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Year: 1860

BAD RuMoRs.-The Washington CORES
pondent of the Cincinnati Enquirerer, writ.
ing July 7th, says: Rumors of the most
reasonable and startling character in regard
TO the real objects of the Southern Secession
lists and disunionists, have recently been
made known to prominent politicians of the
South, and overtnres made to them. which
they spurned with indignation. Were | at
liberty to mention their names, in connection
with the traitors who made the advances it
would create the most intense alarm and
sohctude for the stability and continuance
OF our glorious Union. | am no alarmist
but let me admonish the true friends of tbe
Constitution and the country before it is too
late.


A daring, unbridled and unscrupulous set of
madmen, who are continually referring TO
the sagacity the nerve and success of Louis
Napoleon, are the leaders of the movement
now on foot to overthrow the Government of
tins proud and happy country. If success
should attend them in the plot now matured
and to be carried out by the 'Ides of March
next, all, they think, will be well with them.
If, on the contrary, their scheme fails, and
their traitorous conduct be crushed by the
power and force Of the popular feeling, they
think they will have secure retreat behinu
State Governments, where they will take
shelter to save their necks from the halter
they Will so richly deserve. For the present
VIII not develop more. You will soon
hear 1t from other sources, and | will not
then occupy the position of an alarmist which
you now may be disposed to assign me. |
warn you that we are on the eve of dis
ruptlon. The world is rife with discomfort
and revolution, pray that our land may
be exempt. But mark my predictions. The
sappers and miners are at work under the
name OF Democracy. have never sent you
one word of intelligence which had reason
to believe was not true; never shall. Fore
warned, forearmed.
Year: 1860

Bzas- Everybody ought to be acquainted
with the fact that they can find at HUGHES
a stock of Shoes to suit everybody, and at
all prices. They can also find at his store u
very large stock of seesonable Dry Goods,
which he is selling at prices that induce
many persons to think he bought all his
goods at auction. This is not correct: but
terms as enable him To say that every per-
son coming 10 his store ID purchase goods,
shall go away satisfied they have made good
purchases He is daily opening large ad-
dition5 10 his Stock
Year: 1860

FIRE.-yesterday fire broke out in the
stable of Mr.. PATRICK BURKE, on the alley
between Second and Third, Walnut and
Chestnut streets. 1t soon swept away a
row of sheds adjoining, and was commenc-
ing on n new brick carpenter shop, when it
was checked by stream of water from tue
.. X. engine, which has proved so efficient
at so many fires. The steam engine got a
stream started, but too late 10 do much
good.


A valuable COW was badly burned. The
total loss will he $500 or $500. A hard
wind was blowing, and the fire threatened
to be serious at one time
Year: 1860

Bsg| Do our friends of the Rockport
Democrat send us their paper2 We do not
get one copy month. If it is sent, At does
not reach us and must be appropriated by
somebody on the way. We wish TO find
out who it is that deprives us of this val
liable exchange There is something wrong
somewhere.
Year: 1860

who have opportunities for knowing, that
the late cold spell has not injured the fruit
to any appreciable extent. The peaches
will yield good crop if they DO not suffer
future damage from frost.
Year: 1860

We would call the attention Of the public to
the advertisement of MessrS Ettenger & Ed.
mond. Their steam fire engines, saw mills and
railroad work, are unsurpassed either North
or West and we would recommend those who
have need of portable or stationary engines,
saw mills, railroad work, OR any article which
they manufacture, to give them call
Year: 1860

well in England, and I have no doubt |
something of the kind would work well
here.


l was a little surprised to find card in
the "Weekly Anglo-African," of last week,
over the signature of Mr.. John G. Bowers;
[ should not, however, have felt any sur
prise at seeing card over his signature,
had he explained his reasons for advocat-
ing the side of emigration simply, but he
saws: "'Banneker' should have known
that was merely filling up an unpopular
side of question" Suppose did know
it, was it my duty to say in my report that
Mr.. Bowers was not sincere, but only talk
ing for buncomb 2 If / had done so, he
would have had much better reasons for
coming out in card than he had, for he
acknowledges saying the identical words
which / attributed to him. Had he at any
time during the tendency of the debate
explained his position publicly, l would
have reported it so. l presume the public
are aware that there is a great difference
between persons taking the side of a
question in debate and one who argues
from principle. Mr.. Bowers is well known
in this community as strong opponent Of
emigration and colonization, and he is also
known as working man amongreformers
Finding fault with reporter for recording
what actually occurs at meeting is quite
new to me, entirely so. If debaters dc
not wish to be reported as saying certain
things, they should not say them.


