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The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-10-21

several days, Iregained my conscious
ness, and with it a conviction that l
was dying, My wife was kneeling,
weeping, by my bedside, two physi-
clans and nurse were present; and
it was strange after the dull state Of
perfect insensibility in which / had
lain during the last twenty-Eour hours,
how completely all my senses had re-
turned, how perfect my powers of
thought and reason. In my very
healthiest days, I never remember to
have had SO complete command Of all
my mental faculties, as at that mo-
ment. But / was reduced to infant
weakness and there was sensation
of sinking faintness, not confined to
any one part or organ, but spreading
over my whole frame, which plainly
announced to me that the great event
was coming. They gave me some
brandy in teaspoonfuls but it had no
other effect than to enable me to utter
few words of affection and consola-
ton to my wife, and then the power
of speech departed altogether The
sensation that succeeded I cannot des-
cribe. Few have felt it. But | have con-
versed with one or two who have ex-
perienced the same, and never found
one who, either by figure or by di-
rect language, could convey any no.
ton of it. The utmost I can say is,
that it was a feeling of extinction
Painting is very different. This was
dying; and single moment of perfect
unconsciousness succeeded.
every one believed me dead. My
eyes were closed, and weights put
upon them. The lower jaw, which re-
manned dropped, was bound up with
black ribbon. MY wife was hurried
from the room, sobbing sadly; and
there l lay, motionless, voiceless,
sightless growing colder, and more
cold, my limbs benumbed, my heart
without pulsation, dead, all but in
spirit, and with but one corporeal fac
ulty in its original acuteness. Not
only did my hearing remain perfect
and entire, but it seemed to be quick
ened, and rendered ten times more
sensitive than ever. l could hear
sounds in the house, at distance from
my chamber, which had never reach
ed me there before. The convulsive
sobbing of my wife in distant room :
Jhe murmured conversation OF the ply
sicians in a chamber below: the little
feet of my children treading with
timid steps as they passed the chamber
of death and the voice of the nurse
saying, Hush, my dear, hush, as the
Oldest wept. aloud in ascending the
stairs.
"There was an old woman left with
a light, to watch with the dead body,
and | cannot tell you how painful to
me was her moving about the room,
her muttering toherself, and her heavy
snoring when she fell asleep. But
more terrible anguish was in store
On the following morning, the under.
taker came to measure me for nv cof-
fin. Although, as I have said, / was
all benumbed, yet I had faint rem.
nant of feeling, which made me know
when anything touched me, and
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-10-21

The arbitrators Of the recent teleghaphie.
case, in which Amos Kendall and others were
defendants, has been concluded, and the award
agreed upon, but not yet promulgated. The
terms ere said to be satisfactory to the defen.
dants.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-10-21
n. Feeling. Of the Dead.

h, "there WAS SAN~" NNe'A v
typbus fever in Edinburgh. 1t was a
gloomy. sad winter, Changingfrequent-
" from hard frost to warm, rainy, op-
pressive weather; and never did my
native city better deserve the name of
Amld Rsskis than during four months
ofthatyear. The high winds, to which
we are generally subjected in winter,
seemed to have ceased altogether;
the smoke, instead Of rising, beat down
upon the city, and notwithstanding its
elevated situation and fine mountain
air, the streets and houses were SO
murky dark, that there was very little
difference between the short, dim day,
and the long and early night. A
sort Of oppression fell upon all mems
spirits, which was increased by the
floating rumors of the awful raVages
of disease in the town, brought home
to us, every now and then, by the
death of an acquaintance, friend or
a relative. Gradually, the fever in
creased in virulence, and extended far
and wide, till it became almost pes
thence. 1t confined itself to no class,
or age. Judges, lawyers, physicians,
were smitten, as we'll as the humber
classes; old and young alike fell be-
fore it. Many good men in the min
istry were taken away. 1t assumed
the worst form of all, however, in the
prisons of the city, and the accounts
of its ravages within their walls was
tremendous. AS the minister of the
- Kirk, / was not absolutely call
ed upon to attend the prisoners but
I heard that two Of my brethren had
died, in consequence of their jealous
care of the poor souls within those
heavy walls. 1t was with difficulty
that a sufficient number of the clergy
could be found to attend to their spir-
itual wants, and volunteered to visit
the prisons, daily, myself. For near
lya fortnight l continued in the per-
formance of the functions l had un-
dertaken, without suffering in the
least-except mentally, from witness
ing the sufferings Of others. But one
Saturday night, as I returned home
through the very gloomy streets, I
felt lassitude upon me, an utter pros
tration Of strength, which forced me
to stop twice, in order to rest, before
I reached my own door. l attributed
it to excessive fatigue; for l was with
out the slightest apprehension, and
never at all looked forward to the
coming calamity. When | reached
home, I could not eat; my appetite
was gone. But that 1 attributed alsc
to fatigue, and l went quietly to bed
During the night, however, intense
pain in the back, and in the forehead
succeeded burning heat spread al
over me; my tongue became parchec
and dry 4; my mind wandered slightly
and instead of rising to preach as
intended, 1 was obliged to lie still
and send for physician with the frs
ray of morning light. His visit is th'
last thing l recollect for..several days
remember his ordering all the win
dows to be opened, Notwithstanding
the coldness Of the day, and causing
saucers, filed with some disinfectinG
fluid, to be placed in different parts o
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-10-21

