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Year: 1860

CHIrAGo, May Ia.
An informal gathering without organization
whatever. of the German Republicans from
different States. took place to-day, to consult
about the best manner to secure the largest
possible support on the part Of foreign born
citizens for the nominee Of the Chicago Con
vention. The result arrived at was to endeav-
or to obtain from the Republican National
Con vention plank in the platform recogniz
ing the perfect equality ami protection Of all
citizens at home and abroad. and declaring
against the extension Of the present term Of
naturalization. and against any discriminat on
between native aud adopted citizens to
the qualification Of voters.


There was no consideration on the idea Of
holding during the setting OF the National
Convention meeting with no favor.


The hes. Of feeling prevailed, and a determi-
nation to do all in their power to secure Re
publican victory in November.


Chase, Seward. Lincoln or Wade were the
Presidential preferences of the gentlemen
Drpsput
Year: 1860

The Steamer Bay State All HIght.


ToRosTo, May IA.
The steamer Bay State was finally got off
Yesterday and came into port but little injured,
and will resume her trips immediately.
Year: 1860

ASSUMES TO JuDeE.-The Express assumes
to say that some of the delegates, admitted
at Baltimore were bogus delegates. Every
man' at all acquainted with Democratic
usages, knows that they were regular dele
gates But, aside from all that, we would
like to know whether it was the National
Convention that had to decide who were lie,
gitimates or the Express. We think it was
the province Of the National Convention.
Year: 1860

ACCIDENT TO THE STEAMER CuAMrIoN.-
learn, says the S. F. Herald. from a gentle
man who arrived by the Golden Age, that
the steamer Champion hence for New York,
struck rock in the Sraits of Magellan, and
had to be twice beOched for repairs The
steamer which connected with the Golden
Age spoke the Champion in the Atlantic.
and received the above intelligence
Year: 1860

Tue New York Times says: The seceders
have acted with a good deal more malice
than wisdom. 1t was supposed that they
would select a candidate from the extreme
South, in order to carry, beyond peradven
ture. the cotton States, leaving Douglns to
make such fight as he could in the North,
and thus to carry the election into Congress.
But they have taken candidate too tho
roughly identified with the Administration
to Ge popular anywhere, and not sufficiently
strong at the South to be certain of any
Southern State
Year: 1860

Tie night is Ger the land


And darkness rules the hour,
Yet sink not down, poor soul


Beneath the gloomy power.
a mist tlims the blue sky,


Dim clouds wrap up the moon--
But wait in patience-wai and pray
1t will be morning soou.
Hope told thee tickle tales,


Time grinds thy dreams to dust
The glittering dross Of wealth and fame
Has turned to yellow rust
Grim fortune sncers, and deigns thee not
Even her mcancst boon;
But chez" thee up, there's light above;
And ill be morning soon.
The darkest hour is always near


The breaking of the day
And heavy shadows cling around
The shining rivers way!
AID blackcr is the forest depths


When midnight stars illumc
The trees broad tops-so be not said
1t will be morning soon
Walk well thy path with patient trust,
That all will be for good,
To those who have with prayer and faith
Gods system understood;
And bow not down, thou craven head,
Ard at misfortune croon---
Look bravely up to hills of light,
1t will be morning soon
Year: 1860

and shrunken that even Cupid would acarcdt
know lis own victims.


ono, Simon, do not want you to avoid q
lady bccati,c she is rich, if she is worthy III
other respects but what | would impress
upon you is, that you sholud not seek her for
hor wealth alone. The priceless affections Of
the heart, which adorn and cnnohle humani-
ty. are to be bartercd for gold. The del
lar is net tho yard stick, so to speak. Of hui
man happiness, and he or she who makes it so
will have purchased misery. Money is per'
ishahle and ends with lifc---often before
but the qualities of head and heart are in
finite and immortal they range throughout
the universe they live beyond the tomb
they are the undying parts of man and woman;
and when see a rational being oblivious Of
these for gold, | lament that humanity can
so far forget itself and sink so low. You
cannot bold, then, my dear Simon, in toe
great adherence, the character of the for
tune-hunter-thc man or woman who would
put moneyed value upon the heaven-born
qualities of our nature. That was a sublime
remark made by a stakebound martyr to a
rich tyrant: Sire there is one thing which
your gold cannot buy for you-a good heart
nor can all your treasures equal the worth
of good conscience,
Year: 1860

The landlord of the inn at Lock Inver
charges you half guinea for fishing in the
lock, the fish caught to be given up to said
landlord! So that you not only pay to be
this worthy's servant, but if you order any
of the fish you have landed to be produced
at your dinner, you will have to pay fol
eating as well as for catching them,


One Robert Fleming says in a Missis-
sippi paper, that, if he is asked whether
he is willing to be placed on level with
the Northern rabble, his answer is nay
Bob seems to be nay-Bob.


