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Year: 1860

MARRIAGE FOR PRoFT-Mrs. Childs il is, we
believe, who said she never saw a marriage ex-
pressly for money that did not end unhappily.
This is, we fancy, the experience of all close Oh
servers Of life and its ways Yet managing moth
ers and heartless daughters are continually play
ing the same unlucky game. Mrs. Childs thinks
that men more frequently marry for love than
women, perhaps The former have q free choice
the latter have not mostly, How large por.
tion of women marry only becnuse they think
they will never have better chance, and dread
becoming dependent The nuthoress we have
quoted is right when she says. "If may Judge
by observation, marrying for home is n most
tiresome way of getting living"
Year: 1860

YouR MOTHER WAS My FRrEND.-N. p. Willis
writes as follows, from Boston. to the Home
Journal:


81 could not but feel yesterday, as walked
the streets of Boston-a stranger on the thorough.
fare which, in former days, had trodden daily
that some provision should have been made, in
the well considered laws of civilized politeness,
for the claiming, from the present bearer Of any
recognized type Of beauty or expression, even
when a generation has passed away, the ac-
quaintance one had enjoyed with the previous
possessor of that face and that expression. To
meet a fair young creature-as you would walk
along. after years absence the streets of the city
you have never before seen, who is advancing
towards YOU, to know well from what heart
(now still in death, perhAps) the Hfe-blood Of
her loveliness was drawn, TO see in the chld's
face the mother once known--yet be compelled
to pass by as n stranger! Should there not be
entail Of life's tender memoriesi Might it not
be consistent with good breeding-an etiquette
of the heart-to approach with offered hand, and
claim greeting (even from fair one whose
own eyes have never before rested on you) with
the brief introduction


Your mother was my friendl"
Year: 1860

Hate not II Is not worth while. Your life
is not long enough to make It pay to cherish i'll
viii or hard thoughts toward any one. What if
that man has cheated you, or that woman has
played you false ? What II this friend has for
saken you in your utmost confidence, your
warmest love has concluded that he prefers 10
consider aud treat you rs q stranger9 Let Il all
Pass What difference will It make 10 YOU in
few years. when you go hence to the "undiscov-
cred countryi" AL who ilktreat you now will
be more sorry for 1t then, than you, even in your
deepest disappointment and grief. can be. ..e


Do not commit the folly of hating, of feeling
revenRefnl toward the frail beings for whom, II
you are true child of God, yoar soul is vet to
yearn in agonizing pity, or to burn with quench-
less love . ..H.. -.....-..


A little while, and all MISUNDERSTANDING, diff
ferences, and heart. burnngs, are 10 be over for
ever; and how You will then regret that YOU
had an unkind thought Of any human being


when one, who is your enemy, or worse, your
ungenerous and untractable foe, refuses TO favor
you, or makes thrust at your interest o. your
feelings, II you feel the motions of that revenge
fnl tiger that has bis lair in every heart; if he
lif himself up and shake his fierce head and say.
" Beware have It in my power to bring YOU
fOrcibly to terms. or at least sorely to punish
you," hold that tiger down He is a child of the
devil, and his business is to tease you, and to
drive you to rend and destroy Listen not TO
him, bnt look upon the one he asks for his vic
tim, and say: "He is but dust and ashes as
am. His heart has its own burdens and sorrows
though hiS1yes now have that hard and steely
light, and though their glances are cold as ice
when they turn on me, yet they have went tears
of anguish. and they viii weep again before
they close forever. He will have enough To
bear let not me torment him. When we stand
in Judgment before God if his doom is to go in
to banishment how thankful shall be that |
forgave the wrong he did me- or that did not
add feather to the trouble Of his life; and IL
he and are welcomed to the Holy City, surely.
then, shall rejoice that / avenged not myself
against him. II may be hard now to love when
l am not loved, it may be a struggle freely TO
forgive, but it Is not worth while to do aught
else for the dying should never contend with
the dying, nor be anything but patient and pitt
ful with each other. And verify, we are all
worms together, and soon we shall be hidden to-
gether in the earth"


few more smiles, n few more tears. some
pleasure. much pain; little longer hurrying
and worrying through the world, some hasty
greetings, and abrupt farewells, and our play
will be played out" and the injurer and injured
will be led away, and ere long forgotten. Is it
worth while to hate each other s-Neto York
Evangelist
Year: 1860




