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The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-01-06

SIGNS OF THE TIMEs-RUNNING 1T INTO
THE GRoUND.-We are informed by one who
has had the curiosity to count them, that
there are one hundred and sixty one To Let "
bills posted on buildings in Broadway alone,
and that there has not been so many un-
rented stores in that street at any time since
the great crisis of 1867, as at the present.
This is the natural result of the exorbitant
rents that have prevailed in that great thor
oughfare. Only year ago, and the common
price of first floor, 90 by 80, in good
location, was 4.500 per annum of whole
building 25 to 80 or 100 feet. ten to twelve
thousand dollars; and we know of one in
stance in which the owner of fine edifce,
situated not far from Cana! street, refused TO
fix definite price for the store, go by about
45 feet,) because he had been offered so much
more than he had designed asking-one ap-
plicant proposing to pay $4,000, and to de-
posit S2O, 600 worth of good stock as col
lateral security for the payment of the rent
and "he didn't know where the excite
ment would STOP" The store has never
vet been occupied; has "To Lease . no.
tice on it at the present moment, and may
be had, doubtless, for half the amount SO
repeatedly offered and spurned.
There was literal truth as we'll as wit in
the observation of friend, who, on being
told that the rent Of store he was examin-
ing would be $4,000, looked down into its
deep sub. cellar, and expressed the belief that
"they were running the thing into the
ground. IN. Y. Eve. Post, 23d,
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-01-06

STATE TAxEs.-The state tax assessed for
the expenditures Of 1854, exclusive of state
common schools, was $l,780,l90. There
has been redeemed during the past year, $70o-
600 of the state debt, and the total expend-
6s uFs s Gs 6os ad ya ispsnieS ps%m GeHSs
ment of 100000 state debt, relieves the
people of the state from an annual tax of
0,000.-[O. Statesman,
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-01-06
"The Fortune of a Day."

About month ago it was announced that
a poor mechanic, residing in Cincinnati,
named William L. Walker, had received
intelligence of the death of an uncle in
Baltimore, by which he came into the pos
session of 5000, all in cash. He imme-
diately came on to Baltimore, it is said, and,
finding that he could not get possession of
the money for six months, sold his claim for
$8, 900, cash-thus losing 81 900. The
Cincinnati Gazette says:
"Overjoyed at the success which had at
tended him, he fastened back to his home.
Five hundred dollars was expended the next
day after his return in purchasing new fur
niture, &C., for his house. The old furniture
was sent TO Woodruffs, and disposed of at
auction, the whole being sold for forty seven
dollars, such was its inferior character
Walker, with his little family, vented house
on Longworth street, at 5000 year, and ex-
pended quite sum Of money in having it
repainted and whitewashed.
Walker, feeling himself Independent
enough to play the gentleman, commenced
Ifrequenting the saloons and restaurants on
Third street in the day time, and the theater
at night He made acquaintances speedily,
and very literally treated them to oysters
and other refreshments, and, in return, his
new friends invited him to play cards and
billiards at their expense. The new sphere in
which he was enjoying himself SO eclipsed
his better judgment that he was soon per-
suaded to visit the gambling rooms. AT
first he won nearly every game, and accu-
mulated nearly $500. Night after night he
continued visiting these sinks of iniquity,
one of which is located on Third street, un-
til he had lost over $4,000 of the fortune he
had received few weeks since. Walker
says that, when he had lost $4,000 of the
money, he would have stopped had he not
Expected to get the sum back again by con-
tinuing the game. He has now, however,
stopped, and has sought redress in one
of our courts of justice. Besides the fine
has only 81 700 of the $4,000 left; but
promises hereafter to remain at home, and
not squander what is left. but resume his
daily labor and tend closely to the interests
and welfare of his family
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-01-06
An IndigestibIe Meal

