terrible conhatons which have occurred In the
Third and Fourth Districts and the ruin which they have
brought large class of inhabitants too fresh in
the minds of every need repetition this appeal to the
public.


The Mayor in his last message officially that less
than twenty squares in the Fourth District and twelve
in the Third District have been reduced to ashes The
S55O00 besides S245
600 in furniture Stocks and effects Since the
of the Mayor smother conagao the Fourth District has
occurred, swelling considerably the estimate Of losses


Although the Chief Magistrate recommended to the Common
Council in highly paisewory manner the appropriation of
reasonable amount which suggestion has doubtless met the
pova both Boards of that body still the of the
cy finance will scarcely permit of appropriation equal to
the emergency. ss
Ii has ascerained that than hundred Of the
families whose dwellings have been burnt down. not in
sured at all the insurance companies many cases having re-
fused risks of the necessarily crowded condition of
the occupants of the houses making such application.


1t just this class of people, who were living from hand to
mouth in these humble dwellings, who lost everything barely
escaping with their lives from the raging elements whose
don has prompted this appeal.


To say whose energies have been
lyzed by despair hep yourself would show total unac
quantance with the human faculties


There people whose generosity is proyerba than
the citizens of New Orleans who have failed to promptly
calls upon their benevoence when assured that
real distress existed among class Of the community


Tho present misery existing in the ruined districts being Of
such character that but sympathe with the distressed
the undersigned Executive Committee appeal the public of
New Orleans forward and lend helping hand


Lists of subscriptions will be presented from house house
and the donations of the well the rich will be received
with equal gratitude.


The committee wishes be understood perfectly that though
the initiative taken by German citizens distinction
of nationality will be made the distribution Of donations
ccived


Real charity stops inquire from whence the needy
but what will be necessary to comfort him.


Every person acquainted with sufferers by the late confaa
will confer favor upon the committee by handing in their
and present abodes


conclusion the committee wish to call the attention of the
public the fact that the winter is nearly and it is
therefore necessary assistance should be prompt May
said in New Orleans innocent died OF cold
and starvation.


Executive Committee:


c. MATHES, President.


H. FRANkO,


G. MANNER,


GOLDMAN, Secretary.


New Orleans November 81 1859 NO 2pn
Year: 1859

The following aneciote is related il
connection with the departure Of one on
The regiments of the light infantry of
the guard. As the regiment was pass
ing GEAR near the Place aes Pyramids,
in the Rue de Rivoli, young canttn,ens
leading by the han6 little girl. aged
about six years, left the ranks, and en-
tering the house a. the corner OF the
place, asked if The Office Of The Secre-
tary to the Empress was there. She
was answered in the affirmative, and
she said


We'll, then, I leave you my child. -
Take her to 'be Empress, and tell her
Majesty tha. know she will take Gaze
OF her until ny return from the war!''


And so saying she left the child The
Empress, on being informed of this incl
dent, gave orders that the child should
be taken care Of until the return Of tho
mother.
Year: 1859

DECIDEDLY CooL.-A Nashville merchant was
in this city yesterday Oh what was literally Il
nice errand, to purchase 2o0v tons Of the geld
substance for lis city, almost entirely out Of
that winter staple and summer luxury, HOW
selling for four cents per pound in thut city.
Year: 1859

SOPHOMORE ExHrBrrioN.-Thc Exhibition
OF the Soph omore class in the University
chapel May 10, afternoon and evening, went
off well. Though the weather was unpro-
pitions, there was fair assembly in the af-
ternoon and crowded ono in the evening.


