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Year: 1859

The Stock Board did to-day, and no sales OF
Stocks have been made upon the
heard In the absence of transactions unable
make any statement of the condition of the market
There will however be meeting of the Board
wednesday,.


The Baltimore Life Insurance Company has declared
semi-annual dividend Of three dollars per share.


In New York to-day of the Stocks the list ad.
vanced slightly but they generally dull and lower
in price The quotations will be found below For Vir
ginia and Missouri 6's the quotations ex dividend.
Year: 1859




In accordance with the terms of the challenge
received and accepted by :he members of the Pick
WICK Cricket Club from the members of the Chesa.
peake Cricket Club, both of this city, ''to play a
friendly game" the eleven players from each Club
met on Monday morning, 4th instant at o clock,
on ground selected about quarter of a mile south
west from Union Square, surrounded by host of
OF friends and admirers of this beautiful athletic
game. The captains tossed up for the innings,
when the Pickwicks won the choice, and sent the
Chesapeakes to the bats, three or four of whom
were bowled out without making a single run,
which was unquestonably fast bowling, and was
calculated to dampen the ardor of the Chesapeakes
but nothing daunted they determined to contest
the strength of their opponents to the last, and
from that to the close of the match the game was
played with great and atten ion but the utmost
exertons OF the Chesapeakes was no match for the
good batting and excellent fielding of the Pick
wickS.
The game was won in three innings, two by the
Chesapeakes and one by the Pickwicks, with the
following result, viz:


Chesapeakes, first inning AZ
Year: 1859

4 PRoPnEcY.-ln lS45, Daniel Webster in a
speech at Faneul Hall, alluding to the settle
ments on the Pacific, spoke as follows


look forward to the period when they will
raise standard for themselves-as they ought
to do-as not so far distant but that many, many
now present, and those not among the youngest
OF us, will see Pacific republican nation, There
will exist at the mouth of the Columbia, or more
probably farther south. a great Pacific republic
"a nation where our children may go for resi-
dence, separating themselves from this govern
ment, and forming an Integral part of a new gov
ernment halfway between England and China
TOO far remote from Europe and from this side of
the American continent to be under the govern
mental influence of either country.
Year: 1859

WHAr RoAsTs DEAD BODY CURES A LIVE
ONE.-Baron Anderson, in a letter to his son.
says have been obliged at last to send for
Sir Benjamin Brodie to see me for my sciatca,
and to day by his order, have been stewed
alive in vapor bath, Dreadlully hot | can tell
you-l40 degrees while hot bath is only %
degrees. Yet it was not unpleasant after all
tor hot air does not burn like hot water, as it
communicates its heat gradually to you air being
what ihey call bad conductor of heat. So, by
lhe Time hot air makes you warm, a perspiration
breaks out and cnols yOu again. People have
been known to bear 400 degrees of heat without
much Inconvenience. Sir Frances Chanirey told
me once he bad gone into the oven where he
baked bis molds, which is heated 10y a nearly red
bot plate at the bottom. lie wore thick wooden
shoes to protect his feet, and flannel dress, and
was able 10 bear it very well. That was heat
that would have baked pie, and yet man alive
would not be heated much above blood heat or
about 100 degrees. Is not this curous?"
Year: 1859

New SENATE REVENUE BUT.-"I 1t divides the
counties into Revenue Districts, co-eXtensive
with the townships that are now, or that may
hereafter be established in the counties IT pro
poses TO create District Assessors and District
Collectors, TO assess and collect the taxes; that
the formula for the assessment shall be prescribed
in the statute itself, so that there can be no mis-
take, if the statute is complied with, about the
validity of tax title. 1t proposes that the poll
tax and the license tax shall be collected by the
District Collector, and that the change shall be
made as soon as the present Tax Collectors 60
out of office that after the next general election
the system shall go into operation"
Year: 1859

"OnI lucy UVth ulcu uoIOEO 9uo uIus


/ staggered back and hurried from the
place. l hardly knew which way l went,
but instinct led me to the churchyard. l
found four graves which had been made in
three years. The mother, wife, and two
children, slept in them. ..-


"And what has done this I" asked my.
self. And voice answered from the lOwly
sleeping places: ..f


