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Year: 1860

''That the State convention reflected the will of q majority of the democratic party of Arkansas IS to me a matter of doubt, and certain it is that the nominee of that nyention has, by very respec- table portion of the State been solicited to with draw and suffer his to go before another con vention, for reasons set forth too unmistakably plain and reasonable to be disregarded by one who is not prompted by selfish motives, and has only the good of his party at heart. Had k. II. John son done this, and another convention been called and given him the nomination, which they most unquestonably would have done, if majority of the democratic party were in favor of him-then with hearty good will the party would have taken him up, which would have placed his success be- yond doubt; but contrary to the reasonable eX- pectations and wishes of many of his friends, he contemptuously refuses to do so, thereby demon- stratng to my mind one of two things, that he had respect for the harmony of the party or thought he could not get the nomination"

 The above is portion of the reply of s. M Hays, candidate for the Senate from Crawford and Franklin counties, to certain questions; it is published in the Van Buren Press.

 Mir. Hays is either lamentably ignorant of the history of the present disorganizing movement, or he willfully misstates the truth.

 MT. Hays and his co-disorganizers did not aCish another conpention, as was evident from their course at Dover; they did not wish harmony. because as one of their lea ders said: peace would be death to the Old Line Democrat and the cause it es- poused"

 If Mr. Hays and his friends wished for harmony and another convention, why did they not join with Col. Johnson's friends in taking the only legitimate steps for the calling of another convention? The truth is, they were pufed up with an insane idea of their strength; mistook the hungry cry of office-seekers and yelp of packed con ventions for the voice of the people and took the fatal plunge; their last expiring groan will be heard on the sixth of August
Year: 1860

RIGHTLY ExPLAINED.-At the last eec-
ton in Pennsylvania, Mannheim town
ship. in York county, gave the Demo
cratic State ticket one hundred and fifty
one votes, and the Peoples ticket none
The reason is given in The report of the
County Superintendent of Common
Schools of that county as follows


The township of Mannheim is now
the only one in the county in which the
Common School System is not in opera
ton"


Comment is unnecessary.
Year: 1860

I'm lafayette Street.


the place to get fine picture one that will not
i fade.


We return our thanks to the citizens of Baton
Rouge nd vicinity for their liberal patronage and
promise to continue to use all our skill in taking a
GOOD PICTURE and at a FAIR PRICE


Our friends are invited to call and examine speci
mems at any time. If the pictures taken IN our gal
lery are not superior to any taken in other Galleries
in this CITY, we do not ask your patronage If they
are it is to your advantage to give your patron.
;e.


We shall endeavor to please our friends.


Csn and US, over Asher's Store, on Lafayette
Street, Baton Rouge.


January 26th, 1860. DAVID.
Year: 1860

The growing disposition to cele-
bacy among our young men, though


in some measure attributable to a
selfish and luxurious cynicism, is
chiefly due to the irrational expen-
diture consequent on marriage, and
the unattractiveness Of prospective
association with women so unlikely
to Weld domestic happiness. ..A e=J'a
Year: 1860

RUNAwAY.-On Saturday evening hack
drawn by two very fine black horses, and
owned by W. B. Sheldon, drove up to the
Angler House, where the driver left the
horses for moment. They started off and
broke into run and dashed at full speed
down Ontario street to the bank where the
excavation has been made for the sewer
They dashed over huge pile Of dirt and
then down the bank at full speed, where no
man in his senses would think of driving a
horse. They finally stopped after running
clear to the waters edge without break or
injury. 1t was the narrowest escape imagin-
able for 9pth horses and carriage.
Year: 1860

WATER PIPEs BURsT.-The water main
burst Saturday evening on West River street
a few rods east of the Centre Street Bridge.
All the water Of the East Side was therefore
shut off, Workmen were at work Saturday
night and yesterday repairing.


