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Year: 1860

TIE CHARM OF BEING WoMAN.-A
certain young lady of respectable con-
nections" says she is glad she is not n
man. Says she: "Yes, despite the ad-
vantages of long leather boots, the highly
estimated privilege Of voting for Fernan-
do Wood or Paddy Punchcm, and the
convenience Of being able to fly down the
street ut the rate of q mile minute, with
out occasioning remark, still reiterate-
I'm glad that I'm NOT q man-very glad,
indeed Men have great deal to answer
for. When I think of the weight upon
the conscience Of any one of them, alb.
solutely tremble. Men do oil the electing.
Women have nothing to do, thank good
ness with placing persons Of small mind
and no mOralsIin offices requiring grave
thought and perfect uprightness Of prir-
ciple. Men take such offices without a
thought Of anything but salary or per-
Quisites. Men sit on jurics in cases Of life
and death, and half the time without any
evidence to speak Of, decide, because they
must decide or remain in durancc that
the poor wretch is guilty. Another man
(oh! horrible, shameful arrogation of the
powers Of DeityD pronounces upon his
felow.man sentence Of death. Other men
build for him q scaffold, and another, in
the likeness of a man, murders him in the
presence Of men who countcnancc the act
| am woman, only woman, unlcarned
in the laws or ethics. but here declare
that it is my earnest, solemn opinion, that
he who assists in the condemnation of a
fellow:m TO death, whether, Judge, ju-
rylnan or sheriff. will find his name writ
ten in the book of judgment beside that
Of the man he sent before his time into
eternity. l would not be man with that
terrible weight upon my conscience, for
all the world could give"
Year: 1860

Inc Adventures of Baron Muncb,pse, ,,
was work written several years ago. for the
purpose OF putting to shame a class of writers


nho, In giving TO the world accounts of their
; urenturss In foreign lands, told all sorts of
lmProoaoie stories In order to render them
serves famous as travellers. The book. which
Rrolessed TO give the travels of the renowned
baron, was, of course, a work of fiction. and
tne statements it contained so far outstripped
those OF all other travellers that it served as a
severe satire upon them. When, therefore.
persons on returning from abroad were detect
ed IN telling lies, or giving greatly exagper-
ated accounts of what they had seen or done.
they were accused of being disciples of Baron
Perhaps the reader has never seen the Bar


on's book. If so, he will be amused with one
or two specimens from its marvellous pages


-one evening the Baron declares that he was
oyertaken by snOw-storm. So much snow
fell that he was Obliged to dismount, and tie
his horse to what he thought was the stump Of
an Old tree, while he wrapped himself in his
cloak, lay down on the snow, and fell into q
deep slumber When he awoke in the morn
ing, his horse was missing; he couldn't see him
anywhere. At length, looking up towards the
SKY, ne esPled the animal suspended to the
cross Of church steeple. There had been n
free thaw during the night, the snow had
melted away, and what he had taken to be
the stump of tree the evening before, proved
now to be nothing less than the cross of n
church steeple One hundred and fftv feet
OF snow had fallen and disappeared in twenty.
Iour hours The Baron took out his pistol.
hred at the bride, shot it in two, and when
the horse fell to the ground his master at once
mounted him and went on his journey.


On another occasion he was passing under a
gate, which fell down by accident, and cut his
poor horse asunder just behind the saddle.
The Baron didn't know of this loss till an bour
afterward, when passing over brook, the
horse took drink, and hearing sometbino
gushing out like water behind him, Munchau,
sen turned around and saw to his amazement
that, for the last four or five miles he had been
riding on half horse instead of whole one
The Baron turned back, got the hind quarters
OF the animal, and sewed the body together
with willow twigs, which afterwards grew to
ne fine trees, and proved fine shelter to him
from the sun, when he was on his iourneys


One very cold day be was playing tunes on
bugle, when all the tunes froze before thew
came out at the further extremities of the in
strument. However, upon hanging it near the
nre, the ougle began playing, and never ceased
Till all the frozen tunes were PLAYED ont in
their regular order


