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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-26

OUTRAGEOUS CoNDUCr-We learn that q most
murderous assault was made upon the house Of Mr..
Charlesv Norwood, situated near the head of Goose
Cove, on Sunday night last, and repeated on We'd
nesday night, by some person or persons who are as
yet unknown. On Sunday night about one o'clock,
Mr.. Norwood was awakened by the report of two
by two more. On Wednes lay night one more
musket was fred. The muskets were loaded with
balls One of the balls passed entirely through the
heuse; another struck the joint of the sash Of a
window, cutting it through and breaking the four
adjoining panes of glass; third passed through the
window across the room, through q basket OF tow
sitting the mantle-piece and lodged in the plas-
tering, from which it was dug out by our informant
A new ball was picked up in the yard, as also was
some Of the wadding. The balls passed about foot
over Mr.. Norwood and his wife as they lay in bed,
and, as might be expected under such circumstan-
ces, they feel considerably alarmed. The object Of
the assassin 10 unknown, as Mr.. N. has had no
trouble with any one, that would lead to such an
attack.-GicMGsier Telegraph.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-26


We take the following items from the San Anto-
mia Ledger of the Sth:-
ACTIVE OPERATIOHs.-A field battery, complete
in all its part, drawn by oxen arrived here lately
from Corpus Christi. When the Indians see such
active operations these, they will certainly cease
their depredations and vamose. Eighteen thousand
pounds of ordnance stores, from the same point by
the same fast line, were met few days since on
the way to Eagle Pass. The country may now be
considered safe. By the way, is General Smith
aware of the fact that transportation costs by
this route than by the way Of Indisnola? If not he
should inquire of the carmen who do his hauling,
and tbey will tell him that they will carry much
cheaper from Indianola than Corpus. But ex-
pence is q small item when Uncle Sam has to foot
the bill.
Major Howard has just returned from visit to
the Indian tribes under his charge. He reports
them all peaceable and friendly, and anxious to be
removed to the lands which they are to be loca-
ted. They are willing to give up their arms If the
government will provide them with provisions
This should and win most certainly be done.
ANOTHER DEED OF BLooD.-0n Thursday last
our city was again made the scene of bloodshed. A
Mexican named Juan Cavantes, shot felowcoun.
tryman, with whom he had an alteration, who
lived but few minutes after receiving the leaden
messenger of death. Though the deed was done at
midday the perpetrator mounted his horse and
made his escape.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-26


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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-26

Telograph1c Marine Report.
BOSTON, june N-Arr banks Dwight Philadelphis
Duval, Baltimore; Franklin Trinidad Horace, Auz
Cayss; brig Mason Davis, New Orleans.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-26

Tho Bsoocbes, Miller from Mobile arrived here aR
being aground Crosby rcias.
The Lass advicts from os state that The elipO
ing; Otherwise . total WRECK.
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thas the West Wad M LYING anchor ths north ss~ss
aide Of the railway ttty.
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The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-02-18
Tne Society Of Ladies.

lhe following pertinent remarks occur
at the close of an article on the dangers
OF college Life" from the pen of a
New York clergyman, which appeared
IN the New York Times:
The society of ladies' has done much
for Inc all my lie long; and it was the
salutary, softening influence Of such as.
sociations that with Gods blessing, re.
strained ME from many an excess into
which l might otherwise have been led
whlre receiving my education. Ii is bad
sign when young man has no relish for
such company. Whatever be n mans
station IN life, whether higher or lower,
public or private, he will become better
man and escape many disaster, If he
will listen IN due season to the voice of
the intelligent and the refined Of the 9TH
er sex. Not only do they generally ex-
Gel us IN their nice perception Of the pro-
prle,ies OF life, and IN their tender sense
OF duty TO both God and man, but their
equally before us in their instructive fac
ulty Of foreseeing evil before il is upon
us, and in wisely discerning the character
and motives Of men.
1t was not all dream that made the
wife ot julius Caesar so anxious that he
should not go to the Senate Chamber on
the fatal ldes of March; and had he
complied with her entreaties, he might
have escaped the dagger of Brutus. Dis
aster followed disaster in the career Of
Napoleon, from the time tha, he ceased
to feel the balance wheel of Josephine S
Influence Oh his impetuous spirit. Our
own Washington, when inpor,an, ques-
tons were submitted to him, often has
said that he should like to carry the sub.
ject to his bed-cnamber before he had
formed his decision and those who knew
the clear iudgmen, and elevated purposes
of Mrs Washington, thought all the bet.
ter OF him for wishing to make her con-
fidential counsellor. Indeed, the great
majority of men who have acquired for
themselves good and great name, were
not only married men, but happily mar
red-"both paired and matched"
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-02-18

