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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-01-03

DAVID DAYRES'ESTATE. .-Thsnatersisne
H. ~ have "a. ct. been appointed n and auahea e Ezeou.
county. deceased. Those indebted ID said estate
should make immediate payment, and ei1ose hav-
ing claims against the same wilt present them for
payment, properly authenticated. within year.
JOHN H ,AXRES,
VIM MlLItEAN.
Nov. I, 1854 tsE Executors.
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GREEN LIE s. q: FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 80 1856

carefully and do moi abuse your memory by
reading hastily and remembering nothing
You have read. Do not indulge in reading
novels aud tales; if you ever do, you will
regret it, as bear in memory many illspent
hours over such idle trash. No one could
make ME believe thatit was an injury them,
but I row know It, and proftby my expert
ence. If your Pa lives he can teach you
Greek, Latin, Arithmetic, and all the branches
Of an English Education. Cultivate q taste
for music. think it improves the desposi-
ton. Give sacred the preference above all
others there are no songs compared, with
those of Zion.
Ihave often prayed, and fersently, dear
one, that your heart be given early to the
Lord that You love not the things Of this
world too well, and be often in your heart
and on your lips .'lead me not into telnptt
tion father, but deliver me from evil" Fer
vent, faithful prayer, will prepare you well
for things Of time and for eternity. Death
you cannot escape, il is the lot Of mortals,
but viii have no sting if you love the Lord
with all your heart and in him put your
trust. a,9 $50
z If sickness should come into the family
be We always first to soothe and nurse, to
give all needful attention. Ifyour grand
parents servive me and ever need your
care, tend them tenderly and carefully,
for often so have they tended me. They
have given me many, hour. day and night,
in sickness and in health, which / new
er canrepay. Also your Pa, he is SO kind
and attentive to me, I earnestly hope he new
er viii want attention in hours of pain and
sickness. Love your aunts and uncles and
cousins, we are comr anded TO love every
body, even those who hate us, by divine com
maud, and how much more real fervent af.
feciion should fall to those whom our Father
has given US to love and cherish by binding
US in string ties-of relationship. q.
Try and form the habit of judging no
one hastily, and always allow for temptations
and circumstances. Weare prone to judge
the world too harshly and ourselves too leni,
emily.
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Gun sntfrastillg gturirs.
1hs Qoctof's $ Story.
pY TIIEoN.

OK one Of thoae cold winter nights, when,
seated near bright cheerful fire, one loves
to hear the wind bowling and rushing with
impotent fury against the we'll closed shut
tiers when, our hearts expanding under
the genial influence Of the flame, we are
most inclined to pity the poor creatures
whom poverty aud want expose to all the
severity of the elements---on such night
old Doctor D. and his family were en-
joying the warmth Of cracking hearth
The elder members pleasantly discussing the
various events of the day, while the chill
drcn played noisily in a corner Of the room.
The conversation had unconsciouslv turn
ed upon politics.
@By the bye" exclaimed Edward S.,
the doctors nephew, II doubt whether Mr..
M---- will carry the,election for alderman
of his ward. Chances are much against
him.
III wish very much to see him chosen
said the doctor; he is q high.toned gentle
man, of great integrity, and strict moral
principles, and in these degenerate timesp--
sThose are just the reasons for which he
will be beaten" inturrupted Edward 'tfor,"
added he, smiling at the look ofsurprise his
words had called forth upon his nncle's face,
ahis principles are 50 strict, that heard him
Yesterday refuse to enter the Gem Coffee
House, with some one who proposed to
treat nirn. on the plea mat ne never drank
ANYTHING but water. After he left, / heard
man say to friend: 4 won't vote for M--:
he was too proud to drink with mcp do
not pretend to justify this man, uncle" con-
tioucd the nephew, observing disdainful
smile curl the old mans lip; II think II a
very foolish conclusion; but many view The
matter as he did, and these will go against
him: inasmuch as his opponent treats eve
rybody,' as they say, and makes thereby a
host Of friends, or rather votes.n
SIT IL shameful IL his election Is made to
suffer on such accounts y exclaimed the doc
tor indignantly "for If ever man showed
noble spirit in refusing to taste spirits, it Is
Henry Listen to me-" continued he,
'sand / win tell you why.n
Here the good old man, as usual when
about TO tell . story, cleared his voice two
or three times, walked up and down the
room, to collect his thoughts and stirred the Ere
into . brighter blaze. The weli-known signal
drew from their corner aIl the children, who
cawe clustefiug round him, aiwnye eaGer 10
hess of he scspes which the old man's pro-
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lowering death is slowly lowering on his

