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Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-03-21

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.HNHt. .l b.. Hlh lflas4a 81
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St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22

on the mJfning of the fourth day from
that on which the marriage was appointed
to take place poor Ellen Mscartney wa,
found cold and lifele-s doating upon ih,
top. Of = mil-dam. few yard. from he,
Iovg door--a Photographic miniature OF
'her lover su pended round her neck.
Nvihing haS ys, beeh heard Of Adj.
: he viilage & in state Of the greatest
excitement.-lfuH .9atertiser.
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22
HINTS ON vArRIMOSY.

No woman will be likely TO dispute with
US ~hfn we assert that marriage is hel
destihf. \ man may possibly 6ll up
some sort Of an exi> >tence without loving
but a woman with nothing TO love, cher
h, care for, aud mini. ter to, is an ano-
maly in the universe--an exi tknce
without an object. It is - natural for
woman to have sofne one to look t6 for
advice and assistance, AZ to breathe.
Without it, no woman was or ever can b.
happy. 1t j. the want Of her nature
and nSthing can SAT-: fy her heart with
su':h void untitled Now, with the
exception Of some occasional irregulari-
ties in the relative proportions Of the
sexes, produced by circumstances, such
as the settlement Of new countries, there
is no reason why every man should not
have wife and every woman husband,
and this would ea,lv be brought about,
by the e&erci Of common serse, and
less ambition. Each sex is looking m
for something above its own sphere. The
son of successful mechanic must be .
profeS; NAL mar, or a merchant, in: ead
of following in his fathers footsteps and
thi- is folly the first: When he locks III
a wife, the neat, industrious daukhter III
4 mechanie like his father i, not GOOD
enough for him; he NUT make love Il
some fine lady, who is one age in ad-
vance-that L., her grandfather was :
mechanic instead of her father, srrv
aristocratic di.tinction. On the olhcs
hand, the girl who works Ior her living.
earning it by her honest Iabors, would
not deign TO encourage the addresses Of q
laboring man; she would set her cap fUI
agentleman, fossooth. The mechanic
daughter, educated on her fathers earn.
'nss to be fine lady, encourages the at.
.tention of . set Of fops and dan slers, who
drive honest men away from her in dis.
gut, and she becomes the victim of some
scrry sharper or shallow fool. Now, thi,
is all wrong-depiorably, ~retchedly
wrong. Girls should know that men SUI
pefior TO Themselves in education and
po i:ion do not AWAY. associate with the m
for good. Ven should know that by mar.
rying gill. educated in habits of life aboy G
their fortunes, they are not like to have
good wives. A little sound sense will
enable any man to see that it is better 10
have d wife grateful for more than she
expected, than grunbling at less. Til.
delightful gong up tn: hill of fortune ::
but horrible, j,lting, aggravating work to
come down.
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22

US'NrrREsrrSs FACTS. If you ,it
near the door Uf IN omnibus, assist tb.
ladies in and out unies. you wi.h to be
Nj taken for brute and refrain from
dtdng so. nnle.s you are ambitious to be
taken furs pickpo:ke.. It is a delicate
question which commands a walters
sreate-t respect, the man who bullies
him the most, or fees hin the best.
When an acqHain:an~e vows that a you
with him TO serve you, you have only to
ask him, ask him at once; it is your best
opportunity. 1faman grins without any
thing to grin at, You may think he 10 o
knsve. and know he is Q fool. lf vou
vi b to take clear head home with ZOO
don't take . latch key out with you.
D mt a:cu-e any one Of being hurnbue
before you are certain shat you are not a
bumbu, yoursef In sceu.ing him. Tf
vou happen TO have pair of boots on,
ook every one full In the face.
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22

xhea rsceised into tie home. of the Id
= Ne World their libs aad pens are 10
De foyef sealed TO everything but lam
guas <ut grateful re. pect."
we hope %. soo. But White snch
book fead with svidity by our pes
PIE. s. temptation to olEend in this direc-
80 80 ii; 4 - ~1ys secare 10 tho.es : be
pep u shose oatrsses upon hovpitali-
~ sn.sbounding recomprn>e for all the
self-re.peet they relinqui. h. and all ihe
contempt they incur.-.H o. Pierysar.
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22

