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The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-02-04
MISCELLANEOUS. U S.
Farmer snug and Farmer siack-'he
Contrast.


have lately made some observations upon
.,,a Nfarence between farmers, which, Win
unur @ leave, | should like to lay before your
readers. ;,o tho nre.
In the first place, let US examine tne pre-
GOOD farmer. His barns and out
.15;.ns ni'nI; are perfect model OF neathess
Su'.u,% to.rd missing from its place On uie
harm, to let in the winter w'nas anu d. war5s
hut all IA warm and con,!'ortaDle. La ,ham
40 no, show the want of tlh.e u o'e or
consequently, he does not lose o"S noces.
~. ,,anrre-.-that most valuable ana he'o1'
s.rv article in all improvements IN agrieI'
'.s Not only is this amount saved out 'he
nIeasure of getting around the yatu. diu hia
fa,rs ia greatly facilitated, ana greatly ~ nus
oa'N ne Examine his fences, you ma no
ra.ras or rails missing-all is snug anu III
Sar His cattle and sheep are IN tneir
,,l0ces. not troubling this neiS"oo's' SI
th;s man 10 take an agricultural Pupe'; a"1
INC coses out of ten he VIII tel you "o 70
,,kins one already. BUT would i'ke " 80 ni",
,;~ snhscription for another year. ASK MN
..I :n,o could not get along without 1t, anu ne
II m ~ ,s,, Won perhaps he could, but he wouio
WIZ Ionp as he could obtain one ior So
.H;sino a sum. This is the sc'eniHc 'e''"e'
"'M"s m"s, let MS view the premises of the farmer
~ nd mark the difference. His oarhs
oI' ela ou,--they want now and then poa,u
sPe oC,ener no,p than then0 to keep .h'
Contents from the SHOWS and storms ,iS o.. S," sas,
ter ~ zoo much that is valuable going t'
hao,as .a His fences denote the same want o
waste, a,,en,ion. In some places only th'
care s Of a fence are visible, so that with tn ~
ttsoeS % ease his own cattle can go from hell i
ntmoss s,s 0r his ueighbor's cattle Par'aRe 0
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the herbage that his own so much require
judging from their appearance. Such is the
farm of neighbor Slack-as he is termed
Ask him to take an agricultural paper aud
mark his answer-ninety- cases out OF
one hundred him or his prototype will tell
you no--1 want nore Of your book farming.
He is contented to go on in the same routine
of life his father did before him. To such
would say, of the two, give me the book
farmer, for that is the kind of farming for
me. Moreover, would ask what is it that
makes the difference between the two farms
| have represented. One takes an agrcul-
tura journal and studies his profession, while
the other does not. The contrast is drawn
from facts which have lately come under my
observation, and are not exaggerated.
American AgriculturiSt. AUGUSTUS.
WoMAN's RIGHTs.-We hear much doleful
croaking from the ill-favored and ill-condi-
toned portion of the "fair sex" of the rights
and wrongs of women. Anticipated spinsters,
and unhappy wives of husbands who are the
"weaker vessels" with few editorial cold
women in breeches," fill the ears and the
Vi Tie .WOTlu Will COnotuuC
clamor of their woes and wants.
In no country in the world are women SO
we'll and tenderly treated as in the United
States. Morally, socially, and intellectually,
they are the acknowledged equals of men. In
politics only are they regarded as ciphers in
the States. And yet these noisy champions
of "woman's rights" are insisting upon the
monstrous absurdity of enacting laws to make
female voters, and of revoutionizing public
opinion to point that shall make sea captains
and military generals of the "strongmnded
women of the nation.
The day that woman draggles her petticoats
in the mire of politics, and mngles with the
rowdy influences of the ballot-boX, the in
stitution of marriage will be at an end, and
society will rapidly relapse into barbarism.
Woman has her rights, as we'll as her duties;
but they do not lie in this direction. She
has q right to be beautiful; a right to be pro-
tected; right to exercise her conjugal uf-
Gections and her maternal instincts; a right
to reign in our hearts, but not on our thrones.
Her duties are, to nurse and TO nurture, to
mould and to educate; TO love and bless and
adorn the world. She was not made to lead
armies, to sway sceptres, to command ships,
Her true "sphcre" is purely domestic one;
her true home is by our hearths and in our
hearts; and we boldly assert that there never
has been, since the pleasant morning when
Eve first bloomed in Eden, well-formed,
harmopously developed woman who has
sighed or sought for any other "sphere" in
which to move or. reign. There does not
exist on the earth to-day woman who is
beautiful and healthy, loving and beloved
happy, and imparting happiness, that is not
entirely contented to leave politics to men
and the wrongs of women to be mitigated &
righted by the softening and elevating in.
huences of education and relgion.-N. Y
Mirror.
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resolutions. II is yet TO be seen whether tbi,
course WIZ receive the appreciation of the
powers that are soon to be. A .emarkable
coincidence in this case exists in the fac,
that the vote by which the Baltimore platform
was laid upon the table varies only two in
number from that by which Medill was nom.
mated.
In all this struggle Colonel Manvnennv
pore himself monfuly. He made no bar.
gains, signed no petitions to Pierce for Office.
made no promises. He stood firmly ON NOR
al principles Of the party. A combinotion of
sold iogi"s," seeking Office from the no,iona
government and promising Office with lib.
erai "nnd' defeated the radical democracy BY
a small majority. 1t will soon be seen wbotb.
er those who promise "chckens before thew
are hatched," ard for the sake of ,,success
here lay the principles of the national denoc.
racy deaG upon the table, will have equal sue
cess in Washington. Ou,rors
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-apHCTEE we
SOME THINGS LOVE ME.