II declare MOTHER" said a pretty little
girl, in pretty little way, "tis too bad
You always send me to bed when am not
sleepy; and you always make me get up
when l am sleepy! =


The gentleman who got intoxicated with
delight has been turned out of the temper
ance society.


An editor in the interior of Tennessee
thinks that Memphis is disposed t. be out.
rageously boastful. No doubt she is very
advantageously situated for playing the
game Of "bluff." ~


Where are you going? Asked little
boy of another who slipped down and had
fallen on the icy pavememnt. "Going to
get up was the blunt reply. ~
Year: 1860

The great aim and object of life, both
in this world and in future state is hap
piness. The way to be happy is to be con.
tented; and as those virtues which are cul-
tivated in our youth are more likely to
blossom and bear fruit in after life, we
wish to point out to those who have the
care of children that, next to the control
of temper, without there can be no such
thing as happiness, they should teach con-
tentment. How disgusting it is to others,
as well as misery to oneself, to have child
continually crying for something it has not
got; but this is not so much the fault of
the child as the parent. 1t has never been
taught contentnent.


1t is the duty of all 10 examine their
own conduct, and correct their errors, re-
pressing those faults to which they are
prone, and resolving to cultivate those vir-
tues that they find they are defective in.


But it is also the duty of parents and
teachers to point out those defects to the
young; and how can they chide child
for doing what they themselves are guilty
of. ee.


G In conclusion, we would point out that
in education, thocultivation of the heart
must keep pace with the cultivation of the
mind, or we shall look in vain forthat hap
piness which should spring from learning
alone, without virtue, can never give u.s.
The What Not.
Year: 1860

Walker was shot and suffered the PEN
atty in the old Plaza de Armas, which
communicates with the mole on which he
disembarked on the morning of August
9th. Those who have been pardoned still
remain in Truxillo, while vessel is prepar-
ing to take them back to the United Ssates.
They are very well treated, and even ladies
Of the highest rank, forgetting the fatigues
Of their recent flight, assist the sick and
wounded. The force of the Government
comport themselves with so much proprie-
~, that even foreigners admire their sub
ordination.
Year: 1860

EA wager of pair of seven dollar
boots has been made in Lynn Mass, on the
result of the State election in Pennsylva-
MIA condition of the bet being, that the
boots shall be delivered at one of the pub
lie squares in Lynn, where, after the deliv-
cry, the loser shall present the most assail-
able part Of his person to be booted by the
winner BY way Of penalty for the folly of
making such bet. a'a DO II -
Year: 1860

The Board of Directors accept Professionally any
privilege conferred Ais Association by
the law under which the is formed the adoption
any ordinance of the Legislature City Council
the final acceptance If any such power privilege sha
be determined by of majority in Of the Stock
holders.
Year: 1860

RULES FOR SELF-GovERNMENT.-By a pru-
dent old Gent1eman.-Always sit next to the car
yer, if you can, at dinner.


ASK no woman her age.


Be civil to all rich uncles and aunts


Never joke with policeman.


Take no notes gold with you to fancy ba-
zaar-nothing but silver.


Your oldest hat, of course, for an evening party.
Never contradict a man who shutters


Make friends with the steward on board steam
er; there's no knowing how soon you may be placed
in his power.


Keep your own secrets-tell no human being
you die your whiskers.


