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OF TUE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CBNSUS.
coNcLUDED.
In Vermont the greatest attention has been
given 10 sheep brooding time, money, and in
telligcnce, have been freely applied to the great
object Of obtaining a breed combining weight
and finoness Of fleece. These efforts have sue
ceedcd 10 we'll that, although the number of
sheep in shat State had declined nearly half in
the period from the sixth ~ the seventh census,
the yield of wool remained noarly tho same.
Tho average weight Of the fleece in this State
in 1910, was l-5 pounds, and in $50 it had
inoroased to 7l-lOO pounds, the gain being
equal to almost twenty por cent.
ln Massachusetts, also, whore strenuous ex-
ortiOn- have been made, though not on 80 largo
n rctle ~ in Vermont 10 improve thor sheep,
- oorropondingly beneficial result has been
obtained, and the average weight of the fleece
hss heen increased from 81, TO 3 40 pounds.
The State Of New York produced 226, 900
pounds moro wool, in 1850, from 3,453 600
sheep than from 5,llSOOO IN 1910, showing
that The weight Of the fleece had been raised
from leS5 than two to nearly three pounds.
Our imports Of wool during the past ten
,yonrg haya varied IA fellows
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to send you all increased number of subscribers
this fall; two clubs are now being formed Our
cause is onward. Already since the election,
individuals from the old parties are indemnity
ing themselves with us.
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ore Baahh0,e ana Sa'qashc,ita Railroad Co.
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SEVENTH CENSUS.

ABSTRACT or THR SECOND ANIMAL REPORT
OF TUE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CBNSUS
TCoRrIuDEDl
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NoONIhY merchants, IN making their purehAs..
~ should not D1glect these desirable and sslesb art
Their manufacture has been much improved recently s
they are made very durable Particular attention IA ~
quested 10 the -
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The article upon this subject presents most
of the prominent facts in regard to this great
branch Of tho internal improvements OF the
Union ID in estimated that there are new
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plymouth, December, s52-For Ia years
have voted this minority ticket, and am ready
if necessary, to vote II years more in minor
ity; but we in Ohio pulled pretty closely TO
iSis. We shall be heard from in Sc for Hale
and Julian-God bless thom no i,ilterng
now, We are full Of courage and hope You
will hear from mo again soon. shall make
my 40 Subscribers. Yours, for the triumph Of
FREQ Democracy.
Clyde, WAYNE co., ~ Y, Dce-Tho friends
of Freedom in this region were never moro en-
oOuragcd than ut present We think no other
name than that OF John Z. Hale would have
answered in tho recent campaign 20 we are
of tho opinion that il the Free Democracy
study their true policy, they will keep that
noble embodiment of their principles before
the People, and thus lot him be the Peoples
candidate for 1856; and whore will lie the ne.
ccssty Of initiating the corrupt parties, by call
ing a National Convention
Fort Wayas, Ia, Dec. 6.--Wc have "a votes
in our county. There were ! cast in lsiS ior
Van Buren, There has never boon, to my
knowledge an Anti-Slavcry lecture delivered
in the county We have no assistance from
abroad. Free Soil speakers seem to DO afraid
of us. suppose they must think thore never
was An Anti Slavery man in Allen county. S,
much for the want Of organization.
Garanna, Carroll co, H., Dec 2.-The Free
Democrats ara the only men, that ] know Of
that appear satisfied with the result of tn,
election They are firm in their principles
and M MIR Washburn is man Of good char
acter, respectable talent, and interchangeable in
dustry, and elected by Free Democratic votes
although professed Wing it is regarded her'
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PATEST AOLNCy.

INK. COMSfOCh'S V0col Gy,s,sasiaui, Philade lhla,
~ which has been in successful operation for ore than
twenty years, is designed for the Promotion Health the
Cure of Stsmmerng aud the Correction OF Lsp!pg and
other Defective Articulation well for Improvement 10
blosutiou. Address A. COhiSToCK, M n,
N, NAH .,AT. 49,
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Nerc Richmond, Ohio have been a regu-
lar subscriber to your paper from its commence
ment, and consider it the most reliable paper
that can find; and this seems 10 be the opin-
ion of all parties Wings and Democrats. in.
tend to do all in my power to increase it's Cir
culation, knowing that wherever the Era circu-
latos we have the most voters and verify be-
lievo that could the Era be placed in every
family in tho nation, that in Sc John p Hale
would gotta larger popular vote than did Frank
lin Pierce in 1852
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Dayton, Ohio, Dec. s. lS52--If those ten are
not my proportion of the fifty thousand, let me
know, and will try for ten moro, for the list
MUST 20 up to $4,000 next year. The pleasure
of getting subscribers is sufficient commission,
and If you can AFFORD the paper for s so when
ten or more are taken, it viii DO strong in
ducement to subscribe
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.4 3 = y y y q
Passing under the Rod.