The break was not in the pipe itself, but
in a heavy valve cutoff. The water poured
out and flooded the vicinity. A new valve
was put in yesterday.
Year: 1860

DINING ROOM AT THE FAIR GROUYDs.-VOs-
burgh & slade will have charge of the Prin-
cipal dining hall at the Fair Grounds during
the week. They have had experience, and
are well qualified for the post.
Year: 1860

The attendance to-day has been hardly
equal to that of yesterday. The day opened
drearily and cold, but before noon the sun
showed himself, and the crowds came out in
their beauty and their ugliness. Whether
generally known or not, this same city can
furnish an array Of beauty unsurpassed by
any city in the kingdom, and to-day it is
here-right here in these Halls and upon
these seats; here, enjoying a family picnic
under these spreading trees; here standing,
sitting and fitting about before the eyes Of
your bewildered reporter, who has suffered
from the struggling of duty, on the one hand,
calling him to Durham Avenue and the
heavy machinery, and of inclination on the
other, beckoning to him from the side-hill
where bewitching damsels are disporting
themselves under the shadow of pater and
mater -familias, until he has adopted an un-
happy medium, where the laughter-ringing
of the bellies chimes with the changing of the
bells below.
Year: 1860

. The FcrURE MISTRESS OF THE WHITE HousR is
thus described by q correspondent of the
World:


The future lady Of the White House is, per-
force, a parsonage to whom just row the liveli-
est interest attaches. That she will adorn and
grace even the exalted position to which she
bids fair to succeed, none who have had the for
tupe to see her can doubt. She is yet appar-
emily upon the advantageous side of forty, with
face upon which dignity and sweetness are
blended, and an air Of cultivation and refine
ment to which familiarity with the courhy
drawng-rooms of London, or the aristocratic
saloons or Paris, would hardly lend an added
grace. She is admirably calculated TO preside
over our republican court. II one were permit.
to SO far to describe her personal appearance
as to meet half way the respectful curiosity
which Is generally felt upon the subject, the de-
scription would be, that she is slightly above
the medium stature, with brown eyes, clearly
cut features delicate, mobile, expressive rather
distinguished in appearance than beautiful, .con-
liyeyng to, the mind generally an irttncss'otv Of
self possession, stateIiness and clogAncc Idis-
trust my own opinion upon subjects ofthe kind,
but concur in the belisf prevalent hsreabonts
that she will make as admirable leader Of I ,e
stately danes and lovely dcmoiseles of the ma
tional capital, as the most fastdious social mar
tinet could desire,N
Year: 1860

birdie and surcinglc---and left him standing
with us In the enclosure, loose, stripped, and
without encumbrance had never before
known this horse to look at me except asksnt,
and with q mschievous toss Of his head but
now he fixcd his tranquil eyes fully and conf
IDENTIFY on mine, and his first movement was to
come close and rub his muzzlc against my
shoulder walked in xigxig inyolutions abont
tho shed calling him and holding out my hand.
and he followed like shadow, stopping instant
ly at the word of command; and lf his forward
pressed ears were tG be trustcd) perfectly con-,
tent with my society and controll Yet this
was the same creature, who, with similar liberty
an hour before, would have sprung ut me, tooth,
and boof, like wild beast


The scpetitiQn Of the experiment was to
make Sure Of the victory and, by Mr., Apple
toms advice, have several times strapped up
his leg, and limpcd him about little in tho
stable yard to refresh his memory OF the snbor-
dination but ho seems radically rcgcneratcd.
My entrance to the stall is now welcomed with
docie bend of the knee, and a rub of the muz
ze against my hand, instead Of the former ever
ready to bite or kick !; and, really, il signs can
be trusted the beautiful creature feels affection
ately toward me- Yet how strange that the
previous year and half of kindness only
kindness without showing he superiority of his
strength had produced no such effect To
love you, it appears, the horse must first be
convinced that you are absolutely his master !;
and Mr.. Rarey Is to be thanked for showing us
how to arrive at this once distant and difficult
point by short cut That your horse can be
made to love you in half an hour is, repent, q
refinement upon the luxury Of owning him.
Year: 1860

Good Flour.


