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som dishonored and carried of-he knew not
where and his children sent he knew not
where. ImPeriOus necessity required him 10
60 Immediately on another voyage. Ills ship
bad orders to sail and he could not remain to
discover the author Of all his sorrow. The
next tidings received Of him and bis vessel
was, that she had been wrecked on the coast Of
Cuba aud be drowned,
The next we learn Of the captains wife and
her alleged paramour, is in Pittsburgh. some
five or six months ago. 1t seems they had
learned Of Capt. Psrker's supposed fate, and,
coming on here, were married.
They stopped while in lhe city at the United
States Hotel, Penn street. After remaining
here some six weeks, they went to Brownsville,
where HalsteRd opened a tailoring establish.
ment and prosecuted his trade.
1t seems that although Captain Parker was
wrecked he was not drowned. lie got to land
safely and finally reached New York. He
then went to work to discover the whereabouts
Of his wife aud children.
After the lapse Of many anxious weeks, he
learned that she was at Brownsville. He i'm.
mediately came on to Pittsburgh, aud after as
certaning tie fact of their marriage here, he
went before Alderman Steel and made oatl
charging Halstead with bigamy. The warrant
was placed in the hands Of Officer Hague who
accompanied Parker to Brownsville, arrested
the accused and brought him to this city where
he was placed in jail.
We omitted to mention that Halstead is also
charged with the larceny Of about $500 worth
Of goods and chattles-the property Of Captain
Parker Pittsburgh Gazette, Goth inst.
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MIR. Pierce Described.

The Reporter, New Hampshire paper, ed
tied by Edmund Burke, once editor Of the
H ashington Union, thus graphically describes
Mr.. Pierce, "a third rate New Hampshire Coun-
ty Court lawy er, now enormously said to be
PRESIDENT of the U. S.
"Hr. Pierce was great man among Depu-
ty Sheriffs, bar-keepers, aud hosIlers, at Con-
cord. He finds himself pigmy among the
men by whom he is surrounded at Washington
He was then the author ard motive spirit Of a
very dirty and corrupt system of politics at
Concord, now with his dirty tools repudated
BY The people of this State. That system he
carried to Washington and attempted to inau-
gurate in that great theatre Of National POli-
Ilcs. Tie saw it kicked out of doors by the real
men of the nation, and himself looked upon as
a charlatan and impostor in statesmanship. OIL
all the Administr ations that have existed in
this county, Mr.. Perce's will go down to pos
terity as the weakest, the most corrupt and
most contemplate"
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Bad Habits

Bad habi.s eat into the soul like rua and
destroy ils brightness. Children, would you
ike 70 have a beautiful soul as you grow upf.
Then Ealeh against bad habits as you would
against the approach Of a rattlesnake. Let
me tell YOU Of some habits which are bad
Having bad thoughts and feelings, such as
hatred, revenge, Willfulness, Selfsbness, etc.
Using bad expressions, such as, "f will"
Il WonI," ;" "You shall, !" "Give me that" etc.;
and telling parents and teachers, II don't want
TO-" 81 can't" etc.
SwEARIS0.-It is coarse, il is silly, il is
eursing the very God who made you, who
feeds you, and gives you every thing that is
delightful in the word.
! LTfxG.-A dreadful and hateful habit
Fibbing is lying, and deception is lying. How
lovely is trulhtelling, even when we tell our
own faults.
RUDESGs1.-CaIliDg your mates harsh names,
make great noise n company, etc.
IDLENEss.-An idle person generally becomes
bad one, and al eminent English Judge once
said /" II any one wishes 10 have bis son
hanged, let him bling him up to idleness. p
Work hard, study hard, play hard in the Iime
Of play, tho not violently.
CRUELTY to your mates or to animals is
wrong. Do they not love life and happiness as
well as you? Remember the golden rule.
TcBAcco CHEWIEe.--TCbaeco is poisonous
and filthy. Some large boys commence chew
ing il suppOsiDg it to be manly. Let me tell
them thai an ape could be more manly in this
respect, for an ape eheWs healthy things, while
tobacco is unhealthy and debitahng.