An immense anaconda recently arrived in
Boston from the neighborhood of the Congo
river in Africa. 1t is said that his length
is between twenty and twenty-five feet, with
girth of thirty inches in the largest part
of his body. There are few circumstances
connected with this great reptile stranger
since his arrival, which are worth chroni-
cling. Just before leaving his native land he
took hearty meal of a dog, and no other
food for seven months after. About The first
of October this king of snakes arrived in
Boston, and was lodged in large case with
very strong glass walls and double English
milled blanket, folded in four thicknesses,
furnished for his bed. On the Goth of Novem-
Der, Mr.. Sears, the proprietor, thought it was
full time to tempt his appetite, and there
fore introduced rabbit into his den just at
evening On viewing the interior the fol-
lowing morning, the blanket was missing.
while the rabbit was still alive. On
Wednesday, seven days after, it was dis
charged, whole and unimp paired, after cir
cuitous journey through an intestinal tube Of
nearly one hundred and fifty feet. 1t may
now be seen in the apartment, being six feet
wide by seven in length.
Since that period he has exhibited excel
lent health, and has devoured fowl. Every
day he drinks about three quarts Of water,
sucking it all up at once. When an ami
NAL is given for food to one of this family Of
serpents it is eyed intently for an instant,
and then the poor trembling creature is sud-
denly crushed in the huge folds of the terri
BILE monster, the cracking of the bones being
distinctly heard at quite distance. Thus
prepared for swallowing, the body is still held
in coil, which is equivaleant TO hand,
and kept steady, while it is gradually sucked
down the throat of the animal into the
stomach, where it is slowly digested. 1t is
the opinion of Mr.. Sears, that when the ana
conda sprang at the rabbit mentioned
above, by some mistake in calculation the
latter escaped and the edge of the blanket
was seized by the teeth. When these are
once engaged, being for the holders and not
for mastication, it is quite impossible to dis
engage them; and hence whatever is once
drawn into the mouth must necessarily 60
down the throat. Even the muscles Of
deglutition seem to act independently Of
voliton, and urge the morsel along by
strong, convulsive peristaltic contractions.
l-[Boston Surgical and Medical Journal.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-01-06

TARsus.-Tarsus, the birth place of Paul,
and once no mean city, has fallen from its
ancient dignity. Yet from distance, few
places in all that country present more in
viting appearance. 1t is embedded in the
verdure of its gardens, so that only minarets
of few mosques can be seen above the foil
age, and has an air of GOODNESS and comfort
Exceedingly refreshing. The different tops
of the Taurus range of mountains give sd
dtional charms to the scenery. But the
houses, with few exceptions, are made of
low mud walls, thatched with straw. Stag
nant water is found in many of the gardens,
which, in connection with the great amount
of vegetable matter and the heat of the cli-
mate, renders it unhealthy. Broken frag-
ments of marble and granite, and other ruins,
bear witness to its ancient greatness. The
inhabitants consist Of 1000 Fellah families,
40 or SO Greek, 500 Mussulman, 300 or $50
Armenian, and very few Jews.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-01-06

the world where the people are becoming so
extravagant in the mode of dressing and
living as in the United States. 1t is one OF
the worst signs of the times. The habits OF
the mushroom aristocracy are really disgust
ing. How ludicrous it looks to see boys
sporting diamonds by the thousand dollars
worth at a time, whose fathers were accus-
toned to wheel -barrows, and whose children
are pretty certain TO be in the worls-house. -
And girls--silly, simple things, weighed down
with Jewels and bracelets-whose mothers
broke their backs at the wash tubs, securing
floors and picking oakum. The real sub
stantial aristocracy never indulge in such
fopperies and fooleries.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-28

90 The largest room in the world,
under single roof and unbroken by
pillars or other distractions, is in St.
Petersburg, and is $50 feet in length
and $50 in breadth. BY daylight it is
used for military displays and bat.
talon can easily maneuvre in it. In
the evening it is converted into vast
ball room, when is warmed by sixteen
prodigious stoves, and 10000 wax
tapers are required to light it properly
The roof of this structure is a single
arch, the bars alone on which it rests
weighing y, $3.50, 900 lbs.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-28

A young man with formidable
name-nothing less than George
Washington Burgoine Bonaparte
Riley-has- been arrested in Nashville,
Ten, for purloining letters from the
Postof6ce. If there is anything in a
name, his surely, ought to save him.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-28

The ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF
Louis NAroLEoN.--A letter to the
New York Courier from Paris, gives
an important item of news relative to
tho late attempt to take tho life Of
Louis NAPOLEON. 1t says:
A ccnte gamle fired upon the En-
peror in one of the halls of the palace
Of ST. Cloud. and wounded him slight
ly on the point Of the shoulder. An
inch lower would have been mortal.
The assassin was Immediately ar
rested and placed an secret. Neverthe
less. l am informed that it is known
that he was bribed with 100000 francs
($60, 0O0) to commit the crime by the
Orleanists. These particulars will
not reach the public for yet a long
time, as the investigation ordered is
carried on with the utmost secrecy.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-28

