Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1858-08-10

              life rr" .11111 iuf a. i i n j . a V VOL. IV. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1858. NO, 09; Yc can Conquer if jc , DY ANANIAS W. BAWYEB. l Hugged toiler son of labor Stoutly battling every day For existence 0, my brothor, Thou shalt triumph In the fray. . On life's changeful field of action, Though defeat may oft appear, ' Thou shalt win the victor's laurels, If thou wilt but porseTere. : Though thou art obscure and lowly, Ye may reach the wished for goal, Grasp the prizes, wealth and station,-," If thou hast a dauntloss soul; If thou hast a resolution That misfortune oannot shako; ' One on which the angry surges r. ' An impression fail to make. Art thou sneered and derided .. By the self-styled lofty borne? Heed ye not the fool'B contumely, Or the weak mind's harmless scorn, , Art thou friendless friends will gather, As do courtiers, king around,' When thou hast achieved distinction, When thou tast position found. , Strong in faith, let naught repel thee, . Thou shalt in the end prevail; In life's trials, and in its battles, None but dastard cowards fail; Noble natures prove ascendant, ' In earth's mighty contest rang, To renown, from the dark oblivion, Eobed in glory up they sprang. What if years of fierce endeavor Have been spent by thee in vain? What if thou hast met disaster?-Up and take the field again. ; Wreck and ruins all about thee, Give not up but struggle still, Stubborn courage is resistless, . - Ye can conquer if ye will. Charles Mackay. in a Slave Pen, The following is from a recent letter of Dr, Mackay to the Illustrated London Newt: - On mv first arrival at New Orleans. I lin gered for a few moments at the open door of a slave pon, without daring to go in, lest I .should De suspected oiespionage, or wore tun-osity, and expelled. But seeing among the . company an eminent merchant of New York, rWA friendahiD I had been fortunate to make, and whom I knew to be no Slavs, dealer ?5 Sir. j faito KkTmU'bfct. . 1. t J.iiAiiff T nral Ira I in And i . riualtjr , most of thorn exceedingly neat but somo of them bedizened witn norjons oi coiurs more flaring and tawdry than elegant or appropriate. I was immediately beset with entreaties to purchase. , "Buy me," said a young negress, who spoke Fronoh and no English; "I am a good cook and a good needlewoman. Buy me." "Buy me." Said another in the same language. "I am accustomed to children, and can make myself useful in the nursery.;' I felt a sensation somewhat similar to that of the first qualm of sea sickness to be so ad-dressed by my fellow creatutes a feeling of nausea, as if 1 were about to be ill. , I told the poor women that I was a stranger, who had not come to buy. But they were incredulous r,A hn lit last convinced, they returned to their seats with a sigh and an expression of deep disappointment on meir uar wu euuu-knmnrnrl features. I entertained such a ha- tred of slavery that, had it been in my power n ivli!.h itin one instant off the face of the earth by the mere expression of my will, at that instant slavery wouia ubyo ueawu w T thAit walked to tho male side of the Vv nan. where I was beset by similar en naiies. ureed in every variety of tono and and bv almost every variety of laborer and handicraftsman. Some wore ac customed to the cotton and somo to the sugar nUnt&tion: some twere gardeners, somo car- itAntara coachmen, barbers, waiters, but all equally anxious to be sold. One man who 4o my inexperienced eyes seemed as white as myself, and whom I at once put down in my mind as an Irishman of the purest quality .of tho county of Cork got up from his seat M I passed and asked me to ouy mm. ''lama eood cardoner. your honor, said he, with an unmistakable brogue, "I am also a hit of a carpenter and can look after the hor ses, and do any sort of a Job about the house." "But you are joking, you're an Irishman?" 'Mv father was an Irishman," he said. At tbis moment the slavedealer and own-- r of the depot came up. .. . "Is there not a mistake here?" I inquired. This isa white man. "His mother was a nigger," he replied.'We have sometimes much whiter men lor sale than he is. Look at his hair and lips. There is no mistake about him." ' .. Again the sickness, came over me, and longed to got in the open air to breathe a pa rer atmosphore. . "I would like to buy that man and sot him free," I said to one of our party. You would do him no good," was tno re- - civ. ' "A manumitted slave has seldom any self-reliance orenorgy. Slavery so degrades sad cripples the moial faculties of the negroes that they require the crutcn, even in lroedom and cannot walk affne. They find it impos sible to' compete with poor whites, and if left ' to thomsolves sink into the lowest and most miiwrablv Paid occupations. "Vnn are an Enclishman and a traveller," widths alavedcaler. "and I should be much obliged to you if you would put any questions to the negroes." . "Whit n ueations. "Shall I ask thorn whether they prefer fromlnm or slavorv?" I dan't mean that,"' he replied. "Ask ium -lioihor I do not not treat them well whether I am not kind to them whether they do not hv plenty to eat and drink whlla tfmv are with BUr' ' ' I told him I had ho doubt of the fart; . that thej looked clew nd comfortable, and well fed; but and in that "but" lay the whole case, though the worthy doalor of" New Orleans was totally incapable or comprehending . u The same feeling seems to exist all thro' (he Slave Stales, but mo of this hereafter. ' ... i i! j a:: l 'mw(.i.;.ii frnAeta wild" nreflAnt ihair Rohd laves, Wltn Clean hiibu auu nuiuuig now uBt uw r- -- and boots, were arranged; and on the othqr front withiua "hop, skip andhump," (if such '!V. . r. o dinnnooi in thnir hast attire, a thins were possible here) of the main street, Superior Cily. J. Q., a correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazelle, givos in that paper, under the dato of July . 