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Year: 1860

A HINT TO CORRESPONDENCE DIR. Stew
ems, of the New York Advocate and
Journal, after nearly twenty-four years
Of editorial life, recently gave the fol-
lowing estimate of the PROBABILITIES in
regard to communications being read :
-" A communication which is fourth
Of column long, is read by most
readers, unless its subject is manifest
ly rcpulsive: over half a column long
is read by half of our readers col
umn long by third of them two
column article by one-tenth three
or four column one by nobody what
ever, except the weary editor and his
proof reader, and the few who may
have personal or very special con.
cern to the article"
Year: 1860

The absence Of content, the mutter-
inss of spleen, the untidy dress and
cheerless home, the farbidding scowl
and deserted heart-these and other
nameless neglects, without crime
among them, have narrowed to tho
quick the hearts core of many man.
and planted there, beyond the reach
of cure, the germ of dark despair.
Oh f! may woman, before that sight
arrives, dwell on the recollections Of
her youth, and cherish the dear idea of
that tuneful time. awaken and keep
alive the promise she so kindly gave.
And though she may be the injured.
not the injuring one-the forgotten
and not the forgetting wife-a happy
allusion to the hour of peaceful love
"a kindly welcome to comfortable
home--a smile Of love to Danish hos
tile words--a kiss of peace to pardon
all the past--and the hardest heart
that ever locked itself within the breast
of selfish man will soften to her charms,
and bid her live, as she had hoped, her
wears of matchless bliss--loved, low
ing and content-the source Of COM
fort and the spring Of joy.
Year: 1860

What is Wisdom? Is it a mere
bubble on the sea of life-an ignis-fa-
tuus that shines but to deceive? No.
The path that leads to knowledge.
though trodden but by a few, is not
some cunningly devised scheme to de-
lude mankind. There may be trials
to endure and crosses to bear before
we can stand on the pinnacle of fame
and bid adieu to the low attainmcnts
which the world calls honorable. I
have seen the fair youth kneel at tho
shrine Of pleasure, moving amid FASH
ionable circles, beloved and courted
by the gay and mirthful, and aim at
nothing higher. Think you that an
All-wise and unerring Creator would
form man, endowed with intellectual
and moral powers that will remain
when the sun grows dim with age,
and place him on this beautiful earth
for NO purpose but to live, be merry,
and die like the brute creation
neither thinking or caring that there
were nobler ends to be attained.


Did Demosthenes gain his position
among the great of earth by sitting
with folded hands and having his
learning handed to him He was but
a poor boy, and arose by his own ex-
ertions and selfdenial. He proclaim
ed his Grafton by the ocean shore.
amid the roaring of the pillows, that
he might accustom himself to the
noise Of great audience. Thus he
arose to be called The Prince of Or
ators." And Homer, the great Gre
clan Poet, travelled from place to
place singing his songs. He was
poor and blind, yet his writings are
immortalized. l love to muse upon
the glorious achievements of the past,
end try to listen that beautiful admo-
milton, I" Go thou and do likewise :"
and though we may never stand as
high in the annals Of fame, yet by pa
tience and perseverance we may OBJ
tain a knowledge which is durable
and not to he. dspised.


If we obtain thorough knowledge
Of History and all other desirable
studies, and to these add energy, in
dustry, patience and perseverance,
we shall have conquered the world.
Nor is this all. While we acouaint
ourselves in all desirable accomplish
ments of the present age, let us seek
for that knowledge (which is pure
and undefiled, and that fadeth not
away" Then shall we be truly happy,
and understand the full meaning Of
Wisdom.
Year: 1860

lne world, dear John, as the Old folks tod us
Is world of trouble and care (;
Many cloud Of grief will enfold US,


And the sunshine Of JOY Is but rare.
but there's something yet 10 be bright and blest IN
No matter how humble the lot;
The world still gives US a home 10 rost in,


Its hoiiest happiest spot
sweet home dear homei on the northern heather
On the sunniest southern plain
The lapland hut in its wintry weather,


