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and intellectual accom- plishment. So too is
this influence felt in the aspect of the COL
ledge edifices, If they have any semblance OF
architectural virtue. -.s
For architecture is public and universal in
its influence! Its structures are built with
reference to the wear and tear of centuries
Their full beauty does not appear till years
| have rolled over them-till the footsteps of
generations have worn the pavements-till
the record of saints is sculptured on their
native tablets-till the shrine of genius is e.
rected within their wals-till the foth, and
love, and endcavor of generations have sank
into them. Thus does noble structure be-
come living representative, kind of in
carnation of the institution, the state, the
age itself. AS Athens still looks out from
her ruined Parthenon, so, in humble way, a
college takes to itself visible, and tangible
existence in its venerable piles. In them
It lives, though its officers and students pass
away year by year towards 'the unfanthoma-
BILE gulf where all is STILL In their chang
ing aspect it grows hoary and venerable,
touching with softening and gentle infuenc-
es every finer mind, and moulding in all the
more effectively because by pressure so
eC;ft and SO constant. ".
To an imaginative mind every object of
picturesdueness or beauty becomes an OBJ
ject oflove; the spire thst leaps heavenward,
the bell that swings in the turret, each
"Jutty frelze, Buttress, or evique of vantage"
where the temple, haunting mailet
''Hah made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle"
is seized by fancy, and clung to with ever
increasing tenacty.
Perhaps we do not give prominence enough
to these intangible, evanescent influences,
the education Of the sympathies, tastes, af.
fections, prejudices, ifyou please, yet the
moving springs of the life of man, which no
future methods nor vicisstudes will essenti-
aly change.
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Appropriate Present.

The following is taken from the Iouis.
vile (Ky) Democrat, and may we'll be call.
ed an appropriate recognition of the claims
of GEORGE d. PRENTICE, of the Louisville
Journal, to immortal remembrance:
LOUISVILLE, August 7, 1866.
GEO. ID. PRENTICE, EsQ.-Deor Sir: |
have been requested and instructed by the
ladies OF Bardstown to present to you in
their name, the urn which the bearer of this
note will deliver to you as a slight testimo-
NAL of their appreciation of your distinguish
ed services in behalf of tue American par
ty. They feel that the country is much in
debted to you for your devotion to the great
principles on which our Government and
party are based, viz: The burning of the
churches of the impudent Papsts, the roast
ing. stewing and frying alive of the vile
Dutch and Irish lo0men and infants, so VIC
toriously, triumphantly and gloriously a.
chieved in this city on last Monday night by
men whose souls were inspired, and arms
herved at your patriotic fnstigaton.
This urn contains some of the trophies
won by the American party on Monday,
viz: The hearts of Dutchman, the ashes ofI
IrBhmen, the brains of anti.American in.
tants, and portion Of the burnt flesh of
Quinn, (brother of the deceased Popish
presD all of whom were harmed alive on
Monday night, for the safety and perpetuity
of our national welfare. The offering will
be the more acceptable, we are assured,
when you are informed that the charred and
burned particles, and the brains of infants
herewith rendered, are the remains, the iden-
tical remains, of the ,oomen and infants who
SO shamefully fired upon and killed the brave
men of the great American party, who died
breathing lofty aspirations in the cause of
liberty, the Union and the national prosper
ity.'
accept, sir, this HoLocAUsT-these re-
mains OF women and ruscally Dutch and
Irish sucking infants-as a testimonial of
your devotion to the protection of 'Ameri-
can rights
tSAMTTET RTACKSMITu
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Spiritual Prophecies.