Wrrther had love for Charlotte,
Such a< words could never utter;
Would you know. how first he met her
She va. cutting bread and butter.
Charlotte was 4 married i9dv,
And moral man was Wtrther,
And for all the wealth Of Indie-.
" ould do nothing that might hurt her
So he sighed, and pined. and ogle.l,
And Ii, passion boiled and bubbled,
Till he blew his silly brains out,
And no more was BY them troubled.
charlotte. having .een hi body
Born befnre her on shutter,
Like a well-conducted person,
Went on cutting bread and butter.
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22
MISC ELL. 4 y EOU 5.
D. OK-T NTrLERS

A hBorT AMERICA AND The AMrRfcASs
#Fs. Trollope came to this country and
was ehpen about as literary Honns, and
settled down in Ohio. where she opened
. email shop. failed in bu mess, tramped
back 10 England, and wrote gos.ipping
book aE<:si shr people on whom she had
been quassering A fellow BY the name
ofeFiddlef md . " reverend" at that, ex-
patriased Ay the near prospect Of xtarvs-
tioS : h5'se, crossed the Ocean to teach
IL lie aEisntal laneuagrs. and
after rszr cr so spent in gadding about
among tie professors. and blu.stocking.
Of the land. returned to g tile tight little
ssland. and pot forth three octave VOL
umes abusive uf she people that ha been
feeding him. poor devil, rauper a, he
was.
Alter some lapse Of time there came
ever 70 " smart young writer Of serial
novtls. Who had began hi. literary career
= police reporter. and in that capar ity
cad fillei his portfolio with ob>ervations
Of low life and character. in and about
london. that have served him a nrcf:a.
bic purpo.e ever since. 1he name Of
this new conner. was Dickens. What
odd names these expIoiters Of" America
ana The American" always have Troll
lopes, Fiddlers and the DickensD No
/ bner was the news received that the
kLthor Of" ke:ches, by Boz," and The
Pickwick Papers" vas really coming TO
see us than the whole country va. in
hutter. Well, he came. vas fetsd.
followed, Aattered and fondled for nearly
year, and having made ever, thing out
Of u, he cOuld, Except the passage by
Congress Of law to give him copyrights
for hi books in this eountry,) be suIks
hack to Co"kneydom and writes and
prints . volume Of Notes." in which
he out-trollopes TrOllopre and out-6ddles
Fiddler But thIs did not set him hack
mu"h With us Of cour e. Like Billy La~k-
ally in the farce, 1--WE likes % be abused''
jim print.
More recently we have had among us
ihe author Of several amusing books upon
snobberv. by Ia IL seems 70 turn out)
-nob. He graciou ly promises. BY wav
Of allaying the aPprehen. ions Of some Of
the NOR. sen five Of those Of his tosdies
and toadi"s>es who have been most obse.
quiouS to him here, that he will not
write book about Us. But the author il
coming hack again. to 90 in for another
series Of lectures, and, Of course, another
an thousand dollars, and then again it
win be Hurray for Thackerav Hur-
ray lor Yellowplush! HWrah for Saob-
doml"
Wn Dion BJurrcault has arrived, AMI
Il bringing out some of hi. dramatic pro- |
ductions. (he has written sl,out Eve hun |
dred. great and small. successful and |
falling. 1t eur theatres. A New York |
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22
suY 50 STOCK or NEW

- III. a:s,Iafs n i'e~pezl lElllly
~ -. h;z ea-sepers - friends
bis II EAAp5se0ak new supply Of
n 6 inter Good Hi; stock is
3 - Amplete and we'll assorted.
ez sHli at fair priceseyery de-
0n 81 pd ually found in coun-
w A6rs e invites the examination
81 .< nI.A md feel a- ured that none
rs Eli him will regret Il.
hM october eth 1853
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22

