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.WS-SesWWSerSSSf V ; - -flf.--" - - jc, -- V"'-- -i ' r- - . . -i"'. .- - I - - - - 1 - - . - ; : : . r- ' - 1 11 - -" 1 " ' - - - -- - - - . .. . - i a , - r : VOLUME 22. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1858. NUMBER 23. 7 18 PCBXtSBKD bVWWT Tr.StAT KORiUHU, DTL.IIARrER. Office in 7oodward's Block, TMr& Story. TERMS Twa Dollars rsr Annnm, payable in ad-MU; $2,50 within six months: f 3.00 after the ex-piretioa of the yar. Clubs of twenty, $1,30 each. -o ' . litEf or ATrtMit(i: Co . O 3 B c B B c s $ e. S C. $ . $ .$ . $ e. $ e. $ "e, 1 7ftr, 3 tguart, 1 00 1 25 1 35.1 00 3 50 4 60 8 fO 1 751 55 S 25 4 25 5 25 6 00 75 8 00 60,3 50 4 50 5 05 8 00 7 00 8 00 10 4yr, - ;S 50 00 5 00 C 00,7 00 S 00 10 111 I I ti Hare, changeable monthly, $10 tcaeltt.... $15 column, changeable quarterly........... ......... ..... 15 J cnlnmn, ehangerble quarterly........... IS column, changeable quarterly ................ 25 1 column, changeable fnnrter)y, 40 1Xf Twelve lines of Minien, (this type) are coun-d ax a sonars. Editorial notices of advertisements, or railing attention to aay enterprise intended to benefit ind- Tiduals or corporations, will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents per line. - " Special noticei, before marriages, or taVing precedence of regular adrertisemehU, doable osnai rates. . "-- . . . Xoti'oos for meetings, charitablo societies, fire tompanies, Ac., half-price. Marriage notiees inserted for $0 cts ; l)eaths 25 cents, unless accompanied- by obituaries, which will be charged for at reeutar adrertising rates. XV'Adrertisements displayed tn large type to he charged one-half more than regular rates. JS9A11 traaient adrertiscmehts to ho paid for in kdrance. Choice ocfvir. THE PRESEXTIMEXt . BT PATL R. nAT.Nfe. Over her face. s lender and nicck, The lisht of a prophecy lies. That hoth silvered the red of the rose on her check. And chastened the thought in her eyes. Beautiful eyes, with an inwnrd glance To the spirit's mystical deepi-. . Lort in the Inngnid glemn of a trance, Moro solemn and saintly than sleep. It hint of a world which is alien and dim, Of a nature that hovers betwoen . Jhe discord of earth and the eeraphlin's hymn, On the verge of the spectral Uuseeu : And forever and ever she seems to hetir The voice of a chsrmer implore, 'Come ! enter the life-that is noble and clear Conic, grow to my heart once more." And forever and ever she mutely turns. From a mortal lover's sighs ; : -And fainter the red of the rose flu oh burns, - And deeper the thought in Lor eyes. The reeds are warm of the churchyard flowers, That shall blossom about her rut. And a bird that rh:tll in by the old church towers Is already fledged in its n?t. ' And so when a blander swmjmer shall smile, On some-ere of nft July, Te will lend to the dust her beauty awhl!e, 'Ncatli the hash Of a moonless sky. And fairer still, shall tho churcjiyard Rowers Gleam nlgb with a white increase, And a bird ontponr by the old cbnrch toweni, A plaiutive potn of peace. IIAPflXKSS. Tis not in Vcautr, this will fade. And psn like mortiingdews.awayi Tis not in sll the chnriu of fame, Vbieh like the Summer fiowcrs decay, Ti." not in gtld r catering srms. . Which daszles like the sun's" bright beam; Tis not in pla.urt;M: flu'. r-i'M rmHS Irtke joys of fcarly, hxf :.y .ireauisv ; lint 'tis in Virtue bright and "fair, Which joys utf id ii- enn ihipnrt 5 . : Jt i in kihdhoss-hii iting powcr That softens down the stubborn hcArl. It is in hope, whieh. like the sun. Makes earth With forct llow'rets bloord j tt is in friendship, warm snd true, . Which leaves the same beyond the tonal It is in lore, heavenly love, : The richest boon, to mortals giren Thst love which time can never change Hut constitutes this earth, a heaveh. Terrible Adventure in the Elamoth Care. 4 " B : - & . B " & n a W. . W m m cr ' ' p From the LoUisYille Joarbal. .At the suppofled end of what has always Wen considered the longest avenue of tbe Mammoth Cave, nine mllea from its entrance, there is a pit dark, and deep, and terrihte, known as the Mael-' atroto. Tens of thousands have azed into it with awe whilst Bengal lights Were thrown down it to make its ftarful depths visible, but cone had the daring eret to explore it, The celebrated guide, Stephen, who was deemed in-tensible to fear, was offered six hundred dollars by the proprietors of the cave if he woold descend to the bottom of it, but he shrank from the - - peril.'. A few years ago a Tennessee professor, a learned and bold man, resolved to do what no one before him had dared do, and making his arrangements with great care and precaution, ha had himself lowered dowu by a strong rope a hundred feet, but at that point his courage failed . him, and he called aloud to be drawn out. No ' haman power conld ever have induced him to re peat the appalling experiment. " . A coaple of weeks ago, however, a young gen-aiemanof Louisrille, whose nerves never trem-fcled at aaortal peril, being at the Mammoth Cave with Professor Wright of our city, and ' others aetermined, ao natter what the danger! ant) dif-EcultVei ffight be, to explore the depths of the , soAelatrom. Mr. Proctor, the enterprising pro . " prietor of the cave, sent to Nashville and pro-cared a long rope aad some necessary timbers were borne by tha guides and others to the pro-- posed point of exploration , The arrangemerts being soon completed, the rope, with a heavy fragment of rock aj5xrd to it, was' let down and . twung to and fro to dislodge auy loose rocks that wookl b likely to Tall at' the touch. SevVral .were thus dislodged; and the Jong eon. (jooeu t?nwtoBs, rwmf up iik aigtant tl un 'r4 from Ulow, proclaimed the depth of tbeoo fMKf wish eereraj hafe thrown over hia he4 to protect it ae far as possible against any masses railing from above, and with a light in bis hand and the rope fastened around hia body, took his place over the awful pit, and directed the half dozen men, who held the end of the rope, to let him down into the Cimmerian gloom. We have heard from his own lips an account of hia decent.. Occassionally masses of earth and rock Went whizzing past, but none struck him. Thirty or forty feet from the top he saw a ledge from which,. as he judged by appearances, two or three avenues led off in different directions. About a hundred feet from the top a cataract from the aide of the pit went -rushing down the abyss, and, aa he descended by the side of the falling watet and In the midst of the spray, he felt some apprehension that his light would be extinguished, but his care prevented this. He was landed at the bottom of the pit, a hundred and ninety feet from the top. lie found it almost perfectly circular, about 18 feet in diameter, with a small opening at one point, leading to a fine chamber of no great extent, lie found on the floor beautiful specimens of black silex of immense size, vastly larger than were ever discovered in any other part of the Mammoth Cave, and also a multitude of exquisite formations as pure and white as virgin snow. Making himself heard, with great effort, by his friends, he at length asked them to pull him parlly up, intending to stop on the way and explore a cave that he had- observed opening about forty feet above the bottom of the pit, : Reaching the mouth of that cave, he swung himself with much exertion into it, and, holding the end of the rope in his hand, he incautiously let it go, and it swung out apparently beyond his reach. The situation was a fearful one and his friends above Could do nothing for him. Soon, however, be made a hook of the end of his lamp, andi by extending himself as far over the verge as possible without fulling, he succeeded in securing the rope. Fastening it to a rock, he fol lowed the avenue loO or 200 yards to a point where he found it blocked by an impassable ava lanche of rock and earth. Returning to the mouth of this avenue, be beheld an almost exactly similar mouth of another on the opposite side of the pit, but, not being able to swing himself into it, he refastened the rnpe around his body Vsuspnded himself again over the abyss, and .shouted to his friends to raise him to the top. The pull was an ex. oeediitgly severe one, and the rope, being ill ad jus'ed around his body, gave him the most ex-crutiating pain But soon his pain was forgot fen in a new and dreadful peril. . When he was SO feet from the mouth of the pit and 100 feet from the bottom, swaying and swinging in mid air, he heard rapid and excited words of horror and alarm above, and soon learned that the rope by which be was upheld had taken fire from the friction' of the timber over which it passed. Several moments of awful suspense to those above and still more awful to him below ensued. To them and him a fatal an! in si ant catastrophe seemed inevitable. But the fire wa? extinguished with a bottle of water li -longing to himself, and then the party above, though almost exhausted, by their labors, succeeded in drawing him to the top. He was as calm and self possessed as upon Lis entrance into th pit, but all of his companions, evercome by fa ti ? u,; sank down upon the ground, and his friend. Professor Vir'ht, from cverexertion snd exettement, f.iitYtt-. J-.&:'-.d remained for a time in sensil.Ie ; ' ' ' The young nave-;' urc r lft his name carved in te dep hs of the Maeltrp.m' the name of the first and oi.ly'persoq that ever. gazed upon its mysteries.' , iitcfrstiito Juried). from the Jvli'erson City (Mo.) Examiner, Sept. 4J three finndred Mormon Worden &e nouncing' :he Faith. By the arrival of a young man named Her bert Braudon we have been furnished with the following information from Salt Lake: "I," says our informant, "left Camp Scott on tho loth of June. The Mormon excitement had been entirely abated. Several Mormon trains ha passed Camp Scott on their way to the States. "They stated, while camped at the above place, that they would not have been permitted to leave, or they would have abandoned Salt Lake long ago. 