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kissing.


Squire. you are older than | be, ant
| suppose you will thin! all this sort 0
:hipg is clear sheer nonsense, but de
pend upon il a kiss is great mystery
There is MANY thing we know we can
explain, still we are sure il is a fact for al
that. Why should there be a srrt o
magic in shaking hands, which seems OH.
ly mere form, and sometimes raipfu
one too for some folks wiring your finger!
off almost and make you fairly dance viii
pam, :hry hurt you so. 1t don't gvs
much pleasure at any time. Waa. ths
magic Of it is, we can't tell. but so il is fol
ing, and nothing else, still there is mere il
it than meets the eve. But kiss fair !,
i-lrctrIfies you, ii warns Your blood ant
sets your heart 10 beatih''ike d bras,
drum, aud ma .es your eyes twinkle like
stars ON frosty night. 1t ain thing
ever to be forgot. No language can ex-
press it no letters will give the sound
Then what in nature is equal TO the fevor
| Of it? What an aroma it has! 1t ain
gross. for you cant feed on it. 1t don't
cioy, for the palate amt required to test
/
BILE, nor portable, nor transferable. 1t has
nei,her color nor form. Imagination can't
conceive it. Ii can't be initiated nor for-
ged. II is confined to no cline or country
bat is ubiquitous.
II is dsrmbodled when completed, but
instantly reproduced and so is mmofta =
II is as oil as the creation. and yet is as
young and fresh as ever. Il pfe-existed,
still exists and always will exist. II per-
vades all nature. The breeze as it passes
kisses the rose, and the pendant vine stoops
down and hides with.lts tendrilsit' bushes
| az it kisses The limpid stream that " ats in
an eddy TO meet it, and raises its tiny
waves. like anxious lips to receive it.
Depend upon it, Eve learned II in Para.
disc, and was taught its beauties, virtues
and varieties by AZ angel, there is some
thing so t,anscendant in it. How il is
adapted to all circumstances! There is
the kiss Of welcome aud Of parting, the
long lingering, loving present one, the sto
len or the mutual one, The Kiss oflove, Of
Joy, and OF sorrow, the SEAL of promise,
aud the receipt offalllment. Is it strange
therefore, that a woman Is invincib'e
whose armory consists Of kisses, smiles,
sighs and tears? Isl any wonder that
POOR old Adam was first tempted ard then
ruined' 1t is very easy for preachers TO
get M with long faces. aud tell us that he
ought to have been more of man. My
apinon is if he had been less OF a man, it
would have been better for him. Bn'
am not agon' TO preach, SO will get back
to my story. but, Squire, shall always
maintain TO my dying day. that kissing is
a sublime mystefy.-Sam Slick.
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admission even though She came az a slave
State"
i In The light ofthese authorities and iudg
ments. we ask was the North rightin 1891
I20 when Exclaimed thetpower 10 impose
prohibition or restrictions as to a matter of
State policy, OIL a sovereign Siate' 1t is
not, absolutely, 1.-THE Of the array CT
Iopinon to the same pnrpolt, wi.ich may b..
addueed. Yet twas to maintain position
lihns SO universally condemned, that pepu-
lar feeling was so Tremendously excited
TINT demagogues for votes sakt. played Oh
the honest northern hostility to slavery
that the people were divided and ulienated
against each ether: and storm was raised
so violent il could n>t be controlled and so
terrific as to appeai lse sfoatssi hearts -
We again IN all, earnestn.sss fisk--was the
North right in thus violating rational and
spurning constitutional obligations Ouch
not each citizen rather 10 have said .sSa
john Quincy Adams did il Congress,
Iconnot consistently with my obligations
as citizen object to the admission Of Ms
aouri as a slave State.
This array Of authority sVas not known
at that tin1e; and the wretchea business Of
popular agitation went on. Denagngues
promised what they never could obtain,
and, deluding thousands upon thousands
took their votes. until, al length, the nat
ter III Congress was arranged, or eompro-
missed. The advocates of .Siafe restriction
gave up position to which they had
no right, what was Unconstitutional, what
II again pressed will be- sure to rend asun-
der this Union. and by SO doing, they
wrung relectaMt acguiescence to the mis-
no; measure OF he territorial restriction OF
the SO 80 line. And even this minor res
friction was deplored by Jefferson, Mad,-
son, Monroe. Harrisen-to Sd, nothing Of
other illustrious statesmen; II was deneun-
ced every where at the North as a. betrayal:
aud Northern legislature after legislature
pronounced against It after it.wus passed
And yet this has been held Up as SOL
pmn compact As what the North cai,
claim as its own l!t-Boston Post.
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firms that the officers of the boat I5ieuten

