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The Davenport gazette., 1854-04-20

FRog AND RAT.-A desperate cncorn,a.
took place between frog and rat, a, /.
brook near the slaughter house of Uri.h
Wiggin, in this town. a rat came down -
the brook to drink, and discoyerina \ froa :
with force and arms" made an attack ne
on him, by making firm grasp with h.
teeth; no sooner did the ra, make his bn9
that the frog plunged into the water, dras
gng his antagonist with him, where he 70
mainsd until the rat was compelled to le, on
and made for dry land, closely followed Iy
the frog. As soon as the frog appeared 4.
boye water he was again attacked By m,
rat, and a second time the latter became
the subject for cold water bathing. Tbi.
feat was several times performed, until ha
rat from exhaustion and drowning. felI !,
prey. After the frog became assured tha,
his antagonist was dead, he seated himself
upon his carcas, with all the complaisspce
Imaginable. where he remained for half an
hour, eXuting over his hard won victory
De- r Gqteih.
The Davenport gazette., 1854-04-20
MARRIED,

Ia Davenport, on Saturday, 'lr 18th inst. b! L o.
Blood, Esu John y. l.. HANSEN 70 MAElf
SOPHIE ukNESfAN, ill of this city.
The Davenport gazette., 1854-04-20

1t il asccrtancd that there is more iusan-
ity in California than in any other State of
this Union, IN proportion To It's population.
This ought to be expected, from the very
nature Of the pursuits that lead men thltlI-
cr-the eager hope Of sudden wealth, and
the dsappointmcnts, rcyerscs, and de-
prcssions 50 often experienced,
The Davenport gazette., 1854-04-20
MARRIED,

At Xme.,ile. O., ca the sEih glt, Nr tnl- T.
Ronmss 70 Miss SALfIE X, ushlcr Of Col. John H.
suitNan.
/lH thr lsly an the lrit inst, hy Elder g. Dlssut,
Mr.. JAMEs NICkERsifAM 10 Miss ]. AUGUSTA
WOO DWAHp, both of this place,
with rhr ugpse the printers were rememh~red aud
they uuitc thEir Kind wishes, tth those OF mal'
friends, tuT the happiness of the young ceaPle'
The Davenport gazette., 1854-04-20

A GREAT kiNpSEss,--Thera royal family ol
Great Britain in l7l6 ran loose about the
world, and people did not know how to treat
them, nor they how to be treated. In the
Letters of Gray" good story IN told oi the
Duke OF York. in Substance as follows
When he was at Sputhampton,in in thc summer
there was in the ueighborhood clergyman
with two handsome daughters. Ilcsoon had
wind OF, them, and dropped in for some rcn-
son or other. came again and agan and
grew familiar enough TO cut II bone 10 their
mutton. At last h. said the father -
"sIiss - Leads mighty confined life
here, always at home, why can't you let
one Of them go and take an airing now and
then with me in NY chaise!" "Ah. SIR
says the paraon do but look 1T thcm--a
couple OF hale, fresh colored hearty wcnche>
they need no airing: they are well enough.
But there is thrir mother poor woman, who
has been in decline way many years. If
your Royal iIighness would give her an air
ing now and then, il would be- doing US a
great kindness"
The Davenport gazette., 1854-04-20

"A young man has been here 70 aoi'ei-
Your Autograph said we to Mrs. Partlng'
ton, as she dropped in Tn" other morning on
her way ta the Post Office with letter
bearing hcr broad seal impress Il with thu
old worn silver thimbIe. My naughty
graft" said she, smiling warmly as nine
o'clock sun OH June morning: 81 IN sure
| don't know what that is, "ian had
better send him Ike" growled old Ro5ger
who sat reading specchson :he Charles
River Railroad bill; The comes the nearest
to naughty graft. for he il little mis-
chievous scion" She looted nj him re.
proachfully. We explained whatwas wan,
ted, and the nature of an autograph. She
felt compimented, and said 50, and taking
up the pen she made a long mark To the
right on the paper we gave her, and then
another Of about half the length across the
centre Of the first, and il was accomplished.
The autograph Of Ruth Darlington took IT,
place in the young mans portfolio among
the nutables Of the land Boston Post.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20
News from OREGON.