'On beittif questioned as to their determination to resist the entrance of the United States troops, they replied that the major part of the Mormons -only ; awaited the entrance of the troops In order to effect their escape from Brig bam Young and Mormonism,' "On their arrival at Camp Scott, they were minus the common necessaries of life. On be Ing asked the Cause of their destitute condition they stated that before Brigham Youtig had re. lented from his determination to resist the troops he bad ordered thetn to deposit; what provisions they had in' the store-house but as soon Babe made known his intention of going south, those of the Mormons who refused to go were deprived of all, and could get nothing for their outfit! "They also etatedj that but (or the interference of Governor Gumming, the destroying angel would bave forced them away, and that they did succeed, in some instances, driving away sever al women. I came down with two Mormon trains from Camp Scott, numbering about three hundred persons,' principally Women, who were chiefly English, and some Scotch; and the principal topic of their conversation throughout was the absurdity of Morraonism and its principles. They were all nnanimons in their denunciations of Brigham Young and his apostles, and talked of his assassination by the Mormons who remained at Camp Scott mi sura event ' They have all, without t ''.Tjtmi heeoW rWnret 9r'9?p,nVu4. reaonaed it, aad 4xpres ed their determinalfm bnoj than aTorts Sot the total aao&laAta'of llor monism. They express their desire to return to their native country, and would, if they bad the means to do so, in order that tbey might be instrumental in saving others from the baneful influence of Mormonismi On their . arrival at Plattsmouthf on the . Missouri River, they had calculated to cross over to Council Bluffs; but the bad condition of the roads in Iowa changed their resolve, and they are now dispersing them, solves in Kansas and Nebraska Territories." Mr, Brandon gave us many other interesting particulars, from which we conclude that a speedy dissolution awaits the community of the Latter day Saints, Many of the jvomen, although they went to Utah innocent and pure, we judje, are very unlikely to lead a very exemplary life iu the future. They have been " debased until thev are likely to abandon themselves to the loathsome life of prostitution. Hydrophobia and Spiritualism in Illinois A Strange Affair. We mentioned a few days since an account of the death of a little girl near Peoria, Illinois, from hydrophobia, produced by the bite of a cat. We also mentioned some ''spiritual" manifesta tions in connection with the same. A letter from the father of the child appears in the Bos ton Traveller. We furnish the following extract for the inspection of the curious. He says: I would not now write merely to gratify idle cariosity ;tbut I consider the circumstances con-nected with the death of my child of such a marvelous nature that I do net hesitate to give to the world its truth. In the first place, then, the child had three of the most horrid fits that were ever witnessed, and as she came out of the third one she exclaimed, "Oh! mother, sister has come aud will tell me what to take so that t shall have no more fits let me so off the bed aud fix the medicine." "She then called for nitric, acid, blood root, sweet oil, winter-green, rose-water, camphor, and slippery-elm. She mixed the medicine herself, in accordance with her sister's directions, and took it, and strange to say, she had no more flu. She commenced taking the medicine about seven o'clock in the evening, and died about three in the morning. She continued to say that her sister was with her np to the moment she died. One circumstance which is counseled is more strange than all the rest. Soon after taking the first dose of medicine, she said, "Pa, you must pull one of my teeth, for sister says the tooth is poison." I asked her to wait until morning, but the little innocent looked up with tears in ber eyes, and said,"Oh, Pa, sister says you are afraid I will bite you, but I won't bite nor scratch you, but if you will not pull it out, sister says she will pat something ou it to eat it out." She was then standing on the floor, with some five or six neighbors in the room; she placed her hand by her side and stood motionless- for two or three minutes, and one of her teeth dropped upon the floor. She exclaimed, "I told you sister would eat it out." She, not more than fi ve minutes before she died,, sat in my lap, put her arms around my neck and kiasod me; wanted to lay on the bed with her mother; turned to her and laughed, and died without ja struggle or a groan. -; More about that Kentucky Overseer that Advertised for a Wife. Oar readers will remember the marriage last spring of William A. Carr, of Kentucky, to Mrs. A. Pn Brings, of Columbus, Ohio. The match was brought about, by a moat ridiculous letter, fron Carr to the editor of the New York TiTio iu inqnjrinsf fora wiTe, and which the Times, published for the benefit of its rea Jars. Everybody read : it, and lauehed at it, hu' tew supposed any woTtin would be fool enough, seriously to reply t it. Carr, however, it will be reroerabored recr-Vsad letters from 101 womn candidates for his bandi From the lot, he final ly selected the.Colambua widow. It turns out that Carr was. something of a gay deciever, and that he had made written protefl-. tations of love and wedlock to others besides the favored Mrs. Briggs. The Ashland Kentuck-ian, noticing the rich Correspondence and singular match says: Thereby hangs A veritable tale; and it may be possibly, a suit for breach of promise, With exemplary damages. Mrs. Pauline W. Carrol,'".a Boston lady now sojoorning in Oreeonp c6., has put us n possession of a series of letters, which clearly prove said Carr, to be a "gay deceiver)' a fello w who loves hot wisely but two well-Since the announcement of the villian's mar riage, while under solemn promise to her; Mrs, Carrol has concluded to bring suit against Carr for breach of promise and damage to tender affection. As the lady is young and handsome, and has the documents, to prove the treachery and false dealing of the too amorous Carr, it is more than probable that a Kentucky jury will give her exemplary damages and then the rep robate overseer will be made to poney up to the tune of thousands. " The result of his daring ati tempt to trifle wtth the tender affections, of young womanhood, will sadly interfere with the honey moon and domestic felieily anticipated by Carr in his union with the Columbus widow. Romance in Beal Xifo. , The circumstances attendant upon a marriage recently consummated in Alleghany City have incidentally reached fis, and, as they are of a romantio character, we will giva them without mentioning any names Some seven years since a lady of Alleghany, with her daughter, then eleven jears of age, took a pleaeore trip to Ire. land, her native country There she encountered a friend of her youth, who had, grown with time to be a bachelor. She playfully twitted him concerning bis single blessedness, when he replied that, although richly endowed with this world's goods, he had never found one of the sof ter sex who struck Jus fancy, adding that he would finally be obliged to come to America to get a wife. The lady answered that she would raise her Utile, girl, then present, for him. He said he would one day claim the fulfillment of the proroiseajBd the party separated. The lady returned ;bo na s aod ;tha : girl ha ior thej mean 1 imiU4 rfPtV fPinanoqjB. Ier..inathf kepi her stBdioaal eeclnded from young soeietj And, some three weeks sinew, the Irish bachelor, to whom she bad promised her hand eight years before, arrived here and claimed his bridel The nuptials were celebrated, and the young lady re turned with the venerable, but wealthy friend of her mother, to his home in Green Erin, having met him but two or three times previous to becoming bis wife, Piftihnrgh Post. A Curious Frtak: of Nature. J. E. Holmes, of Newark, writes that there is a white oak, of fine, healthy growth, standing near Robison's coal o works, iu Perry County, on which, at fiftv five foet from the ground is en grafted a black-oak top, of lofty and vigorous growth, k is about two feet in diameter at the usuarhight of cutting trees, and the body stock is fourteen inches at the grafting portion, and the black-oak immediately above it at once enlarges to twentytwo incl es. The grafting is rep resented as being of the most perfect doscrip. lion, and there is no appearance of deterioration in either the white or black-oak portions. There are several limbs bolow the union, and those above are said to be equal to any tree of the same description in that section of the country, and would form a luxuriant and proper superstructure for a stock of three feet in diameter. The only reasonable supposition for this curious growth is, that the white oak portion was broken by the falling of a black -oak near it, and that a-branch of the latter must have been so driven into the fracture as to unite and grow in a firm, manner'to produce the singular phenomenon above related. : ' Her is Something to Think Of. The number of languages spoken is 3,061. The number of men is about equal to the number of women. Tbe average, of human life is about 33 yean. One quarter die before the ajje of 7; one-half before the age of 17. To every 1 ,000 persons 1 'only reaches 10 0 years. : To every 100 only 9 reach 65 years; and not more than 1 in ft 00 reaches the ag of 80 years. There are on earth 1,000,000,000 ot inhabitants. Of these 33,333,333 die every year, 7,780 every hour, and 60 every minute or I for every second. These losses are about balanced by an equal number of births. The married arelonger-lived than the. single, and, above all, those who observe a sober and industrious conduct. Tall men live longer than short ones. Women have more chances for life previous to the age of SO years than men, but fewer after. The number of marriages is in proportion of 75 to 100. Marriages are more frequent after the equinoxes that is, during the months of June and' December. Those born in spring are generally more robust than others. -Births and deaths are more frequent by night than by day. The number of men. capable of bearing arms is calculated at one fourth af the population. ; A Chinese Garden. Mr. Fortone gives a curious description of a Chinese garden in a recent letter from which we make the following extracts": ""The plants consist of good ' specimens of southern Chinese thin?, all well known in En-g land s'Jch, for example, a cyrobidiuin chioese, olea frarans, oranges, roses, cameKas, jnagno lias, etci and, of course, ; a multitude' of. dwart trees, without whrch no Chinese garden would be considered complete. In the alcove alluded to there are some ni.