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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-14

The ARCTIC EXPEDITION - STATEMENT OF
DocToR KANE.-The HERALD and several other
city journals have published detailed accounts
of the tolls, trials and happy return Of the
Arctic expedition under Doctor Kane's COM
mand. In these publications the word g state
ment" is used in such a manner as to lead peo-
pie to suppose that the Chief of the Expedition
has given an official account Of IT, Such is not
the fact. On the night of the return of the
Arctic and Release, fifteen or twenty report
ers were despatched to different parts OF
the city to hunt up the intrepid naviga-
tors. Several Of these gentlemen had in
teTviews with DR.. Kane, DR.. Hayes, Mr..
Sontag and others, and jotted down the re-
suit. Dr. Kane was the centre about which re-
volyed large circle of eager listeners and
close questioners. He replied courteously to
these inquiries, and his remarks, as we'll as
those of his compatriots, were placed before the
public in the form of connected narrative.
ana called statements But the rules of the
service of which DR.. Kane is SO brilliant on Or
nament, prevent any officer from making an
official report to any person except the Secre-
tary of the Navy. In consequence of this
fact we shall be obliged to await for Doctor
Kanc's official statement until Mr.. Dobbin al
lows copy TO be made for the press We trust
that the Hon. Secretary viii make so interest
ing document public as soon as possible.
BUYING A CoFfiN.--Thc London correspond
ent of the Inroness tScotland) advertiser gets
off the following bit OF experience of a model
temperance mani
The other evening, at temperance meeting a person
in the hall got up and said My friends three months
ago signed the pledge (Csppng Of hands aud ap.
had sovereign in my pocke-a thing never had be-
tore (Capping and loud cheers.) In another month
my friends, had good coat on my back-a thing
had before. CHEERS and capping much louder
Tho audience going TO cheer here but stopped and
looked serious You wonder, continue the lecturer
s'why bought a coffin. Well my friends bought the
coffin because felt pretty certain that II Kept the
rledge another fortnight should wan. one"
Apply this to President Pierce and his adop.
ton into the regular democratic party of the
Van Buren, free soil Buffalo seceders, and IL
hts remarkably. Of the Baltimore Convention
Of 52, Mr.. Pierce signed the pledge; in the
election, he got the sovereign in his pocket; in
his inaugural address he put new coat upon
his back and in a certain removal from our
Custom House, in connection with other trans
actions, he bought his cofin and the hard
shells have been drumming upon 1t ever since
Who Has the Scarlet letter?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-14

