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Year: 1861

A CORRESPONDENT in Germany says !:
al bad the pleasure. few days since, OF
seeing my face reflected in some of the
silver mirrors invented by Liebig.in which
silver is substituted for quicksilver. They
throw out such splendid, clear light.
that you see yourself from the further end
of the room with as much distinclness as
if you were standing close, and when one
is newly hung against the wall, 1t seems
like an additional window"
Year: 1861

The little affair at Fairfax Court House,
Tirginia, yesterday, wherein troop Of
eighty dragons had.a brush with fifteen
hundred Of the ardent sous Of the chival-
rcus South, is probably Of no great consc-
qucncc in the present operations but for
the rebels it mas that significance that even
the most rampant, fool-hardy and drunken
Of the Let cannot overlook. It will teach
them their boosting Of their own prowess,
md the Forthcoming Of the Government
forces, or as they delight to call them, the
s.minion hirelinggs' of Lincoln, Is fatal
mistake which no amount Of lying can un-
d.. The swashbucklers who hare enlist
cd III the r,lfflan army, laboring under the
delusion that the loyal forces would throw
down their arms and run of at the fire of
the first gcn, will find even in this small


matter food tor many bitter reflection
on their ignorance and folly.
Year: 1861

A New SwINDLE.-A New York paper
exposes new swindle, which is to scatter
Counterfeit Detecters" throughout the
West, describing as COED, bogus bank bills,
and then passing them off among the farm
ers for wheat and pork. This has been
done lately on a large scale. Such swim
dies will continue to be perpetrated until
the people of the East attain sufficient de-
gree of civilization TO substitute gold and
silver in place of the paper currency.
Year: 1861

HoLD Or, BoYs Hold on TO your
tongue when you are just ready to swear,
lie, or speak harshly, or say an improper
word.


Hold on 10 your hand when you are
about to strike, pinch, scratch, steal, Or do
any improper act.
Hold On to your foot wien you are on
the point Of kicking or running away from
study, or pursuing the path of error, shame,
or crime.


Hold on to your temper when you are
angry, excited, or imposed upon, or others
are angry about you.


Hold on TO your heart when evil associ-
ates seek your company, and invite you 10
join in their games, miHh, and reyeiry.


Hold on to your good name at all times,
for it Is more valuable TO yon than gold,
high places, or fashionable attire.
Year: 1861

A good story il told concerning the writ
ing Of a certain railroad manager He had
written to a man on the route, notifying
him that he must remove a barn which IN
some manner incommoded the road, under
penalty Of prosecution. The threatened
individual was unable TO read any part Of
his letter but the signature, but took It TO
be a free pass on the road, and used i for
couple Of years as such, none Of the con-
ductors being able to dispute bis inierpre-
iation.
Year: 1861

Old DEACON SHARPE never told lie,
but he used to relate this He was stand
ing one day beside frog pond--we have
his word for it--and saw large snake
make an attempt upon an enormous big
bull frog The snake seized one of the
frogs hind legs, and the frog, to be on
par with his namesake, caught him by the
tail, and both commenced swallowing one
another, and continued this carniyorous
operation until nothing was left of either
of them.
Year: 1861

So denominated from their astonishing power OF
creating new life and health, il wers from tha
very ashes Of the most dilapidated constitution
are more strongly tonic and more Immediately in -
vigorating than pills. containing the choice
vegetable extracts IS the latter in different mod
ifcation. Although really less cathartic than the
LIFE LIS, they nevertheless begin to cleanse the
alimentary canal much sooner generally slightly
operating within three or four hours, and prdduc
ing decided sense of relief TO the head and stom-
ach, and exhilerating the mind even ia less tiras
fha1ff
Year: 1861

the Executive might properly be extended.
Then neither Of US knew of the scene in
the courtroom, and as she seemed im-
pressed with her ignominious condition, we
advised her to improve the time of her
confinement, so that when she was once
more free she might be able to lead vir-
tuous life. No fear that she would ever
come there again, was her reply; she had
good friend who would heep her from
harm in the future. A little inquiry drew
from her the fact that her lover had made
her his wife, and with a blush that Grim
soned her face, she drew from her bosom
the marriage certificate, saying. with a
smile of joy and hope, "Thank God, I'll
be an honest woman |" Mrs. Foster, the
matron of the prison, and Mr.. Beale,
speak highly of the behavior of the girl
during her Imprisonment, and we are in
formed that efforts will be made to inter-
est the Governor in her behalf.