SUppES DEANs-Dr Hall. in his journal of
Health, says that very few of the sudden deaths
which said to arise from diseases of the heart.
do really arise from that cause. Toascertain the
real origin of sudden deaths, the Doctor says the
experiment has been tried in Europe and report
ed to a scientific congress held at Strasbnrgh-
Sixty-six cases of sudden death were made the
subjects Of post 'nortem examination. In these
cases only two were found who died from disease
Of the heart. Nine out of the thirty.six died
from apoplexy. while there were forty-six cases
Of congestion Of the lungs-that is, the lungs
were so full of blood they could not work, there
not being room enough for sufficient quantity Of
air to enter TO support life The Doctor goes on
to enumerate the causes that may produce con-
gestion Of the lungs They are cold feet tight
shoes; tight clothing; costive bowels; sitting
still until chilled through after being warmed by
labor or rapid walk; going too suddenly from
q close heated room into the cold air, especially
after speaking, and sudden depressing news ope-
rating on the blood. These causes of sudden
death being known, an avoidance Of them may
serve to lengthen out valuable lives, which
would Otherwise be lost under the verdict of a
heart complaint The disease is supposed to be
inevitable and incurable, and hence, men may not
take the pains they would to avoid sudden death,
II they knew it lay in their power.
Year: 1860

NOBLE SENTIMENr.-Some true heart gives
expression to its generous nature in the following
beautiful sentiment:


Never desert friend when enemies gather
around him when sickness falls on the heart
when the world is dark and ehecrless is the
time to try friend. They who turn from the
scene of distress, betray their hypocrisy and
prove that interest moves them. II you have q
friend who loves you. and studies your interest
and happiness, be sure to sustain him in adversi-
ty. Let him feel that his former kindness is ap.
preciated, that his love is not thrown away
Real fidelity may be rare, but it exists in the
heart. Who has not seen and felt its powere-
They deny its worth who never loved a friend
or labored TO make friend happy"
Year: 1860

Happiness and peace have departed and mis-.
cry and mothers in law have arrived and the
only hope remaining, is that these personages will
fight themselves and kill each other, or get mar
ried again, and move to the city of Jericho.


Independent Of these causes, late hours on the
part Of the husband, and neglect of home by the
wife, tend greatly to make it unhappy; and
where there is distrust and cruelty from him,
Joined to ha;efulness and gabble in her, there
will always be sufficient racket and bang kept
up TO cause the of the uninitiated to hum till
the crack Of doom.


"Oh wouldn't you like to marryi"
Year: 1860

'IEEFFIoAcY OF THE MORAL INSANITY QuEs-
TIoN IN SPAIS.-The "moral insanity" dodge
does not do well out of America. A Spauard
of excellent family and good income was re-
Gently before the Tribunal of Correctional
Police of Rochefort, charged with stealing
silver spoon and fork from the table of the
Hotel du Bacha in that town. The crime was
proved, but his advocate contended that he


ought not to be condemned, inasmuch as he
had committed the robbery under the in
fiuence of monomania, which he could not
resist. In proof of this the learned gentle
man stated that in Spain, for numerous rob-
berries of the like kind, he had been con-
demned altogether to not fewer than thirty
two years imprisonment but in considera-
tion of his mental infrmity, had been par
doned by the Crown. He stated, too, that
though unable to abstain from stealing, the
prisoner never sold tho articles abstracted,
but kept them for time and then sent them


back, carriage paid, to the owners. AS q
further proof that the unfortunate man was
not a theft, but a monomaniac, the council
mentioned that when he came into France he
was charged by friend to remit ll,00of 10 a
banker at Marseilles and that he executed
the mission with, the stricte3t fidelity, but
could not tresist stealing silver fork at table
d'hotel Notwithstanding all this, the tribunal
| held that the tnonomania was not sufficiently
proved, and condemned the prisoner to Eve
years imprisonment 5l FHt 81
Year: 1860