We have dates from Oregon to March
1. The Oregonian of Feb. 25 says: The
crater Of Mount St. Hefens has been unus-
ually active for several days past. Those
who have been in position SO as to obtain
a view of the mountain, represent clouds
of smoke and ashes constantly rising from
it. The smoke appears to come up in
pufs, which was the case when we visited
it in August last. There is now more
smoke issuing from it than there was then,
which indicates that the volcanic fires are
rapidly increasing within the bowels of this
mejestic mountain.
The business Of this city may be correct
ly inferred BY passing along the street
about two o'clock in the afternoon, when
you will hear the merchants and clerks
either whistling "Old Hundred" or "Ya
kee Doodle
1t is reported that new and rich gold
mines have just been discovered on this
side of the Calapooya Mountains, about
forty miles south of what used to be called
Marysville, now Corvallis.
Indian difficulties at the south still ex-
ist. We have private letters stating that
aparty of whites recently captured seven
or eight squaws, with their children, and
put them to death
The citizens of Clatsop Plains were to
hold meeting on the 28th, to open wag-
on road from the Willamette Valley to the
mouth of the Columbia
The Columbia river is frozen over for
thirty miles below the mouth ofthe Villa
mette.
The election of Judge Columbia Lam
caster, as delegate to Congress, in Wash
ington Territory, is now reported as GER
tain, by majority rising 200. The peo-
pie. we think, will have no cause to regret
having sent him as their first delegate to
Congress. # p - -
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20

The seventh and last Prophesy in regard
to Egypt, is recorded in the 3Oth chapter
10 the 18th verse, and refers both to the
Babylonian and Per,ian invasions; from
the 9Th verse onward, chiefly refers to
the incidents connected with Cambyses
expedition.
At Tehappnehes the day was darkened
when at that place Cambysis won his first
victory at that place over the Egyptians
Now let the reader review all these
prophesies and compare them with the
history of Egypt and see if he do not find
demonstrative evidence that the prophets
spake as they were moved by the inspi-
ration Of him to whom all things future
are present.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20
~Mr. Hillard in his book entitle,

EgM Mr.. Hillard, in his book entitled
tSix Months in Italy," observes that an
English man-of war seems to be always
within one days sail of everywhere
let political agitation break out in any
port on the globe, if there be only a roll
of English broadcloth or pound of Eng
hsh tea to be endangered thereby. within
forty-eight hours an English steamer OF
frigate is pretty sure to drop anchor in the
harbor, with an air which seems to say,
"Here I am; does anybody want anything
of me?"
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20


Orsille Dewey says: 81 am obliged to
regard with considerable distrust the in
fuence Of wealth upon individuals. I
know that it is mere instrument which
may be converted to good or bad ends; but
I more than doubt whether the chances
lead that way. Independence and luxu-
ry are not likely to be good for any man.
Leisure and luxury are almost always bad
for every man. know there are noble
exceptions. But have seen so much of
the evil effects of wealth upon the mind,
making it proud, naughty, and impatient
-robbing it of its large and gentle, and
considerate humanity; and have heard
such testimonies, such astonishing testi-
monies to the same effect, from those
whose professional business it is to settle
and adjust the affairs of large estates, that
| more diatrust its boasted advantages; l
deny the validity of that boast. In truth
| am sick of the worlds admiration of
wealth. Almost all the noblest things
that have been achieved in the world,
have been achieved by poor men-poor
scholars, and professional men, poor ar
tisans and artists. poor philosophers and
poets, and men of genius. A man, train
ed in the school of industry and frugality,
acquires large estate, his children posi-
bly, keep it, but the third generation al
most inevitably goes down the rolling
wheel of fortune, and there learns the en-
ergy necessary to rise again.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20
How a Boy Judged his Minister.