A Boa CoSsrRIrcoR SWALLOWING A
HoRsE.--Mr. Gardner, in his "Travels
in Brazil" confirms the early accounts
respecting the size and prodigious swal-
lowing capacity of tho boa constructor
accounts which certain naturalists, whose
researches never extended beyond the
galleries Of a museum, are in the habi, OF
treating with ridicule and unbelief. 1.-The
boa," said he, lis not uncommon through
out the whole province of Gogas, particu-
larly by the wooded margins Of the lakes,
marshes and streams. Sometimes they
attain the enormous length of forty feet I;
the largest saw in this place, but it was
not alive. Some weeks before our arri-
val at Sape, the favorite riding horse of
Senior Lagoeira, which had been pu, out
to pasture not far from the house, could
not be found, although strict search was
made for it all over the hacienda. Short
ly after this, one of the vaqueiros, in 60
ing through the woods by the side OF a
a small stream, saw an enormous boa sus-
ipended in the fork of a tree which hung
over the water; i, was dead, but had ev-
identity been noated down alive by re-
cent flood and being in an iner, state, i,
had not been able to extTicatc itself from
the fork before the water fell. |. was
dragged out to the open country by two
horses, and was found to measure thirty
feet in length. On opening it, the bones
OF horse were found, in somewhat
broken condition, the head being unin-
Dured. From these circumstances, was it
concluded that the boa had devoured the
horse entire.
la all kinds Of snakes the capacity fot
Swallowing is prodigious, have often
seen one not thicker than my thumb swal.
low frog as large as my fist; and | once
killed rattlesnake, about four feet long,
and OF no grca, thickness, which had
swallowed no less than three frogs, one
Iot which swelled out its side to nearly
twice the thickness of the other parts. |
have also seen very slender snake, that
Iirequents the roofs of houses, swallow an
Ientlre bat three times its own thickness.
Ii such be the case with these smaller
kinds, ii is not to be wondered at that one
|thirty-seven feet long should be able to
swallow horse, particularly when 1t is
known that, previously to doing SO, j,
breaks the bones OF an animal by coiling
itself round 1t, and afterwards lubricates
II with Shiny matter which i, has the
power oi secreting ia It's mouth.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-02-18

This lady has created quite ",ensa-
ton" in our city the pas, veck; having
appeared before the public in her Bloomer
costume for four successive evenings, as
a lecturer upon Woman's Rights. She
speaks with ease and without the slight
est appearance of timidi,y. She would
have woman assume more OF the lucrative
employments OF men, by which she can
be Independent, if left to her own sup.
port, and that Of family. If capacitated
she thinks they ought to enter each OF
the professions and claim their fees
and many such like things which our la-
dies would be likely to shrink from un.
der,aking. Almost every body was anu.
sed at her sayings, but we have not heark
that she made any converts.
For our own part we would ever wish
to emulate woman in her own best proper
sphere; and that in our humble opinion,
is in making home comfortable and pleas.
ant.-Patsburgh Post.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-02-18
EygoGhHAN3oU5.
Yankees and Foreigners.
In a recent lecture OIL street life in Eu.
rope, Wendell Phillips said:

In a recent lecture OH street life in Eu-
rope, Wendell Phillips said:
"We,are all heads, every subject the
elements OF our uses, and saving labor.
There IS nothing of this abroad. The
reason is, we have much to do, and but
few to do it; while they have little to do,
and many to do it. Consequently we in
vent labor saving machinery, while they
do as their fathers did, without seeklngto
improve. For instance, in Italy you will
see the farmer breaking up his land with
two cows and the root Of tree for
plow, while he is dressed in skins with
the hair on. In Rome, Vienna, or Dres-
den, il you hire man to saw your wood,
he does not bring saw-horse. He nev-
er saw one, nor his father before him. But
he places one end Of the saw Oil the ground,
the other agains, his breast, and taking
the wood in his hands RIBS il against the
saw. And he will be all day doing two
hours work. |, is solemn fact that in
Florence, city filled with the triumph Of
of art, there is not single auger, and if
n carpenter would bore hold he does it
with red no, poker! This results not
from want of industry, but of sagacity
of thought. The people are by no means
idlc-,hey toll early and late, men wo-
men and children, with an industry that
shames a labor-saylng Yankee. The
Pope does not allow the steamboats, to
come up to his wharves, but anchors them
mile off, 50 tha, his ragged boatmen
may make few pennies by rowing pas
sengers ashore, thus making labor that
the poor may live. In Rome, charcoal
is principally used for fuel, and you will
see a string Of twenty mules bringing
little sacks of il upon their backs, when
one mule would draw all Of it in cart.
But the charcoal yender never had cart,
and 80 he keeps his twenty mules and
feeds them. There is no want Of indus
try, but there is also no compe,etition. A
Yankee always looks haggard and ner-
yous, as though he We're cashing dollar
With us, money is everything, and when
we 90 abroad we are surprised to see that
the dollar has ceased to be almighty. If
Yankee refuses TO do a job for so cents,
he will do it Tor dollar, and viii certain
ly do il for five. Blu, one Of the Lazza-
roni Of Naples, who has earned two cents
and eaten them, will work no more that
day if you offer him ever SO large sum
He has earned enough for the day, and
wants no more. SO there is no eager
ness for making money, no motive Tor Il.
and every body moves slowly.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-02-18
NO. Is


The Washington correspondent, Of ahs
Philadelphia Ledger, in letter dated
the l4th inst, thus enumerates the i'm.
por,ant measures before Congress:
AT the beginning OF this Congress,
hopes were entertained that this session
would be terminated on or before the
3oth day of June, bu, to Judge OF the
present appearances, this is not likely to
be the case. The amount of business
now before both Houses, will alone suf.
tice to lengthen ou, the session till Au.
gust, and enough viii be superadded to
'requlre couple Of months more Let
me try TO review the case. We have now
the following importan. measures before
Congress: s..s. ...
LIST. Our Central American relations,
the debate on which may last the Senate
some three or four months.
81. Our Mexican relations, including
the Isthmus Of Tehauntepec.
3D.. The fisheries and reciprocity with
Canada, which requires al &c, of Con-
grcss.
4th. A revision Of the Tariff.
5th. A revision Of the Patent laws Of
the United States. .~ ..~ ~.'.
9th. The settlement of the question
whether the privilege Of levying a tom
age duty shall be granted to the several
States, in lieu of direc, appropriations for
rivers and habors. .....
9TH. The French spoliations.
Sth. The Texas debt bill. ...,.
9th. The Pacific Railroad bills, (now
amounting to 1917 for granting alternate
sections Of public lands in aid Of Rail.
roads. =:
10Th. The Nebraska territorial bill,
with all its important collateral issues.
llth. Bill for increasing the material
and personal Of the navy.
18th. Bill for creating retired lis, in
the army.
Finally, last, no. least. Mr.. ewing's
motion to alter the Constitution of the u.
States so as to abolish the electoral col
lcge, and make the vote for President Of
the United States direct by congressional
districts.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-02-18