LOOK OUT BELow.-The strong
minded women are moveipg South as
it would seem from a notice in a pap
or called the Type Of The Times. pub
lisbed in Cincinnati;
WoMAN's RroHrs CoNvErrIoN-
This convention meets in this city On
the 18th, as we have before given
notice. Preparations are being made
for good meeting, and we can assure
all that they will be paid for their
time spent in attending it. And fur
ther, we think it the duty Of all who.
have the time to spend, to attend the
Convention, and by their presence
give their influences to the further
ence Of this good cause.
The Speakers from distance are,.
Ernestine l.. Rose, Lucretia Mott.
Rev. Anttonette L. Brown, Rev. Sam.
uel J. May and others. Lucy Stone,
Blackwellnow Of our City, will also ad-,
dress the Convention.
When they get through with their
petticoat pow WOW, at Cincinnati, We
invite them to this city =; and promise
to give them warm reception, with
open arms. We have bhoys enough,
to attend to them and make no,
doubt, if they come they will be pressed
to stay.
The Jackson .,Statue.-The Washin-
gton correspondent Of the Baltimore
Sun says, that Clerk Mills has but one
more piece Of the Jackson statue to
finish. and then the noble work for
New Orleans will be completed. The
statue will probably leave for this city
in FIVE or six weeks.-D eta.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-28

IL
harts. at Scratcba paschie, in the Par
ish Of Caddo, have, according to the
Advocate, Withdrawn from tho Know
Nothing, ai;as the American oiius the
Dark Lantern, niins the Abolition
ol;as the Prescription, nlios the mid
night assassin party. What lossSl
The Air-hearts should petition the
Legislature for cbange Of name
They should be called bererfter the
"Fsmthearts." AZ the day Of bat
tie approaches, what a sad reflection
IL il, tina. we may possibly be on the
weak side, and our prospect for spoils
and place forever blasted A man
deserves credit for fighting on weak
side, if his course is just that he does
not get when in the overpowering ma
jority Leonnlos, had never gained
the place in history which he has
had he not taken bis stand at Their
mopyln, with a handful Of men, To
defend that pass against the enemies
Of his country.
The PowER or E,OaU There
is no power, like the power Of elo-
qnence. Even the wedge and the
screw Of our friend Amos Clutc Esq,
must pale away into insignifcancs,
before the transcendent power Of elo-
quence. The following bcnutful e1-
haet, will satisfy the skeptical on
this point. II is from speech
delivered to the Cyrilogian Society Of
Mount Vernon, in the fruct,fyipg State
Of Ohio" This ladies' and gentle
men, is nm epitomized panorama Of
the epicurean performances, at which
philsnthropists, patriots and christians
have reluctantly gained for many Of
the last anterior centuries Of the world
and earth's most fiery hells have been
terrfically uncapped and the pestil-
entail stream has rolled down happ;-
flying Endens, wopogattny Internal
drogons, naked dpv,ls and Aok danms~-
hon, until philantBropists have inter
red their benefcent motives Of univer-
sal federation and themselves have
sunken down into melancholy gloom
amoro's patriots have been disturbed,
lest their voluntary immolations should
not DO responded, while christians
with hearts bent heavenward, with
anxious solicitations have watched tho
approaching gloom, But this cbroni-
cal routine Of affairs in the moral world
is soon to be revolutionized and Vim
the mill Triumph.'"
There We hope this is ont, here,
time enough for some Of the stump
orators, in this Parish, to work it into
u speech. It would have . eiitny
effect.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-28

10 We learn from the Memphis
Bulletin, thatJ WATT SMITH, ascot
ate editor Of the Memphis Eagle, died
on the 18th, instant after a short illness.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-28

