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The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-10-28
Correspondence of the Cleveland Plaindealer.
A Rich Letter from Mormon Elder-Po-
Iygamy Discussed-.. The More Wives the
More GIOry.'
CITY OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE,
Sept l. 1854.

ClTH OF The UREAT DALI LAKE, [
Sept. l, 1854.
Now Nc, (Elder Mcknight we should
have said,) answer us these few plain but
pointed interrogatories, and we will lay your
communication before our so 900 readers, all
for the glory of God and the Church of the
Latter Day Saints. - [Cleye. Weekly Plain
dealer, May II, 1854.
While | commend the freedom of unaf-
fected liberality, manifest in your notice, Of
which the above extract is the closing para
graph, there is yet an air of satire associated
with it, that in my opinion does not com
port with the spirit of true benevolence.-
And for this it is not difficult to account );
and doubtless owing in part to your having
imbibed the commonly accepted opinion re-
garding the " "Mormons,' their customs and
religion. But however strange, unpopular,
or even criminal and barbarous our princi-
pies and practices may be, we presume to
think ourselves human beings. with bodies
and spirits, which united constitute living
souls and also that we are by our Creator
endowed with an ordinary degree of common
sense.
The doctrine of polygamy, as sustained by
the people does I6Sot universally obtain among
Christians a cordial reception. To the mass
who have been trained in the school of mod
ern Christianity, whether Protestant or Cath
olic, it is naturally repulsive: and this be-
cause of education and tradition. Whether
it is more honorable for man to have ten
wives, publicly married and publicly sup
ported, or to have only one wife, and plu-
rality of secret mistresses!. Nor this alone
If these mistresses' were his exclusively,
it might seem less objectionable; but this is
not the case, and adultery most atrocious
follows.
1t were with some semblance of reason
that our contemporaries condemned polyga-
my in US, if their own odious systems of
whoredon were abolished; but till then, it
is wor3e than folly, for the beam in thereye
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-06-05

A Be autiful Reflection.

1t cannot be that earth is mans only
abiding place. II cannot be that our lie
is bubble, cast up by the ocean of eternity,
to float moment on lis waves, and sink
into nothingness. Else why is il that the
high and glorious aspirations which leap,
like angels, from the temple of our heart,
are for ever wandering about unsatisfed
Why is it that the rainbow and the cloud
come over US with beauty that is not oil
earth, and then pass off and leave us to
muse upon their faded loveliness9 Why
is it that the stars hold their festival around
the midnight throne, and set above the
grasp OF our limited faculties, forever mock
ing US with their unapproachable glory =
And, finally, why is 1t that bright forms oil
human beauty are presented to our view,
and Then are taken from us---leaving the
thousand streams of our affections TO flow
back in Alpine torrents upon our hearts:
We are born TOR a higher destiny than that
of earth. There is realm where the rain
how never fades-where the stars will
spread out before us like islands that SUM
Der on the ocean. and where the beautiful
beings which hera pass before us like shad,
ows, will stay in our presence forever.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-06-05
MISCELL A NEOUS

a Scene From Real Life---W oman's Love
We saw last evening an apt Illustration
of the affection of woman. A poor inc.
briated wretch III the afternoon had been
taken to the caIaboose. For his conduct
on the street and after he was placed in
the cell, was of such violent character
that it became necessary to handcuff him
The demon Of rum had possession Of his
soul, and he gave vent to his rawlings IL
curses so profane as to shock the senses OIL
his fellow prisoners, one of whom, in the
same cell, at his solicitation, was placed III
separate apartment. A woman appeared
at the grating, and IN her hands she had a
rude tray, upon which was placed some
slices of bread, fresh from the hearth stone
aud other little delicaeies for her eiring
husband. She stood at the bar gazing in
tensely into the thick gloom where hei
manacle companion wildly raved. Hel
voice was low and soft, and as she called
his name its utterance was as plaiutive as
The melody oil a fond and crushed spitlt.
The tear sireamed from her eyes, ant
there. in that dark prison house, the abod.
of the most wIetehed and depraved. tht
tones Of her voice found their way into
that wicked mans heart, and he knslt il
sorrow and in silence before his young
and injured wife, while his hear; found
relief in tears such only as man can weep
Though the iron still bound his wrists, he
placed his hands with their heavy insight;
Of degradation, conidingly and affection
ately upon the brow Of his far companion
and exclaimed, "Katy, will be a bette
man" There upon a rude seat she lIat
prepared with her own hands, aud afts
he had finished, she rose to depart bddn!
him be calm and les gned for her sake
+ with the assurance that she would bring
t friend to go on his bond and that sh,
would return and take him home. Ant
she left him, strong man, with his heat
dropping upon his breast very cowar,
Illuminated before the weak and tende
being, hose Dsefe9ee and affection has
stiled the angry passions of his SOUL
! True to the instincts OF her love and prom
ise she did return with one who went OF
his bond for his appearance next morning
and with his hand clasped in that of hi
loving wife, she led him away peniten
and we trust, better man. There wer
| those who laughed, as that pale, meel
woman bore oil her eriing husband, bu
she needed them not. aud her selt-sacriGc
ing heart knew or cared for nothing in l,
holy and heaven born instincts, but f
preserve and protect him whom she love
with all the devotion of wife and wo
man. ST.. Louis Republicans.
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that the Southern slaves are happier than
those free negroes of the North. And if
any one will acquaint himself with both
the North and the South, he will readily
perceive the contrast in the enjoyment of
the negro race The blacks" of the
North have no energy, no sense OF polite
ness and are ever obStfuctlng the streets
or roads as stationary machines. These
are but few facts among the many which
never will be exposed through the North
ern press. IUJRIO.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-06-05
A Candidate for ONCE.