to carry me to the grave. Then came
the discussion of half an hour between
him and the old crone in the chamber,
in regard to black gloves and hat
bands. / am really ashamed Of my
self, when I remember the sensations
| experienced. I never felt SO unchris-
tian in my life as / did then, when ly-
ing, to all appearance, dead and the
worst of it all was, / could not master
those sensations. Will seemed to be
at an end, even when consciousness
remained entire. After that, what
most distinctly remember, was a long,
dull blank. / fancy the room was left
vacant, for l had no perceptions. The
spirit was left to itself. Its only re-
naming organ Of Communication with
the material world had nothing to act
upon, and thought was all in all. But
thought was intensely terrible. True,
thought was concentrated altogether
upon one subject. Every man has
much to repent Of. Every man who
believes has much to hope and to fear,
in the presence of another world. But
repentance, hope, fear-I tell you the
plain truth-another world itself never
came into my mind. They seemed
to have died away from memory, with
that extinction of will of which I have
spoken. All thought of then was,
that I was lying there living, and was
about to be buried with the dead. 1t
was like one Of those terrible dreams,
in which we seem grasped by some
monster, or some assassin, and strug-
gle to shrek or to resist, but have nei-
ther power to utter sound nor to
move a limb.
II will not dwell much upon the
further particulars. The coffin was
brought into the room Twas dressed
in my grave clothes I was moved
into that narrow bed, stiff, and rigid
as stone, with agony of mind, which
I thought must have awakened some
power in the cold, dull mass which
bound up my spirit. One whole night
| lay there in the coffin-hearing the
tick of the clock upon the stairs-fll-
ed with strange and'wild impressions
-doubtingwhether were really dead,
or whether | were living-longing to
see and know if my flesh were actu-
ally corrupting-fancying that | felt
the worm. The morning broke;
dim, gray light found its way through
my closed eyelids, and about an hour
after, I heard the step of the under
taker and another man, in the room.
One of them dropped something heav-
lily on the floor, and a minute after
they came close to the coffin, and the
undertaken asked his assistant for the
screw-driyer. It was the last instant
of hope, and all was agony. Sudden
ly, l heard my wife's step quite at
the foot Of the stairs. 'Oh God she
will never let them T l thought. She
who loved me so well, who was so
dearly loved 7
"She came very slowly up the stairs,
and the step paused at the door. I
fancied could almost see her, pale
and trembling there. The undertaken
asked in loud voice, for the coffin
lid. But the door opened, and Isa-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-11-19

