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The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-11-11
EXTRA HORSE.

TAKEN Up BY Samuel Long, j., in
! Upton. on the 25ta day Of stgas', 1854. =
tAFse "a. horse. Line or tea years DID, ..xtssa
A.uds high, black nane and tail, saddle aud col
al n,ssAs--saddlC AMI birdie IN when taken ~.
tpyi aised a. $50 before Il. NJ. Long. La.
J. w. CATiELI.
AaE. "a 1854. nto-3n County slsrs.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-11-11
EyTRI Y HORSE.

TAKEN Up by John +. Cole, in Henesr
township, Picayuhe Grove, yellow bay
hprss, with one white mind foot In fore foss
white. fe. white hairs in his forehead. sAA
.heu: Is hands high. Ecl
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14
The REAL ISSUE.


Tho bill of Douglas has passed the Senate
of tho United States, bu twill meet with hard
iato in tho House.
Judge Douglas Is getting nervous and senai-
two as he sees the dark clouds gathering IN tkS
North. Hc fears 10 sec the real issue stated
boldly and openly He has lately written a
letter 70 an editor i'm Concord, N. H., in an
swer 70 an article that appeared a short timo
since III the paper,of that stapncb. democrat,
Edward Burke IIo is not willing TO admit Mr..
BIS honesty but says ho is an enemy in disgui-
SO and speaks of his plain speech as fatal ad-
missions. Edward, however, is honest. and
meets tho issue like a man. He does not film,
ch, in advocating the Nebraska Bill to state
boldly what he believes will be tho result Of
Its passage. He asks wha; will be the effect Of
the repeal of tho Missouri compromise, and
says: ......,
"Unquestiondbiy TO revire and re-eSfGblisk
sidyery over thd. iolole region. When Louis
ana was ceded to tho United States, the law of
slavery existed over that whole vast territory
already three slave States have been carved,
ard admitted into the Uniou. viz: Louisiana,
Arkansas, and Missouri. When they camo
into tho possession of tho Union as territories,
slavery had been planted and was fourishing
upon their soil: and tho whole territory of
Louisiana was under the dominion of tho law
which established and legalized the institution,
Therefore, when, those States came into tbo
Union, the people did not have to establish and
ordain slavery. Tho Missouri compromise re-
pealed ana excluded the institution abovo the
line of SO deg. 80 min. The repeal Of that
compromise repipes and re-estabiishes sld0sry
in all The remaining territory Of The Louisiana
purchase. Therefore, the law which permits
slavery will be revived, and slavery will exist
in Nebraska and Kansas the moment the Ne
braska bill receives the sanction Of the Presi;
dent This is the only destruction which can
legally be drawn from tho premises
The proposition therefore, which tho Nor
thern men arc to look fully in the face, and to
meet without the possibility of evasion in this:
Shall siapery be repiUed and ,re,estnhiisssd IL
.Nebrdsh.d and Kansas? And as NECESSARY
consequence, shall the slave States regain that
political preponderence in the Senate Of the
United States which they havo lost by tho
moro rapid multiplication, of late, for free
States? These are the propositions which
Northern men must meet and which they can
not now dodge or evade."
| There Is what reliable democratic advocate
of Nebraska bill says--and no is u northern
man. and lives in tho home of President Pier
CO. Let the real issue be stated and made
known, and the fate of tho bill would be quickly
decided. sl
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14
] How to Ruin a Neighbors Business.