The following lines are from the pen Of Mrs VI
a DANA. and were founded on the following pas
age Of Jewish history:
IL was the custom Of the Jews to select the
4enlh of their sheep, after this manner. The lambs
were separated from the dams and enclosed IN
sheep cote, with only one narrow way out the
dams were at the entrance. On opening the gate
the lambs FASTENED to Join the dams and man
placed al the entrance with rod dipped in oehre
touched every tenth lamb, and 50 marked 1t with
h. rod. saying-"LEr rms RE lloLY.
Hence. says God, by his prophet, will cause
you to pass under the rod "
saw the young bride, in her beauty and pride,
Bedecked in her snowy array,
And the bright flush Of JOY mantled high on her
cheek,
And the future looked blooming and gay
And with womans devotion she laid her fond
heart
At the shrine Of idolatrous love,
AnG she anchored her hopes TO this pershing earth
By the cham which her tenderness wove.
but saw when those heart-strings were bleeding
and torn,
And the chain had been severed in two, lguei,
NJ had changed her white robes for the sables Of
And her bloom 10 the paleness Of wo; heart
BIT the Healer was there, pouring balm on her
And wiping the tears from her eyes, twain
And he strengthened the chain he had broken in
And fastened II firm to the skies her God,
rrhere had whispered voice-'twas the voice Of
\ love thee, love thee pass undcr fhe rod''
l saw the young mother in tenderness bend
Ger the couch Of her slumbering boy,
And She kissed the soft lips as they muEpured her
While the dreamer lay smiling in ioy name,
ph. sweet a. the rosebud cnereled with dew,
When It's fragrance is flung on the air,
81 fresh and 50 bright 10 the mother lie seemed,
As he lay ia his innocence there
but saw, when she gazed on the same lovely form.
Pale as marble and silent, and cold
But paer and colder her beautiful boy,
And the tale 81 her sorrow was told.
Bnt the Healer was there who had smitten her
md taken her treasure away; heart
w. allure her 20 Heaven lie has placed it on high,
Aud the mourner will sweeily obey her God,
Ehere had whispered voice-'twas the voice Of
] love thee, I love thee !-pqss under ihc rod +"
A saw when a father and mother had leaned
On the arms Of dear cherished son,
hd the star in the future grew bright in their gaze,
As they saw the proud place lie had Won;
And the iast-coming evening Of life promised fair
And ts pathway grew smooth 10 their feet,
And the starlight Of love slimmcred bright a. the
And the whispers Of fancy were sweet; lend,
4bt saw when they stood bending low DER the
grave,
Where their hearts dearest hope had been laid,
MI the star had gone down in the darkness Of
And ioy from their bosoms had ied might,
ut the Healer was there and his arms were around
And he led them with tenderest care.
nd he showed them star in the bright upper
Twas their star shining brilliantly therel world /
they had each heard yoiee-'twas the voice Of
their God
love thee love thee l-pass unier nc roai"
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New MODE OF PERFEcTNG THE PREsER-
vArIoN OF PUTREFAcTIvE BoDms.-lt is well
known that either, alcohol, pyroxilic spirit,
chloroform. and certain Of the hydrocarbons,
have the property Of averting putrofactiou.
NJ. Robin advises the following method Of
employing those agents: lie encloses the
meat or other substances to be preserved in a
glass case, along with 8 sponge containing the
preservative liquid, which latter Is continually
evolved in vaporous condition, and exerci-
sos the preservative agency In this way the
vapors Of hydrocyauic acid arc found to be
very eficacious
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y \ y = >
he Old Man, The Young Man
and the Boy.

and the Boy.
Near The mouth Of large river in the
rst Of England, is ferry about a mile a
MOss.
An old man arrived at the ferry-houso one
Pak day in the month Of October, and
Nj Mocked loudly for the ferryman. lie wished
tH be conveyed over as quick as possible.