firms that the officers of the boat, Lieutea
ant Genest, DR.. Eastens, Mr.. Sullivan am
all the crew except six are prisoners.
An Internal machine exploded under th,
/ English steamers Merlin and FREELY, oil
Cons.radt, on the 9th, but dld not damag,
them severely.
RussIA.-Prince Gortschako of is ap.
pointed resident Minister at Vienna NJ
Fontem to Hanover.
Russian influence is very active, even in
the smallest German Courts.
Tbr Journal also semi-oflicisliy says thai
peace is possible il France and England
are willing, inasmuch as the 4th point i.
I morally although not formally settled, aud
the other points namely: the navigation %
1.-THE Danube and the evacuation ofthe Prin.
cipalities are also settled-ltav wing only ;hs
| Vienna third point to be arranged. I. p
GREAT BRrTAIN.-The steamer Hermann
carried ont intelligence Of the presentation
to Parliament of the report Of Roebuck s
committee. The report merely admits
that the suiferings Of the army have been
aggravated by sncompe:eney athome. Since
then there has been considerable excite
uent created by Mr.. IsoebucL's repo, be-
ing overruled by the other members of the
committee, they having given notice OF a
vote OF a censurc on the government so
worded as to embrace the grievances of al
sections of the ppositon--nameIy, sslhat
Parliament deeply lamenting the suffering
Of the army during HE wntrr campaign
in the Crimea, ana coincdibg with the re-
port Of the Sebastopol committee that the
conduct of the administration was the chief
cause Of the calamties. hereby visits with
its sev-rests repretension every member
ofthe Cabinet which led to the cause OF
of such disastrous results.
The debate Oh administrative reform al
ter repeated adjournments has ended in
the unanimous passing of Sir Bulwrr Lyt-
TONS resolution that the House Of Commons
recommends to the earliest attention OF
Ministers the necessity of careful revs-
ion of the various official establishments,
with view to simplify and facilitate the
transaction Of public business, and by in
shutting judicions tests Of merit, as we'll as
by removing Instructions TO ITS fair promo
ton, and by legitimate rewards TO secure
to the service OF the State the largest yalH-
able proportion ofthe energy and int HI
gence for which TIE people Of the country
are distinguished.
A large new French loan is Immediately
called for.
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Astounding Post ONCE Robbery.

The most important arrest in the ailnai,
Of post Office DE- Expectations ever brought &c
light in this country vas made in this cit,
on Saturday morning last. The thief was
clerk ia the Post Office III this city. aad
was arrested in the street as he was going
to breakfast. He was thrown into con-
sternation, termed as pale as ashes, and
made an effort to throw away the money
on his person, which was prevented aud
he was conveyed to the Jail and searched.
The name of the wretched Young man
is Theodore L. Dennison. He was be-
tween twenty-five and thirty years Of age,
and UNMARRIED. His brother. Perry Dem
niston, was arrested for the same crime in
March last, and is how at liberty on bail
for $500. The Dennisons ale under
stood to be nephcws OF Postmaster Cook,
ami if this be the case, their opportunity
10 commit thtse depredations upon the
public is due TO the relationship. Their
father lives in New Jersey, end The SONS,
upon salary Of fave OF six hundred dol
lars year, have the credit of having pur-
chased and paid for farm for him within
the last two years.
After arresting Dennis.on, the officer:
went to his boarding house and searched
his room. The search vas nearly coneln-
ded without finding any trace OF lilscrimes
when officer Pinkerton decided to searci
infinitely, and took the pictures dow
! from the walls. On removing the back
of several, bank bills to the amount o
So, 73Y were found concealed, mos, o
| .,L...l, .y,r., ~ l,rr., Iano,,;nat,o, Y,bu
money was distributed as follows: Be
hind picture Of the Vugin Mary and
the Immaculate Conception, S1,503; Tim
Highland Lovers, 5000; The Indian War.
rior, $1,000; A framed daguerreots pc OF
his mother, $500. In his desk was Sl35
which, with that found on his person
makes nearly four thousand dollars recov
cred.
! w. J. Brown. General Agent of tn
Post Office Department. was in the cit
and visited Dennison in the mil. Upol
being told Of the recovery OF the none,
be voluntarily confessed his crimes. III
SAYS he had no accomplice. and that h,
never impaired his secret 10 ary one
that he did not commence stealing letter.
until after the arrest of his brother, who's
duties in the office were ihe same as hi
own, and OF course each had the sam
opportunities.
The greater part Of it was taken il
small sums, although ohe of the letter
gave HIM three hundred dollars. He ha
been in the habit OF exchanging the mon
ley at the banks, principally far easter
funds, and bills OF large denominations
After taking the first package, all fear an'
compupction Of conscience was gone, an'
in little while it became impossible 70
him to pass money package through l'
hands without purloining it. he says he
never knew what the love OF money va
befa,e, and he has given fell freedom t'
his desires since the means OF gratifying
them was so easily Obtained Chicas'
Daily Press.
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ELopEMENT AND DEArH.-Yhe Worcester
Transcript relates that man named Cutler
came from Manchester n. II, To West Bos;els
Mass, and lottndsa home with Mr.. Norman Il
Goodae, where he was taken sick After his
iecovery, he lett, as he said to NEE, his wife IN
Albany. IN eight days he returned with a
young woman who he said was his wife. The
couple renamed al Mr.. Goadale's about ten DAYS
when, Cutler was again taken sick and died.. IN
formation was Immediately sent 10 bis wife and
patan's; these parties came 10 West Boston 10
Iat,ead the funeral of Cutler, and the widow Of
The ialthless found herreli iace to face with her
Tor whom she aud her children had been deser.
ted. Tee girl, was after the funeral, taken TO
the home OF her parents.
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The CALIFORNIA NUGGET OF GoLp-A
few days ago we announced the arrival al
.Havre, by the ARIEL, ola nugget Of native
gold. Of The value of about 100000 francs
which wa, in the hands of two miners, and
was 10 be exhibited at the Universal Ex-
hibition in Paris. we learn to-day from
Paris that the nugget, instead of being lent
to the Exhibition, was presented to the
Bank Of France. in view, Of obtaining an
advance on consignment. The Bank hav-
ing assayed il, found it was piece oflead
covered with gold, upon which the rough.
ness and uneyenesss of native gold had
been ingeniously initiated An investiga-
ton has been commenced, to discover IL
the fraud had been committed at the dig
gines or during the voyage,- = Po''s Journal,
1lih uh.
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POETRY.
w re e?
by MISS c. pr.