/ am not aware that there are any cpl
denies in the city at present, but there was
an unusually large number of deaths from
consumption and other diseases last week.


The number of deaths reported to the
Board of Health last week was 204, 20 OF
which were colored, 81 from consumption,
and so under one year old. BANNEKER.
Year: 1860

Thirdly, We must demand only and at
all times right and Justice at the hands of
the American people, and never ask favor
and sympathy, nor admit or feel natural
inequalities. Whatever differences exist
are the result of circumstances or of the
exercise of brute force over US.


Fourthly, We must ourselves raise our
industrial position. This is our own work,
and belongs to no other hands. Instead,
therefore of waiting for others to come
over to our assistance, we must make our
own positions, and when SO made vigorous
ly sustain them. Sacrifice anything and
everything that is honorable to this end.
We belong to country where money and
intelligence sway everything else, and if
we would WELD portion of that power, or
even save ourselves from being crushed
beneath it, we too must acquire these aids.
We must get them by every honest means
possible. If we cannot today be the al
derman of the ward, we can own the best
block in the ward; if we cannot today be
the judges and clerks of the county, we
can be the best farmers in the county
if we cannot be the representatives of the
district, we can own the best portion of the
district. We shall be all of these by and
by.


Let our household gods hereafter be
wealth and intelligence, our motto in
dustry, perseverance, and frugality, and
our study by day and by night arith-
metic and its uses. With these, silent,
steady, unwavering, earnest, onward and
upward we must go, and no power on earth
can prevent US. The political hounds who
go yelping about the country, and the
croakerS in the pulpits, should not move
us one inch. They can neither take away
nor give us our status They merely
work for their pay, like any body else,
and like muzzled brutes their bark is more
terrible than their bite after all. We as
sert again, our policy must be quiet,
steady, earnest progress in the paths of in
dustry, frugality, competency, intelligence,
and virtue These lie before us, and all
we need is the will and determination to
pursue them.
Year: 1860

SLIPPERY ELM.


The only species OF tree which nbounds
here in the slippery elm. These trees are
SO slippery squirrel can't climb them with.
out dipping his paws in SpaIding's Prepared
Glue, small bottle Of which he always
carries suspended about his neck. There
are few maple trees here but no sugar is
made, os nothing but oil runs out when they
are tapped.
Year: 1860

elements Of opposition to the Democracy
for the purpose Of electing President. We
could not nominate Judge Mclean, but
nominated Mr.. Bell, who is known to the
country as a conservative, upright and hon
est man. and an eminent statesman, and
who, although living IN the South and iden-
titled with its interests, had courage enough
to resist the repeal of the Missouri Compro-
mise. We nominated him because he had
been tried and found to be true and faithful.
Although l did not believe he would be
nominated by the Republicans at Chicago,
still had strong hopes that he would be.


CONCLUDED TOMORROW
Year: 1860

week.


The demand for money has gradually iu-
creased from day to day, during the week,
and towards the close became more pressing,
which with scarcity of currency, produced
some stringency, though there has been but
little difficulty in selling good local paper at
10 per cent, yet outside there is a good deal
of fair paper to be had at 14@13 per cent. per
month. Currency is scarce, which is one
cause of this tightness, but we may soon ex-
pect some relief with regard to this feature
of the market, by an expansion of the bank
circulation, there being the best possible ba-
sis for this so much so that the most con-
servative banker cannot object. The range
for thirty to sixty day paper, with the regu-
lar banking houses, is 10 to 2 per cent. per
annum.