"The demon Of the wine table,"


But this was not ell the work. No, no,
The next saw-oh-God, what was more
terrible f! Isaw it in the city court room
But that was not the last-not the last.


| saw my legal friend on the day following
the trial. He said John Anderson was in
prison. fastened to see him. The turn
key conducted me TO his cell, the key turned
in the large lock, the ponderous door with ,
sharp creak swung upon it's hinges, and
saw dead body suspended by the neck from
a grating window looked at the horrible
face l could see nothing Of John Anderson
there, but the face had seen in the court
room was sufficient to connect the two /; ant
knew that this was all that remained o
him that loved so we'll.


And this was the last Of the demons work
the last action in the terrible drama. All
from the first sparkle of the red wine it ha
been down, down, down until the foot O
the hill had been finally reached.
When turned away from the cell, an
once more walked amid the flashing saloon
and revel halls, wished that my voice ha
power to thunder the life story Of which
had been witness, into the ears Of all liz
ing men!
Year: 1859




Thou art growing old, my mother,
And thy brow is marked with care,
All furrcwed is thine aged cheek,
Once beautiful and fair.
Thy soft brown locks are sadly changed,
Chill frosts have settled there,
And touched with many freezing kiss,
Thy gentle flowing hair.
Thou art growing old, my mother,
As catch the half drawn sigh,
Well / know that tears of sorrow
Have bedimmed thy melting eye.
But with gentle light it beameth,
Beameth on me even vet,
With a love that never changeth
Till the sun of life is set.
Thou art growing old, my mother,
Many of our household band
Have before thee, journeyed onward,
To far off ''better land %
But thy voice in tender accents,
Still is falling on my ear,
Sweetly Frightening my pathway,
Which, without thee, were so drear.
Thou art growing old, my mother,
And around thy youngest born,
Shadows gather-darkly gather
Even in life's early morn.
But the blessed Savior spareth



Thee, still to protect thy child,
While the storms of sorrow hover,
Hover DER me dark and wild.
Thou art growing old my mother.
Soon L feel that thou wilt rest
In the "land of the hereafter"
In the regions of the blest.
Who will love me, then, my mother,
When the last life-cord is riven?
Let US pray that both together


God will take us safe to Heaven.
Year: 1859

sW The chief secret of comfort
lies in not suffering trifies to vex one,
and in prudently cultiyating an under
growth of small pleasures, since very
few great ones are let on long leaves.
Year: 1859

CROSSING THE BoTToM OF THE SCHuYLKILL
IN SUBMARINE ARMoR.-A man named Will
son succ assfully crossed the bottom of the
Schuylkill river, from the cast to the west
bank, near Philadelphia, on Thursday. The
exhibition attracte an immense concourse of
spectators, ten thousand probably being pre-
sent. The Ledger says:


About O'Clock, he appeared on the bank.
with his SUIT on consisting of India rubber
dress, covering him up as far as the neck Over
ms was copper covering extending to the
throat, covering his breast and shoulders His
hands were free. the arms covered wi III the In
to prevent the entrance of the water His head
covering consisted OF Il large copper helmet.
Behind was attached a small gutta percha hose
about one hundred feet in length which relc he'd
10 piece OF machinery on board a canal boat
which was worked with q fly wheel, driving
TWO pumps, 10 supply fresh air. Below the
connecting tute was q valve for the escane of
the foul air. a small rope was tied round his
body, one end of which was held by the man
on the canal boat, by means of which the sub
merged man was to give signal in case of acci-
dent. Another rope was also suspended un-
der water from one side of the river to the
other, as guide, which he held on to while
passing over. The pipe for the supply of fresh
river, the canal boat, with the pumps and ma
chinery, accompanied him over and returning
He reached the western side in twenty fl We
minutes from the time of entering the water
The trip back was made in twenty minutes
His progress through the water was intlicat-
ed by slight bubbling and ripping rs he
passed along.
Year: 1859

EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT TO AN ERo-
NAUT.-The Newcastle (England) Chronicle
has an account of an extraordinary fall sus-
tanned by an ieronaut from his balloon which
did not Immediately kill him. though some
time after he died OF the internal injury re-
ceived:


