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Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-21
The GluttOn.

SPOILED CmLp-"I We eaten so m-much bee
beef steak and tu-turkey, can't e-cat my plu-
plum pudding"
Miserable little Pitcher! Take your fists
ou. of your eyes, and know that thousands
of grownup pinafore graduates are in the
same Slough of Despond with your epicu-
rean pulianship. Having washed the
platter clean of every crumb Of " "common
fxins," they are left with cloyed, but IAN
talizing desires, for The spectacle Of some
mocking "plum pudding"
t" Can't eat your plum pudding ! - ?
Why, you precious, graceless young glu,-
ton! you have the start Of me by many on
ache.r. | expect TO furnish an appetite Tor
every "plum pudding" the lates are kind
enough 10 cook for me, from this time till
Teba Napoleon writes my epitaph.
Infatuated liue Pitcher come sit on my
knee and take little advice. Don't you
know you should only take nibbe out oil
each dish, and be parsimonious at that 8
always leaving off, be the morsel ever SC
dainty before your lille jacket buttons be-
gin TO tighten while from some of the
ulSIlGS JOu ouOulu uOb CNGu I'LL lHC CONCT
taking aunt Fanny's word for it, that lhei
spicy and stimulating contents will only
give you pain under your apron. Bless
your little soul, li(e's " bill of fare " can b.
spun out as ingeniously as a cob,web, if yol
only understand il; and then you can 81
in The corner, in good digestive order, ant
catch your flies. But if you once get sur
felt of a dainty, it takes The form of pill +
you, ever after, unless the knowing caisinie
disguise 1t under some novel process Of su
Caring and, sadder slll, if you exhaus
yourself in the qualification Of gross nppe
tiles, you will be bereft OF your faculties 70
enjoying the pure and heavenly delight
which "Our Father" has provided as
desert for his children.
FANNY FERN.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-21
From the Monthly Gazette
Theodore Parker.

DO you call this a church? Well, 1 heard
a primu donna here few nights ago; and
bright eyes sparkled, and waving ringes
kept time 10 moving fans; aud opera glasses
and ogling, and fashion and folly reigned for
the nounce triumphant. can't forget it;
can't get up any devotion here, under these
latced balconies, with their fashionable
freight. If it was q good old country church
with a cracked bell and unhewn rafters, u
pine pulpit, with The honest sun staring in
through the windows, pitch pipe in the
gallery. and few hob nailed rustics scat.
tered round in the uncushoned seats, |
should feel all right; but my soul is in fet-
ters here; itwon't soar-its wings are eanh-
clipped. Things are all TO fine Nobody
can come in at that door, whose hat and
coat and bonner are not lashionably cut.
The poor man (minus Sunday suiD might
lean on his staff, in The porch long while
before he'd dare venture in, TO pick up his
crumb of the Bread OF Life. But, thank
God, the unspoken prayer of penilence ma y
wing its way TO the Eternal. Throne, though
our mocking church spires point only with
ariSiocrdtic fingers TO the rich mans hedren
The hymn was beautifully read; there's
poetry in The preachers soul. Now he takes
his seat by the reading desk; now he crosses
the platform, and offers his hymn book to Q
female who has just entered. What righ
has he 10 know that there is woman in The
house ? 1t isn't clerical Let the bonnet;
find their own hymns.
Well, Ioke listening attitude, and Try
TO believe om in church. hear q grea
many startling things said. see the gaunt
lie, thrown at dear old orthodox Calvunsli
sentiments which nursed in, with my moth
er's milk, and which (please Cody III clin
TO till die. see the polished blade Of sal
ire giuering in tho air, following by curious
eager, youthful eyes, which gladly see tn
searching Sword Of the Spirit parried-
Meaning glunces, smolhered smiles and ap
!, proving mods follow the witty clerical sally
The orator pauses 10 mark the effect and hi
J face says, that stroke tells and so it die
: for tho Alhenians' are not all dead. VIII
, love 10 see and hear some new thing Bt
he has another arrow in his quiver. Ilo
his features sollen-his voice is loud an
u. thrilling; his imagery beautiful and touching
v lie speaks Of human love, he touches skill
fully chord TO which every heart vlbrales
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YARIOUS ITEMS.