The tent Of the Indian main - .
BE it gorgeous wealth that temple 10 drast In,
Be il poor and Of little worth,
Oh, home OUR hoIne--a home to rest in
Is the dearest thing on earth
But time, dear John, Is using us badly,
Our homes crumbe day by day,
And we're laying our dear ones, swiftly and sadly
In the dust Of the valley away.
There's deahrobe soon for US both to be drest in
place for us under the sod
Be Heaven at last the home we shall rest in
The rest Of the people Of God
Year: 1860

nj ELIZABETH j. COLE.
Sad hours will come to every heart,


However light and CAV.
Dark hours when earth's bright hopes depar


And joy will fade away.
And oft amid the giddy throng,


The silent tear will start
Sad thoughts arise from some glad song,


And gloom will fill the heart
In silence oft will flow the tear.


From youths bright beaming eye,
And glad hearts all unused to fear,


Will sometimes heave sigh.
Some light word may suggest a theme


For many lonely hours,
And things may not be what they seem,


In this glad world of ours.
Sweet smiles may lure us to betray,


And blight the youthful mind
Or constant, they may pass away


With their sweet Influence kind
The friends We love may pass away,


Or never lov. us more;
Then sad will fall each cheering ray,


Along life's troubled shore
Such gloomy thoughts will often come,
Despite our Jealous care
Though we may dwell in some fair dome,
Skies are not always fair.


Floyd, March, 1860.
Year: 1860

A week we'll filled up with selfish
ness, and the Sabbath stuffed full of
religious exercise, will make q good
Pharisee but poor Christian. There
are many persons who think Sunday
is a sponge with which to wipe out the
sins Of the week.
Year: 1860




Will any sentinel on the watchtower respond
"alrs ueN?" We fear not so far as the Republic
is concerned for the present indications are in favor
of the election of sectional candidate to the Presi
dency What will follow that result no one can
predict In view of the probability of such result
it becomes us all to be firm and calm-to give no
rein to passion or impulse, but to act with dscre-
ton and delberation for ourselves and posterty
1t may be that New York will save the country from
impending troubles; but we repeat after the recent
results in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, we can
entertain no very confident hope of an suspicious
termination of the Presidential struggle.


But so far as North Carolina is concerned full and
free conversations with friends in attend
ance at the State Fair enable us to announce that
the chances are decidedly in favor of Breckenridge
and Lane We learn that the Constitutional Dem
ocracy in all portions of the State thoroughly
aroused and will poll their full strength for Breck-
inridge and Lane The Douglas feeling, we are as.
sured, is abating. We believe his strength, which
is confined to certain localities, will constantly d.
minsh up to the day Of the election; and that, in
all probability, his vote will not exceed 5000 in the
State


With proper efforts the State can be carried for
Breckinridge and Lane Such efforts are now being
made and We trust that no Democrat who really
desires to carry the State against Bell will for mo
ment cease to exert himself in the good cause
Year: 1860

We thought at one time that We would be able to
publish the Premium List of the late State Fair in
FULL but we have found it impossible to obtain the
list in time for this issue without holding paper
back until Saturday evening. The awards of the
various Committees were not read out until Friday,
on which day we 60 to press; and though we had
been politely favored by the Secretary with the
awards as they were made, yet not more than one
half of the Committees had reported the result of
their labors up to Thursday evening" thus rendering
it impossible to publish the list early We de-
sired. We will publish it in our next in full. The
expectation that considerable portion Of our space
would be occupied with the Premium List, together
with the engagements and fatigue incident to the
Fair must be our apology for the lack of original
matter in this issue.
Year: 1860

NIxoN's ROYAL CIRcUs.-See advertisement This
is said to be the greatest Circus in the United
States. The performers the stud of horses and every
thing pertaining to the establishment are spoken of
in the highest terms by our exchanges, This being
the first visit of this circus to Raleigh, it will no
doubt be well patronized it deserves to be- if the
accounts which reach US of its performances be, as
they doubtless are true. Next Monday and Tues
day are the days for exhibition at Raleigh
Year: 1860

TIE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE The Procla-
nation of Gov. Gist convening the Legislature Of
South Carolina for the purpose of choosing Electors
to cast the vote of the State in the approaching Pres


idential election, will be found in our columns this
morning. 1t will be noticed that, in addition to the
usual duties of this quadrennia extra session, the
Governor points out the probable necessity of TAX
ing action for the safety and protection Of the State


1t is quite possible that the consideration Of this
matter may prolong the extra session until the
period fixed for the opening of the regular session.


