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OVERLAND ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA.

highly important project will be finally
Until this shall
expeditions and secure congress Should at least by the establishment
sufficient number military posts the entire
ton to immigrants against the aggreons hostile Indians
The establishment OF such regarded
the interests OF California and which
day. invite the attention the
The establishment and maintenance sufficient stations
intervals OF ene hundred miles, with
believed would afford the security required
tng with the
This pan it believed would
Immensely the population of California by the immigration
ent SO much required add and stability
the benefits from California
and adventurous pioneers and few from the
thus afforded the entire country lying between the
Rivers would be thoroughly explored
only developing the
Enthusiastically indicating the shortest
best be constructed the great highway naonhe
Railroad. r., B..
During the recess given subject careful consideration and feel
called that increasing population and a
ding the substantial wealth the State afong the
additional mail facilities much required regard
ordinary Importance to California |l'ti lttt.+3
BY this plan the expense would en to accommodate
the undertaking the thousands
California and locating their families midst ao
At
tct thousands monthly their earnings
families the Atlantic
ted be adopted and the facilities
would be located instead Of being
ceeds labor California transmitted for their support would
come consumers the products SOIL sharing
the responsibilities and blessings of this highly favored ~
From documents possession derive the
the entire amount shipped monthly Atlantic
fourth RENTED for the support residing
sufficient
their immigration to California i : ~hf slo 8b 3h M
In the months Of September October year thousand
three hundred and thirteen (33l3 Banking
Pa Bacon Co., payable the several States the Union
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robed the widows weeds; all hearts grew
faint at the thought of the young laiy a
wife Beauty is fine thing. wealth is 10 be
@oveted-bNt they are fine aud desirable 10
ntns but the quick. Lovers and fortune hun
ters paid honors and passed that hand Iansso
Dance ct donu ferentes. She was depressed
by this prediction, and to distract her mind,
she resorted TO Italy. potent a restorer OF
failing man--..the wounded of the heart many
turn TO thee" She went there with vow
never to marry again. She kept It although
! .edulousy pursued by prefenders OF all ma
tons, intoxicated with her beauty and her for
i tnne-ignorant Of the fatal condition which
went them | believe her vow would have
still remained unbroken if Count-her own
Icountrvruan-had not made himself conspic-
uous above the rest, by attentions which per-
fidiously and designedly compromised her 10
such a degree that she most reluctantly
forced TO consent TO marry him to save her
reputation from blemishes.
He had been too long away from Germany
TO have heard the story of the Sybil, and she
took care to let him know nothing about it
until week after their marriage. The over
reacher was over reached; his deviish foils had
entrapped none but himself. Superstitious 10
an extreme degree, he received the eommuni
cation as a cowed convict hears that his peti
ton for pardon is rejected. Death stared him
IN the face, his spirits utterly failed him, he
travelled, be gambed he drank-it was all in
van-the iron had entered hi. soul, he tried
to rally, and epilepsy carried him off in three
months after his marriage, victim OF sheer
fright
The seers vaticanafions had moved rapidly
towards full accomplishment. Now the
widow was herself menaced Two lives will
be sacrificed when next the bridal veil and or
ange wreath worn. She has vowed never
again to put them on. and would retire now to
a convent, were Lot the vows regarded
marriage, and the church a husband. Firm
IN this resolution. she banishes care away
from her, and tries to enjoy every moment
which lies between her and the next bridal al
tar. May it be far distant.
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cooked for two whole days, when they be- in
TO resemble calls foot jelly. end By the I'D oF
powerful spices become TT for tie table
Not much more attractive 1o the stranger
is the favorss dish Of many European na-
tion-roasted or picked snails. The Shiny,
slippery form of these animals makes them to
most persons peculiarly fepulsive, but their
extraordinary nutritive power aud excellent
taste has long since served to defeat al preiu-
dice. While the Ashanfees and other nations
of lowest grade. smoke them aud ca. them AZ
daily food all the year round, the higher ra-
ces employ them only as relish or for special
occasions. The Romans already valued the
cochlear. and fattened them with bran and
wine till they reached truly gigantic dimen
sions. In our day. also, they are prescribed
eminentiy useful to sufferers in consump-
ton. and all southern Europe affects them du :
ring the times Of annual fasting. In Swltzer-
land and Italy the traveller finds large estab-
lishments, where they are carefully raised and
either disposed of at home. or potted and sent
by millions to foreign countries. The red
snail makes q capital broth for weak persons;
the Dromatia may be found in all Countries
In Venice all snails are eaten. At least BY the
poor; in Franco the rtg,sot ct gutynette is con
sumed In Incredible numbers.
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Number Is.