SMOKING Every body laughs to see little
boy smoking cigar. But why is it better in
man? / know Of no reason, unless it if that
man is nearer the grave and the world will get
rid Of the bad example the sooner. What is
there gentlemanly about smoking? 1t costs mo-
ney gives a foul breath and filthy mouth, full
Of fifty saliva, and Injuries health. Such way
TO make gentleman is as wise as the Chinese
way of making beautiful foot. They press
the foot into Wad something ike a cows
hoof and this they call beautiful.
SLovLESuEEss--How it looks for child 10
have a dirty face, dirty nails; and dirty clothes.
Soch child would be as good as a pig, only
that the pig does not know any better and the
child does.
AEGER:-How dreadful is the sight Of
fighting angry boy. He becomes like a snar-
ling dog, and fancy he is like devil. Chill
dren, want you all 20 be kind and goOe, and
then you will be like the angels.
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AbduCtIng an American Child.

A letter written at Rome. gives The follow.
ing instance Of child stealing. The New Yorl
Observers correspondent states the facts as
fellows:
"a day or two since, q lad, the son Of an
American artist--lbe we'll known illustrator Of
Harper's illustrated Bible-Was missing. The
domestic. most devOut Catholic, protested her
innocence Of his whereabouts. The lads little
brother was called, and, in his innocence, re-
marked that be was at the convent. This was
the first indmaIion the parents had that their
children had ever visited convent.
They then sent for Hon. Mr. Cass. who took
the boy with him, and vent 10. in bis ordinary
dress, to the convent The manner in which
the inmates gathered around and welcomed the
boy, convinced Mr.. Cass that the boy had o'ten
been there. and led him to believe that the
brother would be found there. He inquired
for him, but the Superior stoutly affirmed that
he was not in the convent Mr. Cass requested
10 be shown through the establishment. His
request was granted but no boy was found.
Mr.. Cass then noticed passage leading tC
another building,Or another part Of the building
He insisted on being conducted thither. Hear
ing noise in room as be passed along. h'
opened door and found priest or two at I
table. and a seat just vacated. He insisted
that it was the seat Of the lost boy. The priest
denied it. Mr.. Cass then made himself known
as the representative Of The United States, and
pretty distinctly intimated that some Of JOns-
than's thunder would be put in requisiiiOn il
the boy was not forthcoming Immediately. The
boy was then brought forth from an adjoining
room, and restored by Mr.. Cass to bis anxious
parents"
The woman's excuse was that if she could
save the souls Of the children, all her sins
would be pardoned. Probably the lying Supe-
rior and priests had similar views Of the pro-
ceeding.
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CARROLLTON, CARROLL COUNTY OHO THURSDAY JUNE 49, 1856

ent o! The NeW-YOrk Herald, was, by being
wrongly directed, put into his hands; that 1t
contained promise to furnish for The Herald
a report Of bis (the dslegate's) speech, the
evening beforel Mr.. Bufinton had no purpose
Of mentioning this circumstance, but the un.
provoked and unfounded assault upon Mas
sacEusetts delegate, had justifed-his course
now:
The tide changed. Virginia and The New
York Herald, instead Of Massachusetts, and
The NeW.York Tribune, were implicated in
dlshOnOr. 0fcourse there was no eager fury
now to out with the traitor This was a
horse Of another color.
Mr.. Burwel, Of Virginia, frankly confessed
that he wrote the note in question, and that he
furnished the reporter for the Herald with an
abstract Ofhis speech for publication. He own.
ed that it was indiscreet and improper, but be
did not mean to do wrong. Kenneth Rayner
said he had been approached in similar way,
and asked to furnish reports for the Herald,
but he had thought it avlolaton OF the rules tc
employ, and had refused. Still he was not dis.
posed to be hard on Burwell. Mr.. Buffinton
was not disposed to press the matter, and sug-
gested that vote be passed relieving the Vir.
ginia gentleman from censure, which was &C
cOrdingly done.
Mr.. squires, Of New York, who had opened
this interlude by bis attack on the Massachu-
sets members, now rose and apologized for il,
and reracted his charge. General Wilson
then read a note from the Associate-written
just as he was leaving-whose innocent con-
duct had been so foully misconstrued for veno-
nous purposes, explaining the affair, and de-
nOuncng the charge against him as false; and a
vote was passed relieving him from any dis
honorable suspicion; so ended this tempestuous
farce. in the result Of which the originatOrs got
decidedly more than they bargained for. The
prompt action Of Mr.. Buffinton was admirable
in conception aud execution, and saved the
Council from the seriously threatened person,
al collisions which impended at the moment ol
his interference.
