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Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1855-04-28

FLORENS STAPENHOR>T,
gent for the Bremen Board Of Underwriters
THE UNDERSIG ED having been appointed gent for the
Board Of Undew riters beg inform the COM
pubic general that ali claims against
the Underwr rterS, OUcuTi in about this hi g
dom will be verified by hum. Masters OF BTt-
vessels entering this any other port ot the Ha-
waiian Tand in distress average. requested 10
appy ~ the "a their earliest convenience.
FLORENS STAPEN HORST.
Honolulu, lst July, 1854. 9-ly Office Nuuanu Street
kRULL 81 MOLL,
Agents of the Hamburg and Lubeck Un-
derWTiteTs,
Honolulu. Oahu, =. i. 1911
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-21
THE PRAYING sAILoR-BoY.

THE Cornelia was good ship (said
one of the West India chaplains of the
Seamen's Friend Society," } but at one
time we feared she was on her last voy-
age. We were but few days out OF
the harbor, when severe storm Of five
days continuance overlook us.
1 must tell you of a feat performed
by sailor boy at the height of the
storm. Some of the rigging got foul at
the main-mast head, and it was neces-
sary that some one should go up and
rectify it. It was a perilous job. 1
was standing near the mate, and heard
him order that boy to do it. He lifted
his cap, and glanced at the swinging
mast, the boiling, wrathfal sea, and-at
the steady, determined countenance of
the mate. He hesitated in silence a
moment, then rushing across the deck
he pitched down into the forecastle. Per-
haps he was gone two minutes, when he
returned, laid his hands on the ratlines,
and went up with will. My eyes fol-
I turned, and demonstrated with the
mate for sending the boy aloft.
&c He cannot come down alive. Why
did you send him ?''
az did it," replied the mate, {" to
save life. We've sometimes lost men
overheard, but never boy. See how
he holds like squirrel. He is more
careful. He'll come down safe, 1 hope"
A gain I looked, till tears dimmed my
eyes, and was compelled to turn away,
expecting every moment to catch a
glimpse of his last fall.
In about fifteen or twenty minutes he
| came down, and Strengthening himself
up with the conscious pride of having
performed manly act, he walked aft
with smile on his countenance.
In the course of the day 1 took oe-
casion to speak to him, and asked him
| why he hesitated when ordered aloft.
"I went, SIR" said the boy, " to
pray"
lido you pray ?"
eyes, sir; I thought that I might
not come down alive, and I went to COM
nit my soul to God"
"Where did you learn to pray ?"
"At home, my mother wanted me to
| 20 to the Sunday School, and my teach
er urged me to pray to God to keep NE
and 1 do"
"What was that you had in your jack
et2"
"My Testament, which nay teacher
gaze me. I thought if did perish, l
would have the Word of God close TO
! nv heart. IN Y Observer.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-21
ANOTHER INTERNAL MACHINE -
"A DOCTOR SOLD.
CLEVELAND, Feb. IL, 1876.

CLEVELAND, rep. X, 1000.
EDITOR PLAIN DEALER We had
quite stir at one of our warehouses, a
few days since, the occasion of which
was the receipt by Railroad of a mystic
rious box about six feet long, eighteen
inches wide and foot deep, directed to
one of Cleveland practicing physicians,
and billed as piano, which we all knew
could not be the case, as the box was
not wide enough, and then it was mark
ad SO particular-H DR.. **%*%*, Cleve-
land; this side up, handle with great
care" The lid of the box was well
screwed down, and furnished with rope
handles Knowing that our night
watch would not sleep In the warehouse
if he saw the box, we had it stored
we'll out of sight, and the next day noti-
fed the DIR. that we would be much OBJ
liged to him if he would call, and pay
charges, and take the box away. The
DIR. obeyed the summons, but after look
ing at the box denied all knowledge of
it. A number had gathered around and
all seemed to have but one opinion /;
one Railroad employee who was present
said he saw the box as it arrived at
Toledo on its way to Cleveland, and that
the men left it under shed adjoining
the depot, not liking to put it in the
house with other freight. After con-
sultation, the DIR. consented to have the
lid unscrewed and removed, after which,
on turning down cloth, there lay ex
posed the white face of an cid fashioned
clock, which one of the Dr's family had
sent, preparatory to moving back to
Cleveland
We would advise people to be careful
what shaped boxes they direct to Doc
CLeve. Plain Dealer. b.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-21
RU INNING FOR THE BOTTLE IN
VIRGINIA.