WASHINGTON, June 2d.-Sx or eight pris"
inors made an ingenious attempt TO escape
from the penIen.iary here, by diging under
The wall. The discovery was made while
the prisinors were sleep. They had dug a
hole about thirty feet deep and providing
themselves with bludgoons and other inslru-
mcnls Of defence.
The Dayton, Xenia and BeIpre Railroad
is progressing rapidly. The heaviest work
on The entire line is commenced. The en-
tire line from Dayton 10 CkllicoIhe will be
put under contract soon.
The Railroad Record, speaking Of Ohio
and its prospects says:--"lf the STATE Le-
gisIMure will be kind enough TO be idle
awhle--reform themselves more and the
public less--let banks and brokers alone,
and not tax the people more Than they can
bear. we shall be the most prosperous COM
munity ever known"
The steamer Eclipse has just made the
passage from New Orleans to Louisville in
four days, twenty hours and fifty minutes;
the shortest passage on record.
FlNED.--On Friday last, upwards Of fifty
petsons, principally merchants. were fined
SIS and COSTS, in the Police Court Of Cincin-
natl, for obslrucling the sidewalks and
street.
WHAT DO YoU THlNKl-A young buck Of
the souplock order, who wore an unshaven
face because as he said, it "looked foreign"
lately accosted yankee as follows:
81 say, fellow, some individuals think
am Frenchnan, and some take me for an
E,ulyean-now what do you think ami"
al think you are q ddrned fool" replied
Jonathan.
A SOUND SLEEPER.-At Worcester, Mass,
on The l7lh ult., burglar entered house.
gagged and lied Mrs. Cary, who was in bed
with her husband, aud stole $50 from his
pocket while he was asleep. Such hus-
band ought either TO have no vile or no
money.
Martin Chuzzewt suid, "A verb signifies
; to be, 10 do TO suffer (Which is all Tho gram
mar, and enough, 100, as ever was taughll, l,
!, and if there's verb alive, Pm in it, for Pm
a bein', sometimes doin', and eternaIly a
suherin'." f.,
Dan Marble, speaking of young gentle
man with mousmches, said . lie is crit
Ter that wears har on his upper lip 10 keep
!, the spiders from crawln' into his holler
a SQUASH" -
The young lady who though. eucumbers
grew in slices, was astonished the other day
10 find that lobster salad was a compound
, preparation manufactured by the cook. She
, imagined that Holsters were fed upon mus
= lard and green's, and you had only 10 break
J, the shell aud get a salad ready made.
+ A modes, young lady, on being asked BY
q gentleman why she had covering ovel
d her "dressing bureau" replied, IL dom
want 10 see lis drawers"
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-21

account, "and hear that in returning to
his companions he manifested great indig.
nation at their conduct during his ABSENCE"
| expressed my astonishment that the
Turkish Government, having had him once
in their hands, should have allowed him TO
be again at liberty.
I" He bribed high" was the reply; "that
is the way we explain such things in this
country"
When was waiting At Bey.oot, about
four weeks since, for the Austrian steamer
TO bring me 10 Smyrna, heard that Druse
chief, prisoner Of the Government, had
been exposed at the barracks, without the
city, chained TO post, with his hands tied
behind him. On inquiry, learned it was
Muhammed Daoud, a noted robber, who, for
some time past, with band of followers,
has infested the road over Mount Lebanon,
between Beyroo. and Damascus, and com.
mitted many robberieS and murders. They
relate Of him, that a man having a wife
whom he coveted, he entered his house by
night, slew the husband, and carried off The
woman 10 his retreat in The mountains.
Muhammed Daoud was one Of The boIdest
villains of his class. He wrote 10 the Tur.
kish authorities, enumeratng the robberies
and assassinations OF which he had been
guilty, and added; You do not know by
whom these things were done. am the
man-Muhammed Daoud; they were done
by my hand or by my order. Take me if
you can" The Government had made va
rious attempts TO seize his person, but with.
out success, till a. length Druse family,
named Joubelat, possessing high rank and
great influence among their people, engaged
TO apprehend him and deliver him up
They watched his movements, and finding
him al q convent, entered the room where
he was dining. He asked them if they came
in peace, and being told that they did, al.
lowed them TO approach him, and found
himself their prisoner. He now complains
that he was taken by reachery. lie is to
be taken TO Constantinople, and if he has
The means of paying heavy bribe, | shall
not be surprised 10 hear that he, like the rob-
ber-chie( from Smyrna, is again AT liberty
lowering about the road from Beyrool to
Damascus.
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HEArHEN, VS.. CHRISTIAN MORALITY

