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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-21

~ AS STOVES, COOKING APPARATUS, ETC THO r
NJ who desire the best cooking, by tho neatest aud
most convenient prosees, and ct moderate cost arc
yited to call ct the Of the American Paent Gas
Cooking and Eeatng Company No. 3ss Broadway second
floor and examine the apparatus there exhibited The
gas stove, for warming Offices and other rooms, will DO
use Of coal Orders for these should DO left early
day. to enable the company to supply the increasing de-
mard in due course. Gas heated fat irons on hand,
worthy Of special attention. D. ELLIOT, Actusry.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16
Farmers.

Adam was farmer, while yet in Par
adise, and after his fall was commanded to
earn his bread by the sweat Of his brow
Job, the honest. and upright, and patient,
was farmer, and his endurance passed in
to a proverb. Socrates was farmer; and
yet welded TO his calling the glory of his
immortal philosophy. St. Luke was a
farmer, and divides with Prometheus the
honor ofsubjecting the OK for the use of
man. Cincinnatus was farmer, and, the
noblest Roman of them all. Burns wasa
farmer, and the muse found him at the plow
and filed his soul with-poetry. Washing
ton was farmer, and retired from the
highest earthly station to enjoy the quiet Of
rural life, and present to the world spec
tacle Of human greatness. To these may
be added hostof others who sought peace
and repose in the cultivation of theirmoth-
er earth; the enthusiastic Lafayette, and
the steadfast Pickering, the scholastic JEFF.
ferson, and the fiery Randolph, all found an
E!dorado of consolation from life's cares,
and troubles, in the green and verdant
lawns that surrounded their homesteads.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16
-. AUTEMN LEAYEs.

Oh, autumn Leaves! i--'
sumater3 bright roses one BY one have pas.
Gone Is The besuty ofthe golden sheaves;
.a Ye come al last, --
Prophets Of winter hours approaching tas,l
Oh, autumn lsaveSi
Why look yothus so brilliant in deeayP
Why, fOfths dying year rwhen nature Rrisyea
Areye % gayY
p IyithFiehor hues than grneed her opening dnyf
Oh, autumn IsAvosl
fs, as ye don yonr crimson robes Of mirih,
While dali decay moment scarce reprlsys,
..Your form from earth ~,
"a tell US happier FAR is death than birth
Oh sutgmn leaves.
Like you the DYING saint in Spisndor grows;
With each faint pulse Of life that fsebiy asaye,
At evenings close,
Hi' ever grace with aadsd glory glovs.
las On. antamn IeaVesl
Like you, be casts aside allhues Of gloom,
And OF his frightening hopesa ehaplst weavsi
-- Tint o'erhis tomb
ghEoEs the glad prOiniss OF eternal bloom.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16
Thc Lovesiek oId Mnid.

The foolish old spinster who followed
Mario, the Italian singer, to this country
from England, and exhibited herselfnight-
ly at the opera at Castle Garden, in the
front row of seats, and by various move
ments exposed her silly infatuaion to the
rude gaze ofthe public, is still engaged in
pursuit of the handsome italian. She is TO
be seen night after night, at the opera, su-
perbly dressed, and ornamented with dia-
monds and paints, and occupying stage
box, for which she pays thirty dollars at
each performance. That she goes for the
mere pleasure of looking at Mario is palpa-
bic enough, for she never looks towards
the stage except he is on the scene, and one
night. when Mario was sick, she left the
house upon learning that fact from one oi
the ushers in attendance. The name Of
this unfortunate woman, who has been be.
witched by Mario, is we'll known to be
Gyle; she has avery large income at her
disposal, for ii would take rather more than
the profits Of the opera to pay her expen.
ses. She lives sumptuously at the st.
Nicholas Hotel, and buys all sorts ofex.
travagant dresses at the fashionable shop:
about town, and pays her bills with fifty
pound drafts upon Coutts & Co., London
bankers. .
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16
Honest Labor.

