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The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-02-23

. A SHoRr SERMoN.-O,Ue no man any
thing. Keep out of debt. Avoid it as you
would war, pestilence and famine. Abhor
it with an entire and absolute abhorrence.
Dig potatoes, break stones,' peddle in. tin.
ware, do any thing that is honest and useful,
rather than run. in. debt AS you value
comfort, quiet, independence, keep out
Of debt. AS you value. good digestion, a
healthy appetite, placid temper, a smooth
pillow, pleasant dreams, and happy wakings,
keep out Of debt. Debt is, the hardest Of
all taskmasters, the most cruel Of all oppres-
sors. 1t is milestone about the neck.
It is an incubus on the heart. 1t spreads
cloud over the whole armament Of mans
being. It eclipses the sun, it blots out the
stars, it dims. and dcfaces the, beautiful blue
lsky, 1t breaks up, the. harmony Of nature
and turns to dissohance all the voices Of its
melody. Iffnnows' the forehead with pre-
mature wrinkles it pluGks the eye Of itslight
it. drags all 'nobleness: and & kindness out o.
the port and bearing Of man.. II takes the
soul of his faugh, and MI stateliness and free
dom from his walk $ % Come. not under 1T
accursed domin fon - 2
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-02-23


ANOTHER internal MACHINE. CASE
IN C1NcINNATI-Inferna machines seem
to thrive in the Queen City of the West.
The Cincinnati Gazette Of Wednesday says ::
On Monday evening, about o'clock, rs
Mr.. Christopher Swishelm and his family,
on Walnut, between Court and Ninth
Streets, were seated in front of blazing fire,
engaged in conversation, their attention was
attracted by the noise of something coming
down the chimney. The instant it struck
the fire it ignited and rolled on to the floor.
Fortunately Mr.. S. Immediately, threw the
"ball of fire" into pail Of water, and ex-
tinguished it. Upon examination it was
found to be ball of cotton, saturated with
turpentine. In the centre of the ball was
a heavy charge of gunpowder and several
slugs. A young man who has been at en-
nifty with the Swishelm family for SOM
time, and who was seen yesterday, but has
since disappeared, is suspected Of the act
1t seems that he went on the house, and
threw the ball down the chimney, supposine
that when it struck the fire, an, explosion
would take place, and the death Of those
who were seated around the fire would BIZ
the result, ..'. :. ..- 1855"
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-02-23


the trench, in some places, if he stand up
right, he gets shot at; his head appearing
over the pa,apct, and then he is Obliged to
his middle to avoid the danger. This state
OF the trenches, and the laborolls work that
the poor soldiers undcrgo, being sometimes
thirty hours thus employed, badly fed, badly
clothed, and, l fear, much di>plrite,l, tends
TO cngender disease. We are Ioosiny on an
average $50 mtn a day, not including those
that falls from an cncmy's guns. now
had an opportunity of IL good view into Sc
v;.s,opol. Its appearance is both pictur-
csque and beautiful, and though was with
i'll half mile Of it, and had a capital Sc
vcnguinca glass, could not perceive any
damage that had us yet occurred. From
what had seen in the Times and other
papers, had supposed the place heap Of
ruins, or nearly so; but ON the contrary, |
could sec no marks OF the canuonadc that
has now been going on for upward of two
months, though | believe that the portion
directly opposite the French batteries is
much cut up.
After satisfying my curiosity, returned
TO the Light Division Camp; and now for
description Of Mr.. Gorl,am's tent 10th
rcgimcnt.) The tent inside is eight feet in
diameter. Round the circumference were
a medley Of boots caps. kettles, empty bot
ties, and many other things constituting the
daily general utility. Next was Il soldiers
bayonct stuck into the ground for the pur-
pose Of Il cand"stick; ; next two beds, or
rather hard-stuifcd mattresses. with scantv
coverlid each on the bear ground. Dinner
; was al leng h brought in-two tin pannikins
with soup ncag:e That would frig!,tcn S.,
followed Ly two pieces of hard salt beef of
about half n pound each, a little rice, (this
was good) and very, very hard bscnit.
However exercise sllarlmns appetite, so set
to, and having as n final, taken a glass o.
bad rum with my entertainers. | bid good
bye TO the officers OF the Light division and
taking building in the distance rs my
landmark | started for l'alakava
The sun had melted the hitherto cxccra-
Die roads, and with the traffic, shall never,
to the longest day Of my if., forget the
walk back: suffice it to say that, having
passed several fellows who were cl,!cavnr-
ing to urge their worn out horses TO get up
out Of the mud, wl.cr they had dropped
down for the last time. reached the Chari,
ty. Now, my impressions on Tho v'nn.
are these: In the fist place, The comnr~~a-
riat is badly. nay, wrctch"dly, supplied vii,
til" means of carrying stores anl provisions
from Balaklava to the various ca.ups-- a!l
the horses, with the exception OF the few
supplied 10y the artillery, being dead! The
store-houscs and many ships are full of crca-
ture comforts, and the halfstarving men
cannot get them. I, of course, cannot sup
pose but that, in the end, the allied forces
will be victorious hut take my word for it,
Sevastopolis not yet taken, and if am right
in my representations, will not bc for some
time to come.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-02-23