A Horse THIEF AT FAULT.-A few nights
since pedlar stopped at n house in Napa
Valley. and turned his horse into the field.
He looked to be a splendid animal, which
he is; he is spirited and knows his master,
and will scarcely submit to be ridden by
another. Some horse thief espyng him
approached him in the night, placed a sad.
die and bride upon him and mounted him,
but from all appearances did not sit on
long. The ground was considerably tram
pied over, showing that there had been a
long struggle between the horse and the
thief, but the former won, for when morn
ing came the horse was still in the field and
his master was the richer by the saddle and
brille that were upon him.
Year: 1860

CONTRA COSTA FAIR.-The Gazette says
that the Cattle Show and Fair of the Contra
Costa Agricultural Society was exceedingly sue
cessful and satisfactory to all parties interest
ed. This is the second exhibition by the Soci-
ETY., which is represented as prosperous and in
creasing.
Year: 1860

The Republican papers say Old Abe is
"cold water man." So great is his admiration
of cold water that when he kept grocery he in
variably poured large quantities of it in his
whisky barrel.
Year: 1860

Pomeroy-Western Reserve and Central
Ohio-The Contrast--Inauguratio
state House-Democratic Convention
U. 3. senator.


CoLUMBus, Jan. a. 1860.


This morning opened with a splendid
fall of snow, which carpeting the ice
covered streets, has made fine sleighing,
and the merry jingle of the bells has
been the music of the day. II has again
turned cold, and standing as this city
does, in the midst of level country, un-
sheltered by hill or forest, and in it's
Northern location relatively to our own
"beloved' Pomeroy, it is cold indeed.
By the way, that same Pomeroy is not
appreciated by its own citizens, nor its
many advantages known to those of
other sections. The conviction has been
forced upon us, from much that we have
seen and heard, that there is not more
favored county in the State than little
Meigs. It is true that her territory is
small and much of the surface rough and
broken; it is true that nonelof the pub
lie works of the State, for the payment
of the interest Of the money for which
they were constructed she is severely
taxed, ever touched her borders; it is
true, too, that no railroad winds its iron
track through her valleys, and the sound
of the ponderous locomotive never ech-
oes from her hillsides. All this is true
and yet in substantial prosperity and
material progress we are quite sure she
is not surpassed by any other county il
the State.


The Western Reserve has her fine
dairy farms and industrious, intelligent
virtuous and, therefore, thrifty popula
tion. But with a frost at one season ano
drought at another, depending, as i
does, almost exclusively upon the foreign
market for the sale of products, which
are purely agricultural, her people fee
the effects of the seasons and the fuctu
ations of the markets in manner un
known to us.


So, too, with the central and western
sections of the State. When their an
nual haryests are sent to market, ther'
is no other channels by which money i
returned to them. They tread in per
petual circle. The merchant brings hi
stock of goods from the East, which ar
purchased by the farmer. IF the seasol
is good all turns out well enough TIL
wheat and corn, and beef and pork, whel
sold, pays for the merchants goods, bu
| the merchant Immediately transmits tn
last dollar Of it for more goods, to b
Year: 1860




A LADY SERIOUSLY HURr.-On Sunday evening,
at the corner of Royal and Canal streets, horse,
which had frantcally broken away from a car
riage and was running off, ran against and knocked
down lady who was crossing; and some Of the
flying harness catching in her dress, she was drag
ged short distance and badly hurt. It was Mrs.
Batter, wife of the druggist at the corner Of Dau
phine and ST. Peter streets. She was promptly
picked up, placed in carriage and taken home.
1t was at first supposed that she was dangerously
injured. The runaway horse was afterward cap
tured in the Second District and returned to the
stable of his owner, Mr.. Van Rooten.


Mr.. Robert Wynne, of the Third District, whilst
riding up the leyee on Saturday, met with serious
accident. His horse slipped and fell the side of
his head struck the granite stones as he fell with
his horse, and he was badly hurt, though, we are
glad to hear, not dangerously.