Labor, honest ltbor, is right and beauti-
full Activity is the ruling element oflife,
and its highest relish. Luxuries and con
quests are the rusults of labor-we car
imagine nothing without it. Fhe mobiles
man of earth is he who puts his hand cheer
fully and proudly, to honest labor. .Laboi
is business and ordinance Of God. Sus
pend labor, and where is the glory and
pomp ofearth--the fruit fields and places
and fashionings Of matter for which men
strive and warl Let the Labor-scofer lool
around him, look at himself and learn
what are the trophies of toll. From the
crown of his head to the sole of his foot,
unless heismade as the beast, he is the
debtor and slave oftoil The labor which
he scorns has tracked him into the stature
and appearance of man. Where gets he
his garments and equipage? Labor can
answer. Labor makes music in the mine,
and the furrow, and at the forge, 1 ~
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16
gwe find the following in an ex-

change: ,s'i5G.s s@t&
,"Saw dust pills would effectually cure
many ofthe diseases with which mankind
are afflicted, if every individual would only
make his own dust"
The man who wrote that is slightly ac-
quainted with society. Two thirds Of the
i'll health met with in this market, owes its
existence to the simple fact that people
won't make their own saw dust"
Mr.. Brilliant is the son of wealthy
merchant. He lives on the fat of the land,
and gets up just before noon. Mr.. Brilliant
complains of deranged stomach and be-
gins tolook at the world ''as bore" Bril-
liant is getting dyspeptic icand has bad
style of dreams The moment he closes
his eyes grizzly bear takes up a position on
his stomach and persists in remaining there,
untilawild boar dances a eachuca on the
head board. Brilliant is miserable, and
yet azure can be obtained in an houra A
peck of saw-dust made by himself, would
give tone to his stomach thatwould make
hin astrangerto night mares for the mex
two months. Those who feel like Brilliant
will find the medicine equally effectual in
their case. Try It on.-NeaO York Dutch
man. =. 3 Ne. f.lseiH ast q ~. ~. v ~ 81
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16
Future noasekeepers.

We sometimes, catch ourselves wonder
ing how many Of The young women whom
we meet with are to perform the part Of
housekeepers, when the young men who
eye them SO admiringly have persuaded
them to become their wives.
We listen to those young ladies of.whom
We speak. and hear them not only ackowl-
edging but Boosting Of their ignorance Of
allhousehold duties, as if nothing would so
lower them in the esteem Of their friends
as the confession ofanability to make bread
and pies, or cook piece Of meat, or dis.
position to engage IN any useful employ
ment. Speaking from our youthful recol-
lections we are free TO say that taper fingers,
and hly white hands are very pretty to
look at with young mans eyes, and we
have known the artless innocence of prac-
teal knowledge displayed by young Miss
q appear rather interesting than otherwise.
Blu; we have lived long enough to learn
that life IS full Of rugged experiences, that
the most loving, romantic and delicate peo-
pie must liveon cooked or otherwise pre-
pared food, and in homes kept clean and IL
dy by industrious hands. And for all the
practical purposes Unmarried life, it is gem
orally found that for husband to sit and
gaze at wife's taper fingers, or wife to
be looked at and admired, does not make
the pot boil or put the smallest piece OF
food IN the pot Writer unknoun.
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some minutes upon paper.

some minutes upon paper. g iad gt f-s
bd Pedro was now summoned to explain
some matter, and, as he entered, the Gov
ernor General turned his back for one mo-
ment as If to seek for some papers upon his
table, while Miralda was pressed in the
beatman's arms. 1t was but for mo-
tneht, and the next Pedro was bowling
humbly before Tacon. A few moments
more, and the Governors page returned,
accompanied by a monk Of the church of
Santa Clara, with the emblems of his Of
fice. 3 ,.r..- I,t.y..,,5 b. ~, er,
..'Holy father" said Tacon, "You will
bind the hands of this Count Almonte and
Miralda Estates together in the bonds Of
wedlockw as'" al-f4 g.
"Excelencial" exclaimed the Count in
amazement. -e.. -..-f,. 4
IobeyW
my nobility, Excelencia?" Sssi-
F''Is forfeitedl" said Tacon. - .si aa
Count Almonte had too many evidences
before his minds eye of Tacon's mode Of
administering justice, and of enforcing his
own will, to dare to rebel, and he logged
ny yielded in silence. Poor Pedro, not dar-
ing to speak, was half crazed to see the
prize he had so long coveted thus about to
be torn from him. In a few moments, the
ceremony was performed, the trembling
and bewildered girl not daring to thwart
the Governors orders, and the priest de-
clared them husband and wife. The cap
tain of the guard was summoned and dis
patched with some written order, and in a
few subsequent moments, Count AImonte,
completely subdued and broken spirited,
was orderedto return to his plantation. z
Pedro and Miralda were directed to re-
main in an adjoining apartment to that
which had been the scene of this singular
procedure. Count Almonte mounted his
horse, and with a single attendant, soon
passed out ofthe city gates. But hardly
had he passed the cornerof the Pasco,when
dozen muskets fired a volley upon him,
and he fell corpse upon the road.
His body was quietly removed, and the
captain of the guard, who had witnessed
the act, made a minute upon disorder as to
the time and place, and mounting his
horse, rode to the Governors palace, en-
tering the presence chamber just as Pedro
and Miralda were once more summoned
before the Governor ~ 1iu asa i0
|"Fxcelencia, said the officer returning
the order, 'tit is executed" ,.... k.
els the Count dead?"
"Excelencia, yes"
'"Proclaim in the usual manner, the mar
riage Of Count Almonte and Miralda Es!
tales, and also that she is his legal widow,
possessed ofhis title and estates. See that
proper officer attends her to the Counts
estate, and enforces this decision." Then.
turning to Pedro Mantanez, he said, "No
man or woman in this island is so humble
but they may claim Justice of Taconl" .H
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16

