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The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-09-07
Looxr.-.Mr.L Locke was asked howhe had

LOCKE.--Mr. .LOCAe Was asLtu now ne IF5I
oontrived to accumulate mine of knowl-
edge so rich, yet so extensive and deep
He replied that he attributed what little he
knew, to the not having been ashamed to
ask for information, and to the rule he had
laid down of conversing with all descrip-
tons Of men, on those topics chiefly that
formed their own peculiar professions or
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swEEr IOTMER.


The Wild south w est monsoon has risen,
With broad, gray wings Of gloom,
While here, from out my drcary prison,
lock as from tomb-Alas!
My heart ane Their tomb.
Upon the low matched roof the rain
With ceaseless patter falls;
Ny choisest treasures bears its strains;
Mold gathers on the walls: would heaven
'Twcre only on the walls!
Sweet neither, am here alone,
In sorrow and in pain;
The sunshine from my heart is flown;
IL feels the driving rain-ah, me!
Tho chill, and mold, and rain.
-Four Jagged months have wheeled their round
Since love upon it smiled,
And every thing Of earth has frowned
On thy poor stricken child, sweet friend,
Thy weary, suffering child.
I'd watch my loved one night and day
Scarce breathing when he slept
And as my hopes were swept away,
I'D in his bosom wept-oh, God!
How had prayed and weVt!
saw the white sails spread,
kissed his speochless, quivering lip,
And loft him on his bcd-Alas!
II seemed q coffin bed.
When from my gentle sisters tomb,
Long since, in tears, we came,
Thou saidst, GLOW desolate each room!''
Well, mine were just tho same that day.
The very, very same.
Thea, neither, little Charley came,
Our eautifIl, fair boy,
With my own fathers cherished name;
But, ohi he brought no Joy-my child
Brough. mourning, and no JOY.
His little grave Icannot see,
Though weary months have sped
Since plying lips bent over me,
And whispered, "He is dead!" Mother
IT'S dreadful to be deadl
do not mean for one like me-
So weary, worn and weak
Deaths shadowy paleness seems to be
Zen now upon my cheek-his seal
On form, and brow, and cheek.
But for a bright winged bird like him
To hush his joyous song,
And prisoned in a coffin dim,
Join Deaths pale phantom throng-my boy
To join that grizzly throng.
Oh, mother, l can scarcely bear
To thinl OF this to-dayl
II was so exqulsitely fair,
That little form Of clay-my heart
still lingersby his clay.
And whom for one loved far, far more,
Come thickly gathering tears,
Ny star offaith is clouded o'er,
sink beneath my fears, sweet friend,
Ny heavy weight Of fcars.
oh, but to feel thy fond arms twine
Around mo once again!
II almost seems those lips Of thine
Might kiss away the pain-might soothe
This dull, cold, heavy pain.
But, gontle mother, through llfe'S storms
Imsy not lean on thee,
For helpless, covering little forms
Cling trusting to o-poor babesl
To have no guide but me.
With weary foot and broken wing,
With bleeding hcart and sore,
Thy dove looks DackWaruS sorroWiHg'
But socks the ark no more-thy breast
Seeks never, never more.
Sweet mother, forthy wonderer pray,
That loftier faith be given;
Her broken reeds all swepta away,
That she may lean on Heaven-hcr heart
Grow strong in Christ and Heaven.
Once, when young Hopes fresh morning dew
Lay sparkling on my breast,
Ny bounding heart thought but TO DO,
To WORK at Heavens behest-my pains
Come atthe same behcst
Allfearfuliy, all fearfully--
Alone and sorrowing,
Ny dim eye liftod TO the sky,
Fast to the CrossI cling-oh, Christ,
To thy dear Cross cling.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-09-07