hofertuB uSatu ID sloWiy ioWeInS vi nis
prey.
The mother had just opened her now glas-
sy eyes, and with her last remaips ofstrengtl
after looking arxiotsly aroaGd the room.
turns them despairingly towards the still
closed door. The doctor saw that she was
dying fast; that no earthly power could
make her live more than few fleeting mo-
.ments. Alice" she couglied, and each
word cost her heart-rending effort "Alice
---ifc< will not--coine- -eyen---to seeA-his
motlier--die'' She cease,l, and seemed max
ing last efortto add something more; and
in that instant NO sound was heard save the
mournful wind outside, and the cfoked sobs
of Alice, who was kneeling by her mothers
side. a
ell--him-I--blesscd -him-with-"
but the effort was too strong the last thread
oflife which had held the soulin that suffering
frame was broken, and she died in tho Doc
tors arms.
One loud, wilk shrek burst from the
very heart Of Alice, rs her mothers head
dropped heavily down--and then the door
was suddenly thrown open and a man totter-
ed over the threshold, His look was wild I;
he grasped the wall for support; that sliierk
had reached the bottom Of his SOUL For a
moment his haggard gaze was fixed upon
that death scene; a terrible struggle seemed
taking place within him, and suddenly, with
deep moan, he rushed forward aud fell
kneeling by the side Of Alice. Lie threw
himself upon tile liieless body, and, as ii to
light its extingushing spirit from the fire
which burns within his own heart, he press
cd her in his arms.
''Alothcr.l mother!" he exclaimed, and
sobs choked his utterancc and his voice was
hoarse. "Look upon your son once'mores-
Forgive me, mother! Dead dead and by
me-" he murmurci, as the body dropped
cold from his arms Then throwing himself
at Alice's feet, "Alice, forgive me, will be
brother, for was not a son !"
The weeping sister threw her arms a
round his neck !; they mingled their sobs to-.
gether, and the mothers soul must have
smiled on them as it mounted up to heaven.
Slowly and by degrees his grief became
more calm, and when at last he pressed the
doctors hand, with silent thanks for his at
tention to the unconscious form before him,
a fixed and stern resolve was stamped upon
his features; he seemed to have made in his
soul solemn oath rs he gazed upon the or
nhan sister. The fumes Of wine had left no
trace upon his mind as they vanished before
that death-bed.
n ~ n
Thirteen years have passed since that
event took place." continued DR.. ID. "IIen.
ry is now one Of the most successful, vet
honorable merchants Of New Orleans, and
Alice, happy wife, ins,ils in the minds of
her children the holy words, Honor thy
father and thy mother"
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5rIsrtfh 1artrll.
, From the New York saturday Courier
Ihs 8Iiaasd HighiiHgaie.
by oaAnLEs D. RUSSELL.

,ris said 1 know not how truly, that there ex-
lists ia Florence, a custum ofblinding the night
ingale. so that, thus rendered unconscious Of the
It still continues It's nelodous strains
when the night Is past This circumstance sug-
gestcd the following lines:n
Deprived o. Heavens most gracious boon,
- The glorious gift Of sight
The gentle warbler folds her plume N.I -
Ard swelis her bosom TO attune
Her lays 70 endless night
Sad are the melodies that lloat
Upon the listening mir;
Each sweet and melancholy note 5, 40,
Seems, as il leaves her ,quiverins throat
The Music Of despair. 'rH
4 Not so harmonious were nor strains
When rsiId and free she poured
Iicr voice across Italia's plains
!. Ere vet she knew the cruel pains
Inficted by her Lord.
When twilight deepcned as IL fell
- Across the earth, was heard
The fluttering wing of Philomel,
4 Who came, her touching tale to tell
While dewy zephsys stirred.
Then, where the uioonlghts silver glow
Checked the forests shade,
Arose hcr sweet accordance low,
I'LL bursting into rapturous flow
1t filed the silent glade. ''
But now she knows not morn from eve;
10 her It's ever gloom; ~
Sleep seeks her not, that might relieve
Uer weariness with kind reprieye
Awhile from such doom. 8
Her lays are ignorant Of restraint
When smiles the rody day;
But soon her warbling grows more faint,
Until in one soft final plaint
She sings her heart away.
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RE-Tas following lines breathe spirit
ef tenderness and love, seldom met with.
They were found on loose sheet Of paper
in the Bible Of Mrs. TEMPERANCE E. AesEw,
afler her death. and are addressed to her lit
tle daughter, two years old. Mrs. AcsEw was
the daughter OF DIR. JoHs C. SULLIVAN, Of
this District. She joined the Methodist
Church in 1852. moved to Florida, and died
on the 9th ofFebrusry, ls5t.-ED, ENTER.
Yarsr. - y,
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1855-12-20
nPThree or four times a couple