19, 1858, a rather melancholy account of the fffosont condition and prospects of the above named city. Wo must give our readers a few extracts. After narrating tho fact that tho said city owos its origin to the specula ting propensities of Senator Bright of Indiana, Vice Presidont Brockenridge, of Kentucky, Corcoran, of Washington, and a few others, the said correspondent states that, after surveying the map, tho proprietors either concluded that, "things in goneral here came to a point," or that they could make people believe so. They therefore sent out agents, in 1854, to the point, . who employed half-breed Indians to pre-empt the land, and purchased it of them fcr a trifle over Government price. The city was soon after laid out in splendid dimensions. The correspondent states that the channel into the harbor is very crooked and bad. But we shall let him toll the story of his landing, &o., in his own words; Leaning from tho steamer as she touched the pier, I hurried across tho causoway over the marsh which fronts the "City," and soon landed on terra firma. Here I stopped and rolled up my pantaloons a very timely pre. caution as I found, for as it had been raining, and the soil a red clay is of a peculiarly adhesive character, I was soon carrying around a good sized water lot with me. Ascending a eentle declivity, a few steps brought me to the main street (extending parallel with the river:') and mounting a foot-bridge which spans a doep gully running across it, I paused to take in the prospect; and a prospect indeed it was. This being the only street yet graded, (what I mean by grading is, the roots and stumps being dug out of it.) the houses are principally ranged along it, two rows of boards being laid down ior sidewalks, which of course are only temporary, as broad pavements will soon be required to accommodate the dense throng. Several cross streets have been started, but the singular growth of timber which prevails here has rendered their progress necessarily slow. It consists princpally of tamrack trees, and probably none of your readers, unless they have been at this geographical center, have an idea how thick this species or trees can grow when thoy have a mind to. To look at them you would think that each hod been trying to crowd the otner out, wnue at the roots they have literally spread themselves to an extont that must be seen to bo appreciated, being interlaced, interwoven, tang led, twisted and ramified, worse than the accounts of a broken Bank or Railroad corporation: and what few cracks and crevices are left are filled in with a scrubby growth of underbrush, which appears to be equally as jealous of its rights and tenacious in maintaining them. It is the only place I ever saw vtiieio,. it an wiwtunate porker wore reduced attentive of "root hog or die," he and before Wisconsin.Michigan, Superior and other Avenues. with their manificent distances, can be opened to our enraptured view, an amount Of hard grucmng yes, reaaor, unpalatable as it may seem, downright grubbing of tho hardest kind has got to be done, the bare contemplation or which would cause the heart oi any but a Superiorite to quake. T?nr. be it understood, no narrow strip of land circumscribes tho genius of the founders of Superior; inspired with a propnetio glimpse Of Its luture UCSliny, vuoy uverumiwu iuo uui- riers wh ch Nature had interposed, irustratea, compass in hand, the profound solitudes of the tamrack woods, roused the wolf, tho cata-mount.and the chipmonk.from their lairs, and hfihnld now the result! The "City" Plat ex tends to twenty tixth street nearly two solid miles into the tamrack wilderness! Further more, lots, 25 by jpo, located further back thanvou could hoar a woifhowiora cata mount scream at the dead hour of the night. have been sold at prices ranging from five to eight hundred dollars! while, within tne present '-Citv" limits, they commanded from eight tofifteen hundred! But, alast "a crisis has arrived!" That villainous panio which hu disturbed so many of the "best laid schemes of mice and men," has reared its hideous front here also; and now, "out lots" are freely offered to the steamers and refused, for a passage uown i But these are only the faint-hearted. The true Superiorite is not discouraged. It is true-, the country around is unsettled, and likely to remain so, there being no land fit for farming within ten or tilteen 'miles; tnere are no cop- i. - p ..i. : . per or iron mines; no coai; uu muwira, .. 1 1 j . i. . railroad; not even a passame wagon roau; um what of that? Look at the map: Is not there the geographical evidence of its "manifest destiny" before his own eyes? Therefore be has faith, and is content to whittle away with his old jack-kaife, revolving over in his mind the enormous prospective value of his investments, and waiting patiently for the "good time coining," whoso arrival is looked for by every steamer; in fact, I was inclined to think that thoy took mo for his advance guard, for, from the, suspicious manner in which they eyed me as I traversed and carefully surveyed all the accesslblo streets, they must have conclnded-something was in the wind, and I should'nt wonder if property immediately went up 50 per ct on the strength nf it The chief works of internal improvement that I obsorvedwore the foot bridge before al luded to across tho gully, another substantial structure of about ton feet span across a deop mud puddle, and