-e stone seats, which look cool in a riiraate like that of southern China. The floor of this building i raised a few feet above ti e ground level, so that the visitor gels a good v-eav ot tbo water anl oi-ier objects of interest in the garltin. Tht this is a - favorite lounge ar.d smoking place with the Chinese, the foHow ing Chinese notice, which we found on, one of the pillars, will testify! 'A Careful and Earnest Notice. This garden earneeily requests that visiters will spit betel ouUlde 6f the railing,- and knock the ahes off pipe also outside.' Several fine fruit trees and others are growing near the walks, and afford shade from the rays cf the sun. On one of the-e we read the following: Rimblers here tct'ZZ be excused plucking the fruit on this tree.' How exceedingly polite I "Near the centre of the garden stands a sub stantial summer house or ball, named the 'Hall of Fragrant Plants.' The same notice to amo kers and cb ewers of betel-nut is also put up here; and there is another and a longer one, which I must not forget to quote. It is this: 'In this garden the plants are intended to delight the eyes of all fTsitors; a great deal has been expend ed in planting and in keeping it in order, and the garden is now beginning to yield some re turn. - Those who come here to- sannter about are earnestly prayed not to pluck tbe fruit or flowers, in order that the beauty of the place may be preserved.' And then follows a piece of true Chinese politeness; 'We beg those who understand this notice to excuse it.' Pasing through tho Hall of Fragrant Plants, we approach, be tween two rows of Olea fragrans, a fine ornamental snits of rooms, tastefully furnished and decorated, in which visitors are received and entertained. Aa inscription informs ns that this is called tie 'Fragrant Hall of the Wooche Tree-' Leaving this. place by a narrow door, we obserrr ed the following notice: 'Saenterera here "will be excused entering.' This apparenUr leads to the private apartments of the family, : To this side of. the garden there is some artiflcial rock-orkj whieh the Chinese know : well how to con struct, and varions summer bosses tastefully de corated( oce of which is called the 'Library of Verdant Parity Between this part of the gar den and the straight walk already noticed, there is a small pond or lake foe fish and wa'er lillies. This is Crossed by a zig-zag wooden bridge of many, arches which looked rather dilapidated." le Bhine. -. ; A correspoho'etit of the St. Louis Democrat describes the Rhine ihtasr - - . -" n '"-'- Every letter writer is eo full of his praise cf the Rhine, or iist wtmderfal seenery that shall pan iMril by with one cv two hrirf remarhs )c$trip!ik - In width, current and general appearance, it re sembles the Ohio at a good stage of Water. The color of the Water, however, is turbid, but of a 'beautiful light green, different from the waters of any Western river I have ever seen. Tbe current is quite rapid, but not so rapid as the Mississippi. Little' low pressure steamers. like those on the Thames, of from 80 to 150 tuns burden, are constantly passing up and down for passengers and towing barges; but none of these steamers are as fine or as comfortable as one of our Western boats.- They have no state-rooms or cabins on the upper decks. There are, all along the river, on both sides, sloping hills, which often rise into , mountains, with here and there a ruined castle on the summit; but, though these slopes are often cultivated with vines al most to the very top, there is nothing in all this scenery which is equal in sublimity to the Hud. son, or in beauty and variety to our own Miasiss ippi above Prairie du Chien. (&tm$ of Cougbt. A cunning man over reaches no one half as much as himself. lieecher. Throughout thy whole life learn tolive, and every hour of thy life learn to die. As man cultivates his intellectual faculties he learns to mistrust his instinct. Most arts require long study and application; but the most useful art of all, thai of pleas ing, requires only the desire. ' - Love is God's loaf; and this is that feeding for which we are taught to pray, "Give ns this day our daily bread." Beecher. Send not to market for trouble. Providence hath housed under all roofs a sufficient proportion of calamities and sorrows. Let us use sometimes to stop a little, and ask ourselves, What are we about? .Whither we are going? And where all will end at last? Virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant where tbey are incensed or crushed; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. Lord Bacon. Poverty is only contemptible when it is felt to be so. : Doubtless tbe best way . to make our poverty respectable is to seem, never to feel it as an evil. Bocee. - He that is good, will infallibly become beti ter; and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still. Colion, We become familiar with the ontsides of men, as with tbe outside, of bouses, and think we know them, while we are ignorant of. all that is passing within them. Bovei. 'Tis much safer for thee td reconcile an enemy than conquer him. Victory may deprive him of the power for the present, but reconciliation disarms his will. .' . ... We ought not to be over-anxious to enconr- age innovation, in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established, and it is understood. Laron. It is with books as it is with women, where a certain plain nes.s of manner and dressing is more engaging than that glare of paint and airs and spparel, which may dazzle the eye, but reaches not the affections. Ttmtf, In most quarrels there Is a fault on both sides. A quarrel may be compared to a spark, which cannot be produced without a flint aa well as a steel, either of them may hammer on wood forever, and no fire wi II follow, CoUnn. Ureatness lies not in being strong,-but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it only serves to carry a man abeva his fellows for bis own solitary glory. He is greatest whose strength carries up the most by the attraction of his own. Bechet. . umorons - Frrnn the New York Picayune. ' Der Dcntschman's PXtflosopriT) SHUST NEAR HACK AT. tt JOHAJTKSS rSASZ VOX P. KHOUPLlI'. l'e a toller rot I spend, : But I've noting for to lend. For I nefer borrows noting, don't you see, Yohn Schmidt; I've a preddv lidIe frow, Und I've vriends in blenty flow, Und a lot of preddy schildren at my kuee, Yohn Schmidt. .. , . I haf noting to desire, Ven I sit peside mine fire, Und I sebmokes myself into a shleepiog state, Yohn Schmidt; I'm so happy vot can pe, So vou listen now to me. Und I'll tell you vot I love, and vot I hate, Yohn SchmidU . - t love der lager bier, . ' Ven it's eoot, nn isn't dear, I can trink apout sixty glasses in a day, Yohn Schmidt; - But I bate der liquor law,-f Sooch a dine I nefer saw) Vot Would dak'e our schapps and lager all avsy, Yohn Schmidt. - ; j love a Deutcheft flonjff . 'Pout a hundred verses long; Mit a ghorus for a thousand voices, tod, Yohn Schmidt; 9 But I hate der snufBe psalm, . Vot isn't worth a, krutxer, For to sing it makes jour face grow long an plue, . Yoho Schmidt. , ; - . . - t tore someTietftcherl foodj Yah ) I likes it bottr good, : : '. Der spech on eaeurkrout, an salet alatigh, Yohn Schmdti . : Bat 1 hate der milk of sen wilt, Und der meat they nefer dilb - . For it dies pefore dey've dime to hit a knock, Yohn. Schmidt. - - . : I love der bretty flowers, . Vot grows in jrardea bowers. Der cabbage nn der radeesh, nn der beet, Yohn Schmidt; 5 . - . ' Us-I hate dePtoads; nn frogs, 1 . A U der sausage made of dogs, , Qo efryding rot isn't god to eat, Yohn SchoaidC Now Pre got av little shtorai - J Uo I siu peTfi dsf rlocfy IP TJn I sells der prandy scnapps on pretzel cake, Yohn Schmidt;S---v t Uo I drinks I'll butty soon . . v Haf a lajrer bier saloon, Un den vot blenty money I will make, Yohn Schmidt. . .- . . ... :.' . f - " - TJn Ten enongh I've got, I v ill buy 'a bone nn lot, Und a "corner grocery 111 bare pes id e, Yohn Schmidt; . ; Den so happy I rill be, Mit my-schildren" by mine ksee, Mtt mine money nn mine vrow, but mit no pride, Yohn Schmidt. " . How the Batcher was Silenced. The lively eontribntor of the following, says there are as eood fish in the sea as ever were caught, and he has been hockinga few. The Rev. J. S. has achieved a high distinction, not only in our State, but in yours, as a very forcible, though a somewhat eccentric' preacher. He was at one time preaching in the city, where ne suit laDors, ana hai ia bis congregation a rnh but kind hearted butcher, who was a little given to dividing the sermon audibly among the Congregation fearing perhaps, that some of the hearers might not understand that the preacher meant them. On this occasion, Mr. S. had un dertaken to point out some of the faults of his people in relation to the "observance of the Sabbath; and proceeded something after this lash, ton: - . . . - r- . ": . "Even when you come to the house of God, my brethren, your thoughts are not on His word, or on heavenly or. divine . things. One of you, for instance will" be thinking of your whaling ships, (the town was a whaling port,) and reckoning how much money you will make out of it.r "That's you. Deacon W." interposed the butcher, in a voice audible all over the house. "Another," pursued the minister, "will be thinking of the house ha is building and contri ving how he can slight hid work, so as to make it more profitable." . "That's you, Deacon L.,' again broke in 'the. butcher. "Another," continued Mrs. S., "will bo occupied with planning how he can sIl more of them and at a bettor profit." - "That's you Brother B.," aaiu said the butch- "AnotV.er will be counting his grains from his fisheries, and wishing that ho could catch large quantities and sell the faster." "That's you, Brother H.,w intcrrnptad the butcher. "Another," sail the pastor, "aud he the wor3t of all, because he breaks the Sabbath morning and kills a beef and dresses it, so as to have it ready for market on Monday mornin.' . "And that's.roel"' roared the butcher and he evjr after held his peace. Harper's Magazine. Prepare to Langh. : Squire G. tells the following good Hosier yam, demonstrative of the power of music over the human mind. . !