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Year: 1859

The MEAT MARKrTs.-It has been
said that the principal objection to the meat
market system - it nov il. is that in the
hot weather they become nuisancss. That
they create an uncomfortable stencil. This 10
simply false and foolish. Every citizen
who has visited the meat market opposite
the Post Office, or any of them, know that
they are kept with such regard to cleanli-
ness that they are perfectly sweet and clean
oil the while. This plea viii not work. II
there was anything in the story it would
appear nov. while the thsrmomstsr II stand
ing at 90 above sero in the shade.
Year: 1859

WuppERMANN 4 HALL's new block
10 indeed An ornament to the city. It 10
now about completed requiring only finish
ing off inside. The hall in the third story,
will be one of the best in the city, Just the
thing for hop or social gathering There
win be four large and roomy Offices IN the
second story. and two fine store rooms in
the first The stores Win be excellent
stands for retail dry goods and notion e.
tablishments. being situated in just the
place to catch the best part of the re-
tail trade of the city. These gentlemen de-
serve much credit for pushing forward such
an expensive Improvement In the face oi
the present hard times.
Year: 1859

Last evening went to a party,


And being well known by the host,
lie gave me q welcoming, hearty,


And called upon me for toast.
looked at my wine for moment,


Admiring its delicate hue;
And then ! said, gravely and slowly,


"The LADIEs-the red, white and blue
How RED are the cheeks, when we ask them
To let US become the cashiers
No roses themselves could be redder;
Though trying for numberless years.
How WHITE is the bride at the altar,


Whom every one honors and loves,
As though she herself took the halter


Instead of the wretch in white gloves
But oh ! when they come to be matrons,
You husbands know well it is true,)
No violet reared in the garden


Can be more confoundedly Blue!
knew, by the silence that followed


How terribly harsh was my doom;
The ladies took hold of my-collar,


And kicked me right out of the room.
Year: 1859

PrssSsAL.-Gen. Scott has gone, but we have
still with us another illustrious General, namely,
the Senator from Oregon, Gen. 10. Lane He is
stopping at the Metropolitan till the departure
OF the steamer OF the goth. He is one the old
style OF patrlots-a modern Cincinnatus He.
whose right arm has lost its strength in her SER
vice, deserves well of the country. This veteran
hero OF the war with Mexico received two ball
wounds in that service: the muscles of his once
powerful right arm were cut away to the bone,
half way from the elbow to the shoulder, by an
ounce ball, at the battle of Buena Vista From
the effects of this his arm has never recovered
The ball entered in front Gen. Lane has been
IN as many battles as any man in America, and
would take the field again against an enemy of
the country with as much pleasure as he will
his seat In the L. 5. Senate. Many years yet to
the gallant Lane IS f. CaR
Year: 1859

SINGULAR FREAK OF INSANITY
Last evening an unknown man enter.
ed . BARRIERS shop, up town, and at
tracted the attention of those present
by walking about in an excited manner.
and, signing deeply, while awaiting
his turn to be shaved. At last one Of
the persons in the room asked him if
he was in trouble, but he made no re-
ply: When his turn came, he sat down
in the chair, and the barber lathered


his face, and was strapping his razor


when hia nnlrno~~n CUSTOMER suddenly
cried out, 6 am not fit to live!" and
drawing a single barrelled pistol from


his pocket fired at his image in the


mirror, shattering the glass to a thous-
and fragments. Before the barber re-
covered from his astonishment. his
improbable patron ran off without


waiting to wash his face.-M y Post.
Year: 1859

PAINLESS EXTRACTION OF TEETH BY CoLD-At
recent meeting of the Royal Society of Arts at Edn-
burg this subject was brought forward. A commit
tee had been appointed to investigate the inven-
ton, and they report that a lady and gentleman,
having occasion to undergo the process, were will
wards to examine them. The apparatus, which
had been previously made in the manner described
by Mr.. Morrison to the society. was fitted closely
to the upper jaw in the of the lady; the mar
gin of the gum visible betwixt the tubes and the
teeth was perceived to be very speedily blanched,
and in the space of less than two minutes from the
commencement of the establishment of the current
through the tubes, thirteen teeth were extracted


several of which were sound and firmly attached to
the socket. The gentleman had seven teeth ex-
tracted from the lower jaw panessly, in the same
or even shorter space of time. Both patients
stated that they felt slightly uneasy sometimes
when the gum was being frozen, yet that during
the operation no pain was felt.
Year: 1859

