Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1860-05-01

              , . - . : ? r . r .- etc ""5 . IS PCSLISBBO BYIUT XUBSCAT . XOBXIIO, ' BY 1.. HARPER. ' -i j Offic s in : Woi4 t ard's BIock.TTiIrd Story ' TERMS T- JJoWaff rer ""intra m" pajrable In ad-anee; 2,50 irittun lix nonth$ 3.00 after the ex-irati'Mi of tha yeir. k Clut of Jwentj, $1,0 aach.. JL REFLECTIVE RETROSPECT. ' -. T J0H5 6. SAXS. Tij twenty year and onjethtn more, Since, alt athint for'njefuf knowledge, I took mib dmuirl. t frclnio lore, . Brawn, vey uiild. at rd College ; Tet I remember all tlittce r ; rf - Could wiih fo bold in recollection - The boyi, the jy, the ooim, kbe fan ; : Cut not a single Conio Seetton. J recollect tbose barsh affair, The njr.rninp bells Ibat jto u panics; I recollect tbo formal prwyers, V"" - - That teemed like losson in Mechanics ; I recollect the drowey way - j In which the students listened to them, . At clearly, in tny a g, to-day, As, when a boy, I slumbered tbr o them. I recollect the tutors all, ' :- Ag frenbly now, i f I may lay io, As any chapter I recall, In Homer, or Oridius Nao . I recollect, extremely well, ' " Old iluith," the mildest of fanatics; I well remember Matthew Bell, But Ti-ry faintly Mathematics. ' I reeoileet the prizespntd, For lessons fathomed to the bottom ; (Alas! tltut penc;l marks' should fade !) I recollect the chaps who got 'em The light equestrians, who soared ."i" O'er erery asxnge reckoned stony ; And took the chalks but nerer scored A single honor to the pony ! Ah, melwbat changes Time has wrought, And bow predictions have miscarried! A few bare reached the iroal they sought. And some are dead, and some are married; And some in eitv journals war ; . And some as politicians lielter: And si;ineare pleading at the Lar, -".- For jury-verdicts, or for liquor! And some on Trade and Commerce writ; : -And socio ll schools with dunces battle;! And.some the Oospel propagate,". - And some the choicest orecds of cattla j And some are living at their oase, And some are wrecked in the "revulsion;" Some serve the State for handsome fee And one, I bear, upon compulsion! Xamont, who, in. his college dsyw. Thought e'en a cross a mural scandal, Has left his Puritanic ways,1 " , And worships now with bell and candle; . And Mann wbo mourned the negro's fate, And held tlu slaves ns mist unlucky, Now holds him, at Ibo market rate, -7 On a plantatiou ia Keiiiucicy ! Tom Knox who swore in such a tone, It irly might be doubled .whether : It was really himself aione, - Or Knox and Krahus together . Has grown a very altered-man ; And changing oatbs fo- mild entreaty, Now rccoininundd the Christian plan To: aaViigw ia Ojkbeilo ! . Alashfor young ambition's vow-- How envious fte may overthrow itt Pwir llarvty Is iu Congress now, : Who struggled long to bo a Ket ; . ' Smith carves (quite well) memorial stones, Who. tried iu vain to make the law go; Hall deals iu bides; and "Pious Jones " It dealing faru in Chicago! t' . And sadder still, the brilliant Hays, Otice hoDes'-, tiiaaly and ambitious, Has taken latterly to way?, kxtruiaely profligate aud vicious ; By slow degrees I eaa't tell how - He's reached at last the wry groundsel, ' -And in New 'York he figures now, A member of the Couiiuou Cououil!- personal httcljcs. . . Erom the Pittsburgh Post. OWEN STANLEY, THE GIPSY KING. Owen Stanley,- the Tecopnizad leader of a large band of Gipsies in this country, died a short time since at Madison, Ind.f and his remains were taken to Da ton fur interment beside those of liar riet Owen, a Gipsy Q ieen, who was buried there some two jpars ago. The ceremonies were an- Bounced to have taken place with great pomp, and rovin? tands of this singular people were gathering at Dayton from all directions to par ttcipate io the funeral ceremonies, which were to be ot a curious and imposing character, becoming: the intermeut of deceased royalty. . .. In noticing the fact of his death, we observe that the papers make no remark" upon the character, life and personal historj of the deceased. The " Gipsy King Owen Stanley,, and bis numerous - family hve freqtiistttly' visited this part of Pennsylvania, and we know them well. The government of this peculiar people, among themselves is patriarchal the oldest member of the tribe or family receiv,in -pecpliar Tterenct and implicit obedience from all its members. J . The Stanley famify of Gipsies, of whith Owen was the patriarch, chief, or king, came to America some seven or eiht years ago from Engtand, bjr waj of Canada, -The. Gipsj King"! was the father cf seventeen children, all of whom, we believe, are in America and living.;"7 These, with their descendants, now oumber about two hun- d'ed ptrions,' The still keep up their nomadic, Gipsej mods of living', .tratelling :roaa ftUce to placs in bands, subdivided according to circtitn-' Uncesl 'Tba tribe' is po8iMe'droT eonaiderable wealth i horses, wagons. aad money, the latter osia. whom they, hare implicit con&daace. Knowing themrelves inspected they Velbatural- -lsvaespie4oos people, but wheri once theirconi fidence ta icauued . they, are , free-hearted, cpeo-i, handed and joviaU .In aU -'matters' of practical' life theT"are well inform edijhefdrfve tarajOi are cauUoas and. prudent sodnr ran saythal the Stanleyfamlfy ;hav9!:rrovea,tVem- sei?e JiOnfEt, for ,14 alh charges jade against tbeowLicb' are cot onfrequeut, the, Insist ojpbn; ihvest?atjpnVcI comact, rIupphaVti'V.rwi