CHARLES I.ANMAN in | is Rccollec
tiom of american Scenery and AlUe'a-
.ture," now in esess, and shortly to be
published, givss description of this Gu.
rious custom
I spent light with my companions
in the dingy-looking hamlet of Peters
burg, where I picked up the following
particulars respecting an almost obsolete
custom peculiar to this section of the
country. It is termined running f01
the bottle, and is kind of interlude or
episode in. marriage celebration
When buxon lady is about to be mar
ried, everybody is invited to the wedding
and two entire days are devoted to feast
ing and dancing, when the time arrives
that she is to be taken to the residence
of her lord and master This change OF
location is accomplished on horseback,
and the groom and bride are invariably
accompanied by their guests, who COM
bine to form, as they journey in pairs, q
truly imposing cavalcade, varying, ac-
cording to circumstances, from one to
two hundred persons The day of the
march is of course pleasant one, and
the journey to be accomplished is per-
haps FIVE miles. At the residence of
the groom everything is in state pre-
paration for the reception of the party /;
and with especial care, a bottle of choice
liquor, richly decked out with ribands,
has been prepared, and placed upon a
high post at the front gate of the dwell
ling. While the cavalcade are on the
move, and have arrived within one mile
of the desired haven, the master of cere-
monies steps aside upon his horse, and
extends an invitation to all the gentle
men present to join in race for the
bottle, which is known to be in waiting
for the winner of the race, whose privi-
lege it will be to drink the health of the
bride on her arrival. Fifty cf the
younger men in the party have perhaps
accepted the invitation extended to them,
leaving the procession, they made ready
and start off at full speed for the much
desired bottle. The road is winding, and
perhaps stony, and stumpy, and muddy,
but what matter =? Away they fly, like
party of Indians after buffalocs; while
along thesroad, it may be, cattle are
believing, sheep bleating, dogs barking,
hens caekling, and crows cawipg, The
goal is now in sight, one effort more, and
the foremost horseman is at the gate,
and has received into his hands from
the hands of the groom's sister the
much h-desired bottle; then ascend the
huzzas and shouting of that portion of
the peoble assembledl to welcome the
bride. Meanwhile the cavalcade come
in sight, headed as before by the groom
and bride, and, as they approach the
gate, the winner fthe bottle steps forth
upon his horse, and, pouring portion
of liquor into a goblet, presents it to the
bride, and has the satisfaction of being
the first to drink the good health of her
newly-married ladyship. The huzzas
and shoutings continue, when, in the
midst of the direst confusion, the ladies
are assisted into the house, the horses
are stabbed, and regular siege of two
or three days dancing and feasting and
carousing succeeds, with which the we'd
ding terminates.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-21
THE HORSE.

New York has some of the finest
horses in the world. In the way of trot-
ters We can defy the universe. We can
get up show of horses that viii do
credit to the Republic, and what we can
do, we should do. Down East horse
shows are all the rage In Vermont
the horse is cultivated with as much
pride as profit. The Morgan horse Of
that State, for all kinds of work, has no
equal anywhere.
The horse is such . glorious, such q
beautiful creature, that in spite of rail-
roads and locomotives, he viii ever oc-
cupy position very near every good
mans heart. The horse family boasts
of very great variety. Demarest gives
us list Of twenty different families.-
We shall refer to few of the principal.
The wild horses of Tartary are smaller
than the domestic. Their hair, particu-
larly in Winter, is very thick, and gen.
orally of a mouse color Their heads
are larger, IN proportion to their bodies,
than those of tame horses, and their fore
heads remarkably arched. These horses
are very watchful of their common safe
ty. While troop is feeding, one Of
their number is placed on some eminence
as sentinel. When danger of any
kind approe ches, he warns his compan--
ions, by neighing, and they all betake
themselves to fight. The Calmucks
take them by riding among them on very
feet tame horses, or destroy them BY
arrows. The most esteemed horses are
the Arabian. They are seldom more
than fourteen hands high, and more In
clined to be lean than fat; they rise
higher from the ground than other blood
horses, and gather much more quickly.
The breed in Arabia is never crossed
as in other countries, but preserved un-
mixed with the utmost solioitude. The
Arabs prefer the mare, as being more
capable of bearing hunger, thirst, and
fatigue; and these must neither bite nor
kick, or they are deemed vicious; in
deed, 1t Is no uncommon thing to sec
children play and fondle about the mare
and her foal without fear or INJURY
Madden says when an Arab sells his
mare he rarely sells all his property in
her; he generally reserves the second
or third foal. The genealogy of full
biooded Arabian horse must be proved
at Mecca, for one race only is valued.
which is that of Mohammed's fasorite
marc. That author always Observes
that it is SO difficult to get a thorough.
bred Arabian mare to send out Of the
country that he doubts If any ever 90
to Europe; those usually sent as such
being Dongola mares, which are very in-
ferior, boing worth only from one hun.
dred and twenty to one hundred and
fifty dollars, while an Arabian is worth
from one thousand FIVE hundPed to two
thousand dollars. Tho Arabians keep
their horses pioksted by the forelegs =
They never lie down, night OF day, be-
ing always kept standing. Even after
long journey they are only suffered to
give tumble or two on the sand and
then made to rise. The Persian horses
are much esteemed, but not equal to the
Arabian.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-21
STAND FROM UNDER.
The Leader the Kn0'
NOlhimg8.s