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No Doubt of It,

The Washington Organ, the special mouth
piece of the pro.savery wing of the X. Ms, is
made happy over the action Of portion Of its
brethren of the. South. Speaking of the arti.
cles of faith which were rejected by the entire
North New York excepted) it says:
This platform we have the fullest conf
dence, will be warmly endorsed throughout the
Southern States"
No doubt of it. We have every reason to
suppose the South will stand as unit, upon
the pro.slavery plank of that platform. Again
il says!
cat the ensuing election in North Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee,
Kentucky and other southwestern States, it
will strengthen the American party incalcula
bly,, and render it invncibe by any force that
can possibly be brought against it. Had this
platform been adopted one month earlier, the
American party would have swept Virginia
from the Atlantic 10 the Ohio. The chief OBJ
iections brought by the presses and the orators
of the opposition in that State to its principles
are now fully refuted and overthrown; and
throughout the remainder of the Southern
States it will march triumphanIly TO victory,
five had not heard the same prophecy about
Virginia, we might put some little onfdence
in this bold assurance. But, as til is, we prefer
to wait. Slavery is the one great, vital and
all absorbing issue Of the South. The people
of that section never loose sight Of its interests.
They never permit themselves to be divided
and conquered by the representatives of the
Free States. They have watched the course of
the Locofoco party for yeas. They know that
to that party they owe the annexation Of Texas,
the Mexican war and the Nebraska bill. They
have found the Northern members Of that
party plant tools in their hands, willing to be
used as the occasion demanded. They think,
and not without Just cause, that they can con-
troll and use them in the future. They see how
like whipt spaniels they crouch, and even go so
far as to profess to approve the ahOminable
NoUTdShd uduu' why ouOuiN thCJ ShouSO :
Why discard their old and faithful dOughfaCe
allies of the Free States, that have been found
faithful to slavery where II has raised the cry
for help? The LocOfoCos Of the South very
we'll know that the Know NOthiugs cannot be
more true to slavery and slave propagandsm
than they have been. They now see and know
that the Southern Know Nothings cannot carry
their Northern members with them in favor Of
slavery. That is settled by the secession and
declaration of principles Of the North. On the
other hand. they see the LocofOcos of the free
States still defending the Nebraska swindle. II
is true they have presentmeDt that these pro-
slavery men cannot carry single free State,
but they can rely upon their fidelity, at least
so long as Pierce is President, and has the dis.
position Of the public patronage and plumber
This is the only party they can rely upon il
the Free States, broken down, scattered anG
venal as it is.
In this view of the case, and it is the only
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Destructive Floods.

The Mansfield Banner Gays: The heavy
rains we have had for the last week OF ten days
have so raised the streams in northern and
middle Ohio, as to cause much destruction o.
property and in two cases at least, life These
rains have, however, extended over large
scope of country, and we only begin to hear Of
the sweeping away Of bridges, injury to rail-
roads, destruction of corn fields, fencing, &C.,
on low lands. A bridge has been CARED away
at Monroevile, which delayed the Sandusky
train there on Monday several hours-and we
failed entirely Of the Columbus mail, doubt.
less from the carrying away ofbridges.
The Mt Vernon Banner says: Such high
waters and destructive floods have not visited
this country for the last fifteen years. The
Vernon river was high enough to Aoat the larg
est steamer in the west! We are sorry Il
learn that entire fields of corn have been to.
tally destroyed, along this valley, causing a
heavy loss to many of our most enteprsing
farmers. Norton's upper dam, above town,
was nearly swept away, and the railroad bridge,
opposite the city, was so much injured as to
prevent the cars from crossing fol several
days.
The SciOto was also very high, and boy
was swept off near Columbus who ventured toe
far in catching drift wood. The Statesman o.
the 18th says The rains Of the last two days
have swollen the Scioto and Milestone 10 al
alarming height. The bottoms above and be
low the city are entirel submerged, and il
many places whole crops of corn are destroyed
Yesterday great numbers of persons visited thu
river to see trees, fence rails; &c, come float
ing down at terrible rate. At six last eve.
ming the river was rising at the rate of 81,
inches an hour, and should it continue to rise
for few hours the destruction of property viii
be immense
In Ashland county much damage has beer
done by the food, and one man lost his life ol
Saturday morning near Ashland by attemptiuI
to save some shingles. His body was found o.