Certainly she has displayed degree Of
heroism in sacrificing herself to save her
lover that was not to be looked for in one


of her class.
Year: 1861

Among the prisoners in the female de-
partment of the Tombs is Catharine Carr,
a girl not yet out of her teens, who was
lately sentenced to two years Imprisonment
at Sing Sing. The case of this poor crea-
ture is one that deserves the utmost COM
miseration. She was girl of the town,
and, like most of her class, had lover, one
Michael Jostin, mechanic, who supported
himself by his trade. On the night of the
3lst of December-New. Years evc-these
two persons were standing in Duane street
near Broadway, in conversation, when
Roger Lotus, a turbulent, Incorporate
person, came up, and, without the slight
est provocation, assailcd Jostin. In the
struggle, Jostin was thrown down and Sc.
verely handled. Catharine, seeing the
danger of her lover, ran up, and, on the
impulse of the moment, drew small PEN
knife, with which she struck at Lotus,
wounding him in the arm. The police
came up, and took the wounded man to
the hospital while Jostin was removed to a
cell. Lotus lost a great deal of blood +,
the weapon having punctured an artery,
but no fear of his life was entertained till
erysipelas set in, which took him off in five
days, A corners inquest was held, and
Jostin, who was still under arrest, was in
fair way to be returned as the murderer /;
but on the second day, Catharine appeared
as a witness, and testified what no one
knew before save herself, and perhaps her
lover, that it was her hand that struck the
fatal blow, and that Jostin was innocent
of the deed. She was sent to prison, and
jointly indicted with Jostin, the case COM
ing up yesterday in the Court of Oyer and
Tcrminer, for trial. Here she pleaded
guilty of manslaughter in the third degree
and her lover, by her evidence, was ac-
quilted. Mr. Justice Leonard in passing
upon the case strongly condemned adultery
and pointed out to Jostin that had the girl
been his wife instead Of his leman, her ac,
in his defense would have been justifable


BY way of making Catharine all the repa-
ration in his power, for the shame and
sorrow which her love for him had brought
upon her, he asked the Court to make hel
his wife. The Justice cheerfully complied
with his wishes, the Sheriff, interpreter


and officer of the Court witnessing the mar


riage bond. After receiving some whole


some advice from the Bench, the newly


married couple left the court room parting


at the door, the husband to go to his work


shop, the wife to her cell, to await her re


removal to the State Prison. The write


of this was in the Tombs yesterday after


noon, when Mr.. Beale, the worthy agen


Of the Prison Association, pointed out thi
| girl as the person to whom the clemency G
Year: 1861

Do all in your power to teach your
children self-government. If child is
passionate, teach him by gentle means to
curb his temper. If he is sulky, charm
him out of it by frank good humor. II
indolent, accustom him to exertion, and
train him SO as to perform even the most
onerous duties with alacrity.
Year: 1861

portions Of the State was excellent,
its effects we're not 90 Sc
yerely felt, But IN Wisconsin the
destruction was SO complete that we had
10 ship corn north from this city to supply
the local demand. Should frost act in this
year as early IS in 1857, VIC fear the result
will prove disastrous, as the present crop
is not as far advanced as that crop when it
was attacked by frost


True, there is yet a large amount Of the
cid crop on hand but the prospect of the
new crop, even shoul1 it escape the frost,
is not very fsttering, and we do not e1-
pect as large surplus as there is yet in the
country Of the crop Of 1860.
Year: 1861

TA gentleman, while in church, lnten-
ding TO scratch his head, in mental absence
reached over into another Jew and scratched
the head of an old maid He discovered his,
mistake when she sued him for breach =
promise OF marriage.
Year: 1861

Such were The sentiments, such The opin ion
such the prediction of the Democratic party OF
Pennsylvania in '56. The danger TO the u
mon, OF which they then solemnIy warned the
peopIe-the election ola sectional candidate
has since taken place, and its fearful consequences
are upon the country. Verify, is it not time
for the people 10 awake TO the magnitude of the
dangers that surround them, and TO plant them
selves at once firmly and tearlessly upon the
doctrines of Cancellation, compromise, and
peace between the two sections, as the only
salvation OF the country?
Year: 1861