EWVHE i ak realty en-
lare<d their JnknNs sF burning
shells, are uew prepared u all orders
fer shen lime. They thsr&'srs would
confidently cay TO farmers ihas they
seed not fear getting suppIs : 6ny
time VIXEN Il may suit their convehiehc&
to ssasr either Shells or Shell Lime
A d. g.. &P. HOLT,
Feet Of Hsss' Pale .1"e"Ee, BSItimors.
Auguet ie. 1S5S-Sm.
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22

d. PRlSCI Ia ALVEY res
peesfellv informs her friend. and
that she has ocaated herself in
eN owR. and Is prepared to do
sia She viii make shirts.
81 a. nmon coats. on the most
rf' Z terms. She soli its .
ss el N ea-oura sements
#f SB3-f
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22

Is THARLES FERGUSON h q leave
~ &c inform hi friend that he has re-
moved 10 No i2l Lombard street he:ween
Light and Charlie. streets e short dis.
lance from his old >tand) where he Offers
for sale large and well selected stos 81
Groceries, Teas, Wines and Ai9slcfs.
Orders from his customers will Be HFollpl-
ly and faithfully attended -.
! He will also paw the stfin&a Il attention
20 the sale = AZ kids s ko0n.ry pro-
dgce.
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22

A silver cup was awarded 10 prsmi.
um Tor the best looking baby, at . late
Agricultural Fair is Auxu.ts Ga.
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22
r'eetrp.
soRR. .ws or wERTHrR.

The Southern Literary "essenger far
NnvemheT. rnntains. in the rditor's
Tab'e. the following comic poem Of
Tha-kerav. written. We are tnli, ''on.
mornlny lat spring in the: ''ex%en-er's
ofh"e." during . call made upon l'r.
Thompson by the authcr -
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22
cARRIAGEs.

HAEf "cDgRMorT. Penn.
e Avenue Ssush Side. near
srse so iss Cad. W. Hotel. has
and. - now fni him. large
#ea CARRT AGES. Of
u aRd kni.h. all If hi own
Cd 49, warranted, whirh, he cell low
Ii npproved pspef !, AlSo. seye.
81 7 haHa saminea hi h he y i'll
EEL Renaifins
'I'ArI / MsnER so1
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22

WHrrE CaAvsrs AID irsrs 4.
York, ~hite crsvsts and VET. IL 81 n
date in fashiopable circles. i -
now the di.tinguf. be- badge "a <aesr
in ATTENDANCE Howeser, IS V>>h !.
not the centre of "a. hion, tie full ~. 4.
ing Costume stills prevails elsewhere
The editor Of the New York. Sunday
Ti1s', in alluding to the present ID. hiou
in that city, says: "A dandy friend Of
ours: whO bad tor few ssasOns given up
rarae'. attended one recently, and with.
ing 10 honor the oerasion ID full dfess, Or.
rsyed himself in his wsddiag suit, car .
'uhs pre-; erved, snd was much chsgrinsd
on hnd'nZ that he wa. the only man
present besides fhe walters ~ho sported
white vest and crarat."
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22

SraaaGE CusroM.-!A most extrsor.
ainary Custom prevails sr,eag the Fises,
pDwfffuI tribe occupying On txten.iv i've
q arict In Cabul. among ihe nsouutsfn..
between Persia and Indie. Il b, in fact,
= female Pr~rcgative that has no parallel
smnng sst other people upon the earth,
end that reverses what we are in fbe
hafNit Of considering the natural order Of
thsitgihe wom.n choose their nu, bshds
and no. he husbands their wives. Ifs
woman BE ples.ed ~ith q man, ,he .ends
the drumm<r q The camp to pin hand.
.kerchief 70 - 1sp Ki.il she pin che used
to fasten Der Al n The drummer
watches his oppor'd dhIly. and doe. flsi>in
public. naming the wofazA sd he ,.sn
i obliged to marry II i'll ~ - =
price TO her father.
St. Mary's beacon., 1853-12-22
yeI. So No. q