Time bills on the East rule rather higher
and Z to 9 per cent. per annum is the range
for sixty and ninety day, and 9@lo for
New Orleans. Gold remains dull at 35940.
The demand for sight exchange on the East
has been only moderate, and the buying
rates are shade easier. Bankers, anticipa-
ting large supply are not disposed to buy
freely. We quote
Year: 1860

y Order Tor Brick Side Walk. July Is. lsgo-
And now il is hereby ordered and directed
by the Common Council of the City Of Evans-
vile, that the owners of eii lots parts of Iats
fronting adjoining the south west side OF
Fourth street, between Main and Locust streets
IN said CITY. cause the sidewalks thereon to be
brOugh TO the pr ger grade, and that they cause
a sidewalk Of Glass No. to be laid down thereon
within thirty days from the publication of this
order r. BURKE, Clerk


Clerks afFica IuIx- -9ty- 13se0
Year: 1860

Mr.. Bell was nominated by q convention
composed of delegates from all the States.
l claim for the Convention that nominated
him no superiority over the other Conven-
tions, but this | will say, that | believe
there never assembled in the United States
a body of men who for wisdom, caimness,
Observation-Disclosures and sincerity were their
superiors, unless it was some of those early
assemblages of our forefathers, who were
without equals. IApplause. They met
for the purpose of nominating, proceeding
upon the idea that the two other parties
were sectional. Now, in that Convention l
first voted, and so did all the delegates from
this State, for Judge Mclean. l was ex-
ceedingly anxious for his nomination. He
had decided that the Fugitive Slave Law
was constitutional and ought to be executed.
He had given general satisfaction as judi
cial officer to the North and to the South
He was an old Wing, a conservative man,
popular with the whole country man Of
tried character aud integrity and, therefore
my anxiety for his nomination. l supported
him for the other reason, too, that be
would be fair man for the Republicans to
unite upon, in the nomination which they
would make at Chicago. This being done,
l hoped we could bring the American aud
Mhig parties on the one side aud the Re
publican party on the other all upon COM
mon conservative platform, and that we
would present to the country SO much
strength that no party power coulds be ar
rayed against us with success. avowed
that as my object To accomplish this end,
had before been willing to unite on Mr..
Bates; but for some reasons he was not ac-
ceptable to portion of those composing the
Union Convention, nor was he SO accepta-
BILE as Judge Mclean to the Republicans
have said I was prepared to unite all the
Year: 1860

A PRETTY EXpERIMENT.--Pro Ro-
gers has solved the problem Of seeing through
a mil-store. In paper read before the
Scientific sstclatinn ut Newport, be says:


"Take a sheet OF foolscap or letter paper;
roll it up SO that the opening at one end
shall be large enough to take in the full size
Of the eye, and at the other end let the open
ing be not half SO large. Take it in the right
hand, holding it between the thumb and the
torefnger: place the large end to the right
eye and look through it with both eyes,
open to the light. You will see hole through
your hand.


III you take it in your left, hand and hold
it to your left eye, it will be the same. You
will in both cases be astonished to see that
you have hole in your hand. The illusion
is most complete


From this and other experiments, he con-
cluies that an impression made on the retina
OF either e cannot of itself enable US to
determine on wh ch retina it is received,
and that the visual perception belongs to the
part Of the optical apparatus near or within
the brain which belongs in common to both
eyes.
Year: 1860

a new cause for strife in the new Confede-
racy-only add new element Of bitterness
to the irrcprcssiblc conflict.


Again, the sugar interest Of Louisiana is
now protected by duty upon the foreign
article. The planters Of that State receive,
in effect, bonus Of $500 on every $1,000
worth Of sugar which they send to market.
If Louisiana goes into the New Confedera-
cy, she will not consent TO give up this ad-
vantage; and she will resist 1t the more
because the free States would at once ad-
nit foreign sugar, duty free, it not actually
discriminate against the Louisiana article.
In either event she would lose her best Gus
toner. Any attempt to abolish or reduce
the tariff on sugar by the New Confedera-
cy, would cause Louisiana to unite with
the border sluyc States in favor Of grand
protective system. Likewise, the interests ol
Louisiana would demand the freedom OF
tho Mississippi 10 the commerce OF the
Northern Confcdcracy. New Orleans
would fall rapidly into decay if this source
Of her commercial prosperity were cut of;
and that city controls the policy Of the
State. Here arc clements Of discord-thc
seeds Of IN irrepressible contlict-that
would soon bring forth their appropriate
fruit.