KNOW N OTHINGS. Hitherto we have
carefully abstained from denouncing the
suspected existence of secret political or
ganization denominated Known -Nothings.
But all our contemporaries have had more
or less to say about them, and hence we
think it time for US also to "come down on
them!"
1t is worthy Of remark, that very many
of the Administration papers are savagely
matchmaking this newborn Sampson of
Politics, and making ceaseless efforts to
shear his locks. Their dolorous howls as
they gallop in pursuit along the track start
lie the ancient inhabitants of the rookeries
of old fogyism, and disturb their blissfull
dreams of political pap. Tobe sure, these
sore-headed apostles of wrath know not
whereof they complain, but they do know
since the so-called Know .Nothings have,
as it is supposed, taken an active part in
politics, the elections have mostly "gone
'tother way" And this is sufficient to
provoke the ire of old fogyism and its abet-
tors.
But let not the people be deceived, nor
terrified out of their propricty. (Our coun-
sci is only to the uninitiated.) We know
as little about tho aims and objects of the
Know Nothings as do the hostile editors of
whom we speak which is nothing at all.
Our opinions are founded wholly upon con
lecture, and not upon facts universally
known. All we can say is, that since the
mysterious agency of this mysterious or
der has been supposed to have been the
arbiter of elections, salutary reformation
has been in progress, whereby the worst
politicians have been rejected and the best
men put in office. If this be the fruit by
which we are to jude the Know-Nothing
tree, we will not hesitate to pronouncei ii
very good indeed. And we hope the tree
may plant its roots deep in Republican soil,
and live and bear fruit to the honor and glo-
ry and Immortality of American Liberty
Eaton Register.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-09-07

THE SIGNS OF THE TINEs.-The Albany
Journal gives US the following record, the
result thus far of the passage Of the Ne
braska bill and other unpopular and out
rageous measures of the Pierce and Doug.
las Administration:
A Wing Senator from Maine.
The overthrow ofthe Presidents best
friends in his own State of New Hamp-
shire.
The conversion of the Administration
party, into an anti Administration Free
Soil Party in Vermont.
A Free Soil Wing Senator from Massa-
chusetts.
The substitution of Wing for "Dem-
ocratic" State Government in Rhode Is
land.
Two Wing Senators. Wing Legisla-
ture and Wing State Officers in Connect
cut.
Annihilation ofthe Presidents party in
New York.
Ditto in New Jersey.
The same in Pennsylvania.
Consolidation OF a great Republican
party opposed TO the Administration in
the previously Democratic" State ofOhio.
A second edition of the same work in
Michigan.
A third one in Indiana.
A fourth in Wisconsin.
The choice between defeat and with
drawal ofall the Douglas candidates, in
Douglas own State of Illinois.
A Wing Legislature, Wing Congress
men, and two Wing Senators in the "Dem-
ocratic" slave-holding State of Missouri.
But lastly and better than all comes Iowo
a State, which her recreant Senator, Au-
gustus Ceser Dodge, boasted never cast
anything else than Democratic vote
We now have Wing Governor, a Wbig
Legislature, Wing Congressman, and as
another result, Mr.. A. G. Dodge will be
excused from going back to the Senate,
and in his place We shall likely have the
gallant Fitz Henry Warren.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-09-07

A PooR MANS WIsH.-I asked a stu
dentwha three things he most wished. HI
said,
'"Give me books. health, quiet, and care
for nothing more"
l asked miser, and he cried, "money,
money, money!"
l asked a pauper, and he family said,
"bread, bread, bread!"
Iaskeda drunkard and he loudly called fol
srongdrink. Iasked the multitude around
me, and they lifted up confused cry, in
which 1 heard, wealth, fame, and pleas
ure. askedapoor man who hadlong borne
the character ofan experienced Christian
lie replied that ali his wishes could be met
in Christ. He spoke seriously, and asked
him TO explain. He said Il greatly desire
those three things-6rstthat / may be found
in Christ; secondly, that I may be like
Christ; thirdly, that l may bewith Christ. "
have thought much of his answer, and
the more think of it the wiser it seems.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-09-07

INDIsPUrADLE.-Above all things else,
educate and educate Alright. Though
a nation have gold and silver uncounted;
though it have commerce whitening ali
oceans; though it have genius to invent
physical trophies, and enterprise to execute
them; though it be store house Of earth 5
luxuries in time Of peace, and an arsenal
and tower of fighting men in time of war,
yet without thorough, enlightened ed
ucation of the heads and hearts of the peo-
pie, it lacks the chief element OF strength
and glory.
The nation which has freedom for its tu-
telar deity, republicanism for its govern
ment, and free schools and voluntary
shriues of worship do.ting its territory,
needs.neither standing armies nor nayies
to defend and give it influence before thc
world. ....
Barbarism and Serfsm can rise dyra
myds, and Parthenons, and navics, but
neither of them can stand secure OF the ba
sis of self-poised, intellectual strength
Knowledge is power,--and education
the cheap and only sure defence of nations
Ripley.
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pUBLlsHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
Tharsasy Meraias, seps. 2. nesa