An exercise of that sort is ways to be
Judged of in reference to the vouthfulness of
those engaged in it, and to the fact that it is,
Tor most Of them, the first attempt at a line
oi onsidcrably extended thought on subjects
outside of the everyday affairs and employ
ments of life, and made also under the novel
and therefore embarrassing condition that
it is to be presented to n public assemblace.
10 expect under such circumstances the
sharp discrimination of thought which per-
tains to advanced scholarship, and the natu-
ralness and carncstness of manner which
can come only from practice and direct
collision of mind with mind, would be un
reasonable. There were considerable differ
cnces to be noticed in the exercises of YES
terday, both as regards maturity of thought,
neatness OF expression, distinctness of utter
rance, and carnestncss Of manner ; but we do
not wish to particularisc. As whole the
exhibition was good one--credtablc to the
young men and to the Institution. The or
der Of exercises was as follows


SOPHOMORE EXHIBITION.
Year: 1859

DEATH OF BARON HuMBoLpr.-BaronH Hum
boldt, the celebrated traveller, naturalist,
scientific writer, and philanthropist, died at
Berlin, the place of his nativity, on the 9th
inst. His age lacked but four months of
being 90 years For long time he had filled
high place, we might, perhaps, say the
highest place, in the estimation of learned
and good men throughout the civilized
world. His life was one of incessant labor,
as an explorer, Investigator and writer lie
was also employed considerably in affairs of
State To the close of his life he kept his
heart warm for the best interests of his fel-
low men.
Year: 1859

a witness, a jolly, plump old lady, in the
Supreme Court at Worcester on Thursday.
was asked what time certain train of cars
passed her house. She replied that she COM
menced knitting at three O'Clock, and had
knit twice around the leg of stocking be-
fore they came along, The next question,
of course, was, how long it would take to
knit twice around? The judge here, in his
usual quiet humor, suggested that that
would depend upon the size of the -tocking.
To this the witness remarked that the stock
ing was for herself, and that they could ex-
ercise their own judgment as to the size. and
guess how long it would take-Boaon
Transcript.
Year: 1859

"THE TRACT JOURNAL" is the title of
new monthly paper, the issue of which has
been commenced by the American Tract So
ciety, at Boston. This paper bears the same
relation to the Boston Society, that the
"American Messenger did to the Societies
in New York ard Boston, and the reasons
for its establishment are thus set forth


Since the recent change in the relations of the
two societies, especially in view of that enlarge
ment Of their field and their work which Providence
has opened to tho Boston Society, it is impossible
that said publication should adequately perform
this JOINT service any longer. Each needs an or
gan Of its own, and under its control. Seperatc,
henceforth, in their operations, and to great sx-
tent in their policy and modes of business, it is
obviously necessary that each should have its own
separate medium Of intercourse with its members
and the pubic


1t is well known that the settled policy Of
the American Tract Society of New York, to
ignore every thing which bears directly on
the subject of slavery in this country 1.-THE
Publishing Committee having, in many in
stances, gone so far as to strike out, and even
to alter entirely, passages in the works of au-
thors re-published by them, when those pas
sages referred to slavery, was the great
cause for which the original American Tract
Society, of Boston, resumed its independent
operations, The following from the number
of the Tract Journal before us, shows how
baseless is the allegation that tracts on slave
ry and the great evils connected with it, can
not be made use of in the slaveholding States


CALLS FROM THE SOUTH.


Application having come to us for tracts
from The South, the following extracts from
the correspondence which followed will be
read with much interest. They show that
the Society has field and cork in that
part o The country, and these, in the existing
state of things, of more than ordinary respon-
sibility.


Scattered through all that region ART per-
sons who are eager to obtain light upon the
usages around them, and to difuse it among
their neighbors. They are looking and CALI
ing to this society to furnish it. Can it be
doubted what is alike our duty and our poll
cy in respect to these calls?


FROM KENTUCKY


II rejoice in the resolve of the American
Tract Society to publish against the sin of
human slavery. Certainly, the great object
OF such society should DO to diffuse light
on all human relations Spare not.


"You inquire, If we publish good and
earnest anti-slavery matter, can it be distri-
buted in the South? and to what extent?'


81 answer there are districts where the most
prudent and self-sacri6cing will probably not
be allowed to distribute. But there are other
Year: 1859

II is significant fact that in Virginia and
kentucky, the Opposition make war upon
the Democracy because the hare conceded TOO
much 10 he North on The subject Of Slarery
1t is with such an element that the Re-
Year: 1859

A country newspaper, recording the
running down Of a COW on the railway,
said it was cut into calves" An as
tonished naturalist waited on the editor,
for what the auctioneers call further in
formation" and received it in the follow.
ing form; Erratum-for calves, read
halves"