HPThree or four times couple
appeared before clergyman for mar
riage; but the bridegroom was drunk,
and the reverend gentleman refused to
tie the knot. On the latter occasion
he expressed his surprise that so re-
spectacle a looking girl was not
ashamed to appear at the altar with
a man in such a state. The poor girl
broke into tears, and said she could
not help it. "And why, pray?' BE
cause sir he won't come when he is
sobcre'
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AN INCIDENT WORTH RECOR-
DING.

We learnSfrom friend who was
presen: the Democratic county
meeting AZ, Denton, on Tuesday last,
that the Wings, who were holding a
meeting at the same time in another
part of the town, passed resolution
TO join the Democratic party, and vote
the Democratic ticket at the Novem-
ber election, after which they formed
into procession and marched en- massr,
and with colors flying towards the
place where the Democrats were hol-
ding their meeting. When they had
nearly reached the spot over which
the Democratic flag was floating on
the breeze, their spokesman advanced,
and in substance said:
"Gcntlemen, we wish to join the
Democratic party, and hereafter to
battle under the glorious banner Of
Democracy! Will you receive u.s.
A dcafcning shout Immediately
burst from the Democratic ranks, As
they exclaimed, ave will! we will!'
which was succeeded by cheering that
might have been heard for miles
around and other exhibitions Of the
widest joy The Wings then aIyan-
ced under the Flag-took off, their
hats, and gave three hearty cheers
Then such shaking of hands-such
ngratulations-such shouting, and
other exhibitions of rejoicing were
never before witnessed in the country
After the excitement had somewhat
subsidized the ncw-made Democrats
gave their promise to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket at the next election,
and the meeting, after transactlng the
usual business and listening to some
able addresses, one of which was de-
livered by the orator of the Wing NEE
ting, adjourned under the happiest
auspices.--Delapare Register.
RESULT OF DEMOCRACY "RU-
LING AMERICA"
There are at this present writing
(strangc AS it may seem and notwith-
standing four of the most important
nations of the earth are Mt war; more
than $22 900 900 in the federal treas
ury subject to draft. 1t is not in bank
promises or post notes, but in that
constitutional currency best known by
the phrase "HARD DOLLARS" Could
the ruling of Americans" improve on
this? Remember that the country is
indebted to Democratic statesmen for
the financial policy by which the
treasury is made flush in such accepta-
BILE funds. This is result No. of De-
mocracy ruling America" Other sim
liar results may be mentioned here
after
In the meantime, let this achieve
nent be regarded rs abundantly suifi-
cient to induce every intelligent Dem
ocrat to cling with a more vitaliscd te
nacity to that organization which, in
advance Of and in opposition to, the
almost united world, has devised
plan for paying the expenses of the
Government, by reducing the amount
of taxes drawn from the people. The
greatest financial discovery of the
world, and purely an cmanation from
Democratic minds!-[ Mem. Appeal.
%
BY TELEGRAPH.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
EXPRESSLY FOR THE DAILY APPEAL.