Nor SLY ESoUGn-Thc Commercial
Bank Of Philadelphia has got itself into hot
water, by shaving notes at greater discount
than the law allows. This is daily trans
action with bankers, but as they do their
business through third parties, they almost
always escape punishment.
The merchant is eagerly sought to make
his deposits at bank, and great encourage
mcnt given him, but when he asks small
discount lie is told that he must take his
turn. After waiting until the last moment,
he is refused, the bank having "just discount
ed largely" However, he is referred to Mr.
Grccly, the broker, in the basement who is
always ready to "do these things" but some
how is just short enough to want one and
a half or two per cent. a month. Time be-
ing lost, the merchant suffers this ruinous
shave, the broker passes the note bank, and
draws the money from the very vaults. at
whicl, the merchant had vainly waited.
Such things are said not to be unusual
elsewhere. This is one of the causes why
banks have became so odious.
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-02-23

a company Of coiored Thespisns is ip
successful operation; in y Cincinnati. They
peItornfistdlS ii stdlS Romeoof and tJnliet on Thursday
evening. s:ais ,Eg sa..s:fSaI 7 ''sT. ss;sf
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-02-23

! CouxTEaTErrs.L Girls with hollow cheeh
and full bosoms. . snch kind Of things hsvss
come togetber naturally: Make anote, and
don't mistake cotton for iplnmpne 81 9.Il
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-02-23

Mayor WOOD has opened q war upon thse
Fortune Tellers who infest several sectionass
Of tho city. The police has se9
70 arrest all auch. under The yagratt a9 aa IS,
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-02-23

D1aLo you "a ID Il 1tSr tthe sint
Liquor Law ~ ,partlY, yes, and part M
y goes iu M !;a auaff !sl fl' buf 7 hos ses,1R Isl
tue Law !. ;sss:fI ssyl - ,-ats;
The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-02-23

q All eiit5rsf fhinkss tliat if f.theip ropsrnsay
|of fspell;ne tho ii so and % saSaat
thess ssithhoas1s M spelling potatoes. ought
Eiast 9n6,fr} ss
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-08
New Medical school.

The following extract in relation to the " St. Lou
is College of Medical and Natural Sciences" recent
y chartered by the Missouri Legislature, we take
from late number of the St. Louis Republican,
GA grave responsibility rests upon teachers in pre-
pairing their students for practice which, while j
is rightly done with the greatest benefits, and abused
with the greatest dangers, is accepted by their fellow
men with great carelessness. Some medical schools
in the United States have certainly been remiss in
acting up to full sense Of this responsibility. Oh
the hundreds of graduates whom they have all to.
gether annually turned upon the country, it is
quite safe to affirm that portion but little better
than licensed thugs. The high duties of medical pro-
essors, the recognition Of which characterizes the
spirit of the circulars before us, must be universally
acknowledged. The programme set forth in them
corresponds with their spirit by providing for most
liberal professional education. 1t includes many
branches of learning which cognate with the SCI
ence OF medicine that students who do not wish to
pursue this, may be qualified for other useful and
honorable pursuits, and he school is made to have
the character indicated by its name, of College
Of Medical and Natural Sciences
The Faculty consists Of DR.. Cooper, DR.. Hammer,
Professor Shiel from the University of Heidelberg,
DIR. Hauck from the University of Marburg, Mr.. Rau
from Illinois, Dr. Lyle of Louisville, Dr. Planer from
the University of Vienna, and DIR. Hamernik from
the University Of Prague.
Most Of the Professors from abroad, but it is
pleasant reflect that there earthly kingdom
whose subjects are all equal, and whose laws are Ill
catholic-the kingdom of Science. We are glad to
welcome every addition to the means of increasing
the influence and importance of city, and the
College Of Medical and Natural Sciences has
best wishes for its success
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-08
Death Of Andrew Crosse.