Two PonrRAIrs or THE Czan.-In
the well known Letters from the Baltic
Nicholas Is thus drawn in pen and ink:
"His is strictly Grccian-iorehead and
nose one grand line; the eyes finely
lined large, open and blue, with calm
ness, a coldness, afreezing dignity, which
one equally quel an insurrection, faunt
an assassin, OF paralyze petitioner, the
mouth regular, teeth fine, chin prominent
with dark moustache and small whiskers:
bu, not sympathy in his face! His
mouth sometimes smile, his eyes never"
Mr.. Punch, having studied the Gear in
his works, is disposed topu, forth another
sketch, rs thus
His face is strictly all check, forehead
and nose, one grand roundabout curve:
the eyes large, open, round, and express
slve as cannon's mouth, cannon that
can quell an nsurectlon, or slaughter in
nocence, the mouth curved and significant
as scimitar, teeth large and prominent
as chevaux-deiri the face altogether =
national death warrant. The mouth,
like sclnitar steel, sometimes glisten--
the eyes never.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-02-18
Early Marriages.

am a great advocate for early mar.
rlayes. There is no check like matrimo.
ny tor the errant propensities Of young
manhood. Few live TO what are called
the years OF dlscressiou, without losing
one OF their parents; sisters wed and ge,
new households Of her own, and the first
home is lost. Then usually comes to the
young man the choice between the devil
and the angel.
If he prefer the latter, he will general
ly find her in the guise of a gentle wife.
believe half the wor,hlessness, idle
ness and unenergy of bachelorism are
products OF interference and prevention
of early marriages.
An early marriage Is not necessarily
an lmprudcnt one any more than the
graybeard's last wedlock is wise one.
The Divine instincts of youth will
guide US more correctly in the choice OF
a companion than our world-wisdon-
what we, in our corruption, cali maturer
judgments. Neither are parental and
guardian terrors well founded.
A young man is objected to because he
Is poor; because he is quick, careless of
opinion, Inclined to defy harsh judgments
"a disposition which prudent old ladies
call recklessness; and which is as natur.
al to youth, as scandal is to prudent old
ladies.
A young man without positive fixed Vi
cas, who has these three qualities, gen.
erosity OF feeling, afiectionateness and
honor, may be safely trusted with the
welfare of the woman whom he loves !:
my word Cor it, he will secure it more
certainly than he who buys wife for
two carriage horses, sofa at the opera,
and an entrance into Mrs. Fungus set.
donald .MLeod's Bloodstone.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-02-18
Ameris an Colonization Society.

The annual meeting of the American
Colonization Society,", took place at Wash
ington City on the 18th inst. The re-
ceipts of the society for the year have
been over $50 900, and the expenditures
amount to 500, ,O00-ieaving a deficit of
$40, 200. The society has sent out du-
ring the year 7S3 emigrants, and the
present resources of the society are mad :
equate to the most pressing demands.
Those who have a genuine regard for
the African race-who are not using ii
as mere political hobby to be rode while
profitable, and to be kicked aside when
not, have here presented 10 them al OPP
portunity Ia test their profession by works.
A large number of intelligent Africans
wish to return TO the land OF their fathers
where equal civil rights and social equal
ity await them, and where broad field
Tor enterprise invites them to noble effort
--bu, the society has expended all its
means and gone into debt beside, in its
prosecution OF the good work to which it
is devoted. Let the benevolent, the tru-
ly humane Of the land, respond TO the
call that IS now made upon them in this
behalf. Chicago Press.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-02-18
A Warming to Bachelors.

