The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-07-07
DEATH IN rHE nAPLrnL.

DEATH IN TIE CAPITOL.
This 10 the day Of great changes in every
quarter Of the world The great m 10 and the
SIN lll men Of The naton die around US ; some
with gilded curtains around their snowy bill
lows, and o. hers wuh the blue canopy ofheaven
above and the green earth beneath Them We
were never more struck with the force ofsthe
remark, that "n the midst Of life we aie in
DEATH" than when in attendance upon the
twoHousss ofCongres this mornlng; the de-
cease oflwo members Of Congress from States
north of this; one Of the Senate and tue 9th
er Of the House announced and, in
obedience 10 holy custom, both Houses adj
journed IN silence TO muse over the effect Of
death. Death is abroad in the world. He
takes skeleton stride from the palace to@he
hotel. He calls the grave legislator and the
man of business, the priest and the poor n6del
to the presence Of the Creator together.
The dead march. begun in British India.
with continued beat sunouuds the world.
The Aags Of all nationa hang half mast at the
presence OF the grim destroyed, and the old.
est pause in their career Of blood, a2 the
dead man goes to his narrow chamber. II is
time for 10 be- sad. Our country has been
severely afflicted by death. Have we not. as
a nation, deserved this Chastisemenl and are
not these knells in high places TO be cOnsid-
cred as solemn warnings from 40 offended
God. Washington Index.
A HinttO Blacksmith. cutting Of
bars oflro orpipes with the chissl is. q la
borious and tardy process BY The following
mode the same end is attained more speedily
easily, and neatly: Bring The iron to white
heat, and then, fixing 10 a vice, apply the
common saw, which. without bOiLg turned in
the edge, or injured in any respect, will divide
it as easily as If il were a carroll
A Man Caught by a afsh.c-A negro belong
ing 10 Mr. Bourgeat, Of point Coupee Parish
Louisiana, met with singular death few
days ago. He was fishing, or rather apear-
igg gar fish, in one Of the neIghbonng lakes;
shd fastened the cord wh,ch was attached 10
the spear OF gig to his waist. When. he lrans-
fixed arge gar with his gig. the gar in lie
endeavor 10 escape dragged the man overheard
into the water, and before he could recover
himself he was drowned His body and the
gar fish were both IN the course Of an hour got
ashore.
The New York Herald, sometime since
contained the following table representing
the division Of The interests in the United
States, as compared with those Of Great
Britain,
Population and Employment of Great Britain
and the United States
Great Britain. u. States.
Families Emp Persons Emp.
Agriculture, s6l,l34 3,7l7,756
Trade g. manufacture, l,434,973 79l,545
Commerce, 4l7576
Mining, 1924
All others, 1,OlS,lS8 l54 1923
34l4.l73 1896, ,4O7
1t will be seen by this statsmen', tina. in
this country the agriculturalists are 10 ali other
interests as three to one, while in Great Bri~
tain it is precisely the reverse, they being az
one 10 three.
The Home league therefore literally carry
out the doctrine for taxing the many for The
benefit Of he few. Are the nearly FOUR
MlLLlONS..of farmers willing 10 be taxed for
tho particular benefit Of less than million
who are engaged in ''trade and manufac.
tures?" Let the Million answer.
DUEL BY BoYs!--Two young boys fought
at six Mile Island, near Louisville, Kentucky
on The 2lst inst. Weaponsrffes-. distance
thirty PAGES. Their nsmos gre Samuel
Thurston, aged Is, and William Hare, aged
49, They were attended by seconds about
their own age. They took one FIRE and the
difficulty was honoraby settled. The ball
from Thurstons gun passed through the crown
of Haie's hat, The young scamps oDght TO be
severely epanked by their mammas. Their
mothers didn't know they were out.
Our EARLIEST YEARs.-It 10 a saying Of
Southey's, that ''live as long as you
may the first twenty years are the longest
hvlf of your life They appear 60 while hey
are passing-they seem 10 have been 30
when we look back 10 them, and they take up
uore room in our memory than all the years
that succeed them"
HOrribld-A man named s. BlarsdelI was
arrested lat Portland, Maine, one day lsss
week, on a charge ofdestroying an, infant Of
which he was the reputed father by burnin e
ii up GEUs within twenty mi nutes after il was
bOrD As BIarsdell was charged with murder
the judge decided that the proof of tha. point
was inconclusive. and directed him 10 be dia.