ATA correspondent of the Boston
Transcript has the following capital hit
81 heard an anecdote here, of one of your
Boston men, which is too good to be kept
from your readers. Theodore D. Parker.
Esq, merchant in your city, happened .
few weeks since to be guest for onenight
at Mr.. Knapp's hotel. After tea, as he
was enjoying the GOODNESS of the evening
breeze on the piazza, he noticed gentle
man in the office who was examining the
book ofarrivals, and who afterwards walk
ed up and down the piazza. scanning him
(Mr. P.) very closely. Some ten or fifteen
minutes passed in this way, when the strain
ger broke the silence by addressing HIM
is your name Parker, sir?'-'Yes, sir
Theodore Parker?'-'Yes, sir.'-'Then,
sir with look as il the identity of the
individual were fairly established, i sup
pose you are the man who goes about New
England, vilifying the institutions of the
South?'-'O no, no!' answered the aston
ished Mr. Parker, before whose eyes bag
of feathers and kettle of tar danced mo-
mentary pas de de1r; 4 am Theodore D.
Parker--I am merchant in Boston--1 am
not the minister whom you speak of. ALL
that alters the case, then,' responded the
chivalric Virginian in milder tone; but
allow me to give you one piece Of advice,
and that is, that you are going TO travel
round these diggings, you had better IN fu-
ture, when you sign your name, be certain
and make that D particularly d---plain."
!
EFNo man hasaright to do as hepleas-
es unless he pleases to do right.
EFFhe young lady who caught a gem
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RE"There's good time coninc.o

Bzr"There's good time corning" A
poor, idle fellow used this oft-repeated say
ing, the other day, in our hearing. ~
Not exactly! No good time coming, for
him-snd why? Because he is not indus
trious; he does not aoork. Besides, he has
none of what Yankees call calculation; he
does not join prudence with what little in
dustry he has; he exercises no good man
agemcnt.
Good management! That is it, after all.
Industry good management Hard work
Is essential to success-the "good time
coming''-no mistake about that; but it
must be directed by the head. Hard work
without such direction avails but little
The head plans, manages-the hands exc
cute; whoever combines both has "a good
time coming"-will meet with success
Aim high and be prudent-plan and do
go ahead 3 r 4
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16
The Orphans Tale.

Twas midnigbfs lonely hour. With.
out twas darkness, dreary darkness; the
very heavens looked back. The wind rag.
ed furiously, and nature seemed covered
with gloom. Within twas darkness, too,
but a dreadful darkness; for the black pail
of death gathel ed around my loved father.
We stood by his. bedside; we saw the
strong man bowed--the vigorous frame
withered by the touch Of. death. We felt
for the last time bis kiss; we saw the death.
struggle; the last word was spoken; the
last breath drawn, and naught broke the
sacred stiffness, save the sobs Of friends.
Years fled. My fathers peaceful grave
was oyergrown with the green sods ol
earth, and flowers which living hands had
planted-the hand ofa saintcd mother
But her 1 saw growing weaker and weak
er; her form, her face thinner; and
thought "Must mother die?"
Twas beautiful afternoon in Autumn
that time in the year when nature dies.
And my mother died with the faIlingleeves
with the fading flowers. l remember
(ahl how can, Ilorget?) when she lay on
her death-bed; calm and peaceful as even
tide-supported through the dark valley by
that hand which faileth not. saw that
pale cheek grow paler; felt those cold
hands grow colder; that feeble pulse beat
feebler. That heart futtered-stopped-
Ifiuttercd again. All was STILL / was
motherlessl Fain would have died with
that cherished mother; forit seemed my
heart would break. Spring came, and
flowers grew the grave of her who so
oft had planted them on the graves of 9TH
ers. | had cherub sister then, and many
atime we went together 10 the grave Of
our departed parents. She was too fair for
this cold world; and yet dare not fear that
she, too. would die. and be left alone.
"Months passed thatbud ofpromise
Was unfolding every hour: -"'s
| .i thought that earth had never smiled GYs
-i8 Upon fairer nower.p rrt
l But the frost came and nipped the bud
in its beauty. The icy hand of tie De-
stroyer clasped her, and she lay passively
inhis cold, cold arms. Again, in the same
room where / had been leftan orphan, was
tthe silver cord loosed, the golden bow
broken" Mysister was deadl No more
she plucks the flowers ofearth, but blooms
herself in the garden of Immortality above.
% Thou hast heard my tale of sorrow, and
dost thou wonder that l long to leave this
fading world and join thoseloved ones gone
before? .w a
The orphan stopped and wept. Iheard
no more, but turned away myself to weep
for the sorrowing ones of earth.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16