HEATHEN, VS.. CHRISTIAN MoRALlTY.-Df.,
N. Allen, in his recent work upon the Opium
Trade, relates a most singular exhibition Of
moral conduct between Great Britain and
China, in reference to the evils of this traffic.
At the close oI the war, carried on some
wears since between those two grea, nations,
STYLED the Opium War; and which was oc-
casioned by the Chinese opposition 10 the
introduction Of this drug. il was proposed by
the representatives. Of the English Govern.
menl 10 the Emperor OF China. that he le.
gaize The trade in opium, by imposing tax
or duty opon lis importation, and tina, thus
large revenue might be raised towards de-
rraying the expenses OF his Governments.
To this proposition. The Empororreplied in
those memorable words: 1T is true. said
| he, Il cannot prevent the introduction of the
flowing poison; gan.seeking and corrupt
linen VIII, for profit and sensualifv, defeat'
my wishes; bm nothing ,OiIl induce me To-
derive revenue from the uice and misery
| of my people, Such was the testimony or
a heahen monarch 10 Christian govern.
ment. And this statement is not mere
theory or dead letter of words. For more
than fifty years, the Chinese Government
has most strenuously resisted both the man.
ulnclure and importation Of this drug. But
Great Britain, professedly Christian nation
can force annually $50, 900 chests of opium.
upon the Chinese market, raising thereby
an annual revenue Of $l5,000O0O, and at
The same time, fastening TO a premature
grave more than 100000 human beings
Puritan Recorder.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-21
"A wife shouldn't ask her husband for

"A wife shouldn't ask her husband for
money al meal times Exchange. ~
BY no manner of means; nor at any 9TH
er time, because it is TO be hoped, he will be
gen,emanly enough TO spare her that hu.
initiating necessity. Let him hand her his
port monnaie every morning with earle
blanche 10 help herself. The consequences
would be she would lose all desire for the
contents, and hand i, back half the time
without abslracling single cent.
LIS astonishing men have no more diplo-
macy abou! such matters. | should like to
be husband once Nothing on earth is so
annoying 10 woman Of any delicacy as to
be required of the destination Of every six.
pence passed into her hands,-ll bespeaks
such an entire want cr confidence, and there
are wives who verify believe might be
trusted to make way with a ten dollar bill,
without risk 10 the connubial donor! Pm
not speaking Of those doll-baby lbels upon
womanhood, whose chief ambition is 10 be
walking advertisements for the dress.maker;
but rational, refined, sensible woman, who
knows how 10 look like lady upon small
means, who would both love and respect
man less for requiring an account of every
copper, but who at the same time would
willingly wear ha. or garment that is 'out
Of date,' rather than TO involve a noble, gen.
erous. hearted husband ir unnecessary cx-
pendilures.
repeat-'lt isn't every man oho has
call to be a husband Hal(the married men
should have their license taken away, and
the same number Of iudicious bachelors put
in their places.-Fannu Fern.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-21

and now came plunging down the staircase
in the widest state Of alarm. What's the
mailer with the clock =
Goodness Only knows replied the old
man. LIS been in the family these hun.
dred years, and never did know it TO carry
on so before
'Whiz bang bang bang bang went
the clock again.
It'll bust itself! cried the old lady, shed.
ding flood of tears, and there Won't be
nothin' left of it,
It's bewitched!' said the Deacon, who
retained leaven Of superstition in his ma
ture. Any how he said, after a pause,
advancing resou,ely toward The clock, IN
see what's 60. into it,
20, don'l!' cried his daughter. affection
ately seizing one Of his coal.,als, while his
faithful wife clung 10 the olher. Don't
chorussed both the women together.
Let 60 my raiment shouted the Dea-
con. ain'l afeared of the powers Of dark
ness.'
But the women would no, let go; so the
Deacon slipped ou, of his coat, and while,
from the sudden cessation Of resistance, they
fell heavily 10 the floor, he dar,ed forward,
and laid his hands on The door OF the clock
case. But no human power could open it,
Joe was holding it inside with death-grasp
The old Deacon began 10 be most dread
fully frightened. lie gave one more tug
An unnarIhy yell, as of fend in distress
burst from the inside, and then the clock
case pitched head foremos, at the Deacon
fell headong on The floor, smashed its face
and wrecked its fair proportions. The cur
rent Of air extingushed the light-,he Dea'
con, the old lady, and Sally, fled up stairs
and Joe Mayweed, ex,rica.ing himself from
the clock, effected his escape in the same
way in which he entered.
The next Gay all Appleton was alive with
the story of how Deacon Barberry's clock
had been bewtched and though many be.
lieved his version, some, and especially Joe
Mayweed, affected TO discredit the whole
affair, inning ,ha, the Deacon had been try
ing the experiment of tasting frozen cider
and that the vagaries of the cock-case ex
listed only in highly discmrercd imagina
lion. ''
However, the in,erdict being taken off
Joe was allowed 10 resume his couring, ant
won The consent Of the old people 10 hi'
union with Sally, by repairing the old clock
I'LL it went rs we'll as ever.
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Angels w hiSper .