- Some years agd, a tali, gatint, knockkaeed, red headed, cross-eyed, lummex of a HOosier, who was a hunter of the classical Wabash, con ceived the idea of making a visit to the home of his progeoitore ih old Kaintuk; II a did so ranted sound amongst the girls some and was of coarse, from his native impudence and unearthly ugliness, the observed' of all observers j. One morning the whole rteihbirhirU was astonished with the news that the nyly Hoosier had eloped with Mrs. B., an amiable jroij looking woman, wife of Mr. B. and mothAr of half-4 doien little B.'s. For two long years th discOh-tolate has baid mourn el over his untoward bereavement.; at the end of that period, howevr, to his utter astonishment one dar, ii p.prl Mrs, looking as' -bright and rosy as ever. After the first j'y fil-greeting was over, the injured B. thus ad. dressed his truant spouse: 'Nancy, how could you take rip with that thar bnanbly ugly Hoosier, and '.-leave me and the children all forlorn, as ym did?' 'Well, Josh,' said Nancy, 'That thar tarnal ugly critter from Indianny. was a leetle the best whistler I ever hern tell on. Yoa. know I was al ways fdnd at fnA whistlin; I ued to think you j could whistle som, but t never heard whistlin a? is wbistlin till I met that ar Wabasb feller. He just whistled my senses clean away, and I follered him off on 4ht account. A- short time ago, however, he tfaught the measles, and they Split his whistlin for ever the thArm was bro ken, and so I concluded to come back to yon ; but, O Josh I that Hoosier was the awfullest whis-tier thai aver prickeredF PlacercilU Index, j An Irishman in Conrt. During a session at the circuit court at Lyncn-bhrg an Irishman was indicted for stabbing another on the canal, and the only witness was Dennis O'Brieo, who was require 1 to enter into bonds for his appearance at tbe next court. The recognizance was read in the usual form: I "You acknowledge yourself indebted to the commonwealth of Virginia hi the sum of $500." Dennis I don't owe her a eint, sir." As soon as tbe clerk recovered from the amusement at the answer he explained the meaning of the form, and read it over again. Dennis'! tell ye I don't owe her a cint It's more money nor I ever saw, nor my father before me." . -'..'-.- .,'... "." ; At this stage of the malfer a brother of Dennis interfered, and said: r "Ye must jest say it, Dennis. It's one of the forms of the law." ; Dennis vBut I won't, rm a decent, honest man, what pays my debit, and I'll spake the truth, aad the divil may drink all my whisky for month if I say I owe anybody a cint. Now cheat me if yoo can." ,J" - - ' 'Eress der'LorT -' . The Boston correspondent of the Nashua Reg. uter was somewhat amused at a colored meeting ia tbatctty a few evenings'sinee. Thfj minister a' mouseeoIored gentleman from abroad.' said he ahoutd tike to say a fewwords before be began. "Perhapi yoo aay want to know ; who . t are." He shea proceeded to say that Soma three tears ago he was ia that city tryiog ioraiae GItetm in slavery. "I raised de money, bress der LorT He went to Su Louis 'AW my folks, bress der LorT but they had recently-been sick, and the owuer refused to give them up unless thirty eight dollars, the physician's bill, was forthcoming. The mouse colored gent then went to Chicago, fell in with friends, and returned to SL Louis with the whole amount. But bress der LorT I bress der LorT' he shouted,, at the top of his stentorian voice, "when I got dar de ole woman an' childershad runCoff, an' got to Canada, bres der Lor'l and Tse got de fifteen hundred an' tbir; tyeight dollars in de bank, bress der Lor'l" Hi 4sade a very familiar use of the phrase "BresS der Lor'l" When the congregation, as is customary, marched up to the altar to Contribute W the collectionj the minister said "Will de brud-ders give way 4nd let de sisters pass up? give 'eat room, you. know dey wants a deal wid be bisj hoops bresa der Lor'P 1 1 j A HEW CONGO CBEEDl Hypocrisy of the IMaek Repablicaas They voted to Exclude Oreg-on beeans she excluded Nero Voters and Repudiated Negro Equality. . The pretense of the Republicans is, that they are in favor of the admission of free States. " The truth ia, they are in favor cf the admission; of Mulatto States, an ! violently opposed to the admission 'of such Free White States as refuse to encourage Negro Equality. .On the loth of May, 1 858, Oregon presented her constitution, ratified by th vote of the people, an J excluding' the institution of negro slavery. She had tber population for A member of Congress, and the Democracy were Tor admitting her. North and South the taking ia of this? free northern State was advocated by the National Democracy. It was opposed by the Black Republicans, for the following'reason?) to be found ia the speeches of their leading men. We qaote from the Corigres-" sional "Globe," pages 1964, &c: Mr. Fresscnden, of Maine, said, "by the laws of Maine under the Constitution of the Stats? of Maine, free negroes are citizens, just as much citizens of the State of Maine as white men. It bas been to solemnly decided by tbe highesr tribunal ?of onr State since the Dred Scott casi The Supreme Court of Maine has decided th att they are entitled td all the privileges, that the stand upon a perfect equality with white mer under tho Constitution and laws of the State. Tbey are voters, and recognized as citizens older the terms of the Constitution which allows any citiien to vote. There is a clause in the Constitution now presented from Oregon which prohibits free negroes from coming into the State and residing there; and it therefore prohibits a portion of the- citizens of the Stale of Maine from going to Oregon. I cannot vole for. the admission of any State, with a Constitution which prohibits any portion of my fellow citizens of my own State from tbe erjojmentbf the privileges which other citizens of the Stale haves-and which the citizens of every other Stile have. Hence, sir, inasmuch as a portion of the people that I represent, the free citizens of tbe State Of Maine, cannot by the provisions of his Constitution be allowed to go Oregon, to reside under any circumstances, it is an insuperable objection to my mind, and I cannot vote for the admission of Oregon as a State With such. Sr' Constitution." Now from the leader: of the .rtepnblicane of Ohio in Congress one of the orscle of the hy poeritical faction that opposes the great Demo cratic party of the Union, bceog: it preserves the R'ghtS of tbe States and thb stability of the . Con federal ioa, and resists the doctrines of, the "Conzo Creedl" Iu the same debcte in the Sen ate, Wade of Ohio, objected to Oregon, Ikecause hs he said, of a clause in the eonpti'tutiorv which '-declared. "That no Neerd, Chinaman, aor Mulatto shall have the right of suffrage." Here is not only the old "Congo Creed" doe; Irlne of Chase. GidJings, the Sttte Joureai,'Ac but itis carried further now. The they only demanded negro suffrage and equality, in Ohio. Now they say. that tbey never will mhmt another free State which does wot establish egro euf-fra?e, and, consequently prrjvide le Negro social eoueliry. In the same debate another great light of tbe! party; Wilson of Massachusetts, said; "the peo. pie of Oregon have adojtd e onafHuti'Mt es eluding slavery; but thy hav pal in a provision in this constitution, which 1 beliv to tx nneon': stitutional. inhuman and nnchrwtian.. They not-only exclude negroes and, mulatto- from resi, ding id the State, but they have made a pr vision that they cannot hold any real estate there to make contracts, not maintain any suit.' Now, Mr. President, I live in a Commonwealth-that recognizes the absolute and perffttequality-of all races. A Mulatto or Negro, in th State I represent is not only a citizen of the State; be1 not only has the right to Tote, but if tbe peopl choose to do it, they may elect him to any oflce' in their gift." . The doctrine laid down by Senator Wilson,-and now in force in Maine and Massachusetts Is-Ibe doctrine of the Republicans ff Ohio, and we dare them to deny it. Thus then w have shown, beyond all perad venture, that jhe Repub- . licans are opposed to the admission of free States unless tbelatter favor negro equality. It was for this reason, that the Republicans cf Ohio went against Oregon. Notwithstanding their efforts the bill west tbroneb tbe Senate, two to one. The Democrats North and Sou:h voted , for the admission of this free Slate, Statesman The Srazen Cry of 'ExtravapaEcen Sosa v manly Disposed oz. ' Hon. John C. Breckenridge. in a 'teTnog'f speech he made, lately riddles tip .his threadi bare topfo in short measure, thost oxa irtv or ixcatismj ExrExst rat u( arraorHUTioss' jjads is 5G-'S7 bt thc Rs TtEucis CoxoaEsa. There had been raised thronghoot the land against the President a concerted err of prw-cy. ' The administration was ebarged wnh squandering rest suns of money, which bad tor be borrowed. He trJ admitted thai the ex pen-a ct the government recenUv bad been nn nsually large. The rfPnWiea UooSe ot resentat? th&t preceded in power the admin istration bad been extravagant" in wakicg 7 roPriMion".aBdppw the 2 l?i