GRAND jury IN JAIL.-By the Independent,
we learn that Judge Porter of the Court Of
Secessions, has the Calaveras Grand Jury IN
Jail, for contempt-in refusing to act upon
matters presented for their consideration
The reason assigned by the jury for seeding
is that no provision has been made to pay
them for their services
Year: 1861

PRoTEcnoN OF THE FRoNTIERs.- The Port
land Advertiser learns that arrangements
have been perfected for an early campaign
against the Indians who perpetrated the mes
eacre at Salmon Falls; and also that Colonel
Wright has submitted for the approval of the
Secretary of War a judicious plan for the
complete protection of the immigrant route
between the Oregon settlements and Utah
Territory
Year: 1861

RUFUS CHoATE ON CALHOUN AND NULLIFI-
oATIoN.-ln looking over the correspondence
published in the Memoirs and "reminiscences
of the late Prof George Bush, just issued in
this city, we find nine characteristic letters
from Rufus Choate. They are all delightful
compositions, but the third is especially in
teresting as expressing his opinions of nulli-
fcation and the nullifers in 1882 when he
represented the Essex South District in the
House of Representatives. Calhoun" he
writes, sis drunk with disappointment the
image of an ardent, imaginative intellectual
man, who once thought it as easy to set the
stars Of glory in the hair of his brow as to
put his hat on-now ruined dishonored. -
lie has to defend the most contemplate u,a-
truth in the whole history of human opinion.
and no ability will save him from contempt
mentally. Then he hoped to recover himself
by a brilliant stroke-permanently inserting
notification into our polity, and putting him
self at the head Of a great convention of
the States-a great midnight thunder storm.
hail storm meeting of witches and demons
round cauldron big enough to receive the
disjected member of the Constitutional
never forth to come a whole, still less
blooming, young and vigorous FORM" In the
same letter he says-"One single mistake
now; any yielding, anything short of dead
march up to the whole uttermost limit of
constitutional power, and the Federal Gov
ernment is contemplate forever "-Boston
Transcript.
Year: 1861

FIFTY THOUSAND FREE NEGROES CoMiNG
NoRru-A Southern dispatch to a New York
paper says: It is understood that the Leg
islature of Virginia and North Carolina will
act at ones on the proposition, to send all the
free negroes in their limits to the North, and
pay their expenses thither out of the State
Treasury. There are over fifty thousand
free negroes in these States.
Year: 1861

This Government does not suit the Dis
unionists. They say they want another, and
a better one Where will they get that bet
ter one? Where is the material out of which
to build it? Will it be found in Mexico, or
Cuba, or Central An erica? ? They probably
think SO. At any rate it is said that they
are already looking forward to the time,
when their contemplated Confederacy OF
Southern States will be strengthened 10y the
addition of other territory. Now, there are
few obstacles in the way Of their acquiring
any more territory, which they have proba-
bly, overlooked. They cannot acquire MeXi-
co, or even portion of it except 10y conquest.
Mexico is averse to slavery she believes
that it is the wish of the South to extend
slavery, and for this reason if for no other,
she would not add her territory to the con-
templated Southern Confederacy. Besides the
southern Confederacy would,dnd itself clash.
ing with the North, and foiled most likely by
the Northern States, which would if possible
extend "protectorate' over Mexco-an idea
which is by no means new, and which would
be revived in full force in the North in the
event of the establishment of a Southern
Confederaey. Cuba, which the Federal
Union has been unable to purchase, could
hardly be purchased then, by only few
States.


The South, it is true, might acquire a
foothold in Central America by tilibustering
for it, but they would have their labor for
their pains.
Year: 1861

Hon. Daniel =. ID cknson mado a speech
at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel few days ago,
a reference TO which speech was made by
telegraph. Tho most pertinent part of the
honorable gentlrman's romaIks is thus re-
ported in tho New York World:


llo said that his hearers would bear him
witness that he had long endoavOred TO stay
the storm that has now arisen, and to bring
about somo peaceful settlement of affairs.
But now tho South, first by seeding. and
second by firing on the old flag. had closed
the door of reconciliation. lie was for
meeting them on their own ground. lie
would have no halfway measures, no com
promises. Let us settle the thing speedily
and surely II mny ruin his g"nerdtios.
but ipe Otce IL 10 The merit that they should
haze no such troubles as We hare had. He
iOouid strike noio in our might, and nrcrs-
sdry wipe The South from The face Of The
eurih. He knew that they would have civil
war; and he would make the prophecy that
by the time this matter was settled tho re.
cUliar institution Of tho South would bo
swept away. Let us finish things whilo wo
arc about it and leave nothing behind rs.
Year: 1861