"Mother, mother; 1 love our minister:
I mean the one that preached for US to-
day. I like him better than that young
man who preached for US last summer,
Why, my son! Why do you speak
SO about the minister? Little boys like
you should not have their likes and dis:
likes. nor should they express their opin-
ions as freely as you do.''
Dear mother, I did not mean to be
wicked III speaking about the ministers.
I cannot help loving the one, and feel
quite afraid Of the other
"My son, explain yourself. What have
you seen in our present minister which
makes you love him SO much?''
40 mother, you remember poor Will
lam Wilson's son, the boy persuaded to
60 to Sabbath school last summer?''
eyes, remember ..s
"Well, last Sabbath, when meeting was
done, the minister was coming down the
steps with all the people; and don't you
think, he left the company of that rich la
dy and gentleman from Boston, and came
directly over to James Wilson, and puthis
hand on his head, and called him fine
fellow, and told him to come to his house
and get a new coat and pair of shoes,
because it was cold winter weather. [
tell you, mother, it is not every minister
that will do that; many Of them seem to
feel too proud to speak to poor ragged
boy. Mother, I hope you won't be an
CRY with me, but must say if we can
have that minister, I will love him, and
teach all the boys to love him too. think
he would make a good children's minis
ter
The above, without alteration, is the
substance of a conversation between
mother and son, as given to me by the
father who overheard it alI.-Ec.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20
ICoNCLUDED.l |
Female Fascination.

The control which female sometimes
exercises over the judgment of a man ap-
pears to be not unlike that which inferior
animals are said to exert over each other.
The power of the charmer is almost ire
sistible Petrarch, with his Laura, and
Aberlard, with his Heloise, are significant
examples of this remark. The Paris cor
respondent of the New Orleans Crescent,
in a recent letter, gives another illustra-
ton of this masculine weakness in the per-
son of an old friend of the writer, whom
he had not met for many years. He says:
"It was not until we had been together
several days that I learned that the wo-
man he had with him was nothis wJe.-
She was masculine creature, with moth
ing beautiful about her save a pair of
magnificent eyes, and they were black as
night. She had large maagazin as nouv-
eautes in the Rue Richelieu, where she was
supposed to be very wealthy, and where
she had helped him run throug the major
part of his fortune. When [ first saw
them, she exercised over poor r. a kind
of actual fascination. He did not love
her-and yet he could not shake her Off
be did not seem even to wish it. She
watched him I can use no other simile
exactly as cat watches mouse. That
she loved him there could be no doubt;
but her affection had dash of ferocity in
it. something like that of tigress towards
her whelps. Finally, after endorsing her
paper to the tune of $4,000 francs, he
suddenly left the country, Ito get out of
her reach. I suppose, and no one knew OF
his whereabouts for two years. At the
end of that period his mistress got wind
of his hiding place and one fine morning,
leaving her business in the hands of a
clerk, she packed up her fg-leaves, step
ped across the ocean, and found her recre-
ant lover engaged in successful mercantile
operations in the city of Panama. There
the same routine of reckless extravaganza
was run through with again, more madly
than ever. But it seems she grew jealous
Of him, (the gentle tigress!) and SO took
ihto her head to poison him which she did
with a big dose of arsnic. But his iron
constitution got, however, the better of
the drug, and they were returning togeth-
er when first encountered them. The
rest of the story is soon told. I had Gu
riosity to walk down and see her store.
found it all closed up, and the words "to
let' painted in staring capitals upon the
shutters. She was arrested and thrown
into prison for debt Immediately upon her
arrival in Paris, and he, to escape the
same fate, assumed the garb of Maltese
sailor; and the last saw of him was late
at night, in one of the 'hotels meubles"
of the Quarter Latin, where l left him
surrounded by an admiring audience, and
roaring out the opening stanza of eele-
brated French student song:
"Mon pere est Paris,
Ma mere est Versatile" &c.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20
CoNFIRMAT1oNs.-T Z. S. Senate h as

confirmed the following appointments,
Charles S. Frailey, of Ohio, to be prin-
cipal Clerk of public lands in the general
Land Office, vice E. A. Cabell, resigned.
John W. Whitfield, Of Tennessee, to be
Indian Agent at the Upper Platte Agency,
vice Thomas Fitzpatrick, deceased.
Richard G. Brown, Of Arkansas, to be
Agent for the Pottawatonies and Kansas
Indians, vice John W. Whitfield.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20
neIE NO. 432
From the Alta csiasshia. March Is,
Lower California.