The Firth ~ November.
On the tifth Of the coming month
the general election for Executive Off.
GERS Of State, as we'll AZ the local OF
Parish elections. Az we shall moi
have another opportunity to talk to
our country friends in Weekly edi-
ton Of this paper, we therefore pro
pose 20 throw out word this morning,
which, we make no doubt, will meet
with the consideration it deserves
coming us II does from paper, which
has never yet sought TO be the organ
Of any party in politics or religion.
TO use q stereotyped newspaper
phrase. there never was any period Of
our social history, more important than
this. There il great social revolu-
ton going on, which sooner or later
must be victorious. and It IL the ea-
cred duty Of every man every citizen
adopted as well as native, to look about,
without prejudice; undcrstaadingly
and conclude for himself whether or
not, Il is not time. that tho principle
were enunciated from one extreme of
earth TO other that Americans must
rule America" or its history is al
ready written in the downfall Of every
republican government
The opposing candidates Of the
American Party. are using every Of.
fort III their power to secure to them
selves for few more days, living
at the public crib--nothing is left uaa
donc--men who are now serving tic
people, an public servants, in State as
we'll as local offices, are using tho in.
tlueuce Of their present position--men
who have grown gray in office and
office seeking and still their cry is.
that it is for principles that they are
contending, and to rest the country
from the hands Of demagogues.
In CHANGING at the condition Of par.
ties, we cannot see why the we'll in
formed adopted citizens, will submit
under o.he shadow Of a mere name, to
be fondled with. and cajoled. by lead
or, whose souls centre lin the "treas.
ur57;;" this too, when they reflect that
they are warning against principles
implanted in the human bosom, by
the Great Author Of all things. New.
or was there a more important period
in the history Of the country than
this--one requiring every strong arm
and intelligent head to be at work.
Let every man therefore. who is emit
tied to vote, be on hand at the polls
pn the Fifth. and If he vote according
to his own unprecedented notions Of
right, he discharges his duty to God
and his country.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-28
A New Era.

Of winter Thursday morning there
was frost--a killing frost, that will
make the tender plants and flowers
| hide their heads in the earth, until
the earth shall put another girdle round
the sun. ::
We say without qualification "there
mas n FROST" because n number Of per-
SONS in old blanket coats Of the past sea-
son, are willing to 90 before Judge
Walker or Sans, and be- qunIfed TO
testify It is important that the fact
Of a frost be established, because those
Of our citizens who have been vegeta.
ting in ths country for time past. TO
keep ont Of tho fangs Of the invisible
enemy. who always likes tho crowded
haunls Of men best-maY now come
in, and take n hand in the amusing
game of chance, called Life. No
one should be afraid now, to loose a
valuable life because there is pop
ular superstition that tho complexion
Of fever, is changed by - mhite frost.
ando each man feels that he is secure,
for six month more al least, and he
comes out Of his hiding place. con
sc'ous that be may live another six
months. Strange iufatuation Does
not the world know, that people have
died in January. and about the Christ
mas time Why should there be SO
much fear and!.trembling' win the
world come TO: an end to morrow, If
half dozen Of. lhe chief executives Of
State, yield the ghost to-day Ger
tainly not Tho good mud the bad,
the honest and dishonest, all die alike,
and yet there is positively no diminu-
ton Of sin, or increase Of virtue. Life
is a cheap commodity, else we would
not find the Christian nations of the
world, now engaged 10 barbarous war
fare, sending 500, 900 - bodies to
Iades annually, Round heads and
fiat heads who 90 ut the mandate Of n
King or a Prince, without knowing,
why or wherefore. They cannot rival
in extent Of massacre, the work of the
invisible enemy who. in pestilence,
walketh by day and by night, and does
not tire in his merry work Of destruc-
ton we're it not for his agency, men
would get as thick MS rats, and devour
one other.
The Benevolent Association says
to-day "the epidemic is at mn end in
this city" this is perhaps unnecessary
since a white frost has come to make
assurance doubly sure. Now it is to
be hoped, people will prepare to live
like christians and then they will not
be so much afraid to die.
From personal observation in the
past, as we'll as the epidemic which
hag just left us, we can say, that many
induccd fever by Highland many
have died for the want of that kind
and friendly attention, which cannot
be given by hired nurse. Why is it
SO? Because the medical faculty
without any reason for it), encourage
the belief in contagion, and the Great
God above us, is thus charged with
affecting his creatures, with an annu-
Al visitation to make them abandon
thcr religion, and the common senti-
ments Of humanity, planted in the bo-
som of man, by His own hand.
No man can live as a Christian
without making some provision for
himself and family in case Of sickness
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-28

