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Year: 1859




few evenings since suppressed OF the Items OF
tecgraphic 10 the associated press which our neigh
bor the Journal cseems very grave offence, and states
that did because the article reflected on the Pres
dent of the United States


1t is true that did throw aside telegraphic item
which protested to give the result thus far of the nves
cations by Mr. Slernan's committee in relation to al
legged frauds in the Navy Department and wherein II was
stated that it ad been proved before the committee that
large sums of money raised and used in Pennsylva
mia for corrupt political purposes, under the immediate
direction of j. CLANCY Jones and President Buchanan.
As matter of course the agents OF the associated press
can have knowledge of what has been proved before
that any other committee sitting In private and with
the seal OF confidence imposed until it makes report
and therefore all the statements by the reporters for the
press rumors and are not only liable to be- but
almost universally very wide OF the truth and the
facts when officially disclosed Beside this the rumors
and reports all political subjects, which compressed
into telegphc items by the agents of the associated
press are either without any foundation, coloed
and distorted aud always have partisan aspect avora
bic to the republican and injurious to the democratic par
ty The wrong and the evil apparent to every osery
ing person. and the democratic press of the country ought
unite in demanding correction of this great abuse
What the Daily Press wants from the telegraph in our
opinion is bef statement of important events and facts
and not the silly twadc made up Of rumos and political
gossip. IN the great desc Of cltos and publishers t9
obtain the 'laest news thoy nayp accented the tragh
thus prepared for and transmitted to them paying for 1t
as though it really valuable general reform is
in opinion demanded that the press may be furn
ished with facts and events of reliable character and
nothing more, in the shape Of tecgmphc dispatches


As to Mr.. Sherman committee we have very great
confidence that he originated it for any object connected
with high purposes of public morals and integriy and
although he may fish up men witnesses who may be
wiling 10 do yQIcnce TO truth, if thereby they can nure
the character the officers Of the government OF other
prominent of the democratic party shall want 10
scan the character of these Witnesses and the motives by
which they acuaied before place implicit reliance
upon the report which may be based upon their estimo
n.y. and shall not certainly anticipate it by publishing
telegraphic dispatches based upon concerning
Its contents We have not the utmost confidence in MIR.
Sherman himself, have reason to believe that
seal Intimacy existed and most likely still exists be-
tween lin aud The ndtSriopg Natteson, of New York,
during the winter of 1867, which, of itso " enough
10 cause men to look we'll to all he says and docs and to
scan the motives by which he is mpelled to act in
IL. Z.
Year: 1859

BY Mr. WILSON A bill to regulate the mileage of
be members of The senatB and House of REPRESENTATIVES
Of the United States


This bill proposes the following scale For any dis
ince less than thousand miles fifteen per mile
for any distance exceeding thousand and less than
twenty five hundred miles, twenty cents per mile and
for any distance exceeding twenty Aye hundred miles,
twenty five cents per mile 70 be computed from the
nearest mail route from the place residence aud pail
now provided by law.


BY Mr., HARLAN A joint resolution to enable GER
tain railroad companies in the Territory of Kansas
procure the right of way.
Year: 1859

THE GREAT EASTERN A FALURE.-The following extract we take from the letter of the London correspondent of the Boston Post:

 "The Great Eastern has fummuxed! The leading journal records its trial trip as 'only a partial success We all know what that means. She rolls like a DOT boise or a log canoe, the decks leak, the iron plates don't fit, the decorations crumble and disappear, and-the worst remains behind-she can only go d little more than half the speed that was expected of herl The very best that can be got out of her under the most favorable circum- stances of wind, water and coal, is thirteen miles an hour. So says some knowing engineers who were on board and who wished and hoped the most favorable result. There is no disguising it. The great hull is worth all it would bring for old iron.'
Year: 1859