huge uncovered ,square hntA in th crnnnd. walled up with hewed logs, and full of water, doubtless desigrod for the double purpose of supplying the citizens with a pure drinking Dovorago, ana oi proym-ing against a generalconflagration. , In view of their large expectations, the inhabitants ot Suporior have all retired from business.with the excoption, perhaps I should add, of three individuals, whose unhallowed still unsatiated. viz: the editor and proprietor of the Superior Chronicle, who does au his own business, ana couia taauy aiienu to that of ths i'Citv's" besides, and two dog gery keepers. : As there is no money here, I presume these parties run yearly aocounts and then take them in "out-lots." The only store in the "City," onr captain informs me, has iust been closed by a New York creditor, and the goods ate being shipped back on this hoat. ' '- ' ' .' ' ' ' I should estimate the presont population of the "City" to be from aoo to 400, but as tney claim about 3000, lam not,of couin, disposed to question it, as their opportunities ror snow. (n. u tniirli Imltsr than mine. Thev im port all their own provisions: the only things I saw growing were two sickly looking pota to patchos, several babies, and the prospects Of the "City." . " Uonsidorable indignation, 1 am inlormed, ex ists throughout the "City" just now, extending from, the smallest child up, owing to the non-fulfilment of certain promiseti made by Bright in regard to sundry improvements which tho original proprietors contemplated carrying out, and by which numerous partios had been induced to assume the duties and responsibilities of citizenship, and invest freoly in fee simples. A lot tor, however, it is stated, has recontly been received from him, conveying the gratifying intelligence that he and Breckinridge will be up on tho next steamer, when it is conndonlly alledged tnat an ap propriation of forty thousand dollars is to be made towards opening a wagon road to somo point out West, which cannot but give a new and powerful impetus to things, especially when they reach tho point where the teams are. This project is second only in impor tance to the Pacific Wagon Road, and it is questionable whether it would or would not be wise policy on the part or the uovernment to make the latter an extension of the former. 03""L-A-W, WHICH HAS SUCH A DEOCB op A Ulaw." This used to be a line in tne chorus of a popular song "all about the law," illustrative of the expense of litigation, and of tho evils attending an effort to claim the vantage ground in Court when prompted by personal ill-feeling. "A douce of a claw." in deed, has "tho law," which too many have ascertained to their sorrow and pecuniary ruin. Some time ago, two master mechanics of the city got into dispute, and one of them brought suit before Justice Bell, who gave judgment for some $80 and costs. The defendant appealed to the mgfter court, where the judgment was affirmed, with the addition.of course of a much larger bill of costs. Still unsatisfied, and unwilling, from bitter personal feeling, to own up conquered, the defendant's counsal. moved for a new trial, upon technical ground, which, after argument, was granted bytheCpurt. In the course of time the second trial was had, and tho original decision of the justico was re-amrme3,with a lengthened ma oi costs which had accrued since the first day of the trial. Experience had inculcated an unimproved lesson to the defendant, who again ap pealed the case to the district uourt, wncre it still remains, awaiting a decision by that tribunal. But the point illustrative of that "deuce of a claw." is this: the defendant, against whom the original judgment of $80 was rendored, nas aireaay paia to lawyera aim in Court fees, something over t'ffit hundred dollar! with a right smart prospect of long compelled to pay the sum originally m eon' trovorsv. Another instance of a similar character is on record in tho Common Pleas. A dispute arose between two residents of Whitewater Township, which resulted in a summons bo fore a Justice of the Peace, and a judgmont for $1,50. The "douce of a claw" had lasten-ed upon one of the parties, and he appealed lrom the decision of the magistrato. The case came up for trial in the Common Pleas, and was postponed from term-to torm upon one motion and another by counsel, a long array of witnesses, upon both sides being in attcn-duuM upon each call of tho ce, nd of course claiming their legal fee. Finally both parties got a good ready, and tested the strength of that "deuce . of a claw." Tho result was, mat the plaintiff again recovered a judgment for 1.50. the original amount claimed, and the defendant paid costs to the amount of a little over throo hundred dollars! These are but two illustrations of that "deuce of a claw." Others can bo found in tho experience of every man so unfortunate as to como within its clutches. With the legal profession, it is liko Sanson's hair proper enough in its place, but still possessing a power of strength. Cm. Gazette. Sentimental Bobbeb. In rhiladolphia,a few nights since, the slumbers of a sweet girl wero disturbed by - the appoaranco of a man in her room. The alarm was given, but the man escaped. On the lady's dressing bureau, however, a beautiful 'enamelled watch, a pair of heavy bracelets, a diamond ring.and a neck lace 'were found lying, together ,with a slip of paper, on which was written: Fairest and dearest Girl I came here to rob, but your beauty has made me honest for the time. I saw those jewels, but believing them vours. I could not take them, I bavs stolen what I value more three delicious kisses from your unconscious lips. Do not be offended, they were gentle and innocent. A Pkisonebin Ci.oveb.