4 Flat-Footed Candidate for Chief JUS,
tee at Palestine Teyes, cones on. IN the
journals with the following address to the
sovereigns: "With the issuance OF this
sheet, is unfutled to the breeze either III
tempest or calm, my name as a candidate
for tie Office of Chief Justice of Anderson
county, at the ensuing August election.
do it from choice, not from solicitation.
DO it, for the office is honorable and profit
able. feel myself competent to discharge
the duties Of the Office. claim no supe-
rior merit or qualification over any one
else who may choose to run against me. I
would like to run the race solitary ard
alone, but if any are DESTROYS, let them
pitch in; 1t is mt deep. | stand ..fat-footed,
square-toed, hump-shouldered, upon the
platform Of free rights, and true republi-
eanism. If you elect me your Chief JUS
tice, will make the welkin ring with
loud huzzas for soveleigns of Anderson
county If not elected, will retire with
dignity and perfect good humor, remem-
bering a most beautiful little song. which l
sing most remarkably well, called I'm aaoa,,
m ahoa.. Observation-Disclosures
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WILLIAM CHAPM 4 N.

RADUATE of the Baltimore College o
ea:T- Dental Surgery, having returned to Ansns
Ia, resumes his profession. Any person wish
in1 Information as to his qualifications, are
respectfully referred to The faculty, VIZ; g
Chaplin A. Harris, NJ. D. D, y. 5, Pfo.es
s,r oil Principles and Practice el Dental Sur
E AlIrel A. Blanly, NJ, D, D. D. s., Professo
oil Operative Dentistry. or,
Wm, r. Right. NJ. d., Professor oil chem
Washington R. Handy. NJ. D., professo
of Anatomy and Physiology
Thomas +. Bond, Nj. D., Professor OF Path
ooay and Therapeutics
Philip II. Austin, A. NJ. NJ. D. d. D. s,
Professor of Mechanical Dentistry:
Post Office address, Cline's Mil, or Mt
Sidney.
March 10, ls5i-ly.
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5How.tO Make Love.

A bashful gentleman who had for some
time admired a lady, without daring to dis
close his passion, sitting near TO her one
Sunday. at church, hit upon the following
method OF declaring it. Taking up his
Bible, he handed it over to her-having
first turned down leaf, on which he had
marked with pencil the following. IN
the epistle of st. John, second chapter and
fifth verse; And now beseech thee Ia
dy, not as though wrote commandments
unto thee, but that which we had iron,
the beginning. that we love ohe anotheT.' .
The lady in few minutes, returned L,
With this passage turned down and mari
ed: ruth first chapter, 10Th verse. =
eWhither thou goest, will go, where
thou lodgest, | will lodge; thy people
shall be my people, thy God my God. -
Where thou diest, | will die, and there
will be buried also. The Lord do so to
me, and more also, il aught but death part
me and thee"
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4 Sketch.