THE National Know Nothing organ
at Washington, and the State Know
Nothing organ at Columbus, have jsiat4
ly taken ground against Seward, Chase,
Giddings, &c., and have read all such
professional agitators out of the pale of
the Know Nothing Church. Thereup-
on, the Leader becomes enraged, and
thunders back counter blast, which
not only skaters but scattcrs to the
winds the Know Nothings, as national
and political party. In reply to these
central Know Nothing organs, the Lea
der says:
The hollowness and falsehood of the
plea contained In both extracts is pal
pable. Why, if the purpose be to ig-
nore slavery, are Seward and Hale,
Chase and Sumner, denounced /? Why,
if these organs are honest, are not the
aggressors on the side of slavery exclu-
ded ? That man is blind or perverse
who does not sec through the motives
of these journals, and comprehend their
policy. There is no neutrality here
It is war on the pro-szzeery side, and
war most perilous, because in part a
covert war for the Slave Power. For
one zoe are g0itlb those, be they fe11 or
nlany, acho shall resist It."
Bfavol Go in, Vaughanl You have
played champion on all sides. as of every
other question, but it is mighty little
harm you do any where.
But why this sudden turn about now?
Did you honestly mistake this Know
Nothing party for an Abolition party
If so, you are Known othieg of tho
natural order. In your endeaYors to
acooI them. they have aoooled you
Whatever your Influence has been, it has
aided to put in power and build up men
whose objects for years have been to
pull the Free Soil organization down.
You huyg helped elect in this county
Know Nothing candidates who all their
lives have opposed, personally and polit-
ically, Abolitionism in all its phases,
and yop knoao 1t. You deserted your
professed principles to do it, and you de-
sert these men now because they will
not desert their principles as yous did,
and support such men as Seward, Chase
and Giddings, who are opposed 10 their
principles and order.
An honest course would have saved
you this dilemma. FnsionisDs which
you preach is but another name for
falsehood and fmkeyism, and no con-
sistent man can tolerate it for moment.
+-CLeUe. Plain Dealer.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-21

PoLIT1cAL PRIEsTs.-The Boston pa
pers say that over sixty clergyman have
been this year elected to the Massach-
usetts Legislature. Two of their men,
bers of Congress are also clergyman
The Newburyport Herald very truly
saws that clergyman have usually
made poor politicians, not one hundred
of them equalling in legislative ability
the poorest deacons that CO." The
Know Nothings seem to have a large
portion of the clergy in their ranks, and
the election of SO many of them shows
what they joined the order for.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-21

land but tells of some struggle Of our
fathers against religious and political
intolerance, then is this such country,
then are you such people, as will en-
t;rely suit the purposes of this obscure.
shameless, and prosecuting Conaca Of
Ten.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-21

% Always have pencil and a
piece of paper by you. DIR. johnson
said that some of his best thoug hts were
lost because he was too lazy to get into
his study, and hunt up little fools
can
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-21
ppetrp,
original.
WHEN ONCE FORsAKEN.