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Full Text | .WS-SesWWSerSSSf V ; - -flf.--" - - jc, -- V"'-- -i ' r- - . . -i"'. .- - I - - - - 1 - - . - ; : : . r- ' - 1 11 - -" 1 " ' - - - -- - - - . .. . - i a , - r : VOLUME 22. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1858. NUMBER 23. 7 18 PCBXtSBKD bVWWT Tr.StAT KORiUHU, DTL.IIARrER. Office in 7oodward's Block, TMr& Story. TERMS Twa Dollars rsr Annnm, payable in ad-MU; $2,50 within six months: f 3.00 after the ex-piretioa of the yar. Clubs of twenty, $1,30 each. -o ' . litEf or ATrtMit(i: Co . O 3 B c B B c s $ e. S C. $ . $ .$ . $ e. $ e. $ "e, 1 7ftr, 3 tguart, 1 00 1 25 1 35.1 00 3 50 4 60 8 fO 1 751 55 S 25 4 25 5 25 6 00 75 8 00 60,3 50 4 50 5 05 8 00 7 00 8 00 10 4yr, - ;S 50 00 5 00 C 00,7 00 S 00 10 111 I I ti Hare, changeable monthly, $10 tcaeltt.... $15 column, changeable quarterly........... ......... ..... 15 J cnlnmn, ehangerble quarterly........... IS column, changeable quarterly ................ 25 1 column, changeable fnnrter)y, 40 1Xf Twelve lines of Minien, (this type) are coun-d ax a sonars. Editorial notices of advertisements, or railing attention to aay enterprise intended to benefit ind- Tiduals or corporations, will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents per line. - " Special noticei, before marriages, or taVing precedence of regular adrertisemehU, doable osnai rates. . "-- . . . Xoti'oos for meetings, charitablo societies, fire tompanies, Ac., half-price. Marriage notiees inserted for $0 cts ; l)eaths 25 cents, unless accompanied- by obituaries, which will be charged for at reeutar adrertising rates. XV'Adrertisements displayed tn large type to he charged one-half more than regular rates. JS9A11 traaient adrertiscmehts to ho paid for in kdrance. Choice ocfvir. THE PRESEXTIMEXt . BT PATL R. nAT.Nfe. Over her face. s lender and nicck, The lisht of a prophecy lies. That hoth silvered the red of the rose on her check. And chastened the thought in her eyes. Beautiful eyes, with an inwnrd glance To the spirit's mystical deepi-. . Lort in the Inngnid glemn of a trance, Moro solemn and saintly than sleep. It hint of a world which is alien and dim, Of a nature that hovers betwoen . Jhe discord of earth and the eeraphlin's hymn, On the verge of the spectral Uuseeu : And forever and ever she seems to hetir The voice of a chsrmer implore, 'Come ! enter the life-that is noble and clear Conic, grow to my heart once more." And forever and ever she mutely turns. From a mortal lover's sighs ; : -And fainter the red of the rose flu oh burns, - And deeper the thought in Lor eyes. The reeds are warm of the churchyard flowers, That shall blossom about her rut. And a bird that rh:tll in by the old church towers Is already fledged in its n?t. ' And so when a blander swmjmer shall smile, On some-ere of nft July, Te will lend to the dust her beauty awhl!e, 'Ncatli the hash Of a moonless sky. And fairer still, shall tho churcjiyard Rowers Gleam nlgb with a white increase, And a bird ontponr by the old cbnrch toweni, A plaiutive potn of peace. IIAPflXKSS. Tis not in Vcautr, this will fade. And psn like mortiingdews.awayi Tis not in sll the chnriu of fame, Vbieh like the Summer fiowcrs decay, Ti." not in gtld r catering srms. . Which daszles like the sun's" bright beam; Tis not in pla.urt;M: flu'. r-i'M rmHS Irtke joys of fcarly, hxf :.y .ireauisv ; lint 'tis in Virtue bright and "fair, Which joys utf id ii- enn ihipnrt 5 . : Jt i in kihdhoss-hii iting powcr That softens down the stubborn hcArl. It is in hope, whieh. like the sun. Makes earth With forct llow'rets bloord j tt is in friendship, warm snd true, . Which leaves the same beyond the tonal It is in lore, heavenly love, : The richest boon, to mortals giren Thst love which time can never change Hut constitutes this earth, a heaveh. Terrible Adventure in the Elamoth Care. 4 " B : - & . B " & n a W. . W m m cr ' ' p From the LoUisYille Joarbal. .At the suppofled end of what has always Wen considered the longest avenue of tbe Mammoth Cave, nine mllea from its entrance, there is a pit dark, and deep, and terrihte, known as the Mael-' atroto. Tens of thousands have azed into it with awe whilst Bengal lights Were thrown down it to make its ftarful depths visible, but cone had the daring eret to explore it, The celebrated guide, Stephen, who was deemed in-tensible to fear, was offered six hundred dollars by the proprietors of the cave if he woold descend to the bottom of it, but he shrank from the - - peril.'. A few years ago a Tennessee professor, a learned and bold man, resolved to do what no one before him had dared do, and making his arrangements with great care and precaution, ha had himself lowered dowu by a strong rope a hundred feet, but at that point his courage failed . him, and he called aloud to be drawn out. No ' haman power conld ever have induced him to re peat the appalling experiment. " . A coaple of weeks ago, however, a young gen-aiemanof Louisrille, whose nerves never trem-fcled at aaortal peril, being at the Mammoth Cave with Professor Wright of our city, and ' others aetermined, ao natter what the danger! ant) dif-EcultVei ffight be, to explore the depths of the , soAelatrom. Mr. Proctor, the enterprising pro . " prietor of the cave, sent to Nashville and pro-cared a long rope aad some necessary timbers were borne by tha guides and others to the pro-- posed point of exploration , The arrangemerts being soon completed, the rope, with a heavy fragment of rock aj5xrd to it, was' let down and . twung to and fro to dislodge auy loose rocks that wookl b likely to Tall at' the touch. SevVral .were thus dislodged; and the Jong eon. (jooeu t?nwtoBs, rwmf up iik aigtant tl un 'r4 from Ulow, proclaimed the depth of tbeoo fMKf wish eereraj hafe thrown over hia he4 to protect it ae far as possible against any masses railing from above, and with a light in bis hand and the rope fastened around hia body, took his place over the awful pit, and directed the half dozen men, who held the end of the rope, to let him down into the Cimmerian gloom. We have heard from his own lips an account of hia decent.. Occassionally masses of earth and rock Went whizzing past, but none struck him. Thirty or forty feet from the top he saw a ledge from which,. as he judged by appearances, two or three avenues led off in different directions. About a hundred feet from the top a cataract from the aide of the pit went -rushing down the abyss, and, aa he descended by the side of the falling watet and In the midst of the spray, he felt some apprehension that his light would be extinguished, but his care prevented this. He was landed at the bottom of the pit, a hundred and ninety feet from the top. lie found it almost perfectly circular, about 18 feet in diameter, with a small opening at one point, leading to a fine chamber of no great extent, lie found on the floor beautiful specimens of black silex of immense size, vastly larger than were ever discovered in any other part of the Mammoth Cave, and also a multitude of exquisite formations as pure and white as virgin snow. Making himself heard, with great effort, by his friends, he at length asked them to pull him parlly up, intending to stop on the way and explore a cave that he had- observed opening about forty feet above the bottom of the pit, : Reaching the mouth of that cave, he swung himself with much exertion into it, and, holding the end of the rope in his hand, he incautiously let it go, and it swung out apparently beyond his reach. The situation was a fearful one and his friends above Could do nothing for him. Soon, however, be made a hook of the end of his lamp, andi by extending himself as far over the verge as possible without fulling, he succeeded in securing the rope. Fastening it to a rock, he fol lowed the avenue loO or 200 yards to a point where he found it blocked by an impassable ava lanche of rock and earth. Returning to the mouth of this avenue, be beheld an almost exactly similar mouth of another on the opposite side of the pit, but, not being able to swing himself into it, he refastened the rnpe around his body Vsuspnded himself again over the abyss, and .shouted to his friends to raise him to the top. The pull was an ex. oeediitgly severe one, and the rope, being ill ad jus'ed around his body, gave him the most ex-crutiating pain But soon his pain was forgot fen in a new and dreadful peril. . When he was SO feet from the mouth of the pit and 100 feet from the bottom, swaying and swinging in mid air, he heard rapid and excited words of horror and alarm above, and soon learned that the rope by which be was upheld had taken fire from the friction' of the timber over which it passed. Several moments of awful suspense to those above and still more awful to him below ensued. To them and him a fatal an! in si ant catastrophe seemed inevitable. But the fire wa? extinguished with a bottle of water li -longing to himself, and then the party above, though almost exhausted, by their labors, succeeded in drawing him to the top. He was as calm and self possessed as upon Lis entrance into th pit, but all of his companions, evercome by fa ti ? u,; sank down upon the ground, and his friend. Professor Vir'ht, from cverexertion snd exettement, f.iitYtt-. J-.&:'-.d remained for a time in sensil.Ie ; ' ' ' The young nave-;' urc r lft his name carved in te dep hs of the Maeltrp.m' the name of the first and oi.ly'persoq that ever. gazed upon its mysteries.' , iitcfrstiito Juried). from the Jvli'erson City (Mo.) Examiner, Sept. 4J three finndred Mormon Worden &e nouncing' :he Faith. By the arrival of a young man named Her bert Braudon we have been furnished with the following information from Salt Lake: "I," says our informant, "left Camp Scott on tho loth of June. The Mormon excitement had been entirely abated. Several Mormon trains ha passed Camp Scott on their way to the States. "They stated, while camped at the above place, that they would not have been permitted to leave, or they would have abandoned Salt Lake long ago. 