Travellers, with all their desire to excite the
admiration of lovers of the marvellous were
taught lesson by this book, and, no doubt.
since Its publication, many a writer has been
forced to keep the story of his adventures
within the bounds of truth, by the exaggeration
and cutting sarcasm of Baron Munchausen.
Year: 1860

TAKING CODA cold is not necessarily
the result of low or high temperature. per
son may go directly from hot bath into cold
one, or into snow even, and not take cold. On
the contrary, he may take cold by pouring
couple of table-spooniuls of water upon his
dress, or by standing in door, or before
stove, or sitting near window or other open
ing, where one part of the body is colder than
another. Let it be kept in mind, that uni
formity of temperature over the whole body,
is the first thing to be looked after 1t is the
UNEQUAL heat upon the different parts of the
body that produces colds, by disturbing the
uniform circulation of the blood, which in turn
induces congestion of some part. If you must
keep a partially wet garment on, it would per-
haps be as well to wet the whole of it uniform
". The feet are great source of colds on
account of the variable temperature they are
subjected to. Keep these always dry and
warm, and avoid draughts of air, hot or cold,
wet spots on the garments, and other direct
causes of unequal temperature, and keep the
system braced up by plenty of sleep, and the
eschewing of debilitatng foods and drinks,
and you will be proof against cold and its re.
sults.-HalPs Journal of Health.
Year: 1860

Persons giving up Housekeeping and wishing to sell
their Furniture for Cash. and have it removed without
further trouble will find it to their advantage call on


PUTNAM d CLARK,


No Mains
Year: 1860

has occupied SO much of the time of our Cir
cult Court in former sessions, was up before
Judge Finch again on yesterday on mo-
ton for new trial. Our readers will re-
member that it was suit brought by one
Grandstaff against one Meyer for the value
of kettle, and we never could find out whe-
ther it was brass, copper, or pot metal
The most distinguished talent at the bar is
engaged in it, on one side or the other, and
the pleading has covered many quires of pa
per, and the points of law argued and the
authorities quoted, would make book equal
to any enc volume of the Indiana reports
The amount originality in controversy was not
over five dollars, but the bill of costs swelled
to an amount worth fighting for, and the con-
testants liking the fun, are determined to
spend money freely, and carry it to the high
er courts let it 60 as it will here. The fight
yesterday was over the plaintiffs original
title to the kettle, the testimony on that
point rather favoring the idea that the plain
tiff only had an interest of one-sixth in it.
1t was shown to have been the property Of
his mother or grandmother, that it had been
looked upon as sort of family heirloom
that the old lady left six heirs, and that the
property had never been divided. This is
about the situation of the case now. bat by
the time three or four more law speech
es are made upon it, it will he 40 befogged
that we do not know that We will ever be
able again to get its latitude or longitude.
-TnHinnuD0Ts Sentinel
Year: 1860

FOREST HILL, AU6. OWL, ACoO'


Editors Herald: - In my last letter I
promised to keep you somewhat posted in
regard to the sayings and doings" Of the
opposition in our quiet and fourlshing little
town. The Douglasites appear awkward in
their new positions, and backward about
who shall take the lead, the editor Of the
Courier particularly so. He puts one IN
mind Of child just beginning to walk with
its first pair of new shoes on-they don't feel
right, and the little one stamps around, then
looks down at them, then around to see If
anybody is watching it. Just so with that
editor; it is truly laughable. The fellow
looks troubled and uneasy, walks along the
street, button-holes some person that looks
equally fearful and apprebens've as himself;
they whisper something very low to each
other, watching each way all the while
In passing on they frequently look back over
their shoulders, with frightful aud ghastly
appearance, as if some dreadful calamity
was about to befal them-the editor particu-
larly. He enters his door, looks back, and
then shuts it cautiously. His conscience
seems to trouble him; by November | think
he will be hiding himself in one Of our deep
canons.


cannot hear what the Dougs done at
their last meeti g, or whether they held any
meeting at all or not. If they did, they
must have acted upon the advice Of one OF
their number, at former meeting. to hold
their meetings in private, admit none who
has not the grip and password correct-th's
seems to be Douglasism here now.