collect that at one time, when ia this city; ' from Ohio screpcsUiveT to'tta ownership o"a koraa wiicla ra ia lis poesjuoa of trtaember oftV JrihVan i oTiVel far sale U tb? hotst mlh kit,' and be was arrested. f.:f L liJtjqics-' fJoaIajfts4 crcis-qaes4.;oc'-j, i-Jaced tL com (Jainant gweaejxwitivelr that the horse was Lis father's, Stanley produced the bill and receipt for lhefprcDa.se bT hefcorse ffave tail foe staj of proceedings tor couple of days, mod not on 1 proved his legal ownership in the horse fctJt also that tde man who waa aaid to ia,vp bees its owner still had his owu borje. When toe Stanley Irib first came into this country tbe father and mother remained in England, and joined their children in this Country at the request of their son Levi Stanley, who sent to EagUnd a thffnssnd-daHar?' to' aid them and some of the poorer members of the trite tQCome to the United States. ; ! . The ofJ rnaa had mariy vaf liable articles which had descended to him- from hislancestors,'and which he desired to preserve as relics of the olden time. They were silver cups snd silver quarts or tankards, which had been presented to various members of the triS by Englishmen, as rewaras tor teats oi agility, strength running jumping, dancing, Acj, 'TVhen- encamped upon large common grounds belonging to the nobility an! gentry of England amusements of this sort were common, but by an act f Parliament pass ed about twenty years ago these ground i were enclosed, and the camp grounds and the grazing of the gipsies, lika the bunting grounds of our Indian; tribes, were . taken away from them. ThTs fact, together with the fear that the younger members of thetrthe might be impressed for the Russian war, induced the Stanleys, together with several other gipsy tribes to emigrate to Americ, where they cotild find plenty of room without being regarded as trespasses?. When the Stanleys resolved to come to Amer ica, one and all, the question arose as to how they should convey the family relics above spo ken of, which were numerous, and, being of silver, valuable. They feared that both in England . and in this country the popular, prejudice which sets down the Gipqy as a thief, might induce the authorities to seize them, under the supposition that they were stolen, and that thus they might be put to trouble and delay, or might lose their cherished treasures altogether. They accomplished the ftfliir'with- tme gipsy cunning. Pur-chasing a cask of liquor, Ujv selretly placed the sil ver ware in it, wrapped up as to deaden the sound, and then entered their liquor for regular exportation at the costom bouse. The cetk and its valuable contents came" safely through o1Suil bauds, and the liquor was u injured by the val utWe deposit which it contained. The family are still vt possession of these relics, which they regard as heir-looms to be handed down to future generations. - -r--- : . - 0en Stanley, at the time of his death, was a- bout eighty years of age. De tu of very email stature only about Ove feet two inches in height but active as a;Viat', notwithstanding hivadvau- ced ase. When encamped in the vicinitv rf Pittsburgh, at East Liberty, last year, he could leap fnm the ground upon the back of the lar;. est sized hore as neatly as ever Euou Stoiie, the circus-rider, could do. . The whole tribe are remarkable fr their lon gevity aud for their robust health', showing that the nomadic life, with all its discomforts, as we dwellers in cities would esteem them, is condu-cive to spand bodily vigor and lengili of days. i Sow tlat the patriarch, ba ceased his wanderings in the land of his adoption, Levi Stanley, the oldest son, will mount the Gipsy throne. He is a man of more than ordinary intelligence, and with a decided turn for speculation. Lie is a thorough Yankee in this reapeet- ready, to trade anything he has, except his wife and children, to turn an honest penny-. lie is a fine looking man, and his wife is a noble specimen of the Gipsy race. She is tall and stalely, with the presence and the -action of a born queen. Ht-r hair and eyes are black as jet the latter brilliant and sparkling her complexion is a dark, ruddy bru. nette her features handsome, liar mien and step are as tndepeiideat as those of the "McGregor on his native heath." Wiih'hef broad brimmed hat and ho'idaj attire, brilliant with strong contrasts of colors, when we saw her last she I oked the queen as much as Victoria or Eugenia ever could do. .' The wife of Owen Stanley' died, and was bq rita io ooutn Carolina, aooui .mree years ago. and su.ee the death of the old patriarch, Leu Stanley and h s handsome wife are now the Gipsy king; andI queen of the United States. A Fickle. Hoosier! Girl. . .' The Terre Ilaate Journal tell a story of a fide Hoosier : girl who went from that 8tate to Marshall, III , recently,.to get married, which deserves to stand 'as a companion to that of the Mississippi girl w4io-married one mau in the at-ternoon, eloped with anbCher 'at night, and came back to her husband repentant the next day. The girl, wuh her lover,, was . at a hotel where a returned Calif'ornian was stopping, and while the lover was out hunting a. preacher to marry! Ibem the Calif rnian saw her ua:ne on the register and 'aitblllMir. nut. . ' lie j-ruved to ' be au old a - w lover townora sne was. once engajeu. tie reproached her far deaertiagbiii. She cried and beggen forgivness. V . stormy scene ended in per