Among the recent deaths in England is announced
that of Mr.. Andrew Crosse, the we'll known chems
and electrician, whose alleged development Of animal
life in caustic solution OF potash and flint, by galva
nism, created much excitement some years since,
and figured so largely the basis of the argument in
Vestiges of Creation. Mr.. Crosse was a man OF
wealth, ardent and laborious in his scientific nvesti
cations, and of most estimable personal and social
character. One OF the obituary notices Of him con-
tains the following:
"The social character Of Mr. Crosse most at
tractive. His disposition amable, his manners
were courteous and cordial, and his powers Of con-
versation were extraordinary. AT Fyne Court, the
hall of his ancestors, he lived but English
country gent leman knows how to live. His residence
was the seat of elegant but transformations hospital
ity. His guests, who often from among the
most distinguished OF tho land, entertained with
so much simplicity and ease that, while want
unattended to, they felt all the freedom of home
Over his household presided lady who, delicately
feminine in her tastes and feelings, masculine in
intellect and energy So suitable and congenial
he'll -meet she that, while she was the ornament
and charm Of the table and the drawing room, she
frequently assisted him in his laboratory and is
about to perform the sad yet grateful Office Of pursu
ing to their results the series OF experiments upon
which he was engaged at the commencement Of the
sickness which terminated in his DEATH
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-08
Soldiers Attend I
GOOD .NEWSI MORE BOIINTY Ian

GOOD ,NEWSl MORE BOUNTY LANDl
LAW passed Congress March Sd, 1855, giving One
"A Hundred and Sixty Acres of Land to all persons
who have performed Ia days military service any
of the United States since IT'S.
The Law includes all the Commissioned and Non Com
mssioned Officers, Musicians and Privaes Gncuding ID-
dams either Volunteers Rangers Militia Teamsters.
Also, all the Commissioned and Non Commissioned Of
hcers OF the Navy, Seamen, Landsmen Marines, Flota
Men Chaplains and Clerks.
THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED 40 OR so ACRES ARE
ENTITLED TO ENOUGH MORE TO MAKE THE TO-
Soldiers of the Black Hawk Patriot and others wais
who have made applications for land and failed
count of not having served month get 160
acres If they served fourteen days. they engag
ed in battle.
The Veteran Soldiers of the Revolution who pen.
sions entitled to land If dead their widows
draw it,
The benefits of this act Gin of the soldiers death)
extend to his widow his MINOR children, but
other heirs.
1t is thought that nearly two hundred millions of
will be issued under this act and in consequence of the
large number of applications that will be made
siderable time will necessarily elapse before they all
be acted upon. Remember the maxim, first come first
served"
We have made arrangements with experienced firm
at Washington for obtaining Bounty Land for all entitled
to it living in this Territory, who may favor us with
call.
WE MAKE NO CHARGE IN ANY CASE, UNLESS VIZ
OBTAIN THE LAND.
Any information in regard to the subject cheerfully
given. PARKER & CARVER
April 3-dEwtf Attorneys at "a
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-08
GEN. Jackson q Gentle man.

Instead Of being IA rude and unpublished
Sany enormously supposed, Gen. Jackson con-
sidered by all who knew him intimately the very
perfection Of gentleman. His manners we're court
eous in the extreme, and, to illustrate this fact Mr..
Buchanan related striking incident. He said, on
one occasion he received letter from American
lady, who had daughter married to an individual
high rank among the English nobility. In her note
to MIR. Buchanan she informed him she bore a mes
sage to the President of the United States from VIII
liam Nv, and she desired him TO accompany her to
the White House in order that she might deliver it
in person. Mr.. B. obeyed her request, and they
went to the Presidents mansion He excused him
self for few moments, and wen. to the private room
of the President, where he found him in the most
wretched dishabille. He was clad in old gray
surtout coat, dirty shirt, his beard long, and to
crown all, was smoking an old blackened pipe. Mr..
b. acquainted him " it'll the fact that Mrs. - was
in another part Of the mansion, with a message to
him from the King of England.
He was fearful the old gentleman might walk down
receive his visitor in that sorry plight, and there
fore suggested to him whether he had better
range his dress and shave. General Jackson made
the following reply:
Buchanan, once knew man who made for
tune by minding his own business. Go down stairs
and say to Mrs. - shall be happy to wait on
her presently"
He left the apartment, and in very short time
the old gentleman gracefully entered the dress
ed in rich suit Of black cloth, clean shaved, with
his fine head of white hair carefully brushed, and re-
ceved the lady with the greatest ease and polish of
manners. She bore to him the kind salutatons of
the King, with the request that after the expiration
of his term he would visit England. On their re-
turn from the White House, the lady expressed her
qualification and the pleasure she had derived from
The interview and said she had visited every princ.
pal court in Europe, and mingled with those of the
highest rank, but that Gen. Jackson in all the attri-
bues Of gencmanly courtesy and highly refined man
ners, excelled every other man she ever met.-Ar-
thurs Magazine.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-08