The New York Spiritual Teleqraph of Ju
ly 2Sth publishes the following 'communi
cation, which was given through medium
by spirit from one Of The highes. Spheres
Read, ponder ami reflect! ..
"--wil be, in five years from the 4th
of March next, President of the United
States. He will guide the nation through
an important crisis, which is to arise in con
sequence of the position of European af-
fairs.
"The seige of Sebastopol will be contin-
ued through this year, but the fortress will
not be taken. Next spring the siege will be
raized This will be the signal for Austria
to side with Russia, and she will be followed
by Prussia, and Spain and the Pope, and
Sardinia will change side; Sweden, Nor
way, Holland and Switzerland will join
France and England. Hungary will be per.
mitted to rise, the Poles will be armed, and
the war will become general IN Europe
England will be iavaded, and will send to
America help. The President will be able
to guide the nation to join the contest and
the power of the nation will be put in req.
uistion to assist. This assistance will de-
termine victory to be declared on the side
Of England and France and their allies
Then the despotism Of Europe will be
broken up."
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DEATH OF A DAUGHTER OF LAFAYETTE -
Madame MAUBoURG, the Oldest daughter ant
last surviving child of the Marquis LAFAY.
ETTE, is dead. The correspondent of the
Newark Advertiser, writing from Genoa
says:
"She died few days ago, aged abou
seventy-five, at her princely residence in
Turin, where she has lived many years, ant
since the death of her noble husband, al
one time French Ambassador to the Holy
See, with her daughter, the Baroness Per,
rome, widow of the Piedmontese Genera
killed at the fatal battle of Novare in lS49
The Baroness inherits the rare virtues Of
her mother and her race, and they are like.
y to be transmitted through her carefully
trained children. Madame NJ. often spoke
gratefully Of her family relations in the
United States, and delighted in every op.
portunity Of bestowing her graceful hospi-
talities upon the citizens of the country"
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LIGHT OF THE AGED.

Arsold man sat in the sunset gold,
,-DJ .hc door Of the cottage low;
His soft white hair, his revcrened air,
,.'is holy smile, all Told
His ,-ork was finished below; ....
Children playesi at the cc'd n''feet,
Three gentle blue-aye,. girls;
Their mother had played IN the cottage shade,
With footsteps light and feet,
And waving golden curls
His hoart was warm to that little band,
Bright In the setting sun,
And ne said, "Oh, Lord! trust thy word,
I see the promised land,
And know that my work is done.
81 thank thce for the pleasant ways
In which my feet have trod;
blessed for all, both great and small,
But most for these praise
Thy goodness, oh. my God"
Then marion stepped from the ctotage door,
A matron fair TO sec:
Her hand she laid on the old mans head;
Father thank God o'cr and o'er,
Bat bless him most for thee"
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RYE AS FERTILIzER-WHEN TO CU1
CORN FoDDER.-A subscribe at Huntington
Ohio, inquiries whether a stiff clay sol
would be benefited by sowing rye on in the
fall. plowing it under in the spring, them
raising a summer crop on il, then again in
the fall sow in rye, and so on for several
years.
ANswER.-Certainly, any crop plowec
under would be beneficial. Lime perhaps is
wanting in the SOL, if so, it would be wei
to lime it immediate y after ptowing.
The same subscriber inquiries what is the
best time to cut corn soWn broadcast.
ANswER.-The best time is when it is in
silk and tassel. We are not aware of any
cradles being made for that purpose.
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Bounty LAND WARRANTs.-There have
been filed about two hundred and ten thou
sand applications for bounty land ,of which
number thirty seven thousand we're filed
during the month of March. Thus far about
twenty-five thousand warrants have been is
sued, confined exclusively to applications
made in March. Fifteen thousand more
cases filed during that month un acted upon,
but the pension officers are exerting them.
selves to the utmost to forward the warrants
to the applicants or their agents. 1t is sup.
posed that several weeks will elapse before
claims filed the first of April will be reach.
"a .
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Sf(tstrllantolls.
Letter From Anne Hope.
Influence Of Happy Homes---Ertracts Jroa
Prof. Br0wR'S Dartmouth Address.
From Ohio Farmer.l