Write not one letter more than you can help.
The man who keeps up large correspondence is a
martyr, tied not to the stake, but to the post


Wind up your conduct like your watch, once
every day, examining minutely whether you are
''fast" or "slow"
Year: 1860

Tue CRoPs,-The Wheat crop in this county,
Cleaveland and Mcdowell, will be an average one
in quantity, and No. in quality. About one
half of the crop is already harvested, and in week
more, should favorable weather ensue, nine tenths
of it will be in the shock or under shelter The
prospect for corn was never better at this season
of the year.-Rutherto,x1to Enquirer.
Year: 1860

THE WAR WITH CHINA.-It is predicted that
the war of England and France with China will
be long, desultory and unproductive. The defeat
of the British fotilla last year has elated the
Chinese beyond measure, and they have made
extraordinary preparations for the coming contest
The vastness of the population, if it offered
no resistance, would render an armed occupacy of
the country almost impractcable the occu-
pacy of the Pacific. Nothing would belong to the
invaders but such waves of this great ocean of
humanity as might be just under their heels. To
blockade few ports and hold some important towns,
will be all that can he accomplished. The idea Of
going to war seriously with this enormous and
absurd mass of humanity, is beneath the dignity
of England and France. 1t will be as troublesome
as pig driving, with drover to thousand swine
Year: 1860

In the 10Th VOL of Iiowards Reports, page 395,
1t is stated that the Supreme Court of the United
States decided in the Dred Scott case as follows:


1. "The territory thus acquired by the people
of the United States for their common and equal
benefit. through their agent and trustee, the Fed
eraI Governments, Congress can exercise no power
over the rights of persons property of citizen
in the territory which is prohibited by the Consti-
tuition. The Government and the citizen, when-
the Territory is open to settlement both enter
it with their respective rights defined and limited
by the Constitution


2. "Coneress have no right to prohibit the citi-
of any particular State or States from taking
up their home there, while it permits citizens of
any particular State States to do Nor has it
a right to give privileges to class of citizens
which it refuses to another. The Territory is ac-
quired for their equal and common benefit, and if
open to any must be open to all upon equal and
the same terms"


8. every citizen has right to take with him
into the Territory any article of property which
the Constitution Of the United States recognizes
as property" =


4. "The Constitution recognizes slaves as prop
erty, and pledges the Federal Government to pro-
tect it. And Congress cannot exercise any more
authority that description of property than it
may constitutionally exercise over property Of any
other kind"


5. The act of Congress, therefore, prohibiting
citizen of the United States taking with him his
slaves when he removes to the Territory in ques-
tion to resde an exercise of authority over pri-
vate property which is not warranted by the Con-
stitution and the removal of the plaintiff by his
owner to that Territory gave him no title to free
dom


g. "While it remains Territory Congress may
legsate it within the scope of its constitution
al powers in relation to citizens of the United
States and may establish territorial government,
and the form of this local government must be
regulated by the discretion of Congress-; but with
powers not exceeding those which Congress itself
by the Constitution is authorized to exercise over
citizens of the United States in respect to their
rights of persons of property. -
Year: 1860

and certify and transmit sealed to the seat of Govern
mcut of the United States directed to the President
the Senate the President of the Senate shall in the pre-
sence of the Senate and House Of Representatives
all the certificates aud the votes shall then be counted
the person having the greatest number of votes for Pres
ident shall be the President, il such number be ma
iority of the whole number of electors appointed


And if no person have such majority then from the
persons having the highest numbers, not exceeding
three OH the list OF those voted for as President the
House of Representatives shall choose Immediately, by
ballot the President but in chosng the President the
votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from
each State having vote; quorum for this purpose
shal consist OF member members from two thirds of
the States, and majority Of all the States shall be
sary to a choice and if the House of Representatives
shall not choose President whenever the right choice
shall devolye upon them before the fourth day of March
next following then the Vice President shall act Pres.
dent as in the case of the death other constitutional
disability of the President The person having the great
est number of votes rs President shall be the Vice
President if such number be a majority Of the whole
number of electors appointed and if person have
majority. then from the two highest numbers on the list


the Senate shall choose the Vice PRESIDENT quorum for
the purpose shall consist Of twOrds OF the whole num-
ber of Senators aud majority Of the whole number shall
be necessary to choice. But person constitutional
Ineligible TO the office Of President shall he eligible to
that of Vice President OF the United States
Year: 1860

that sound body necessary
requisites promote oonnuba happiness Indeed without
the journey through life becomes pilgrimage the prospect
hourly the view the mind becomes shadowed with
pair filed with the melancholy reaecno that the happiness Of
another becomes bughted with own.
Year: 1860