Officer Brennan, Of the First District, discovered
Year: 1860

free trade of nations, and the disastrous conse-
quences which would ensue to the North having no
longer a protected market for her manufactures.


Northern manufactures would be completely ex-
cluded from our market by the successful compe-
tition of the cheapIy produced merchandise
Of Europe. We would longer pay premium
to Northern manufacturers. But he was willing
to this for the sake Of the Union under the Con
sttution. The South could afford to give of her
abundance to the North and SO long as our rights
were respected he should be glad, and advocate
that it be done.


All we contended for was equal rights under the
Constitution. In the event of separation the North
would very soon become suppliant for treaty
stipulations which would secure to her the ad-
vantages of our commerce.. The Northerners
would become the best save-catchers in the world
for fear of our disastrous displeasure, which
would ruin their trading and shipping interests.


So far Mountaineering or stealing negroes as now,
runaway would be unable to get ten miles into
the North, so sedulously active would they be in
| catching him and taking him back to his master,
lest the injurious hostility Of the cotton supplying
and merchandise purchasing South be incurred.
| He prayed that the conflict which now seemed
impending might be fought at the ballot=box. He
| did not plead for the man whom he would fain see
| elected. He hoped that partisan opponents of the
/ South would not plead for theirs But that all
/ would manifest the same willingness which
he felt TO unite upon the most likely to win
the battle at the ballot box That man was
John G. Brccknridge, as any calmly-think-
| ing man must, in his opinion, grant. He
| did not think, and he had enjoyed extended
| advantages of observation, that Douglas had one
chance in one hundred of getting an electoral vote
in any State If the South is beat in New York,
it will be because of Douglas men not going to the
polls OR voting with Black Republicans. The
efforts of fusion in different States was everywhere
prevented, as far as possible, by Douglas, who
told his friends not to fuse under any circum
Stances no matter who might be elected by theil
4 course.
Mr.. Bell would not get Northern State. Della
ware was quite as certain for Breckinridge as Ala
bama was. So was Maryland and so was Virginia
month ago Tennessee would have gone for Bel
by several thousand majority, but it will go fol


Breckinridge by at least five thousand. Kentucky
and Missouri are doubtful States. Bell may carr,


them, but there was reason to think otherwise
: He had travelled through the different State


and gave the results of his personal observation


exclusively.


Mr. Yancey closed with stirring appeal to South
erners to unite upon one man, that the South nigh
present an undivided front to its opponents, an


elect him il we fortunately have the aid of NeY


York. We have given as full synopsis Of his ad


dress as possible and it covers, in brief about th


whole ground of speech more than two hours i
length. We give the tenor, but not the very elo


quent language, of the gentleman's exceeding
| ahla effort
Year: 1860

A TIGER KILLED BY LIoN-A rather singu-
lar episode took place during the storm in the
menagerie of NJ, Hebert, the naturalist, On the
north jetty, at Hayre. A fine royal tiger, which
had been for some days in one Of the cages, had
conceived strong affection for magnificent lion,
and the two animals lived together on the most
friendly terms. On the night in question, whether
the animals became alarmed by the violence Of the
wind, Or whether some cause of quarrel had arisen
place, as when NJ Hebert entered the place in the
morning, he found the tiger strangled and the lion
walking round the dead body with all the triumph
of conqueror.
Year: 1860

Il
Another sad case of suicide by young man, in
consequence of poverty and friendlessness, was
disclosed by yesterday mornings sunrise. The
workmen engaged in building the moresque build |
ings corner of Camp and Poydras streets, were
startled and shocked, upon going to work in the
morning, at the spectacle of young man of light
complexion, cleanly and neatly dressed, hanging
by the neck dead, in the part of the buildings,
near the DOORS on st. Francis street. He had tied
a stout piece of thick hemp rope around oist of
the second story, and tied the other end of the
rope in a hard knot around his neck. His hat,
found on the timbers above, seemed to show that
he had deliberately prepared for the deed up there,
and jumped off after fixing the rope to his satisfac
tion His fall was about twelve feet; his neck was
dislocated and his death must have been instanta-
neous. The body hung there several hours before
the Coroner arrived to cut it down; thousands of
people, in the meantime, foeking to the spot, and
epdeavoring to find out who the suicide was. In
his pocket the Coroner found the only probable
clue to his identity: razor, on the handle of
which was marked !" R. H. Breckinrdge, Texas,
1885, inns Mig ign ~ and might not have beer his us
name.