Sunday by citizens in search ofhis remains.
The Ohio Democrat says; The recent rain
have swollen the Tuscarawas river and it
tributaries to an unusual height, and inundate
hundreds of acres along their banks. An i'm
mense amount Of corn and other crops have thu
been destroyed, as it is barely possible, afte
being submerged from three to five days, tha
the young stalks will regain heathful con
d;tion. Over an hundred acres of the splendiC
corn bottoms of R. Seaman, Esq, OF Salem tp.
were under water four or FIVE days. Many
others sustained heavy damage along the Tus
carawas, We also hear of great injury dom
10 the corn fields along One leg creek. In on
inst ance farmer had twenty five acres sub
merged for four days; the whole considered
destroyed. On Saltwater the food has beeI
alike destructive. In fact, the general loss i
estimated at thousands Of dollars
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WoMAx's ISFLUENCE.-Woman is paradox
perhaps the NEST positive type in nature.
Her virtues are negative, and yet their intiu-
ence is the most absolutely active exerted up
on man. Two of her IL ost glorious attributes,
self-denial and disnterestedness, always in ac-
lion in her relations with the opposite sex, are
simply negative qualities, but their influence is
irreslible; melting men to the noblest dev elop>
ment of humanity. Clinging to man with most
beautiful faith in the protecting power, she ap'
peas TO his better nature with controlling force,
aud calls forth those shining sparkles OF divinity
which testify emphatically to bis exalted origin,
and give double assurance OF his susceptibility
TO all that is charitable and praisworthy in hu-
man nature, while it destroys, and diverts into
virtuous channels that prOneness to evil en-
grated on his nature, and intensified By conupt
com nunicaton with vicious society. And,
alas that it should be so. SIZE is equally potent
for evil when she will;-or rather when she
will not exert herself for the developement
of virtue. She is either mans good genius,
or her influence is the most baneiul that can
be ex,rted. We often have thought that if
women only possessed more general knowl-
edge Of the happy influence they might exert
upon the rougher sex, their enjoyment in this
life would be increased beyond their present
comprehension, while the good work of men
developed by the quiet genius Of her virtue;
would occupy infinitely greater space 10 the
realms Of morality and religion.
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NlisteIIoneous Rea0inD,
The Spies in the Camp,

The New-YOrk papers have contained quite
full reports of the leading events in the late
National Convention of the K. Ms. at Philadel'
phia. How they were procured is best known
TO the parties concerned. The Tribune in par
ticular has full and graphic sketches of what
was said and done. The Convention was
troubled, and set spies to watch, and ifpossi-
Bile to see who were the leaky members. We
have been much amused at reading the follow.
ing sketch of What transpired on this subject
on the l4lh inst. We copy from the lfi6ane's
report 20. S. Journal.
There was a scene of wild and terrible ex-
ctement in the Council between II and IL
o'clock last night, while the votes were being
taken on the main propositions, growing out Of
a base ami Calumnious attack by one of the
NewYOrk delegates upon one of those from
Massachusetts,. The latter was in private tele-
graphic correspondence with friend in New
York, and was anxiously waiting the taking Of
the vote upon the minority resolution, after
which he was to proceed by the midnight train
10 join his friend. He had recorded his vote
the fatal but expected result of the ballot had
been announCed--he dispatched a message to
his friend by the telegraphic runner who was
waiting outside. and then hastened 10 bis hotel
to prepare for his journey. Some evil.eyed
door keeper, or may hap the New York gentle
man himself, had noticed bis dispatching mes
sage TO his friend, and eager to find cause for
on assault upon any of the Massachusetts men,
bers, and thinking surely he had found out the
great troubling secret Of the Council, he rushed
madly up the aisle to the Presidents chair,
interrupting the proceedings in progress, and
screaming at the top Of his lungs: "The traitor
is discovered The correspondent of the New
York Tribune is known He has been detect
ed sending off dispatches from this hall! He
is NJ Of Massachusetts,! Expose the
traitori' The meeting was thrown at once in'
to wild upr,ar. A hundred we're upon Their
feet at once, shouting and bowling; some 'out
with the traitor' Hustle him outI' Others
that it was a base lie,' &c., A rush was made
toward The Presidents chair, some drew theil
cold steels,' and storm of passion and confu
sion ragged that is indescribable.