The Richmond Madison Parish, La Democrat
of the sth says: The water is fast roachng
upon the town, and the most sanguine are compel
led reluctantly to acknowledge that Richmond i:
bound to go under. Both bridges across Rounda
way. were swept off on Tuesday night, and nearly
all the property east of the bayou is flooded
levee is being constructed to protect the Court
to the mercy of the waters.
Year: 1859

MAILING LETTERS AT THE Cause.-The privilege
allowed of mailing letters at the has been so
much abused at many points upon the lines of rail-
road that the department has found it necessary to
issue circular to route agents on the subject
The mailing of letters in any considerable number
by route agents necessarily occupies the time which
they should devote to the careful distribution and
delivery of way matter, and is likely to interfere
with the more perfect discharge of their duties
Another important consideration is the effect it has
upon the income of local offices, in diminishing the
commissions of those offices where the letters should
properly be mailed. There is much complaint from
postmasters of this evil The rule to be observed
by route agents in mailing letters, and to which
their attention is now particularly called is that
written after the usual hour for closing the mail at
the local post Office and also such as could not,
with ordinary diligence, have been mailed at the
post office in time for the outgoing mall when
presented, may be received by the agent and mailed
in the car. This, it is believed, will afford suffi-
cient accommodation for the public; and letters
coming within the view of this regulation will not
be numerous.


1t will not be permitted to individuals or mercan-
tile firms having an extensive correspondence to
mail their letters at the rather than at the
post office, on account of greater convenience to
themselves, FOR any other reason, except as
above stated. The safety of mail matter and the
ready means of tracing lost letters are considera-
tions of great Importance, and the same security
and certainty on these points cannot be attained
in mailing letters at the in the post offices.
nor is there the same check in keeping the ac-
counts.


In enforcing this regulation the agents are ex-
pected to exercise a sound discretion as to the pro
priety OF mailing or rejecting letters which NAV be
presented, giving little offence to the public as
possble.-Constitution.
Year: 1859

Do you wish to bp healthy and atrong1 1heu
go at Cnce and get some o McLean's Cordial Il
will strengthen aud iBvgorate your whole system,
causing a healthy and pure circulation Of the
blood TO flow through every VEN, and the rich rosy
bloom Of health to mount to your cheek again.


Every bottle is warranted 10 give satisfaction.
Year: 1859

OF all the sciences known to man that
OF agriculture is the most important, as
furnishing the aliment absolutely neces-
sary for human sustenance. It's pursuit
has been considered an honorable one
from the remOtest antiquity then, and
until the last quarter Of a century, il was
simply An art practiced with greater sue,
cess by Others. The scene is now, how
ever, wonderfully changed. Soils and
crops are reduced to their primitive ele
ments IN the laboratory of the chemist,
atmospheric influences are thoroughly in.
yestlgated, and the farmer may know at
a trtling cost how to obtain the fullest
advantage from the broad acres which
he tlIIs. This is the age of high farming;
the man who works as his grandfather
did Is laggard IN the race. Success in
agriculture can only now ID attained by
a skilI(ul adaptation of means to ends
Land must be dressed 10y the most eff.
cIent implements, and the produce Of the
soil sklIlfuiIy garnered. Labor, both
horse and manual, must be ecOnomised
by steam and, above all, as the grand
Key stone Of the arch. manure, carfulIy
selected, must be literally applied. This
question of nrsnuriug is Ear from being
understood even at the present moment
by the bulk Of the practical farmers of
this country; to the majority Of them the
usual ana ysis Of soil and fertilizers are so
many occult Jormuio. 1t is on all hands
admitted that to farm without manure
more or less concentrated,s about as hope
less a task as attempting to draw water
from we'll with aperforated buckle, but
until our husbandmen learn to view chem.
zeal science as necessary and indispensa,
adjunct Of successful farming, thousands OF
rubbish will be annually sold, and tie fair
est fields continue to be inadequately crop
ped.
Year: 1859