| The Coroner could not discover who the deceased
was, and his jury rendered verdict of suicide by





it was that of a young man who called upon him,
told story of sickness and distress, and asked for
employment, He had no employment to give.
The young man then asked him for money to get
something to eat suspecting him to be nimpos-
ter the grocer refused the money, but offered him
a loaf af bread. The young man sat down and ate
nearly the whole of the loaf. The grocer then
said, " You are hungry and no mistake" with
which he gave him a half-dollar, and directed him
to neighboring lunch house, where he could get
something better than dry bread The grocer did
not the young man again till he recognized him
hanging dead. From another source we hear that
the young man was by occupation a book-keeper; !;
went to Texas some time ago; failed in finding re-
mnnerative employment; fell sick and was sick a
1 long time; recovered and got back to this city,
still could not find employment; at last went to
| work as a laborer, at hard outdoor work, for o
man up town; could not stand this, being delicate
and unaccustomed to such work; tried again to get
a book-keepers clerks situation and no more
of him was known till his dead body was found
swinging to a rafter in the moresque buildings.
Year: 1860

TRUE YANKEE GRIT.-A young lady from
one of the hill towns in Franklin county is
teaching in Virginia. After the John Brown
affair, notice was given that she should not
have any of her letters from the Post Office
until they had been opened and read in the
presence of witnesses to see if they contained
any 'incendiary matter" She Immediately
went to the Post Office and demanded that her
letters should be delived to her unopened.
The postmaster looked at her a moment, saw
that she meant what she said and delivered her
letters to her. She still remains there teach
ing, unmolested, but says that all that saves
h9r from a coat of tar and feathers is the fact
that she is a woman.-Greenfeid Gazette and
Courier
Year: 1860

GFrom the Washington States and Union Jan. 2sth.]


The ARMY.-The Secretary of War has
ordered one thousand of Joslyn's breech-load-
ing carbines for the use of the troops on the
frontier, as well as to meet the demands which
have recently been flowing in upon their de-
partment for the supply of this style of arm to
the individual States. The test to which this
arm was put by both the Navy and War De-
partments was of the most severe character,
and its patronage by the government is due
almost wholly to the complete success which
attended its trial. This makes, with the five
hundred rifles ordered by the Navy Depart
ment, fifteen hundred of this style of arms
shortly to be in use in the service. They cost
about $50 per gun.
Year: 1860

SKATING AND AMPUTATIoN. Several of
our fair young friends are anxious for us to as
sure their anxious mothers that the sad story
which we lately published of young lady
losing her foot by freezing, occasioned by ex.
posure while skating, is entirely incorrect.
The report had only slight foundation offact.
The young ladies confess that they sometimes
lose their footing, but not their feet We did
not dare to ask whether they lost anything else.
We know OF several young men who met
with great losses upon Mashapaug. They
were consoling themselves, when we last saw
them, by cutting hearts and arrows upon the
ice. 1t shows that when the ice is ever so
hard one may fall into what is more agree
able than water.-ProDidence Journal.
Year: 1860

THE CHILDREN of Zions Methodist Church
announce their annual exhibition for Thursday
evening, Feb. 2. The exercises will be of a
very interesting character, and the proceeds
will be applied to the aid of the society.
Year: 1860

aSE The Baltimore Patriot of December
lst, contains an able article on the call for
National Opposition Convention, to assem-


in Chieago,on the 18th of June next.


he Patriot endorses the call, IN toto, and
ays there is nothing in it to prevent the
entire Opposition of the Southern States
from meeting in the Convention, and join
ing in the formation of platform and pres
idential ticket; that there is nothing in the
call inconsistent with the teachings Of the
Fathers of the Republic. The same paper
trusts that the invitation will be responded
TO with enthusiasm.