Some time since ESQ runs a correct narativc)
| tho owner Of a thriving mution-pic concern.
which after much difficulty he had succeeded
| in establishing with borrowed capital, died be-
fore he had well cxtricatcd himself from the ro-
| sponsibiltics of debt. Tho widow carried on
| the business after his disease, and throve so
| well that specuIating baker, on tho opposite
side of the way, mado her tho offer of his hand.
| The lady refused, and the enraged suitor de-
| ltorminad on rarenco immediairlV CONVERTED his
bakery into an opposition pic-shop: and, acting
| on tho principle universal among London ba-
kers, of doing business for the first month or
two at loss, made his pies twice as big as ho
could honestly afford to make them. The con-
sequence was that tho widow lost her custom,
and was fastening fast to ruin, when friend
of her late husband, who was shall creditor.
paid her visit Sho detailed her grievance I'd
him, and Iamented her lost tralc and fearful
prospects. "Oh, ol!' said her friend, ''that
ere 8 the move, is il: Never you mind, my
DEAR If don't git your trade again, thero
amt no snakes. mark me--thats all!' So say
ing no took his leave. ~ o
About eight o'clock the Same evening, when
the new pie-shop was crammed 10 overaowing,
aud the principal was below, experimenting
tho production of new batch, in walks the
widows friend, in tho costume Of a knellcr-ra-
ker, and clbowng his way to the counter, dabs
4
Grating at the same time to the astohshed dam
sci in attendance: Fr.f-fs3 f4t, ,s.,sf
"Tell your master. my dear, as how thom
two makes six and-thirty this week. and say
I'll bring tother four to morror afternoonv'-
With that no staggered out and went his way.
So powerful was tho prejudice against cat
mutton among the population ofthat neighbor-
hood. that tho shop was clear in an instant, and
tho floor was covered with hastily abandoned
specimens of every variety of scgmcnts Of
| circle.
The spirit-shop at tho corner Of The street
experienced an unusually largo demand for
"goes' of brar y;and interjcctional CALCULATIONS
not purely GRAMMATICAL were not merely audible
but visible too in tho district. 1t is avcrred that
tho ingenious expedent of the widows friend,
founded as it was upon profound knowledge
of human prejndces had the desired effect of
restoring tho "balance of trade" The widow
recovered her commerce; tho rcsentful baker
was done as brown as if hc had been shut up
in his own oven; and tho friend who brought
about about this measure of justice, received
the hand of the lady as reward for bis inter-
foroncc. t.a
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14
Manufacture of sseel-.-Important Results.

| Among the numerous advantages claimed
for the purpose Of making wrought iron ono oi
prominent Importance has lately been devel-
oped. The acconnt of it is from undoubted
authority, and is given as follows:
manufacturer of steel lately purchased
so tons of iron from tho American Iron Com.
pany, Newark, Nj. made by the Renton pro
cess TO test its qualities as steel iron which re-
quires to DO of the purcst kind for that pur-
pose.
The iron was taken from tho bar, and by
one simple process (only costing $3.50 per ton,
the iron was found susceptible, on account OF
its carbonaceous quality. TO be capable OF rap
in the short space of four hours, saving the to.
dious process of previous fermentation. Thus
tho daily products of each of the new furnaces
can be converted into steel at a comparatively
small cost, yielding 100 per cent. more profit
than in ircn. . ,-,.t,e r.. ...f ff.
The steel thus made has been put to vari-
GUS severe tests, made into razors, edge tools
&c, and is pronounced by competent Judges
to be the best of cast steel.
If these things are so it will wonderfully re-
ducc the cost of steel manufacture, and hold
out new advantages to Cleveland enterprise
and especially to those who have embarked to
reap the earliest advantages Of tho new mode
of making iron from the Lake Superior ores
These have no rival in purity, and therefore
tho best results may be expected from thom.
What is to hinder Clevelapd from becoming
an Iron Cty.-fClcye. Herald.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14

FERocIoUs ATTACK OF WILD BEAsT.-Thc
.Ne,c Orleans Crescent, Of Feb. Sth, gives an
account of an attack upon Mr.. Stephen O'Lca-
ry, tho chief of police of that city, by leop-
ard in the menagerie ofMr Van Amburgh:-
"Stephen was leaning with his left arm across
the iron railing whom the leopard thrust his
long, muscular fore legs through the bars, and
seized him by tho arm. midway between the
wrist and elbow, stripping the flesh clean from
tho bone and tendons nearly to the hand, and
drawing Captain O'Leary up almost against
the bars. He struck the ferocious beast with
his fist, but the only reply was fierce growl
and firmer grip of the sharp claws; his COM
panion was not armed to meet such an emer.
gency, but he plucked from his head n bran
new and shining castor, and dealt the animal
a blow between the eyes, which utterly blind
cd and amazed him. and ho relinquished his
hold at the very instant when he had the Cap
tain completely in his power ~
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14