Tar WrrcHcRArr TRsAI.-4StTe men.
ioned on Saturday in m sriirik cn thu
Criminal Court hat q trial i'd assault
and battery was III progress Al the lime
of closing our fepows, which esnbracea n
barge Of wischcrsfs. The parties, re-
marks the Aneri.sn. w.re IN German.
s.a the chief eomplaihants and deS<n-
aanss sfsmsles. FAs trouble bessssa)
hem arose, in the iirst place. out II re-
',ort that one oflhe females va. = witch !.
md the facts brought to sus,a n he report
were that the old lady made nighsly Pc
reerination over the tops of the houses
adjoining and adjacent to the one in
which she re ided An the superstitious
notions' entertained BY the early ihhs b.4
'anis Of this country. khen CouFfs Of Law
consigned females 10 she stocks because
Of thief supposed supernasural powers,
was there exhibited, and the so<l solemn
declarations Of faith inah - 4
witches was erssed. Ous i s..4k
charges VII ir<I Ikinted. ; genersl =
took placs u whic i both men I'd ! ].
men too 4 common hand. aud Ill ~
nrishborhood was calIed ~
their aid to drive out fioss z|< 4.
rnA 49, A. a1f...-E4 "a Al Is.4 81 -. & a
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

CALToRNlA,-Ths extraordinary price o
$40 per Dbl Of -four which prevailed at San
Francisco at the last dales, was owing, ii is sta.
ted, to The operations of Spectators who had
con'rived 10 maintain a complete monopoly ol
the article.
The San Francisco Times has the following
paragraph
Kate Hayes was giving concerts at San Fran.
cisco with the greatest success. The first
choice seats for her third concert brought at
auction Sl,l5O premium. The buyers were
the Empire Fire Engine Company. The Cal.
ilornia Engine Company took the mex. choice
al S25 premium; and the Knckerbockor En-.
gine Company took the right hand proceuium
box, at $50 premium. The Empire Company
went prepared TO bid as high as $4,000.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

A Strike FOR HlsAER PAS.--The CiHeinH9i
Gazette. speaking Of the leIIers OF our foreign
ministers, 10 relation TO the adequacy Of their
salaries, refers also to another proposition that
is discussed at Washington, and which will
probably soon assume more Iangible lorm.--
ID is as follows: .....
The President $1,000 year, with fur.
nished house.
The Vice President $4,000 year, with
furnished house.
The Heads Of Departments $4,000 year
each, with furnished houses.
Ministers Of the first grade from $40, 900 10
$4,000 year, and like outfits.
Ministers Of The second grade from $4,000 10
$4,000 and like outfit
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21
Mr.. wards nan on Crlmes.

Mr.. Ward, Of Warren. has introduced a.bil
into The House, which is pow being discussed
in the commune Of the whole, revising the ac
loT The punishment Of crimes. This bill pIopo
ses TO abolish capital punishment for murder
and substitute Imprisonment for life 10 the Pen.
iIenIiary. The bill also makes il Penitenlia
ry offence 10 maliciously destroy personal pro
perry. growing trees, grains, or lruiIs, above The
value Of thirty dollars. married man. OF
woman, committing adultery, is also to be pun
ished by Imprisonment 10 the PeGiten,ary.
As there is a difference Of opinion as To ih,
policy Of adopting these measures, aud as peI
lions P'o and con are frequently sent in, il il
proper TO notify the people that now is The limt
to let their requests be known.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