A POWERFUL LIGHT.-Dr. Smith, of Rochester, New York, has just perfected a new arrangement for light which Is report cd to be far superior to the celebrated Drummond or calcium light. The light has been placed on one of the locomotives of the Central Railroad, and an experiment. al trip made few nights since. The track was perfectly visible from the machine, for a distance of from twelve to fifteen hundred feet, so that the slightest obstruction could readily have been discerned by the engineer. It was found that man with optics of ordinary power, could, solely by the light

 reflected from the lamp, readily read a newspaper printed in ordinary type full quarter cf c mile from tie locmotiue. This seems incredible. but it is literally true. The distance was carefully measured by a professional engineer who was in the party.
Year: 1859

not take this course. There are very many
Germans who go through their term of study
at University, and take the successive de-
grees, without being drawn into the soul-and-
body wasting life of the out-and-out Bursch.
Then, again, it may be that all Universities are
not like this of Heidelburg, although as far as
my experience extends Il know how it is with
two or three) there is little to choose between
them. Finally, considering the thorough and
extensive education offered by the Universities,
and the immense number of young men who
yearly attend them, it is rather to be wondered
at that no more great men are the result of
such causes.


The career of the corps students is one
which defes all the laws of health and moral
ity, which writes i'll their faces the evidence of
disease and weakness. But their duelling, fool
ish, ridiculous as it appears from every other
standpoint is the physical safeguard which
prevents many constitution from succumbing
under the mode of life which they lead l
mean that they practice necessarily the violent
exercise of the German sword-play, and thus
retain vigor of body which their remaining
habits tend continually to destroy.


1t is curious thing this hollow shell of
system, this decayed old Burschlcben, in which
one may yet distinguish the lineaments of
certain past beauty and chivalry l may find
opportunity hereafter to sketch it in its more
prominent and essential features, as it appears
III Heidelburg, which may be justly considered
the center and headquarters of its influence.
Year: 1859

IT is nm old and true saying that o man
should not marry unless he can support
wife and, from some examples chat wo have
seen, we are beginning to doubt seriously
whether woman can prupently marry unless
she can surport h6sband.
Year: 1859

WOMAN WITHOUT RELIGION.-A man
without religion is at best poor reprobate,
the football of destiny, with no tie linking
him to inGnity, and to the wondrous etor-
nifty that is begun within him; but wo-
man without it is even worse--a flame
without heat rainbow without color, a
flower without perfume. \ man may, in
some sort, tie his frail hopes and honors,
with weak shifting ground tackle, to bust
ness or to the world buta woman without
that anchor called Faith is drift and a
wreck a man may clumsily continue o
kind or moral responsibility out of his rela-
tions to mankind but a woman, in her
parativcly isolated sphere, where affec-
ton, and not purpose, is the controlling
motive, can find no basis for any system of
right action but that of spiritual faith. a
man may craze his thought and brain t)
trustfulness in such poor harborage as
Fame and Reputation may stretch before
him; but woman--where oan SHE put
her hope in storms, if not IN Heaven {?
And that sweet truthfulncss, that abiding
love--lightening them with the pleasantest
radiance, when the worlds storms break
like an army of smoking cannon--what can
bestow it all. but holy soui-tia to what is
above the storms, and to what is stronger
than an army with canuon? Who that
has enjoyed the love of Christian mother
but will echo the thought with energy, and
halloW ID with n teari
Year: 1859

BAcKDrING Mover say of any one who
isabsent whatyou would be afraid or ashamed
to say if he was present. lie of whom you
delight to speak evil" says wise moraiist,
=" may hear of it and become your euemy, or
if he 10 not, you win have to reproach your
self with the meanness of attacking one who
had no opportunity of defending himself
Never listen to those who deal in scandal !;
he who islanders one 10 you. viii ISLANDER YOU
to another" Tale hearers make tale bear
eFs and hence DR.. South said "the tale
bearer and the tale hearer should he hanged
together, the one by the tongue. the other by
the car" z,
Year: 1859

personal LIBERTY. 1T is well to un-
derstand and admit the fact, that sever
al Northern States are fully resolved up
on violating the Constitutional compact,
and setting at naught the Laws of the
land as laid down by our Supreme Court.
The New York Tribune gives us this sum-
mary of bill now passing through the
New York Legislature