THE EXECUTIONS IN MEyrco.-The
report that Gen. Torncl had been shot,
by order of Santa Anna, is Incorrect
Gen. Robles was the person intended to
be referred to, and it appears he made
his escape on learning that he was about
TO be tried as a conSpirator. A letter
from Maj or Chapman, dated Ringgold
Barracks, Texas, Oct -, states that
Robes, who was Arista's Secretary of
War, had been banished by Santa Anna,
from the city OF Mexico to Monclova.
Soon after his arrival at the latter place
he effected his escape to Roma, on this
side of the Rio Grande. He SAYS that
"tnrty-nine other men Of standing and
influence were banished about the same
time; that he was banished because he
was Federaist; that he shall proceed
TO New Orleans, and remain until he is
recalled by his Government, which he
believes will be soon. He, of course,
does not expect to be recalled while
Santa Anna is in power. Two days
after he had crossed the Rio Grande an
order was received at Mier for his i'm
mediate trial as consprator." Maj or
Chapman makes no mention Of any exc
cutons.-BaN Sun.
The Washington Star Of Tuesday has
a letter from Fort Brown, which SAYS it
was rumored that Rosas was shot. The
writer adds:
mot solitary Mexican soldier has
crossed the Sierra Madre in this drec-
ton this year. A gentleman, an ac-
quaintance of mine, arrived this morn
ing from Monterey, and says that Am
pudia, who is in that city, has not a sin
gle bayonet at his command, and that
Santa Annals grand army IS just where
it was six months ago, viz: on paper"
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ELKToN. Nov. l9th-Flour SG:75; wheat
Sl.l53 corn &c 10 cts; oats els.
BALTIMORE, November, l7.-FloUR.
-';'his morning the telegraph announce
ed the arrival of the Arabia at n. York
with news of a decline on the Other side
of Is to Is. Cd. per Dbl. The effect on
our market was to cause decline Of 3 +.
TO 374 cts. per brl. Previous to the re-
ceipt of the steamers news there were
sales of 1900 bhls. Howard street at So
G2k. Subsequently, there were sales of
800 bbls. GUY mills, at So 80; also, sales
of 500 bbls. do. at P6.3l, and 800 bbIs
do. at -G.25.
AT the Corn Change this morning
(prcvious TO the arrival of the steamers
news) there was better feeling in grain
with sales of about 1900 bushels,
Whea, at ) A. to IL is for red, and
S - to 81 SIS for good to prime white.
There was no family flour white offered.
Inferior lots brought from 3 to lOc. less
than the above figures.
CoRN.-There were sales of about
10000 bushels at 10 to II cts. for old
yellow, and 90 to IS for new do; old
white - to II cts, and 60 to 66 c.s for
new do
RYE.--We quote Pennsylvania at %
to 90 CTS, and Maryland and Virginia at
- to IS cts.
OATS Sales Pennsylvania at 46 cts,
Maryland 43 to IL cts, and Virginia 40
~ crnts.--BaI. Hmgricon Times.
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THE subscribers intending to drclin" the
sorc-h"epina AT Fair Illl, will cucr al Public
Sale, on THURSDAY ana FRIDAY, the 9th
and 2)rh Of November. 1888, al their entire
stock oi Store Goods. consisting 81 Cloths. Cas-
Smrrc$, SalinrtlS. an Il large assortment of
Ne.ling&. Calico. uipeS, pi.utS, Checks. Nj.
dc Lainrs. Musiihs, Grapes, IarrS ard Large
assortment Of Dress Coo 5. Aliu. Hardware,
Qwc""swair. Inrlhcnwurc, AMI large assert
nirnt Hul enumerated.
Sale to culmmrncr al - O'clock on each day,
aud to be- continued IN the evenings. Condi-
lions uui, known nj sale. by
JOIN STRICKLAND * son.
Fair Hill, Nov 10 II
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0yHon. David II. Atchison: Of Mis-
souri,, will, at the opening of Congress,
undoubtedly be reelected President pro
tenn. of the Senate, which will give him
the position of Vice President of the
United States, as Mr.. King elected by
the people, is dead.
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Whereas, God by mysterious Providence
from the bosom Of an cnlearcl family, our be-
loved brother JAMES b. SNACK, who was ar
IDENTIFY attached TO the principles Of Friendship,
Love and Truth, and throughout the time he
was associated with MS, cvinccd the most I'M
compromising love for the Order, aud by his
exemplary conduct in his intercourse with the
Lodge and the world, has proved himself 10 be
actuated by its pure prccep'; therefore
Resolred, That the Brnthcrs Of Bohemia
Lodge. No. 6S I. O. O. f., are by this sudden
casually called todeplore their sal bereavement
and with heart felt sorrow to lament the dea tn
OF our late worthy Brother; vet with submits
sion we bow 10 the will of that God who has
bcrelt us.
Resolred, That W deeply sympafhizc with
the aged parents and family Of our late Brother
and worli express our confidence IN terms of
sincere grief.
Res0'red, That the members of Bohemia
Lodge attend the funeral of our late Brother,
and thus pay the last sal tribute OF respect to
his mcmory;. that the Lodse-room be- draped in
mourning, and the members wear the usual
badge Of bereavement, for thirty days.
R'sOirei, That a copy OF these proceeds nss
be sent TO the family OF the deceased and that
they be publis he'd in the county papers.
JAMES BuRBAGE, n C.
THOMAS CoNREy, Sect.
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WILD Fow1.-We learn from the
Centreville (Md.) Sentinel that there is
immense quantities Of wild fowl in Ches-
ter river and its tributaries al this time,
and that in many places gunncrs are
having fine sport.
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Ebit'si.