We received BY the steamship Cosisasala.
bus, copy Of the San Diego Herald ex.
ira, of the 18th instant, which contains ).
Variety of very interesting news from tie
lower country.
Frederick Emery, Secretary Of State Of
the newrepublic, was arrested at San Dieg-
on Wednesday last, By the order OF Cap
tain Dornin, and lie, with Senor Cordoys.
arrived in the Columbus. Two others
from the ranks had deserted and make good
their escape to San Diego
The utmost dissatisfaction pervails
among those remaining with Walker, and
it is the impression that the whole affair
will break up with general fight among
themselves. Bloodshed is inevitable, whe.
ther b7 themselves or in the event Of an
encounter with Mexican troops row inpur.
suit.
A letter published in the Herald says
that the hlibusters had sacked the store of
Don Manuel Ritas at San Tomas, and had
taken him and Don Augustus Horn pris-
oners. The letter goes on to say:
Don Mancilla barely escaped being
taken prisoner. Don Jose Maria Bonpini,
who has charge of his fathers ranch, has
also arrived from below, having been OBJ.
liged to abandon the place for his personal
security. zr.r IS 4sa
| Last Sunday, three of Walkers eflis-
saries arrived at Guadalupe, and told him
{ Bahdfhi) to consider himself prisoner
in the name Of the hew Republic Bandini
| politely refused to obey, and tie ''brase
boys" not Wishing to risk a fight left say.
ing that they would soon return with moro
force and take him. s.5
Monday last was the day set by Walker
for a general assembly Of all the neighbor-
hood, and those Who did not come ia we're
to be punished by confscation of their
property. The condition of the people is
truly lafnentable. The greater portion of
the male population have been obliged TO
leave their families The 'liberators''
have taken away what provisions they
had, SO that if before long the fillibusters
do not leave that miserable country, many
of the families will starve. Such was the
state of the Republic ON the 96th of Feb
ruary:
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20

~A Company has been formed in
New York, with capital of several hun
dred thousand dollars, for the purpose OF
working the Cuban Copper Mines, so6s,,
that island IS IN the possession Of the United
States.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20

In the commission of evil, fear no man
so much as thy own self. Another is but
one witness against thee; thou art thou
sand. Another thou may'st avoid, but
thyself thou can'st not. Wickedness is
its own punishment.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20

Book FoLDING.-When the sheet of
paper in which book is made is folded
in two leaves the book is called a folio;
when folded into four leaves it is called
octave; when folded into twelve leaves, a
quodecimo, or 12mo; when folded into six
teen leaves, an 18mo: &c. The number
of folds in each rheet is ascertained by the
letters, or figures at the bottom of the pa
ges, there being as many leaves between
each as there are folds in the sheet-the
figures at the bottom telling the number
of sheets in a book, as those at the top do
the number of pages.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20

IMPORTS AND ExroRTs.-The export of
merchandise from New York last week
was $1,478, ,781, and since January /,
$f5, 5,6o6, ,534, being an increase this year
of about six millions. The value of i'm
ports has declined about three millions.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20

THE LAST AGoNy.-The neatest stvle
fashionable pataIoons in New York, is de-
scribed as "a light grey ground, with the
castle of Heidelburg in dark blue, on one
leg, and mount Vesuyious vomiting forth
fire, on the other,''
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20

~ The present force Of the Austrian
army is 520, 900, including hereserve and
the 5000 so-called veterans.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20

~T The Church of England, by its
separate centralized exertons, raises above
f10O, 900 per annum for religious objects,
of which EGO. 600 is applied to foreign
missionary operations. aa4 N&
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20

A New BusINEss.-The boys in New
are doing thriving business in "Turkish
moustaches, only six cents" made of bits
of seal skin, About every third youngster
in the street has one stuck under his nose.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20
a5s5sb o. se. For the Wyandot Pioneer.
iA Extracts from Mr.. Dement'S Lecture.
" EGYPT
[Continued from our last

sH .nsr [Continued from our last.l
THE GHAwAzEE OR DANCING GIRLS OF EGYPT.
1.-The traveller in Egypt will occasionally
meet with troupe of dancers who exhlo-
it for the amusement of the public. They
ARE usually females of exceedingly loose
habits who have no certain abiding place
Their stylc of dress is rich silk, loose and
half open in front, showey and almost i'm
modest. The pantaletts are full and
flowing. Something like shawl is twis-
ted about the loins, and loose open top
4 or cap is worn on the head. They usual
Oly dance in the open air under palm tree
or in grove of Accassia while Efendi,
aSabiah Teliah, boatmen, old men, women
and children, seated on the sand are de-
lighted with the performance. The move
mentis slow dance, which in this coun-
try would be called exceedingly lazy,
many obscene gestures, pointed inuendoes
make up the the excitement of the enter
u,tainment. Sometimes instrumental music
with but little of time about it stimulate
the fair performer, but sometimes nothing
but their own monotonous song, and the
= 1clashing of the castinetts measure the
time while their feet shuttle on the sand
Gazing on this wild exhibition one day /
calledto mind the song of the sister of
Moses. and the Hebrew daughters on the
other side of the Red Sea, just after they
had graduated in the Egyptian school.
From the paintings in the tombs of
Egypt we learn that dancing or move
ment of the body to music, was favor
ite amusement at the Festivals of the
Pharaohs from the earliest record of their
history.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20