EDIToKs OHIO FARMER-I have copied
the accompanying extract from Prof. Browns
Grafton before the Alumni of Dartmouth col
legc, because the subject of the indirect ed
ucutional influences by which we are sur
rounded is one of far more Importance than
it is generally estimated. would commend
it to the attention of every parent who has
children growing up around him, and who
would note their characters most beautifully
and perfectly.
The influences Of our early home, of the
scenery upon which our child-eyes rested,
are H9st Of them Of this indirect yet eTec-
tive character, and their power over us new
er lost. The heneysuckle that twines its
way up to the gable, and breathes its per-
fume on the air. has ever word of love for
our ear, though the stranger may hear it not.
The rose too, in its queenly, undisputed beau
ty ilAparts to us its gentle teachings. The
birds are not mere mclodists. They are be-
loved friends. So are the rabbits, and the
chickens, the kittens, and the dogs, which
were our pets in childhood, and which made
our home so pleasant, and 80 attractive.
The moral influence of hnppy, cheerful,
and tasteful home cannot be too highly ap-
preciated A log cottage can be made as
beautiful as a villa, and can be in all that
makes home the resting place of the heart.
Let it wear cheerful aspect Let some
friendly vine arch the doorway, and drape
the windows. Let shrubs and flowers spring
up around it, and protecting tree overshad-
ow it. Let love and peace dwell within,
and who would exchange the memory and
the blessed influence of such home, lowly
though it may 5e, for the proudest, stateliest
mansion, whore children are inconvenient
disarrangers of furniture, never permitted to
frolic and shout, but prim little appendages
of the family dignity, who are never sup
posed to have any rights of their own to the
use Of their feet. or their lungs-who must
never have pets, because they are trouble
some and must not play out doors, because
they will soil their clothes
Parents cannot do too much to make
home happy, and to freight days ofchildhood
with pleasant memories. A beloved home
is a most powerful stone to attract the wan.
,dera from the path of vice, and guide him
into the ways of virtue. ANN HOPE.
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Gov. Reeder Candidate for Com
NrASS. s.tg

EreSS.
The Kansas correspondent of the Missoai
ri Republican,, writing on the 18th August
says: .s79
81 mentioned in my last that did not
know when REEDER would leave. 1t is
thought that he will remain in the Territory,
to become the Administration candidate for
Congress. There has been an effort made
to organize Democratic party in Kansas.
and the makers of this effort hope, by nomi.
mating REEDER. to get the Abolition vete,
and if possible carry the election. Such
now is the talk, and such the Impression
cannot vouch for either .G
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OF Preserve proportion in your reading,
keep your view of men and things exten-
sive, and depend upon it, mixed knowl-
edge is not superficial one. and as far as
it goes, the views that it gives are true; but
he who reads deeply in one class'of writers
only, gets views which are almost sure to
be perverted, and which are not only mar.
ron but false. Arnold.
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potttg.
MY SOUL Is DARK.
ny LORD BYRON


Ny soul Is dark-oh. quickly string
The harp yet can brook TO hear;
And let thy gentle fingers fling
It's melting murmurs o'er my ear;
lfin this heart hope bo dear,
That sound shall charm II forth again;
lfin those eyes there lurk atesr, 49,.
Twill flow and cease to burn my brain.
But bid the strain bo wild and deep,
Nor let the notes ofjoy be first,
tell theo, minstrel, ! must weep,
Or else this heavy heart will burst;
For ithath been by sorrow nurs'd,
And ach'din sleepless silence long;
And now 'tis doom'd to know the worst,
And break at once-or yield to song.
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Terrible Earthquake in Los An
gcseS'