On IT," Ith inst: HIRAM STEVENS. son of
Hiram l.. and Jane Thompson, OF Port Deposit,
aged 8 Years and !monlhs'
Near Port Penn. Del. on the 9th inst, after
a long illucss, Nj. ANDREW BlprLr, AGED G3
yeas.
& LBATA SLY just received
"a a full assortment ut the celebrated AIbaa
Ware, which we are rea y to supply 10 the
Hotels, boarding houses aud private families
On the most rca souuhl" terms.
IIBA FERRIS & son,
Nov 10 cor 18th an! Mar kcl 81. v ilmln.,on
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MISUNDERSTANDING it may be doing
our lady patrons a favor to tell them that
this substance, which may be found i'll
most drug stores, is an excellent subs'i-
tute for the white Of eggs in clearing
coffee. 1t contains the same chemical
property, albumen-and ten cts. worth
of lsinglass will last longer than two or
three dozen eggs.
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MARYLAND Coal TRADE.-We are
indebted to the Miners journal for a
slip from which we conden7e the follow
ing statement of the coal trade of that
region for the past week 4:
The amount of coal sent from the
Frostburg region this week was l,4O2
ton; from the Georges Greek and West
ernport regions, S,323,06 tons. Total
from the region for the week, n, 725 ,O6
tons. Of this amount 1870 ~ tons of
Coal and IS 10 tons Of Coke descended
the Canal, and 1927 II tons passed
over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
The total amount sent from the Frost
burg region for the year is ll1,9SS;
from the Georges Creek and Western
lcrt regions 5I,3S9. Total from the
Cumberland region for the year 1885,
315 tons.
The Canal is in fine boating order, in
consequence of the recent rains, and
transportation is now going forward
without interruption from Cumberland
to Alexandria.
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CALL OF A MINlsTER.-Rev. James
W. Mears, of Camden, n. j., has receive
ed call from the Presbyterian Church
in this town, to become their pastor.
Mr.. NJ. is graduate of Delaware Col :
lege and man Of very fine abilities.
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ExTEE0Irs SIEET-The New York

EXTREMES MEEr.-The New York
Tribune has the following comments on
fact which was witnessed in the streets
OF that city:
Two late residents of the Celestial
Empire, with shaved heads and long
cues, dressed in their peculiar Chinese
costume, were squatted upon the side
walk, making earnest gesticulaiions to
the passers-by, to induce them to pur-
chase cigars. BUY a smoke" "Buy
a smoke" This was the extent of their
accomplishments the English language.
Poor unfortunate beings, thrown by
chance upon this over-crowdej city lust
as winter is setting in, with no ability
to support themselves, with no words to
help them on IN their traffic besides
these three little ones, "buv smoke"
how are they to live? Theirs is an ex-
IRENE case. but it is a hard case, and it
is pity they have none to direct and
help them in an effort ofhonest industry
to support life. While the words buy
a smoke" were still echoing through our
brain, calling up train OF sad thoughts
connected with these Orirntals, we
heard another voice OF our elbow, "Buy
one"
We looked around; extremes had met.
Here stood a couple of Ncr;h Ameri-
can Aborigines, inviting us to buy a
pair of moccasins.--As chary of their
words, il they knew no more, as the
Chinese, they simply said, "buy one, :"
and held out their merchandise with a
mute appeal to our sympathy for poor
trodden down, rum degraded people,
who have sunk to their present state,
through the effect Of their association
with civilized, chrstianizad conquerors.
Two Chinese men from the most ancient
empire in The world; and two Indian
women from the nncultivated forests OF
country only discov:ed by white men
IN the lifetime Of the great grandsires of
both; meeting here in this great Babylon
the site of which was covered with
woods, and was the home OF red men at
period when the forests of China had
been cut down and the land cultivated
There is subject for reflection in this
contrast which we leave the rest of
mankind to pursue Tor themselves.
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SusQUEHANNA RAILRoAD.-At meet
ing of the board Of directors OF the Sns-
quehanna Railroad Company, held at
Harrisburg on Saturday last, W m, May
hew, of Baltimore, was elected direc-
tor of said company, in the room Of A.
Fisher, deceased; and the Hon. Chas. w
Higgins, OF PottsviIle, was elected d.
rector in the room Of Joseph r. Priest
", resigned.
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The CoMNlssloNERs.-MessrS. Craig,
Scott and Halnes, the County Commits.
sloners, elect, met at the Commissioners
Office on Thursday, but their comm's,
SONS from the Governor not having
come to hand they did not organise for
business.
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A MUSICAL LEG1sLATURE.-On the
7th inst, the Vermont House of Repre-
sentatves, no doubt anxious to calm
their troubled souls after the excitement
OF debate, resolved to invite the Baker
family to sing before them. They ac-
cordngIy voted lhemselve a recess and
the Baker family stepped IN and sung
three songs. An experiment of this kind
occasionally in Congress might do a
great deal of good.
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POPULATION OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE.
The latest and most reliable work on
this subject is one just published in Paris
by A. Ubicinl. He states the popula-
ton and religion Of Turkey as follows:
MuSseImen, 4,53O,0OO in Europe, r.
603,O 900 in Asia, and 100000 in At
iica; Greeks, ten millions in Europe,
and three IN ASIA; Catholics, 100000
in Europe, and 100000 in Asia, with
1000 Jews and $4,000 Gipsies.
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HON. I. A. PEAECE.