Ain, vvItbin INV heart
..1c Zhoee venom steals away
s.s.tis ~ there NV heart can't rest;
=. wh., called IN inv fqin would ny,
49, ,hake on rrief it's call to obey,
Rat now. alas hope suddenly dies;
49, .fsfer dear Won say I'd cry,
ant this. alasI need not say,
For All Attempts to weep are dire,
rhau~h friends and neighbors all combine,
And oGer holm this worm to stay,
n 1feais and erie = Tou eaanot fad
~ fire thSt burns but gives no ray
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-21
& A bow is we're miscellaneous Il

E A boy is we're miscellaneous in
his habits. We enlptied Master Smiths s
pockets tho other day, and found the
contents to consist of the following ar
ticles: Sixteen marbles-one top-an
oyster shell-two pieces of brick-one
doughnut-a piece of curry comb-a
paint brush-three wax ends-a hand
full of corks-a chisel-tw two knives, both
broken-a skate strap-three buckles,
aud dog-eared primmer.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-21

~ That folks are treacherous
should cause no surprise. BY referring
to Genesis, it will be seen, that men and
reptiles were created on the same day,
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-21

HINTS TO NEWLY MARRIED Persons.
"A bridegroom requested his wife to
accompany him into the garden day
or two after the wedding. He then
drew line over the roof of their cot
tage. Giving his wife one end of it, he
retired to the other side, and exclaimed.
" Pull the line" She pulled at his re-
quest, as far as she could. He cried
"pull it over" / can't she replied.
Pull with all your might" shouted
the whimsical husband. But in vain
were all the efforts. of the bride to pull
over the line so long as the husband held
on to the opposite end. But when he
came round, and they both pulled at one
end, it came over with great ease
" There" said he, you see how hard
and Intellectual was our labor when we
pulled in opposition to each other,
but how easy and how pleasant it is
when we both pull together. If we op-
pose each ather it will be hard WORD, -
if we act together, it will be pleasant to
live. Let US, therefore always pull to-
gether.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-21

Isnarpneas m recons..
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-06-09
Tastes Differ.

In a lecture on what he had seen abroad
Wendell Phillips observes:
In Italy you will see man breaking up his
land with two cows, and the root of a tree, for
plough, while he is dressed in skins with the
hair on. In Rome, Vienna and Dresden, fyou
hire a man to saw wood he does not bring
horse along. He never had one, or his father
before him. He puts one end of the saw on
the ground, and the other in his breast, and
taking the wood in his hand, rubs it against,
the saw. 1t is a solemn fact, that in Florence
a city filled with the triumph Of art, there is
not single augur, and if a carpenter would
bore a hole he does it with red hot poker.
This result is not from the want of industry,
but of sagacity of thought. the people are
by no means idle.-They toll early and late,
men, women and children, with an industry
that shames labor saving Yankees. Thus he
makes labor and the poor must live. In
Rome charcoal is principally used for fuel,
and you may see a string of twenty mules
bringing little sacks oft on their backs when
one mule could draw all in cart. But the
charcoal vender never had a cart, and so he
keeps his mules and feeds them. This is
from no want of industry, but there is no
competition.
A Yankee always looks haggord and ncr-
vous, as if he were chasing q dollar. With
us money is everything; and when we go a.
boad we are surprised to find thst the dollar
has ceased to be almighty. Ifa Yankcn re-
fuse to do a job for fifty cents he will do it
for dollar and will certainly do it for five.
But one Of the lazaroni of Naples when he
has earned fifty cents and eaten them, will
work no more that day if you offer him ever
so large sum. lie has earned money enough
for the day, and wants no more. So there is
no eagerness for making money, no motive
for it and every body moves slowly.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-06-09
RatiOllaIisnl.