Fro the Los angeles Star, july II.
On last Tuesday evening our eity--was
thrown into commotion by the most violent
shock of an earthquake ever before exper-
rience in this country. The walls of some
Of our most substantial buildings were rvcn
from top to bottom. Nearly every house
was deserted by the terrified occupants.
Some of our merchants have suffered Sc
verify from the damage they have sustained,
in having their goods thrown from their
shelves, and some OF our brick buildings have
been materially injured, although no walls
have fallen down. The shock occurred at
precisely II O'Clock in the evening, as some
pendulum clocks indicated in our jeweIry
store, that were stopped by oscillation and
lasted probably not to exceed five seconds,
We learn''that shock occurred here in 1917
but not so violent as this. The shock was
felt at the Mission of San Gabriel, at the
Monte and at Coco mungo some forty miles
from this city. .....
We are informed that the shock was so
violent at the Mission that the bells of the
church were thrown down and the ground
cracked open. 1t is impossible to calculate
the damage done to buildings in this city, as
all are more or less injured. The presump-
ton is that bad second shock occurred of
equal violence, our city would have been a
mass of ruins.
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G7- An ingenius chap in Louisville, Lew.
is Co., has Invented an alarm bedStcad.--
This bedstead is attached to clock works il
such manner that at any hour desired, ar
alarm is set off, the object of which, if the
sleeper does not heed, in about five min
utes thereafter, he or they will get a prac
teal illustration of the adage, ''Time (anc
the alarm beD wait for no man." by being
rolled out upon the floor, SaaS ceremoaie.
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GEORGE D. PRENTICE"
America Fights her own Battles
She Fights them QMicsk and


Aaeric;. Fights her own Battles
She Fights them QMicsk and
We'll.
The London Advertiser of a recent date,
in an article incidentally touching upon A
mercan affairs, took occasion to contrast
the condition and prospects of the Union
with those of Great Britain. Among other
things itsaid:
"Contemplate England, groaning with
taxation, and struggling in a sanguinury
war, with her trade deraged, her populace
discontented, her government the corrupt
machine of an oligarchy, and her revenues
squandered for she knows not what-and
contrast her with America-the America
! that British Cabinet Ministers treat with SO
much Indifference, whose statesmen are cul-
tivating the arts of peace, and whose com
merce is gathering golden harvest to the
nation. She it is that stands boldly for
ward in her civil greatness; she it is that
presents striking contrast to the military
despotism of Europe; she it is that-with
her two thousand miles of unguarded coast
her unwalled cities, her meagre navy com
bines within herself the elements necessa.
ry to great military nation. Peace reign,
at her firesides; her throne is not in mourn
ing. Her legislators are devising means to
relieve an overaowing treasury, her trade is
vigorous. her people are increasing beyond
comparison in wealth. Her government
is at least cheap and useful. Would that
we could say the same. England spends
her blood and treasure in fighting the bat
tie of unthankful neighbOrs--America fights
her own battles --she fights them quick and
lwell."
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or When our desires are fulfilled to
the very letter, we always find some mis-
take, which renders them any thing but
whatw expected.
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OFSHoT IN THE EYE.--A young man
named GEORGE MCDANIEL, while hunting
on Sunday last, in Cole County, Illinois,
had both eyes shot out by companion nas
med HEvE1. They were hunting chickens
on the brairis, and the shot was accidental.
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6TI ought to study Christ as an inter
cessor. He prayed most for Peter, who was
most to be tempted. l am on his breas
plate. II could hear Christ praying fol
me in the next room, would not fear ,
million of enemies. Yet distance makes ne
difference; he is praying for me.-lMc Cheyne
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0rThe Lawrenceburg (Ia) Register men
tons that, from an eminence near that town
sixteen thousand acres of corn can be seen
in one body, divided only by few fences.
1t is thought that this corn-feld will yield
one million bushels of corn. What are the
gold diggings of California compared to this!
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Strike Wy NaEsas from the Noting
EHasA List t