A MORMON AsTRoNoMER--THE LAW OF
PLANETARY ROTATION DISCOVERED BY PROFESS
soR ORsoN PRATT.--We have received a slip
of two printed columns of mathematical esi
mates and figures, entitled 1.-The Law Of Pla-
notary Rotation, discovered by Professor Orson
Pratt" addressed "to the Editor" In this
proclamation, in the course of very learned
introduction, Professor Pratt says -
Firmly believing, from my early YOUTH that the diav
nal periods OF the planets were the results Of some hidden
law have endeavored, at different times to discover
the same, TO determine the periods Il rotation by
calculation instead of observation. After many fuiess
notion led by the indications of certain hypothesis
to seek for the law Of rotation connected with the
and diameters Of the planets or in other words with
their densiiies These Investigations resulted ia the de-
velope ment Of the following beautiful law
The CUBE ROOTS OF THE DESsrEs OF TIE PLANES ARE
rs THE SQUARE ROOTS OF THEIR PERIODS or ROTATION
Or which amounts to the same thng-rHE SQUARES OF
THE CUBE ROOTS OF TIE DESsTEs OF THE PLANETS ARE As
THEIR PERIODS or ROTATION.
Eut the denstes CT globes proportional to their
quantities Of matter divided by their Volumes
by the cubes of their diameers IL follows that the
rotation Of the planets considered spheres is proper
tionG TO their aa damcsers. The law, therefore
he expressed in terms Of the and diameters
$ follows
TPE SQUARES TIE
PiAsEIS. DymID THE SQUARES THEIR DAMEIERs,
AS IlLlR PERIODS cr ROTATION.
To illustrate the correctness Of this law win give the
following examples
Example J. Giving the of the earth equa! to l.;
its equatorial diameter 1855 miles; its period Of
ton, oh. 5em 4.09o475s. solar time, which is
equal to absolute dereal day: also the Of the
rlsnet Mercury equal OO627693 and its diameter 140
miles, it is required 10 find the period of Mcrcurys
rotation.
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MISERY MAKES STRANGE BEDFEILows-The
black republican gathering at the Tabernacle
last Tuesday night was funny affair. On
the same platform we had the socialist philoso-
pliers Of the Tribune the conservative old To-
gey wings Of Castle Garden, the anti-bank, an
ti-tariff, anti-protection democrat, General
Nye, and the Massachusetts Clay wing, Ge-
neral Wilson--Pierce men, Scott men, Taylor
men, Van Buren, men, and Garrison
men-all fusing on the general plat
form for negro emancipation and the
State spoils. These Brigadiers are queer fell
lows. Only a few weeks ago we reported a
speech made 10y General Nye to the Cochrane
Soft Shell Club now we find him giving $50
norous john terrible dressing. A short time
since, General Wilson was the exponent of the
Know Nothings in Massachusetts,, who thrust
greatness upon him by sending him to the Sc
nate Now. he reviles all secret political So
cietes, and labors to kick over the ladder by
which he climbed to glory.
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The Professor gives q half dozen other ex-
amples in illustration of his theory, and sup
ports it by very plausible mathematical ar
gument. We call the attention of Professor
Maury, of the National Observatory, and all
other experienced astronomers, to the subject.
Professor Orson Pratt is Mormon-a Mormon
elder--a Mormon apostle, and has, we under
stand, as many wives as an Egyptian Pacha /;
but if there be anything new OF valuable in
this planetary theory of his, it is none the less
valuable on that account.
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- ssttTt
Il THAT ESPECIAL DESPATCH" AGAIN.-The small
hard shell Dickinson organ in this city is very
much annoyed because the Southern journals
have copied what it calls our false tele-
graphic despatch from Elmira, stating that the
democrats and Know Nothings were about to
unite in this State" The editor of the small
organ should study the English language. Our
despatch from Elmira was not "false," in any
particular 1t merely stated that negotiations
. had taken place, having for their ultimate OBJ
ject the defeat of the black republicans by the
abandonment of part of the hard ticket. That
portion Of the hards who think more of men
and national conventions than of principles,
are naturally amazed at this and particularly
so because it is the pure unadulterated truth.
We are willing to furnish political intelligence
for all the organs, great and small, but we can
not expect to make it suit all palates The
Southern journals need not take the trouble to
contradict that despatch.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-14
/. ssduiissjtssrsslon d justice. Every day one or

adnipisratfon Of justice. Every day one or
two women are committed 10 the Peuitentlary
or the Workkouse on theft own confession,
when the magistrate and every one else. know,
perfectly that no crime mas ,been committed, !
/ and THAT the confession 10 from, be ainniag to
end d lie. Surely a law which brings forth
/. such fruits ought to be altered, and the Peni-
Tertiary. Hospital either closed on the one
hand to the self committed women, or to the
thieves and felons. ~,
1t is likewise we'll that people should think
of the condition Of the men confined for crime
in the Penitentiary. 1T appears from the ar
ticle we publish elsewhere, that the criminals
in the Penitentiary and the Warehouses ore in
every respect.bet off than any class of poor
laborers or mechanics To such an. extent
has the mania for bettering their condition
: proceeded, that when, their term is out,
:, they can hardly, be persuaded to leave the
. island. There appears to be no necessity for
guarding them as man must needs be sad
blockhead to want to- escape from such place.
It is doubtful whether this is the condition in
which the people intended the criminals of
this city to spend their period OF confinement
!, And though the moral degradation Of q SEN
tence to the island would doubtless answer
better in some Cases than mere physical incon-
veniences, it is very. questionable whether it
would be found to work as o wholesome cor
receive with the bulk Of the prisonersp-sfor'
instance with the Irish emigrants;s who con-
stitute from seventy to eighty per cent Of the
inhabitants Of every prison and poorbouse in
~ az bo
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THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF DIR. KANE.

THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF DR.. KANE
The following is a copy of the official report
of DR.. Kane, commanding the second Grinnel
expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, tc
the Secretary Of the Navy:
Our little party have returned in health and
safety.
We reached the Danish settlements of Uper-
nivik on the 9th of August, after an exposing
travel of thirteen hundred miles. During this
journey, which embraced alternate zones of ice
and water, we transported our boats by sledges,
and sustained ourselves on animal food exclu-
sively by our guns. We entered port after
eighty-four days exposure in the open air.
have the honor to subjoin hurried outline
of our operations and results, in advance of
more detailed communications.
My previous dispatches make the Depart
ment acquainted with our arrival at the north
ern settlements of Greenland Thence cross.
ed Melville Bay without accident, and reached
Smiths Sound on the 9th of August, 1853
Finding Cape Hatherton, the seat of my in
tended beacon, shut out from the Sound by the
more prominent headland of Littleton Island.
/ selected this latter spot for my cairr erecting
a flagstaff, and depositing dispatches.
To the north, the ice presented drifting pack
of the heaviest description, the actions of hum
mocking having in some instances reared bar
ricades OF sixty feet in height In my efforts to
penetrate this drift, being driven back and
nearly beset in the pack, determined { as the
only means of continuing the scarcely to at.
tempt a passage along the land, where the rapid
tides here of twelve to sixteen feet rise and
fall had worn precautions opening. Pre-
vious to this responsible step, depot of provis-
IONS with a metallic hfe-boat (F'rancis) was
78o 20/.
The extreme strength of the Advance ena-
bIed her to sustain this trying navigation. AL
though aground at the fall of the tides, and
twice upon her beam ends from the pressure of
external ice, she escaped any serious disaster.
After a month Of incessant labor, cheered, how
ever, by small daily progress; the new ice SO
closed around US as TO make further penetra.
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its transit cost us thirty.one days of labor, az
an actual travel of three hundred and six:ees
miles.
From Cape Alexander we advanced by boats,
with only occasional ice passages at the base
of glaciers. At Cape York erected cairn
and pennant, with dispatches for the informa-
ton Of vessels crossing Melville bay; and then,
after cutting up my spare boat for fuel, embark
ed for the North Greenland settlements
We arrived at Upern:vik Jas before stated)
on the 9th of August, without disaster and in
excellent health and spirits Throughout this
long journey, my companions behaved with
admirable fortitude. | should do them AN IN
justice if | omitted to acknowledge their hdei-
ity to myself and gallant bearing in times OF
privation and danger.
From Upernivik took passage for England,
in the Danish brig Marianne; but, mos, fortu-
nateIy touching at Godhaven, Disco we were
met by our gallant countrymen under Captain
Hartstene. They had found the ice Of Smiths
Sound still unbroken, but, having met the Is
quimauX near Cape Alexander. had heard of
our departure, and retr3ced their steps. They
arrived at Disco but twenty-four hours before
our intended departure for England. Under
these circumstances, | considered it Obligatory
upon me TO withdraw my contract for passage
in the Marianne, and return with the Release
and Arctic.
The present season is regarded rs nearly
equal in severity to It's predecessors. The ice
to the north is fearfully extended, and the e5-
cape of the searching squadron from besetment
is most providential. The rapid advance Of
winter had already closed around them the
young ice, and but for the power Of the steam
er end the extraordinary eXertions of Captain
Hartstene, an Imprisonment would have been
inevitable. Not only Smith, but Jones and
Lancaster Sounds were closed with an impen-
etrable pack; but, in spite of these difficulties,
they achieved the entire decentralization OF
Bailins bay, and reached the Danish settle,
ments by forcing the middle ice
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Verse 81. The mortal scar, &c:

Verse 81. The mortal scar &c:
VI mans first dsobedience and the frni,
vi that forbidden tree whose mortal taste
drought death into world and ali our vyo I.
Paradise Lost Book l.
" VINO VIII 90 anything worthy III this world must do
couraSeously IN spite of his share of the and
sorrow bequeahed to us 80 theoloeians saw f,on o.
orchard-robbng ancestor
Verse "A:
" Mammon the least erected spirit that fell
FROM Heaven, for cen Heaven his looks aud ,bo,ob,
w ere always downward bent, admirnr more
, me Ilches OF heavens pavement irodden gold
Lhan sught divine or holy, else enjoyed
III 'iSon oeouhc' Paradise Lost Book 1.
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For the National Era.
THE CONFLICT WITH TIME.
BY Z. FOXTON.

