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The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-05-06
IMPORTANT RAILROAD NEWS!
Subscription of $75O,OOO actually made
Extension OF our road TO Wheeling.

Subscription of S75O,000 actually made
Extension Of our road TO Wheeling.
Our readers are aware that great inte rest
has for some time been manifested by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the ex-
tension of the Marietta g. Cincinnati road to
Wheeling. Three or four months ago the
stockholders Of the Pennsylvania Company
voted to subscribe to the NJ. g. c. road $780,
600: 1t was at first supposed this settled the
question, and that the subscription would a,
once be made. But the power of the com.
pany to subscribe to roads out of the State
was questioned. Authority was therefore
asked from the Pennsylvania Legislature
and granted, but Nth a proviso that 80 days
notice Of the intended subscription must be
given when the Supreme Court of the State
was in session, that the parties opposed t.
the subscription might test the constitution
ality Of the law. This notice DaS given soor
aiter the passage of the law, and then spe.
cial meeting Of the stockholders was called
to vote upon the acceptance of the law, anc
decide whether subscription should be made
under it. The stockholders voted almost
unanimously, that the subscription shonld be
made. Accordingly after re expiration o
80 days from The time notice was given of the
intended subscription-on suit or application
for the injunction having meanwhile been
instituted, as was provided by law-the Di-
rectors proceaato make The subscription, and on
yesterday, as we learned by telegram sent
to us by N. L. Wilson, Esq, Immediately
thereafter, the sum Of SEVEN HUNDRED AMI
Fifty THOUSAND DOLLARS was subscribed tl
the capital stock Of the Marietta d Cincinnati
Railroad Company.
We are at last fairly "out of the woods
and if any of our people see fit to get up O
little noise or confusion" and set couple ol
iron dogs ut barkin' this evenng-one OH
either side of the Muskingum-we don't
think anybody nearer than Parkersburg will
be much disturbed or inclined to complain.
The surveys of both lines from here to
Whcelng-river and interor-are pretty
much completed, and just SO soon as the
"right Of way,"by release or by contracts, for
purchase, can be secured Gas has already been
done over the principal part of both routcs,)
the directors will be prepared to decide upon
the route, and at once put the whole line
under contract.-Warieita InteHigeacer.
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~ wus sIateu tnat sUuc vi tnese womeI
have families Of from one to three children
There were several in the list whose rates o.
remune ration were considerably below th,
figures named. But work at these wages was
not always to be obtained.
II we do not greatly err, even worse state
Of facts than Is here exhibited exists in our
large Atlantic cities. 1t is true that it does
not present so dark picture as is drawn BY
our London contemporary, yet is the shadow
dark enough to invoke the active sympathy
Of our countrymen. Under all conditions of
things, at all times, and in every land, poor,
deienceless, aud uneducated woman receives
more than her share Of the neglect and the
oppression Of all laws and usages. Public
concert of action on her par, provokes but
rldicule and derision; all isolated efforts for
improvement are vain; and man is too dis
dainful and imperious to be fair arbiter in
her affairs Thus II is by no means unusual
for q woman to receive but small fraction
of the wages that are given to men engaged
in the same occupation pursued by her, al
though the product Of her labor may, in the
estimation of the most skilful, prove equal in
value to that of his own.
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shared his fate. Thus IL went on iii every
one Of our sixty sailors had taken his turn.
At one time counted sixteen Of these gen.
crows fellows lying together on the deck. The
ladies' came from the cabin and bathed their
heads with camphor, which would in most
cases bring them to in short time. AS soon
as one was recovered sufficiently to walk, he
would 60 back and offer his services again.
Several of the men were brought up out Of
this place as many as eight times. On the
most Of them the gas which they inhaled
seemed to have.p effect somewhat like that
of laughing gas, particularly when they were
partially resuscitated. 1t was no easy matter
to restrain those powerful men when they
endeayored to throw themselves overheard, or
do themselves or us some personal harm. ~.
For four hours we labored in this way, and
you may imagine the terrors Of our position.
We could but fear that the strength of the
men, self-sacrificing as they were, would not
hold on till the flames were extinguished.
Some of them could do no more, and these
the hardest of them all. We toiled on, how
ever--the passengers, gentlemen and ladies',
working the pumps-for another hour, when
! the joyful news came that the fire was out.
, mo more flames could be seen, no more smoke
arose. We began to breath freely, and hope
, that deliverance had been sent to Us. After
I the rest of an hour an examination was made,
D but no signs of fire were discovered. We
3 all lay down upon the deck Gtwas very warm)
5 and paased the night. The next day was the
Q Sabbath, and never did more grateful, a
n more devout assembly come together for the
g worship of God.
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are treated with great care and kindness,
while the girls are frequently beaten and
abused numerically.
OF all the Indians had before encountered,
II know of none who had not an extreme
fondness for spirituous liquors, which un-
fortunately, has every where, from the advent
Of the European on this continent, been their
worst enemy. Those Of the prairie tribes
have seen say the taste Of such liqour is not
pleasant, that it makes fools OF them, and that
they do not desire it. Ifthere are exceptions
to this think they may be set down as
fictitious rather than natural, the appetite
having been created by indulgence occasiona
in the use Of a little at time.
The diet of these people is very simple
From infancy to old age theirtonly food, witt
the exception of few wild plants, whcl
they find on the ,prairies, is fresh meat, O
which, in times of plenty, they consum
enormous quantities. In common with man
other tribes, they can, when necessity demand
it, abstain from eating for several days withor
incon yenience, and they are enabled to max
up at one meal the deficiency.
All OF them are extravagantly fond of tobacco
which they use for smoking, mixed with tn
dried leaves of the sumac, inhaling the smok
into their lungs and giving it out through the
nostris.
Their language is verbal and pantomimi'
The former consists of u very limited numb'
of words, some of which are common to a
Q the prairie tribes. The latter, which
I exceedingly graceful and expressive, is til
court language of the plains, and is used ar
understood with great facility and accurac
d by all the tribes from the Gila to the Columbi
s. the motions and signs to express IDEAS beil
II common TO all.
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A THRILLING SCENE.