MARY REDMoND.-Mary Redmond was the
daughter of a patriot somewhat distinguished
among his nsighbors in Philadelphia. Many
of her relatives were loyalists and she was
playfully called among them the black-eyed
rebel" She was accustomed to assist several
women whose husbands were in the American
army, to procure intelligence. The dispatches
were usually sent by boy, who carried them
stitched in the back of his coat. He came into
the city bringing provisions to market. One
morning when there was some reason to fear
he was suspected, and his movements watched
by the enemy, Mary undertook to get the pa
pers in safety from him. She went, as usual,
to the market, and in pretended game of
romps, threw her shawl over the boys head,
and thus secured the prize. She FASTENED with
the papers to her anxious friends, who read
them by stealth, after the windows had been
carefully closed. When the news of Bur-
goyne's surrender, and the Wing women were
secretly rejoicing, the sprghtly girl, not dar-
ing to give vent openly to her exultation, put
her head up the chimney, and gave shout for
Gates.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-08
SUPERIOR.

DOUGLAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN.
NHIS place is situated the bay of Superior and Left
l. Hand river the head of Lake Superior, and pos
better site, better harbor, and greater advan
tages for commercial city, than any other point the
orth-west, and is equa!ed in prospective importance
by Chicago only.
numbered title to the land upon which SUPERIOR is laid
OUT and purchasers OF lots receive deeds
for the same.
Superior was laid during the past season. and al
ready contains several hundred inhabitants large no
tel, q number of stores, a commOdous pier with air
town in the west The county seat, U. s. Land OF
fce and Post Office located here, where the Mssis
sipp and Lake Superior u 3. Military Road, now in
course of construction, connecting with st. Paul. ter
ed railroads the head of Lake superior. The $500
canal will be open by June, after which time four
Uf lake steamers will run to SuperiOr,-one from Chi
cago, two from Cleveland, and one from Buffalo fin.
vessels having been built expressly fer this trade
Two steam saw mills and printing press -
the way to SUPERIOR and will be promptly work.
One-half of the lots have been appropriated by the
prOpretOrs to be sold by the undersigned actual
on TERMS and to provide fund for extensive
public improvements. Liberal appropriations hav
been made for public purposes-parks churches raj
roads, &C., &c.
o. In order correct the misapprehension arisin
from similarity OF Names is proper 10 State that Su
perOr City," about the title of which legal controyer.
ferent township from Superior.
o. Maps Of Superior are signed by ThOs Clark, L
veyOr, and VIM. ii. Newton, agent and attorney for
prOpretors an may be seen in the principal hotels
St. Paul, Galena Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland Toledo
Buffalo and other cities.
All persons who wish to purchase obtain inor
nation can apply to VIM. II. Newton, superior, Doug
las county, Wisconsin.
WIN. II. NEWTON,
Agent & Attorney for Proprietors of Superior
Nav g.. 1855.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-08

"BEFoRE THE MEN CONE. Women folks
like strong tea. We make the assertion bold
ly, without fear of successful contradiction
We never saw a mature matron who did not
relish it with as much gusto as confirmed
topper does his "tod." And many times have
we seen "wild, impulsive, gushing thing of
forty-fve," who never wore the matrimonial!
letters, toss off cup ofOld Hyson that would
almost take fur off bison. The old ladies
generally consider good tea thrown away upon
"the men" however, and resort very freely to
dilution when serving them. One ancient
housekeeper, we once knew, used to get the
females Of her flock around the table little
before the time, and serve up rousng cup of
tea all around the party before the masculine
party made their appearance; and, as she
poured out the beverage THAT cheers but does
not inebriate," steaming hot, her invariable
ejaculation, as she passed the cups hastily to
the ladies was" Quick quick! before the
men come
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-08
Infidelfty and Revenge.