BY the way, have just been informed
how they got the most Of the names on
their Club list by writing down every ones
name they could think Of, without any re.
gard to their politics or consent. You must
admit this is a capital way to make up club
list. My prediction is, and think am cor
rect, from close observation, that the true
Democracy will carry this precinct by a
handsome majority for Breckenridge and
Lane. They are gaining fas, and steadily
We shall organize Club here on Saturday
evening next. I will write you again:
CONTRERAS.
Year: 1860

ses, either trample it under foot, or BY craft
undertake to undermine and avoid it? Does
he propose to reorganize the judicial branch
of this government to suit his party doc
trines by appointing to Judgships in the
Federal Courts, only such men as shall be
pledged to decide these questions in confor
nifty with such doctrnesl


These are grave questions, and unless the
people are judicially blind, they will consider
well the value OF Union, whose primitive
laws they are about to place in position to
be trampled under foot. The Constitution
is the written agreement by which these
States are formed into partnership, under
the style and firm Of the "United States Of
America" and if they would continue that
firm they must respect the laws by which it
was made-yea, each and every article Of
the compact We are not now to speculate
upon whether this compact was morally and
religiously right or wrong-they are polit-
cal rights, voluntarily entered into, in order
to obtain the advantages of Union, and
must be respected sacredly, in order to main
tain the Union. What will Mr.. Lincoln do
with it,
Year: 1860

We noticed this week, in the possession Of
one of our citizens, a copy of one of the Ii
brary books Of the Auburn Sunday School,
ba. .ked "Aui Slavery Book" Upon an ex
animation found tito be fancy little
picture book" and treating of the misfor-
tunes Of some imaginary slave. and all such
nonsense. Any one Of intelligence, who
sees the book, will know the contents of the
work is fictitious, and therefore lie, from
beginning to end. This is only one of the
means adopted to pervert the mind OF
child, and finally make it in matnrer years a
confirmed Aboltionst. 1t would be well
enough for those who have control of the
School to discard all such works from the
Library, for sooner the evil is abated the bet
ter. We are in favor of Sabbath Schools,
and would like to see them in every commu
nifty, for they are good institution and
should be encouraged, but we object to their
being made an instrument to instil into the
minds of the rising generation political poi
son. They were not instituted for that pur-
pose, aud should not be countenanced in any
such design.
Year: 1860

FIRE.-A fire occurred here. on Wednes
day last, which came near being very serious
in its effect. Some person very heedessly
set fire to some dry grass and weeds near
the grave yard. 1t soon spread to such an
extent that our citizens had to turn out to
extinguish it. Before this could be done the
fire consumed stable and some out. build
'ngs near the residence of Mr.. Rackliff
In fact his residence came near burning also
Year: 1860

TIE TENTH OF SEPTEMBER AT CLEvKLAED.-
We learn with pleasure that our gallant We
dettes have accepted the invitation to visit
Cleveland on the 10th, and are making the
most vigorous efforts to excel and eclipse all
previous exhibitions in drill. They have
secured the services Of their old command
er, Capt. Tyler, to put them through the
original Zouave drill, by the sound Of the
bugle, and are now practicing four hours
day, commencing at four O'clock in the
morning. On account of more than ordina-
ry expenses in thus upholding and vindica-
ting the reputation of our city, they ask our
citizens 10 contribute a small share of
their expenses, proposing, however, to offer
an equivalent for every subscription. We
see by our exchanges that great effort will
be made by several companies from abroad
to carry off the prize Of public opinion. If
we are not very much mistaken our citizens
will not look upon this natural contest with
indifference /; but will, when called upon,
extend q helping hand to the favorite and
spunky Vedettes.-COlun6ass City Fact.
Year: 1860

you democrats do? You 60 away into
some cellar and read them and then
burn the book, lest any one else should
see them Is not that glorious state
of things2 Does It not inspire manli-
ness and confidence IN the bosom Of any
man to know that really man can have
an open field and fair fight, and the
devil take the hindermosts Ii you want
this equal manliness for yourselves. 90
for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, and LEI Us
take possession of the government