The ship Trade Wind, which took fire OF
her passage from New York TO San Francisco
had among her passengers eight missionaries
and their families, sent out to California and
Oregon by the Home Missionary Society
One of them writes home the following de.
scription of the scene on board:
On the morning of the twenty-frst day o
our passage, when in latitude deg ii Minis
and longitude 80 degs. 3s Minis, one of the
sailors came running to the officer on the
quarterback, crying out, "The ship is on fire'
This officer went forward and saw the smoke
coming out of the chain lockers and crevices
Of the deck. He ordered the force pump to
be manned, and went back to the cabin where
Capt. w. and the passengers were at
breakfast. He communicated the fact to the
captain, and they both left without any
suspicious being excited as to the cause. AT
ter breakfast mt upon deck, and the mn
usual stir on the forecastle attracting my at
tenton, went forward and soon learned the
cause. The ship was on fire in the cargo,
somewhere, it was supposed, between the
second and third decks; but how extensive
the fire was could not be Immediately seen. A
hole was cut through the deck, and stream
of water from the force-pump, which would
throw about five barrels per minute, was
thrown in upon the burning mass. Several
other places were cut, and lines for passing
I--'.~.- "~-- T-.'"Si ~ shV Pass-ns..s. We
toiled on in this way for some three hours,
but could see no indications that we were
getting the fire under. The ventilators
seemed rather to show that it was spreading
aft under the cabin, which was then beginning
to be filled with gas and smoke.
The ship was then turned head to the land;
we were four hundred and fifty miles from il.
The magazine was hoisted upon the upper
deck, and placed where it could be easily
thrown overheard; the life-boats got out and
the provisions and water, and the clothing
which we would need till we could reach the
land made ready. AT this time another large
opening was made, and box, on fire, was
broken to pieces, and its contents passed up.
On the deck. Another and another were |
broken up in the same manner, till a place
was made large enough to admit one OF the
sailors, who boldly went down with the hose
IN his hand. He directed it agains the burn
ng mass, till he fell exhausted upon the floor.
He was dragged out and another, as bold as
he came to his place. In moment or two
he fell, like his companion, and was dragged
,ut insensible, and carried upon the deck.
Another and another took his place, and
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This Is true Of America. What is told us
of England is also true, and most ptiable. 1t
is well for us to be told of IL; and it is well
for us to feel an honest indignation at the
wrongs so forcibly depicted Yet should it
be lost upon us for good were we to learn it
unmovedby some remembrance Of ourselves!' =
... . Washington Republic.
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0crA Tunnel now In course Of Reconstruction
on the line of the Dayton and Cincinnati,
railway will 1t is said, be, with its approaches
10000 feet in length, and the largest work Of
the kink in the United States.
0TThe Sandusky River 10 to be bridped
with aWire Suspension Bridge, at Tifin.
QrThere are fourteen Protestant schools
in Coastad,inople, and twenty.six Protestan,
sermons are preached in or near that city
every Sunday.
6TNinety five thousand feet of lumber 70,
the Illinois Central Railroad, arrived at Chi.
cago from Kalamazoo in one day.
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Two men were some months since arrested
in Morris county IN. J.) for the murder of
man named Rodolph Kendig. A body, sup
posed to be that of the murdered man, was
found, and the evidence against the accused
was thought sufficient to warrant their con.
viction. Recently the supposed murdered man
turned up in Chicago, and will appear at tho
trial to testify to his own existence.
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-05-06