This cid man was a great landed proprietor
n the ncighborhood- BY all, he was feared
" hatcd-by none loved or respected. lie
N no family to look with a kindly eye on
NJ doings. lie was a bachelor; wifeless,
NRldless, friondless. Age, whilst it had
Whitened his hair and wrinkled his face, al
whys stern and forbidding, had but increased
tAh sel6shness and cruelty Of his ever vicious
I'D. Woe to the poacher caught shining
wNe to the tenant in arroar-woe to respecta-
hlhty-shocking yagrants-woe to all over
whom be possessed power! lie was mag
MErate and, in bis hands, the law gained
nothing in loyeliness.
To this landed aristocrat on his summons
appeared the ferryman.
lie was q young man, from his earliest
years he had lived in that ferry-house where
his father had lived before him. Il was a
|onely part Of the country, and passengers
Fore not very numorous-The boat was Of
on idly moored; and this time The. young
frryman was employed in reading Of the
Forld which he had never seen of mobiles,
pobs millionaries, paupers Of manufacturing
wns whore men are the creatures and slaves
steam--of London, where vice and virtue,
ralth and poverty, knowledge and ignorance,
APpiness and misery, are mixed up in one
epOsterous and morbid mass. All this he
MI Of, and much thought Of, and having no
Ply TO undeceivc him, lie came to very
range conclusions concerning the state of
ps world, and the existing notions Of right
Hnd wrong In particular he acquired a habit
considering the tendency Of every action
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ezquisitely susceptible to impressions either
for good or evil, is a thing to hope il; ; but
age, eaten into and corrupted by the worlds
bad influences, is eallous and unimprovable.
The bud may expand in health and beauty ;
but sooner the rotten, stained, and noisome
leaves drop of, the better.
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A CURIoUs TRUrH.-The bones Of bird
are hollow and filed with air. II string be
tied tightly round the neck Of a sparrow, 50
that no air can enter its lungs. and its legs
broken. ID viii live Respiration will take
place By means Of the broken bone i
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Very respectfully, Yours,
WASHINGTON HUNT


DE. ALLEN Thomas, Ellicotts Mills, Nd
Upon receiving this letter, DR.. Thomas
made all necessary preparations % reclaim
his slave al the expiration Of bis sentence.
The second proof under the tenth section oi
the Fugitive Slave act, was perfected, and
Alien Thomas. ir., with a witness a. to iden-
tity, came to this city on the Sth Of May inst.
lie found the United States Marshal and bis
deputies courteous and desirous to fulfil their
duty in the premises. Charles s. Spencer,
Esq, was employed as attorney. The neces-
sary papers we're prepared; the proper war;
rant promptly issued by George W. Morton
Esq, u. s. Commissioner, and on the 1lth Of
May instant two days before the expiration
Of the sentence, Deputies Marshals Talmadge
and i. D'Angelis, with the warrant. accom-
panied Mr. Thomas to Sing Sing. They ar
rived there about 2 o'clock, p, ID, and imme-
diately proceeded to the prison. On going
through the same, and examining the works,
the boy was found to Be missing, andinforma-
ton was given to Gen. Lockwood the agent,
Of the visit. The keeper, Mr. Robinson, was
represented to be unwell. and lying down.
Gen. Lockwood expressed himself willing to
render al assistance in his power, and said
that the negro was still. as far as he had any
knowledge, in the prison. Robinson soon
made his appearance, took Gen. Lockwood
aside, and made to him some communication.
Soon after. Gen. L. stated to Deputy Mar
shalls Talmadge and i. D'Angelis, and AIr-
Thomas, Jr., that he had boon informed that
the negro had been pardoDod and released
that morning, and at the same time produced
the pardon Of Gov. Hunt Upon examina-
tion, the pardon was found to be given on the
l1th, the same day Of the discharge, by bis
Exeellency, Washington Hunt without any
publication or notice in either Of the State
paper, or any paper in this city, and without
notice to the District Attorney Of The city
and county Of New York, where The convic-
ton was had-wiih, Of necessity, a full knowl-
edge Of all the facts, and with, beyond doubt,
the express purpose Of defeating the reclama-
ton Of the slave. The marshals and Mr..
Thomas returned 70 the city on Friday, the
18th Of May. In the proceedings Of the
American and Foreign Anti Slavery Society
convened IN The Tabernacle. 10 the city Of n.
