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Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1853-02-05
Letter from Gen, Pierce.

The Rteslyteriaa, of New York, contains the
following touching letter, written BY Gen. PIERCE
to a personal friend soon after his retirement
from the United States Senate some wears since.
In reply to letter Of coincidence on the death Of
4 a beautiful and manly boy, his cherished SON
A later and still more melancholy bereavement,
(says the New York Espress) gives it an addi-
tional interest that all will appreciate Gen.
Pierce writes as Christian should write yet as
one who, under the sorrowful circumstances Of
the case, must also sfeel ii like a man,
CoNcoRD, N. H., Nov. 30.
My DEAR FRIEND: You have been often in
my thoughts since / received your affectionate
letter of the 10th inst 1t was one of the earliest
of the kind from my personal friends; soothing
and grateful to me at the time And it has been
pleasant since to think Of you as among those
who have truly sympathized with us in this dark
hour Ct oyerpowcring affection.
Under bereavement like this, how triling---oh,
how very trifing-do most of the cares, and pur-
poses, and plans Of this world appear! We can
hardly realize how it is that our hearts have been
so engrossed in little matters Of the day We
open our eyes, as it were, from dream, upon
the realities that are around and before us. We
see "passing away written upon all things Of
this world. We .fsel that we are mere sojourn-
ers, probatoners here, and seem to estimate. with
an approximation to truth, the great interests Of
eternity, as compared with those Of time
| do earnestly desire to- keep awake to these
matters-not to fall into the SPELL where,
as it were from necessity, we look through a
false medium, which places eternity so far off
and gives to the things of time such vast magni-
tude and disproportionate importance.
| remember well the conversation on our ride
to the g., to which, suppose, you refer The
convictions of my Judgment have long been strong
and decided, but the little influence they have
had upon my life is a sad illustration of Me great
truth, "With the heart man belieyeth unto right
eousness."
Our dear boy was i'll three weeks, and the last
four days of his life was period of much suffer
ing. In the midst of our deep sorrow, / find in,
expressible relief in the thought that at is well
with the child" He said much, to use his own
expression, of sthe blessed Jesus" especially on
the Sabbath. And now his indefinite impress
sions and childish fancies are exchanged for full
knowledge and never-ending fruition lie is, as
we firmly believe
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1853-02-05

ExrRAoRDISARY PROGRESS IN THE NORTH
wEsT--In Del3ow's Review for January, is an
able article upon Wisconsin, from which we ex-
tract the following surprising statistics Of prog
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1853-02-05

And at the present time the popsls&ise , q
least $4,000.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1853-02-05
"wherc no blight falls

He was a bright aifectionate, manly boy--tht
pride and joy Of his fathers hcart--the light and
life Of our home. We now feel, and must long
continue to feel, his loss. We are conscious Of
his absence at every turn. We weep, but the
cup of sorrow is not unmingled with rich conso-
laiion.
have many things to say to you when we
meet. Till then, your stricken friend,
FRANK PIERCE.
Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1853-02-05
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-08-24

years has he sat in the Council Hall of the
braves. Of late, Delampon's grey hairs and
his once commanding voice are not respec-
ted, and the young braves have their way,
and scoG at Delampon. Delampon fights
and lives not with fools, and men who know
40 Manitou, and only delight in the blood
of the pale face. Delampon has come to the
pale face warriors, trusting in their honor
to receive him as a friend, and now oftrs
the right hand of peace.
You are not mistaken, my FRIEND an
swered Murdant. We will gladly receive
you. We believe your words; and he
cordially pressed tie old warriors grasp
The venerable Indian replied, while smile
overspread his features: White warrior
must pardon Delampon for taking ride be-
hind him. The suspecting Irishman at first
demurred, but being urged by Murdant,
gave his hand reluctantly to his new friend.
The three entered in the Hut just in time
to escape the arrows that had begun again
to fall thick around A furious clamor
was heard from the savages, and the name
of Delampon' was distinctly borne to the
ears of those inside the Hut. and as the last
echo of the shout died away, three guns sem
forth their destructive contents and drove
the savages with yells Of rage from sight.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-08-24
CHAPTER XIV.