proraisrng to break her present engagement and garback to the arnrs of the Clifrriian. JusK as this arrangement was vcrrapieted. he other lover returned, and was very naturally as tonished at finding anotberipaik jn hju plice. Explanations followed, and the girl being puz- 3 the girl being pnz- tetween her two lovers, ith either were t,the eled as badly as Macbeta between for she "could be happy w dear fellow away,", tbywtth4ew to decide the matter themselves. The yalifornian finally re signed -nfrf pre-emptroif.'and the other married tbe girl at once, the Californiao acting as groomsman. "-. - - ... '1 Appearance of ths Fire Ancient Cities r. u' f ave been diaeovrd iaih. rir, 'Wai7t "t. rood the Rier Jordan. Av report adefo4he poyal Asiatic Society, by UfMirtin lEg- tin pa "T" '"ie-VcTOryw V Ahe East, gives; the articulaw . of tbe dUcoverv. '-Thev were as he bouses retaicme the mmssiva lutn. A, which are a charaeter&tVif the'architecture of thai region. yne.or cities is remarkable for a. lare bu.iicg like a casi.e, built of white stone, freaui'ifully c"zU.FurtterT'e-ulwar4 c'.b.or r! were fcuod, where' every stooe lad inscriptions In an uoVown cv--rr!9r, bearing srae rprnt iikea6a ta tLj Greek alphabet formerly ia sie ; .A First-Site .Ohost Story. ' r 1 We liave received the particulars, of a first-fate ghost story, 6r ratler ghostJ interference in" the internal arrangements of a fami! residing on the line of the .Sandusky, 'Daytor. and Cin cinnuti Railroad, wtucH we ; think will be interesting, and perhaps amusing, to our readers. The names of the parties, or the exact location of the transaction, we do not feel at liberty to dtvulge, but give the details as we recejved them: "'' ''', '" '"' ' ' ;- ". ;' ' ' " . .' ' V ' A ftrmerwas bereaved of hi wife some sir-teen years ago an infant daughter, on only childr being left to console him in.bis afflictions.' The daughter grew up to be a beautiful and amiable young lady,' and not long since did what maidens have done from time immemorial fell in love. But unfortunately for her, the young man upon whom she bad lavished the wealth of her youthful affections, was poor, al-j though worthy of her m every , otber respect, and when' her stern "parient''4liscoyered how matters were drifting, he ordered the distracted daughter to confine herself to her room and her needle-work, and commanded tee young man of poor but honest parents, never- again to darken I his door. - ' . :. , A stern, unyielding parent was f he, and so satisfied of this fact was the daughter, altera rather intimate acquaintance of about sixteen years, that she uttered rot a word of remonstrance, but went quietly to her room into seclusion and decline--pining away after the approved style of disappointed and forlorn maiden, hood. Tbe roung man didn't nine, but tnr.k school to teach, exhibiting a commendable degree of perseverance. About this time a wealthy and miserly old fellow in the neighborhood, who had seen the young lady a few times, and become-enamored of her, made known his Game to the father, directing him to tender to her his hand in connection with a miserable fossil be called his heart. In short, he wiahtd Io marry, her. The f .tther was in ecstasies wiib the proposed match as the old man, though old enough to be her grandfather was kuown to be immensely rich. The girl, however, treated the proposition with indignation and disdain, mingled with a considerable quantity of disgust, and intimaled that she would "die first." The father, who was not accustomed to having his authority eet at naught in ihe slightest p trticular, stormed and raved like a mad-man, and swore she should obey. Several weeks passt-d by, in which the daughter pined more and more, still firm in her resolution, and her father became more and more enraged at what he termed her senseh si obsti nscy. At lencth one day, after a long and private interview wiib the miserly old lover, the father directed the gii I to prepare herself for the ceremony, as marry she must that very day, tbe man he hail chosen lor her. -then, sealing tbe command with an oath he threw himself upon his horse, and rode away . for a magistrate to make the ill-assorted twain one flesh and blood. .- ' After the expiration of an boor, a horse's hoofs were heard coming into the yard at a breakneck speed, and those, who ran but saw the ftrmer hurriedly alight, his face a deadly pallor. As he stepped upon the door-still he sank down insensible and was borne lo his room. , . , The wedding Iy did not lake place that day, for after recovering from his fainting fit the farmer was confined to his bed by a' long and severe sickness. The daughtei nursed him tenderly, and after a long struggle between life: and death the old man recovered. : ' - ' He was a changed man, however, and one day he told his daughter the cause of his great frighji 00 the day of the intended weddiog. As he was passing down the road leading to the vilhtge, and when in the woods, he heard a rustling above his head, and nt the' same time a pair of white arms reached down and caught the briddte from bis hands; he looked up and beheld the form of his dead wife over him, her face, most sad asd melancholy, nearly touching his own. The horse wheeled su6fdenly,as if directed by the gh'ostly bands, and then, as if little less terrified than bis rider, went at frightful speed towards borne. The vision -remained ho verlnir over him. aW1 only vanished when the horse turned into the The story "became known, and is firmly believed by the neighbor's- They think the ghost of his wife interfered, to save the daughter fro, the fate that threatened her. lt bed that effect at least; for the old miser's visits are no longer received, and the young, lover is a welcome visitor at tbe farm-house', I The yriung lady has ceased to pine-, and a, dress-maker is there at work-'ott atv elegant dres if ay a.1 fusion to which cause's the young lady to blush eaceediugly-Wo don't kno'w, but we suspect it is her wedding dress. .. .