PERSONAL LIBERTY BILL.-The Personal
Liberty bill, now pending before our State
Legislgture, at Albany, appears to have
been drawn with great care and skill.
1t has four objects in view. The first is
to prevent any person holding any Office
or special authority under the laws of
this State whether civil or military, from
taking any share or part whatever in the
official execution of the acts of Congress
for the surrender of fugitives from labor.
This object is embraced in the sections of
the bill from the ninth to the twelfth, in
elusive. The second object of the bill,
carried out in the thirteenth section, is to
secure to all residents in this State de-
fence, at the public expense, against any
attempt that may be made to carry them
out of the State, under the claim that
they are fugitives from other States,
bound to labor under the laws thereof.
The third object of the bill is to secure
to all persons so claimed the privilege of
jury trial, upon the point whether or
not they are fugitves from labor, liable,
under the Constitution of the United
States, to be removed out of the State.
The fourth object is totally to prohibit
the holding of any person in this State as
a slave, or the exercise over any person
therein of any right of property, either
by sale, purchase, delivery or otherwise,
We might, perhaps, add, as fifth object
of the bill the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. any
doubt or suspicion which might attach to
it in consequence Of the arbiter dicta OF
| some of the Judges in the Dred Scott
case-the entire right of this State of New
York to admit as citizens persons of Afri
| can descent.


1t is not clear to us that there is any
thing illegal or unconstitutional in this


Bill. But the measure is, of course based
on the full expectation that no Northern
jury will ever allow runaway negro t
be restored Take it either way-be the pro
posed Bill constitutional or not-whethel
the law is to be nullifed by the Legisla
ture or nullified by the juries-at any


rate no Southern master will ever agaiI
recover his fugitive slave from New York
Year: 1859

said, continued Ponsonby; not heed
ing the interruption Sir, | am very
bors. People think l never want any
rest, but that can stand being perpetu-
ally wound up and kept on the go. With
your permission, I'll get into bed, and
without waiting for an answer, into bed
it got,
Year: 1859

DnEss AND CoMPLExroN.-Rose-re car
not be put IN contact with the rosiest com-
piexions without causing them to lose some
Of their freshness. Dark red is less object
ionable for certain, complexious than rosei
red. because, being higher than the latter,is
tends to inpars whiteness to them, in con-
sequence Of contrast Of tone. A delicate
green is, on the contrary, favorable 10 all
fair compilations which are deficient in rsse,
and which may have more impaired to them
without Inconvenience: but it is not as fa4
vorably TO compilations that are more red
than rosy, nor TO those that have a lint, OF
orange mixed with crown, because the red
they add to this tint will be of brick-red
hue, In the latter case dark green will
be less Objectionable than delicate green.


Yellow imparts violet to a fair skin, and
in this view it is less favorable than deli
cate green. To those skins which are more
yellow than orange, it imparts white; bu:
this combination is very dull and heavy for
fair complexion. When the skin is tint
ed more with orange than yellow it can be
made rOseate by neutralizing the yellow;is
produces this effect upon the black-haired
type, add consequently suits brunettes.-
Violet produces contrary effects, impartiug
some greenish yellow to fair compilations;
it augmsnts the yellow tint of yellow and
orange skins. and the little blue there may
be in complexion it makes green. Violes
then, is one Of the least favorable colors to
the skin, at least when it is not sufficiently
deep to whiten it by contrast of tone.


Blue drapsry imparts orange, which is
susceptible Of allaying itself fayorably tc
white and the light flesh tints Of fair COM
plexions, which have already more or less
determined tint Of this color. Blueis, then
suitable to most blondes, but viii not suit
brunettes, since the latter have already 200
much Of orange. Orange is too brilliant to
be elegant; it makes fair compilations blue,
whitens those which have an orapgs tint,
and gives green blue to these CT g yellow
tint.
Year: 1859

ale (Senator Seward) says the Presi-
President of the United States wishes TO
extend slavery. Sir, if l wanted man TO
benefit slavery l would take the Senator
from New York. When he came into the
Senate of the United States ! was in the
other house, and have been there and here
ever since, and he declared not only that he
would maintain opposition TO slavery where
ever it existed, but he would exclude it
from every foot Of ground over which the
flag of the republic foated. He has been
here ten years, and what has he dopeP-
Has he freed negro? Not single one,
unless he has done it clandeslinely. He
has not done it by law. He has not given
given liberty to human being unless he
stole him. suppose he did not do that;
but that is the only way he could do it,
There was no law BY which he could do
it-not one. Has he excluded slavery
from one foot of territory by law where j,
could rightly CO., Not an inch. /.
/ do not fear him upon that question. He
NAV go and tell foolish old men and spins
tiers and old.maids in New. York that he has
done a thriving business in freeing negroes
but he has never freed one. He has never
sanctifed one acre of land TO liberty-no'
an inch-and he never will. These ara
not the people to do it."-(Sepator Toombs