In viw of the fact that the general result of the
election for President will be known within forty
eight hours after its occurrence, We presume the
Legislature will not, under any circumstances, ad-
journ Immediately after the choice of Electors. as
has been usual in former years. Charleston Mer-
CurU.
Year: 1860

Michelet thinks that a woman can be moved to
any course, if the inducement-the moral lever


is properly applied without the use of any violent


measures. We didn't know that woman could be
moved by leave.hern alone
Year: 1860

Having removed from their old stand 1868 Broadway TO their
new and more extensive establishment hand and are
Misunderstanding to order every description Fashionable Car
rages and light Road and Tong Wagons from he best Sc


eeed materials and Workmanship and for beauty of design
hnish and durability, equal not SUPERIOR to any other
nake in this country. fe27 Ivkw
Year: 1860

OBsEnvATIoNs.-The nearer the time
of the Moons change to noon or midnight,
the more nearly will the result accord with
the predictions.


1t is also said that less dependence js to
be placed on the Table in winter than in
summer.
Year: 1860

This table and the accompanying re-
marks, are the result Of many years actual
observation; the whole being constructed on
a due consideration of the attraction Of the
Sun and Moon, 10 their several positions
respecting the Earth, and will, by simple
inspection, show the observer what kind
of weather will most probably follow the
entrance of the Moon into any Of its quar-.
ters, and that SO near the truth as to be
seldom found to fail. At least, so it
was published, many years ago, and we
again insert it, for the curiosity and inves-
t;cation ofall " ho desire to lie weatherRise |
Year: 1860

rs tuere was no eXpcuse atleuUIHg TIE
getting up of this concert, you will see at
glance, that, if we had this immense
quantity of tropical produce in New
York to-day, and could sell it for the
amount at which l valued it, we should
have "a snug little sum-" But We haven't
got it there
Year: 1860

A correspondent OF the New York Times gives
the following pictures Of an old maid:
The old maid, who has just driven by in u
private carriage, is character. She was II
great belle in her day, and being an hciress Ms
we'll, had offers enough to satisfy any reason
able woman, but she looked for perfection aud u
husband the consequence is she has found
neither. This suitor smoked, that onc chewed,
this one did not speak good French, and the
other spoke bad English So then she, rides
alone in her carriage, single and turned of forty
her day Of grace is past. Here are some
lines whereof she is the subject. l am aware
that some. one else has written something in the
same vein, about Il " Wreath of Roses but
still no one can accuse me of plagiarism The
metre Is like, hut you will notice tina, the ideas
are not at ull similar:


She wore a robe of muslin


The night that first we met


Her little feet were mousing


Beneath her coattipct


Her dress had all The lightncss,


Her air the stylish tone


That mark belle at twenty,


With fortune all her own.


y skirt Of rusting satin


When next We met she Wore;


The spread OF hoops and whulebonc


Was greater than before:


And standing b., her side were men


Who wocd. but wood in vain;


She sent them all to Coventry.


And they went--on train.


Yet. once again saw that form


No siGhUg swains were there


"A summer rose had faded


Shut out from sun aud air;


saw her but Il moment.


