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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-16

Notice is again given that an application viii be
made to the next Legislature for an set to authorize
the construction of bridge over the Hudson River st
Albany.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-16
Births.

On ths sd Nov tie wife Of the Hon Henry A, c,bs. Of
In ser Ffsrceo. the s,h Nov the vie Of Aug wlssr
man, OF daughter.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-05-25
Street-mob Religion.

There is pretty good sense in the sug-
gestion of the Philadelphia Ledger, called
out by the late religions mob in the out
skirts of Boston, that the true course for
people who do not like to hear a puqlic
discourse is to keep away from where it
is being delivered; and the true course of
those who have charge of the public peace
is to keep fanatics from preaching in the
public streets. There are churches enough,
public halls enough, commons enough,
openlots in the outskirts ofthe city enough,
to serve the purpose, where free speech
has right to be exercised, without in
vading the rights of the whole public by
blocking up the common thoroughfares Of
the city. If this course were pursued
conscientious individuals, who have toe
much religion to fight about it, and do not
burn churches and bruise heads to show
how deeply they are imbued with the
mild spirit of Christianity would be protec
tie dfrom the annoyances of these distur
Dances, and the whole community woulc
soon learn that the only true mode O
enjoying their religious rights is for eacf
to attend more to the regulation of his owl
conscience than he does to mending hi
neighbours faith.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-05-25
LONG CHERISHED REVENGE.

NAh .HFHf o.
A TALE OF THE OLD WORLD AND EARLY MICHIGAN.
The history of jurisprudence embodies
among its dusty archieves many tale
of love, of sorrow, or blighted affection,
of bitter remorseless persecution, and of
long cherished vengence, which needs
not the pen of Warren or Dickens to
invest it with every attribute Of startling
interest which can make the widest mar
rative of fiction.
In the year 1885, there came into the
country of Lapeer German from the
province of Wurtemberg, by the name OF
Ulrich, bringing with him young and
attractive wife, to whom he had been
some years married. This lady, when a
girl, had been belle In her little neigh
borhood in Wurtembers, and had been
sought in marriage by more than one anx-
ious suiter, and among them was one
Daum, by whom she was courted, and to
whom she had extended such encourage
ment as led him to fix Lis affections upon
her with all the fervor of the German
heart. Daum was man of unusual
strength of mind, of stern and impress
siye demeanor, of great depth of feeling,
but, as the sequel will show, of most i'm.
plicable disposition when his animosities
had been aroused. He loved the girl with
that intensity natural to man SO constitut
ed, having few or no afinities with 9th
ers, owing to his reserved and morse dis
position, he commenced by lavishing hi
hours of leisure and the earnings Of hi
industry upon her alone. Unlike he
lover in all respects, the girl was attrac
tive, fond Of society, and unstable in he
affections; kind, when the wedding da,
came, to which Daum had long and i'm
patiently looked forward as the consum
nation of his bliss, after the weddin
guests had met, she told him that sh
loved him not, and never could be his
Daum sold his estate and removed at ono
from the scene of discomfeiture to di;
tant at province.
Time passed on, and the lady was 6
gain woed and won by alight hearted an
comely youth her former suitor's superic
in personal appearance, but his in
ferior in wealth and intellect His cour
ship was now followed by marriage, tn
news Of which reached the self banishe
Daum, reused every latent feeling of rag
and jealousy, of which his strong hea
was capable, and he returned to the seen
of his former happiness instigated by tn
sole desire-,for revengei He skulked ;
bout the neighborhood, lying hid durin
the day time for the most part, but wath'
ing every opportunity to way-lay and d.
stroy his rival. At length they met in
wild, narrow mountain pass, deadly an
fierce struggle took place, at the terminf
ton Of which, Ulrich was left upon I'll
ground slain, as his assassin supposed
Daum fed and Ulrich returned to h
wife, pale, bleeding and faint. The of
GERS Of justice sought for Daum in vail
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-05-25
G5- We publish the following poetry from the
Cleveland Herald, at the request of friend.-
- TO AN AGED SYCAMORE.
BY CT. sNLIT1r.