This article is indispensable to the peace
of the household That made at the Ross
Vile Mills we have heard highly commend
ed, and last week, by the politcness Of A.
Brown, Esq, Of Rossyille, we had the
pleasure of trying its quality. No winter
wheat -four that we have had in Iowa is
superior to this sack of spring which we
are referring to. The country about Ross
vile is peculiarly adapted for wheat, being
hickory, burr oak and white oak openings:
in addition to this we learn that the Mills
are supplied with all the modern improve
mcnts in the way of cleaning the wheat and
boiling the -four, and what is also very cs-
sential, the miller employed is proud Of his
skill as workman, and would feel himself
dissraced did he fail to keep his stones in
good condition. Mr.. Brown says he can
make Winter Whca Flour out of Spring
grown wheat, and the specimen at our
house is proof.


We were also favored with sack Of
Duckwheat Flour from the same Mills,
which is as far ahead Of the ordinary article
in market as can be Imagined. Men who
try to get up superior article of -four de-
serve most extensive patronage, and we
hope the Browns will realize a fortune al
Rossvile.
Year: 1860

THE TINES & HERALD OF CHICAGO
This paper has laid aside the Herald part
Of its name. Gov. McComas, its very able
and patriotic Editor, IS one of the best men
in the Union. The Times is favoritc
paper with everybody who wants to be cor
rcctly informed commercially or politically
it never substitutes spleen for argument as
the bitter Press &c Tribune is in the
habit of doing. We advise our readers who
want full telegraphic reports Of the pro
ceedings Of Congress and all other late and
important matter to forward dollar for the
Daily and try it. By clubbing, the Weekly
can be got year for 81 100, provided ten
names and dollars are forwarded from one
office. We could scarcely issue a paper
without the Chicago Times Daily. Persons
visiting Chicago will now find the Times
Office in the splendid new building occu.
rying the site of the old Revere House.
Year: 1860

Cure FOR LOVE. E.-Recommended to take
twelve ounces Of dislike one pound Of re.
solution, two ounces Of powder of expert
ence, large spris of time; fourteen drams
of the quiet Of dishonor, one quart Of the
over gentle fire Of love, swccten it with
the sugar Of forgetfulness. skim it with the
spoon of melancholy, put it to the bottom
OF your heart, cork It with the cork Of a
sound conscience, and Their let It remain,
and you will INSTANTLY find ease, and can
be restored to your right senses again.
These things are to be had of the apothe-
cary, at the house Of Understanding, next
door to Reason, in Prudent street, in the
parish Of Contentment.
Year: 1860

Don't be afraid of little fun at home,
good people! Don't shut up your houses
lest the sun should fade your carpets !;
and your hearts, lest hearty laugh
should shake down some Of the musty
old cob-webs there! you want to ruin
your sons, let them think that all mirth
and social enjoyment must be left on the
threshold when they come home at night
When once home is regarded as only a
place to eat, drink, and sleep in. the
work is begun that ends in gambling
houses and reckless degradation. Young
people must have fun and relaxation
somewhere. If they do not find it at
their own hearthstones, it will be sought
in other, and perhaps, less profitable pla-
ces. Therefore, let the fire burn brightly
at night, and make the home-nest de-
lighttul with all those little arts that pa
rents so perfectly understand. Don't re-
press the buoyant spirits of your children;
half an hour of merriment round the
lamp and freight of home blots out the
remembrance OF many care and annoy
ance during the day, and the best safe
guard they can take with them into the
world is the unseen influence of bright
little domestic sanctum.
Year: 1860