Yet methinks ! see her now,


With Il poodle in her carriage


And II wrinkle on her brow.
There. as Ben johnson said to sylvester, that
may not be poetry but I'll swear its the
truth.
Year: 1860

a mind to have followed her in, and quoted
Moore's lines


sob, let me only breathe the air,


The blessed air that's breathed by thee"
but man has natural antipathy to shopping
and even the attractive sort, one on your own
account-even that was lost in the formidable
array of ribands, silks, and bargains


Z" Bought because they may be wanted,


Wanted because they may be had"
Accordingly he lounged into his club, and the
hour was almost gone before he arrived at
Swan and Edgar's. Julia told him she had wait
ed, and he thought-what sweet temper she
must have not to show the least symptom of
dissatisfaction on the contrary, her blue eyes
were even softer than usual By the time they
arrived at her. fathers door, he had also ar
rived at the agreeable conclusion that he could
do no wrong in approPriating their softness to
himself They parted hastily, for he had a
tiresome business appointment; however, they
were to meet in the evening, and a thousand
little teader things which he intended to say
occupied him till the end of his walk.


TO BE CONTINUED.
Year: 1860

REMARKABLE OPERATION About year ago a
young man was violently assailed one night by
rufftans, and severely cut about the head with a
Knife, and otherwise badly injured From the
effects of the wound In his head, punctured and
depressed fracture, paralysis, epilepsy, and idocy
have since supervened. After continuing In this
condition for nearly year, the operation of tre-
Paning was successfully performed in Richmond,
Va, a few days since. In the short space of time
required for the operations the semi -paralyzed
epileptic idiot was completely restored to reason
and the use Of bis limbs. The brain was relieved
the instant the depressed portion Of the bone was
removed
Year: 1860

Elder Mddlemas, one of the Saints OF Nor
mondom, in recent sermon at Salt Lake
City, thus gave his idea of Heaven:


do not believe that Heaven is that fairy,
airy place of fancy that mo:t people think it
is. 1t is a bona .fde place of ,nateriality,
much resembling the earth, only, of course,
it is thousands Of times larger, and every.
thing there exists in greater perfection than
on the earth. 1t is globe just like this
planet we inhabit 1t is a home of God and
the angels That passage in the Scripture
which reads: "A day with the Lord is a thou
sand years, and II thousand years as "a day,
clearly establishes the fact, that Heaven is a
planet, notable globe, governed 10y the
same natural laws and astronomical princi
piles that this earth is governed by; but it is
so much larger than our little star, that it
takes 365 900 times longer to make a revo-
see that it is fact, that one OF Gods days,
or day in Heaven, is thousand years.


They eat, and drink, and sleep in Heaven
the same as we do here. Earth is emphati-
caily miniature of Heaven. believe they
have a printing office in Heaven and electric
telegraph and reporters. Why not? Are
they not greater than we on earthe l believe
there is a channel of communication extend.
ing from my mouth to the home Of the an
gels, and probably an angel at the telegraph
office in Heaven is now waiting for the news
from here, and as soon AS he gets it ne will
take it right up to the hands Of the printers;
they will set it up in type and print it in
newspapers, and then boys or men will jump
on horses and ride around, giving the inhab-
itaats Of Heaven the latest news concerning
the Kingdom of God on earth. There are
more than two reporters here--more than
brother Long and brother Watt: ! believe
there is reporter here from Heaven to find
out who is speaking, what he is speaking
about, and everything else OF interest. He
sends the items as fast as he gets them, right
up to Heaven, and they are printed.
Year: 1860

At meeting of the New York Board Of
Currency, held recently, Mr.. John V. Vat
man presented a letter written by General
Washington upon the subject of the then
existing continental rags" which had sue
ceeded the colonial currency, or bills Of
credit" issued by the several colonies The
soundness Of his views are tie more remark
able when we remember that he had not
then the light of the French assignat system,
the suspension of the Bank of England, or
the results of our own experience, to Judge
them by. The letter we record rs curio-
sity:


MOUNT VERNON, Feb. 27, 1887.
DEAR SIR:-Your favor of the 3Oth ult.
came duly to hand. To give an opinion in
a case of SO much importance as that which
has warmly agitated the two branches of
your Legislature, land which, from the ap.
peal that is made, is likely to create great
and perhaps dangerous divisions, is rather a
delicate matter; but as this diversity Of OPT
MON is on subject which has, believe, oc-
cupied the minds of most men, and as my
sentiments thereon have been fllly and deci-
dedly expressed long before the Assembly
either of Maryland or this State, was con
vened l do not scruple to declare that if
had voice in your Legislature it would be
given decidedly against paper emission
upon the general principle of its utility as
a representative and the necessity of it as a
medium. TO assign reason for this opinion
would be as unnecessary as tedious-the
ground has been SO often rod that place
hardly remains untouched; in a word, the
necessity arising from a want Of specie is
represented as greater than it really is. |
contend that it is by the substance and not
the shadow of a thing that we are to be
benefited.


The wisdom of man, in my humble OPT
Mon, cannot at this time devise Il plan by
which the credit of paper money would be
long supported consequently, depreciation
keeps pace with the quantity of emission,
and articles for which it is exchanged rise
to greater ratio than the sinking value Of
the money. Wherein, then, is the farmer,
the planter, and artisan benef,ede The
debtor may be, because, as have observed,
he gives the shadow in lieu of the substance,
and in proportion to his gain the creditor or
body polite suffer. Whether a legal tender
or not, it will, as has been observed very
truly leave no alternative. 1t must be that
or nothing. An evil equally great is the
door it Immediately opens for speculation,
by which the least designing and perhaps
most valuable part of the community are
preyed upon by the more knowing and Graf
ty spectators. But, contrary to my inten
ton and declaration, am otfering reasons
in support ofmy opinion; reasons, too, which
of all others are the least pleasing to the ad
vocates for paper money. shall therefore
only observe, generally, that so many peo-
pie have suffered by former emissions, that,
like burnt child that breads the fire, no
person will touch it who can possibly avoid
it, the natural consequence Of which will be,
that the specie which remains unsupported
will be instantly locked up.


With great esteem and regard, am, dear


sir, etc, GEO. WAsHNGToN.
Year: 1860

various rooms. The wood and timber work
has pretty much all been removed from the
spot, and nothing now remains but a crushed
and mangled mass of bricks, mortar and
broken machinery. The Pemberton Corpo-
ration have the ruins in charge, and employ
about fifty men in clearing away the rubbish
Their progress, however. owing to the storm
and the difficulties Of the job. has been slight.
The volunteers, who had worked with almost
superbuman efforts for twenty four hours,
were worked out with fatigue, and it became
impossible to hire laborers to prosecute tha
task of exhuming those who yet lie burned
in the rubbish. The smoke is still ascend
.ng from black heaps and streams Of water
from the fire engines from Manchester were
kept on the heated mass.


An inquest was being held, and the evil
dence was very conflicting.


Gov WISE AS A PENMAN.-A letter writ
er from Richmond gives the following infor-
ma,iod in regard to Gov. Wisc's rapidity Of
peumanship:


Gov. Wise, in the character Of a scribe,
surpasses, perhaps, any man living. In
point of rapidity he can only be PARALLEL in
SnoiI H''lt, NHltc WiittuH 10 0itiOSI VA
legible as print had occasion, some time
ago, to copy some writing of his, and did
so page after page as he produced them. |
started when he was about two pages ahead,
though he had to compose while had mere
ly to copy, at the close of the tenth page he
WAS still two in advance. At this stage ha
was called off to dinner, and availed my
self of the opportunity to procure peculiar
style Of pen, which thought would facilitate
the operation. We both set to work again
simultaneously; and though he stopped occs-
sionally to mend his pen (he writes with
quill pen) and now and then walked rapidly
round the room while |, meanwhile, wrote
with all the rapidity of which I was capable,
he wound up at the end of the twenty-ninth
page with the two pages in advance which
he had in the start. | understand he thinks
nothing Of answering twenty five OF thirty
letters day, or rather within the three or
four hours he spends in his office, besides at
tending to other duties and receiving visitors
who occupy much of his time. What a
reporter he would make.