ny T. BUCHANAN READ
All within and all witho ut me
Feel melancholy thrill;
And the darkness hangs about me-
Oh how still;
To INV feet, the river glideth
Through the shadow, sullen' Dark
On the stream, the white moon rlde'h'
Like burque.
And the linden leans above me,
r;,, Think some things there be-
In this dreury world that love me-
Even me!
cen.le flowers are springing near me-
Shedding sweetest breath around
Countless voices rise to cheer nie'
From the ground.
And the lone bird comes--l hearH
In the tall and windy pine
Pour the sadness Of its spiil'
Into mine.
There it swings and sings above me-
TTill think some things there be
In this dreary world that love me-
Even me!
Now the moon hath floated to me,
On the stream see it sway,
Swinging, boat-like, rs 'twould woo '''0'
Far away.
And the stars bend from the azure'
vyhprn | lie.
And they whisper ali the pleasure
OF the sky.
There they hang and smile above me-
,Tiu think some things there be
In the very heavens that love Pe'
Even me!
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-02-04

W The Treasurer of Jefferson county. on
yesterday, proceeded to the jefferson Branch
Of the State Bank Of Ohio, and seized and re-.
moved various articles, consisting of desks.
tables, books, chairs, &c. in order to on force
Ihe correction OF taxes. We understand. that
the Bank claims, that they have paid the tax.
eS' required by their charter,-As they are n
law abiding people, We see no reason wbv
such proceedings should not be settled in n
lawful manner The tax so attempted to he
enforced is claimed by the Bank, to be in vjo-
lation not only Of its charter, but of the con-
stitution Of the State. Let the law he fairlv
atJudicated-and all law abiding citizens.
will submit chccrfrlly to the result'-.StsuSer'
rii,e Herald.
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-02-04
PORTENrS DIRE.