Sooner or Inter these facts must impress
themselves upon the Southern mind Ii
tlclibcration is permitted, secession Will
not occur, unless South Carolina prove an
exception. If the South goes Off prccipi-
lately, experience viii lead to repentance
and restoration. At all events the people
Of tile free States have but one policy to
pursue; that is to stand where they have
always stood, upon the Constitution and
the lnws-conccdins whatsoever these de-
mand and nothing ncrc, and demanding
all that they arc justly entitled to under
them. Beside the incfable meanness and
pol.rooncry of making concessions IN the
face of threat, no permanent peace could
be secured by granting them. Slavery, to
maintain its foothold in this country and
under our civilization, must be constantly
aggressive. The moment it submits 10
what the Constitution and enlightened
laws alone grant il, that mox;cnt dates It's
decline and final overthrow.
Year: 1860

IF Professor Anderson, tho Magician, has
been threatened with tho operations Of lynch
law In Washington, because be goes by tho
title of 1.-THE Wizard Of the North" He
found 1t necessary to explain through the
Washington papers that the title was given
him by Sir Walter Scott, and the North Of
which he is the Wizard is not the Northern
States Of this Union, but the North Of the
Island of Great Britain We shall soon hear
OF the South denounclng auy astronomical
work as lncendiary which mentions the North
e4ar
Year: 1860

From the regions above where the angels do dwell
The Goddess of Liberty came,
br anch of green laurel she held in her hand
And thther conducted the dame.
From tn e east to the west sound the trumpets loud


notes,


Util vocal our country shall be.
And when Douglas is rlade our President,
He'll plant US a Liberty Tree.
Come go to the mountains whore laurels grow green
And pluck them so fresh and so free,
And when ge Douglas for President,
He'll plant us Liberty Tree.
They may speak of their Lincoln, their Breck and


their Bell


But the folly Of this they will see,
For the people will vote for the man who will plant
Them glorious Liberty Tree.
The laurel is fresh, and the laurel is green,
And it blooms in its season you see,
And when get Douglas for President,
He'll plant us Liberty Tree.
Our liberty tree must be ever kept green.
And the wings of our eagle all free,
And if Douglas ismadc our President,
The Union preserved shall be-
Come all who are great, patriotic and true
Come all who deserve to be free,
Come with banners and songs to the resue once


more


OF our glorious Liberty tree.
Year: 1860

Mr.. Els Howe, jr, is said to be press
ing the Patent Office for a renewal of his
patent for the Needle and Shuttle com
bination on the Sewing Machine. As
his clear profits from that invention
without renewal of his patent, can hard
ly fall below Half Million Dollars. and
as renewal would take at least Half &
Million more out of the poor needlewom
an Of our country to add to his pile, we
trus, his prayer will be denied,
Year: 1860

LEGERDEMAIN - Or HOW TO GET A
WHOLE SUIT OF CLOTHES INTO JUNK
BorrLE!-Every time You feel like taking
"horn," drop the price of "nlpper'
into the bottle, and take a glass OF pure
cold water. Repeat this till the bottle is
full, then break it, and carry the contents
to a tailor, and within the space OF a
week, you will find yourself encased in a
snit of new clothes. The same can be
done with hats, boots, &c. a wagon
load of wood, aud barrel of flour may
he transm mocrifed in a similar manner.
Year: 1860

ana ebOut the Boston and Maine Railroad depot yes
terday There was matter Of course the most marked
exhibitions Of popular excitement There were gathered
those who, summoned by the ties Of blood and affection
to reach the Of death and destruction
and who frantic n their desires for the recept Of the
latest intelligence regarding the general rum which In
voved the lives Of those near and dear 10 them The
train at 10A5 took fifteen crowded cars; that at IL M
than, who went TO ASCERTAIN II their relatives and
friends were among the dead wounded, and the ave-
composed was about seventeen large police force went
up from Boston to afford such assistance might be re-
quired
Year: 1860

This is an accomplishment possessed
by so few that a good reader is al
most as rare as man Of common
sense. 1t is greatly to be regretted
that SO little attention is paid to a
branch Of education so agreeable, so
important, and SO useful. Months of
time and multitudes of dollars are cx-
pended on studies which could be
profitably dispensed with altogether,
while the cultivation of the ability to
read aloud gracefully is very sadly
neglected--in fact is not considered
by any means an important acquisi.
tion. A beautiful singer delights a
whole assembly, beautiful reader
not only delights but instructs. A
fool may sing divinely, but a good
reader must possess q mind. Let the
parents, then, whose daughters have
no taste for music, no ear for song,
but who have hearts and intellect
worthy of any man, give them
chance of showing what they are
made of, chance of making their
way in the world, Of cultivating the
habit Of reading aloud with care, with
grace, with understanding, and thus
put in their power of bearing their
part in the entertainment of any COM
pany into which they may be thrown.