At this moment MIR. Bufinton of Fall River
atall, large, fine looking gentleman, of bold
and fearless manner; sprang to the side OF th'
President, and in such peremptory manner
demanded to be heard, that he was at once &C
corded the floor. He spoke in style that sOOr
produced comparative calm. Said he
I rise to defend Massachusetts, from TIES
coarse assaults and base calumnies. Ihos'
who say she has traitors n her delegation sa!
what is false. and say it at their personal per
il. But there are traitors in other delegations
ard ifthis Convention has indignation to expen'
upon those who have divulged what has beeI
said or done upon this floor. it must fall upO
other heads than those OF the Mass achusett
delegates.
He then proceeded to say that mote from
Virginia delegate, intended for the correspond
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BrYrNe CHIcAeo.-At railroad celebration
dinner in Illinois few days ago, Colonel Ora
ham said that when be was a lieutenant under
Colonel Long Of the Engineers, that gentleman
had predicted the Importance of Chicago and
Cairo This was years ago. AT that time
Col. Long applied to a person to loan him two
hundred dollars, that with it he might buy
Chicago! The loan was not obtained, and
Chicago wac not sold for $500.
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The CASE OF THE MAIL AeExTs.-The grand
jury of the United States Court at New Or.
leans have ignored the bill against D. P. Blair
and George Whitman, post Office agents, fol
opening letter with design to obsiruct cor
respondence. These charges, it will be re-
membervd, were made under the instructions
of Judgd McCaleb who explained that tie law
did not authorize the agents of the Post Office
Department to open any letter not addressed
to them, as they had deue in order to ascer
tain who it was that had been robbiDg the Post
Office.
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DOES FREEZING KILL?-In the basin under
the dome OF the Crystal Palace We noticed las
fall number of goldfish flashing their brigh
sides in the clear water: Yesterday we saw
them again. as lively as ever. and remarked tC
Sam. Brevoort, the Superintendent:
SO your fish lived through the winter. but
they are not so bright colOred as last fall
No wonder--the color froze off; the wonder
is that they are alive, for that basin was solid
cake of ice, and those fish were as solid as any
part of it. But they thawed out as good as
new, except the color, and that is coming on
with warm weather. think that settles the
question, that freezing don't kIll.'-[Tribune
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MATRIMoNY--Hot buckwhea! cakes---warm
slippers--smOking coffee
round arms red lips-shirts exuling in bu;-
tons ns-redeemed stOckings-boot jacks-haP
piness, &c.
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EAR TRUMPET BoNNET.-At the recent Wo-
mans Rights Convention, Lucy Stone remarked
that she had often, in crowded assemblies, felt
the inconvenience of wearing bonnet, and she
was fearful that if the women present continued
to wear their bonnets, they would suffer from
headache. and leave with 10 very good opinion
Of the Convention. The Convention would in
thatevent be charged with what justly belong
ed to the bonnets. (Laughter.) She hoped the
bonnets would be removed during the sitting o
the Convention.
Miss E. r. Coe. las we understood the name,
arose in the body of the audience. and did moi
see the force of Mss Stones remarks, for the
bonnets worn by the ladies now, are 30 small
that they stick on the back Of the head, and dc
not cover the ears. Laughter, and " hear, "
f." hear" The speaker thought the bOnnets
would act as ear trumpets, and aid the hearing
rather than interfere with it. The bonnets were
not removed.
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e. A modest young gentleman, at din

RE- A modest young gentleman, at din
ner party, put the following cOhundrum:
"Wby are most people who eat turkies,
like babies? No reply. The modest man
blushed, and would have backed out but final
ly gave the reason:
" Because !bey are fond Of the breast" Two
middle aged ladies tainted, the remains Of the
! young man were carried out by the coroner,
and three married ladies clspped their handker-
chiefs to their mouths in convulsions--tooth-
ache Of course.