GAN ARMY WITH BANNERS. AS you are
> whirlcd along over the Hudson River
Railroad at the rate of forty miles an hour
you catch glimpse every minute or two of
a man waving something like white pockc,
handkerchief on the end of stick, with q
very satisfactory expression Of countenance.
II you take the trouble to count, you will
find that it happens some two hundred times
between East Albany and thirty first street.
1t looks like rather useless ceremony, at
first glance, but it is pretty important one,
nevertheless.
There are 236 of these flag men, station
ed at intervals along the whole length of the
line. Just before train is to pass each one
walks over his ''beat" and looks to see that
every track and tie, every tunnel, switch, rail
clamp and rivct, is in good order and free
from obstruction. II so, he takes his stand
with white flag and waves it to the ap-
proaching train as signal to "come on"-
and come on it does, at full speed. II there is
anything wrong, he waves n red flag, or at
night red lamp, and the engineer on seeing
il promptly shuts off steam, and sounds the
whistle to put down the brakes. Every inch
of the road is carefully examined after the
nssnge Of each train. Austrian espionage is
hardly more s,rict. With such an effective
police, accidents from distractions upon the
track becomes almost impossible, unless there
is gross negligence on the part of the watch
men.--Eue. Jour. t
POULTRY CHEAPER THAN PoRK.-Buih ,
good comfortable hen coop, as you do to keen
your hogs in Keep fowls; feed them, and
make careful estimate of both the cos, ofl
your fowls and your hogs, together with the
products of each-you will iind that fowls are
more profitable stock than hogs. Pork cannot
be made at less than cents per pound, with
any breed of hogs. Each hen, well cared for
will yield clear profit in eggs and chickens,
OF 81 year. To cure ter them and produce
this resnlt-it is necessary to give them n
warm place for roost, a dry cellar, ifpossible,
in winter, variety of grain with a little
animal food, with clean water, and lime in
some shape for egg shells. The waste of fow,
manure yearly In the u. s., is At least 81 900.
600. To save 1t, place layer Of loan and
plaster occasionally over layers of the manure
Every spring, mix all together, and use il at
the ratio of pint to hill OF corn, cucumbers. |
sqcashes, pumpkins, melons, peas, onions
Strawberries, or any other fruit, vegetable or
grain, and you cannot fail to have an improved
crop. This 10 American Guano-and as
good as that brought from the islands at
heavy cost.
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0yThe Australian gold fever is rapidly
spreading over all Europe. Thousands are
emigrating from all quarters. 10. .i.--T
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0TEighteen vessels went ashore in The
English channel during the prevalence of a
fog on the 9th instant. Most of them are
complete wrecks. Six lives were lost. None
of the wrecked vessels were American. y
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DVe'l Ut eou uIlu IuHU. IIt HUUStB
at SaParua and many native boats were
seriously injured, and very heavy loss has been
caused.
The earthquake which occurred at Batavia
and Bultenzorg on the night of the goth De-
cember was also felt in the residence OF
krawang, Magelang, Bantam, Banyumaas,
Iatal, and Pekalongan, and in the Lampong
districts.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-08-04
An EKtinelIisher.