Tbo Loatherses. or. as thoy arc somctimcs
caEe 81. che Darlington bcgears,' arc sort Of
half fgipsoy race. that live, II it can be called
living IN Now Hampshire, but sell their bask-
ets, which they manufacture, in large. towns of
massachusetts,, which, with begging, is the means
oftheir subsistence. In travelling to market,
they usually take their whole families, which
Iitc IN the forward part of tho carts. under a
sort Of house constructed Of the baskets. .roi
The anecdote that ] am about to relate con-
Germs one of their number, who was too honest
OF lazy to stay at homo, and went and settled
in a distant town. 1t was tho custom in the
place where our hero settled, whom we will call
Bill H. for short, that when hog was kill
ed, for the neighbor to borrow spare rib, or
some other part Of the animal, on condition of
ying back the samo when they killed.
3 Now Bill H had avery largo hog, and on
the strength of this he had borrowed from eve
ryperson that had killed for several months.
His wife had chalked down on the door what
he had borrowed, when, on coming home one
day with a lot of bork, n person asked him
whrn he should kill f0E SO 81 gN
\ On isRl getting hone. hp took notion to rec
kon up the amount he had borrowed, when, to
his surprise, the account stood thus-fve spare
ribs, six legs of ham, several livers, and pork
enough to have weighed down any hog i'm tho
place. hero was quandary, But Bill went IN
to tho house to sec his better half about tho
matter-but found she was correct, as there
were eight of them that had lived almost entirc-
ly on borrowed pork while in that town.
Tho old lady asked Bill if he should pay the
remainder in money.
"Not H. says Bill; II have got only dollar,
and shan't pay that for pork"
'How will you manage it, thcnf' says the
old lady. I EIal
II agreed to pay says Bill, "when killed
the hog, and l haven't kill him yot, and when
do shall pay them back" M
The old lady could not imagine how he would
do it--but when she heard tho next day, she
said "hc would be al ossifer or some great GIN
raj YETI
The way Bill managed it was this; ho went
that night, and sold the hog to butcher, in an
adjoining town, and Bill carried him over that
night, without being seen. The next morning
the noighbors found the hog was missing, and.
on enquiry, Bill :old them. ho agreed to pay
back when he killed his hog; but as he had
none TO Kill, he insolently told them that they
would have TO go minus pork that year, if they
depended on him.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14
INDIA AND CHINA.


We have details of the news from India and
China. The dates are Bombay, Jan ~, Hong
Kong. Dec. 27
"Tho news from Burmah are still unfavora-
bic: Capt. latter, the Deputy Commissioner
of Prone, and the most active of tho frontier
politicals, has been nssassnated. Since tho
detection Of tho conspiracy u Rangoon he had
been very active in collecting information re-
garding the plans of the war party at Ava, a
service for which his intimate knowledge of
the Burmese language and character peculiar
ly fitted him. He had given orders that the
scntries should allow his spies, who were usu-
ally disguised as women, to pass unquestiohed
at all hours, and in consequence of such orders,
the assassins, who entered Capt. Lattersquar-
tiers. disguised as women, on the night of the
Sth, were allowed to pass unnoticcd. He was
murdered when he was asleep, and so quietly
did the assassins effect their object, that it was
not until the next morning that his dead body
was found in his bed, pierced with threo dag
ger wounds, one in tho neck, ono in the right
side, and one in tho heart. Ills death must
have been instantaneous. A woman's scarf
was thrown over the corpse, (an ind'gnity. ac-
cording to Burman estimaton,) and the mur-
dcrcrs effected their escape so roselessly that
the precise time they left Capt, Lattcr,s is un-
known.
"The northwest frontier is tranquil. The
forts in the Kohat Pass are being proceeded
with, and tho Affredces, having been promised
twice their former amount of black mail for
keeping the pass open, appear for the present
reconciled to their erection.
"The Murrecs again threaten TO be trouble
somc in Upper Scndc, and an expedition
against them is talked of. tits said that few
days before the last accounts thcy had collcc-
ted large body at the margin of tho hill
country, having with them tho guns they took
from Clborn's detachment in 1916, for the
purpose of descent on tho plains, but they
found that Jacob was on tho alert, and so pre-
ferred discretion, and made no attempt to
break cover.
"Medras is threatened by famine. Last
monson was very unfavorablc, and the crops
have generally failed; as yot, there is only a
severe scarcity. grain not being more than
double the usual price; but it is now only the
commencement of the dry season, and it is
feared that this scarcity must before long be-
come famine" ertH t-triG
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14