srNttt 1@ 90
Huge mammoth of the forest, old and hoary'
Yet vigorous as in thine early prime,
Thou standest here in all the strength and glory
OF proud relic of the olden time;
Lorghast thou watched this solitary place,
The lone survivor of an ancient race.
oldtime has stamped thy brow with many ages
Since thou vast like thy fellows of the woods;
/ trow we'd find, could we roll back the pages
OF his vast chronicle, that thou hast stood
A Thousand years the guardian of this spot,
While generations perished now forgot.
Wegaze upon thy pale leaves as they quiver,
And in the bright dream world of fancy think
We See thee frail stem beside this river,
While sylph and naiad, sporting on its brink,
Chanting the melody of other spheres,
Nature thy, young life for its future years.
We see but little else than the ideal,
AS back our eyes inquiringly we cast;
Canst thou not now to us nnvel the real,
Hid in the temple Of the shadowy past;
And would we linger on this messy green.
Aud hear the story of what thou hast seen.
Wilt ,thoa not tell US of that ancient nation,
whose ruined cities buried meath the sod,
Once lowered Babel like, mans proud creation,
Then fell before the anger of a God?
Whence did they spring, when flourish, when
decay
Fell they by famine, pestil!ence, or fray?
When first these wilds with saAges yell re-
a,t sounded
Breaking the stiffness of the quiet air,
And the wild roe before the red man bounded
Chased for the first time from her forest fair
Vast thou not here thy proud crest waving ther
High DER thine old companions of the glen?
There's many dark and thrilling tale inwover
With the strange story of thy life l ween,
Ofscaptiy foe, by the red hatchet cloven,
Breathing his death VOW meath thine arch Of
green
Of frantic dance round horrid altar-fres,
As the pale victim lingering expires.
And here perhaps, for ages yet unnumbered,
Thy stalwart form shall battle with the blast
When mans proud work and glory long have
aah slumbered
In-the dark mnusoleum of the past:
Then other wanderer through this ancient world
Shall ask of the OUR nations fate untold
Farewell, FAREWELL! o star-eyed eve is peeping
Adown upon us through her veil of blue,
And fair7haire nymphs the night watch o'el
the keeping.
Begin to plume their downy wings anew,
And whisper in soft zephyr tones away
And We must thence, so now adieu for aye
*In Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio
mention is made of enormous Sycamore stand
ing on the old Indian grounds, near Upper
Sandusky. The above lines were written on
seeing. this tree.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-05-25

New YORK AFFAIRs-On ihe 9th, a
jury in the Superior Court returned a
verdict of $4,000 against the Hudson
River Rail road Company for causing the
death of getleman named Button, in Nov
ember, 1853.
The case of Edwin Forrest, the Ameri-
can Tragedian, against N. P. Willis, 70,
libel, was up in the Common Pleas, bu
was postponed for a day or two. Dam
agnes were laid at $4,000.
The trial Of Clara Hayes for the murder
of Lutener, makes slow progress. A con-
viction can hardly be expected from the
testimony porducced by the persecution
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-05-25
Romance of a Coal Field.