'On beittif questioned as to their determination to resist the entrance of the United States troops, they replied that the major part of the Mormons -only ; awaited the entrance of the troops In order to effect their escape from Brig bam Young and Mormonism,' "On their arrival at Camp Scott, they were minus the common necessaries of life. On be Ing asked the Cause of their destitute condition they stated that before Brigham Youtig had re. lented from his determination to resist the troops he bad ordered thetn to deposit; what provisions they had in' the store-house but as soon Babe made known his intention of going south, those of the Mormons who refused to go were deprived of all, and could get nothing for their outfit! "They also etatedj that but (or the interference of Governor Gumming, the destroying angel would bave forced them away, and that they did succeed, in some instances, driving away sever al women. I came down with two Mormon trains from Camp Scott, numbering about three hundred persons,' principally Women, who were chiefly English, and some Scotch; and the principal topic of their conversation throughout was the absurdity of Morraonism and its principles. They were all nnanimons in their denunciations of Brigham Young and his apostles, and talked of his assassination by the Mormons who remained at Camp Scott mi sura event ' They have all, without t ''.Tjtmi heeoW rWnret 9r'9?p,nVu4. reaonaed it, aad 4xpres ed their determinalfm bnoj than aTorts Sot the total aao&laAta'of llor monism. They express their desire to return to their native country, and would, if they bad the means to do so, in order that tbey might be instrumental in saving others from the baneful influence of Mormonismi On their . arrival at Plattsmouthf on the . Missouri River, they had calculated to cross over to Council Bluffs; but the bad condition of the roads in Iowa changed their resolve, and they are now dispersing them, solves in Kansas and Nebraska Territories." Mr, Brandon gave us many other interesting particulars, from which we conclude that a speedy dissolution awaits the community of the Latter day Saints, Many of the jvomen, although they went to Utah innocent and pure, we judje, are very unlikely to lead a very exemplary life iu the future. They have been " debased until thev are likely to abandon themselves to the loathsome life of prostitution. Hydrophobia and Spiritualism in Illinois A Strange Affair. We mentioned a few days since an account of the death of a little girl near Peoria, Illinois, from hydrophobia, produced by the bite of a cat. We also mentioned some ''spiritual" manifesta tions in connection with the same. A letter from the father of the child appears in the Bos ton Traveller. We furnish the following extract for the inspection of the curious. He says: I would not now write merely to gratify idle cariosity ;tbut I consider the circumstances con-nected with the death of my child of such a marvelous nature that I do net hesitate to give to the world its truth. In the first place, then, the child had three of the most horrid fits that were ever witnessed, and as she came out of the third one she exclaimed, "Oh! mother, sister has come aud will tell me what to take so that t shall have no more fits let me so off the bed aud fix the medicine." "She then called for nitric, acid, blood root, sweet oil, winter-green, rose-water, camphor, and slippery-elm. She mixed the medicine herself, in accordance with her sister's directions, and took it, and strange to say, she had no more flu. She commenced taking the medicine about seven o'clock in the evening, and died about three in the morning. She continued to say that her sister was with her np to the moment she died. One circumstance which is counseled is more strange than all the rest. Soon after taking the first dose of medicine, she said, "Pa, you must pull one of my teeth, for sister says the tooth is poison." I asked her to wait until morning, but the little innocent looked up with tears in ber eyes, and said,"Oh, Pa, sister says you are afraid I will bite you, but I won't bite nor scratch you, but if you will not pull it out, sister says she will pat something ou it to eat it out." She was then standing on the floor, with some five or six neighbors in the room; she placed her hand by her side and stood motionless- for two or three minutes, and one of her teeth dropped upon the floor. She exclaimed, "I told you sister would eat it out." She, not more than fi ve minutes before she died,, sat in my lap, put her arms around my neck and kiasod me; wanted to lay on the bed with her mother; turned to her and laughed, and died without ja struggle or a groan. -; More about that Kentucky Overseer that Advertised for a Wife. Oar readers will remember the marriage last spring of William A. Carr, of Kentucky, to Mrs. A. Pn Brings, of Columbus, Ohio. The match was brought about, by a moat ridiculous letter, fron Carr to the editor of the New York TiTio iu inqnjrinsf fora wiTe, and which the Times, published for the benefit of its rea Jars. Everybody read : it, and lauehed at it, hu' tew supposed any woTtin would be fool enough, seriously to reply t it. Carr, however, it will be reroerabored recr-Vsad letters from 101 womn candidates for his bandi From the lot, he final ly selected the.Colambua widow. It turns out that Carr was. something of a gay deciever, and that he had made written protefl-. tations of love and wedlock to others besides the favored Mrs. Briggs. The Ashland Kentuck-ian, noticing the rich Correspondence and singular match says: Thereby hangs A veritable tale; and it may be possibly, a suit for breach of promise, With exemplary damages. Mrs. Pauline W. Carrol,'".a Boston lady now sojoorning in Oreeonp c6., has put us n possession of a series of letters, which clearly prove said Carr, to be a "gay deceiver)' a fello w who loves hot wisely but two well-Since the announcement of the villian's mar riage, while under solemn promise to her; Mrs, Carrol has concluded to bring suit against Carr for breach of promise and damage to tender affection. As the lady is young and handsome, and has the documents, to prove the treachery and false dealing of the too amorous Carr, it is more than probable that a Kentucky jury will give her exemplary damages and then the rep robate overseer will be made to poney up to the tune of thousands. " The result of his daring ati tempt to trifle wtth the tender affections, of young womanhood, will sadly interfere with the honey moon and domestic felieily anticipated by Carr in his union with the Columbus widow. Romance in Beal Xifo. , The circumstances attendant upon a marriage recently consummated in Alleghany City have incidentally reached fis, and, as they are of a romantio character, we will giva them without mentioning any names Some seven years since a lady of Alleghany, with her daughter, then eleven jears of age, took a pleaeore trip to Ire. land, her native country There she encountered a friend of her youth, who had, grown with time to be a bachelor. She playfully twitted him concerning bis single blessedness, when he replied that, although richly endowed with this world's goods, he had never found one of the sof ter sex who struck Jus fancy, adding that he would finally be obliged to come to America to get a wife. The lady answered that she would raise her Utile, girl, then present, for him. He said he would one day claim the fulfillment of the proroiseajBd the party separated. The lady returned ;bo na s aod ;tha : girl ha ior thej mean 1 imiU4 rfPtV fPinanoqjB. Ier..inathf kepi her stBdioaal eeclnded from young soeietj And, some three weeks sinew, the Irish bachelor, to whom she bad promised her hand eight years before, arrived here and claimed his bridel The nuptials were celebrated, and the young lady re turned with the venerable, but wealthy friend of her mother, to his home in Green Erin, having met him but two or three times previous to becoming bis wife, Piftihnrgh Post. A Curious Frtak: of Nature. J. E. Holmes, of Newark, writes that there is a white oak, of fine, healthy growth, standing near Robison's coal o works, iu Perry County, on which, at fiftv five foet from the ground is en grafted a black-oak top, of lofty and vigorous growth, k is about two feet in diameter at the usuarhight of cutting trees, and the body stock is fourteen inches at the grafting portion, and the black-oak immediately above it at once enlarges to twentytwo incl es. The grafting is rep resented as being of the most perfect doscrip. lion, and there is no appearance of deterioration in either the white or black-oak portions. There are several limbs bolow the union, and those above are said to be equal to any tree of the same description in that section of the country, and would form a luxuriant and proper superstructure for a stock of three feet in diameter. The only reasonable supposition for this curious growth is, that the white oak portion was broken by the falling of a black -oak near it, and that a-branch of the latter must have been so driven into the fracture as to unite and grow in a firm, manner'to produce the singular phenomenon above related. : ' Her is Something to Think Of. The number of languages spoken is 3,061. The number of men is about equal to the number of women. Tbe average, of human life is about 33 yean. One quarter die before the ajje of 7; one-half before the age of 17. To every 1 ,000 persons 1 'only reaches 10 0 years. : To every 100 only 9 reach 65 years; and not more than 1 in ft 00 reaches the ag of 80 years. There are on earth 1,000,000,000 ot inhabitants. Of these 33,333,333 die every year, 7,780 every hour, and 60 every minute or I for every second. These losses are about balanced by an equal number of births. The married arelonger-lived than the. single, and, above all, those who observe a sober and industrious conduct. Tall men live longer than short ones. Women have more chances for life previous to the age of SO years than men, but fewer after. The number of marriages is in proportion of 75 to 100. Marriages are more frequent after the equinoxes that is, during the months of June and' December. Those born in spring are generally more robust than others. -Births and deaths are more frequent by night than by day. The number of men. capable of bearing arms is calculated at one fourth af the population. ; A Chinese Garden. Mr. Fortone gives a curious description of a Chinese garden in a recent letter from which we make the following extracts": ""The plants consist of good ' specimens of southern Chinese thin?, all well known in En-g land s'Jch, for example, a cyrobidiuin chioese, olea frarans, oranges, roses, cameKas, jnagno lias, etci and, of course, ; a multitude' of. dwart trees, without whrch no Chinese garden would be considered complete. In the alcove alluded to there are some ni.