They proceeded some distance in gloomy
silence, for Murdant had fallen into deep
revery, and Mike did not wish to arouse him
from it. After lapse of some ten or fifteen
minutes, Murdant broke the oppressive silence:
mike, tell me how it was that you started a
deer in THESE woads? | thought you took
the opposite forest for your hunt
Faith, and it's me own self that did that
same thing jist. Listen, and III be afther tell
ing you how it happened!'
'TiG needless to 90 over Mixes narrative up
to the tree under which he laid down, al
ready known to the reader, but we will re-
count in his own words, what transpred after
he slept laid meseIf down beneath tree,
and fore was 'quainted with the fact, | was
about to be agong TO sldpe. Ses | to myself
slape on Mike, and whin any game comes by,
ye'Il iist wake yeself and give it a shot; SO
list wint right off TO slape, and drained about
me darling Biddy, and Two or three Other
things more trfing, and thought once
wouldn't wake this day but kape on draining
sich plisant drames, when all at once heard
something come running thro' the bushes
making terrible hullabuhby; SO, ses |, wax,
up Nike me darlint. and use yer shooting
stick, and walked up. Jst as was abou
to git up, here comes big busting Buck, sur
it Was. and here is a piece of the same sass
fellow. He ran in twenty steps O. me, whel
thinks l, l have got fresh meat now, am
whirled around my hand for my shooting stick
when by instinck las behave We cali it)
caught me own darling shillaly instead, an
before | found out the mistake and was aftc
changing the lovely creature, the baste wa
gone, sure he was. Shonldering me gun.
started after him, whin thinking of me shillall
which forgot jist at that time, wint bac
and got it and thin followed on, and to wha
ye knows and ye also knows the paricu.ers.
well, Mike, listen to me; lhaye somethin
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-08-24

A Coon ONE.-The last number of the
Southern Era gives the following:
1--WE have just read an account Of deer
hunt in which, strange to tell. the deer killed
The hunter 1t is related of Daniel Boone,
the great Kentucky hunter, that when he
was young man he went out hunting deer
at night, accompanied by young compan-
ion, who bore in his hand a torch ight.-
When this light is seen by the gentle deer,
instead of being frightened it attracts them,
aud lures them on to their doom. They
draw near, and the hunter, behoding their
clear, shining eyes, shoots them down. On
the evening in question, after passing some
distance through the forest, young Boone s
companion indicated to him that a deer was
visible. Boone advanced, saw the eyes, and
raised bis unerring rife, was about to
fire, when it occurred to him that those were
not the eyes ola deer. He lowered his gun
and the object fed, and Boone Immediately
started in pursuit He chased it to the
house of her father, when it proved to be
a handsome young girl. The game was up
Dams rifle never sent ball to the heart o
varmint, with more unerring and fata
certainty than did those bright eyes send {
shaft to his. The bold backwoodsman pressed
his suit, and tie maiden allowed herself t.
be wooed and won.''
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-08-24

When we are young, we are slavishly en-
ployed IN procuring something whereby we
isax Gye comfortably when we grow old and
when we are old, perceive it is too late to
live as we proposed. So saiG learned au-
thor 100 years ago. And is the world any
wiser yet Not mach, if any. 1t is still the
grab game all over. Get money if you can
honestly. At all events-get money Pret-
ty lesson this, with all our would be moral
principles blushing around our necks. But
these we contrive to hide in our pockets, and
only parade them at church on Sunday The
poet talks of something about mans inhu'
manity to man.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-05-19
Great Forgery Case in CincIIihatl.