-T wo or three days ago a Mrs. Hunter was arrested by the police of this citv. for having in possession counter feit money. In her trunk was found a letter signed "Dr. Hunter," probably her husband, dated in jail, in Springfield, 111., in which, aft- tnr ricocribintr n S DOS1UOD, uuu huiviiik fact that the grand jury found but one bill of indictment, owing to tne snrewanes oi uis lawyer, he says: "As for living, I would not wish for any halter. I have orot into the good graces oi tne iailorand his daughters, and have everything 1 can ior even my wrusKyr- w uuo, ever, that "Liberty is sweettr than all this" the daughters, whiskey and all, includod. The Springfield jail must De a parauibe ior rogues. Cm. Gazette. rrr Tho Southern presses are very indie nant that, after having feted and toastod and flattered Dr. Charles McKay, who visited this country, a few months ago, he should have published a description of the slavo pens in his letters to the Illustrated News, in a stylo not complimentary to the peculiar institution. For example, the luenmona oouiu, mju; Rut no sooner did this Dr. Mackay escape, our presence, than he forgot the civilities with which wo oppressed bim, and instead of the orrataful celebration oi our virtues, ior wuicn we paid him in advance, he betrays bis sense of our adulation by exposing us to tne con tempt of the world. . . . f!nf.. KiHB ADOPT TO PUBLISH A BoOk. I undorstand that Col. Thomas L. Kane will, when the propor opportunity affords, stato his oase to the people, and show that be did nnt o to Utah without full authority, and al so that the American army could never have entered Bait Lake City without his previous efforts in favor of peace.-" Wain. Cor. oj the Press. -' " '- vs- A miritual funeral was held at Lowell Mass. .recently over the remains of J. B. Smith. Mis. Kmmi Houston prayed and spoke In a trance, or the departed spoke through .bof- The wife and family oi tno aecaiasu, iubuuu of putting oo black, dressed in white, with whit ahawla and bonnets -trimmed with wbits. - ' ' : ' T James II. Baker, Esq., late Secretary of State, has retired from the Chillicoths Gazette, which will in future be conducted by his partner, Dr. A. P. Miller, How the Money Goes. A good dcaloflight has already been thrown on tho interesting question as to what lias become of all the revenue and loans of the past year amounting to over one hundred millionsand new developments are still coming. The following statements are mado by "Occasional," a Democratic correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, under dato of July 12th: I have ascertarnod that forty-five cents on a dollar received for the post office printing is paid to the person executing tho work, (Wo cts. of which goes to Apploton of the Stato De partment. The clear prout or utiy-nve cents in each dollar is said to be distributed to the payment of the debts of insolvent newspapers, c i- j . : : .1. .1 i : i : : i i. , ior wnicu uisuiiguitiuuu puiiuuinua urn imuio. among whom wore somo of the oldest enemies of tho Presidont. At the next session of Congress I may have Occasion to give the names of both papors and of individuals, and satisfy the President, who, I believe, desires to have an honest and economical Administration, that his patronage is being wielded without his knowledge, lor corrupt purpo ses. Senator J. C. Jones, of Tennossee, (old line Whig) had a contract to supply 1,700 horsos, at $159 each, which will make the neat sum of $270,300. It is stated that the horses were to be of a particular color and size, but when thoy arrived at Fort Leavenwortn, they were found ito be of all sizes and all colors, but were nevertheless accepted. The brother of lion. J. A. Ahl, member oi Congress for the Cumberland, York, and Per- rv districts, had a contract to supply for the army 200 mules; at $175 each, making $52, 500; also, an order for 200 from ltusscll and Majors, Government contractors, at the same price, amounting in all to $87,000. The kind of mules delivered could be bought readily at $120 each. It is unnecessary to add that Mr. Ahl votod tor iiecompion, auu is candidate for re-election. Some of the other members of Congress from the rural districts have been providing for their friends at the public expense, in the way of contracts for barley, at fine prices. fjr Tho Democratic party now occupy the ground that no State shall be admitted, until she can come in with a sufficient population to elect a KeDresontative to Congress. The Republican party oppose this position, Statesman. The Republican party docs not oppose this position; and has not done so. The attempt t o discriminate between a free and a Slave Constitution, in tho admission of Kansas, re quiring a population of but thirty-throe thou sand forjior admission as a Slave State.and ex acting nearly' a hundred thousand for admis sion as a Free State, thoy did opposo and do, feat, as iniouitous and unjust, but in all future applications of other new States, tho rule, if rigidly enforced, is just what tho ltepumicans dosire. under such a rule, thero win oe no more "Statos" like Florida and Arkansas, with a meagro handful of population to neutralize tho influence of the old and populous free States, in the Senato. Under the rule, moreover, tha North can snare from her Sur plus population enough to make half-a-dozej States, while the South is building up a single ono. Tbo only dangor is, that tho Southern States, will not stick to a bargain in which thoy get the worst of it. Sandusky Itegisier. frir Tho Columbus Statosman informs the public that the platform adoptod by the Democratic State Convention, "is tho fruit of tho labors of mon whose highoet