HOUSE NOT ORG AIMED YET.
WAsulSGroN, December l0.-On the
45th ballot, Richardson received ~
votes, Banks lO6, Fuller u, Zollicot-
fer 4, Orr ,, Scattering 10.
WASHINGTON, December l0.-Thr-
ty-ninth ballot for speaker:Banks, lO7;
Richardson, rs: FULLER, 2s; Zollicoiler
3; scattering II; ia necessary to
choice. There is considerable doubt
as to Banks ultimate success. Ston-
ington offered a resolution that after
thirteen ballots more and no one hav-
ing a majority on tie fourteenth bal
lot the candidate having the largest
number ofvotes shall be the Speaker.
After much excitement the motion
was withdrawn.
SENArE.-The Pacific Railroad
Committees of last session continued,
the chair filling the vacancies.
WASH. Dec. ll.-32d (O ballot
Banks lO6; Richardson IS; Fuller
81; Zollicofer 3; scattering l3.
ARRIVAL OF THE ARIEL.
New Yokk, Dec. l0.-The Ariel
has arrived. Cotton market steady
On Saturday 5000 bales were Sold
Fair Orleans 6s. Flour unchanged.
Consols declined k-ssi
Omar Pasha is daily expecting a
battle.
The Turks at Kars received through
bribery large amount Of provisions
intended for the Russians.
Canrobert is proceeding to Copen-
hagan. 1t is rumored that his mission
to Sweden failed.
Russia ir ic'porting breadstuffs
largely from Prussia. The failure Of
the Russian crops is confirmed
Large quantities Of corn are imported
from Prussia.
Gen. Simpson has arrived at Mar
|, seillas.
HBe generous to those who hold
. different opinions from yourself.
: Dlt is more disgraceful to distrust
:, ones friends than to be deceived by
them.
: nFThere is no fear Ofknowing too
It much, though there is great fear OF
h practising too little.
d A coroner's jury recently brought
= i'm a verdict on a man who came 70
is his death in a state of intoNcatioa
by hanging round a rum shop,
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every other state of the Union-and
whether we shall be here in a major
ity or in "A minority, we shall stand
with and in that great constitutional
party which will hereafter, "a it hith-
crto hath done, wisely regulate and
control the destinies of the country,
and secure to it respect and homo
abroad, and peace, prosperity and
domestic tranquility at home.
b. F. HALLETT,
s. ID. MASSEY,
JAMES CHEEVER,'' SCom'te.
SILAS PIERCE,
BENZ. J. GERRlSH,
MISSISSIPPI GUBERNATORlAL
VOTE-OFFlClAL.
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sims majority, 5,2iO.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
Below will be found the official
vote cast on the propositions to amend
the Constitution of Mississippi:
Chancery amendment ABB
No Amendment 1881
Term of office amendment 33,Os6
No amendment 1851
Elections amendment 33,95S
No amendment S,lO7
LAWS.
A correspondent of the Columbus
Eagle (says the Memphis Appeal is
urging upon the Legislature of Mis-
sissippi the propriety ofstringent laws
to prohibit the introduction Of slaves
into the State as an article of mer-
chandise. The writer thinks such
laws will have the effect to prevent
Maryland and Kentucky from sending
the slaves of those States to the South
with the view of themselves becoming
ultimately free States.
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FUN i w 1ClI vi ~ bl Wv,
Madison McAfec reed, 32,9l2 votes,
f. l.. Swan " 2,5S7
McAfce's majority, 5,325
FOR TREASURER,
S. L. Husscy received, 32,S73 votes.
K. S. Sith 1858
Husscy's majority, $500
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
A. b. Dilworth received, 32,9l5 votes.
A. G. Horne, T,65o
Dilworth's majority, 6,2G5
FOR CHANCERY CLERK,
J. T. Sims received, 32,73l votes.
J. c. Carpenter T,4ol
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A coroner's jury recently brought
in verdict on a man who came TO
his death in a state of intoAlcatioa,
by hanging round rum shop,
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nPThere is no fear ofknowing too
much, though there is great fear OF
practising too little.
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Total, 81 2O3S 27,l22 32,7Sl 27,64S
81, ,l22 27,64S
49l6 5,133
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Dlt is more disgraceful to distrust
ones friends than to be deceived by
them.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-23

FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT-FdW of n
Bridge and Train.-The Troy Times gives the fol.
lowing account of an accident on the 18th inst at
Shushan, on the Troy and Rutland Railroad New
York:
AS the train came in sight of a covered bridge
one mile north of Shushan the engineer saw man
on the top of the bridge, motionng for him to
stop he Immediately reversed his engine with
4 full throttle, and whised on the brakes bv tho
tune the engine got to the further end of the
bridge, the train came to n dead stop and the
bridge then went down to the right carving the
train with If. The bridge about 100 feet long
and crossed tho Battenkill; it was some five feet
slX feet deep. The train consisted of engine bag.
gage car and one passenger car. The train and
bridge lay promiscuously" about the river both
being mass OF ruins
There were about thirty passengers on board
The bridge was undergoing repairs, and there was
of the worknlen on top of the bridge-the 9TH
er mon were somewhere on or about the bridge
When the train struck the bridge, the engineer and
fireman that it was going down with them they
dropped down against tho boiler, and went down
with the engine and bridge. The mail agent tried
to open the door, but could not and so they went
down. The baggageman and brakesman went
down the platform, and thought there was no use
in jumping, as it was sure death any wav Tho
passengers and men got out through tho rubbish
| and fragments some wet and considerably fright
| ened. No one WAS killed mortally wounded
| The man on the top of the bridge went down with
| it and was severely injured. The expressman had
his head cut badly and one passenger received some
flesh wounds IN the face and one hand was consd-
erably injured Several other passengers received
slight injuries. The cause of the accident was the
carolessness of tie men who had charge of the re-
pairs of the bridge. They had removed a bolt from
| the bridge, and omitted to put out any signals to
stop the trains.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-23

FIGHT BETWEEN RATTLEsNAKE AND Hoes
The State Rights Democrat, published at Alba, Ala
balna, narrates the following:
Two gentlemen lately in the woods, when
their attention attracted by uproarou noise
hogs Thinking that something uncommon was to
pay they repaired to the spot and found that the hogs
had beeu in fight with very large rattlesnake. The
hight, from appearances, had been long and desper-
ate one. Tie suake torn to pieces, three hogs
dead, and fourth dying. They say that the last
bog would groGn the snake would raise his head being
unable TO do anything else. The snake and fourth hog
soon died they report that for thirty wards around
the grass aud ground We're torn up The snake was
six and half or seven feet long. The hogs in the
fight, had demolished all the rattles except two"
1t must have been indeed terrific combat! The
snake died hard What an unconquerablc fellow
he was and how his last moments were consoed by
the groans of those of his enemies he had slain in
the unequal combat! The hogs will no doubt, after
this understand fully the force of the motto of the
Rattlcsnake: "4Noli me tangere"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-23

VALIDITY OF SLAVE MARRIAGE-An Interesting
case was decided in the District Court of Philadel
pliia, on the 18th inst Ii appears that Robert
Thompson fugitive slave from Virginia, settled in
Philadelphia in $50, and sent for his wife, free
woman in Virginia, but married another woman
before she got there The wife, upon her arrival
also married. In 1880 Thompson died, leaving hi,
property to the wife he had last married Hi:
daughter, by the Virginia wife, who had also died
brought SUIT to recover possession of her father
property on the ground that he was married TO hel
mother in Virginia, and that his second marriage
was not legitimate The evidence showed that a
the time of the birth of the plaintiff, Thompson
and his Virginia wife were co-habting in Virginia
as man and wife, and the jury rendered verdict
in favor of the plaintiff thus recognising the VALID
ty of slave marriage.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-23

FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENTAL o'clock on
Thursday morning, VIM. Inskip, fireman on a
freight engine, was killed at kingwood Tunnel, un-
der the following circumstances, as detailed in the
Wheeling Argus
1T appears that two trains were ascending the
inclined planes, which were wet and very slippery,
so much so that when the foremost train had nearly
reached one of the SUBMITS, tho wheels lost their
hold, and the heavy engine and cars slid back with
great velocity striking the other ascending train,
damaging its engine, destroying the tender, and
causing injuries to Inskip, which resulted in his
death about five hours afterward. His thighs were
crushed, one hand nearly cut off, and he received
severe internal injury in the upper portion of his
left side Several of the cars of the descending
train were very badly broken. lnskip had family
resident at Suminitvillc, in the Gladee."