by MISS c. d Il.
The following beautiful lines were read by an &C
complished young lady of this place. at the lat
of the Virginia Female Institute, o.
Staunton. They are the same to which alusion wa
made in notice oe the exercises the occasio
referred to- We are sure our readers will agre
with us when we say, that for pathos and eleganc
we have rarely seen them equalled. Who can rea
them without excalming, Chow beautiful
Young vovagcr on Times swift river,
Gay and bright thou glid'st along,
Mid the breathings OF soft music,
To the sound of gladstone song,
Whittier? Oh! Whithcrs
Zephyrs sweet. with gentle waoing,
kiss thy cheek and fan thy brow;
Cleudless skies smile calm above thee,
Happily thou'st gliding now.
Whittier? Oil Whittier?
Dreamest thu that thy bright future,
Thus will be for aye as free
From clou..s? No! Heed the warning
Floating DER the waves to thee,
Whittier? oh! Whittier?
Whittier? To Won isles whose treasures,
Rich and fair attract thine eye?
Stay thy bark! Those bright toys perish,
Hear zen from thence, the startling cry,
s.Whitner Oh Whither?"
Or acekest thou, Fame's gorgeous temple,
Whore the lightnng's home is made
Where the wreath Of dazzling genius
Tn its glittering shrine islaid?
Whittier, them Whittier?
Tho, the breeze floats calmly, gently,
To thy sails, from that false shore,
Pause then! hear and heed the warning
Gifts hidden breakers roar,
f.Whther Oh Whittier .
STAY thy course and turn thy light prov,
Ere the uucksands and the SnarcS,
Rising thro' the faithless waters,
Sink thy frail bark unawares,
whittier? Oh! Whittier?
Turn thee new and seek a pilot,
One whose strong and trusty arm
Der life's dang 'rons shoals may guide thee
Safely ihro' its ceming storms.
p, Whither2 Oh Whittier?
With this guide, d5fs the storm-King
In his fcrc,st burst of wrath,
Trusting. locking ever upward,
With the confidence of faith;
" Whittier? OIL Whittier?
Tire the unknown mystic future,
Now uncertain Vague to thee,
Towards tho port we all must enter
Uonndlcss, ys.-s Eternity
In that wide and shorcless ocean
Stands an Isle from darkness free,
Whence the voice OF angels whisper
Ger the solemn waves to thee,
9gH- IIither, Oh! Hither
Onward, then that call obeying
Triumph Ger the storms OF Fate,
And a Savior's arms shall bear thee
When Eternity and Time shall meet,
Thither, Oh! Thither!
Fare thee WE'LL bark, richly laden
With freight OF hopes aud fears, ssh
With the chart OF Heavenly wisdom
Speed thou on thro' coming years,
Thither, Oh! fhither!
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4 Coon TINE CoMISa The Pittshurq
Chronicle says:--When the new crop gets
ready for the market the farmers. as in
former times will become purchasers,
and the workshops and stores will once
more be greeted BY the appearance of old
familiar faces. Our hotels will be crowd
ed, empty houses will be filled, and light
hearts viii be plenty. The time isnot far
distant, and we haul lis advent with de.
lighi
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MAnR,AoE ExrRAoRplxARy.---Ton