-e stone seats, which look cool in a riiraate like that of southern China. The floor of this building i raised a few feet above ti e ground level, so that the visitor gels a good v-eav ot tbo water anl oi-ier objects of interest in the garltin. Tht this is a - favorite lounge ar.d smoking place with the Chinese, the foHow ing Chinese notice, which we found on, one of the pillars, will testify! 'A Careful and Earnest Notice. This garden earneeily requests that visiters will spit betel ouUlde 6f the railing,- and knock the ahes off pipe also outside.' Several fine fruit trees and others are growing near the walks, and afford shade from the rays cf the sun. On one of the-e we read the following: Rimblers here tct'ZZ be excused plucking the fruit on this tree.' How exceedingly polite I "Near the centre of the garden stands a sub stantial summer house or ball, named the 'Hall of Fragrant Plants.' The same notice to amo kers and cb ewers of betel-nut is also put up here; and there is another and a longer one, which I must not forget to quote. It is this: 'In this garden the plants are intended to delight the eyes of all fTsitors; a great deal has been expend ed in planting and in keeping it in order, and the garden is now beginning to yield some re turn. - Those who come here to- sannter about are earnestly prayed not to pluck tbe fruit or flowers, in order that the beauty of the place may be preserved.' And then follows a piece of true Chinese politeness; 'We beg those who understand this notice to excuse it.' Pasing through tho Hall of Fragrant Plants, we approach, be tween two rows of Olea fragrans, a fine ornamental snits of rooms, tastefully furnished and decorated, in which visitors are received and entertained. Aa inscription informs ns that this is called tie 'Fragrant Hall of the Wooche Tree-' Leaving this. place by a narrow door, we obserrr ed the following notice: 'Saenterera here "will be excused entering.' This apparenUr leads to the private apartments of the family, : To this side of. the garden there is some artiflcial rock-orkj whieh the Chinese know : well how to con struct, and varions summer bosses tastefully de corated( oce of which is called the 'Library of Verdant Parity Between this part of the gar den and the straight walk already noticed, there is a small pond or lake foe fish and wa'er lillies. This is Crossed by a zig-zag wooden bridge of many, arches which looked rather dilapidated." le Bhine. -. ; A correspoho'etit of the St. Louis Democrat describes the Rhine ihtasr - - . -" n '"-'- Every letter writer is eo full of his praise cf the Rhine, or iist wtmderfal seenery that shall pan iMril by with one cv two hrirf remarhs )c$trip!ik - In width, current and general appearance, it re sembles the Ohio at a good stage of Water. The color of the Water, however, is turbid, but of a 'beautiful light green, different from the waters of any Western river I have ever seen. Tbe current is quite rapid, but not so rapid as the Mississippi. Little' low pressure steamers. like those on the Thames, of from 80 to 150 tuns burden, are constantly passing up and down for passengers and towing barges; but none of these steamers are as fine or as comfortable as one of our Western boats.- They have no state-rooms or cabins on the upper decks. There are, all along the river, on both sides, sloping hills, which often rise into , mountains, with here and there a ruined castle on the summit; but, though these slopes are often cultivated with vines al most to the very top, there is nothing in all this scenery which is equal in sublimity to the Hud. son, or in beauty and variety to our own Miasiss ippi above Prairie du Chien. (&tm$ of Cougbt. A cunning man over reaches no one half as much as himself. lieecher. Throughout thy whole life learn tolive, and every hour of thy life learn to die. As man cultivates his intellectual faculties he learns to mistrust his instinct. Most arts require long study and application; but the most useful art of all, thai of pleas ing, requires only the desire. ' - Love is God's loaf; and this is that feeding for which we are taught to pray, "Give ns this day our daily bread." Beecher. Send not to market for trouble. Providence hath housed under all roofs a sufficient proportion of calamities and sorrows. Let us use sometimes to stop a little, and ask ourselves, What are we about? .Whither we are going? And where all will end at last? Virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant where tbey are incensed or crushed; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. Lord Bacon. Poverty is only contemptible when it is felt to be so. : Doubtless tbe best way . to make our poverty respectable is to seem, never to feel it as an evil. Bocee. - He that is good, will infallibly become beti ter; and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still. Colion, We become familiar with the ontsides of men, as with tbe outside, of bouses, and think we know them, while we are ignorant of. all that is passing within them. Bovei. 'Tis much safer for thee td reconcile an enemy than conquer him. Victory may deprive him of the power for the present, but reconciliation disarms his will. .' . ... We ought not to be over-anxious to enconr- age innovation, in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established, and it is understood. Laron. It is with books as it is with women, where a certain plain nes.s of manner and dressing is more engaging than that glare of paint and airs and spparel, which may dazzle the eye, but reaches not the affections. Ttmtf, In most quarrels there Is a fault on both sides. A quarrel may be compared to a spark, which cannot be produced without a flint aa well as a steel, either of them may hammer on wood forever, and no fire wi II follow, CoUnn. Ureatness lies not in being strong,-but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it only serves to carry a man abeva his fellows for bis own solitary glory. He is greatest whose strength carries up the most by the attraction of his own. Bechet. . umorons - Frrnn the New York Picayune. ' Der Dcntschman's PXtflosopriT) SHUST NEAR HACK AT. tt JOHAJTKSS rSASZ VOX P. KHOUPLlI'. l'e a toller rot I spend, : But I've noting for to lend. For I nefer borrows noting, don't you see, Yohn Schmidt; I've a preddv lidIe frow, Und I've vriends in blenty flow, Und a lot of preddy schildren at my kuee, Yohn Schmidt. .. , . I haf noting to desire, Ven I sit peside mine fire, Und I sebmokes myself into a shleepiog state, Yohn Schmidt; I'm so happy vot can pe, So vou listen now to me. Und I'll tell you vot I love, and vot I hate, Yohn SchmidU . - t love der lager bier, . ' Ven it's eoot, nn isn't dear, I can trink apout sixty glasses in a day, Yohn Schmidt; - But I bate der liquor law,-f Sooch a dine I nefer saw) Vot Would dak'e our schapps and lager all avsy, Yohn Schmidt. - ; j love a Deutcheft flonjff . 'Pout a hundred verses long; Mit a ghorus for a thousand voices, tod, Yohn Schmidt; 9 But I hate der snufBe psalm, . Vot isn't worth a, krutxer, For to sing it makes jour face grow long an plue, . Yoho Schmidt. , ; - . . - t tore someTietftcherl foodj Yah ) I likes it bottr good, : : '. Der spech on eaeurkrout, an salet alatigh, Yohn Schmdti . : Bat 1 hate der milk of sen wilt, Und der meat they nefer dilb - . For it dies pefore dey've dime to hit a knock, Yohn. Schmidt. - - . : I love der bretty flowers, . Vot grows in jrardea bowers. Der cabbage nn der radeesh, nn der beet, Yohn Schmidt; 5 . - . ' Us-I hate dePtoads; nn frogs, 1 . A U der sausage made of dogs, , Qo efryding rot isn't god to eat, Yohn SchoaidC Now Pre got av little shtorai - J Uo I siu peTfi dsf rlocfy IP TJn I sells der prandy scnapps on pretzel cake, Yohn Schmidt;S---v t Uo I drinks I'll butty soon . . v Haf a lajrer bier saloon, Un den vot blenty money I will make, Yohn Schmidt. . .- . . ... :.' . f - " - TJn Ten enongh I've got, I v ill buy 'a bone nn lot, Und a "corner grocery 111 bare pes id e, Yohn Schmidt; . ; Den so happy I rill be, Mit my-schildren" by mine ksee, Mtt mine money nn mine vrow, but mit no pride, Yohn Schmidt. " . How the Batcher was Silenced. The lively eontribntor of the following, says there are as eood fish in the sea as ever were caught, and he has been hockinga few. The Rev. J. S. has achieved a high distinction, not only in our State, but in yours, as a very forcible, though a somewhat eccentric' preacher. He was at one time preaching in the city, where ne suit laDors, ana hai ia bis congregation a rnh but kind hearted butcher, who was a little given to dividing the sermon audibly among the Congregation fearing perhaps, that some of the hearers might not understand that the preacher meant them. On this occasion, Mr. S. had un dertaken to point out some of the faults of his people in relation to the "observance of the Sabbath; and proceeded something after this lash, ton: - . . . - r- . ": . "Even when you come to the house of God, my brethren, your thoughts are not on His word, or on heavenly or. divine . things. One of you, for instance will" be thinking of your whaling ships, (the town was a whaling port,) and reckoning how much money you will make out of it.r "That's you. Deacon W." interposed the butcher, in a voice audible all over the house. "Another," pursued the minister, "will be thinking of the house ha is building and contri ving how he can slight hid work, so as to make it more profitable." . "That's you, Deacon L.,' again broke in 'the. butcher. "Another," continued Mrs. S., "will bo occupied with planning how he can sIl more of them and at a bettor profit." - "That's you Brother B.," aaiu said the butch- "AnotV.er will be counting his grains from his fisheries, and wishing that ho could catch large quantities and sell the faster." "That's you, Brother H.,w intcrrnptad the butcher. "Another," sail the pastor, "aud he the wor3t of all, because he breaks the Sabbath morning and kills a beef and dresses it, so as to have it ready for market on Monday mornin.' . "And that's.roel"' roared the butcher and he evjr after held his peace. Harper's Magazine. Prepare to Langh. : Squire G. tells the following good Hosier yam, demonstrative of the power of music over the human mind. . !