Two forged checks amounting 10 Sl4.82l
65 we're last winter presented in and paid by
the Ohio Life and Trust Company.
As matter Of policy the police have been
compelled to lie apparently idle and abide
their time.
The individual who presented the checks has
been known 10 the interested parties and has
deem closely watched in New York, and about
six weeks since arrived in Cincinnati.
This man Charles Milard-who IS represent
ed as a New York professional gambler and a
pardoned Auburn conyiet-went before the
grand jury in Hamilton county and stated that
he was the man who presented these checks,
which fact becoming known an attempt was
made to shoot him downwhil on his way home
The grand jury, on this statement failed to
find bill against certain persons charged with
this forgery
On the 9lh instant, Millard was arrested on
a warrant issued at the instance OF Geo. Rob
ertson who charges him with the forgery o. one
check for 81 500, dated Oct IA, 80. Millard
plead ''guilty" and was committed he also
says he presented another forged check for
sc, ,321 Co.
The Nonparie Of the l0.h says;
Millard in his confession says that he was per-
suaded into the matter by Nicholson, clerk OF
the steamer Martha Washington-that N. had
room on the corner Of Fourth and Vine streets
where those checks were handed TO him BY
Nicholson. Whenever other persons were ad-
mitted into the room he was compelled to leave
instanter lie gives no very definite description
of the persons, bu. they are known aud have
hitherto stood high in community. The whole
case is one that cxibits more depraYity and crime
in its darkest aspect than has ever heretofore
existed in any civilized community. There has
been more plotting and counter plotting IN these
Infamous transaction than the community has
any idea of, or can even comprehend. Bribery
threats, intimidation and corruption have beer
exhibited in all their phrases in this case, tha
would make one shudder TO reflect upon. Tht
whole matter is schemingy devised, concocle(
and carried out upon principles that set at def
ance all law, all feelings OF humanity, and
spirit ofrecklessness unparalleled in history.
We notice by yesterdays Cincinnati papers
! that Kissane one of the defendants in the Mar
tha Washington case, upon giving bail IN Iha
case at Columbus, was arrested as he came ou
ofLhe Court room on the charge of being i'm
plcated in this forgery. Andrew Finlay, fol
merly a tailor Of Cincinnati, has also been arre'
ed Strange and astounding developments ar
anticipated. = CLeV. Herald.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-05-19
Now me,nod Of Making Mirrors.

The editor of the Prattsville Advocate has
been shown by Rev. L. L. Hill, the inventor OF
"EIilotyping," method of slvcring glass,
which he considers of great practical value in
the manufacture of mirrors:
Mr.. Hill took a small piece of glass, such as
Daguereans use for covering their pictures and
in forty seconds it was transformed into per-
feet mirror perfeotin every respect. We kept
an eye upon it the whole time the process was
fully explained and the result cannot be excel
led. Out of some three hundred experiments
which Mr. Hill has made he has never failed in
making perfect mirror. In his mode of 'sil-
yerng glass" there is not particle ofthe usual
amalgam of tin-foil and quick silver, but it is
composed wholly pure and adulterated silver.
The discovery was made while he was expert
menting on glass with view of adapting it to
Heliochromy, never dreaming Of beautiful APP
plication to the manufacture Of mirrors The
invention did not cost an hours study, and he
has already had liberal offers for the right to
manufacture together with the knowledge Of
doing so. The expense manufacturing mir
rors by this new and durable method, will not,
we think exceed half The cost of Manufacturing
the kind now used besides, they are alVayS
perfect and no art ofman can dcface them, with
out breaking them to pieces. We hazard moth
ing in predicting that it will create an entire re-
volution in the art of making mirrors and that
in few years, at most there will not be mir
ror Of the kind now usued, to be found inthe
country
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-05-19
An ordinance