| Den, Con,d Il see that The Advocate
publishes the withdraw Of Mr. James !,
kendrick, of the Plains, from the ort1e r
called Know Nothings address Yo'
this note for the purpose of vindleat'ng the
truth Of hissory-THEEE Is NO SUCH
MAN AS JAMES r. KENDRlCK, IN
THE PLAINS.
10 is disgusting to every true American
to SEQ the means rssfrled TO- by the anti
American Press, to support cause reppg-
nant to every one who clearly understands
the questions at issue.
rejoice ri the severe reto,t you gave
the Advocate in the matter Of the sham
one hundred Withdrawals from the Ameri-
can party in Claifborne Parish--T,nth
will out and this parallel ease Of James
y. kenariek. meets with it's metited re-
fntal. Yours PLAins.
A MmtrARy Man WANrEp.--The
Iomlon Times advertises for n militia.
ry man to take the place of Gen'
Simpson, before Sebastapol. The
Times says:
"1here can be no doubt of the dis
content and anger which reign among
The troops Officers and men have
lost all confidence in their chief, and
the only difference ia that the private
proclaims his opinion with more open
vehemence. The incapable comman-
der, who has brought on England this
last disaster, cannot force his soldiers
TO look with envy on those gallant
deeds Of their ally, to which Meir own
defeat serves as toll, bst he can OPP
press them with feelings of deep hu
initiation, ofbitter resentment. of hope
less dependency. AS long as he shall
lead them there will be tho conviction
that the day Of battle is likely to be
anything but the day Of victory.
If George Washington Andrew
Jackson Dixon is yet in New Orleans,
and out Of employment, we advise him
az friend, and Ms an admire Of his
mhary genius to go over and lend
hand.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-10-28

Lui Tue IooR INpIAu.-Tba
,sarcilezs warfare upon the He'd man
of the forest, il not seasoned with a
spark Of justice or humanity. The
warfare now waging on them in Kan
sas and Nebraska. is referred to by
that eloquent Statesman and patriot
the Hon. Edward Everett, in his speech
on the floors Of Congress in 1854, on
the Territorial bill. which has given
rise TO SO muol, bitterness of feeling
throughout the Union. Mr.. Everett
referred to the action Of Government,
in reference to certain tribes. when he
was in the Senate twenty four years
previously. lie cited n clause in the
law of that time Of WHICH the follow
ing Is an extract
Src. 2. nm be il f,othe, euoeted, That
in making such exchanges it shall and may
he lawful for The President soleunly to
assure The tribe ur nal, with which The
exchange is made the United States vii
forever secute and guaranty to them and
their heirs and surressors, the country so
exchanged with them and it they prefer il,
the United States will cause a patent or
grant TO be made and executed TO them for
the saue P,or,ded ai,rvvs, That such lands
shall revert to the United States. If tie In
dams become extinct, or abandon the
same" ~
Mr. Everett said y
4 we must use that hateful plea of nacessi-
ty which sm always unwilling to take
upon my lips II Ne must use the tytan's
plea necesstv, and invade + the permanent
home" Of these children Of sorrow and OPP
preston, hope we stall treat them with
more than Justice, with more than equity,
with The utmost kndepess and tenderness
~ Talking Of Epidemics, calls
to our mind the appalling fact, that an
Epidemic is now raging in Church
Sire ct, which for want Of a medical
name tho Iipornie calls "The com.
Hon Sense Epidemic. We are
pleased to note tho fact, that it does
not pr~e .fatai. So far, the Local
and General Editors of tho Advocate
have escaped.
ScAnorry or WrErIaa FuRHrruRE.
The Theatrical critic of the New York
Tribune, speaking Of n performance Mt
ono Of tho Theatres, says
But, most of all, we implore the
manager to procure two more pocket
handkerchlofs by the time "Marie
Stuart is repeated. Yes, render two
pocket handkerchiefs , The last scene
of that play, you will remember. is Of
u very sad character, particularly that
portion where tho unfortunate Queen
takes farewell Of four young ladies,
probably kitchen maids-dresscd in
neat shiny linen dresses. The agon-
lied damsels undergo the most violent
paroxysms Of grief--tbeir parts being
entirely written for the eyes. On the
first representation Of 3" Marie Stuart
only two of these blighted females
were blessed with pocket handker-
cbiefs' The remaining couple express.
ed tlsir chaste sorrow with their
knuckles! Horrible desolation of
grief.
The Brock Monument on Queens
lawn uninhfu NOM nnnrlu oe,n.l4aI