sienasly . ss.e early days Of zae Republic.
and uosa the IDEAS of our foreiashsrs at that
period. How did they look upon Slavery
m TIE lsht OF the principles OF liberty then
beginning To be mere carefully considered and
! applied Read the following resolution OF the
old Congress Of IVA and see whether the
great patriots Of Iha. day had any intention of
founding government to uphold and perps:-
uase system disnetricsllv opposed TO the
fundamental principles which they proclaim
ed. l. IS perfectly evident from this. as many
oiher ssearees. tai they perceived al once the
aeee sify ef giving up that system-that !t
could moi o-exist win the;r asowei princi-
pie eeri..a AMI ias'iee aud so must ami
ga -: srssiaalis pass away. aad be re.
fpssced by FREE aser--tas only proper founda-
ton OF the ns;ional prosperity of republic.
Indeed II is simply absurd 10 suppose. for
moment, that they contemplated the perp-fu-
iy of domestic slavery in the future republic
The resolution is in these words:
Resoiesd, That we will neither import nor
purchase any slave imported after the first day
of December next; alter which time gge win
wholly discontinue the slave trade and neither
be concerned in it ourselves. nor will We hire
our vessels. nor sell our commodities or man.
uactures TO those who concerned In it.
And is signed by dele gates from FIVE of the
present slave States. as follows:
s DELAWARE = Caesar Rodney, Thomas Nc
Keen. George Read.
Observation-Disclosures Tilghman. Thomas
johnson. William paca. Samuel Chase
i ErReINIs--Richard Henry Lee, George
Washington. p. Henry. ir.. Richard Bland,
Benjamin Harrison, Edmond Pendleton.
NoRTH CARoLIsa-William Hooper. Jo-
seph Howe. Il. Caswell.
SouTH CAROLINA Henry Middleton. Thos.
Lynch, Christopher Gadsden, Edward Rut-
ledge, Judge Rusledge.
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A Grand Project

Captain William Allan, of the British ma
Wy, has published book. advocating tie con
version of the Arabian Desert into an ocean.
The author believes that the great valley. ex
tending from the southern depression of tie
Lebanon range to the head of the Gulf OF
Akaba, the eastern branch of the head of tie
Red Sea. has been once an ocean. Il IS, in
many places, thirteen hundred feet below the
level of the Mediterranean, aud in it are stu.
sted the Dead Sea and the Sea of Tlberias
He believes thai this ocean being cut Of from
the lax Sea BY the rise Of the land At the
southern extremity, and being only fed uy
small streams. gradually became dried by so
lar evaporation. He proposes to cut canal
OF adequate size, from tie head of the Cult
OF Asaba 10 the Dead Sea, and another iEon
tie Mediterranean. near Noun. Carmel. across
the plain Esdraelon. 10 the tis>ure N the noun
ain range Of Lebanon. By this means the
Mediterranean would rush in. with a fall OF
thirteen hundred feet, fill up the valley, and
substitute ocean of two thousand square
miles in extent. for barren useless desert;
thus making the navigation TO India as short
the overland rouse, spreading fertility over
now arid country, and opening up the fer
tile regions Of Palestine to settlement and
cultivation, The conception IS magniEcsn,
one. but no sufficient survey has been male TO
determine Its practieabihty or its cost
The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-10-11

GOLD FIsH.-The Gold Fish has become
naturallzed in the Schuylkill above Philadel-
PIMA. or rather perhaps We should say in the
Paramount dana distance of miles. They
were introduced by the breaking of fish
pond many years ago. The boys offer them
Tor sale IN winter time, OF a large size, a. from
Ten TO fifty cents each. There are hundreds OF
lakes and artificial dams where they would
multiply enormously. Last winter, while
constructing some dams on a snail stream Of
spring water which empties into the Schuyl-
kill. We requested the Irish laborers to pur-
chase any gold fish that might be offered. and
place them In the dams. A few days only
elarsed before the works were completed, and
on taking a view of them. our intelligent su-
pertinent related the following adventure. The
cold had been intense. and had frozen the riv-
er TO An unusual depth; the gold fishes. big
and little, repaired to the mouth of our little
stream in great numbers. probably for the
greater warmth of the water; the frsshet hav-
ing meantime subsided. the man went to the
river TO its effects, when 10! the leo had
fallen, and caught in a trap at the cree. S
mouth, ten dozen fine large goliiss. which
were taken by the hand. filing large wash
ing tub, and thus our new water was stocked
AT once. Why should not the smaller lakes
OF the west be stocked with these beautiful pets
The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-10-11