ANOTHER MoNoPoLY. = The Benson Water
Company has, it is said, secured the privilege
of supplying the city of San Francisco with wa
ter, for many years, from the only source from
which the city can ever be supplied with suf-
ficiency of that indispensable liquid. If this be
so, then Gov. Downey has permitted monopoly
to be created in the city of San Francisco of a
character infinitely worse than a thousand Par
sons Bulkhead Bills condensed into one And
yet, strange to say, while the papers of that city
have howled like demons over the enormities of
the Bulkhead Bill, they have, with one excep-
ton, not said word against the Benson water
monopoly In view OF these facts, is it strange
that men in the country doubt the honesty of
the press of San Francisco? The veriest fool
must be able to perceive that bill giving a
company a monopoly of the sale of water in that
city, is a thousand times worse than one which
simply places the citys water front under the
control of one man company.
Year: 1860

If there are any persons in this county who
have heretofore been engaged in the manufac-
ture OF spurious liquors, wines and elders,
advise them to stop the business instanter.-
There is now a law upon the statute book which
provides that the maker or vender of such arti-
cles SHALL upon conviction thereof, before any
Court of competent jurisdiction, be fined for
each offence, in any sum not less than twenty
five dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars,
to which shall be added the same fees and costs
as are taxed and allowed in other criminal
cases and further, that, if the party convicted
fail to pay the fine imposed he shall be impris-
oned in the county JAIL at the rate of 81 day.
until the amount of the fine is covered such
Imprisonment, however, not to last longer than
six months. The second section we give entire:
Upon affidavit being made before any Justice
of the Peace that the party making such affida-
Wit has reason to believe that adulterated aco-
| hoic or spirtuous liquors, wines, cider, beer or
other liquid used as beverage, are being i'm
ported, manufactured sold, as described in
the first section of this Act an order shall be
issued authorizing the seizure by any officer or
by the State Gauger, and it is hereby made their
| duty to seize any amount not exceeding one
gallon of the liquor or other liquid, as afore-
said, for the purpose of testing the same, and
the testimony of any competent chemist or ex-
aminer shall be received in any trial arising un-
der the provisions of this Act.


The third section provides that no man con-
| victed of the above named offence shall ever
import, sell, or dispose of liquors, wines or cider
again in this State, and no license shall be is
sued 10 him.
Year: 1860

Wandering along a waste
Where once city stood,
| saw a ruined tomb,
And in that tomb an urn,-
A sacred funeral-urn,
Without name or date,
And in its hollow depths
A little human Dust
Whose dust is this, | asked,
In this forgotten urn?
And where this waste now lies
What city rose of old?
None knows its name is lost;
1t was, and is no more;
Gone like wind that blew
A thousand years agol
Its melancholy end
Will be the end of all
For, as it passed away,
The universe will pass!
Its sole memorial
Some ruined world, like ours;
A solitary urn,
Full of the dust of menl


Atlantic Monthly,
Year: 1860

The writer was once called upon TO
pray alta death.bed of a yonng man, who
had put off caring for his soul until tho
last hour. The Sabbath had come, as
many Sabbaths had como and gone,
yainly pleading with him to mako
peace with God--and, this was to be the
last which he would spend on eartn.


At noon Of the day, he was evidently
stricken by death. Many friends had
already taken leave Of him. and when
| went into that chamber, it was plain
that this worlds journey was for him
nearly ended. But be was perfectly
rational, fully conscious of bis state, of
his prospects in the world he was about
TO enter-and anguish had taken hold
of his soul. ~,
|, He was looking for the last time on the
faces about him; and as his gaze was
fixed upon one after another, the express
sion Of suffering upon his countenance,
the agonized, unutterable yearning for
something il was too late to obtain-I
never shall forget. When his eyes met
mine he spoke. They were the last
words we heard him utter, and they
seemed TO come up from one operwhelm
ed in the dark waters" Can't you
pray for me ?" and in the midst of the
broken supplication then offered-with
no sign that he had obtained peace and
pardon from the Redeemer so lopg neg.
lected-he passed beyond tho each of
PRAYER. ....-.. .. .. o..
Years have gone By since then. But
the lesson fixed in some minds bv the
scene, will be remembered forever
That heart must be hard indeed, which
cannot be sohened by the spectacle of a
sinner diving unpardoned. And this
event is recorded here, with the hone
that some one who may read these lines
tho child perhaps of many prayers
yet unanswered-the wayward son or
daughter of pious parents, who with
deep and often fearful anxiety are long
ing and waiting for those dear ones 10
join them in the path TO Ueaven-,he
wanderer who for years has been turn.
ing coidlv away from the moving invita-


lions of Jesus, may be awakened from
This apa.hy-this hardness, this fearful
state.