The proceedings of the late Ohio Loco
Foco State Convention are very significant.
1t was held on the 9Th inst. The ConYen-
ton came to the consideration of the BaLti-
more Platform, and laid it on the table. 1t
then took up and reaflirmed the ancient Anti
Slavery platform of the party in the State.
Here is open rebellion. The glove of de-
fance is flung down in the very teeth of the
incoming Administration. The Fugitive
Slave Law is spit upon, the Compromise dis
owned-the pro-slaverysm of the party dcicd
Gentlemen, this will never do. Agitation
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must cease. or what use are adjustments"
and settlements" and "platforIns," if they
ofe not to stand single twelyemontbl I
Here is business fof The Union Safety Com
mittee. Let be atte nded to. Let no time
be lost. Delays are dangerous. Sound the
alarm bell. The Union is threatened. The
country is in danger. Will not the Cotton
puIpits speak! Where are the Unon-saying
Journals! A remedy is wanted. A remedy!
Has any gentleman such a thing as "Com-
promise" abou. him!-N. Y. Tribune.
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-02-04

RAP!D POPULATION OF IowA.--We learn
from the Iowa Republican, that the monthly
return of the Land Office, at Iowa CITY, was
deposited in the Post Office, on the first of
December for the month of November The
location of land in this district was 1000 war
rants, and about 400 each entries. Two or
three hundred warrants has been the usual
work of the office. What is still better nine
out OF every ten acres of these entries were
Tor actual settlement. How long, at this rate,
before Iowa. will have her millions of popula-
tion!
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-02-04
A WINDY NIGHT.
ny T. BUCHANAN RfAr

ny T. BUCHANAN Rfh
Allow and aooi'
Over the root,
How the tempess swell! and roar!
Though no foo, is astir'
Though the cat and the cur
Lie doing along the kitchen ioor'
There are feet OF air
On every stair
Through every hall
Through each gusty door,
There's jostle and bustle'
With a'silken rustic,
Like the meeting OF guests at 'es''"'
Allow and aloof,
Over the roof,
How the stormy tempests swell!
And make the vane
On the spirc complain
Thew beaye at the steepe with might anu HUI"
And burst and sweep
Into the bcllrey on the bell'
rrboy smite it SO hard, and they smlte 1t SO WE'LL
That the sexton tosses his arms IN sleep
And dreams he is ringing funeral kneii'
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G5Ton Saturday forenoon, on application
by the officers Of the jefferson Branch Bank
OF this city, before Judge Jewett-the judge
ordered the Books of the Bank, which were
among the seizures made by the County
Treasurer for Taxes, on Thursday. to be
returned The few remaining articles. saw of
about S25 value, are left in staig ogo. until
the legality OF the Trea'nrer's proceedings
be duly tested.-Steuj H,rad.
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-02-04

MoNoYGALIA IRON WoRKs.-We are graf
and appurtenances thereunto attached, were
sold few days since, by NJ. Gay, Esq. to
Messrs. Samuel McKelvey a. Frederick d.
Kay, of Pittsburgh, for the neat sum of $685.
00O-which is clever advance on the last
preceding purchase, and yet much below the
intrinsic value of the property.
The present owners are said to be gentle
men of large capital and to possess an amount
of energy and enterprise, that will ensure the
successful prosecution the important branch
of industry to which they have turned their
attention. They have already taken possess
sion, and are preparing to make Iron on an
extensive scale.
The Spring Hill Furnace is in full blast
running day and night, aud turning out large
quantity of metal.
We hear it rumored that somebody has
been looking at Clinton Furnace, on Booths
Creek, with a view to its resuscitation; and
that there is talk of putting Rock Forge in
motion at early day. We hope these reports
may prove true, EmpIoymentwould thus be
afforded for scores of men and large num-
Der of teams; and home market secured fol
all the surplus produce of the farms in this
and the neighboring counties.
What pleasing thing it would be to have
the Rails of the "Morgantown and Indcpen
dencc Railroad" manufactured on the spot
And how much more patriotic, as well al
| Democratic, would it be To ride on our OWL
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-02-04