How TO PREVENT SORE SHOULDERS IN
WORK HoRsEs.-The Boston Journal says;
"The plan we have tried, and never found
it to fail, is to get piece of leather and
cut it INTO such shape as to lie snugly
between the shoulders of the horse and
the collars. This fends off all the friction,
as the collar slips and moves on the leath-
er, and not on the shoulders of the horse.
Chatting is caused by friction; hence this
remedy is quite n plausible one, and is
much better than tying slips of leather
or pads of sheepskin under the collar"
Year: 1860

pay- The New York Central railroad
has made its annual report for the last
year. For the last seven years the COM
pany has realized the great sum of nearly
forty-six millions from passengers and
freight, and during the last year two mil
lion two hundred and forty thousand per-
sons travelled over the road, affording a
total receipt of six millions and quarter
Of dollars for passengers and freight
Year: 1860

Gainesville, East Florida, August 4, 1850


DR.. Lee:-I am constant reader of your
department in the Southern Field and Fire.
side. and novice in the pursuit of agric ul-
ture, am induced to obtrude an interroga-
tion upon your attention, as to what kind Of
seed corn must procure to receive the
greatest yield per acrei Or what kind Of
corn will flourish best in our Southern lati-
tnde Your opinion on this subject through
the Southern Field and Preside will be duly
appreciated by


YouVs truly. &C..


G. L. DENTON.


The variety Of corn which Yields the lar.
gest crops III the State Of Florida, is the
kind to secure seed Of for planting next
spring. Go into the best fields of this grain
you can End, and select well filed ears with
;wo or more on stalk, because the habit of
being prolific in bearing fruit may be in
creased by the jadicious selection Of seed
from year 10 year. Corn growers are too
neglectlul in the matter Of saving seed for
planting. One reason why corn at the North
ripens in 50 lew months after it is planted,
and generally yields more per acre Than corn
grown in the South. is the care uniformly
taken to select seed before harvest. or when
gathering the crop. Only the ears that are
first ripe. and growing on the most prolific
stalks, are saved for seed. So far as our
personal observation has extended. nothing
like the same care and pains are taken To
improve The early maturity and natural le.
cundity of this important cereal in this
quarter OF the Union. Experienced corn.
growers can name the varieties Of this grain
most improved, aud most productive better
than we can. Not long since we wrote a
leading article on corn culture, suggested bv
the then severe drouth in Clark county and
many others. which somehow got lost before
IL reached the c"mpositor. In il was sug
gestsd the propriety Of experimenting with
seed grown in New York and Canada. We
believe that great benefits would accrue to
the South BY this course. provided the seed
corn was wisely selected at the North
Having seen corn grow there many years, as
well as 10 the sunny South, and carefully
studied the climatic peculiarities OF both
sections. we feel warranted in expressing an
opinion on the subject. Dry weather cuts
our corn growing term into two pasts, and
so near the middle that neither is quite long
enough to mature a crop Of our common
Southern corn. Ninety day corn is what we
want.
Year: 1860

TExAs.-The Louisville Journal, speak,
ing of this State, says:


"Who supposes that Texas wants to go
out of the Union? When she wrested her
independence from Mexico she was a SOW
ereign government and might have remain
ed so. But so anxious was she to get into
the Union, and some of the present Seces-
sionsts to aid her in getting in, that the
propriety of the mode of admission was not
stickled at, but she was lugged in head end
shoulders, rough and tumble, just as the an
nexationists could get the best hold upon
the bright eyed sister of the far South.
When comfortably settled in her changed
family relations, her new associates paid
her debts, and assumed her liabilities since
which she has been getting along prosper
onsly and happily, until the liquor-swilled
Wigfall took it into his added head that
she must secede because she is oppressed !
What consummate folly! But the old hero
of San Jacinto holds the helm of State yet,
and while he controls it, the name of Texas
will never be coupled with dishonor or trea-
SON.
Year: 1860