-; . ' 'y'-'r-ei i ---f r iijid::.; i- When young he becime intimately acquainted with a daughter tf one of lhr Knijkerbpek- ertof the time,7' stordv in" famili wealth. With i.;- i-i s 4-.- .'f 5 MyJsa ;i d pite the fact ''that he- regarded the reebbrceS with which Irving proposed t Support awife.'too f lender,, to maiotain thai strle'jofj luxury ljwhiqbi Ins daugbjer badL been accutomed-j dsi an awl hour, as it seeme -DnCiigfatoirprmiaister of the Presbyterian Chureh despfte his Scottish barentagp, fell ia-with lher- ge'nilenanwhqni r Vintf-'sras' desirous" to":niake "his 'iather.fQ )a.w tjbeclfergjrmn I-oL thesama louna .Jaqy ;,whoitiaarwontbe lesrt of ihstJispirrug tfiihStii&'fSi'TefeiVr tnV. atbet hid bliridedla all other.crusiderationV by tSe weVliV which I)r. treighton c fTefgd, together with iahearU .?Tip' B.nd persistency. pushed Irving from Jtha acene aiii thi'girl, c-sdient to baf f;ifervt"r-calf .t-alreaiie j7,ia'Te f:.'fv-"r-ence the j recc- Jenca - cf lr b-t."'j But".tbs'i4. dest pari of thelstory remains to be told. When the question of lis cjsrrlaja portioo wax under consideration, tbe latber stated that tbe family i. -it had '.beeb tainted , with . insauitr: and toruard against the evils of arsbT treatment, should his uaunier oe. BLaicieu. wim mn jmu oiaiauy, in-sts'ted that a certain, sum should bs.eet aside, whtcn, in the erent, of. such ''calamity, should be devoted to herjnalntenance 00 her estate, bn' the oaiiks of the Hudson, and that in no event should she be removed from the mansion here J "The terms the ardent suiter, hoping-for the best, complied with.. It may have been the re suit of hereditary disease,' or of ,tha effort to crush out and kill her young . hopes, bat pot many'jeara elapsed before the. young, wife was a raving maniac. She became so violent tbst confinement was rendered aecesssi vt and the family mansion was converted -into an asylum. Dr. Creightoo Lpilding ' another house on a distant part of the estate. , The unfortunate woman is still living, and. an quiet nights ber shrieks may be heard shrilling along the banks of the river almost audible, too, at the secluded retreat which Irving occupied. Ho heart but , hU own knows how much the sad event may have tinged his own life, or to what exertions it may have urged him in attempting! to drown all remembrances of his disappointment. I r. Creighton has for years officiated at the humble chapel where Irving worshipped &nd, singular enough, read the burial service i for Lis former rival. To those who were aware of;tbese mournful circumstances, the strange coincidence must have been; exceedingly painfuL There are but few portraits or busts of Mr. Irving in existence as he has, especially of late years ji persistently refused to place himself at the disposal of any artist, however celebrated. The Immense Building- Bjaising;. For the past week the marvel acid wonder of m our citizens and visitors has been'the spectacle of a solid front of first-class business blocks, com prising' the entire block on-the iorth side of Lake street, between Clark and La Salle streets a length of lAree hundred miid ttrcfyy feett being raised four feet by the almost rciistkss lifting force of six thousand sand screws. ! - The block comprises thirteen first-class stores and a. large double, marble structure, the Marine Bank building. Its subdivisions nre n five story marble front block .f three stores; a four f tory of three stores; a feond four story block of three stores, and a five story Uock of four stores, at the corner of Clark street these all presenting an unbroken front, in the heart of our city, and filled with peenpanfs... It presents some -of the best rpiail eetablishmeuts .in be city, and some of the heaviest slocks of drug? , dry goods. &c. Its upper stories are full of offices, "and Tcontain millinery rooms, printing esRbtifehments, bindeiies, &c. &c, aud yetj so admjrablj has the work been conducted, the ceaseles daily lideot edestriana has : not been impeded? but rather increased, fiom ihe novelty of the sight, arid the merchant and others even speak of an improved trade; though they will wtlcon-e the, completion of. the work none the lees. :- The absence from annoyance to the merchants and the public, is due to the skill with which the contractors have hung the sidewalks to the block itself, and carr'ed up the same with the rise of the building. The block has been raised four feet eight inches, the required beightln five days, ending with Friday last, and the masons are now busy putting in . the permanent supports. The entire work will occupy about four weeks. An estimate from a reliable source makes the entire weight thus raised to be about 33.000 tons. So carefully has it been done that not a pane of glass has -been broken nor a crack in masouary appeared. : The internal order of the block has prevailed