But it is the physical benefits to be
derived from reading aloud, to which
the attention is more particularly
called. 1t is one of those exercises
which combines mental and muscular
effort, and hence has double advan-
tage. 1t is an accomplishment which
may be cultivated alone, perhaps bet.
ter alone than under a teacher, for
| then a naturalncSs of intonation will
be acquired from instinct rather than
from art the most that is required
being that the person practicing
should make an effort to command the
mind of the author, the sense of the
subject.


To read aloud well, person should
not only understand the subject, but
should hear his own voice, and feel
within him that every syllable was
distinctly enunciated, while there is
an instinct presiding which modulatcs
the voice to the number or distance
of the hearers. Every public speaker
ought to be abe to tell whether he is
distinctly heard by the farthcst audit.
or in the room if he is not, it is from
want Of proper judgment and obser-
walton.


Reading aloud helps to develop the
lungs just as singing docs, if proper
ly performed. The effect is to induce
the drawing of long breaths, every
once in a while, oftencr and deeper
than if reading without enunciating
These deep inhalations never fail to
develop the capacity of the lungs in
direct proportion to their practice.
Year: 1860

Rev. w. G.. Smith, Presiding Elder
of one of the Indiana conferences,
gives the following account of Nor
gantown, in that State, one of the Pc
culiarities of which is that it is built
on lake !:


We read of city set upon hill.
Morg antown, in my district, stands
upon lake! This wasnot known for
number Of years after the town was
settled. The discovery was made by
digging wells to procure full sup
ply of water. The supply Of water
in the wells which had been used, fail,
ing in the dry season, a few years
since, one of the citizens concluded to
sink well deeper and see if he could
not strike stronger vein. When
some thirty-five or forty feet below the
surface of the earth the man in the
well suddenly struck his pike through
the crust the water gushed up with
such rapidity that it was with difficult
ty he was saved by the man at the
windlass. In few moments the wa
ter was some fifteen feet deep in the
well. In two or three instances after
wards, men were near being lost by
coming suddenly upon this inexhausti-
Bile fountain of water. Wells have
been SINK in different parts of the
town from each other and | believe
forty feet is the greatest depth to
reach this lake. Lead lines have been
dropped into several Of these wells,
but no bottom has been found. In
digging down to this lake they inva-
riably pass through strata of sand,
leaves and timber, resembling drift
wood. This is some twenty feet below
the surface of the earth After pas
sing through these strata, a stratum
of clay is found, and when within
some eighteen inches of the lake a
hard crust is reached, which is sure
indication that they are near the wa
ter. When they reach this crust they
commence wall thereon, carrying il
to the top Of the well, then put down
Il large anger, and bore hole to the
water, which gushes up with great
force filling the well from fifteen to
twenty feet in few minutes. When
the augcr strikes the lake the atmos
pherc bursts up for a few seconds, pro
ducing a sound very much resembling
the blowing off of steam from an en-,
gine. l have not given all the par
ticulars of what has been discovered
Of this mysterious lake. Enough is
known to settle it beyond doubt that
the whole town stands upon lake
under ground
Year: 1860

A Coon HOUSEWIFE is one of the
first blessings in the economy of life.
Men put great value upon the house.
wife qualifications of their partners,
after marriage, however little they
may weigh them befors ; and there is
nothing which tends more to mar tho
felicities of married life, than reck-
lcssness or want of knowledge, in tho
new housekeeper, of the duties which
belong to her station. We admire
beauty, and order, and system, in eve
rything, and we admire good fare. If
these are found in their dwelling, and
are seasoned with good nature and
good sense, men will seek for their
chief enjoyments at home,-they vii!
love their home and their partners,
and strive to reciprocate the kind Of
fees of duty and affection. Mothers
that study the welfare of their daugh-
! ters, will not fail to instruct them in
the qualifications of married life and
daughters that appreciate the value OF
these qualifications, will not fail to ac-
quire them.