Burgoyne MarckIett shipped at New York, on board
the barque Mazzni, bound for Liverpool. He left
wife and an infant child living in boarding house
on Grand street, with ample means to subsst until
his return from Europe, which happened about three
weeks since, when he discovered that within cou-
pie Of weeks after his departure in the barque his
iaithIess wife had taken up with another man, and
that they had left the city. Through her cousin he
learned that she had absconded with named
Wemell, who lived in Kentucky, but short dis
lance from Cincinnati, and he Immediately set off for
his locality Crossing the river, he discovered that
a person of that name owned small farm in the vi
cinity Of Florence and visiting that place he under
stood that Weimell was living with a woman whom
he had lately brought from the East, and who passed
for his ruant wife. Last Thursday night he discov-
cred the abode Of his truant wife and her paramount
it was late, and they had retired to bed, and, while
exploring his to the door of their habitaton, he
was attacked by dog, and after vain attempt TO
Pacify the animal, he shot him through the head
The noise aroused Weimell, who came to the door,
when Marcklett rushed upon him, and as the other
retreated, shouting mureS, Marckett fired three pis
to shots, and WeimelI kfell, apparently a corpse.-
The woman, who was in the room in which this
Il gedy was being enacted, fled through back en-.
trance and took refuge in barn, leaving the child
behind, which the husband carried off, since which
no trace of either has been had. Wemell received
two of the shots-one in his shoulder, the other in
his right breast. Neither Of them considered IA
tai. The third grazed his ear and lodged in one OF
the bedposts.
Marck lett had stopped at farmers house named
Mckinley. about three miles distant from WeimelPs
OH Wednesday night, where he remained until moor
on Thursday anil to whom he told the particulars o
his wifes desertion, expressing merely his determln
alton to take the child and leave the guilty pair un
moiested The sequel, however, proved that n
suffered; 1t is supposed thar he came direct to thu
city.-Cin. Enq.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-08

THE FIRST DoDGE.-Md'lle Rachel, the French
actress, on leaving the ship which brought her 10
New York, it is said, presented FIVE hundred francs
to charitable fund for the relief Of widows and or
phans Of employees. The same paper says Md'le
Rachel has expressly stipulated that no humbug OF
any kind shall be resorted to- to impress the public in
her favor. Yet here the very first act is humbug
announcement, intended to show her extraordinary
beralty, and designed TO be used hereafter pre-
text for charging the most extraordinary prices of ad-
mission to her performances. Where is the necessi-
ty of resoring to this species of deception? Rachel
has talents Of high order. Why not depend upon
them and not upon trckery, which is insulting to the
intelligence of the public, disgrace to artists, and
degradation of art.
The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-08
Seal Estate.
Starkey & PetteyS'
LAND OFFIC

l. A " ID u # + & E,
THIRD Street. Observation-Disclosures. Paul, Minnesota
REFERENCES:
His Excelency W. A. German, Min. Ter. Hon. F. NJ
kice Delegate to Congress Hon r. nth, Alton, Ils
James n whiting, Esq, New York City Hon. Davit
Oimsted exMayor st. Paul Borup l. Cakes, Bankers,
ST. Paul Ames Van Etten, Attorneys, st. Paul.
LNROM actual observations AGO TAINTED with all
IL the best locations east of the Mississippi River
TO CAPITALISTS
We offer great inducements.
MONEY INVESTED,
Only in such places that guarantee heavy per cent
age.
LAND WARRANTS BOUGHT,
And sold, or located advantageously.
Two ana lour acre lots near the city.
Several A. 90 and 1ao tracts OF fne picked lands
for sale on good terms.
LAND AT LAKE SUPERIOR,
And the beautiful Island of La Pointe SALE such
quantities as to suit purchasers.
PLATS AND ABSTRACTS
OF all the Government Lands located at the Shllwate
Land Office.
Lands also for sale bordering of the most beau
city.
We have extensively explored the contemplated line
Oh NJ q w. Railroad, and give information to far
mers and actual settlers that will them much time
and expense.
Good City Property for ale April 12dawtf