A CuRIosIrY.-The Homestead states that
there Is on tse farm Of c. r. AIsop, in Mid
dletown Conn. a curious freak of nature III
the shape of a tree. 1t stands among a NUM-
Der OF sugar naples, has trunk some three
feet in diameter, and 10 a casual observer pro-
sen.s nothing worthy OF special notice. But
on closer inspection it is discovered that on
one side of the tree is sugar maple and the
other white oak The body OF the tree is
round and smooth and the junction Of tho
two varieties i marked by slight ridge in tie
bask, which eardiy : noticed Some twelve
feet from the ground the tree divides one side
Is maple and he other oak. The maple throws
branch that has become entirely sur
rounded by the oak, and offers on that side
the singular appearance of white oak tree
throwing out maple limb.
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An EaRIy PRosyycr OF EXCITEMENT

An EARLY PRosyxcT OF ExcTTKaEST-Oa
the opening of the next session of Congress
two delegates will doubtless present them
selves from Kansas. Whit6e!d who viii be
chosen at su election authorized by the usa--
pers in Kansas, and Gov. Res1=r. who is
nominated, and will doubtless be chosen al
an election appointed b. the people III defiance
et ire legislature. As the House Is judge
Of the election of IS members. collision ! Al
once inevitable Thus the session ". com
rasnce with agisatioa.--ToIea Blade
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MoDE OF FEEDING CArTLE II AAoAoAspAR.
The provision is sometimes placed in kind
OF rack, bat il is also placed SO high that the
animal is compelled 10 stand, the whole tine
Of feeding. in position that forces the chief
weigh; of It's body on its hind legs. Whistler
this custom oriGpsIsd By acciden, or design.
is uncertain. bat Il Is universal. and 10 suppo-
sed to aid in fattening the animal better than
our mode of allowing them to stand on lev
el floor. Sometimes animals are fed n this
manner for three or four years. and 1asin an
ssornsoxs sszs
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s.ThInss are Brighter than they seem
BY yEsJAMfs $. PARExg.


Through the changing necromsncy
OF this life. protracted dream.
Angel voices ever whisper,
Things are brighter than they seem
Whisper to tho yearning spirit,
In 4 language all sublime,
Of the home il may inherit.
Far beyond the shores Of times.
And though sorrows gather Ger US,
As we wander to the tomb;
Yet will spring about our pathway
Flowers of paradiSA bloom.
For no Christian life's so dreary,
Or SO full Of grief and WOO,
But some sunny days of pleasure,
And of hnppinoss may know.
Darkest clouds have silver lining,
Aud the night times deepest gloom.
Comes just ere the golden morning,
Wakes the roses into bloom.
so each cloud with sorrow laden.
Ever wears a blissful ray,
And the darkest night OF anguish
Comes before the brightest day.
And though sorrows hover o'er US,
Yet Of happiness we dream,
blessings wait US on the morrow
Things are brighter than they seem.
Lewisville, Ind.
The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-10-11

@ We Ike nliSchevou- children, and for
this reason: Tney are apt 10 make old men
Good boys generally die in their fifth year
not because they are good. but because their
strange labits make them strangers to mud
puddles and oxygen. dirt piles and outdoor
exercise When a friend tells Us that he has
little baby VINO never wants to leave his
books" the knob Of his front door immediate
lv becomes an object of intense interest to Us;
We know well as ii We were blessed with
s1ksek nowiedse, that IL less than i. year strip
OF blsss eraPe will be throwing shade across
his psth s1at 10 amount CT time will ever
eradicate
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KEEP YoUR BACK WARa-About twenty
years ago read medical treatise which sta
ted 'sthat the back IS the most vulnerable par,
Of the human system. through which most Of
the colds enter.
Recollecting thai when took cold sudden
". | noticed that my back was generally cold.
Lad my wastcoat cushioned along the back.
six or eight inches wide, since which time [
have not taken cold one quarter as often as
before. Several who have tried the expert
rnent at my suggestion. have informed me
that in their opinion they have been materially
benefited thereby.
Tie philosophy Of it is, that by putting
more clothing along the spine than elsew here,
other parts become chilly first. and worn TO
guard against taking cold. while the increased
clothing al the same time prevents such sud-
den change Of temperature. Take care
coming from the back is generally too late
the cold has already become seated.
l hold that eoid and damp feet cause many
colds, more because ,Eey induce 10 chill the
back than because they cool the extremities
The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-10-11