LIFE WITHOUT TRIALs.-Would you
wish to live without trial? Then you
would wish TO live bu: half man. With
out trial, you como, guess at your own
strength. Men do not learn to swim on
table they must go into deep water,
ard buffet the surges. If you wish 10
understand their true character, if you
would know their whole stronghold
what they are capable-throw them over
board Over with them, and il they are
worth saving they will swim ashore them
selves.
Year: 1861

There is the greatest coward


about snakes in Calhoun County


says Southern exchange, that


lives in America. lie came from


the East, last Spring, and bought


farm, and for the first six months


in the county he hardly slept two


hours n night. lie had Il fine patch
ofoats on his farm, but he WIS
afraid to cradle it. One day he
concluded to take look to sec ii
there wasmony snakes in hcpatch,
so he got his old horse, and after
leading him through the gap and
laying up the fence to keep the
hogs ont, he took an old scythc
snathc in lis hand to fight with in
case Of an attack, mounted the
old horse, and struck out into the
oats, holding up both legs as high
as possible. lie hadn't gone far
when lie saw the largest snake slip
ping through the oats after him
Away lie went round and round
the patch of oats, and away went
the snake, rite along with him,
sometimes OH one side and some
times Oh the other, sometimes be-
fore and sometimes behind. lie
couldn't get out Of the lot because
the fence was up, andas the snake
kept constantly with him, there
was no chance but to keep on the
old horse, and try to keep out Of
its way. lie went it that way till
every stalk Of his oats was tramped
down, and until the horse was near
dead, when he discovered that he'd
been running the Shalor af his
scyhc shuttle.
Year: 1861

a fat old gentleman was bitten
in the calf Of his leg by Il dog. lie
at once rushed to the office of the
justice of the peace, and preferred
Il complaint against a joker in the
ncighbOrhood, whom he supposed
to be the owner Of the offending
cur. The following was the de-
fence offered on trial by the wag:


l. Bp testimony in favor Of the
general good character Of my dog,
[ shall prove that nothing could
make him so forgetful of his ca
nine dignity as to bite CALF.


,. lie is blind, and cannot see to
bite.


3. Even if he could see to bite, It
would be utterly impossible for him
to go out Of his way to do so, on
account of his severe lamcness.


4. Granting his eyes and legs to
be good he has no teeth.


5. My dog died six weeks ago


&. | never had a dog!
Year: 1861

POWER IN A WoMAN's EYE.-A
lady, when the conversation turned
on dynamics, asked the late George
Stephenson, the celebrated cngi-
neer, "What do you consider the
most powerful force in nature" =
81 will soon answer that question, -
said he, "it is the eye of a woman
to the man that loves her; for if a
woman looks with affection Oh a
man, should he go to the uttermost
ends Of the earth, the recollection
Of that look will bring him back
Year: 1861

, y Baltimore paper gives Il dis
eruption Of new steam gun, the
invention Of Charles ;. Dickinson,


which it is stated throws three hum


dred three ounce balls per minute u
distance Of one and a half miles,


1t is attached to a portable steam


engine, which can be moved about


with the facility of a gun carriage.


The balls are placed in u hopper;
through which they are lowered to
the brecch of a gun revolving witl


all the rpidity that steam can mp
ply, and instantaneous with their
reaching the gun they are hurled
forth with more force than can be
given by the ordinary muskct. 1t
is estimated that one of these guns
will be as scrviccablc upon n field
of battle as ten thousand men. 1t
can be adjusted to throw the balls
within given space, or it can be
made to take the radius of a mile
along the foul columns Of an army
extending over several mile of
ground. At the trinI spoken of, it
force the ball through five planks
each one inch thick, and then fiat
tened and tore them in pieces
against Il stone wall in the rear.
Year: 1861