York. che foIlowing-as appears BY the report
in the New York Hcrald-was said BY Rev.
Mr. Ray "a colored brotherl
DO not 50 away / have something very
to tell you Two years ago,
poor, painting colored man came 70 this city
from Maryland. He became cook in YES
sci between this port and Providence lie
was discovered, and man went to him and
said be must 60 to Maryland ah him he
refused 10 DO 30. and then a cA-rgo Of stealing
was got up against him. He was put in pri-
son. and bis master came to his cell, and De.
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FRiENDsHiP.--Cool, indeed. would thc
world be, and solitary indeed, our position. il
il were not for the delights of friendship.
Man must live he must link himself 70 some
being, for lis own happiness depends upon Ii;
otherwise he grows sordid and selfish and
tastes not the real joys Of life. It's strue that
We have misappled the word friendship fer,
upon slight acquaintance with stranger,
We designate him our friend thus misap.
plying the idea and deceiving ourselves, ~
We have not a. yet proved him Is friend. We
create woe BY our own acts Of indiscretion
and then assign % others the cause. True
i built upon The higher powers Of
nature there exists between The two hands
thus joined together in honest friendship al
indissoluble attachment that neither time.
place. nor circumstance can destroy How
noble j. that friendship that seeks tic cleYa-
ton Of is object and how poor must that
heart be that never expanded beneath the RAYS
Of that genial sun that never let an act Of
pure disinteresteduess animate is cold and
icy soul L Friendship hath greatness in it,
and great il he who hath . eurbed the work.
ngs Of lis selfish nature as % become
friend to lis tellow-man, and who hath bat.
led gloriously against The obloquy aud con-
empt Of the world, as to bo worthy Of the
aurel wreath But. alas. how seldom We
ind true friendship in this world.
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manded the boy as lis property. John Mc-
Kcon would not consent lie said the 10y
must De tried on the charge 81 stealing. Ills
lawyer and friends advised him 70 plead gull
~ lie dil Sd, anl was sent to prison. Steps
were taken p get him out but thc idea was
abandoned, a. il was feared X would Be known
by his master However as tie time drew
nigh tliat his period of imprisonment had cx-
pired, the brethren felt very uneasy and Dr.
Pennington went 70 Albany and succeeded IN
getting Governor Hunt to release him. Ills
time is not out ill tomorrow but he il ay-
ms to-day beyond llie reach of lis enemies.
(Applause)
a brother stated that The owner wrote % a
keeper Of one of the prisons, asking him
where the slave was, that he might take him
when his period Of Imprisonment expired;
but his letter was never answered.
M. Ray-Oh! yes. forgot 10 mention
that
The noclas 0peraHli of the defeat of the
reclamation i, IN the above extract, quite sat.
isfactorily explained. These facts, without
comment are submitted 70 tie public III
the act Of tie Governor of New York. com.
mitted with fall knowledge of the position
Of matters and its results. tie owner Of tie
slave Dudley, alias Snowdcn, has been III.
prived Of bis property, and a convicted folon
once more looscned to pray upon the property
of the citizens of the North Whatever
remedies in the premises the claimant has,
civil Or otherwise, against any of the parties
to this wrong, will b promptly and fearlessly
enforced. ALLEN THOMAS, JE.
New YORK, May H.. 1852,
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CONC 70 LAW" Lawing Is pretty we'll
shown Up in the following aneedoie Of two
Dutchmen, who built and used in common
small bridge over a stream, which ran through
their farms. II seems they had dispute
concerning certain repairs which it required.
after time.-Onc Of them declined to bear
any portion Of the expenses necessary to the
purchase Of two Or three new planks.-Fi.
ually the aggrieyei party went to the neigh
boring lawyer, and placing ten dollars in bis
hand, said, "Ill give you all dish moneys, if
you viii make Hans DO justice nit te pridge
How much viii il cost to repair the
bridge asked tie honest Counsellor Of the
determined litigant.
Wen, den, not more ash FIVE tolIar, re-
piled The Dutchman.
Very well, said the lawyer, pocleting
ono Of the notes aud giving him the other.
+" take this and 60 and get the bridge repaired;
it il the best course you can take
Yes, " said the Dutcbman, slowly. " y-a--s,
Dat ish more peter dan to quarrel NIT Hans. Y
AS he went along home, he shook his head
inquiringly, As if unable, after an, to see how
be gained anything BY going 70 law.