Voices Hurrah for Lincoln and
hurrah for Bell"


am much obliged to you for your
kind attention, and now bid you most
respectful good night. / hope to meet
you shortly at the polls helping 10 inau-
gurate Honest Old Abe"
Year: 1860

one. Bot with the cry OF agony she an
swered that there was no rest in helI;
that they must ever toll en- At those very
pleasures, and innumerahle voices echo
ed through the interminable vaults:


There IS no rest in he'll while,
throwing open their vests each disclosed
in the bosom an ever.hurning fame
These. they said, were the pleasures Of
bell their choice on earth was now their
irreyocahle doom.


In the midst OF the horror this scene
inspired his conductor returned, and. al
his earnest enireaty restored him again
10 earth--but As be. quilted him he said
8 Remember, in a year and day We
shall meet again


AT this crisis of his dream the sleeper
awoke, feverish and i'll; and whether
from the effect Of the dream or OF his
preceeding orgies be was so unwell as to
be obliged to keep bis bed for several
days, during which period he had time
tor many serious reflections, which ter
minated in a resolution TO abandon the
club and his licentious companions alto
gesher.


He was no sooner well, however. than
they foeked around him, bent on recov-
ering so valuable member Of their So
ciety; and having wrung from him a
confession of the cause Of his detection
which, as it may be supposed they soon
contrived TO make him ashamed Of his
good resolution. He joined them again
aud resumed his former course Of life
and when the annual saturnalia came
round he found himself with his glass ii
hand at the table; when the Presiden
rising TO make the accustomed speech
began with saying Gentlemen, thi
being leap year, il is year and da,
since our last anniversary" &c. Tb'
words struck upon the young mans ca
like an knell but ashamed 70 expos
his weakness to the jeers Of his com
rades, be set out for the feast, plyinI
himself with wine even more LIBERAL.
than usual, in order to drown his intru
sive tho'ts. till in the gloom Of winter
morning, he mounted his horse to rid
again.


Some hours afterward, the horse wa


found with his saddle and bride on, gu


ely grazing by the road side, about ha
way between the city and BIS hous


whilst a few yards off lay the corpse I
his master.


This is true story, and no fiction


the circumstances happened as here n


lated. An account of it was publisbe


at the time, but the copies were bougl


up by the family. Two or three, ho'


ever, were preserved, and the narratil


was reprinted.
Year: 1860

We have been familiar with the party press OF
North Carolina ever since 1874, and have watched
closely the political actions and sentiments OF
,rominent men, but never have we seen In all
that time SO much vituperation, scurrillty, abuse
ond indecency manifested by its members as has
boan during the last twelve months In the
<,rroesional contest last summer and the pres
ont canvass thus far, there has been more bitter
moss of feeling, more black guardism and less re-
rord for truth and decency exhibited by those
who should be the conservators of public taste
and public morals, than has ever come within our
observation before. Distinguished citizens oc-
cupying high places are spoken of the New
York Police Gazette would speak of bruisers,
nick pockets and other tancy characters, and pri-
vate character and public integrity serve alike as
food for the blood hounds to feed upon. The fact
is that, unless outraged public frown down this
growing evil there is telling what the end will
he. 1t certainly requires extraordinary nerve, at
this time for any man who has any selfrespect
70 attempt to manage political newspaper, how
ever well he may be qualified for the position.


We are glad to be able to assert conscientious.
1v that there are some honorable exceptions to
the class here alluded to, but they like angels
visits. few and far between So glaring has this
evil become that no sensible man now looks to
the political press for facts relative to political
matters knowing that their anxiety to party,
in the majority of instances, causes prejudice
which renders Justice an enemy, at their hands,
impossible


It is only in the power of the masses, who fur
nish the sinews of war" for the support of the
party press and other political institutions, to
correct this evil
Year: 1860