purpose was to consolidate the party." Considering the "labors" expended, and tho charactor of the fruit." it must be allowed that the sou was not remarkably productive or in very good condition. There is somo mystery about tho coso, too, for what sense was thcro in trying to "consoMato the party," wnen tne (states man has constantly declared that "the De mocracy of Ohio is a unit." Utncinnah Ua- zette. - Obioinal and Slightly Peculiab. The following linos are sent to the Piqua Btglster by "John Hays, just from tho West." IV BIN TO THE WEST. Iv Bin to the west tho west Iv seen To the west all on the Western Green, where the corn do grow & the bright Waters flow Iv Bin to the west. Where the farmer Reaps the golden grain And cattel on tho planes doth lough, Where grass & grain in Abundance grow And everythings that the farmer sow Iv Bin to the west. Oh who woult be a farmer free On the western shore to bee where his stock he can raze & his cattel on his premises grays Iv Bin to the west. ftr A despatch from Leavenworth, 2Cth to Boonvillo, 28th, says a man named John B. Scroggins, notorious as a leader of a band nf lhnrsB thieves and robbors in the South, has been arrested in this city. Messengers have been sont to Ft. Scott to procure evidence Several murders are charged to have been committed by Scroggins, both in the Ft.Scott country and on the liig ihuo. Kansas. Great damage has been done to the crops in the interior by the late heavy rains. Several bridges on the Fort Riley road hava been carried away. Also, the new bridge across the Kansas River, at Topeka, by aheavv rise. Numbers of teamsters are ar riving from Utah, having boen detained at Camp Scott during tne winter ana ipnug oj " . . .. v . . . insufficient funds. (T The Washington Union says that 'the Administration has its hands full." The Louisville Journal, retorts that one would iiinnose from the very rapid disappear ance of tho publie money from the National treasury that the Administration and all its officers havt their nanas mu. " (r- The editor of tbe Altundria, (Mo.) Delta, in congratulating himself upon the plea sures of a visit he has received, irom n . u Ward, editor of Ward's Own, says: . 'Mr. Ward "is right on the goose." We give it as our opinion that Mr.Ward wu right with the goose too. rtr John Reeve was accosted in ths Ken sington road by an elderly man, with small bottle of gin in bis hand: . "Pray sir, I beg your pardon, is this the way to the poor-house f" - . ' John gave him look of clerical dignity, and pointing to the bottle, very gravel said "No, sir; but thai is;1' Romance in Real Life, Tub ''Dutch" Gibl. The Washington (0.) lleaister has cooked up the following bit of romanco, and affirms that it is genuine: "We have latoly got in to possession or some facts relativo to a thrilling incident, which conclusively demonstrates that beauty and worth, unadorned, are lar more vaiuauie man all the tinsolod drapery of earth. Not over ton miles from Washington, on onoofthoso gently undulating farms that look so pleasant when covorcd with the vordure of Juno, is a pretty country residence, whore a retired trader and his wifo live, with thoir only son, in the enjoyment of hoalth and ease. As we are not permitted, of course, to namo the parties, we will call tho gentloman Mr. Landen. Among the "helps" in the bouse was a German girl who possessed romarkablo beauty. Thero was anair oi superiority in ner mannor and address; but the Lander's were some what a proud people, and always treated her, like many folks do hired girls, with distant One pleasant day last summer, tho old lady and gentleman had gone to visit a friend, some miles distant, but i rank, being busy at something, did not accompany them. Soonaftor tho carriage was gono, Frank heard the sound of music. Somewhat astonished he stole into the house, and peeped silently into the sitting room. There sat Mary, (as we will call her) with the guitar, which she played with a skill almost artistic. After executing a brilliant piece, she glided into a sweet French air, and then, with a rich voice full of pathos, sunjj ono of the chansonetts of Berangcr. The youth was entranced, and when she concluded, he could not forbear an exclamation of surprise and admiration. The girl turnod hastily, when sho saw the young man at the door, whom she thought was out with his paronts; she turned pale with dismay, tottered a few steps, and fell fainting on the sofa. Frank ran i i .... . i : t : . , ,.i. 10 nor aiu, UU6 Was 1U a vuuumuu uuu uiiuu more rational; he had something of tho family prido, and was of a shy, retiring disposition. Imagine the blushing, confusod young man, supporting with his arm, tho form of a lovely girl in a fainting fit! Frank had never before felt the power ol beauty, put ne was not over whelmed, and before sprinkling some drops of water on her face, he took a hasty, thrilling, hesitating kiss. That kiss was fatal. Mary recovered from tho swoon, but Frank could not escape the effects of the kiss; study, amusement, everything, was at a stand, he seemed to be walking in a dream, and buried in restless thought. He would have treated the girl with some attention, but not a word could he win from her; she pursued hor occu pations with her usual diligence, and acted as ifshe had lorgotten tne guitar scone, seeing no othor means, Frank one day took advan tage of tbo absence of his paronts and candid ly avowed his affection, making honorable and frank proposals. We have not space to describe the girl's confusion, nor the avowal the eager lover won from hor of the existence ot some very tendor sontiments in her own bosom; also, nor own narration of how she came, with such acquire ments, in