ETSeward is not SO dangerous a fellow
then, ss some would have US believe.
Year: 1859

SYMPATHY OF THE NFRvEs.-When tho
nerves from long habit, have been aceus-
toned TO transmit their messages from dis
tInct parts, and are suddenly cut off from
them, they still retain along their trunks the
sympathetic or sensational actions. Thus,
a man who has had leg amputated will
feel distinctly along the course of the trunk
the nerve sensation from toes which no lon
ger exist. The mind also is influenced by
this; and frequently this peculiar direct
nervous action can only be allayed by tina:
which is negative and reflex. A curious
instance occurred within my own experi-
ence. An old sailor suffered much from
This; he retained his diseased foot too long,
but at last consented TO amputation. knew.
him only with a wooden leg, When he
had his nervous pains, he always called for
hot water, into which he put his wooden
stump. If told Of his folly in supposins
that such proceeding could do any good,
he would become ..enraged, and his parox-
ysms of pain would increase; but if grati-
fed, he took things easy, and the process
actually appeared TO do him good, though,
all must know Tiers could be no rsal beng
fit. Still, here is the .effec. Of mind over
matter Ridge on health and Disease.
Year: 1859

take that outlay into consideration and propose his
terms accordingly The loss must come upon the land
owner


But to the practical sgriculturslst to the man who
has already bought or leased his land and does not own
or want any than he occupies this question is
one of great interest. We know how from the form
alton of these islands, through each mans property If
it Is Of any considerable extent runs not only the
Kings hghrOad, but almost innumerable other path
ways ntersec it and meander through it, each Of which
is as it were. an artery vein through which must
pass, and to greater lesser extent be deposited


the germs of those abomnatons that characterize the
fields of his neighbOr Farmer SlothfuL There is no
safety for the industrious individual so long as
others remain supine. BY effort and outlay he may
succeed in saving HIMSELF but the labor and the ex-
pense is unjusty forced upon him and he lives in q
state of continual irritation not properly belonging to
the nature Of things He ought to have his redress
and in a matter Of much Importance the Law might
very properly interfere if any machinery could be de-
signed to meet the case.


There is need here to go into the question Of the
Whaleshps leaving and throwing us more and more
upon our internal resources The fact of deriving
some advantages from the whaling fleet does not justify
US in leaving other opportunities Of producing wealth
unturned. Whatever can produce, ought to be made
to yield its produce under all circumstances, is the
requirement complied with till the amount produced
has reached its maximum. Such is the received doc
trne relative to material progress How far our land
owners comply with it, by their shOrsighted policy
are acting in opposition to t,-althOugh, perhaps
of them think they very smart to get any returns
at all from lands that they hardly five times in
average fe-time-s question worthy of very serious
consideration. oG.H.
Year: 1859

Robert w Low Der has at last got the money for
bis market site and the City is supposed to be the
owner of that delectablc bit of property. Finding
it impossible to reopen the case with the leastpros
pect of benefit TO the City, the Controller yester-
day drew his warrant for nearly 1899 200, and
redeemed the property sold under LOwber's e1ecu-
ton. The next phase Of the business will be Il
movement on the part of the State to take posses
sion OF twothirds Of the property, which is outaidc
the hnTbOr line
Year: 1859