Of late years a new philosophy has como
in vogue. which processes to be the last at
tainment of the human mind, and to resolve
all mysteries in nature, science, or religion.
1t is kind of chemical analysis by which
the hardest rocks are ground to powder, and
dissolved into gases. Applied TO the Chris
tan revelation, it explains away all that we
deem most holy into myths and poetry.-Thc
solid realities which pressed SO heavy on the
soul, grow light and unsubstantial. They
take fanciful forms, and rise into vapor and
cloud, and at last vanish into thin air. And
is this the mighty Gospel that made kings to
tremble that has conquered the most civil
LIKED part of the earth, and has lasted for
eighteen hundred years Let no man be-
lievc it. Young preachers, who become tine
tured with German Rationalisin. and lapse
into that vague and misty style Of writing, so
fashionable in some quarters. will find their
power gone. They may still be entertaining
lecturers on morals, but they will never WELD
the battlc-axe Of Luther.
No man ever preached the Gospel with
power who did not believe it with his whole
Misunderstanding it, not as a product of hu-
man philosophy, but as something supcrnat-
ural and divine--the power of God, and the
wisdom of God unto salvation. Any vacilla-
ton in belief instantly betrays itself in out
ward signs of fecbleness. The heart faints.
and the tongue falters. As the speakers
thoughts wander, he uses words i'll double
sense softening the severity Of stern old creeds
by fanciful or elegant Interpretation. Al |
this emasculatcs the force of the Gospel
The young preacher should try, therefore. to
have his mind established firmly in the truth.
There is nothing like strong Christian faith
to give clcarncss and consistency to all ones
opinions. Such man will acquire decided
character. lie will employ clear and we'll
defined statements and will strike direct and
heavy blows. For usefulness, as well as
peace, every one who is called to preach the
Gospel ought daily to offer this prayer: Lord,
believe, help thou mine unbelief.' Give me
an unbounded faith in God, and in Christ,
and in the eternal destiny of the human soul.
Evangelical Magazine.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-06-09
The Great French Exhibition.

The Inauguration Of the grand Exhibition
at Paris. took Place on the 18th inst, after
second adjournment. -Four years have clap
sed since the opening Of the great Loudon
exhibition. 1t was expected that under the
excitement ofthat example, and in consequent
&C of the yearly progress that is made in the
useful arts exhibition would far exceed its
prototype in splcndor. This anticipation
will probably be in some respects realized,
but in consequence ofthe unfortunate change
in the state ofthings, arising from the demand
upon the resources and industry ofevery part
of Europe, and the depressed state of public
feeling, the exhibition is likely to lose a great
deal of the eclat with which it would have
been crowned under more favorable auspices.
The people of Europe are preoccupicd by
thoughts of Il disleartcnins nature, and in
consequence the exhibition will doubtless,
attract far less at ease, and will take less
interest in the competitions which the occa-
sion was intended to invite, and which would
have been realised had the political prospects
of every county been of less gloomy COM
plcxion. BicknelPs Reporter.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-06-09
Mixed EIuSbandry,

The practice of mixed husbandry, as it at
present exists in some sections of our coun-
try, is an evil of much greater pecuniary
Importance than many who have accorded to
the subject only hasty examination, are
probably disposed to believe. 1t is indeed
very rarely the case that any crop that can
de made to grow with others, is permitted a
monopoly Of the soil, but is permitted to share
its limited amount Of nutriment with on,.or
more other coops
Thus corn, and beans, and pumpkins, and
not unfrequently turmps, are found on tho
same soil We have also potatoes and peas.
running beans and Indian corn, 1.-THE latter
planted to save sticking" the beans, J and a
variety OF similar associations, which are al
ways drawback-in the way they are U.s.
ually condCc .ed-upon the resources of tue
farmer, whose system of enrichment is rarely
based upon principles sufficiently liberal to
furnish the afiment required by single
crop, much less to maintain a double or tri-
pie one. On all land not expressly PREPARED
for this heavy ovcr-cropping, one vegetable
is as much as should be allowed; but when
there is an abundant supply Of al,mcntary
matter in the land, in the condition of active
soluble humus, it is not SO injurious, and bv
no means harmful course, to plant two
k'''us OF vegetable. as Tor instance, Indian
corn and beans, and peas, and potatoes, as
these productions arc sustained principalk .
by different kinds of pabulum, and thus do
not necessarily interfere with each other.
But the prime consideration here, is to know
that the energies of the soil are such. in ex-
tent and force as to render it capable of sus-
tanning this double draught. The richer
lands are, the less liable will they he to suffer
from the alterations Of wet and dry. ant
consequently less likely to fail in a dry time
This is one of the many important attendants
of high manuring When land is made rich.
there is no extravaganza in making largo
demands upon it. The corn crop may under
such circumstances, be associated with beans
and even pumpkins also, and with the pro-
liability of good success; but to expect to
take, year after year, twice as much from
the soil as we return to it, or as it has to
spare. is absurd, and what no judicious farm
err, capable of discrimination, will ever be so
fatuous as to attempt.