"A Washington correspondent of the Netp
Tor: Herald is demonstrating that the
people of Cuba are unfit AMI incapable of
sustaining Republican Government. As
the HeraH is the Locofoco organ of New
York we infer from this course that fill
busterism, since the speeches of Mason and
CAss, is slightly below par 1t is rather
curious TO see such sentiments in the HERALD
at this time o. S. Journal
The North American Review is of opinion
that the annual supply of the precious metals
will not fall below II hund ed millions of dol
lars for many years, and that in a quarter of a
century this supply will depreciate money to
one-half or one third its present value.
We have heard of births on steamboats, g.
railroad cars, but we have to announce one
that is little stranger still-that is, a birth
in courtroom, which happened here during
the food.--Larrencsburgh Register.
The Louisville Democrat learns that tbs
fare through from Louisville to Baltimore, on
the Wheeling line ard Baltimore railroad,
will be but $40.
LIBERIA.-Senator Miller of New Jersey,
a few days ago, moved resolution in tho
Senate Of the United States to acknowledge
the independence of the Republic of Liberia.
That thing ought to have been done long ago.
! A native African called 'Uncle More re-
sides in Wilmington, N. c., SO years of age
-45 a slave. His time is chiefly employed
in reading the Scriptures in Arabic. He
writes the language with remarkable accura-
and beauty of penmanship.
: The will of R. T. Harrison, of Henry Co.
Miss. which bequcathes his whole estate,
half million of dollars, to little negro, was
admitted to record at the last term of the
county court.
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Frozen Potatoes.

The Rural New Yorker says that potato,
if frozen, and Immediately put into cold wa
ter, does not recover, but is totally changed,
and becomes 1accid sack of unsavory, gum
my matter, of very disagreeable odor-its
original properties entirely changed or lost;
but if, while in frozen state, they are thrown
one by one into the water constantly boiling,
they are no way affected. and are as edible
as when first taken from the earth. This is
an anomaly to the action of the cold, which
may be true when applied to vegetables
of which we are unadvsed, but it is fact
worth knowing, as it may on some occasion
meet the necessities of almost every family,
especially in those countries where cellars are
difficult of construction.
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rails, instead Of binding down the excellent
ore of our mountains with British iron of an
inferior quality Mirror.
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steubenvillc and Indiana Railroad.

We understand that A. l.. Frazer, Esq,
with his assistants, has departed for Newark,
for the purpose of surveying and locating the
part of the road between that place and
Columbus. The prospects for speedy
termia<rron of this great enterprise are now
as flattering as the most sanguine can desire,
This is owing in a great measure to the
activity of the officers and employers Of the
company. Its President, James Means. Esq,
has shown himself equal to the arduous
duties his office imposes upon him. His
management has been wise, and his energy
untiring. He has given an important
impetus to the work by his great experience
and tact. In J. Blickenderfer, Esq. 0he
Chief Engineer) tho company have secured
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counterfeit notes, and received back 5000 In
good cash in change e.-Hartford Times.
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BUsGY-Lnes left by traveller upon the
bed where he attempted to sleep, at hotel
not far from the city of Boston,
A buggy chaise or a buggy wagon,
Is well enough the road TO drag on;
But traveller is hard bestcad,
Who is forced to sleep on buggy bed
The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-02-04
JOHN G. SAKE, says many witty things in
ryhme, and not always without moral.
Here is one of his drives at Proud Flesh:

Because you flourish in worldly affairs,
Don't be naughty and put on airs
With insolent pride OF ofsta,ion.
Don't be proud, and turn up your nose
AT poo rer people, in palmer clothes,
But learn for the sake ofyour minds repose,
That Wealth's bubble that comes and goes!
And that all Proud Flesh, whichever it grows,
Is subject to irritation.
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Tolerance of Protestant Clergymen in Par
is.-Rev. DR.. Cook, Wesleyan preacher in
Paris, was sometime since threatened by the
commissary of police with prosecution if his
meeting was not closed. He addressed let
ter to the project, in which he said, 81
had the honor of replying to Mr.. Commssary
that could not give up the ministry, and that
| should that same evening preside at the
public worship which takes place at our chap
ell" No further steps have been taken a.
gainst him, though whether the prosecution
has been abandoned or only postponed, is left
to conjecture.
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Gran Ingenious trick has been twice
practiced upon the famous and fashionable
house of the Stewarts in New York. About
a year since, a well-dressed lady called in and
selected shawl, the price of which was $780,
She handed ont thousand dollar bill, which
the clerk questioned. She took it back, and
appeared to be indignant, when on reflection
she handed over another and genuine bill on
the same bank, and requested that it be taken
to bank. This was done, and the bill pro-
no,:Dced to be genuine. The lady then put
it in her purse, shaking her pretty head omi-
uously at the clerk who had dared to insinuate
that her money was not good. She started
to 90 out, the poor clerks making all sorts OF
apologies. But on reflection, she retTned-
the shawl pleased her-it was so very beautl-
ful-shc would not permit her excited feelings
to deprive her of an article that pleased her
so we'll. She would have the shawl put up.
The smiling clerk had it ready in jihy. She
handed out thousand dollar bill on the same
bankAv-the clerk thought it was the same.
They save her $40O change and the fair one
left witR<he shawl and the change. On max
ing deposttin in the afternoon, however, they
found that the bi%l-Was straight out caisrter'
felt The lady had SHIFTED good and bad
to suit her own purposes, coolly leaving the
bad one in the hands of the Stewarts carry
ing of their $400 of good money and their
rich shawl. A few weeks since we are in
formed, the same fine trick was again played
on the same house, the only difference being
that the beautiful lady on this occasion took
two S7Oo shawls, left two one Thousand
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AWARD OF LOUIS NAPOLEON IN THE
PORTUGUESE DIFFIcULTY.-The New York
Herald learns by private letter that Louis
Napoleon, to whom was referred, as arbitcr,
the claim made by our government against
Portugal, for indemnificaton for the loss of
the privateer General Armstrong, has decided
against the claim, and in favor OF Portugal.
Amy other decision could scarcely have been
expected from such an arbite,.
The Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1852-1872, 1853-05-28
Of the Northern Mines.

The amount Of gold dust purchased i'll Placer
vile during last week, amounted to ffy-seren
hundred and eighty ounces, and we are assured by
the dealers in this article, thai much more would
have been bought had there been sufficiency
of coin in the town.-E Dorado Ne,cs.
We can beat that any week in the year. Mr..
Ne,cs Rhodes and Lusk's and Adams & Co.'S
Expresses alone frequently purchase sixty and
seventy hundred ounces per week, and every
week of the fifty-two average more than your
big figure We have been furnished with relia-
ble data for the statement that our monthly
shipments amount to upwards of SIC hundred thou
sand dollars. This is not taking into account an
immense amount carried by merchants packers
and other persons going below or business.
And yet Notwithstanding this fact, the San
Francisco Herald contrary to its usual accuracy
IN such matters, in giving what it calls IAN ex-
tended review of the principal mines Of Caliior
MIA from the Oregon line to Mariposa," does not
even mention, that we have seen, the mines of
Shasta, Trinity, Siskiyou and klamath The
Herald we should think, in looking up the Sore
gon line" must have fallen upon one Of Eddy Or
Trask's MAPS
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DIED.

In this place, after few days illness of Brain
Fever, on the 2lsr inst. JOHN Melville; aged
30. The deceased came from New York TO this
country III 1S49 He leaves an aged mother
and several other relatives living ON Staten Is
land.
1t is with feelings of more than ordinary sor-
row that we announce the sudden death of Mr.
Melville. He had been residing and doing bnsi-
ness in this place for the past two years, during
which time he had ingratia:ed himself into the
friendship of every one that knew him. Indeed
it may be said that he died without an enemy,
while troops Of friends mourn the seemingly I'M
timely close of his mortal career. He was Of
the Roman Catholic persuasion and inter-
red with the burial ceremonies of that Church.
Our citizens manifested their esteem for the
deceased, by following in large numbers the
corpse TO its final resting place, Baxter & Co.
and Hall & Crandall furnishing their coaches
for the use of the females and children. At the
grave j. c. Hinckley, Esq delivered few very
appropriate and feeling remarks upon the sad
event, when all that was left of the unselfish,
good-hearted, generous Melville was placed be-
meath the sod, where it will remain until the
sounding of the trump the day of final rock
ouno