1t is / OF work that kills men,
it is worry. Work is healthy; YOU
can hardly put more on a man than
he can bear. Worry is rust upon
the blade. is not the revolution
that destroys the machinery, but
the friction, Fear secretcs acids;
but love and trust arc sweet juices.
No man can tell whether he is rich
or poor by turning to the ledger
1t is the heart that makes a man
rich. He is rich or poor according
to what hcis, not according to what
he has.
Year: 1861

seD" Salt Lake is probably the sal
ticst body of water on the globe
Three barrels Of this water are said
to yield a barrel Of salt. The wa
ter is Of light green color for a.
bout ten or twenty rods, and then
dark blue. No fish can live in it
no frogs abide in it-and but few
birds are seen dipping in it.
Year: 1861

There is reason to believe that no idea
which ever existed in the mind, can be lost


1t may seen TO ourselves to be gone, since we
have no power to recall it; as is the case
with the vast majority OF our thoughts
But numerous facts show, that it needs only
some change in our physical or intellectual
cordlton, to resto the long lost impression
A servant gill Tor Instance, twenty-iour years
old. who could neither read nor write, 10 the
paroxysm OF fever, commenced repeating
hueutly and pompously passages of Latin,
Greek, and Hebrew and it afterwards ap-
pcared that in her early days, learned cler-
gyman with whom she lived, had been in the
daily habit of walking through a passage in
his house that opened into tue kitchen, and
repeating aloud tie very passages which she
uttered during her fever. How many inter-
cs,ing ipfereuces crowd upon the mind in view
Of such facts f! What an amazing power do
they prove to exist in the soul And what
Year: 1861

TIME.-Thc eloquent Robert Hall thus
moralIzes upon this oft repeated subject -
: Time is the most precious Of all our poss-
csions; by lar the greatest deposit we have
received in regard to what depends on its
use. There is nothing in eternity but what
springs out of time All the good which
eternity has in store, and all the evil, all the
promises, and all the threatenings of God
in Scripture, all will be realized in conse-
quence Of, and in proportion to, the i'm
provement or abuse of the present time of
our probation. Time is the seed OF eternity.
At the judgment the question which will de-
eide our destiny will be no other than this
How have you used your time 2 And the
less there remains Of this precious article
the more valuable it should appear. The
narrower becomes the isthmus that separates
US from eternity, the moro times seems to en-
large Itself in moral magnitude. In a word,
10 sqiander time is to sqnander ALL"
Year: 1861

THE CRUCIFIXloN CARICATURED.-Me Melanc-
tbon, the Retorner, relates the following aw-
'ul illustration of the judgment Of Divine
providence


A company of prcfaue wretches under
took to represent, in farcical way, the
death-scene of our Lord Jesus Christ, when
he who acted the soldier, instead of piercing
a bladder Of blood, hid under the garments
of the one on the cross, ran the spear into
his side and killed him. The dead man fell
from the cross uron he one acting the part
of the weeping woman and killed him. The
brother OF the man first slain Immediately
killed the murderer, and was aftervara tried
and hung by sentence of the court. Thus
did the judgments of Almighty God speedily
overtake those wicked men, who sought to
triAc with one OF the most solemn scenes
known to man.
Year: 1861

A dreadful account must be given of all
this lost aud wasted time, When the Judge
shall ascend his throne in the air, and all the
daughters and sons of Adam are brought be-
fore him, the grand enquiry will be, what
have you done with all the time Of life in
yonder world? You spent thirty or forty
years there, or perhaps seventy or eighty, aud
| gave you this time, with a thousand oppor-
tunities and means of grace and salvation,
and what have you done with them all? How
Year: 1861

QUIET CONVERSE oNs.-A writer of Plan
tation Sermons in the Southern Preshs teri
an, is describing the the new birth, as some
are born again But often God does his
great work in sinners hearts so still and
gently, that nobody can tell just when it was
done. They often doubt about themselves
they wonder whether there can be the new
heart: they're al aid they have made some
mistake. Especially when some young Coris-
tian make such great, sudden change, it
makes others say, If that is the way We
have to be converted, can't be Christian.
Now, | want to clear up that troucle for you.


Often the change in feelings is
just as quiet as the sun going over our
heads at twelve o'clock it makes no noise
at ALL but the shadows begin to fall the other
way"