Gentlemen Of the jury-can YOU for
an instant suppose that my client here, a
man that has always sustained a high
depreciation in society, a man who Won
all no you suspect and esteem for his
many good qualities ; yes, gentlemen, a
man who never drinks more than does
h'm good-ssy quart day-can you
Tor an instant suppose that ere man
would be guilty of taking a box of per.
cussion caps Picter to yoursel, es. gem
tIemen, an individual fast asleep in his
log cabin, with his innocent wife and Or
phan children by his side-all nature
hushed In deep repose, and nought to be
heard bu: the muttering OF the silent
thunder and the noise of the roaring
winds then imagine to yourselves an in.
dlvlduaIs making his way to the door like
hyena, softly entering the dwelling Of
the peaceful and happy family, and in
the most dastarIy manner abstractinp a
whole box of percusshun


Gentlemen, | will not, cannot dwell
upon such scene. My feelings turn
from such picter Of moral turpentine
| cannot for an instant harbor the idea
that any man, much less this ere man,
could be guilty OF. committing an act Of
such unexampIed discretion. And now,
gentlemen, after this brief view Of the
case, let me retreat Of you to make up
your minds csndidy and unpariially, and
give us such verdict as we might rea.
sonahly suspect from such an enliehted
and intoIerant body of fellow citizens
remembering, that in the words OF bin,
who fell in the battle Of Bunker Hill, IL
is better that ten innocent men escape,
rather than one guilty should suffer.


Judge, give as a piece of tobacco :
Year: 1859

Back from the river Of death, down
into the waters Of which little Auna's
feet were about passing, came the below,
ed child to her mothers eager arms and
AS she lay, in slow convalesence, day af.
Ter day, upon her bosom, the promises Of
wiser consideration OF her in the future
were over and over again renewed. And
these promises were kept. If, at anv
time, she was tempted 20 forget them,
memory had only to take her back to
those days and nights Of terrible fear and
suspense to give them all the power of
fresh resolution.
Year: 1859

We envy not the princely man,


In city or in town,
Who wonders whether pumpkin vines
Run up the hill or down;
We care not for his marble halls,
Nor yet his heaps of gold,
We would not own his sordid heart
For all his wealth thrice told.
We are the favored ones Of earth,


We breathe pure air each morn,
We sow-wc reap the golden grain
We gather in the corn;
We toll, we live on that we earn,
Aud more than this We do.
We hear of starving millions round,
And gladly feed them, too.
The lawyer lives on princely fees,
Yet drags weary life,
He never knows a peaceful hour
His atmosphere is strife,
The merchant thumbs his yard stick DER,
Grows haggard at his toll;
He's not the man God meant him for
Why don't he till the soil d!
The doctor plods through storm and cold, +,
Plods at his patients will;
When dead and gone he plods again
To get his lengthy bill.
The printer (bless his noble soul,)
He grnsps the mighty earth,
And stamps i, on our welcome sheet,
To cheer the farmers hearth.
We sing the honor of the plow,


And honor of the press
Two noble instruments of toll.


With each Il power to bless,
The bone and nerve of this fast age.
True wealth of human kind
One til! the ever generous earth,
The other tils the mind
Year: 1859

To MAKE RED CURRENT JELLY.-Put
your currents in a jar in the oven, and
let them remain till the juice is all out Of
them. To pint Of syrup add pint Of
white sugar, pounded, and made quite
hot. Before the sugar is added, boil the
syrup very slowly for two minutes then
add the sugar, and boil il ten minutes.
Year: 1859

Thackeray says that it is better for you to
pass an evening once or twice in lady S
drawing-room, even though the conversation
is slow and you know the girls song by
heart than in a club, tavern or the pit Of a
theatre All amusements of youth to which
virtuous women are not admitted, rely on it,
are deleterious in their nature All men who
avoid female society have dull perceptions and
are stupid, or have gross tastes, and revolt
against what is pure Your club swaggerers
who are sucking the butts of billiard cues all
night. call female society insipid Poetry is
insipid to yokel; beauty has no charms for a
blind man; music docs not please poor beast
who does not know one tune from another: and
as a true epicure is hardly ever tired of wa
ter, sancy and brown bread and butter,
protest | can sit for a whole night talking to
well-regulated, kindly woman. about her
girl coming out, of her boy at Eton, and like
the evenings entertainment. One of the
great benefits man may derive from woman $
society is, that he is bound to be respectful
to them. The habit is of great good to your
moral men, depend upon il. Our education
makes Of us the most eminently selfish men
in the world. We fight for ourselves, we
push for ourselves, we yawn for ourselves, we
light our pipes and say we will not go out
we prefer ourselves, and our ease and the
greatest good that comes to man from wo-
mans society, is, that he has to think of some
body TO whom he is bound to be constantly
attentive and respectful.
Year: 1859