Day, of the Mansfield Herald, is re-
sponsible for the following We found
one button short after reading it
"A morning or two since, cries Of as
sistance were heard proceeding from the
room Of a highly respectable old bachel-
or. On bursting open the door he was
found frozen fast IN a tub Of pater ! Ha-
wing been troubled with a bad cold he
though, to take bath in tub Of warm
water, the night before, and felt so COM
Portable while sitting in it that he drop
ped asleep, and did not awake until NOR
ning He was of course unable to stir,
and was compelled to call for help. To
his great horror the first person rushing
to his aid was an old maid, who felt q
partiality for his goods. She sup
posing he intended a joke upon her, broke
into the stree, again, her conntenance
filed with Indignation and wounded van
i,y, and threw her hands violently around
exclalmlng,-'O, the hateful villain p
HIS continued cries, however, brought
our friend speedy assistance, when by
chopping him ont with hatchet and tur-
ming him round and round like q spit
before the fire, he was soon thawed out.
He wished us to say he IS now candl-
date for matrlmony.
p s. W. were not on hand ourself-
we only give "ha, people say aboa, it."
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-02-18

Now Is THE TrMr.-A gentleman cal
led his soas around his dying bed, and
gave them the following rela,ion:'
"When | was boy the spiri; strove
with me, and seemed to say, Seek reh.
g'on now but Satan suggested the ne
oessi,y Of waiting till grew up, because
it was incompatible with usetu! amuse.
men,; so / resolved | would wait till
grew up TO be man. l did so, and
was then reminded Of my promise to
seek religion; but Satan again advised
me to wait till middle age. for business
and young family demanded al my
attention. Yes l said, i win do so -
will wait till middle age l did so ;
my serious impression left me for some
years. They were again renewed; con-
science reminded Inc of my promise, the
spirit SAID, Seek religion now,' bu, then
had less time than ever. Satan advised
waiting till was old then my children
would be settled in business, and should
have nothing else to do; could then
give an undivided attention TO it. list
ened to his suggestion and the Spiri,
ceased to strive with me. have lived
to be old but | have no desire as former
ly to attend to the concerns of my soul ;
nay heart is hardened. have resisted
and quenched the Spirit; there is no
hope. Already l feel hell within, the
beginning of an eternal misery. l feel
the gnawing of the worm that never dies
Take warning from my miserable end /;
seek religion now; let nothing tempt you
to put OFT this important concern" Then
IN the greatest agonies he expired.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-02-18
A Yankees Autobiography.
EDITED BY WILLIAM NORTH.

Sir was born and was raised in Connecticut;
Bolted to sea, and was wrecked in Japan;
Quite a respectable figure | 'spect cut,
When, coming back o keep school began.
Guess at the saw-mill proved top-sawyer,
And as minister made a small splurge;
Reckon felt more at home as lawyer,
Ere, as a doctor, learnd how to purge.
But the long words in the medical lexicon
Soon forgot from couple Of years,
Spent in campaigning the darned Mexican,
When commanded the Bragg volunteers.
Just FOR change, then, paper edited,
Scorched politicians, and pitched into books:
That was before was envoy accredited,
Austrian ipo-General Snooks,
'Tis slow life tha. Of minister's resident,
Posting dispatches TO kings and what not
But, a, they propose to run me for President,
Hanged IL care TO resine at my lot.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-02-18

The LOFTY AND THE LowLy.-Who
is he, no matter how exalted has position,
who has not relatives IN the humblest =
The writer has himself seen members of
the immediate families Of the two PIesi.
dents, tolling for their support IN the se-
verest Of employments; and it is probable
tha, no man has occupied the White
House whs has not been aware that ma
ny OF his kindred, unless relieved by
himself, We're reckoned by the.poor, if not
the honest OF the land! The only broth
er Of Clay was cabinet maker; Web
ster, the giant OF statesmen and the orni-
ment Of his country, had a brother-in- law
who never learned to read until after com.
pleting the period Of three score and ten,
and majority Of the frs statesmen Of
the present time are the energetic and
ambitious sons Of poor but honest parents.
Eyerctt--who will never blush to own il
was discovered OF knowledge under
difficulties Of poverty though they pre-
tented to him bat slight impediments on
the road TO renown.