RARE BrRDs.-Messrs. Shons and Fais,
while out cunning Saturday. in the neighbor-
hood below town. shot three birds known as
the Rosea'e SpoonBiil species. and large
Wood Ibis. These are the first bids of the
kind. we believe, ever seen in this part Of the
country The color Of tie former Is q deli
cate Tincsnnes Gag
The RoseAte Spoon Bill is q rare bird in this
Latitude 1t iniabits the sea shore from Bra
I'll to Georgia and has been known 10 wan
der rs hi. up the Mississippi as N.tchez.-
We have never heard Of ii 50 high up rs Vim
cennes before l. is said the young Rosea.e
Spoon Bill is of blackish chestnut color the
first year, Of roseAte hue the second year,
and of deep scarlet tbs third
The Wood Ibis Is as rare q bird in our lati-
tude-feeds upon serpents. young alIga'ors.
frogs. and other repiles.-Nod. Cour.
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A WrfK's PRAvKR--If there is anything
comes nearer 10 the imploratiou Of Ruth to
Sroni. than the subjoined, We have not seen
il:
Lord bless and preserve that dear person
whom Thou hast chosen to be my husband;
let his life be long and blessed. comfortable
and holy; and let me also become great
blessing and comfort unto him, sharer in
his sorrows, meet helper in all the accidents
and changes in the world; make me amiabls
forever IN his eyes, and forever dear TO him.
Unite his hear. TO me IT, the dearest love and
holiness, and mine to him in all sweetness.
charity and compliance. Keep me from all
ungentleness, all Observation-Disclosures. and un-
reasonableness of passion and humor; and
make me humble and obedens. useful and OBJ
servant. that We may delight in each other
according to Thy blessed word. and both Of
Us may rejoice in Thee. having our portion in
the love aud service Of God forever
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ORR JOB DEPARTMENT,

EHas recently been fitted up with the latest styIe
work such Books, Pamphlets, Circulars, Bills Cafcs
Posters &c Printing done IN fancy co!ored lnks "fh
peatness ard despatch Orders thankfully recevea ana
nromptIv attended to- Address. HOLLOWAY Co
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Fersens .. distinction. were put 10 The torture.
and burned over slow Ere At Parshensr.
- otaer parts Of tise cou.1tsF ]. large mulsituae
perlshed IN the flames. kindl=d ov tie ground
less alarms Of an ignorant pepuisce
Alter the fourteenth century the number OF
lePers Ia France gradually diminished Tie
ma ~aeres. 10 wt:eh we have adyerted. great
Is sl1inned their ranks. AS The intercourse
with the East. oecsSion-,i by the Crussdes.
ceased. fresh sources of cantssion We're avoid
ed. Tie advancing civilization of times. also
greater attention 10 food. aud. above all. the
more extended use al linen as an article Of
clothing. arrested. and under the good prov
1dence Of God, finally xsirpssed the disorder.
Ihe gloomy remains OF old lazer, houses,<iE
several parts o. the country. ssll. hoxeser.
recall 10 memory the existence OF this iorm-
liable disease. and serve as. a tide post 10
nisrh the advances fot SOFIA! comfort with
which cur own aye has been favored. and the
corresponding obligations imposed upon <us
Of gratitude to God Tor his distin suished aud
undeseryei mercies.
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RESTORING THE DaowsED.-There are ma
ny persons rescued from the water who are
apparently dead. In many instances life
might Be restored BY proper means Mr..
Forbes, member Of the Humane Society OF
Boston. gires the folio ring directions for re-
storing persons appaFens!y drowned:
Convey the body 10 The nearest house or
shel.er srifl he lead raissd. Strip and rub It
drv. Wrap in warm blankets. Initiate the
lungs by closing the ao<triis with thumb and
finger. while you blow forcibly into the
mouth. and then press on the chest with the
hand. Again blow into the mouth. aud again
pres, and 50 on for ten minutes, or until the
Fstieus breashes ra-uraliy- Keep shc body
-arm and the ensremifies also Continue TO
rub. AID do not give up for an hour or more,
il there j. tho least reason 70 hope
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Volume XIV.
EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
p. HGLLGWiI B. ", DAVIS 81. ). LEEhi