DUELNG.-At the request of numerou;
citizens, We publish in to days issue of the
DEMocRAT a very able sermon, delivered at
the Presbyterian Church of this city by Rev.
| E. b. Walsworth, on Sunday last, on the
| subject of dueling. As to the necessity of
dueling, under certain circumstances, we do
not care to express an opinion. Every man
| is his own best judge as to how he should
act in contingencies affecting his personal
honor, and his own conscience must deter
mine the course which he takes. While we
are willing that every man should thus de-
eide for himself, in matters of such high mo-
ment, and are not prepared wholly to con
denim, in every case, the person who may
he drawn into a duel, yet we are very firmly
of the opinion that it is by no means the
duty of public press deliberately to ddvo
cate, as some do, the code of honor" or in
deed to advocate in any manner the she'd
ding of human blood for purposes Of revenge
or private satisfaction. Men will fight often
enough without being encouraged to it. 1t
is fearful thing to take life at any time and
in any place, and "A public journal should
rather neulcate peace and harmony among
men than instigate revengeful slaughter 10y
openly sustaining and approving the system
under which it may best be effected. But, it
is peculiarly the province of the pulpit to
auolyze the morality of such practice as
dueling and Mr. Walsworth has accomplish
ed the task in the sermon to which we refer,
in a very able manner indeed
Year: 1859

CHATTER II.


When Ella said to her lover that
she was trying to make herself wur-
thy of him" he paid slight attention
to the words, and never dreamed OF
haIf the meaning they contained.


They meant that she was spending
every moment Of her spare timc-and
/ little that was with all her various
/ dutics-in the cultivation Of her mind
and tastes, under difficulties which
would have discouraged any one but
I a loving woman. Aware Of the def
cicncics Of her education. and not
wishing to disgrace the place which
she might some time hold as the wife
! OF great artist, she expended every
bit Of her trihing allowance Of spend
! ing money, in the purchase of school
books, over which she porcd during
/ the long winter evenings her knit
ting. and even her sewing, in her hands
at the same time. She stood so much
in awe of the splendid superiority OF
her lover, that she never conlided this
to him, but worked away patiently,
content that he should know when
time developed the truth to him.


Ellen was delicate little thing
without overmuch physical strength
yet she was virtual mistress of the
boarding-house which her mother kept
Her parents health was SO wrecked
that she was unable longer to attend
to its duties, and she was only toe
glad to repose the burden upon the
slender shoulders of her child The
whole oversight Of the servants came
upon her ; and as the establishment
could not support much help, she had
also considerable manual labor to per-
form the arrangement Of the parlor
and several other rooms, and the
preparation of all the pastry, was
part Of her daily task. In addition,
there was necessity for constant econo-
my, the care Of every thing, and the
keeping Of accounts. So that, light
and swift as her footsteps were, she
was sometimes hurried to get through
the round and night seldom came
without finding her So weary that sleep
would have been swcetcr than study,
if love and a keen desire for knowl
edge had not been the stimulants
which kept her bright eyes wakctul.