Reader, are You in any danger of
dying without hope? Are You sighting
gracious offers and waiting for ~ more
convenient season 2" Have yoh ever
sincerely prayed that God for Christ's
sake would mako you his forgiven
child Have yon asked an interest in
the prayers of those who love to pray,
that your sonl may be snved7 BE.
hold, Now is the accepted time, and
now is the day of salvation" ..
Year: 1860

( The Chinese would make the best printers
in the world they are so faithful to the cory
set before them. If you employ Chinese
cook, who is unacqumnted with an Amerl-
can dish, nnl the housewife proceeds to show
him Ly example how to make it, lac watches
her every nioyemept with the most carefnl
at,entiyeness. until she is through, aud, at
forwards II he has to make that dish over
Thousand times, he will do it in precisely
the one identical manner. and no other. He
will never vary in the process If he could
just MS well mix the sugar and eggs first and
boil the water afterwards, he will never re-
verse the process Of the pattern set before
him, and, as the housewife first boiled the
water and then mixed the eggs and sugar,
so will he first boil the water and then mix
the eggs and sugar to the crack Of doom.


Instances of this religious devotion to the
duty Of following copy have doubtless been
noticed by the most Of our readers, who
have anything to do with the Chinese, a
thousand times But the most remarkable
instance OF it is the one related. not great
while ago, in the eastern papers. a wealthy
New Yorker very much admired a poir of
nankeen ,rowsers worn by friend of his
who had had them made in China. He was
so struck with them, that he was determined
to have a dozen pairs of the same kind made
to order hy Chinese tailor. So he bor>
rowod the trowsers from his friend and sent
them to the Land Of the Ceestials, with an
order to a celebrated Chinese tailor to fur
nish the material and cut and make out Of it
a dozen pairs just like the pattern sent In
due time. the package of nankeen trowsers
arrived, and 10 every one Of them had a
small patch directly on the seat of honor
The pattern sent to the tailor had been
patched in that locality. on account of
hole which had been worn through and the
Chnaman true to his nature, was found to
have that patch in the new pairs, at all
hazards, and if he had been making a thou
sand it would have been the same


Another instance is related to US by
lady. A friend of hers once sent to China
an order for a tea-set, accompanied 10y cup
from the rim Of which a very small piece
htd been broken, aud in such a manner as to
leave a notched appearance. Every cup Of
the new set when it arrived from China,
hai notch in IT,


The only instance of shortcoming in the
matter Of this minuteness of imitation by
the Chinese hat we know Of is that of
lady who sent for set Of porcelain to Chi
na, with finely executed picture of a scene
from Waller SCOTS Lady Of the Lake. Il
was representation of Helen Douglas push
ing ber boat from the shore into the lake, ON
the approach Of James Eiz james, King If
scotland, who was then wandering throu. h
the Highlands iucog. The porcelain arrived.
and it was beautiful; but, instead of the
lovely Helen Douglas.in her tiny boat, there
was a gaudily painted Chinnwoman in
clumsy Chinese junk. The fair owner of
he porcelain laughed consumedly over the
circumstance, but values the property all the
more for the aLsurdty connected with Its
history.
Year: 1860

SNow.-Col Lewis informs us, says the
Beacon of wednesday, that he hes returned
within the last few days from an attempt to
cross the mountains on the trail from Teha
ma to Nome Cult. lie says there is more
snow on that trail than has ever been seen
before, and it will be impossible to travel to
or from until it NETS
Year: 1860

LAST week at Sonora, the examination Of a
number Of Cinnamon and Chiunwomen for
the murder of Stone, resulted in the commit.
ment of 70 Pee, a most desperately villain
GUS looking Celestial to the county Jail on a
charge Of murder
Year: 1860

Tnr new cargo of japanese goods is being
sold at auction at fuckers Academy Of Music
in San Francisco. The goods are said to lie
much superior to any before brought from
Japan to this market The swords are of the
best steel and fnish.