undisturbed. . ' The. contract was taken not jointly, but so car ried but, by the several firms of Brown S HoT-lingsw.orth, Pullman & Moore, and Ely & Smith, and for an aggregate prica of $IT,000. That sum. will be nearly double by the entire improve : menta contemplated on the blotk. ' ' ,The process of raising, as indicated above, Is by the jscrew, at sis thousand of which three inches iajjiameter, and of "three txyjtts tJa-ead" six hundred workmen have been employed each man in charge" of from eight to ten screws, .'A complete system, of sigLals wss jept in operation, and by; jbeie the workmen passed, each throaghhis series, giving each se-ew one quar-rr turn, then-returning" to repeat the same. Ftve'days cUborT saw the immense weigbt rise through four feet 'eight inches to where it now stands on temporary supports " rapidly being re placed by permanent foundations. . : . The work, as il stands, is worth going miles to seev aod has drawn the "admiration of thousands within the Veek past Chicago Press arid Tribune. : '' -' "-"' r v.' ' 'y ,, : ' '.' ;. . , .'fiomance ia Ee&l J-ife- ' , . The Cttaragus JVwaici, ' published at ' EHi-cottville gives an interesting1 chapter from the experience cf a Couple who commenced the jour-tiey . of le .together in' Dafralo. Ir. Woj. E. Harrison ; jtfv EllicoAtville, ana I Miss ' Maria P. Smith of-BuffIb, were 'married at (he Genesee House, jn; Wat citytwo" years j'bW. The; mar-r ige was celebrated ,jq thef m onta of A priL For a brief period all went well, aod the marriage seemed- likelv-to-prDve n higbly advanta-geous affair for 'both' rart1es. HutMheir cup f h fPefj fttdf hashed : 1 0 ; the ekirt.''Ift the: matb. of; June" succeed ic 7 their marriage, ilrti Harrison made sv visit .1c some friends al tbeWesV'and Iislenngr"td h' : olScfoos.lnter- sn edd 1 1 n g a n d "I' cou side red e upon, -much against the r qH her heart to desert her t eight weeks. before she badu fovel Feeling that he had bee ly wronged, ind- natoralryrif from sua e ii tap pli ng- hU '& n c e dactire-.of sncli bitter ruits, ! and obtained a divorce from ' v ice,. was prevail" ' a ral prom plings band, wnomj bot mnl: nwedld deeply,IgtreVoTjs-ns- to- be freed t had fceen""pro-IlarrisDnioaght-rifa in the Etats ..iined ret ta terry LiaD.er. TLa oninted it its swckest-sper--rroD yi ta J . ,r A . corresT-n- ; fc:.e fI!y an J ni asked for and jof,OLlot ",Bct the aCair wa ciinale ia that abrupt and t. f erring and misguided -Xti. pertly f ber, l'inc3t. 1: fert c?n,,cIoT,',rs3 -cf the iniiiciei c-pon" her late hcs. decfer ..s opens d" Letwc-f-a freely acknowledged her fat cltciaei til fsrivecOiS. E flame ofheir ol I affection was rekisdUd, jnato'-T at vows 01 love were exchanged anew, and, on Saturday night last she again became the wife of Mr. Harrison. - ! ! - - .it." ...a.. " " ' - '. 1 ri il Eerolalloa la 6pitizuA -T i" ; ;Tha fisg of Don Carlos is'agaia 11 a furled in Spain. Carlos is a brother of King Ferdiaatid, who died ip. 1833. : Under the S alio Law, Which excludes females fronn' the throne, le was successor to the Crown.-: But -ibis LawFeraihand abi rogated in order that , his daughter, Isabella, might reigo 80, at three years old,' she stepped from, tbe sursery to the Throne. Carlos rebelled. He was defeated'after a long ' war, and exited to France.5' But a 'strong ' party sided with hin Ever since, ihey havefomented occasional revolts, to place "him orhis'son in power. . But Queen Christina, the Regent, Esparf fro,' Narvaez and O'Dorinel. successfully upheld' the cause of thel youthful Queen. The ' Carlists have oeen kept under for twenty Sevea years. They have, chosen their time for a new outbreak with ssga-city.' 'The Government i a engaged in an exhaust ing war with Morocco, the greater party of the Army is away, and if the revolutionary 'movement progresses with vigor, it may succeed, ; Interesting to Faraeri' Wives. "As a general rule, it is most economical to buy the best articles The price is, of course, always a little higher; but good articles spend beat. It is a sacrifice of -snoney to buy poor cheese, lard, etc., to say nothing of the injurious effect upon health. " - . : Of the West India sugar and molasses, the Santa Cruz and Porto Ilico are coobidered the best. The Havana is seldom clean. White sugar from Brazil is sometimes very good. Refined sugar usually contains most of the saccharine substance: there is probably more economy in using loaf, crushed and granulated sugars, than we should first suppose." Butter that is made in September and October is the best for winter use. Lard should be hard and white; and that which is taken from a hog not over a jenr old, is best. Ilich cheese feels softer under tbe pressure. of the finger. . That which is very strong is neither very good nor heahhy. Ta keep one that Iscutf tie il up in a bag that will not admit Hies, and hang it in a cool dry placel If mold appears ou it, wipe it eff with a dry cioth. Flour and meal of all kinds should be kept in a cool dry place. - s The best rice is large, and has a clear fresh look. Old rice sometimes has little black insects inside, the kernels? ; ' . : Tlie omall white sago, called the peral sago, is the best. The targe brown kind has an earthy taste. Theie articles, and tapioca, ground rice, etc., should be kept covered. To select nutmegs, prick them with a pin. If they are good, the oil wilt instantly spread around the puncture. . " Keep coffee by itself, as the od Or effects other articles. Keep tea in a close chest or canister. Oranges and lemons keep best wrapped close in soft paper, and laid in a drawer of linen. The cracked cocoa is best; but that which is pot np in pound papers is often very good? Soft soap should be kept in a dry place in the cellar, and seould not be used until three months id. :-. ;' " ' ' " . . ; .X :; To thaw frozen"potatces, put them in hot wa ter! ' : '.