How she continued TO do 50 much
no one but herself ever knew but
Year: 1859

n


In our telegrap4ic column will be found
letter from STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, defining his
position in reference to the Charleston Con-
vention and its Presidential nomination. It
is constructed on the principle upon which
the old hunter once delivered his rife shot at
some game in the uncertain twilight of early
dawn-he said he drew his aim, SO as I" to hit
it if it was q deer and miss it if it was calf"
TO 60 before the Convention as a candidate
and be beaten, would be his Waterloo, and
would seEd the Judge to die at St. Helena
1t would end him as an aspirant FOR the Pres
idency. He is aware of this, and the letter is
written at this time merely to encourage his
friends to select as many delegates for him at
the different State Conventions about being
held. On their meeting together in caucus at
Charleston, if they find themselves strong
enough to nominate him, they know they will
be strong enough to FIX up the platform, with
some judicious dodge otry and suit all hands. |
Year: 1859

The Apaches are collecting in large numbers along the Overland Mail Route between the Mimbres and Dragoon Springs The celebra- ted chief, Mangus Colorado who for three years past has been very quiet, is in the field again with large party of warriors He declares that if government does not give him more beef and flour he shall let his people take it wher- ever they please They have annoyed the mail company very much by filling the road with stones in Apache Pass several times, and now threaten to close the Pass altogether com blaming that government does not pay them enough for using their land

 As the Apaches require moonlight nights for their depredations there have been but few thefts during the past ten days, but the new moon now coming on will certainly bring par ties from the mountains on their usual stealing expeditions. They travel principally at night, and require moonlight to enable them to follow trails with their stolen property

 The Papagos gave information to the com manding officer at Fort Buchanan that the hor- ses taken from Hoyt were at San Lazaro, a de.
Year: 1859

The murder of a single negro belonging to an officer of the United States Army was the

 immediate cause of a war with the Navajo In- dians--a war out of which government has

 been glad to get, after a cost of over one mill ion dollars This took place at one extremity of New Mexico, while at the other white men are murdered, horses, mules and cattle are sto- len and travel rendered unsafe, without the least attention seemingly from the military comman- der ofthis Department. The Apaches have com mitted upon our people ten times yes, twenty times the damage ever inflicted upon the inhabi tants ofNew Mexico proper by the Navaios and yet there is no force sent out against them-no formidable campaign into their country to whip them into decent behavior. The military affairs of this Department are managed as fall the life worth saving and all the property worth defend

 ing was situated east of the Rio Grande, and it q matter of no consequence whether there were troops here or not We Are obliged, in common with the people inhabiting this section to dis
Year: 1859

sent from this view of the case Interests are growing up here worthy of attention, interests that will soon make themselves felt and in quarters where an effect will be pretty sure to follow

 The fact is the entire military arrangements of the Department of New Mexico require 6 thorough reformation. Affairs have not been managed in manner creditable to the late General in command, nor his successor In New Mexico at this time, there are thirteen mil itary posts more than one half which are of no benefit, and only an expense to government posts garrsoned by one company or part Nof a company, and often commanded by Lieuten- ant. If merely to keep possession of a post such garrisons are too large if to pursue and fight Indians they are too small--so in either case the arrangement is bad These smallposts in an Indian country can do nothing, as they are only capable of furnishing a small scouting party After deducting the sick prisonefs ia tigue parties and men necessary for post duty at one company fort, there is very little effec- tive force left It would be better to concen- trate the troops at five or six important posts, from whence strong detachments might be sent out whenever necessary This would be a.great saving of expense, insure better discipline, and render the forces far more effective A cores pondent of the New York Daily Times, speak ing of affairs in this Territory, uses the follow ing forcible language

 "Ihe action of the United States govern ment on this frontier through its military sta tions and Indian agencies, were it not for it's painful and ruinous results, would be stupend- ous farce

 Nothing can be more true. There is constant conflict of judgment and arrangement between misconduct of military affairs that is actually amazing. Ii would be an excellent policy for government to place its Indian business directly in the hands of the military authorities So that those who do the fighting shall have the power to make treaties Such course li3&, been recommended to Congress, and ought rfo be adopted

 r. or the protection of New Mexico two regi- ments of troops are allowed and of these the grand total of two companies is allowed to this quarter of the Territory west of Fort Fillmore "a region fast increasing in population, and where various extensive mining companies are endeavorng to develope the wealth of the coun- try. We hope the attention of the Secretary of War will be called to this condition and some little attempt made to do our people justice A campaign against the Finals has already been delayed too long, and it seems, from the arrangements emanating from Santa Fe that infantry are considered proper troops to act against mounted Indians with vigor and sue cess. This is a new and brilliant discovery in frontier warfare.