A mother was kneeling in the dee]
hush of evening, at the couch of two in
tfants, W hose rosy arms were twined in
mutual embrace. a slumber, soft as til,
moonlight that Tell through the lattice oyel
them, Ike silsery vale lay OH their deli
cate lips--the soft bright curIs that cluster
ed Oh their pillow were slightly stirred by
| their gentle and healthy breathings, and
that smile, which beams from the pure
depths ofthe fresh glad spirit, yet rested
on Their red lips. The mother LOOK ed
upon their exceeding beauty with a mo
men,ary prde.-andtllen as she continued
to gaze Oh the lovely sInmberers, her dark
eyes deepetied With an iatense aud unu ter
able fondness. and cold shuddering fear
came over her, lest those buds of life, SO
fair, so glowing, might be touched with
sudden decay, and gathered back i'll their
brightness 10 the dust. And she lifted her
voice in prayer, solemnly, passionately
earnestly, that the Giver Of Life would still
spare to her those blossoms of love, over
whom her soul thus yearned. And as the
low breathed accents rose OH the still air,
deepcned thought came over her, and her
spirit went out with her loved and pure
ones into the strange wild paths ofife, and
a strong horror chilled her frame as she
beheld mildew and blight settling on the
fail and lovely of the earth, and high and
rich hearts scathed with desoIatlng and
guilty passions. And the prayer she was
breathing grew more fervent even to ago
ny, that He who was the fountain Of all
purity, would preserve these whom He
had given to her in their perfect innocence,
permitting neither shame, nor crime, nor
folly, to cast a stain OH their brightness
with which she had received them invest
ed from His h and as with mantle.
As the prayer died away in the weak
ness OF the spent spirit, pale shadowy
form stood beside the infant seepers. Il
am Death, said the seeptre, land come
for thy babes-I am commissioned to bear
them where the per,ls you depiecate are
unknown; where neither stain, nor dust.
nor shadow, can reach the rejoicing spirit.
1t is only by yielding them to me you can
and decay" A wild conflict-a struggle
as Of the soul parting in strong agony,
shook the mothers frame. bu, faith and the
love which has purer foGnt than that OF
earthwaId passions. triumphed, and she
yielded up her babes to the sceptre.
Behold " said Death. as he touched
the fail forms, aud the beauty of life gave
place to a holier and yet deeper loveliness,
"behold the smile of Innocence is now for
ever sealed. They will be taken where
there is neither blight nor tempest" And
the benign power, whom we call the
Spoiler bore away the now perfected bios
SONS Of immortality to the far-oif' sky.
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P O E r R Y
IN The CaURCHYARD OF ELI

IN The CAURCHYARD OF ED.
Meet me this eve in The Churchyard of Ed,
Under The Linden tee
There we will sit, and with sof, casped hln3
List 10 the sobbing sea
List 10 the sobbng sea- f
The Churchyard is like an old hive Sue.
With the bees all dead in their cells,
But, Oh. we know Ills heller place
Where the heavenly spirit dwells
And like 10 come in the eve, Sue,
And wander among he tombs,
As one would silol thro an oiden house
And tlll'k Of the empty rooms!
Meet me this eve in the ChurcllyarJ Of Ed,
Come as he evening shade
Steals like ghost from the mountainous haunt
Where The tired sun has laid;
Where the tired sun has laid
Come and we'll watch The vain voting moon
That looks at It's loim IN the sea.
And pines for itself, as Narcissus dill
In the poem you read 10 me.
We W ILL list to the endless hum, Sue,
OF tie good old town aar,
And watch each light that ginmels forth
Like a mild and tmil star,
We will list TO the leaf Tipped trees Sue,
To their low complaining sounds. es s.
And our hearts will be from passion free
AS those i'll the grassy mounds.
When in the unborn years. Sue,
We be in this sill retreat,
With cold, white siabs at our heads, Sue,
And Violets at our feet
Lovers will come from the town, Sue,
Like lis to this spot Of green =
O! May they remember, The dead, Sue,
And be pure as we have been.
Then they'll have never a fear, Sue,
To lie in this still retleat.
With cold, white slabs at lhel heads, Sue,
And yioIets at their feet :
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"I'LL SEE THAT ONE AND Go FIVE
BETTER l"-D--, being in the west.
and short of cash, could not tell where 10
get the Wilmot Proviso, for internal i'm.
provement, but, finding widow who had
shot one husband dead, and wounded sew
eral others, he concluded to marry her, in
order to get a boarding house.
Shortly after the yellow garlands of Hy-
men were faded, D came in one
night slightly maggy, as the Choctaw po-
cts express it, and found his new spouse
awaiting his arrival. She pitched into D.
like thousand of brick, and spread her.
self like fan tail pigeon. drawing a sin
sle-oarreled pistol upon D., who, instead
of travelling pulled out a rerolrer, and re-
marked, as gently as the sigh of an Eolian
harp
Mrs. D., | see that one lhic) and go
five better!'
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The Rich and the Poor.
"Sweet are the uses Of adversely
Which, like the venomous toad,