"If people we're not hanged for
murdef, SAID a young lady, some
time a 30, eve should not be safe in
our beds
A member Of the Society of Friends
happening to be present and heard
this argument for capital punishment,
drew his chair up to the lady, and
said
q want to ask thee question or
two. Dost thou think a man ought
to be hung before he has repented?"
"0h no, certainly not No one
ought to be sent into eternity until
he is prepared for the kingdom of
heaven!'
"Good,'' said the Friend: "but
now | have another question to ask
thee Dost thou think any man
ought to be hung after be has re-
pented, and is fitted for the king
dom Of heavenf'
We need bot say the lady was
speeches.. =
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Gbt farlner. /.
Raising and I atlenihg Hogs.

Editors Sol Of. the .South: / ah
trying the following pl;tn TO raise an d
fatten Hogs. In every field Of cor a
have planted, on E acre iD Potatoes
to twenty-five orthirty acres Of corh,
mot among the corn, but to them
selves In the corn 1 shall plant
Peas, the usual way, and about the
first of October, | exp ct to pull a
field of corn; then select such hogs
as / intend to slaughter next winter
and turn them in upon the Peas and
Potatoes; let them \ emhin ten or fif-
teen days; then pull another field OF
corn and turn in as above, and SO on
until through gath ring- About the
middle of November, ! Intend to Sc
lect one-third Of the best hogs and
put them in a close pep; then by
cooking all the food, ! expect, in s
or 10 days to have them fat enough
for slaughtering. Alter WHICH take
another third in tie same way and
then the other
By having the corn and potatoes
in several different fields, l think
hogs will atten faster and with less
waste Of feed, as design turning in
the stock hogs as fast as the fatten-
ing hogs are removed from each field.
/ think the Potatoes will BE prevent
i've against any injury from the Peas;
and one acre in P otatoes will yield
as many bushels as ten acres in
corn
In addition TO the abqyo I have
planted out three thousand Peach
trees twelve feet apart ana SO select
ed as to be ripehing from the middle
of jane to the middle or last Of 0c
tober; one-thirl Of them will bear
this year if we ha We no more corn;
among these I reqs intend 10 sow
Peas about the middle Of This month,
(ApriI.) When by hogs get most of
these snall-gra1n from the harvest
fields, ! expect to put Them into the
orchard. (which Will he about the
last of June.) where they will re-
main until | gather corn as above
stated .Il
| expect by pursuing the foregoing
plan to raise double the Quantity of
meat necessary fbr my family, with
Only FIVE months fe fdihg from the
corncrib, since ! belle ve the Peas and
Potatoes will be sui ficient for nv
stock hogs until Christmas. Sui Of
the bSoath.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-08-04

The more, successful people are
he mol L Industrious they beeom e.--
Give a MIN Il dollar day, and he
will seldom rise above it. show him
how he can make s. in that 4 me
and he will not rest satisfied till be
has made il fifteen or twenty. PThe
men who are constantly striving tf
''better their condition, ar not t bose
poor devils who carry bod all day
for nine shilhngs, but tho se well-td
do folks. who READY boast Of double
chins and satin undershifts.
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ON HAND

ga THE subscriber has Just RI r1-,z7-.v,~.
81 turned from Cincinnati With t Sss+ses +:
& the largest and best supply @f ssAe-i1s<I.zj
materials that he has ever had, which be IS now
ready TO have made upin the most satisfactory
manner, at his old and well-kndvn Fr7,ld. on
the northeast corrJer of the Square, iyherb he
NAV be found, ready and willing t9 wait on
all that will do him the kindness to DALI lie
has every thingTusually KEEP in his line-Sad-
dies of all kinds constantly on hando made
to order, in any style that NAV Id wabted \
fine supply of the finest ana best Birdie
Bits and StiyrIspS ever brought to this place;
also, fine lot OF Riiiaq, Baqgli. and RaGoa
whips; Wagon and Or I-il>h{.s Of all sizes
and qualities, saddle Bags. Travelling
Trunks, Hog skim and IEuggy Col
lars, Fly Nets for buggy andcarriagt Horses:
and few dozen Deer &Eins--ah article
that has been so often called for in the last 70
months Call soon, if you wish to thy: thew
60 off fast. Buggy and Carriage szaP-
ness furnished at the shortest notice. and
some on hand now. L. y. AKINS
Fayetteville, May &c, 1853--6m
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fmt un6 gllIril.
HaneKnlanll.L