The balloon ascended with great rapiditv
Immediately on being released from restraint.
and as il glided higher and higher, the crowd
repeatedly cheered the UroLaut, who descended
from his cara kind of basket. covered with
red cloth, and containing seats fer two per-
sons-and performed his trapeze exploits to
the half averted gaze of the assem- blage in the
distance. His adventurous achievements were
pretty freely condemned by those whom he
had left few moments previously. and we
can say that it was Il great relief, after seeing
him suspended by the foot from his frail ma
chnery, at a height OF about 900 feet, to per-
ceive that he had taken his seat inside the car


The balloon was TO descend in a clover
field by a farmer and his son, who Were en-
ployed III the adjoining enclosure. The hedge
prevented them seeing exactly what occurred
but there Is no doubt that the ear reached the
ground in safety. There was but very little
wind at the time, and the descent took place in
most favorable situation. There can be lit
tie doubt, however, that the grappling-ron
failed to keep its hold, and that the balloon
dragged few yards along the ground causinp
some of the ballast TO be upset, thus lessening
the weight to be sustained. AT that moment
the daring royGssW seems TO have been getting
out OF the ear, when the balloon, rising with
sudden velocity, caught his feet in the ropes.
and whirled him unexp 1ctedly into the air.
For moment he was seen with his head hang
ing downWards, in the next the rope was dis
entangled. and he fell into the cIoyer,fie]d tA-
meath, distance certainly not less than 100
feet. The persons near HIM Immediately ran
to his assistance; to their surprise he was not
dead, but spoke IN an incoherent manner, COM
planning that he was nearly suffocated with
gas Upon close examination, it was discoy-
cred mat no bones We're broken, or We're there
wounds ofany kind The medical gentleman
IN IN attendance regarded the case favorably, and
the general impression was one of uuboinded
astonlshment that so little injury followed
the catastrophe. The dress of the aronaut was
only slightly soiled, and watch. which was
suspended from his neck at the time of the fsII


was lying on the table by his bedside. and
continued faithfully to record the time.
Year: 1859

The Election of Commonwealth Attorney
for the Circuit Court of Richmond city, will
take place on Thursday next From the nIm-
Der of candidates in the field, our readers can
make selection. The Office is an important
one, notwithstanding the fact that the officer
is poorly paid-about S375 per annum. The
man TO be chosen should not only be well
read lawyer, but an able debater; for he will
have to meet the best talent at the bar. Choose
ye between them
Year: 1859

Letters Of Recommendation, in very many
instances are not worth the paper they are
written on, because of the fact that very few
persons dislike 10 refuse letter when asked
for; and also because some men, in order to
get rid of worthless employees, give them
letters to travel with. SO many frauds have
been perpetrated of late years by means of
letters of recommendation, that strangers who
now carry them, are looked upon with suspi-
cion, and business men seem generally dispos-
ed TO get rid of letter bearers as speedily as
possible On Saturday last, the wreck of
Charles J. Craig was before the Mayor to an
swer for being exposed in a drunken state in
one of the public markets. The prisoner had
evidently been a man of good appearance and
address before he fell prey TO liquor; but
when placed in the criminal box, his eyes
were red and sunken, his cheeks resembled
two blown bladders, his limbs were as shaky
as an aspen, and his entire make up' was that
of an old topper on his last legs. The prison.
er had a letter of recommendation purporting
TO have been written by gentleman in VIM
chester, which gave the bearer an exalted char
acter for honesty and sobriety. Toascertain if
it were genuine, the Mayor had copy of it
forwarded to the reputed author, and COM
mitted the prisoner in default of bail for his
good behavior.
Year: 1859

Worth Rensmbsriag.--Every order by the
Commissioners of Streets of a ward, for the
execution of work, shall be in writing, and
signed by them or a majority of them, and it
shall be recorded by the Superintendent Of
streets, and the record thereof read by him 10
the Commissioners Of Streets generally at
their next meeting-so says the ordinance
concerning streets
Year: 1859

Might School-Teachers have been employed
for the Night School of the Mechanics In
sutute, to commence the second Monday in
November, and continue four months, and an
extra teacher will be in attendance to give
lessons in the art of book keeping. All men,
bers and junior members of the Institutes
who have paid their dues TO the LIST of July
1860, will be admitted to this school free Of
charge. So get your certificates at once
Year: 1859