such a situation.. Her father had been driven from Austria for liberalism, and died poor and broken-hearted in New York Mary went to Cincinnati, and then came into the country to hire out. When all bad boon explained, she insisted on tho whole thing being openly declared to Mr. and Mrs. Landen; sho would be a party to no clandestine measures. The disclosure was made; the paronts became indignant, and Mary was sent away. Months of dispair ensued. Mary would consent to no hidden correspondence. Frank's health began to fail and tho doctor to shako his head. Tho crisis was irresistible, Mary was sent for. Frank got well, and they are now a happy pair, and Mary is the affectionate daughter-in-law of a couple who think hor the greatest blessing heaven ever sent them. Truly, "lowliness is young Ambition's lad der." The way Ihe money -Goes.. Senator Wilson, in his speech on the ex travagant sums spent by tbe administration in collecting the national revenue, stated that there are at Niagara 19 men employed at an oxpense of $12,000 to collect $8,000; at Os wego 23 men at $ls.ooo to collect $u uuo; at Buffalo 20 men at $17,000 to collect $10,000; at Plattsburg 26 men at $14,000 to collect $18,000: at Burlington ii men at Slu.uou to collect $8,500; at Wicassot 8 men at $7,000 to collect SloO; at Portsmouth zi men at SU,- 000 to collect $5,500; at Newburyport 13 men at $u,200 to collect $'J,uuu; at Marbiehead u men at $2,200 to collect$250; at New Bedford 14 Imon at 7.500 to collect 4,800; at Perth Amboy 12 men at 4,500 to collect 1,500; at Norwalk 23 men at 49.000 to collect 61,000; at Ocracoke 7 at men 2.000 to collect 82; at Toledo 7 men at 4.400 to collect 5G7; at Da-troit 10 men at 3,600 to collect 495; at San Francisco 134 men at 401,000 to collect 1,- 580,000; at Benicia 8 men at 4.400 to collect 2.300; at Siockton 1 man at 3.100 to collect 143; at Sacramento 1 man at 3.600 to collect 402; at San Diego 4 men at 7.600 to collect 30; at Monterey 8 men at 7.050 to collect 45; at San Pedro 6 men at 4.200 to collect 304. A glance at these figures will suffice to convince any man that tbe number ol employees at these places has been purposely increased in order to atlord snug places for politicians whom the party finds it necessary to reward. Advertisb Oood Apvice. We do not know of any advice more appropriate at the present time than the subjoined: "Dull times are, perhaps, tho very best for advertisers. What little trade is going on they got, and whilst othors are grumbling, they pay tnoir way, ana witn tno newspaper as a Hie preserver, swim on tne top oi tne wa- tor, whilo others are sinkiogall around. ' Advertise liberally, and you will hardly smell the hard times." This is all true, and the business man that will sot upon it, will be agreeably surprised to find bow his income will be materially increased. Retrenchment Is now the order, and the porson who has goods of any kind to dispose of must reduce their price to suit the timaa In order to sell: and then, br advertis ing, lot tbe public know where those ehcip goods oan be purchased, and he will find plenty of buyers. There are numerous cash customers who make their appearance simultaneously with tight times, eager to pick no bargains; and this same class of persons always read the newspapers. TaANsrri or Ohio State Stocks. The complaint made by Wall street against the State of Ohio, is because on transfer of her stocks, the law provides that the canceled certificate shall be sent to Columbus and the new certificate there made out Wall Street would have certificates signed in blank, left at the New York agency office, and hence liable to be stolen or misapplied. Tbe precaution is s jst and proper one. ucw. Her. Ohio1 Railroads Tlioir Conyenu'oirs , and Management, Thoro are dearly 3,000 miles of railroad in Ohio, traversing the Stato in every direction, and carrying off its produce in tho proportion of one mile of railroad to fourteon square miles of surface This proportion is much greater than that of any of tho larger Statos, and furnish unequalod facilities for reaching the Atlantic markets. Ohio is, in. fact, tho gateway of tho Great West, which lies boyond bero, and of the ton or twolve groat States, which are, or will bo, formed in tbe North West not one can roach the Atlantic, by rail, without paying tribute to her territory. The whole valley or tho Missouri, oven the States to bo formod. bovond the Rocky Mountains, must depend upon tho railroads of Ohio to reach tho Atlantic. Tho destiny of Ohio railroads, considered even as investments of mon-oy, is a brilliant one. They have only to bo managed with care and prudonco, and every tide of emigration to tho West, every city anu town which grows up on the Missouri, the Nebraska, the St, Peters' and the Yellow Stone, will increase their receipts, and roll up the volumo of their business. The dispair of to-day will becomo the hope of to-morrow, and the full fruition of tho next day. This Ohio srstem of railroads, has cost over one hundred millions of dollars, and is now indebted over fifty millions, most of which is in the form of mortgages, which may bo foreclosed on the non-payment of-interest. In fact, several large and valuable roads are now iubject to sale by tho mortgages, w hat can prevent the sale of these incumbered roads? Certainly not a reckless disregard of creditors; nor launching out into spasmodic efforts, by combinations, and conventions, and branches, and steamboat lines, to do something which is not naturally their business. These spasmodic efforts accomplish nothing. If they do not positively injure, thoy do no good. A railroad is a machine oi groat powor anu magnitude. The only way to mako