- uft.I ~ ~
: w nieh, IKE me vehoulous 'oaa,
ea's :, d p'e.i 'us J7"e' !" rs 'eao'
; Out lot the ileh ' mere, "ouio DC ho'hiil
% eneouIsee' ihelle anu reward sc'entll
! anu ihee'ee'u ia iaDof, ana mechanical ahe
industrial ski. sun tue once OF th'
poor IS equally useful, ana more honorable
e'a'' 'ha' , oi inc fich. ne flch stimulate
reward anu urge on Improvement TIT
poor 90 'he work OF Improvement t'aei
nec'lab'cai inveh''oh, eaeh discovery o.
se,ehee :. e'.h triumph o. arr Is out 'he re
suit 81 me Impulse Oh poverty. ne law
yer III his once, t'e au'hof III DIS s'uey
lhe poe. IN ms garrett ana the mechanic
ID MS shop, ali6e own It's magic ana cfea-
I'VE sPeii. ueihus "oaia lie dormant,
tnu al ano sc science Moula S'aha sur =. u
4see1ssi'E >, me mo'hef Oh ihysh.iohs dio
'ios ,asii 'neih ih'o sSeflloh Inc poor
are 'he progressive .he ricil me cohserVa-
i've elehneht a. society. Inc fleh ere
con'eheea WIN .ilihes as'hey are; the poor
require chahse ana Improvement TO iind
room aha eh1pioy meh', ana 10 make Tor
tunes iof themselves.
Every luxury ana every necessary Of
HE is the result 0. the INDUSTRY Oh the poor.
fet 'he fi'h, "ho consume, are quite as
usefdi Dis 'le poor, VINO create. IL there
were none pat me poor men, civilization
"ouiu faP'uiy oeciihe, iof they cannot al
ioiu ~ pay TOT any Out the coarsest INDUS
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-06-05
Louis Napoleon and the Sultal


The past history Of the family of LOUIS
Napoleon and the Sultan of Turkey, is full
OF interesting and marvellous incidents
some OF which are, probably, not generally
know to our readers.
These two monarchs now so cordially
united in The struggle to maintain the in
tesrity OF the Ottoman empire, are both
srandSons Of American ladies. These Ia
dies were born and raised in the same
neighborhood, on the island of Martinique,
one Of the West Indies. They were OF
French origin, and companions and init
mate friends IN childhood and Youth
They were Josephine de Tascher and
Miss 5.
The history of Josephine is generally
known. She went to France and was
married 10 M. de Beauharnas, BY whom
she had one son, Eugene, and daughter
Hortense. Some time after the death oil
l}eauharnais, Josephine was married &c
! Napoleon Benaparte, and became Empress
of France. Her daughter, Hortense was
married to Joseph Bonaparte, then King oil
Holland, and the present Emperor ol
France is her son by that marriage.
Hiss 5. quilted the Island of Martinique
some time before her friend. But the yes
sci that was carrying her to France was at
tackled and taken by the Algerine Corsairs,
and the crew and passengers were made
prisoners. But this Corsair ship was in
turn attacked and pilaged by Tunis pirates
and Miss 5. was carried by them 10 Con-
stantinople, aud offered for sale as a slave
! Len >tran |.
ments found her purchaser in the Sultan
himself; and she soon became the chief la
dy oil the Sefaglio and Sultaness oi Turkey
Mahmond II. was Der son, and the pfesen
Sultan, Abdul Medjd, is the son of Nah
moud.
Thus the two sovereigns, who occup,
so large space in the worlds eye, are tn,
grandsons of two American Creole girls
who were play mates in their youth an,
were as remarkable for their beauty on,
excellent dispositions, as for their yariet
and singular fortunes.
Both these women, in the height o
their power, remembered all the friends O
their youth, aud provided muuilicently 70
their welfare. Many of the relatives O.
this Sultaness lett the Island of Martinique
and settled at Constantinople where thei
descendants still reside, aud enjoy the ia
vor of the Sultan.
The sultaness died in 1911, the Empress
Josephine in 1914, and their grandson,
row rule over two wide and powerful EN-
pres and are entering, as friends and al
lies, upon one of the most momentous an.
sanguinary struggles in which Europe wa
ever involved. Piusdurg Posi-.
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Beauty.