Tipsy-John Ashby got tipsy last Saturday
night and kicked up shindy In Exchange alley,
for which he was taken up and lodged In the
cage. This morning he Is TO answer for his bad
conduct before the Mayor.
Year: 1859

That man Of his years, whose physical
energies are tasked by travel, and the toll Of
delivering set Grafton SO often rs Mr.. Eve
rett is known to have lepeated that on Wash.
ington, ,--cne whose mental powers are taxed
for the weekly production Of all article meant
for the eyes Of hal million readers, that he
should yet find time for the preparation Of
so admirable an essay on Fianklin's early
history,-is n remarkable instance Of what
great inlcnts can accomplish. 1t is the fash
ion in certain quarters to deny Mr.. Everett
the possession Of great natural abilities; to
praise his taste and his culture, but to declare
that he gives no evidence of talent. Such
energy as he exhibits is talent in itself that
few possess; and let those who think his elo-
quence solely the result of study, attempt to
elaborate one of those splendid flights for
which he is distinguished let them endeavor


to catch the subtle iancies. to embody the nc
bic thoughts, to clothe the profound philoso-
ply that he utters in language as fitting as
melodious, as ornate and glowing as that Of
the orator, and they will perhaps acknow-
ledge that some of the effects of his eloquence
are not such as can be acIured.-N. J. EIp.
Year: 1859

0T Some men profess holy horror of
everything which savors of Democracy,
and yet they are using their best efforts
in such way as to make that party VIC
torious The only party in Kansas capa-
bic of defeating the Democracy is the
Free State party Those who go ont
from it, and try to get up third party,
are those who are answerable for the
triumph of that party if it shall triumph,
and they shall be held accountable before
the public.
Year: 1859

@ We have received quite an addi-
tion to our subscription list at Big Springs
recently. We ought to have fifty subscri-
bers there, and if some friend would in-
terest himself in our favor, we have no
doubt we should have near that number
during the next two weeks. VIII not
some friend take hold Of the matter
Tecumseh City scrip, or warrants on the
Territorial treasury. will be taken in pay
ment at So per annum.
Year: 1859

o. We learn that the bridge over the
Stranger, on the route between here and
Wyandott, is now completed. We are
glad to hear of this, and have no doub'
tho business will be greatly increased
between the two places in consequence.
Year: 1859

0T 1t is said that the Delaware Indians
will receive payment of sixty thousand
dollars from the government in few days.
II they would give us one thousand we
would esteem it quite favor, and would
pass it to their credit.
Year: 1859

tT 1t gives us pleasure to state that
arrangements have been fully consum-
mated for the establishments of first class
book bndery and blank book manufac-
tory in this city. Orders have already
been sent forward for the necessary stock
and material, and the workman is already
with us. He will probably be ready in
three or four weeks to do any job which
NAV be ordered
Year: 1859

0T Money matters are said to be very
stringent in this locality at this time. We
need more capital in Kansas, and must
have it before we shall be as prosperous
as we ought to be. Two or three banks,
if organized on asafe basis, would help us
very much. Money is drawing from
three to five per cent. per month. and none
in market now with these high rates of
interest.
Year: 1859

r The Commissioners to Audit
Claims were in session at Atchison al
last advices. They will return to this city
in few days, where they will hold a
brief session, and then visit Osawato-
unia
Year: 1859

rWe have span of fine horses, a
new covered buggy, and a valuable gold
watch, any or all of which will be sold
exceedingly cheap for cash; also a stone
house and good lot in Lawrence. Who
wants to buy? The house would be
traded for part cash and part brick, or
lumber.
Year: 1859

" The last week has been excessive
ly cold, the mercury falling lower than
at any time during the north Of March.
Grass has begun to make its appearance,
but its growth has been greatly checked.
We pity those who have been out upon
the plains and experiencing the cold north
wsster which has been blowing upon us.
Year: 1859

the old plea Of despolism and unworthy any
man who proissses TO be a Republican.