MARRIAGE Observation-Disclosures
Thumb, the celebrated. little great man,
YVES married at Webster. on Thursday last
to. a Miss Vintoh, of Bridgeport, CT. An
attempt was made to keep II from the pub
lin, but somehow it leaked out through
some OF the company who were little in.
discreet aitern,imbbing pretty freely OF
Heidseick which DR.. Kirkham had provi-
ded for the OCCASION. Boston Herald,
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A PATTERN FEMALE.-A lady Of plainfeld
Mass, aged so years has the past winter made
with ha. own hands II quilts consisting of 4 ).
20S pieces cut by pattern, and,worked 976 seol
lops, Gu. and male Gresseskniv3 pair of striped
mltens, made butter from cnws besides The
general housework for c family. She has also
written over nearly qire Of paper
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MISCELLANEOUS.

p atience'' AMI "Pain.---Or Love SGT to
Music.
Mr. " iiiam Payne, very good fell
low was a teacher OF music in pleasant:
town of Massachusetts; and in his school,
one winter, was pretty girl, some TWEEN
.y years old, named Patience Adams, who
having made strong impression upon
Mr. Pawn, lie lod no time in declaring
his attachment which Miss 4. reciproca-
ted. and M engagement was the result. -
lust as Payne's attention became public
and the fact Of an engagement was gene
raly understood, toe school being still in
session and all parties oa certain evening
present. Mr.. Payne without any thought
Of the words, named as tune for the
commencing exercises. Federal Street, !"
in that excellent collection of church NIL
sic. 1.-The Carmina Sacra." Every one
loved Patience. and every one entertained
the highest respect for Payne; and with
hearty good will on the part Of all the
chorrS commenced
s'Sec gentle Patience smile on Pain,
! See dying hope revive again.
| The coincidence was 20 striking that
the gravity Of the ng,ladics and gem
tlemem could scarcely be restrained long
enough to get through with the tune.-
The beautiful Young lady was still more
charming with her blushins cheeks, and
modestly east down her eyes, while the
teacher was so exceedingly embarrassed,
he knew not what he did. Hastily turn
| ing over the leaves ofthe book, his eyes
lit upon well known tune, and he called
| IN.
as sufficient order could be restored aud ut
the line OF the following stanzas rose to a
climax:
''let not despair nor fell revenge
Be to my bosom known;
Oh give me tears for others woes,
| . And Patience for my own
Patience was already betrothed: she
was in fact his; in abou. year afterwards
they became man and wife.
Then gentle Patience smiled on Payne,
| And Payne had Pateuce for his own.
(. II is pleasant 10 be able to add that they
| still live; four or five little pleasant Paynes
have been added TO the family, hich is
enc OF the happiest TO be found IN this
beautiful world. We call that a very
pretty sio.y.
DREss.--It has already been stated tina,
the Honorable Miss Murray. sister of a
Scotch Duke, and maid of honor to Queen
Victoria. is OF a visit to this country. An
exchange paper SAYS:
"Her frank and cordial manners, her
intelligence and great kindness of heart,
have secured her many friends. She ap-
pears. however, to have been struck with
amazement at the extravagant exp-ndi-
lures the helplessness,' and the i'll health
Of that unfortunate class of beings. the
fashionable women Of our cities. Miss
! Murray. like the fashionable women OF
Europe, dresses SO plainly that i, probably
costs her less tosdress a whole gear than
many New York lady expends for halt
dozen hnndkerchieis.s 1t is settled
thing in Europe that extravaganza in dress
IS the very extreme Of s'ulgarity, and is
never INDUCED in except by those whose
only claim to distinction is their length Of
purse.
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CHRONOLOGICAL REcoRp.-The follow.
ing memorandum of the commencement
aud conclusion of certain wars and Indian
hostilities may be found useful:
War Of 1912, commenced June Is, 1912
ended Feb. II, 1915. -
War, Seminole, commenced Nov. 20,
1917, ended Oct. 81, 1878. ~
+ War, Black. Hawk. commenced April
26. 1882. ended Sept. d, 1882.
! War. Florida. comm -nced Dec. %, 1885
ended August IA, 1912.
Creek disturbance commenced about
May 5, 1885, ended Sept. 80, 1887. ~,
j Southern (Arkansas) frontier distu,bane
1886: no actual war; no fighting; net en-
titled.
New York Canada frontier distur-
bance, 1898 and 1889; nowar, no dght-
ing.
Mexican war. commenced April "a. 49,
46, ended July 4, lS4S.
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litish Amy in the Crimsa.