The following singular circumstance
happend few years ago in Parr, about 3
miles from Liverpool, where there are
several extensive colleries. 1t will tend
to show immense value of coal mines
which lie under small superficial extent
of land: An elderly widow lady sold to
getleman some property in Parr, consist
ing of horse and about 80 acres of land,
for E3, 900. The Old lady thought there
must be Goals under the land, as there was
so mach in the neighborhood; but it was
the decided opinion of coal proprietors, and
others conversant with coal mines, that
there were no Goals on the property. The
seller of the property, however, insisted
that the Goals should be reserved, unless
the purchaser would give her f10O for
them. This he refused doing, and the
Goals were accordingly excepted from his
purchase, and reserved to her The old
lady died soon after, bequeathing the coal
mines among the children of deceased
sister, in number, who were all laborers,
and the residue of her property, worth
about E3, 900, to the children of another
sister. The bequest of the coal mines was
considered nominal thing, and to dissen-
sions in the two families on account Of it.
I
The coal legatees brooded for a length oi
time over their disappointment, in not
sharing their aunt's property with their
cousins, but at length they contrived to
induce some persons, who were supposed
to have more money than wit, to undertake
the expense of boring on the land to ascer-
tain whether there were Goals or not The
boring continued for considerable time
to the great amusement of persons connec
ted with colleries; but at last, to their great
astonishment, the chagrin ofthe purchaser,
and the unbounded delight of the legatees,
two delfs Of the best coal in Lancashire
were discovered, extending nearly the
whole breadth of the land, and which
could be easily worked. These Goals were
Immediately purchased by the proprietors
Of a reighboring collery for 100000
On subsequent borings, three lower delfs
were found, which the same parties
purchased for fl 5,OOO.-Nining Journal
How TO ''FINIsH" a DAUGHTER.-Wt
believe the subject of Finishing" daugh
ters expeditiously and effectually isgeneral
ly understood and almost universally
practiced in this country. If, however
there should be any parents SO lamentably
ignorant as to fall below common custom
is this respect, we commend them to the
following brief rules from Punch:
/. Be always telling her how pretty she
lis.
Q. Instill into her mind proper love o
dress.
3. Accustom her to SO much pleasure
that she is never happy at home.
4. Allow her to read nothing but novels
5. Teach her all the accomplishments
but none of the utilities of life.
6. Keep her in the darkest ignorance o
the mysteries of housekeeping.
7. Initiate her into the principle that i
is vulgar to do anything for herself
8. To strengthen the latter belief, lie
her have ladies' maid.
9. And lastly, having given her sucl
an education, marry her to a clerk in tn
Treasure, upon f65 a year. or to an en-
sign that is going out to India.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-05-25
LAW IS OF HI0.
PUBLISHED BY HORITI

[62l AN ACT
To amend section five, of an act, entitled
can act to amend an act, regulating to
the organization of Courts of Justice
and their powers and duties" passed
March fourteenth, one thousand eight
hundred and tifty-three.
Sec. I. Be 1t enacted By the General As
sena5ly of the State of Ohio, That Section
FIVE, of an act, entitled can act to amend
an act relating to the organization ofcourts
of Justices, and their powers and duties" /"
passed March fourteenth, ono thousand
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-05-25

GE-A man in New York, dissatisfied
with the choice his daughter had made for
husband, has recently compelled her to
enter convent in Washington. This is
a novel procedure in this country, and
shows use ofconvents not generally ap-
preciatcd by unsophisticated republicans
Did we not know that Glove laughs at
prison bars" we should be disposed to
indulge in severe reflections against the
establishment of private penitentiaries,
even for the incarceration of those who
loved unWisly.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-05-25

JUsT1cE.-FEEEMAN, colored man at
indianapolis, who had lived there for years
and sustained good character, was some
time since claimed as fugitive slave by a
Kcntuckian named Ellington, and keptin
prison for considerable period. After
he had proven the charge false and was
set free, he prosecuted Ellington for
damages. Last week the matter was
compromised by his being paid SO 900.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-05-25

SMASHED UP.-The express train, on
Tuesday aftern oon, near Painesyille, ran
over some cattle, which threw full pas
senger. car off the track and demolished it,
breaking the leg of brakeman, but not
seriously njuring the passengers.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-05-25
AN ACT.
1851


To amend the act entitled an an act pre-
scribing the duties Of supervisors, and
relating the Roads and Highways, pass
ed February 13, 1858.
Sec. /. Be 1t enacted by tie General As
sensbzy of The State Of Ohio, That section
thirty three of said act, be so amended as
to read as follows: That any person
charged with road taz on the brand levy
as provided for in the twenty sixth d TWEEN
ty-seyenth sections of said act, may,
either personally, OF by an agent, dis
charge the same by labor, to be perform
ed on the road, within the proper district
within that township where such tax may
be charged, by an able-bodied man, at
the rate of one dollar per day, for each
days work, and ratable proportion per
day for any term, wagon, cart, plow, or
scraper, that the supervisor may deem
proper to employ, which labor shall be
performed under the direction OF the su-
pervisor, to give to any person for whose
benefit such labor was performed, GER
tifcate of the amount of such labor, which
certificate shall specify the amount of tax
SO paid in labor, and the district and town
ship herein such labor was performed;
also. that said work was done between the
first day of April and the first day OF
October; which certificate shall IN no case
be available for any greater sum than
shall be charged against such person IN
the district where such labor was perform
ed. And the County Treasurer shall re-
ceive all such certificate or money, In the
discharge of such road tax.
Sec. g That it shall be the duty OF the
County Treasurer, to collect all taxes tor
road purposes, the same as other taxes,
except as herein provided in section one
of this act; and the taxes so collected,
shall be paid over to the proper township
treasurer, which shall be expended on the
public roads within the district from which
the same has been collected.
Sec. 8. This actshall take effect from and
after its passage.
Sec. d. That section thirty three of the
act prescribing the duties of supervisors,
and relating to roads and highways, pass
ed February 9th, A. G. 1853, is hereby
repealed.
w. B VAN HOOK.
Pro TEN Speaker of the House of Representatives
JAMES MYERS,
President of the Senate
April 7, 1854.
I79l AN ACT
To make it the duty Of County Auditors
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-05-25
Santa Anna ON the Pacific.