EEAn Irishman who was on a journ-
ey, said he never liked to see tables full
of fbooks and newspapers where he stopped,
for he can never find any whiskey at such
places. "sfae - fS 'fe '4ssA
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GOVERNOR TAooa AND THE CIGAR GIRL.

GOVERNOR TACoN AND THE CIGAR GIRL.
[The following thrilling and excellently
told story is related by Mr.. Ballou, in, his
late History of Cuba. If this sketch is
strictly true, it win go far to atone for the
many ycruelties which have been charged
against Tacon.] sstty y
During the first year Of Tacon's govern
oyshipGin Cuba, a young Creole girl, named
Miralda Estates, kept little cigar shop in
the Calle. der Marcaleres, and her shop
was the resorttof' alletbe young men of the
town who loved a choicely y-made and supo-
rioT cigar. Miralda was only seventeen,
without mother or father living, and earned
an humble though suAicientsu by her
Industry inthe mandatory We have nam
ed, and by the sales Of her little store. She
was a picture of ripened tropical beauty,
with a finely rounded form, . lovely face of
soft, olive tint, and teeth that Tuscarora
might envy, At times there was a dash Of
languor in her dreamy eye that would have
warmed an anchorite; and then her cheer
full jests were so delicate, yet free, that she
had unwitGngfy turned the heads, not to
say hearts, Of half the young merchants in
Wiz sOhliO uer nA0FCduSISSs ~ gOuIr SIG utS-
pehsed her favors without partiality; none
Of the richand gay exquisites of Havana
could say they had ever received any par
Observation-Disclosures from the fair young
girl to their warm and constant attention.
For'this one She had pleasant smile, for
another q few words Of pleasing gossip, and
fora third snatch Of Spanish song; but
to none did she give'her Confidence, except
to young Pedro Mantanez, a fine looking
,boatmah, who piled between the Punta
aud Moro Castle on theopposite side of the
harbor, 's,'f -. !, Z XXX I.sg IL" q. y. .a ., @
q Pedro wasa manly and courageous young
fellow rather above his class in intelli-
gence, appearance and associations, and
pulled his oars with a strong arm aud a
light heart, and loved the beautiful Miral-
!da with an ardor romantic inits fidelity and
truth. He was sort of leader among the
boatrnen in the harbor for reasons Of his stl-
perior cultivation and intelligence, and his
quick witted sagacity was often turned for
the benefit of his comrades, Many were
the noble deeds he has done in and about
the harbor since a boy, for he had follow
ed his calling ola waterman from boyhood,
as his fathers had dene before him. Mi
ralla in turn ardently loved Pedro, and
when he came atenight and sat in the back
part of her little shop, she had always a
neat andfragrant cigar for his lips, Now
and then, when she could steal away from
her shop, on some holiday, Pedro would
hoist a tiny sail in the PROV Of his. boat,
and securing the, little stern awning over
. q
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GEThe religious belief of the fourteen

|. GEThe religious belief of the fourteen
persons who have filed the Presidential
chair in the United States-as indicatcdby
the attendance upon public worship, and
the evidence afforded in their writings
may be summed up as follows: Washing.
ton, Madison, Monroe, Harrison, Tyler
and TAYLOR, were Episcopalians; Jefferson
John Adams. John Quincy Adams, and
Fillmore, were Unitarians; jackson and
Polk were Presbyterians; Mr., NanBurcr
was ofthe Dutch Reformed Church; and
President Pierce is a Trinitarian Cohgre
oationahst. r b'.l t-'stsa '-,' l.f fl9
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16