Angel whispers .! will they neverQ
Cease to tell of golden realms;
Isles of beauty, smiling ever,
In a mystic sea Of dreams
Lands of flowers, of gems, of spices;
And an atmosphere of love,
Where the dark-eyed girls entice us
In the fairy lands to rove,
Angel whispers, softly bringing
From beyond the starlit skies,
Echoes Of the sweet songs ringing
Through .he wales Of paradise
Visions Of bright fountains gushing
Nectar washing golden sands,
And the red wine rivers rushing
By the pearl and amber strands.
Angel whispers, gently stealing
Where the hush Of death surrounds.
With their holy balm of healing,
For the bruised spirits wounds;
Breathing delightful story
OF bright immortality,
And land of love and glory,
Far beyond life's troubled sea.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-21
From the Knickerbocker.
A Mothers Last Parting.

From her mothers bosom warm,
E Take the child and bear her forth !;
Down the valley rolls the storm,
Hurying from the crowded north
When we made the grave to-day,
Gold and frozen was the ground
Darker seemed it, that there lay
Snow on all the church yard round.
Take her from her mothers breast
She no more may Slumber there,
BY those swollen lips cafeSsed--
Lips that breathed so vain prayer,
When her fathers door she leaves,
She will heed not rain nor wind,
Nor that wilder storm that heaves
One fond bosom left behind.
Round her pillow in the night,
Oft that mothers arm will fold,
Dreaming, as she clasps it tight,
That those arms her baby hold
fOh to sleep that sleep whose dreams
Give Us all we love once more
s0h Z those mornings waking beams,
Telling us our joys are Ger
Fondly may that mother tend
,Otherchildren just as fair
Othervoices soon may blend
With that mothers evening prayer
Yet, from all their careless mirth,
Many anight her heart will stray
Ling ring round that spot Of earth,
; In the church yard far away
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-21
Tho Ro.uisoI.od Clock.

About hall.past eleven O'Clock on Sunday
night, human leg enveloped in blue broad.
cloth might have been seen entering Deacon
Cephas Barberry's kitchen window. The
leg was followed, finally, by the entire per-
son Of live Yankee, al,ired in his Sunday
go.lo.meeln' clothes. 1t was Joe Mayweed,
who thus burglariously y made his way into
the Deacon's kitchen.
Wonder how much the old deacon mado
by orderin' me not 10 darken his doors
again y soliloquized the young gentleman
Promised him | wonld't, but didn't say
nolhin' about winders. I'm aleared 10 move
about here, cause might break my shins
over someihin' nu,her, and wake the ole
folks. Cold enough 10 freeze Polish beal
here. o. here comes Sally
The maid descended with pleasan
smile, talIow candle, and card of Luci
fer matches. She made up rousng fire
in the cooking.stove, aud the happy couple
sat down TO enjoy the sweet interchange o
VOWS and hopes. But the course Of mut
love ran no smoother in old Barberry'
kitchen than it does elsewhere, and Joe
who was jus. making up his mind TO trea
himself TO kiss, was startled by the voice
Of the Deacon, her father, shouting from hi
chamber door
Sally! what are you getting up in tht
middle Of the night for
Tell him lis most morning. whispered
Joe.
can, tel fbl said Sally.
I'll make it truth, lhen,' said Joe; ant
running 10 the huge, old fashioned clocl
that stood in The corner, he set ii q, five.
Look at The clock, and tell me what Tim
it is,' cried the old gentleman up stairs.
1t is five by the clock said Sally.
The lovers sat down again and resume
their conversation. Suddenly the slaircus
began TO creak.
~ - Goo5y gracious iI's father
The Deacon by lhunder!' cried Joe
Hide me-
Where can hide youl' cried The di'
aracted girl.
40, know said he. 'Pll squeeze in,
the clock.case' And without another VOL
he concealed himself in The case, and DIRE
the door behind him.
The Deacon was dressed, and seating hin
self down by the cooking.stove, pulled o
his pipe, lighted ii, and commenced smokir
deliberately and calmly.
Five o'clock, eh said he. well,
shall have limo 10 smoke three or 70
pipes. and then III go and feed the or
Iers.'
EIadn's you better feed the critters fu
sir, and smoke afterwards q suggested {
dutiful Sally.
No-smoken' clears my head, and "
kens me up answered the Deacon. W
seemed not whi. disposed 10 hurry his c
joyment.
Burr.T'rr.r-whiz-ding ding! ding
went the clock.
Tormented lightning cried The Dc
eon, starting up, and dropping his pipe
the stove; wba. in creations that
It's only the clock striking 6ve,' 8,
Sally tremuIously.
'Whiz! ding ding ding ding We
the clock lurously.
y Powers Of marcy cried The Dcac'
itSlhken' FIVE il has struck hundred
ready
Deacon Barberry cried the Deaco
better half, who bad hastily robed hers'
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-06-21