it profi table, is rat, to apply it only to the purposes for which it was uiaao, so mat u may worn to the best advantage; and secondly, to keep it in perfect ordor, and work it at the least ex pense, liut tho ideas oi raurom managers seem to be somothing aiuercnc irom mis. They first seek to connect the road with some other intorest, and seek some othor than their own business. To carry this out, thoy call a convention of such enlightened gentlemen as ticket agents and superintendents, (no doubt thoroughly acquainted with their own busi-ness.1 not to see how the roads can bo made safe, or economically conducted, but to combine and rcgulato the business of 10,000 miles of railroad by conventional rules! One year ago we stated ouroDjoctiona to the whole system sought to be established by Cleveland and Buffalo Railroad Conventions. The reof obicct at bottom was, by combining the four lines, as the Atlantic with ti e Western lines through Ohio, to fix tho prico without competition, and compel all other linos to fall into them I flow, it is a weu-Known nrincinle of law that the combination of em ployees against the employers is unlawful. If this be true oi common laborers, why is it not true of Railroad Companies t A Southerner on Steam Engines And Niggers. Messrs. Phillips, Sampson & Co., have re ceived the following letter from one of the subscribers to the Atlantio monthly, in Lou isiana. June 24, 1858. Messrs. Phillips, Sampson & Co; Gentlemen In an article heded "What are we going to make," in tho last No. of your Magazine, the writer thinks that tbe Millenium for niggers is to be brought about by steam on the ground that a bushil of coal fed to a steam engin will produce more power than a bushel of Ingcn corn meal fed to a nig ger, and that the great improvement that is to take place in these engins in 50 or a 100 years will enable us tonavigatocornfiolds.and plow as much cotton, with ono critter, of this sort, in the same length oftime,and at les&ex- I ponce, than with 10 niggers; consequently we will free the niggers as a nusonce, ana take the ongin instead. Now jest grant that what he says about plowin by stoem should turn out true and cotton could be grow'd in that way I gest want to ask him one question- When it comes to jnclan out, whar is nis steem engin then. It takes fingers to du this sort of work, and no steem ongin will ever be maid to strike a lick like them. If wo ever du plow by stoem,which I don't deny mought be done, we'll turn our niggers into Pickers- make more cotton and sou at a less prico. He is whot might be called a specula. live genius, like a feller who lives not lar from hero; he thought he'd make an improvement in picking, and then monkeys would be the very article. One monkey would pick as much as a nigger, and ono nigger co'd over see 10 monkeys. The monkeys was got and the trial was maid; the only mistake about it was, instead of one nigger manageing 10 mon kevs it took 10 niggers to manage one mon key. so he has giv up experimentin and sticks to the old way of gatherin his crop. Some one says that every man is crasy on some sub ject Your man is crasy on steom, but its not exactly the right sort to elovate ideas. Tell bun to tire up and try a?in. xou wm excuse me for saving that I think some your articles is rather tu hifalutin on abolish - en subjects. Kospoctruiiy, A sunsciimER. P. 8. Tell yoor breakfast table man to oo ahead ho is one of them. OCT A letter from Jerusalem announces the expectation of a caravan of 150 Americans from notion, dinct to J ana, by special steam er. They come armed with revolvers in stead of scollop sholls, and it is wflll for them, as a certain Abougosh is giving trouble soutn west of the Holy City, and also a certain Fa nuir. asainat whom the Governor of Jerusalem has latoly marched, with two Hold pieces ana 400 Sashi-Bazouks. His whereabouts was Gaza, the gates of which the Pacha did not break open or carry off, as there wero none, but he captured the Turkish saint, and keeps him a hostage for public tranquility. . . 03r Mayor Toe, of Gallion, Ohio, appears to be in bad odor. Even the ladies of the town have sent a petitionto him.askingbim to resign, on the ground that his general course has been such as to encourage and create the increase of vice and immorality.. The "Democratic" paper of the town is vory severe upon the ladies. ' v ' ' . . V Pbaier. Bowed knees and beautiful words eannot make s prayer; but earnest do ires from a heart bowed by love, inspired by God's Holy Spirit, and thirsting for God, the Irving God, will do it, any where, or in any place, at anytime. , . From tbo Han Franciieo Bullstin, J ulj 5th. A California Miner's Experience. Real Estate end XXigb Prices-Climato, Resources, &c, of Van couver's Inland Indian Outrages Terrible Tragedy in California. THE OOU VI VCR IS CALIFoiwiAV " ' " " As during the fortnight previousy the last fifleon days have been occupied almost exclu sively by Frazer river matters. Ihe new gold mines at tne nortn nave peea hi everybody's mind and in everybody's mouth. Ther press of tho entire state has beeo almost monopolized by accounts and letters from there ; . and srery line co tho subject has beea seized auu JuKU WHU tun Ubuivav -"ui.j . vau- dus from California of emigrants for. that region baa continued unabated. Steamers and) ' sailing vosscls some of the former of the largest class have been called into requisition tor accommodate the travel. . Owing to the carelessness or dosiga of the masters of vessels in not entering the full number of their passengers on tho custom-house books, it is impossible to got at the exact number of those wher have left San Francisco since tbe breaking out of the