To provide for the general welfare, promote
the health, peace, comfort, well-belDg and
rood order OF the inhabitants of Brown town
Ship, BY suppressing all houses, shops or
stores within said township, known as pla
ces of habitual resort for tipling and intem
perance.
Sec /. Be it ordained by the trustees o +
Brown township, that to provide for the geneI
al welfare, promote the health, peace and com
fort, well-being and good order Of the inhabiI
ants of said township, no person or person,
the owner or owners, occupant or occupants
any house or houses shop or shops, store or
stores, within said townships, shall, by them.
selves, agents or employees, sell, give away, &C
in any way dispose Of any intoxicating liquor.
ale, porter or strong beer, to any person or pei
sons whatever, to be used as drink by the pei
son or persons so receiving or obtaining tho
same, or by any other person or persons, as a
beverage.
Sec. 2. Any person or persons violating,
either directly or indirectly, any Of the prOTis.
ions of the foregoing section, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and for the first Of
fence shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined i'll
the sum Of fifteen dollars and costs of suit; for
the second offence shall, upon conviction there
of, be fined in the sum of thirty dollars and
costs of suit or be committed TO the Jail OF the
county for the peliod Of ten days, or both, at
the discretion of the court; and should the
fine and costs, or either, as the case may be,
remain unpaid by the person or persons so COM
mitted, at the expiration Of the period aforesaid;
then the said person or persons shall stand COM
miLted for the period OF twenty days from the
date of said commitment, unless such tne and
costs are sooner paid and for the third offence,
and each subsequent one, said person or per-
sons shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined ff-
tv dollars and costs of suit, and be imprisoned
in the county Jail for the period of twenty days.
provided, however, no person or persons shall
be deemed guilty Of violation OF this ordi-
nance who shall sell or give away intoxicating
liquors TO be used for medical mechanical or
manufacturing purposes only.
Sec. 8. All prosecutions under this orci-
nance shall proceed and be conducted in all re-
spects in conformity with the act entitled "an
act further defining the duties of trustees Of
townships" passed March 18th, 1853; saving
to the person or persons accused all the benefits
of trial by jury, eertiorari error or appeal, con-
ferred or granted by said acts provided, how
ever, that in no prosecution for a violation Of
this ordinance, shall it be necessary to alledge
or prove the kind OF intoxicating or fermented
liquors sold or disposed OF as aforesaid,
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take effect,
and be in force, from and after the 10th ofJune,
1853 THOMAS EAKIN,
GEORGE STALL.
DANIEL CRITINGER.
WM. A. N1cnoL, TIP, Clerk. Trustees,
May 10, '53
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-05-19
ncn,,, Of Nudge Jacob BurneI.

This distinguished man died in Cincinnati on
the evening OF the 10th inst, at the advanced
age of eighty-three years.
We CLEAN from various sources few facts
connected with the life Of this gentleman so in
timately connected with the history Of Ohio.
In 1891 he graduated at PrincetOwn, studied
law and was admitted to practice in the courts
of New Jersey in 1893. Soon after this he re-
moved to Cincinnati, then small village OF log
cabins and such tendency had he to pulmon
ary disease that his friends in New Jersey par
ted with him never expecting to sec him again
Judge B. was appointed, by President AD-
ANS, to the legislative council on the establish
ment of a territorial government in Ohio in 1888
During the war of 1912 he was elected to the
State assembly, and the next year reelected
IN 1921 he was Grst appointed as Judge o.
the supreme Court of Ohio, which place he
held until December 1923, when he was elected
to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Gen. Harrison.
In 1847 Judge b. published volume emit.
tied, "Notes on the Early Settlements of the
Northern Territory u book of great value,
containing the history of Ohio from the day, as
portion of Territory, it numbered twelve
thousand souls to State containing two mil
lions Of people.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-05-19

JuDoE SHEPLEY AND THE MAINE LAw.-The
following opinion Of Chief Justice Shepley was
cOncurred in by a full bench of The Supreme
Court of Maine, 1t covers the whole ground
of the law-seizures, forfeitures and destruc-
ton
"The State by its legislative enactments, Op-
Grating prospectively may determine that artic-
les injurious to the public health, or to morals,
shall not constitute property, within its jursdic-
ton. II may come to the conclusion that spr-
ituous liquors, when used as beverage are
productive Of great variety of i'll TO the people
both in their individual and in their social rela-
ton That the least use of them for such pur-
pose is injurious and suited to produce by a
greater use serious injury to the comforts, NOR
ais, and health and the common use of them
for such purpose operates to diminish the
productiveness of labor; to injure the health,
TO impose upon the people additional and un.
nessary burdens to produce waste of time and
Of property to introduce disorder and disobedi-
ence to law to disturb the peace, and to null
tply crimes Of every grade. Such conclusions
would be justified by the experience and hsto.
ry Of man. little Legislature declares that M
man shall acquire any property in them for suci
a purpose there @ould Be no occasion for any com
plant that il had vioiatod any provisions cfMC
CoRStitution'"
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-05-19