- Some years agd, a tali, gatint, knockkaeed, red headed, cross-eyed, lummex of a HOosier, who was a hunter of the classical Wabash, con ceived the idea of making a visit to the home of his progeoitore ih old Kaintuk; II a did so ranted sound amongst the girls some and was of coarse, from his native impudence and unearthly ugliness, the observed' of all observers j. One morning the whole rteihbirhirU was astonished with the news that the nyly Hoosier had eloped with Mrs. B., an amiable jroij looking woman, wife of Mr. B. and mothAr of half-4 doien little B.'s. For two long years th discOh-tolate has baid mourn el over his untoward bereavement.; at the end of that period, howevr, to his utter astonishment one dar, ii p.prl Mrs, looking as' -bright and rosy as ever. After the first j'y fil-greeting was over, the injured B. thus ad. dressed his truant spouse: 'Nancy, how could you take rip with that thar bnanbly ugly Hoosier, and '.-leave me and the children all forlorn, as ym did?' 'Well, Josh,' said Nancy, 'That thar tarnal ugly critter from Indianny. was a leetle the best whistler I ever hern tell on. Yoa. know I was al ways fdnd at fnA whistlin; I ued to think you j could whistle som, but t never heard whistlin a? is wbistlin till I met that ar Wabasb feller. He just whistled my senses clean away, and I follered him off on 4ht account. A- short time ago, however, he tfaught the measles, and they Split his whistlin for ever the thArm was bro ken, and so I concluded to come back to yon ; but, O Josh I that Hoosier was the awfullest whis-tier thai aver prickeredF PlacercilU Index, j An Irishman in Conrt. During a session at the circuit court at Lyncn-bhrg an Irishman was indicted for stabbing another on the canal, and the only witness was Dennis O'Brieo, who was require 1 to enter into bonds for his appearance at tbe next court. The recognizance was read in the usual form: I "You acknowledge yourself indebted to the commonwealth of Virginia hi the sum of $500." Dennis I don't owe her a eint, sir." As soon as tbe clerk recovered from the amusement at the answer he explained the meaning of the form, and read it over again. Dennis'! tell ye I don't owe her a cint It's more money nor I ever saw, nor my father before me." . -'..'-.- .,'... "." ; At this stage of the malfer a brother of Dennis interfered, and said: r "Ye must jest say it, Dennis. It's one of the forms of the law." ; Dennis vBut I won't, rm a decent, honest man, what pays my debit, and I'll spake the truth, aad the divil may drink all my whisky for month if I say I owe anybody a cint. Now cheat me if yoo can." ,J" - - ' 'Eress der'LorT -' . The Boston correspondent of the Nashua Reg. uter was somewhat amused at a colored meeting ia tbatctty a few evenings'sinee. Thfj minister a' mouseeoIored gentleman from abroad.' said he ahoutd tike to say a fewwords before be began. "Perhapi yoo aay want to know ; who . t are." He shea proceeded to say that Soma three tears ago he was ia that city tryiog ioraiae GItetm in slavery. "I raised de money, bress der LorT He went to Su Louis 'AW my folks, bress der LorT but they had recently-been sick, and the owuer refused to give them up unless thirty eight dollars, the physician's bill, was forthcoming. The mouse colored gent then went to Chicago, fell in with friends, and returned to SL Louis with the whole amount. But bress der LorT I bress der LorT' he shouted,, at the top of his stentorian voice, "when I got dar de ole woman an' childershad runCoff, an' got to Canada, bres der Lor'l and Tse got de fifteen hundred an' tbir; tyeight dollars in de bank, bress der Lor'l" Hi 4sade a very familiar use of the phrase "BresS der Lor'l" When the congregation, as is customary, marched up to the altar to Contribute W the collectionj the minister said "Will de brud-ders give way 4nd let de sisters pass up? give 'eat room, you. know dey wants a deal wid be bisj hoops bresa der Lor'P 1 1 j A HEW CONGO CBEEDl Hypocrisy of the IMaek Repablicaas They voted to Exclude Oreg-on beeans she excluded Nero Voters and Repudiated Negro Equality. . The pretense of the Republicans is, that they are in favor of the admission of free States. " The truth ia, they are in favor cf the admission; of Mulatto States, an ! violently opposed to the admission 'of such Free White States as refuse to encourage Negro Equality. .On the loth of May, 1 858, Oregon presented her constitution, ratified by th vote of the people, an J excluding' the institution of negro slavery. She had tber population for A member of Congress, and the Democracy were Tor admitting her. North and South the taking ia of this? free northern State was advocated by the National Democracy. It was opposed by the Black Republicans, for the following'reason?) to be found ia the speeches of their leading men. We qaote from the Corigres-" sional "Globe," pages 1964, &c: Mr. Fresscnden, of Maine, said, "by the laws of Maine under the Constitution of the Stats? of Maine, free negroes are citizens, just as much citizens of the State of Maine as white men. It bas been to solemnly decided by tbe highesr tribunal ?of onr State since the Dred Scott casi The Supreme Court of Maine has decided th att they are entitled td all the privileges, that the stand upon a perfect equality with white mer under tho Constitution and laws of the State. Tbey are voters, and recognized as citizens older the terms of the Constitution which allows any citiien to vote. There is a clause in the Constitution now presented from Oregon which prohibits free negroes from coming into the State and residing there; and it therefore prohibits a portion of the- citizens of the Stale of Maine from going to Oregon. I cannot vole for. the admission of any State, with a Constitution which prohibits any portion of my fellow citizens of my own State from tbe erjojmentbf the privileges which other citizens of the Stale haves-and which the citizens of every other Stile have. Hence, sir, inasmuch as a portion of the people that I represent, the free citizens of tbe State Of Maine, cannot by the provisions of his Constitution be allowed to go Oregon, to reside under any circumstances, it is an insuperable objection to my mind, and I cannot vote for the admission of Oregon as a State With such. Sr' Constitution." Now from the leader: of the .rtepnblicane of Ohio in Congress one of the orscle of the hy poeritical faction that opposes the great Demo cratic party of the Union, bceog: it preserves the R'ghtS of tbe States and thb stability of the . Con federal ioa, and resists the doctrines of, the "Conzo Creedl" Iu the same debcte in the Sen ate, Wade of Ohio, objected to Oregon, Ikecause hs he said, of a clause in the eonpti'tutiorv which '-declared. "That no Neerd, Chinaman, aor Mulatto shall have the right of suffrage." Here is not only the old "Congo Creed" doe; Irlne of Chase. GidJings, the Sttte Joureai,'Ac but itis carried further now. The they only demanded negro suffrage and equality, in Ohio. Now they say. that tbey never will mhmt another free State which does wot establish egro euf-fra?e, and, consequently prrjvide le Negro social eoueliry. In the same debate another great light of tbe! party; Wilson of Massachusetts, said; "the peo. pie of Oregon have adojtd e onafHuti'Mt es eluding slavery; but thy hav pal in a provision in this constitution, which 1 beliv to tx nneon': stitutional. inhuman and nnchrwtian.. They not-only exclude negroes and, mulatto- from resi, ding id the State, but they have made a pr vision that they cannot hold any real estate there to make contracts, not maintain any suit.' Now, Mr. President, I live in a Commonwealth-that recognizes the absolute and perffttequality-of all races. A Mulatto or Negro, in th State I represent is not only a citizen of the State; be1 not only has the right to Tote, but if tbe peopl choose to do it, they may elect him to any oflce' in their gift." . The doctrine laid down by Senator Wilson,-and now in force in Maine and Massachusetts Is-Ibe doctrine of the Republicans ff Ohio, and we dare them to deny it. Thus then w have shown, beyond all perad venture, that jhe Repub- . licans are opposed to the admission of free States unless tbelatter favor negro equality. It was for this reason, that the Republicans cf Ohio went against Oregon. Notwithstanding their efforts the bill west tbroneb tbe Senate, two to one. The Democrats North and Sou:h voted , for the admission of this free Slate, Statesman The Srazen Cry of 'ExtravapaEcen Sosa v manly Disposed oz. ' Hon. John C. Breckenridge. in a 'teTnog'f speech he made, lately riddles tip .his threadi bare topfo in short measure, thost oxa irtv or ixcatismj ExrExst rat u( arraorHUTioss' jjads is 5G-'S7 bt thc Rs TtEucis CoxoaEsa. There had been raised thronghoot the land against the President a concerted err of prw-cy. ' The administration was ebarged wnh squandering rest suns of money, which bad tor be borrowed. He trJ admitted thai the ex pen-a ct the government recenUv bad been nn nsually large. The rfPnWiea UooSe ot resentat? th&t preceded in power the admin istration bad been extravagant" in wakicg 7 roPriMion".aBdppw the 2 l?i |