The following letter of declinatIon Of
James Huffman, of Bloom township, in Nor
gan county, to the Abolition and X. N.
Central Committee of that County, evinces
the true spirit. 1t appears that for the pur.
pose of dividing the Democratic vote Of old
Morgan, the fusion Convention placed the
name of Mr.. Huffman upon their county
ticket, supposing that like themselves, he
would at any time consent to sell his prins
ciples for office. 1t was no go, however,
and Mr.. Huffman has aroused the "dark Ian
ternites" of NJ Connelsville with this letter
Of positive declination. Read:
TO the Republican Central Committee of
Morgan County.
GENTLEMEN:--I have been informed that
my name appears on your County Ticket an
a candidate for Inirnary Director. You
will please "strike my name from the list"
1t was put there without my knowledge or
consent am a Democrat, and have al
ways voted with that party. I am not pre-
pared to join Know.NothiDgism OF any 9th.
er ism in opposition to the true principles Of
Democracy.
e Yours, truly. ,s
h & sie JAMES HUFFMAN.
L ! s - SIS c -
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0J The reAectipg man endeavors to ac-
count to himself for the origin of things,
and to penetrate the causes Of their pecu.
liarities,
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SAMUEL BLACKSMITH.
Great Runaoved Enterprise.


The Louisville Democrat contains the fol-
lowing under this head:
'We have heard any number of rumors
since Saturday of great enterprise, in
which the City Council is to take the lea
ding part. 1t is this:
"The ruins Of Quinn's Row-or rather thu
now blackened ste-is to be made beau
tiful park or promenade ground. In the
middle Of the plat is to be erected the grea.
test monument the world ever saw, to the
memory of the brave spirits that rendered
themselves immortal by burning those hou.
ses, and shooting the Irish as they attempt
ed to make their escape. The monument is
to be at least two thousand feet high. The
pit for the foundation is to be thirty feet deep
and the foundation built with the ruins oil
Qninn's Row, and cemented with the ashes
remaining from the bones of the Irish who
were burnt to death. On the out side O
the monument are to be carved, in imper:
ishable granite, the names of the heroes who
did that mighty deed Of valor. At a ooint
some two hundred feet high there will be
inserted on one side topaz on the second
a beryl, on the third a jasper, and on the
fourth an emerald, and each one SO arranged
that, day or night. the stranger approaching
the city may be able to read without specs
the following inscription:
GEORGE D. PRENTICE"
"Upon the very summit two thousant
feet from the ground, is mammoth statue o
Joseph A. Gilliss, holding in one hand O
copy of his celebrated report, and in thu
other a lamp always burning. Within the
monument is to be square room, high ant
vaulted, lighted with five hundred burners
and on the walls one thousand copies o.
Gilliss' report, printed in blood upon the
solid stone, and burnt in; while in the mid
die is an alter to the Most High Sam. tt
cost fifty millions" Ed.
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EXTRACT.

p. ...I ~ EXTRACT. -.-r
an'every college, beyond and without the
prescribed curriculum, are there other edu-
cational influences which we are apt to over
look, bearing with constant and effective
pressure upon the mind, modifying and shap-
ing its affections, influences, which, though
secondary and accidental, are none the less
potent because unseen and intangible; infu-
ences made up Of all the traditions Of the
place, of all objects Of art and culture, of pre-
vailing opinion and customs, and of the a.
rchievments and fame ofits scholars; infu-
ences most effective with the finest minds,
stimulating them to large edeavors, CIV
ing more seriousness to their meditations,
more earnestness to their life. This is a
power growing more and more effective ev-
cry day, gathering strength with the rolling
years, and accumulating with every name
upon the iengthening list. This fact it is
which gives peculiar importance to- the
external condition ofthe college, its bull
Jlings, Its grounds, its cabinets and appara-
tus. The observatory on the hill Lie an ever.
present, ever eloquent witness to the splen.
J did achievement of the mind, In one of the
most mysterious fields of it's labor; the lib.
rary, how does it draw with ten thousand at
fractions towards scholarship, and thought
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or The Lancaster (Ohio9 Eagle saysp
.The evidence that ArcHrEsoE ioinsd the
Know Nothings in Washington City for che
ayowed purpose Of making usso ~ A. ulsans
to carrysslavery into Kanszs : u existencea
and can be produced
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