bI fOAION.
]. down-trod land with curses heard
The revels of her foes;
soldier from his deep carouse
Turned Keeling 10 repose.
,. The glowing of dull peat FIRE
Strove ieebly with the gloom
That long had filed, sole tenant thore
The long old ruined room.
3. At one end of the long old room
Its lurid CLEANS it shed;
The other, dreaa and distant, held
The darknesscurtained bed.
4. Al midnight, on his shrinking soul
The sleeper felt, aghast
That chill that passing spirits with
Their viewless shadows cast
S. He woke; the air hard to breathe,
Yet all things looked the same;
And then the smouldering hearth whrled up
A sudden spire of fame
8. And from the embers on the floor
There stepped naked child,
With tottering limbs, and wandering gaze,
And lips that feebly smiled.
T. Awhile before the swelling blaze
1t moved in ftfu play;
Then moved its steadfast course towards
The soldier where he lay.
. And at each step it rose, and grew
To more than human size;
A giant huge, with matted hair,
And wild and dreadful eyes
O. A grisly cash with gouts of gore
Befouled its ghastly brow;
And worked in all its lineaments
Unuttered rage and wo.
10. And as i; came, still rose and spread
The fires wild spectral glare,
That gilded with halo red
Its shaggy matted hair
IL. And still it came, ill DER his bed
With outstretched arm it hung;
Then from his cold, numb trance of fear
The snfened soldier sprung.
II. And hand to hand, and brand TO brand
One instants space they stood
And when the phantom slow gave way
The warriors foot pursued.
10. And back along the long old room
He drove it pace by pace,
With hand to hand, and brand TO brand
And pallid face 10 face.
Ia. As back he drove II pace by pace,
Behold wonder new;
AT every yielding step it sank
And slenderer, weaker, grew.
IS. And it went, still shrank and paed
The fires dim spectral glare,
That scarce could thread with simmer red
Its thin and scattered hair
Is. And still it went, until at length
The weirdy march was DONE
The meaning left the goblin's face,
Its bootless course run.
L. Again before its natal hearth
II stood with quivering knee,
And nodding head, and eyes that rolled
In senseiess infancy.
Is Then, crumbling on the fading Goals,
II sank to rise no more;
To ashes sank and all WAS still
And dusky before
IS. Know thou, oh trained 10 loftier themes
Whose furtive smile see
There lies moral in my tale,
A foe in wait for thee.
20. Thou, glowing in thy perfect strength,
Who scorn'sl this oldwife lay,
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NorEs-The story which suggested the above poem is
told follows in Lockharts Life of ScoD volume v
page 1877:
Lord Castlereagh, when commanding iG early life a
militia regiment IN Ireland was stationed oe night in
OF long, dapidaied room, while at the othe? extremity
great hre OF wood and turf had been prepared within
huge, gaping, od-fashioned chimney Wnkino in the
middle Of the night he lay watching from hs pillow the
gradual darkenIng OF the embers the hearth when
suddenly they blazed up and naked child stenned from
among them upon the floor The figure advanced slowly
towards Lord rising stature every step
until, coming within three PAGES OF his he'd e.
had assumed the appearance n CHASTITY ant male as
oea WIN Dlesong wouno on the brow, SD eyes glar
ing WIN rage ana despair Lord Castereagb eaped from
ms pea ana coIon'eo me ngure IN an at ude of def
ance' Hretreaeu before MIN, diminishing az withdrew,
IN the same manner that 1t had Previous shot up and
e1Pendeo ne Ionoed pace by pace, unti the original
chliunkc iOrm ulsaPpedfeo among the embef~.
This story Lord Castlereagh told with perfect 0ravv
of his wifes supper parties. Ne merely
mentioned 1t a singulary vivid dream The product
probably, of feverish night following upon military
debauchn ''
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WASHINGTON, d. G..

En;ered according 10 act Congress in the year 1883 by
Ebert Perce in the Clerks Office Of the Circuit Court
OF the District Of Columbia.
FoR THE NATIONAL
ROSA AND HER SUlT0RS.
A TALE OF SWEDISH DOMESTIC LIFE.
BY EMILE +. CARLEN,
so, Of One Year of Wsdiock The Bride Of O0lbHrg
&c, &c.
TRANSLATED BY EBERT PIERCE.
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NO. 1876.
Fall Trade.

STAR CLOTHING STORE, ~, Main st., Keokuk.
- Ii. Straus would respectfully call the At
tention If the gentlemen Of keokuk and vicinity to
the fact that he has formed co-partnership with
Of the best clothing houses in Cincinnati iJ Ma
rienthal L. Block, and thus possesses superior IA
cities for the selection and purchase Of stocks of
clothing and furnishing goods.
They have now most complete assortment ofaAll
kinds of Clothing, comprising in part, Cloth nd
Overcoats, Pants and Vests Of all grades styles and
sizes, Shirts, Stocks, Hats and Caps, Trunks &c.
These goods have been selected with care, and will
be sold at a small advance custom cost. We are
determined not to be undersoid by any establish
ment this side Of Cincinnati
Country merchants particularly invited 10 call
and examine stock, before purchasing elsewhere.
sep IL ds-wtf ii. STRAUS 4 co.
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CITY Drug Store !