COMPETITION IS THE LIFE OF BUsINEss.-A
year or two ago the Congregationalists under
took raise a subscription Of $50 600 to aid in the
erection of places Of worship in the new settle
mens and elsewhere They succeeded in rais-
ing the amount and additional. Next the New
School Presbyterians, emulatng this example,
and desiring to surpass it, undertook to raise
100000 for similar purposes, and are ap-
preaching the accomplishment Of their object.
The Old School Presbyterians now follow
suit, and arc about 10 raise = l00.o0 for church
extension. Thus, these three denominations
differing in name, but not much in doctrine.
will make up an aggregate of a quarter Of
million dollars. in the course of two years or
so, for tho extension Of chucrh accommodations
in connection with their respective oreaniza-
tons. Although UNCONVENTIONAL zeal may
have something to do with AL this, yet il cam
not bc doubted that il will result in much
good Il New York Journal Of Commerce..
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE co.
OIhcc NO 10 SIitVt slTttI'
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

Incorporated ISIO--Chaiter Perpetual.
Aothorized Capital $3.50 900; Subscribed Capt. so 000
TINS long established and we'll known Institution,
has transacted most extensive Insurance business
for more than forty years. throughout the United Sta
tes and the British North American Provinces. II
h1s aimed TO public confidence by an honora-
bic and faithful ful6llmento its contracts and
crs of property assured that all fair claims for loss
under policies will be literally adjusted and PROM
pity paid. Public buildings, Manufactures, Mills
Machinery yelling Houses, Stores, Merchandise,
Household Furniture Vessels on the stocks or while
in port &c., will be insured at rates as low the risk
will admit. The following gentlemen constitute the
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
H. RrNTiN6ToN, President.
Albert Day Calvin Day, James Goodwin,
Chas Boswell John p. Brace, Henry Keney,
Caa's J Russ. CHARLES TAYLOR, Secretary.
Christopher C. Lyman, Assistant Sec'y.
Applications for Insurance may be made directly to
The Office ofthe Comp my at Hartford, To its Agents
an the principal towns and cities of the Union.
MURPHY & BANTER, Agents.
Jonasville Oct IL I853- n1f7m6
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14

CUTTING ScIoNs.--The present month, is the
proper time for cutting scions for grating, as
also arc December and January. Shoots of
last years growth from healthy and vigorous
trees furnish the only good scions, aud care
should be taken that they are firm, well ripen-
cd wood, as the value of the future tree de-
pends on the perfection Of tho scion as well
as that of the stock. They can be kept until
needed, in a dry, cool cellar, with the lower
ends buried in the carh; or better in pits in
dry, snndy soil, situated on tho north side of a
wall or tight feuce.-[ Rural New Yorker.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14

0F II is stated on unqucstionablc authority,
that Samuel Mcdary, of Ohio, appointed last
spring minister to Chill, actually accepted and
drew tho amount of tho outfit, 1900. and one
quarters salary, S2,25o, making 1880
Notwithstanding that vacancy is considered
to have been refunded, though it is said to have
been most pressingIy called for.
Sam was candidate for tho u s. Senate
from Ohio, but couldn't get bis "out6t" from
tho Legislature and with drew.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14

PRINT 1T IN LETTERS OF CODA father
whose son was addicted 10 some vicious pro-
pensitics, babe The boy drive nail into GER
tain post Whenever ho should commit fault
and agreed that nail should be drawn out,
whenever be should correct an error In pro-
cess of time the post was completely filled with
nails @ |' aH fia ~
The youth became alarmed at the extent of
his indiscretion, and set about reforming him-
self. One bv one the nails were drawn out
the delighted father commended him for his
noble. sclf-denyng heroism, in freeing himself
from his faults. ".t ~ ,oln - q f.1f
"They are all drawn out" said tho parent.
The boy looked sad. and there was whole
volume of practical wisdom in his sadncss.-
With heavy heart hc replicd:- ~
"rrue, father. bit he scars are tkere stW"1
Parents who would have their children grow
to sound and healthy characters, must sow the
seed at the freside. Charitable associations
can reform the man, and perhaps make use
ful member of society: but alas, the scars arc
there. Tho reformed drunkard gambler or
thief, is only the wreck cf what he once was.
he is covered with scars-which will disfigure
his character as long as he shall live.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14