The Wing Party of Maryland have
not met with such success as that Of
New York. Nevertheless, through diff
ferent influences which were brought
to bear upon the giant, he was induced
to toss to them sufficient material from
which they have strength enough to
make United States Senator, and upon
them the,resposibiity of one vote in that
body which passes upon the acts of the
popular branch, as we'll as upon the EN-
ecu tive of this Union will rest-Wi,h
that responsibility upon them, it behoov-
es the members of the Wing L"gisla-
ture to look about them, and decide
upon their man. Let them for once
throw overheard all small party feeling,
all the u<ages of tricky politicians, and
examine the character, the capacity and
the talent of the man HON they intend
TO sent to the national Senate to repre-
sent this State.
Foremost among the national men OF
the Republic is the distinguished Mary
land Senator, Hon. J. A. PEARcE. He
stands shoulder to shoulder with EDWARD
EVERETT. He is known as sound con.
sliutlonal lawyer, an able debater, a
polished writer. and gentleman of con-
sstency and character. Such is j. A.
PEARcF, and no one in Congress can say
"nay" to our estimate of the man. He
has sustained the interests of the Union
AID the reputation Of the State in times
when intellectual giants were in the
field. He has ever been alive to the
progress of his own safe. lie has al
ways been at the head Of the n,cst M
portant committees His position on the
floor of the United States Senate is
second to none. He reflects honor on
Maryland, and the effort now being
made rudely to withdraw him from the
field where he has SO glorously labored
in our opinion deserves the prompt re-
buke of every citizen Of the State; unless
indeed better man can be found.
Bait. Times.
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HGss' "a 4.

GAME TO the fam of the subsc!ih"r living
" near Port ID pust. On III" lUih day OF sep
tcMh"r last, y stray N!HNDLE Sl III Il with
white face, about t"ni years oM. Til" owner
is requested 10 come forward, prove property,
pay charges and take him away.
Nov 10. 1853 Wv JOHN SIT Eli.
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PsoTRAcTED MEETlNG.-A meeting
is in progress at Cherry Hill which is
likely TO prove important and interesting
in its results.
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ELECTED. The election returns in
our last paper We're not correct as far as
the constablcs in the 7ih District are
concerned. Mr.. Hiram l.. Thompson,
whig, is elected by 6 votes over Mr..
Kelly, who received lS2 votes and not
1872 as before printed.
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The BRooKINGs FARM.-This farm
contains 1855 aeres-not 266, as adver-
tised last week. 1t is highly valuable
farm, in good ne,ghborhood and beau
tiful location, and would make a fine
country residence. The buildings are
i'll good repair and the soil is Of excel
lent quality.
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1.-THE Fox Girls having raped a
large fortune out of the pockets of the
people, have purchased a fine place in
Harmonic, N. Y, and retired to private
life. Ii spirtualism is humbug they
have found it profitable one at least.