More minute particulars are given of the
blockade of the fine port of Acapulco by
Santa Anna, and his peremptory refusal
to allow vessels of other countries to land
as usual,
The steamer John L. Stephens, OF her
last passage down, undertook, as usual,
to enter, but two vessels lying off the
mouth of the harbor, fred two shots over
her, and compelled her to lie to, which
done, Capt Pierson was told that the por1
was blockaded, and he must leave forth
with or, be fred into. He ''obeyed orders
and sailed out for Panama. During the
the detention of the Stephens at Acapulco
shots were frequently exchanged between
the two vessels& taking without effect or
either side. Santa Anna with an amry var
iously estimated at from three to five thous
and men, was encamped in the neighbor
hood, and it was expected that he would
make an attack on the town during the
night.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-05-25

A Coop H1r--The Albany AAas thinks
that the court marital ordered by Gen.
Scott on Major Wyse, for his refusal to
60 to sea in boat thatw unfit for service,
will find precedent for their proceedings
in the early jurisprudence New England.
When an old woman was charged with
witchcraft it was customary to tie her
arms and throw her into a river. If she
foated she was witch and was burned; If
she sank she was innocent, but was
drowned. Soft the Major had gone on
board the Falcon had been drowned he
would have escaped court martial.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-05-25

T7o1 AN ACT
To make it the duty of County Auditors
to levy extra taxes for road purposes,
in certain cases.
Sec. /. Be 1t enacted By the General As-
semHy Of TIE State of Ohio, That whenever
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

WIN. ii. SEWARD AND HIS AccoMpLlcEs.-
One of the good fruits likely to grow out of
the late anomalous elections in New York, is
the alienation of Wm ii. Seward, from some
of his boldest and most powerful accomplices
in the work of sectional agitation. His most
trusted trumpeter, of the New York Tribune,
either with intent to abandon him, or because
he has suffered for want of support, uses the
following suggestive language:
.The man who should have mpe'led and
guided the general uprising Of the Free States,
lives in Auburn, and his name is VIM. II.
Seward. Instead, however, Of taking the
positior. which circumstances and his own
antecedents seemed to require, Mr.. Seward,
adherng to the vacated shell of Whiggery
has stood aside, and allowed the great move
ment of the Free Suites to go forward with.
out word of bold and hearty encouragement
or sympathy from its national leader. The
result is recorded in the returns OF this
election"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

KEoxvrLLE.-The Knoxville Register Of
the Gath ult., has an article in relation TO
"Things About Town." which contains at
least one good suggestion. 1t seems rowdy-
ism is prevailing to such an extent in Knox
vile that il is not only unpleasant but fre
quently unsafe for quiet, peaceaoe citizens
to walk the streets, and the Register sug-
gests, az the police force is inefficient to pre-
serve order and maintain the municipal laws,
that staying out" II few of the desperadoes
in manner that would prevent them ever
"coming too again" would probably have
salutary effect When men become so bru-
talized that they have no regard for the lives,
feelings or property of others, and the laws
prove inefficient To restrain their devlish pro
pensities, the most summary mode of dis
posing Of them should be adopted. Extreme
cases require extreme remedies. and society
ought to be protected from the outrages of
such men even at the cost, If necessary, of
their worthless lives. II half be true of the
scenes occurring in the streets alleged by the
papers Knoxville is in n fair way TO rival
some of the larger cities in one respect at least.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