In conclusion will say that | trust the com.
ing Convention will be actuated by a spirit OF
justice and equity We are all Republicans and
let us act as such We are al labofing for one
common end, let us not tolerate spirit Of caste
among US, spirit that points the finger at a
man saying II am better tbau thou" Such a
spirit is not Republican and must inevitably be
disastrous.


We would have no schism. we would ever be
united, but no union not based upon the Tseogni-
fion Of Ite equal rights of eBsry Republican can
or ought 20 stand, ..I ....f


Let Townships and Wards select their best,
most discreet and dispsssionate men as dele
gates and the result will be harmonious and
beneficial, but il narrow minded men and strife
engenderers be selected the breach will newt.
ably be widened. REPUBLICAN.
Year: 1859

ignorance of the savage who cuts down the
tree in order to reach its fruits but the fact
is, blnnder of this description is made by
every person who is over eager and impatient
in the pursuit of pleasuae. To such, the
present moment is everything, and the future
is nothing he borrows therefore, from the
future at most ruinous interest, and the
consequence is, that he finds the tone of his
best feelings impaired, his selt-respect dim
inished, his health of mind and body des :
troyed, and life reduced to its dregs at a
time when the greater portion of its comforts
should be still before him.
Year: 1859

BIowN UP.-A very nearly fatal accident
happened to our friend, Gen. Allen, at the
Pavilion on yesterday. He was engaged,
as member of the Committee on Wines and
Malt Liquors, in examining a barrel of lager
beer, when terrific explosion ensued, which
caused every bystander to leave the place
with the utmost expedition. As the sea of
foam subsidized and the yapor disappeared,
the General was seen standing by the keg,
his mug in hand, with as serene an air as if
nothing in the world had happened. His
GOODNESS and courage, in the midst Of such
extreme danger, excited the admiration of
every beholder.-Democrat
Year: 1859

LOOKING UP.-Mr. AStOr, IL is SAID, WneR
once fording the Susquehanna river on horse
back, found himself becoming so dizzy as to
be about to lose his seat. suddenly he re-
ceived blow ON his chin from trapper who
was his companion, with the words, "look
rp!" lie did look up and recovered his
balance. 1t was looking on the turbulent
waters that imperiled his life; the blow he
received and the looking up saved it.


A parallel anecdote III reference to car
toon painter at st. Peters, is familiar to
many of our readers. He was working on
platform, so constructed as to enable him
to totch the lofty dome with his pencil.
In order to give the last touches to a figure
above him, he was gradually backing Until
he reached the edge Of the platform. In
moment he would have been precipitated on
the marble floor that lay at an immense dis
tance beneath. Gne cf his associates saw
his peril, and with great presence of mind
threw brush of paint upward against the
almost finished painting. The painter sprang
forward to arrest, if he could, the injury.
He was too late, the picture was ruined, but
the painters life was saved


1t is so often so with ourselves under Gods
discipline. A sudden shock comes to our
persons, or death descends on one of our
friends At the moment, with our eyes fixed
CT self, or some object Of earthly idolatry,
we may be nigh ruin. Then Gods provi-
dence comes and disfgures the idol, or for
chilly withdraws our eyes from the path in
which we were seeking destruction, In
earthly relations we would see in such inter-
positions the presence of not only wise but
a loving friend. Shall we not, when we
consider the relations of the soul, often the
same thing from Gods chastening rod?
Year: 1859

A mans wife died lately in New York, and
upon exhumation of the body not trace of
poison was found in it. This is regarded as
remarkable proof of the advancement of
virtue and domestic happiness in that ex-
emplary city.
Year: 1859

There is something in the lonliness of a
great city which wears upon brain and body
with more oppressive influence than the
solitude Of prairie or a forest. In the prim-
tive haunts of nature, the contemplation of
her works affords never failing source of
pleasure, and begets sense of freedom
which is utterly unknown to the plodders id
the dull routine of metropolitan life; but in
the town the stranger is weighed down by
the sense of lonliness, all the more acute
from the fact that he hourly feels the throb-
bing pulse of life around him, observes it's
working in the BUSY thoroughfares and hears
it's ceaseless echoes, while laboring under the
painful consciousness that he is but a unit in
the swarming mass of humanity that claims
and yet denies common kinship with him.