DEBILITY OF CoNGREss.--We are led to ap
prehend very great morality among the mem
bsrs OF Congress q, this session. The uncom
mon asslduy with which they have devoted
It femselves 10 the public business for the pas
month, must inevitably prove fatal 10 all of oul
self.sacrifiring public servants who are at all
delicate. We beg them to pay something ,c
their own valuable lives aud constitutions. and
not throw themselves away from constellation.
convictions of duty.
The las. week was one Of unparalleled effort
10 TACT, both branches goI so exhausted by The
middle OF The week lha. they were compelled
to adjourn over 10 the next. And they were s,
feeble as 10 be unable Io do this ill after sever
al times trying; and when they finally wen
over, they had become reduced TO mere shad
o". scarcely preserving enough of their MOI,
NAL magnitude and appearance to be recooniz
ca as The Two branches Of The Congress Of ,ht
United S'aIes.-N Y. Tribune.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21

A GooD oNE.-The Buffalo Commercial is
responsible for The following:
We learn from Washington that the Whigs
there are having hearty laugh over the dis.
comhIure Of the unfortunate ofiice.begaars of the
federal city. The story is. that The hungry
crew who have undertaken TO monopolize The
patronage Of tho Distinct, recently sent leuer
to Gen. Pierce containing long list of unwor.
thy oihce. holders, whom they expected him to
remove the moment he got fairly seated in the
Presidential chair. The doomed iOcumbenls
were charged wish innumerable deinquencies
and II was alleged that the public interest was
ia great jeopardy from their bad propeusiues.
Pierce is said to have replied, thai il the case
was as bad as they had represented, they had
better apply TO Mr., FllGore, who had the pow.
er TO graIlly Them al once.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-01-21
Terrible Explosion.

Ol the morning Of Friday, Jan. 9Th, PTaut
Powder Mills, near The village OF Aeon, Massa
chuseus, blew up. The mills were situated neal
The AssabeIl, The north branch OF The Concord
river, on u canal which is carried round the base
Of hills that nearly encirce a small meadow
The explosion took place in the kernel house
where three men, Hudson, Balcombe, aud Han.
scom, were at work upon cylinder, and il is
supposed was occasiOned bV the falling OF q
spark from a chsel upon the powder. This is
the third catastrophe connected with these mills
From an account in the New York Tribune
we make the following extract:
The bodies Of the unfortunate workmen were
driven into the air, and there being trees near
their clothing was IN great part torn from them
aud hung ~ shTeds ln Ihe eahess branches =
| The appearance of these men, few momenls
before suong aud active, now completely man
gled, burned, blackenqd, aud Otherwise aw(uly
dlsfgured, cannot be imagined. Next the ker
mel. house was, on the west side. mixing. house
and this quite near; The explosive force form
| ing vacuum, the sides Of The mixing. house
from the pressure Of the air inside we're instant
ly driven out, aud the atmosphere, full of fire
aud cinders entering at an inIerva al of some three
seconds as il is SAID, this house also exploded.
The press house (us it is caIed) is placed fur.
Iher off from the kerne.house than the last
named toward the east, and This distance doubt.
less saved 'he powder in it from exploding, tho
the boarding is mostly forced from It's sides, and
it is in lacI nearly complete wreck.
OF the kernel house, il may be said il is swept
absolutely clean off from lis very foundolion
The water dam, limDers, and all the machinery
scattered to the four quarters of Heaven. The
meadow adjoining has the appearance Of being
Ihckly sown over with fragments Of boards and
pieces Of timber, while large portions of the
roof lay in masses. On the top OF The range of
hills several large pieces o! timber were carried
aud countless smaller bits. The mixing. house
is not so utterly and entirely dispersed, but its
timber and machinery, or what is left Of it, lies
Il heap of smoking and blaCkened ruins. All
The remains Of these are as completely black.
ened over by The powder mot chaned) as i( the
process had been effected by the brush Of some
dilgenl painIeI. Words can convey but faint
impression OF tho scene Of this fearful tragedy.
10 the workmen's dwellings near The mills the
force of the conclusion was very great, The
window gass was broken, The furniture shaken.
and persons who were near, thrown ovel. Some
part OF chimney at the distance of half mile
was thrown off, and in lacl al several miles dis.
lance the shock was very percepube.