The LATE Mrs. JUDsoN.-The Home
journal gives brief biographical sketch Of
Fanny Forester" from which we extract
sufficient to explain the following exquls-
itely beautiful lines:
Before saying the few words by which
we would recall the points of her varied
life to our readers, let us give one OF the
drops ofagony wrung from this heaven
child while there on trial--a poem written
for her mothers eye only, and certainly
the most manifest first breath OF souls
utterance that we have ever seen in human
language. 1t was sent us, some years ago.
by one of her friends under seal OF pri-
vacy, which we presume is removed by
her death. She wrote it while at Maui
main, the missionary station in dndia. at
which place behad been left by her dying
husband, DR.. Judson, when he embarked
on nearly hopeless voyage for health
At the date of this poem he had been iour
month dead, although it was ten days pe-
fore the sad news was communicated to
Iar
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-04-27
BRAIN AND THOUGHT. d;

Richmond mentions the cse Of woman
whose brain was exposed in consequence of the
removal of considerable portion of its ebony
covering by disease. He says he repeatedly
made pressure on the brain, and each time sus-
pended all feelings and all intellect, which were
instantly restored when the pressure was with
drawn. The same writer also relates another
case, that OF man who had been trepanned,
and who perceived his intellectual faculties
failing, and his existence drawing to close,
every time the cffascd blood collected upon the
brain so as to produce pressure. Professor
Chapman, of Philadelphia, mentions, in his lee
lures, that he saw an individual with his skull
perforated and the brain exposed, who was ac-
customed to submit himself to the same expert
ment of pressure as the above, and who was
exhibited by the late Professor Westar to his
class. His intellect and moral faculties disap.
peared on the application Of. pressure TO the
brain; they were held under the thumb, as it
were, and restored at pleasure to their full ae
tiyity by disseminating the pressure. But the
most extraordinary case of this kind within nay
knowledge, and one peculiar interesting to the
iphysiologist and metapysicisn, is related by
Sir Ashley Cooper in his sur gal lectures. A
man, by the name of Jones, ,eceived an injury
OF his head while on board o vessel in the
Mediterranean, which rendered him insensibls,
1.-THE vessel, soon after this, made Gibraltar,
where Jones was placed in the hospital, and re-
mained several months in the same insensible
state. He was then carried on board the Dol
phin frigate to Deptferd, and from thence was
sent to st. Thomas Hospital, London. He lay
constantly on his hack, and breathed with diff.
entity. His pulse was regular, and each time
it beat he moved hhsingers. When hungry OF
thirsty, he moved lis lips and tongue. Mr.
Clyner, the surgeons found a portion Of th'
skull depressed trepanned him, and removed
the depressed pordon Immediately after thi
operation the moicn of the fingers ceased, ant
at four clock iHsthe afternoon (the operation
having been per f5rmed at one) be satup IN bed
sensation and W ,litien returned, and in four dsy
! he got out of eli and conversed The last thin,
he remembered was the circumstance of takin.
prize in the Mediterranean. From the mo
ment of the az 'Gasht, s&rteea months and q fen
days, oblivion had come over him. and all reco,
lection ceased He had, for more than one year
drunk OF the cup of Lethe. and lived wholly
unconscious of existence; yet, ON removing :
small portion OF bone which pressed unon ~,
braln' he was restored to the full possession Of
the powers of his mind and body.-Dr. Bring.
ham,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-04-27

A Big GUN.-The largest cannon in the world
sat Beapoor, India, andsweighs forty tons A
seat in the interior accommodates FIVE persons
without much crowding. 1t is formed of mixed
metal, of which there is said to be some portions
of gold, and considerable quantity of silver,
and Is very sonorous. 1t was the work of Chusebv
Koomy Khan, an officer IN the service oil hoosein
Nizam Thah, of Ahmudnugger. In giving q
description of it, Col. Sykes says On the visit
of Sir John Malcolm, during the period of his
Viceroyship at Bombay, the Sattorah Raiah.
who holds the surrounding territories under the
British Government, directed that the gun should
be fired oil as an appropriate salute, Though
not charged with more than half the WEIGHT Of
powder which its chamber would contain. the
concussion was awful il shook many Of the
buildings 10 their foundations, and the terrified
inhabitants, as the reverberations rolled along.
expected to see the domes and towers. survivors
of former shocks, come tumbling about their
ears.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-04-27