excitoment, for the new gold region; but it is variously estimated at from 15 to 18,000 ptrsons, all adult males. As yet, thore seems to bo no foiling off in the number who aro loaving. Tho interior towns are being desert-, ed, and operations in parts of our mining; country will for a time cease. Property hi various parts of California has necessarily depreciated. In many places the depreciation is) ' unreasonably great; and perhaps a better timo for investing money profitably in property in California novor existed than at present. , Mining claims, paying splendidly, and real estate have been sold by individuals afflicted with "I'razor river fever," at less than half of thoir real value. . Our latest news from Victoria, V. I., roach to 28th June, and direct from the new mines to the 29th June. At that time there wero an immense number of miners on the banks of Frazer's river, waiting for the Stream to. fall, to enable them to go to work on the bars, . which aro said to be fabulously rich-. "Soma dry diggings" had also been discovered in tha neighborhood or the river but owing to tno presence of Indians, not of the most friendly disposition, the miners dared not extend their-searches far from the stream, where the bulk of the whites were congregated. The tewn of victoria, on Vancouvers Island, has sprung rapidly into importance. Great peculations have boon made in real stato there. Lots, which a few months sgo wero sold by the Hudson's Bay Company at $50, are now selling at over $1,000. A newspaper called the Victoria Gazette, has been started there; and an American Steamer (the Surprise) is also running regularly botween Victoria and Fort Hope, which is one hundred miles abovo the mouth of Frazer's river. Merchandise of all descriptions, excepting spirituous liquors, are permitted to be imported Ireo ol duty into Victoria, by tho Hudson's Bay ComJ pany; but this Company claims the right to . , . . . . . . j .1 ine exclusive iraae upon mo river u m iuv . intorior of the mines. Most of those leaving here for the now mines go by way of Victoria, as it is necessary for the miners to go there to procure license to dig in the mines. Strong efforts have been made to bring some Ameri- can town Bite into notice, but with only par- ' tial success. Whatcom and Sohome, at first took the lead, as it was believed a route could be quickly oponed thoncb overland to tbe now mines. Up to the present, however, the read has not been rendered passable, and Victoria, is rapidly outstripping all her rivals. .. , On the 21st of June a dreadful disaster oc curred at Victoria, by which somo thirteen persons were drowned. A small sail boat, called the Alcatraz, while conveying an overload of passengers from the steamer Commodore to the shore, was capsized and precipita ted somo 31 into tho water, or whom thirteen woro drowned. ' . ,-' A Joke. .' ; . A correspondent sends the Buffalo Express tho following good thing for the hot weathers K., the Quaker President of a Pennsyl- ' vama ltailroad, during tha confusion and panic fall, called upon the W with which the road had kept a large.regular accounted asked for an extension of a part of its paper falling duo m a low days. 1 lie Hank l'rosi- dent declined rather abruptly .saying in a tono common with that fraternity. "Mr. K., your paper must be paid at malu-- rity. We cannot renew it" "Very well," our Quaker President replied,-and loft the Bank. But he did not let tho ' matter drop here. On leaving the Bank, aa- walked quietly over to the aepot ana teis-graphod all the agents and conductors on th road to reject the bills on the W bank)-It a few hours the trains bogan to arrive, full' of the panic, and bring the news of distrust of tae W bank an along tne tine m iw road. Stockholders and depositors flocked inv to the Bank, making tbo panis, wowing-"What is the matter?'! "Is the bank broke A little inquiry by the officers showed that1 the trouble originated in tbe rejection of tha" bills by the railroad. ' ' . The President seized his bat and rushed' down to the Quaker's office, and came bustling; in with the inquiry. , , "Mr. K.. have you directed ths refusal' of ourcurrency by your agents?" "Yes," was tbe qn let reply. ' "Why is this? It will mm ha," ,, v "Well, rnend Li , 1 supposea tuy oan was about to fail as thoe could not renew V little paper for us this morning ' ' It is needless to say, Mr. U rWeifeJJ all the Quaker's paper and enlarged' Uis liner of discount, the magic wires carried all along, the road, to evory agont the sedative message.-. "The bank is all right. The raa taks its currency." ' . i Oaioix or Potolar Sovereight A. Bnchaneor named Tbact, made th following' clever and just hit, at the recent anti-Douglas Democratic meeting in Chicago: ' "."' The reputed father of Popular Sovoreigntyv. (Judge Douglas.jdoscrvca do credit Tor what, he is gonorally supposed to have invented. y Popular Sovereignty existed in the DecWap. tion of Independence, tbe Bill of Plights mi the Constitution. It was the wood-note that' wbistlod through tho Kw Kngland (wtsts n-, 1G20. It was the vital eloment in American . politics when Judge Douglis' grandfather was. a stripling. , ' " A Sucker," -Bishop Ames, of the5fath-. odist Church, while preaching in tbt Third. Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, "got off"' a pretty good pon. It is known that the inhabitants oflllinois are called "Suckers," as those' of Indiana are called "Uoosiers Th . Bishop, it appears, once got lost on apriiij in Illinois, and came very near sinking ondur fatigue and exposure. -At length hediccov- ered a cabin in the distance. II grot to the doer and knocked, and ths long taoked for-gucker (succor) eanwl . . .