Disastrous STORM AT THE SouTH We
have received no telegraphic dispatches
direct from New Orleans for several days.
We are informed that terrific storm passed
over the country south of jackson, Miss,
the present week, and that it in all probabili-
ty extended to the.Gulf The train on the
railroads south of Jackson have been stop
ped and telegraphic communication with
New Orleans has been cut Off The storm
has doubtless been very destructive in it's
consequences, and we await the reception
of news from that quarter with painful in
terest. We received a dispatch from New
Orleans last night, it is true, but it contain
ed nothing definite in reference to the storm
on the line of the Jackson Railroad \
train had been thrown from the track at a
bridge, by which accident the conductor
and others had been killed.-Lou Star
Year: 1860

GG@ The best way to obtain a lucrative
Office is to run in debt to a great many men,
then all your creditors will feel an interest
in your election, and of course vote for you.
-E6


We suppose the chap who wrote that has
tried it on He seems to be posted
Year: 1860

A lady was one day disputing with the cele


brated Cromwell, Protector of England, on the
art OF oratory she insisted that eloqueDce could
not be acquired but by the most profound study


He was of different opinion, and maintained
that true eloquence originated from the heart
"When the heart is moved" said the Lord Pro-
tector, 'sthe most true and energetic expressions
are drawn from it by the lips of the orator.
The discussion ended, as discussions usually do
each holding to his or her own opinion. A
short time after, this same lady was thrown un-
expectedly into the most violent grief by the ar
rest of her husband, who was accused of the
capital crime of treason, and shut up in the tow
er of London to await his trial. The lady, in a
paroxysm of tears, went and fell down at Oronl-
wells feet, and implored her husbands pardon
with expressions of the most lively eloquence.-
The Protector at first knit his eyebrows and
looked at her very severely, while she supplica
ted him. Exhausted with grief and with speak
ing, she became silent. He then smiled and
granted her husbands pardon, saying, II think
that as many spectators of this scene as are here
present, will agree with me in thinking that the
eloquence of the heart is always the BEST"
Year: 1860

Smith is done for, and all hope is over, he is


in the rapids of Niagara, and no power on eorth
can save him, His poor wife is hopeless, and
the dark night of despair has settled upon her
soul. Oh, rum how mneh misery hast thou to
answer tor Smith has no power over his pas
sion for the liquid which has blghted his pros
poets for this life, and will soon send him into
another, miserable, debased, polluted being. l
saw him in Broadway not week since, in the
same dirty black suit, the thermometer at 80
degrees in the shade, and his coat buttoned up
to the chin, bis pale, anxious countenance giving
evidence OF the terrible struggle going on with
in his breast, and yet nothing can save him.
The picture, OF the poor, long suffering being
whose tate is linked with his, and to whom she
still clings, is ever before the eyes of the tender
hearted and now anything but envious Mrs.
Jenkins, and we daily talk OF the terrible spec
tacle of the doomed man and bis unfortunate
wife, There is no hope for him now; no strong
er appeal can be made than has been made; he
is past being reached, and shall not be surpris
ed it I recognize in the morning papers, ere
long, under the head of ''picked up 10 the wa
ter" the bloated rum soaked aud besotted re-
mains Of my once fashionable and rich and en-
We'd neighbor Smith!
Year: 1860

had forewarned him Of the consequences OF drink
before obtained tor him the situation ne hao
earnestly and faithfully promised me that II
would find place for him, he would never
touch the cursed liquor again; had pleaded
with him for his wife's sake, for his own sake,
for the sake of his friends, for the salvation Of
bis very soul, to reform; he had solemnly prom.
ised aud deliberately broken that promise. !
told him to go, for could not ct that time hold
any further communication with him. Silently
he took up his hat and walked out OF my room
q Inundated man..


l immediately called upon my friend Jones;
his story was quickly told, and was just what
expected-"Y friend Smith smelled 80 infer
nalIy that could not stand it; my customers
conld not stand it; he was soggy every afternoon
and unfit for business, and discharged him.
Why did you not tell me be drank Z"


This was plain and explicit; it was decidedly
to the point; felt rebuked for the deception I
had practiced upon Jones, and had nothing to
say.