-'. ,:: ' '; : - . . .. To thaw frozen apples, put them in cold water. Neither will keep long after being frozen. Housekeeper's Friend. Cheap and Valuable. Paint. Mr. Wm. H. White, of Vermont, writes to the Country Gentleman as follows? - Yours, requesting me to send you a'receiptfor paint, was duly ' received. At the .time, it was not io my power to furnish it, for the reason that the book containing it was not in my possession. After many inquiries, I found it yesterday, in tbe hands of a neighbor, who borrowed it some years since. I did not originate the composition, but found it in the second volume of Chaptal's Chemistry pages 68 and 69,) an old work published in I80T. '. V. -,'-;': . ' . : - It is intended as a substitute for whitelead paint and is composed of: . Skimmed milk, two quarts. Fresh slaked lime 6 onnces. ": " Linseed oil, 4 onnces. Common whiting, 3 pounds. ' Directions for mixing are: "Put the lime into a stone ware vessel,' pur upon it sufficient of the milk to make it like thia cream, add the oil a little at a time, stirring to mix thoroughly; add the remainder of the milkf then the whiting made finej is to bedspread upon the surface, and the whole well stirred. It is. . then fit for ose. It should be trequently.stirved while Bsing.1 f - It is applied with a common . paint or whitewash 'brash, and will dry In three 'of four.honra. T6 Coats make a perfect paint. It . possesses great solidity ,";willbear 1 robbing with sv woolen clo:b, and does not become dingy oryeIlow4with smoke, etc., as much as lead paint, ; I pave used the composition rjnJy fer inside; pf buildings, on brick and wood. - Twenty' years suiCftX'Pi.'iateo the over head- flooring and timbers, underside ofV Wtorel It Is now perfect ; holJs its Color better tban while lead; is much snore eeosomice), is the chief expense 1 is 'the la-' borf pttttial o,: fn'-i 01 t-f.-if I It is also recommended forput'door:wqrViJ,bjr adding y-'Hhe'1' foregbfng, twd' ounces lime six outccs oil, and two ounces' white BHirgiin3y"pit.ch -Uthe pitch to be melted in the oil by gentle heat atKf added to the'inrxture. --- - "mi -foil ' bn V'i y-jmm'r;r.v: f. i?'-- Uiiaf.To kee'-notLr frcti .Clothes. i 13: 1 oiin t'taothi.jJ fsCke 'eV'itaacV 'as rxjing dis-' turtei; ',Tl f'vv -Etc- ehoald tbrefora-be ta:o,,-f:Ur " ' i . geweu : . . . : dnce's 1 isT.'. 3 ta i p'e-'j ff t- - . -: a tij, (b p :;:rss&3 Led cr , ri. til ii tst," ac I ;el! 1 si": '35 t A ticf c!o:ics 'hrt 'cnilsle'n ' it - 1 i3Xcr r rt,' wl:' ""-s tVere are ::iyi3 a f:x.: -'. lie 'won't go awtj e 13 fjreei to t-icamp by Ije.-. t anted tp. "oths can't bear tallow, and if curtain--, etc., are 'sffiil Information. pound of the b6mm6nest 'tallo candles to be pot in a paper and placed in with 'them. In the museum of the Jardines des Plantes, at Paris, they "told cae they tised benzion collas' tb keep the moths out of the skins of the animals, and not a trace of a mdih did I see in their miles of galleries of 'stuffed beasts." ' The other d'ay, I was asked what to do with a Crimean sheepskin coat that bad got the moth ialt. ' I had it well shaken, and then benzoin c'ollas rubbed in. It is not the moth that Hies about that does the harm to the clothes so much as the grub from which the moth comesa white little' creature, with a red bead. ; I collected : several , of these ' grubs from the Crimean coat, and having moistened the palm of the hanl with benzion collas, I put the grabs on it. They began to twist and turn about, and were dead in af second or two. I should therefore recommend benzoin collas to destroy moth grubs when present, and also to keep thens away. T have read somewhere, (but I can't recollect where,) that cyanide of potassium was fatal to moths, and that they won't go near it. It would be worth trying this; and I imagine the best form to use it, would be to buy some of the soap that photographers use to clean the nitrate of silver Etainsfrom their hands, and place it along with the clothes. But, after all frequent shakings are the beat antidotes to moths and their grubs. F. T. Buckland, iu London Field. " ' New States and Territories "When and by Whom Admitted. ' Under Gen, Washington's Administration the followiug new States wtre admitted : Vermont in 1781. Kentucky in 1792. Tennessee in 1706. Under John Adams' (Federal anti-Democrat) Administration, not a single new btate was admitted into the Union. Under Thomas Jefferson's (Democratic) Ad-miuairation. and by a Democratic Congress, the following States ai.d Territories were added to the Union: - Ohio, in 1802. Louisiana purchase made in 1804. . Which contained space enough for fifteen Stales. This purchase gave to the Uuited States ibe entire coutrol ot tbe Mississippi, the mouth of. which bad hitherto beeu in the handi of foreign power. Territorial governments wero or ganized in Mississippi, Indiana and Louisiana. Luder James Madison a (Democratic) Administration, and with a Democratic Congress, the following addition was made to the Confederacy: Indiana, in 181C. During the Presidency of James Monroe, assisted by a Democratic Congress," the fallowing new States were admitted into the Uniou: Mississippi, in 1817. - Illinois, in 1810. . . : Missouri, in 182Q. ' .: - Maine, iu 1820. Florida purchase in 1821. During the Presidency of. Juhn Q. Adams, who was not a Democrat, 00 newScate was admitted into the Union. . Under the Presidency of Gen. Andrew Jack son. Democrat, the following new States were admitted by a. Democratic Congress : ' . Michigan, in 183G. Arkansas, in 1838. ; Under the Presidency of Martin Van Buren, Democrat, no new Slates were admitted. Under the Presidency of Harrison and Tyler, Whigs, ao new States were admitted, although preliminary steps were taken to acquire Texas. During the Presidency of James K. Polk, Democrat, and by a Democratic Congress, the r , . - n . . .... 0 louowing new states were nam it tea : . Iowa, in 1815. Texas, in 1845. . , Wisconsin in 1846. California was .bought. New Mexico and Utah were bonght Under the Whig Administration of Taylor and Fillmore, assisted by a Democratic Congress, the following state was admitted : California, in 1850. The following Territories were organized : New Mexico, Utah and Washington. Under General Pierce's (Democratic) Administration, the following Territories were orgauized by a Democratic Congress : Nebraaka and Kansas. Arizonia was purchased. Under James Buchanan's (Democratic) Ad ministration, the following States were admitted: Minnesota, in 1853. " Oregon, in 1859. ' . Kansas will doubtless be admitted before bis Presidential term closes. - It will be seen by this result that every new state, both slave and tree, was admitted into the Union by a . Democratic Congress, and under a Democratic President except California.-' She came in under a Democratic Congress and; a Whig Presidert. , - Every Territory has been organized and had a government given it bv a Democratic Congress. Every acquisition of territory which ba,s been by a Democratic President and a Democratic Congress. .-;...'- ; -- Ages of our Public Hen. ' , President Buchanan was 6.T years oil on the 15th day of November, 185&r t . - .. Vice-President Brecke 11 ridge was 39 years old on the 10th day of January. I860., . ; Simon Cameron is ia hU sixtieth year., Stephen A. Douglas' ws forty six years cfage on tbe 24th of April last. ; - - ' - ' Lewis Cas is nearly eigbty-saven years' old. Caleb Cushiogis in -his aixtietb.yearr ; Howell Cobb waa. fort j-fire- years old on the seventh of September. '" ' ' , " ' Wmi IL Seward is' in his sixtieth:year.' r' r; 1 -FrankUn Pierce i ft j.four years old. . it i RoberV Field "Stockton is forty tw years old, ' ' John C. Fremont was fifty years of age on the sixth Of January last.' u- J - " ! Joha Belt is sixty-tw year! blJ. T"J - ' ; John J. Critteuded waa seventy three years bid ln. September-: ra .i-i'J ?:l-i,r Alexander H. Stephens wjll bo ftj-eiht years old next February. ' "; ' '.r ' f ' "Janree LJ Orr was Tarty-seven years -old on the tWlftavof Jlay iast r-is .-s tu 1 7 :i ru u a?,-- ! Jesse D Bright iia hi fortv-seventh' Tear.,"1 t AVgustus C. .Dodge js about forty-9eye years 1 jtaei oiiuas is sixty-nve tears oi4' v;,. jlsaac Tooey is sixty-one years old. ;v; ' t- I Henry4 A.1 1se Uih his fifty-third year. ... . Robert IL THonter is nearly seventy1, years c.J.-i pe.iX-.'t. ,3 .c-ic- j.i t, ...-c t . a i nsbert'Tootn-s wsi fartj-nloe years c?'a9 tbe seventh of July last. r i ' -V , - .. John Jit lieed U over sixty years of e. 1 Pssiel .t CIciiss;a- is ." ' 's jeire cl' ' - 'II-?r.t:--) r"3oaris about : 1 John E.i'oor it abont f." years c;J. - 'John .'!??!! is in his Cftj-sx'.h year, irallanirl P. BiU wss frry-eht" t;-. : c' ifaefs anb JSlntistks. 13 iitical;; - ' . , From the "Waibiagtoa Conrtitutioa, April tfr. The PresiieaVt; Letter. t C-3verrsr TTiI - . , , - . ter. 1 . j We are heartily rejoiced -lhst tie Ccyc-fe ftf' quisition ha ve obtained , -ossessioo of it a frl rate letter addressed by the President to Gair nor ralker on the 12th of July, 1857. : Van -yos? rumors concerning the ' contents of this Ii"sx have been long in circulation, whjh ; will sul Jbr instaatlj dissipated by the perusalc, tha letter" itself; and we take pleasure in laying U b:f;rr our readers to-day. .w .. v.. - - The object of the CbVoda inquisition, doubtless, is to involve the President in an iacenjiar teney in first having strongly recommended to the convention to submit the Lccompton conrti-tution, after its formation, to th people of Kau' sas, and in afterwards recommending the adep' tioo of this constitution to Congress, aJitough,is had not thus been eubmi'ted. The convention did act in pursuance of itm advice of the President, so far as to subieit tbr all important and absorbing question of slavery to the people. About the remaining provisions of the constitution there was tever any contest-These the convention declined to submit io the people. The President at no period eter'witb- held the expression of his earnest desire that thar constitution sboald be submitted to the people--After the convention had' refuted to do this, any entirely new question then arose", namely, shoo ff the President disregard and nullify theconstito--tion framed by the convention, and determine-not to submit it to Congress because tbey bad acted contrary to bis advice? Tin's he could not do with his deep convictions of doty. It is he thing for the