Let me see female possessing the beau
ty Of a meek and modest deportment--oi
an eye that bespeaks intelligence and pu-
rity within--oi The lips that speak no guile
let me see in her kind and benevolent
disposition--a heart that can sympathise
with distress--and | will never ask for the
beauty that dwels in "ruby lips, or flow
ing tresses," or snowy hands" or the
forty other ct cetera upon which our po-
cts have harped for SO many ages. These
fade, when touched BY the hand Of Time.
but those ever enduring qualities of the
heart shall ou,live the reign Of Time, and
grow brighter and trssher, as the ages OF
Eternity roll away.
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Anecdote of Parson Brownlow
We once heard an anecdote told of

We once heard an anecdote told of the
Parson, which, if true, clearly shows that
what he thinks is right, he will endeavor
to maintain. 1t is SAID that he was once
notified BY one Of The greatest pugilists
and bragadoeias in Tennessee, that if he
attempted 10 preach again at certain
place, he would be taken from the pulpit
and publicly whipt in the presence Of his
congregation. The persons present know.
ing the man who had thus threatened the
Parson to besa desperate fellow, advised
him not to proach. They were requested
not to give themselves any trouble as he
would attend to the matter himself.
Sunday morning came, and so did the
Parson at .he appointed tine and took his
place in the pulpit. Upon looking around
he saw the fellow who had ,hreated him
with number of his friends, occupying a
portion of the church near the pulpit
He began the usual exercises by opening
the Bible which lay upon the dcsk-he
then removed from his right pocket a re-
volyer, and placed it at the right of the
word OF iruth--then another to his left
he ti,en drew from his bosom large
ard heavy bowie-knife, and laid it acres,
the leaves to prevent the wind from turn
ing them. This was an argument which
loreboded certain results His opponent,
were SO perfectly amazed with the begin.
ming OF the sermon, that they concluded
it best not to interfere with him-and i
is said that no set of men ever got such
scorching as did some Of his congregation
upon that occasion.
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MERIT is often an obstacle to fortune,
and the reason is, because it always pro-
duces Two bad effects, envy and fear Envy
in those who cannot rise to the same de-
gree Of perfection, and fear in those who
are established, and who dread that by ad-
yaneins man possessed o. more abilities
and merit than the nselves they may be
supplanted.
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O. A GENTLE HINr.-"Why don't you
get married 2 said a young lady, the
other day, to bachelor lriend. II have
been trying Tor the last ten years to find
some one who would be silly enough to
have me, was the reply. II guess you
haven't been up our way" was the in-
sinuating rejoinder.
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RENO WEE.

81. FAUST have removed their store
l.. 10 the House lately occupied by J. G..
Kyle s Bro, next door 10 kayser and slrib D
Of home made aud imported BOOTS & SHOES
Ladies, Shoes of every variety; a lso Hats,
cans, Umbrellas and Carpet Bags, &C., all OF
which will be sold at the lowest prices, The
public are invited 10 give them call.
Feb. 10, 1854.
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o. No woman ever loved to the full ex-
tent of the passion who did not feel hum
bled delighted in that humility by her
ovefweening estimate OF the superiority oil
the object Of her worship. What State
could fall, what liberty decay, ii the zeal
Of man noisy patriotism was as pure as
the silent loyalt, of womans love
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o. The following pertinent question
was recently addressed to a lawyer of our
acquaintance at fair neighboring village:
of distance lends enchantment 10 the
view, and view refases to return it, can
distance recover any legal redress %
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HOE g. GOES PATENT
GROUND SAWS.

rsNlIE SUBSCRIBERS manufacture from the
Il best CAST STEEL, CIRCULAR SAWS,
from two inches to eighty inches in diameter
Their saws are hardened and tempered, and are
ground and finished by machinery designed ex-
pressly for the purpose aud are therefore much
superior 10 those ground in the usual manner,
as they are strengthened and stiffened by n-
creasng lhem in thickness regularly from the
cutting edge to the centre, consequently do not
become heated or buckled, and produce great
saving in timber,
They also manufacture CAST STEEL MILL
PIT AND CROSS-CUT SANS, AND Bill
LET WEBS, of superior quality, all Of which
they have for sale, or they may be obtained of
the principal hardware merchants throughout
tie United States aud Canada.
Il, HOE & CO.,
30 and 81, Gold street.
o. Publishers of Newspapers who will in,
ser this advertisement three times, with this
note, and forward MS a paper containing The
same, will be paid in printing materials by pur-
chasing four times the amount OF their bill Tor
the advertisement.
May 90, 1854
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The humorous Dean Swift, whose an
tipathy to fishing was well known, having
been asked by child what fishing rod
meant
cit means, my dear" said he, "only a
long pole, with worm on one end and
fool on the other.