He WAS A STRANGER TO HER.-We heard
of young married couple, from the ooun-
try of course, who recently attended an ex-
hibition of "dissolving views" The bride
being pretty, attracted the attention ofa
stylish looking city gent, who happened
to occupy the same seat with the twain
During the exhibition the audience part Of
the hall, being already obscured, by some
accident the light was entirely extinguish-
ed. Pending its recovery, which occu
pied some little time, the city gentleman
perhaps accidentally gently pressed the
hand of the bride, who was afraid to offer
any resistance. This bold attack was fol-
lowed by a bolder, certainly not accidental;
for the city Lothario absolutely kissed the
bridel This was too much and the young
wife resolved to tell her husband, which
she did, when the following colloloquy
took place; t.--.s ....s. -.-.s,-... 3,
"John!"
"What?" Vs '7'"7 -'- N ttH'i y
"This Teller here's kissing me-" . z
"Well," said John, who was a little shy
of the citizen, 'fell him to quit!
"No, John you tell him!'
"Tell him YOURSELF. .e re
"No, John don't like to, You tell him.
The gentlen.an's a perfect stranger to me!
Tve ne0er been introduced to hin!' q
Our informant did not know whether
the city gentleman ultimately received a
"notice to quit" or not but was of the O.
pinien that the unlawful salutes were re-
peated several times before the lamps were
re-lighted The bride must have been
delciously unsophisticated don't you think
So ,...f ~ t..f f... ...4 . t..i.f
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na-.Here, fellow, nod -this hOrse.'

EE'Here, fellow, hold this horse
Does he kick?' o3 20 s' ( *
'Kickl no; take hold Of him., III
Does he bite?' sw 49,. ,f,.
.Bitel no; take hold of the bride,
Does it take two to hold him?, @
Z mol s a oaw s.a ca s
Then hold him yourself
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Z, EE Miss Julia, allow me to close those
blinds the glare Of the sun must be oppres
sive.' ..
You are very kind, sir, but I would
rather have a little7san than no air at all
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16

re- The New York Dutchman says that
it is SO dry up in Iowa, that the people
have to sprinkle the rivers to keep the boats
from kicking up dust. O..
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16

E1- Glasses reflect without talking, lasses
talk Misunderstanding. at1'eg ih' . s's-g
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16

RTNo man hassright to do ashepleas-
es unless he pleases to do right
EFThe young lady who caught a gen.
tlemsn's eye is requss.ed % return i. :
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EE-We admire women because Of their
beauty; respect them because of their intel
ligence; and love them-becanse we cant
help it.
Newspapers from other nations, con-
tanning attacks upon the national dynasty
or supreme government are to be prevented
circulating in Mexico, 49, e
BEAUTIFUL ExrRAcT.-Helping young
lady out of amud puddle. f = e'ss
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-11-16

1.-THE following thrilling and excellently
told story is related by Mr., Ballou, in, his
late History of Cuba. If this sketch is
strictly true, it win 60 far to atone for the
many ycruelties which have been charged
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-10
Mining Intelligence

Moscow IN SMITH DIGGINGs.-A cor
respondent reports that every tunnel that
has got through the gravel has struck large
prospects. Some of them as high as SlOa
$50 and $50 to the pan, taken from crew.
ces in the bed rock. On the 7th inst, Nc
Cormic e. Co. took from their tunnel one
piece weighing 3 pounds, nearly solid gold;
Packard u Co. took ont a piece weigh
ing Ii OF. There are about IS tunnels
in progress night and day.
WARREN HILL.-Mr. Beck furnishes us
with the following report: NJ. NJ. Hall d
Co., last week, 1887; French & Co., 1882;
kldder Il Co., 1867; bosworth & Co..
81 ,l6l; 5. b. Porter 4 Co., 1856.
The Sierra citizen., 1854-06-10
Democracy Attention /!

NJ-At a meeting Of the Democratic Cen
trail Committee for Sierra County, on the
9th day of May, a Convention was called
to meet at Downieville, on the 4th day OF
July, to nominate candidates for the en-
suing election. A motion was put and car
ried, that the next quota Of Delegates in
convention shall be one for each precinct.
and one for each one hundred voters, and
one for the fraction over.
Therefore, the various precincts in this
county are hereby notified to hold primary
meetings, and elect delegates for the said
Convention, on the oath day of June, 1854
B. M. FETTER, Chairman, pro TEN.
II. B. CossTrr, Sec'y. ju3-5t