''SNATcHEs" OF THOUGHT. Why didn'tyou
Are you not thinking being! Can you moi
exercise the powers of thought! Oh how fatal
is that habit--how destructive to human hopes
how opposed to human happiness! The
young man don't think--don't indulge in sober
calm thought in regard to his relations or dutiel
in his life, and his rapid advance to more re
sponsible and important stations. lie prefer'
the idle, foolish sports and pastimes of young
life, to those important preparatory exercises
which will make him nseful and hrppy, and ii
after life he is obliged to utter the painful ex
clamation, "Oh, didn't think" The young
tippler don't think, and SO he dies drunkard
The young lady don't think, and, ere she il
aware, finds herself sold for life to the powel
and companionship Of base hearted and pro
fligatc young man, The spendthrift don't thinl
waste his time and money-and drags out ,
penniless old age in want and misery. Ou
misfortunes come for the want of thought. Thel
take time to think. 1t is profitable to think
You were made to think Don't be so sting
you can't find time to think; you will los
much by such course. Don't act withou
thought. Don't live carelessly, Or you will b
obliged to indulge in bitter, terrible though
when thinking cannot ameliorate your hopeles
state.--Morning STIR.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-04-27

A little boy sat by his mother, looking stead
fastly at some distant object. He seemed to be
lost in his own reflections. Then, as the deep
thought began to pass away, his eye grew bright,
and he spoke.
Mother, wish could be rich."
Why do you wish to be rich, my son y
And the child said, +" Because every one praises
the rich. Every one inquiries after the rich
That man yesterday asked who was the richest
man in the village At school there is boy
who does not love to learn. He takes no paini
to say well his lessons. Sometimes he speak'
evils words. But the children blame him not
for they say his father is rich."
The mother saw that her child was in danger
of believing that wealth might take the plac'
Of goodness, or be an excuse for Incidence, o.
cause those to be held in horror who lead un
worthy lives. So she asked him, "What is i
to be richl" He answered, I" / do not know
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-04-27
DIP. THOMPSON, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.

Yet do tell me how | may become rich, that all
may ask after me and praise me -
The mother replied, Z" To become rich is to
get money. For this you must wait until you
are man." Then the boy looked sorrowful
and said, Z" Is there not some other way of be-
coming rich, that may begin nows"
She answered, The gain of money is not
the only, nor the true wealth. Fires may burn
it, the floods drown it, the winds sweep itaway
moth and rust vast it, and the robber make it
his plunder. Men are wearied with the toll of
getting it, and they leave it behind at last.
They die, and carry nothing away. The soul
of the richest prince goes forth like that Of the
way-side beggar, without garment. But there
is another kind of riches which is not kept in
the purse. 1t is kept in the heart. Those who
possess them are not always praised by men.
but they have the praise of God.'
Then said the boy, "May l begin to gather
that kind of riches now, or must whit till,
grow up, and am man =" The mother laid
her hand on his little head, and said, To-day,
if you will hear His voice; for He hath promis-
ed that those who seek early shall find"
And the child said, "Tearch me how can
become rich before Cod" Then she looked
tenderly on him and said, "Kneel down every
night and morning, and ask that in your heart
you may love the dear Savior, and trust in Him.
Obey His Word, strive all the days of your life
to be good, and do good to all. So, though you
may be poor in this world, you shall be rich in
faith, and an heir to the kingdom of heaven"
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VOLUME XII. NO. Is.