REDUCING IT TO FIoUREs.-The English
reduce everything to figures. The chances
that man runs of getting his head mashed =.
by getting between pair of locomotives, has
been calculated to such nicely, that for one
shilling, London Office insures safe pas
sage of $50 miles, even with drunken en-
gineer. Within short time, new field has
been opened to those who make money by
calculating the chances;" we mean the field
of battle We annex the terms: For three
pounds five shilings, the London office agrees
to pay one hundred pounds per year TO the
survivors of any gentleman who happens to
"catch his DEATH by running against bayo.
net or a bomb she'll For insurance ngainst
the loss of limb they charge three shilliRgs
extra We should judge from this, that IL
was expected the Russians were to fire very
low, aud that man was twice rs likely Ia
lose one of his legs ms his head.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

The TRIUMPH OF RUSSIA IN ACCORDANCE
WITH PRoPHEcY.-A learned Hebrew has just
published book to prove that the fall of the
French and Ottoman empires, the occupation
of Egypt and the Holy Land by the British
and the formation of Russian Latino-Greek
confederacy, by which Egypt, Palestine and
Jerusalem will be invaded and conquered, are
clearly laid down in prophecy, as the events
which are to proceed the long-expected de-
iveranee of the Jews by the Messiah, his
subjugation OF the world through their agen.
cy, and the consequent establishment of the
kingdom of Israel. The New York Herald
thinks that if this Interpretation of the Scrip
lures be correct, the Russian war promises to
be tolerably long one.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01
THE POST.
ATHENS, FRIDAY, DEC. 4, 1854.

tay- We believe the "Athens Post" and
the name of the publisher, have formed the
staple of most of the editorials that have ap-
peared in the "Cleveland Banner" since its
commencement and as the allusions have
generally been Of a good-natured character,
We have seldom, if ever, thought it neeessa-
ry to respond-not through want of respect
for its editor, but simply because we did no;
deprive his readers of the interest they must
naturally feel in subjects of such Importance
MS those with which the illusions to outself
and paper were coupled. Out Of the abun
dance Of heart overfowing with good will
and love to our fellow man, we can afford to
be generous and let the "wOrld wag on."-
1t is neither our policy nor inclination to con-
tradct or interchange expIetives with "new
beginners"-they generally have trouble
enough without older members of the press
seeking to cast stumbling blocks in their
way or to plant unpleasantness in their path,
especially when situated as onr ncighbor of
the "Banner" is. We never had the misfor.
tune to commence the publication of paper
in place where one had not existed before.
and, perhaps, have not inadequate conception
of the importance and responsibility which
editors thus situated feel /; but we reckon
il must be immense, and the overpowering
sense of their position must often lead them
into indiscretons and cxtravagances which un-
der other circumstances would be unpardon-
able. They seem generally to feel like n
boy who has suddenly and much to his as-
tonishment come into the possession OF a
gun--that every thing is legitimate game,
and that there is sort of obligation resting
upon him to be firing away in all directions,
thinking, Of course, that the attention OF the
whole world is attracted every time the in
strumcnt explodes. Should he happen to
look around, however, and discover that ma
ture is not much Harmed, he is chagrined
and puts in heavier charge, and a: the next
report the weapon is blown to pieces and the
imprudcnt youth finds himselfon the fiat ofh his
back We must caution our neighbor of the
"Banner" not TO load too heavy and to be-
ware of the recoi!. And above all to quit
looking at every thing through his party
glasses, and trying to give party caste to
every article coming from his contemporaries
More, never TO appropriate articles where
the terms employed are general, and not spe-,
cial, to himself, as it may be that the write:
while penning such articles is entirely OBJ
livious Of the fact that his paper is in eyis-
tence, no matter how respectable, or what its
local and intrinsic merits may be.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1854-12-01

CLERGYMEN IN THE NEXT CONGRESS-
There will be good sprinkIing of clergy
men il the thirty-fourth Congress. james
Meacham, from First District Vermont, is a
clergyman, and so is Alvah Salin, from the
Third District of Maine, is n Free Will Bap-
tist preacher. John J. Pearce, elected in the
Fifth District of Pennsylvania; Robert b.
Hall. in the Fifth District of Massachusetts,
and Mark Traiton, in the Eleventh, are min
listers of the gospel.
We hope there is enough Of them to lea
ven the whole lump, and that Congress here
after will hereafter be free from the disgrace
fu scenes that have characterised some for
mer sessions.