ESNo degree of temptation justi6es amy
degree Of sin.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20

As no records are kept, or publications
made by the association, the plan of notify
ing members of any emergency requiring
their speedy assembling, is by scattering
small square pieces Of white paper over the
banquetts and public thoroughfares, and
by mailing them to posts, doors, or other
places accessible to the public.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20

The above, without alteration, is the
substance of conversation between
mother and son, as given to me by the
father who overheard it all-Er.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20
The Moral Evils of Wealth.

"Mon pere est a Paris,
Ma mere est Versatile" &c.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-04-20

the beginning of these calamities by the
invasion of the Babylonians, he soon;
however, advances again to the Persians,
and in the 18th verse describes the desc
lateness and destitution of Egypt pro-
duced by the ravages of Cambysis. Fif-
teen days later Ezekiel gave his fifth pro-
phesy of Egypt, beginning with the 18th
verse; this is most remarkable prophesy
The eye of the prophet glances forward
to far distant times, he foretels minutely
the ultimate of Asshur, which is Babylon
of Elan, which is Persia Of Mesheck,
and Tubal, which are Lydia and Asia
Minor, and of Edom and Sydon. He
then seemed to raise the dark vail that
covers the invisible world and offers cup
of consolation to Pharaoh and his slain
soldiers, in the fact that they were not the
only fallen nation, but that all these ma
tions, had ultimately came to tho same
fate. These prophesys covered lapse Of
three hundred years, subsequent to the
death of the prophet. Fifteen years after
this event Ezekiel uttered his sixth proph-
esy Of Egypt, as recorded in the 2sth
chapter, beginning with the 18th verse;
this short prophesy has entire reference to
the invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar
whothe year before had closed his long
siege Of Tyre, description of which will
be found in the history Of Phoenicia.-
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-13
GlotI)tnq.
CLOTHES! CLOTHES! CLOTHEs!w

CLOTHES! CLOTHES!! CLOTHES!H
Clothes Clothes clothes, imperial forms Of dress,
Give to the king his regal air. to the her lovenesS
The gallant grand and gay, the maid almost divine
Would be noticed amongst the crowd their clothes
We look at the glorious flowers with their cups Of thou
sand dyes;
We look at the dome of night with It's thousand golden eyes
And bow to the spirit Of beauty that gives Us such
draughts Of bliss,
And the spirit of beauty you know is Aought but the
spirit OF dress.
Clothes, Clothes Clothes the summery days have gone,
And the chilly nights Of the Fall swiftly coming on,
And the ghtsome clothes VIXEN the roses we're In
bloom,
We cast away, and prepare for Winters cold and
30 come We grayhare ses your clothes of sober hue
And come schooboys gay, for suits, green, brown
blue,
Come slwart men and strong, in your native manlness
And MACULLAR will make you shine In the gories OF
glorious dress.
Clothes, clothes, clothes hurrsh for the overcoatl
That we button, when reigns round our body and
precious throat;
ITurrah for the friend Flannel covers brst
When winter with spears ice tilt thickest vestI
And hurrah for MACULLAR who makes aud sells as fast
as he can,
All that is fitting for Club or the most imperial man.
Go to him and buy Clothes and yoE will learn to bless
The day you began to trade with the paragon of dress
Clothes Clothes Clothes the lawyer forgets his BRIEF
The farmer the price of wheat the lover his latest grief
The woodman the green oak tree that grows in its forest
pride,
The doctor his fees and pills. the boaman wind and tide
The clergyman his text and the hardy artzan
Ills daily tolls and cares when they the full dressed
man,
md they instantly go to MACULLAR's, and nobody
should do less,
And out in the newest styles, and handsomest forms
Of dress.