ed his appearance. Mr.. Hutton this time an.
peared as prosecutor, and deposed to the safe
custody Of the notes on the morning of the
robbery.
And you swear said Mr.. Webster,s sol;e.
itor, that you did not with your own hand.
give the pretendedly stolen notes to Brown. and
request him to take them in Mr.. Curts's mama
to young Mr.. Webster7'
Hutton, greatly startled, glancing keenly In
the questioner's face, and did not Immediately
answer No, I did not, he at last replied. in
a low, shaking voice.
Let me refresh your memory. Did YOU not
say to Brown, or rather Skinner, your brother.
in-law-
A slight scream escaped the quiyering lips Of
the detected eonspirator, and blaze of frenz;ed
anguish and alarm swept over his countenancs
leaving It ass white as marble. No further
answer could be- obtained from him and n.
soon as possible he left the Office, followed by the
groans and hisses of the excited aasd;torv. Sk;n.
ner was them brought forward: he made f,,,,
and ample confession, and Edmund Webster
was at once discharged, amid the warn felici-
titions of the magistrate and the upr0arious
gratulations Of his friends 1t was intended to
indict Mr. Hutton for perjury but the unhap-
py man chose toappear before the higher tribunal
than that of the Old Bailey. He was found dead
in hisbedroom early the next morning. His
affairs were found to be in state Of insoI-
yency, though the deficit was not large-fifteen
shillings on the pound having been, L understood,
ultimately paid to- the creditors. Miss Ellen
Bramston, must not in conclusion omit TO
state, became Mrs Edmund Webster shortly
after the triumphant yindication of her lovers
character; and, believe, Miss Webster was
made wife on the same day.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-04-27

PEACE OF MIND know of but one way
says Addison, of fortifying my soul against
gloomy presage and terrors of mind, and thai
is, by securing to myself the friendship ant
protection of that Being who disposes of events
and governs futurity. He sees at one view, thu
whole thread of my existence, not only that par
of it which have already passed through, bu
that which runs forward into the depths of eter
nifty. When I lay me down to sleep, recon-
mend myself to his care; when l awake | give
myself up to his direction. Amidst all the evill
that threaten me will look up to him for help
and question not but he will avert them, OIL
turn them to my advantage.
Though know neither the time nor the man.
ner of the death that am to die, am not a
all solicitous about it, because am sure that HI
knows them both, and that he will not fail Il
comfort and support me under them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-04-27

A MIGHTY oReAN,--Some interesting expert
ments have recently been made at the CRYSTAL
Palace, sydenham, with resprect to the power
required by an organ to FIJI the building, and a
report had been presented to the directors on the
subject. As the central transept alone covers a
larger area than is occupied by the cathedral at
York, some idea Of the vast size and power of an
instrument which should be heard in all parts Of
the building may be formed. The committee re-
port that the area required for the instrument
would not be less than 3,400 feet, the depth Of
the organ 20 feet, and its altitude from the
ground l40. The cost would not be less than
425, 1000, and its construction would extend over
q period Of three years
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THE IVY IN THE DUNGEON.

By CHARLES xAcKAy.,
The ivy in the dungeon grew,
Unfed hy rain, uncheered by dewi
Its pallid leaflets only drank sas
Gave moisture foul, and odors dank.
But through the dungeon-grating high,
There fell sunbeam from the sky;
1t slept upon the grateful floor,
In silent gladness evermore.
The ivy felt tremor shoot
Through all its fbres, to the root;
It felt the light, it saw the ray,
1t strove to blossom into day.
1t grew, it crept, it pushed, it clomb:
Long had the darkness been its home;
But well it knew, though vailed in night,
The goodness and the joy Of light.
Its clinging roots grew deep and strong,
Its stem expanded firm and long,
And in the currents of the air,
Its tender branches flourished fair.
1t reached the beam, it thrilled, it curlcd,
1t blessed the warmth that cheers the world,
1t rose toward the dungeon bars,
1t looked upon the sun and stars.
1t felt the life of bursting spring,
1t heard the happy sky-lark sing;
1t caught the breath of morns and ewes,
And wooed the swallow to its leaves.
BY rains and dews and sunshine fed,
Over the outer walls it spread;
And in the day-beam, waving free,
1t grew into a steadfast tree.
Upon that solitary place
Its verdure threw adorning grace;
The matin birds became its guests,
And sang Its praises from their nests.
Wouldst thou know the moral Of the rhyme?
Behold the heavenly light, and climb;
To every dungeon comes ray
OF Gods intermnabie day.
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TDe Gamtlp Circle.

No man sees the wallet on his own back, says
the old proverb, alluding to the fable of the
traveller with two packs, the one before stuffed
with the faults of his neighbor-the one behind
with his own.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-04-27

The eminent author of |" The Saints Rest, y
being reminded of his labors on his death-bed
replied. 81 was but pen in Gods hand, and
what praise is due to pen!"