xx Loaded and displayed advertisements VIII oe
as-1ed price and half, and large cuts two prices
.bs above rates Of advertising. Other cases not pro-
vded for chargabie in conformity wlth the aeoFe
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THE Cork TFEE-Abou a hogsfead Of
acoTn5 Of tla cork tree was ordered from the
South Of Europe. for distribution In the Middle
aaA Southern States for experiment, or To test
thei- adaptation TO the sod and climate Much
is anticipated from their successful intraduc-
tion ,aouid portion of the preSen. di>fri-
button by any uttoward circumstance fail to
answer expectation, care will be taken by the
Office to obtain another supply for those who
feel an interest in growing this useful tree
It vii be subject cf national Importance If
The Introduction proves succe sfui. Planfa-
.iouS should be established on Every favorable
loca!ssy. 50 that in due tirce the increasing
wants Of the country may be met by tho
nome suaply. The tree grows rapidly. and
a.tainsa eight Of upwards CT thirty feet. In
deed. even In England. there are various spe-
cmens over fifty feel high. with diameter of
more than three feet. Cork trees are much
esteemed il. Southern Europe. and land plant
ed with them is considered the most profitable
Of all that is unirrisa:ed They seem in gem
erai to prefer those locations where gneiss.
sandstone, sobistose and calcareous rocks
abound.
The substance 50 familiary known TO US as
] cork. Is the ep,dermis outer bark which
sometimes attalns thickness OF two or three
inches. This IS rarely taken off uutl the
j tree mas arrived at an aye OF hfteen or twenty
years. IhIs operation, which Is carried On
every six. seven, eight or nine years, accord
ieg 10 circumstances, Is generally completed
in the months Of May and June. while the sap
IS still active in the tree. Although easy to
accomplish, some care is required to avoid ia
jurins the real bark .'liber." which lies
under the cork. 4 circular incision is usual
II made around the foot of the tree end ano-
ther the branches. Longitudinal cuts
are then made, and finally. by using the han
die Of the hatchet a wedsr. the cork is de-
tache5 from the outer bark. The larger
branches are traa.ei IL similar manner.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-02-23

re- Funny, isn't it. to see an editor who
labOred might and main for the election Oi
slavery, Nebraska PLANTS. over an old and
tried champion of freedom. try t.. make out
that we are advocating Plo-slavery doc
trines?
Funny. isn't it, to see an editor who voted
for slavery, Nebraska PLANTS, making q
great hue-und.cry about the Know Moth.
ings being pro-slavery men, when every
man whom they have had the name o.
electing in the north. has-been the most un
compromising foe of the slavcocracy?
Funny. isn't it. 10 see this same editor
continually persistipg in the face Of repeat
ed denial. that the the editor of the Jour
nal is Know Nothing, and that be is il
the employ" and under the "eOntrOr' o
the order?
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-02-23
AnnOintments.

Our neighbOr of the Democrat won't
take j. amiss, we hope, if we mention that
the mex. issue of his paper will be devoted
to the destruction of the remainder of the
Know NOthings.
Week after next be will again destroy
the Know NothingS.
The next week the Know Nothings vii
be exposed. DC.
In the succeeding number the balance
of the Know Nothings will be killed, and
after that again another expose, and SO or
from week to week until all be killed and
exposed. Subscribers who wish to see the
end should begin at the beginning. and
follow him through these awful conflicts. Oh
they viii never believe the extent Of bis la
bors or bis sufferiDgs.
Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-02-23

A Nur FOR OUR SAC N1cHT NEIeHBoE
TO CRACK The Know Nothings Of Old
New Hampshire, have nominated Mr.
METcALr, for Governor, and full ticket o
Free soilers for Congress. Is this "ignOr
ing" the slavery question? Come neigh
Dor. brush up your ideas and answer. The
Pierce Democracy" have nominated tick
ct of Slave prOpagandists; now. neighbor
which of the two should be elected? Yot
pretend to be terrible anli-slavery man
and do tell us-what do you think Of the
matter? Remember, actions speak louder
than words. Heretofore on this subject
your preaching has been tolerably good
but your actions have been sadly the re-
verse.