President to advise the members of a convention or a legislative body to act in a-particular manner; but it is another and quite different thing for him to annul their lawful action because they did not think proper to folio-7 his advice. In his message to Congress of the 6tb of December, 1859, he employs the following' language: ' - "It is true, that, as an individual, I bad ' impressed an opinion, both before and during the session of the convention, in fvor of submitting tbe remaining clauses of the constitution, as weU ns that concerning slaveryi to the people. Ba$ acting, in an official character, neither myself Kor any human authority had the power to rejodge ihe proceedings of the convention, and. declare " the constitution which it had framed to be s nullity. To have done this would have been a-viola'ion of the Kansas and Nebraska ict, which--left the people of the Territory 'perfectly free to? form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to ths Constitutioo of the United States. It would .equally have violated the great principle of popalar sovereign- , ty. at the foundation of our , institutions, to de prive the people of the power, if they thought proper to exercise it, of confiding to delegates'-elected by themselves the trust of framing a cod-stitulion, without requiring them to subject their-constituents to the trouble, expense, and delay of a second election. It would have been in op. position to many precedents in our history, com menciiig in the very best age of the Republic of the nd mission rf Territories as States inte the Union, without a provision vote of the peo-. f,la approving their constitution." . PRESiDisrr bcchtlxan'to nox. ft. jr. WAtrcitj 3 '" Washi yoTOJf, Jaly 1 2, 1 857. Mr Dear Sia- Iilnly .received yonr letter of the 28th ultimo on Friday last, and read it to the cabinet, then in session. The news which it-contained was not calculated to 'assure us of your success,, though we did rot .'despond.- Hence you may judge with what satisfaction received an account of the proceedings of the National Democratic Convention held at Le compton on the 3d . inst. The point on which1' your and our success depends is tbe submission-of the constitution to the people of Kansas. And by the people I mean, and I have no doubt you mean, the actual hona fide residents, who bave been long enough in the Territory to iden tify thempelves with its fate. TKe legislature determined three months as the period of residence to entitle individuals to vote for member of the convention; and if the covention should think proper lo adopt the same period to entitle individuals to vote for or against the constitution it appears to me this would be reasonable. Oat the question of submitting the constitution to le bonaJide resident settlers rf Kansas I ata willing to stand or fall. In sustaining such s principle we cannot fail. It is the principle of the Kansas-Nebraska bill the principle of pop-nlar sovereignty, and the principle at the foundation of all popular government. The more i is discussed the stronger it will become. ShonVJ, the convention of Kansas adopt this principle all will be settled harmoniously; and, with iht blesssiog of Providence, you will return triom-1 phantly from your arduous, important, and res! ponsibie mission. The strictures of tbe Geor gia and Misaissippi conventions will then (ass away and be speed ily-forgotton. - . $ In regard to Georgia, onr news from that Stat .r is becoming better every day. v7e have not ye" had time to bear much from Missismpp." Shonhf yon answer the- resolution of. the latter. I woukJ t advise jen to make the great principle of tbe sub--, mission' of the constitution ti". the bonajide ri donts of Kansas conspicnonsTy prominent. Ors" this voa wTTf be ' irresistible." With "the -estio of climate every "person is" acquainted, and the. more yon insist epon this, the more wil? enar ip"" pnnents rge that we are. violating the'priBcfpIJ-of non-inrfereBce at the foan&itioa of ihe Kae sas Nebraska law. It is strange that people at f dfvtanee.' who have 'no practical ar-qoaintanc-9 with the condition of ITansaa. should undertake-In hm wiser thanr-those on Ihm spot." It Is beyoavj all question the frua polit j to baild - npv a great democratic rr.ty there, to -"nsfafa the Constlla tion and the laws, conpoed cf pra'arery arf free State democrats; and if the rrfsjority fhrc'I . be against slavery, to olrtain'' such constitutional a proviins as will secure the rights ef sTareLcIJ ers in Missoori aad ether States, and rn&inril: '." J all the laws guarding the just figh's cf the Coutbf f Ton, are' right in .yonr conjtctore t to the canse of Jooge Wiliiamr appointment. V.'e su'p- ' posed iweald be peeuliarly; febc'pta,11e taycer self, and that be might aid ia carrying eut Toor"' polievv' Col- Cumming has bees- appoinled 6or.T of-Utah, i This wt'.t lear placeacant, after " the brief period required forsttrin en bis busi -: nessr'and I shall Cr rtain!y t, disposed to C'3 it by the arpoiiitirtr.trf ,J!r. Gterens.' 1 4 " - : , j Csni ns.rr.ey tjin tIctel fs'eecict -" the expeditian Is Utsbf tat we soost centnvs t v - leave htm v joq at le.-.-t enttl'yotf ar o-t cf the woe li. ' II ..-...-.3 is vartly iaor ijjcriczt 1 1 - las r. t. tlaa Uu2. : 1 rrov-.nc, it I T'.c3 t, trust, sdst craciont.y rE;.rv t2Ti:zir ji-.'::;f:3C33f- I-', ictc.rt ?.;wi:i t- a - every F-.tint of a 1 rc"ia '-' ' " : c:re!y year friend, -"r , -