We bid thee welcome once more -
We hail thy coming with transports of
joy The earth will soon be covered with
vegetation in all its loveliness. Soon will
we hear the songs Of the pretty birds which
cheer Us in our daily labor. No longer will
we be secluded from all that is beautiful
The dEeary winter has passed away. Once
more will we be cheered by the warbles OF
the sweet songters, that carol beneath tn:
! summer sun, and impart pleasure to the
sorrowing heart. We welcome thcc, O
Spring! Thou hast brought the gentle
breeze that waftes to us the delicious odOr
of the sunny south, thou hast brought YER
dure to the trees that cover our pleasant
hills and ravines, the refreshing rains that
water our earth. What more can we aslsof
| thee? We ask for no more than the cool
delicious and refreshing showers of Spring
Ny heart gives thanks to the great aud
| good giver Of all the beautiful thing, Of
earth. Onr hills will soon be covered with
the flowers that grow in great abundance
in these ''wilds." Down the ravine, the
little brook courses its way almost unseen,
for the heavy foliage that droops 50 graceful
ly DER its banks, which are strewn with
gay flowers; it looks the very picture Of
simplicity and loneliness. The verdant hill
tops smile pleasantly upon us, as they
beckon Spring afar off. The trees wave
their graceful tops, as il to give welcome to
the lettering spring. She comes! she
comes with the note of the wild bird as it
sings lazly in the tree; and with the flow
ers that are strewn DER our pathway. The
hedgways show that she hath been there !;
her noisless footsteps have marked the
earth with indclible prints, that seyre to
beautify the earth. Who wishes for spring
to pass? Not |. But its pleasures are
transient; we reach for them, and when
we think we have them safe within our
grasp, they are gone. She passes with glad
footsteps, and tarries but a moment with
each one of us, to say "Good Morning and
is Off again. She will not tarry, but pass
es off as lightly, and gently, as the snow on
the hill top that's exposed to the April sun.
She smiles on us but a moment, and sheds
Il tear on the ruin, and vicissitudes that
have taken. place since her last visit. No
wonder we worship shee. thou ever beauti-
ful and gay, thou fearful and yet lighthcart-
ed fearful, perhaps because thou mark
est the ruin that has befallen us since thou
; vert here before. Light hearted because
thou seest with gladness, the joy with
which we welcome thee. Thou bringest
freedom to US Thou strippest the earth
of her wintry garb, and givest her one
more BETTING it, when thou art here with
try smile.


MISS EVERGREEN.
Year: 1859

While soiourning in San Antonio, I fell
in company with traveller like myself, who
hailed from the Granite State, and had left
his more vigorous latitude to enjoy, for a
season, the change and difference of more
genial cline. A stranger, in strange city,
soon finds the monotonous routine of loung-
ing about town day after day, grow weari-
som and like all mankind in the same cir
cumstances, the effect upon us was soon ex-
perienced; so one fine morning we each
procured Il horse and the necessary equip
ments, and started on an exploration trip of
Il few miles circuit around the city. After
leaving the principal street, we passed on
our right near the river large reservoir
formed by an embankment, or dam, into
which drains from the river and from which
the irrigating canals radiate over the sur
rounding country. Above the gate or main
sluice-way is q conspicuous wooden cross,
which with an inscription below, suggests
to the spectator the usual tincture OF
mystery and superstition, with which this
country abounds. On the southern side OF
the town at the extremity of the street lead
ing from the main Plaza, is the Grave Yard
for the United States Troops, and as we
passed by we noticed the air of ncatness as
well as the taste displayed in the arrange
ment of the grounds; the marked precision
of care in setting out the shrubbery and
trees. Some of the monuments We're very
neatly executed, and as we rode by We
thought it beautiful spot, just far enough
to be away from the noise and hustle of the
city and still near enough for citizens to
visit and loiter among its sacred precincts.
A few rods farther on we came in sight ol
the residences of the officers of the army,
then the camp and barracks of the troops
| did not learn the number Of troops sta
toned here; they are constantly changing
about as directed and distributed among the
forts, this being the head quarters and
claims the residence of some Of our best
Officers, among whom stands the most con-
spicuous, may be mentioned Gen. Twiggs
well known for his many gallant achieve,
ments.


The residences of the officers are built Of
wood, with regularity and neatness which
commands general observation; and their
verandas and terraces are surrounded by
shaded walks among the shrubbery and in
the gardens, that impart an air OF case and
comfort to the traveller as he passes by
AS We left these play-things Of Govern,
mcnts, we came in sight Of another Of those
structures of antiquity so common to this
country, (the Mission Conception.) As We
left the road, our course towards it lay
through dense growth Of weeds nearly as
high as our heads, the blossoms of which
resemblcd our Sun-howers very much in
appearance; as we came nearer we found il
10 belong to th,t class Of architecture com