ANOTHER SMASH UP--MoRE LIVES LosT.-
The Mansfield train freight ran over COW,
south of Shelby and broke through bridge,
dashng the cars top pieces, day before yesterday
The Engineer was killed instantly. The Con-
ducter was buried beneath the rubbish of the
cars. barrels of sugar and molasses. They had
to cut of his arm ere his body could be releas-
ed He died. The names Of the officers, and
of others hurt we could not ascertain, The
dead were horribly mutilated- Clsrsland 7fat
Dem
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-05-19

Esy- An instance of the ruling passion strong
in death is thus related by the Peoria (Tll)
Ne,cs Old Cook was known as miser, and
had amassed fortune. On his death-bed
when the last gasp was approaching, tallow
candle was burning upon the stand and flick
ering fame in the fireplace. He watched the
candle and then the fire. Suddenly he called
his son, Woodbury., come here" The son ap.
preached his bedside when the old whispered
out Woodbury., blow out the csndle-tallow's
most as dear as butter"
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-05-19
Notice,

To the creditors OF Sarah Bierdeman, decd ;
On the I4th day OF May, 1858, the Probate
Court of Carroll County 0hio declared the estate
of Sarah B.erdeman TO be probably insolvent /,
creditors are therefore required to present their
claims against the estate, to the undersigned, for
allowance, W thin six mon tbs frcm The time above
mentioned, or they will not be entitled topay-
ment,
Msy ID. 1853, JOHN B. MOODY
Exh of Sarah BierdemsI.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-05-19

The following statement ofthe extraordinary
degree Of ignorance prevailing in England is
made in Dckens's ''llousehold Words" II
might we'll challenge belief were it not founded
on official and authentic sources:
at has been calculated that there are in Eng
land and Wales 900, 00O persons who can nei'
ther read nor write-that is TO say about one
third ofthe population including of course, IN
fants but ola the children between five and
fourteen, more than one-half attend no place OF
public instruction These statements-compil-
ed by Mr.. Kay from official and other authentic
sources for his work on the social condition and
education of the poor in England and Europe
would be hard to believe if we had not to en-
counter in our every day life degrees Of litera-
cy which would be startling five were not thor
oughly used to it. Wherever we turn igno'
rance, uot always allied to poverty stares us in
the face. II we look in the Gazette at the lis
of partnerships dissolved, not a month passes
but some unhappy man, rolling perhaps il
wealth but wallowing in ignorance, is put to thu
erperimeniam craciS of 'his mark The mum
Der Of petty jurors--in rural districts especially
who can only sign with cross is enormous
1t is not unusual to see parish documents o
great local Importance deIaced with the samt
humiliating symbol by persons whose office no
only shows them to be men of mark but meI
of substance. We have printed already speci
mems of the partial ignorance which passes un
der the pen Of the post office authorities and We
may venture to assert that snch specimens o
penmanship Autobiography are not to be match
ed in any other country in Europe. A house
: 4. l,,t ~, H., n
her husbands bills to discover hieroglyphici
which render them so many arithmetical puzzlel
In short the practical evidences of the low ebl
to which the plainest rudiments of education
in this country has fallen are too common Il
bear repetition. We cannot pass through th'
streets, we cannot enter place Of public assem-
bly, or ramble in the fields without the gloom!
shadow of ignorance sweeping over us. Th,
rural population is indeed in worse plight thai
the other classes"
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-05-19
BALTIMORE, May l9.

The New Orleans papers Of Saturday, which
were received to-day, contain an account of q
horrible affair which occurred at Babbington
sc, 1t seems that on Saturday last, Mr.. John
d, Sims had difficulty with his overseer
when the wife of the latter presented pstol
at Sims, and threatened to shoot him, upon
which Sims shot first her. and then her hus-
band.
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-05-19

! EE-Shakspeare says "a rose by any other
name would smell as sweet" This may be true
of roses, but 1t is not at all applicable to other
people. Had Frank Pierce's name been Jede-
diah Skeesicks, he would never have got above
orderly sergeant to cotton mill in life time,
Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-05-19

,ES-When Sir William Hamilton announced
to the Royal Irish Academy his discovery ofthe
central sun the star round which our orb of
gay and his phetary attendance revolve--- a
waggish member exclaimed; "Whatl our suns
sum Why, that must be grand sanl"