Hon. John Bell, Of Tennessee, is one Of
the soundest, ablest men in the Union, In
a recent speech made by him he expressed
himself as follows about the future Of the
Wing party of the nation:
GAS 10 the question whether the Wing
party Of the Union could survive the shock
which had been given 10 it in the late elec.
ton-as TO the inquiry whether it could ever
be successfully recognized upon such truly
national and orthodox principles as would
insure lis future ascendancy = he had no
hesitation in giving an affirmative answer.
There were principles and policy which
constituted The chief difference as well as
The chief strength Of The Whig party, both
North and South, which much deeper,
and were destined TO enGr. much longer,
than any of the issues in regard TO our for
eign relations or 10 our internal and domestic
policy, which now exist or might hereafter
arise between the two great parties of the
country principles and policy closely
identified with the permanent success o
republican institutions, which will survive
every defeat; which, like the Phoenix, vii
continue TO rise again, however crushing
and exterminating their overthrow may
sometimes appear. These principles will
endure so long as the constitution shall en-
dure, and they will continue TO be embodied
| in and represented by q great party, unde
some denomination or other. Whether tha
, party would continue TO be called the Whii
party or not, was Of no consequence. taougI
, he saw no cause at this time for q chang
. Of name. The personal elements, the mem
4 bers of the true conservative Whig party
I like every thing else, were necessarily labl
s 10 chance. LIE, no true Wing, then, sup
pose tha. the Wing party, considered in rel
d erence to its fundamental principles, wous
g ever become extinct, or that it would neve
}, again be able 10 rise 10 power"
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Ireroisn and Cruelty.

A most touching instance Of heroism, and
one Of the most ferocious acts Of cruelty,
the truth Of which is vouched for by the
most respectable authority, occurred during
the Columbian struggle for independence.
The Spanish General Morillo, the most
bloodlhirsty, and treacherous TOOL Of the
Spanish King, was created Count Of Car,ha'
genia, and Marquis de la Pueria, for servi'
ces which rather entitled him to the disinc-
lion Of butcher than that of a Count
While seated in his tent one day during the
campaign OF Caracas, he saw boy before
him drowned in tears. He demanded d
him for what purpose he was there.
The boy replied that he came 10 beg The
life of his father, who was prisoner in Mo-
rilo's camp.
'What can you do 10 save your father ?
asked the General.
Il car do but little; but what can, shal
be done
Morillo seized the lille fellows ear, anc
said 4: Would you suffer your ear TO b.
taken off TO procure your fathers liberty
Il certainly would was the heroic re
Iply.
A soldier was accordingly called, and or
dered to cut off the ear with single srok
of the kniIe. The boy wept, but did no
resist. This barbarous order was executed
Would you rather lose your other ear
Than fail in your purpose = was the mex
question.
Il have suffered much, but for my laihe
can suffer slil,' was the undaunIed an
swer.
The other ear was taken off by piece
meal, without Anching on the part oil IN
noble child.
And now go!' exclaimed MorIlo' VI
touched by his sublime courage; the lathe
oE such q son must die
! In The presence Of his agonized and vanI
suffering son, the patriot father was !he
executed Never did li(e.pclure exhib
such truthful lights and shades in na'ion
} character; such deep, reacherous vilainy
such lofty, enthusiastic heroism