The CHINESE WALL.--Dr. Bowring in let
turo on China, which hc delivered at Bolton,
England, stated that if all the bricks, stones,
and masonry of Great Britain were gathered
together, they would not DO able TO furnish
materials enough for the wall Of China, ond
that all tho buildings in London put together
would not mako tho towers and turrc,s which
adorn il.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14

ag- Tho following anecdoto was related
by n Mr. Adams in some remarks which he re-
Gently made in Boston:
In stump speech, out west, Douglass boas-
ted of his descent, from tho famous "Black
Douglass" of Scotland, when an honest Hi
bernian present exclaimed, "Ayc, an hi of
descent it was too" Douglass felt as if ho
would like TO vamoosc .,s
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14
o. Mrs. Partington saws BM .ysIrask1

0T= Mrs. Partington says Bh .Nebraska
throatcns 10 kill Missouri Compromise, and that
tho Legislature Of Illinois has resolved to help
him do il. When told that tho Legislatures
of Marie. Wisconsin, and Now York, aud the
democratic State Consention Of Connecticut
had resolved TO sustain Missouri Compromise.
she thought il would do no good, unless they
took line belonging to Missouri Compromise
and bound Bill with il before he carries his
threat Into execution. tfrff htf s'rrllr..
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14

,1 PILoT CARRIED OFF by THE STEAMER. Mr..
benjamin b Tremero, tho Boston pilot who
navigatod tho British steamer America out of
the harbor Yesterday afternoon, was unable to
leave the vessel after getting beyond Boston
Light, ON account Of the heavy sea. and accor-
dinghy was Obliged TO cross the Atlantic, as
that steamer sailed directly for Liverpool, with
out touching at Halifax, as usual.ia y ssos i
,r-----.--u--f Bost Trans Feb %
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14

An effigy was found on Tuesday morning
suspended to the top of the flag staff ON Bos-
ton Common, with tho following inscription
upon it: "Stephon A. Douglas, author of tho
Infamous Nebraska Bill--the Benedict Arnold
of IS54.n e.faa % t
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14

"what is show bread, Auntl- asked Ike,
who was reading the Bible consccutiveIy, pnd
tearing out tho leaves as he went along, SO as
not TO lose tho place; what is show brcad:'-
''Wly. Isaac" said Mrs. Parlihgton, "shoo
bread is that which tho people earn by making
shoes. There is plenty Of it in Lynn.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14
G. n. DIR ESSEt.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Soli, ftor n; Chaacery and Notary Public.

oFee third door North Of The Western Hotel
twi faithfully attend to collections and te the br-
sness entrusted TO my care, in all the Courts IN the
,ounty. | shall be happy Mt all times 10 draueht
Deeds Mortgages Contracts. &c.. IN correct and
>uperio: stye--and take Aiidavts and tho acknowl-
edgmcnt of Deeds and Mortgages. ] have made ar
rangements to procure back pay pension and Bounty
fefi With the utmost dispatch. Land and other A.
pencles attended to. Hlillsdale March TO- 1853
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE,
OFFICE No 106 BROADWAY, NY.
G1SG.T5O

Accumulated Capital principally ppested in NeD po,k
and Uaited States Stock.
THIS Company make all Insurance appertainnS
TO Life the most economical and secure plan.
The Premiums are charged at tho usual rates, but
may be paid annually semi-annuay or quarterly. or
when the polio, is for life and the premium amounts
to $50 40per cent of 1T may be paid by note, and 90
per cent. only in cash.
At the end of each year statement is made of thu
Compauies affairs and dividend Of the profits made
20 all life policy holders.
This dividend is madn in the shape of stock-trans-
ferabe certificates for which are ssued-bearing such
interest the Trustees shall declare. BY this mode
the isa continual and increased reduction in the pre-
mium from year to year.
The Company have now been in successful opera
ton seven vears-have insured over 800 policies
after paying heavy amounts TO the widow orphan aud
creditor, they have remaining large fund l56,75Ol
to meet fstufe liabilities.
Seven annual dividends have been made-thrce OF
4) and four of 50 per cent, and per same
paid in cash-thus showing the truths and safety OF
Is principles and benefits to be derived therefrom.
MORRIS FRANKLIN, President.
PLIHY FREEMAN, Actuary
Further information and prospectus can be had at
the Office of MURPHY & BAXTER, Agents.
pOSss 5w 2; nS;rx. n; H,5r Medical Examiners.
Jonesville Jan. |. 1853. n329
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-03-14

Bishop UConnor has been re-appontod 10
the diocese Of Pittsburg. Rev. Dr. Young Ia.
kos his place Of Eric. teis y H@e