There is democratic paper not thousand
miles from the Capital, one of whose editors not
very long ago, violent advocate of 0d 0ato-
rem and there is an Opposition paper not a thou
sand miles from the place whose editor but
recently opposed ad UatOrem on the ground that
it's discussion would give aid and comfort > to
the aboitionists. Well, the I" party screws . have
been applied and these gentlemen have changed
positions, and now the former blows against the
new issue and the latter blows for it. If the hon.
est masses, who do the voting and who have 1t in
their power to control the State and the nation If
they will suffer themselves to be led-or rather
nisled, by such lights, then indeed is our case
homeless one.
Year: 1860

SYMPATHY WITH CRIME.-A poor starving
pauper steals loaf of bread in New York to keep
soul and body together and he is incarcerated in
prisons where no ray of hope sympathy can
reach, and the virtuous, pious New Workers, who
are we'll off in the matter of bread and other neces-
sa1ies spurn the petty thief as they would poison
Gus serpent. Of course they cannot countenance
stealing-of bread, but let fast ma" effect an
operation by which hundred or two thousand is
realized, and straightway these same good plous
souls see uirtues in him that had never been de-
yeloped before. The late Postmaster Fowler has
swinded the government out of $ $l75,OOO, and so
fascinated are his friends with the act that they
have subscribed $4,000 as token of their esteem
and to solace him in that solitude into which ne is
reported to have gone Let it be known, therefore,
that it is virtue in the eyes of many proml-
nent New Workers to steal-in large quantities
Small thefts they of course despise.
Year: 1860

this worth . nor those other words of .lolu
sion AMI folly. Liberty first and Union
afterwards. but everywhere spread all over
IN characters of living light. blazing on its
ample folds. as they float over the sea and
over the land, AMI in every wind under the
Whole heavens, that other sentiment dear to
every American heart Liberty and Union
now AMI forever, ono and insepafablc."
Year: 1860

The British have beaten US all to smash
in the sea serpent business, and we may as
well give in. Capt. Taylor, of the bark
British Banner, recently arrived at Liver.
pool England, declares that the following
extract from his log is perfectly correct.


On the 25th of April in latitude ~ de-
grees inmates, east longitude SO degrees,
80 minutes south, felt strong sensation as
if the ship was trembling. Sent the second
mate to see what was up the latter called
out to me to go up the fore-rigging and
look over the bows. / did so and saw an
enormous serpent shaking the bowsprit Of
the ship with his mouth. There were about
SO feet Of the serpent out of the water,
and / could see his tail iu the water abaft
Of our stern; must have been ct least 800
feet long, was about the circumference of
very wide crinolne petticoat, with his black
shaggy name, horn on his forehead, and
large glaring eyes. placed rather near his
nose, aud jaws eight feet long.


He did not observe me, and continued
shaking the bowsprit and throwing the sea
along side into q foam until the former
came clear away Of the ship The serpent
was powerful enough, although the ship was
carrying all sail, aud going about six knots
at the time he attacked us, to clear her way
completely. When the bowsprit with jib.
boom sails and rigging went by the board.
the monster swallowed the foretopmast,
staysail and flying jib with the greatest sp-
parent ease he also snapped the thickest
Of the rigging asunder like thread. He
sheRred of little after this, aud returned
apparently to scratch himself against the
side of the ship, making the most extraors


dnary noise, resembling that on board .


steamer when the boiler is blown OF. A


whale preached within mile Of the ship
at this time, and the serpent darted OF Of


ter it like fash Of lightning, striking tho


vessel with his tail, and staying in the star


board galley. Saw no more of it. but
caught young one in the afternoon, aud
brought il in to Melbourne.
Year: 1860

ing to separate intellect from manual la
Dor we wart one man to be always think
Ing, and another to be always laboring (;
and we call Que gentleman and the other
an operative; whereas, the workman ought
often to be thinking, and the thinker often
to be working, and both should be gentle
men in the best sense. As it is, we make
both ungenIle-the one envying, and the
other despisng, bis brother and the mass
of society is made up of morbid thinkers
and miserable workers Now it is only
by labor that thought can be made healthy,
and only by thought that labor can be made
hlppy ; aud the two can not be separated
with impunity. 1t would be well if all Of
us were good handcraftsmen of some kind.
and the dishonor Of manual labor done
away with altogether"