The Lantern thus shows up the
i'dear delights of the "boney moon
tin series Of illustr4 tions, q I'm
plea by one who has be ZEN throagl
the misery
Second day-Speech less ecstaty
bliss impossible to be e expressed.
Fifth day Bliss still in the as
cendant, appetite begins t look up.
Ninth day Lady eats her dinner
without being kissed between every
mouthful. Y
Twelfth day -~Ohl You naught ",
naughty boyl'' not said quite Sc. fre-
qrenny.
Fifteenth day-Gentleman fancies
a walk solus-comes home, discovers
his charmer in tears
Sixteenth day Gentleman and
lady having returned to the world Of
signs, gentle caidings, and a prom
Use ''never to go out alone in future, .
are invisible ne arly oil day.
oa Nh mad ,;Ge6at brnalt =; =
gantleman enn7 liz L,.r ,bontI,ba A.
ss;ls of +bo;r i nmosi;o
Tyentvf4st. d Gentla,n,'n .,n,I
Ioav c,ncv ! e.Iittl3 cb,naa':' and 80
10 cbnrn5 - * IL
Tren4y.eHh DIV T.1v boa;ns
- anari,-,n J rsnar., org = rat5rn ~
;nn ban ~. ,+adEaa ton, aan,Ia
80 10 a1.;.4-I "a :, 80; ~
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TwontvT9;,rhfb al On tha ;o,.r
Observation-Disclosures lteo,s lis Nd,
MAJ 1erv Snn.,
Twonty-aiot5 day Commit nh
drooar,I +, .,,a e e4,;a.r.,sIoon i
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Yellow Bnltcr.

A large porto n pf the butter
brought into our market A. present
is white and uns een4y in appear
ancc
Whether tits any Fell advantage
to have butter f, cllok, Of whether
1T IS an imaginary teFt Of its good
1imlity is of but littIe co1seq1ence,
80 long as public opinion has es,
tablishel the princiFe That white
butter is moi sui4hle Elor lhe table
iii Very easy for ouF daiFy women
to make their battcf as yellow in
winter rs in SUMMER and that too
without. iniuring its qhafty- If you
have al abundance Of carrots feed
them to Your COWS If you have
but few, CRATE one or two and let the
pulp steep in a d aart of milk over
night, and in the morning Strain t his
bnilk into your ehurn, before you
Commence churning. Your own
Judgment will direct you is TO the
proper quantity TO use BE care
ful and not get SIP much as to make
the butter taste Of it. The alstrlng-
ham carrot is the best for.Ithis pse,
because it contains the most color
Ing matter, and the less quantity
viii be required to give the requisite
tex tdre.
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Eye WArER.-Into half A pint o.
rase or spring water, put one drachm
Of putty, finely prepared, ode drachm
df white candy, powdered, and
lRalf a tlrachm of sugar Of lead
With feather, put drop into each
eye, mornings and evenings
The next day, if needful, repeat
the pqultice, and for want Of q hot
lpaf at any time, make a pPultice of
bread boiled in milk, continuing the
yc-water every day. YOU may use
the tlRrnip poultice, but You must
not put it into the grease.
Never let grease OF oil come near
the eyes
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Time brings about some queer rev.

Time brings about some queer rev.
olutions. A writer in Putnams
sirys, that the man who will be Pres
ident Of the United States in ! 900
is, in all likelihood, running bare foot
at this very moment among the
huckleberry bushes Of Oregon, while
the leader Of the next war Of inva-
sion is not the sonofan ex-Congress-
man. but the youth that will be cor
reeted next week, fer giving pair Of
black eyes to an apple vender u the
yiciAity Of the Five Points.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-08-04

PLEASANT SURGICAL ADvlcE.--For
the Inconvenience Of a fractured
thigh, Iiippocrates describes this
III fracture of the thigh, the ex-
tension ought to be particul;I rIy great
the muscles being 50 STRONG that
Notwithstanding the effect Of the
bahdages, the contraction is apt to
shorten the limb. This is delorm-
ity 50 deplor;l bile that, where There is
reason to az prehend it, would adj
wise the patti fpt to suffer the other
thig Oh to be broken, also, in order to
hay e both Of one length