In the British House OF Commons, on
the night of June 18Th, Mr.. Roebuck
brought up the report Of the Army. before
Sebastopol Committee. which, after being
read, was laid on the table and ordered to
be printed. The document fills more than
eight columns ofthe London Times.
The Committee review in detail the con.
duct O. the Duke Of Newcastle as Secrrta-
nv of State; and Of Mr.. Sidney Her
bert as Secretary at War; the management
of the ordinance and transport service at
home and abroad the medical department,
hospitals, the Commissariat supplies, forage,
&c..and sum up their repo'tas follows:
"Your committee hsve now adverted
to the chief points contained in the replies
to above twenty thousand questions. aud in
noticing these various subjects they have
divided them under distinct heads, in order
fairly TO apportion the responsibility.
Your committee report that the suffer-
ings OF the army resulted mainly from the
circumstances under which the expedition
to the Crimea was undertaken and execn-
ted. The Administration which ordered
that the expedition had no adequate infor-
mHtl0n as 10 tue amount VI tHe ioi'sS Ia
the Crimea. The, were no. acquainted With
the strength of tle fortress TO he attacked
or with the resources of the country to De
invaded They hoped and expected the
expedition to be Immediately successful,
and as they did not foresee the probabii-
ty ola protracted struggle they made no
|'provision for a winter campaign.
"rhe patience aud fortituae Of the army
demand the admiration and gratitude OF
she nation on whose behalf they fought,
tled, aud suffered. Their heroic yaler and
equally heroic patience Under sIiitrings
and privations have.given them claims upon
their country which will doubles De CRATE
fully acknowledged
Your. committee will now close thei- re.
port with hope that every British army
may in future display the valor which this
noble army have displayed, ard that none
may hereafter be exposed to suuch suffer
'ngs as are recorded in these pages"
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-05-08

! As a SPRING and SUMMER MEDICINE, Car
ters Spanish Mixture stands pre- eminen { above
ali others. It's Sngularly efficaciou5 action Of
the blood; its Strengthening and vivifying quail
ities its tonic action on the Liver; its tendenc,
todrive all humors to the surface, thereby cleans
sng the system according to Natures own pre-
icrption; its harmless, and at the same time ex
traordinay good effects, and the number Of cure
testified by many Of the most respectable citizen'
of Richmond, Va, and elsewhere, must be con
elusive evidence that tht re is no humbug about it
The trial Of single bottle wi satisfy the mos
skeptical Of its benefits. ieis af@
Sec advertisement in another column. 1t
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-05-08
flfgtf.adga fft ffh ncc VI DOhIu OF ~
Pomeroy, o., April 10, 1855.
n EW MAP OF NIEIGs COUNTY...

NJ EW MAP OF MEIGS COUNTY,
~ The undersigned proposes, provided sufi-
cient encouragement be given, to construct and
publish large and accurate map Of Meigs Coun-
ty from actual surveys. t8fi le'
Every road to be carefully surveyed by course
and distance, and the location given of ell the
hills, ponds, streams, roads, railroads, mills,
churches. schools, stores, workshops dwellings,
and other objects Of interest and importance.
Names of property owners throughout the
county to be inserted in their proper places.
Tables of distances from Village 10 ssiilses, and
statistics Of the agricultural, geological, mechan-
ical, and mercantile resources and condition oi
the county to be given. ,ltt.r 1fr,r.
Extra plans OF all the principal villages on an
enlarged scale to be added in the margin, also
| perspective views Of some of the public, and
other important buildings.&c. The map to be
engraved In very superior style, beautifully COL
ored, vanished, mounted on cloth with rollers
and furnished to subscribers only, at S5,O 90 pei
copy. No labor or expense will be spsred tC
make the work valuable and beautiful, and the
mostliberal patronage of the citizens is expected
to enable the publisher to carry out tie work
5as 9Alfs 9 - bp HENRY F. WALLING.
State Engineer Of Massachusetts.