Burrows Block Main nsrreet,..... KEOE ITK
I j. g. STEW ART are now in receipt Of =
- very large and carefully selected stock 4
Of Drugs, Medicines and Chemicals, Patent ~
Medicines, Popular Remedies, Mechanical Lii -
quors, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuff, Perfumery and eve
ry variety Of fancy articles usually found in the best
establis hments Of the kind. Every article warrant
ed pure and genuine.
fufchasers VIII confer mutual favor by calling
al our establishment before buying elsewhere
IhysicRns preser ptions carefully put up
pR. > o. srEWARr's Office and consulting room
in the Drug Store.
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES:
l. o. Edwards, NJ. D.. Ohio Medical College
j Cobb
John Locke,
Nav 8 IS55-l6w
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D1yIIS a. EYAnT.

WHOLESALE Dealers in Boots aud Shoes, No
w lis, Main Street, keokuk, Iowa.
Having located in this city would respectfully
inform the merchants Of the interior that We have
engaged in the above business having all the facil-
tiles for purchasing stock directly Of the manu-
laetnrcrs at the lowest figures. II is object and
determination to build up a large and permanent
trade by keeping on hnnd large and well assorted
stock making our prices low that can bs less
aud terms and discounts liberal as any other
house.
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ARRIVING.

4 i the Boot and Shoe EmHprium, No. .6s, Main
\ Street, large stock of Boots and Shoes bought
Of the manufacture In the east expressly fur the
retail ttaso. Having had seven years experience i'll
the business in kcokuk, ! feel confident that the
goods will be found superior in style and quality to
any stock in this market, and when all have arrived
will surpass all competition in extent Of variety.
Come and sec-So HARM TO LOOK AT, NOR rRorsLF
TO SHOW GOODS. s. A. DUKE.
August 90 1S55--dtf
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Keokuk Book-Binderv

AND BLANK BOOK MANJFACIOkY.
DLANh Book made and ruled to any required
ID pattern. Court Records justices Dockets, As
sessor- Books, Poll Books, &C, &e., furnished at
short notice.
Old Books, Magazines, Music, &c, bound or re
bound in any style desired
Ea- Ny Bndery viii bc found on Second Street
next door % the Athenaum, sign Of the big Book.
jan %, ls54.--d&w. ISAAC n. PIERCE.
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CoNNKR ~ J0nsslN 40 fIasT sTNEETs
I)Y CHARLES 81. Bt ANEG.L. IHg under Ela!A
u sned akes pleasure ID announcing that H.:i
fae ha- taken ih,s Very popular lfonse and Asa'A-
iuale complete renovation throughout the entire
premises iie is NOS prepared - receive the pat
ronegr af the lt'Iie. and believes he can meet the
wants Of all who 4 ~ good House.
lie hopes hy close alpAca' ion 10 the business
and attention the many wants II the traveller q
merit and obtain a STARE u patronage.
rst- BasgaSe taken - and from Boats free Il
charge. flIAS q. 81 NNELL.
Aprti s. 1S55 d'f
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Boot and Shoe Manufactorv..

| AN prepared to manufacture from all Of the best
i brands Of French, German. Belgian and PhIa
dellhia Calf Skins, having bought them If the i'm
porters IL New ork, and manufacturers in Philadel
phia. The patrons of my establishment may res as
sured If getting better article than ut the house.
who buy Of second third hands.
Call and examine my stock and leave your orders
a good and satisfactory fit warranted and the WORK
guaranteed at the Boot and Shoe Emporium, No SIS
Main street s. 4. DUKE.
August 20 Is55-dtf
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BOOK BINDERY

rT7IE subscriber having ntted up
/ an extensive BIndery IN the SssL@ssIS a
cry Of keokuk, Iowa, No. 10. ( k-sxzx y
Man ST., up stnirs.l II now pre-
pared 10 execute all erders It's line, in the most
workmanlike manner Periodicals, Music Baoks
any variety Of style.
Having a superior stock of materials for the man
ufacture Of Blank Book, particular attention viii
be given to the orders Of Merchants, Bankers,
Steamboats,, and County Officers. All blank books
Will be paged when desired and warranted in every
respect.
Also on hand stock IF superior Stationery.
J. ii. WESIC0TT.
l.. J. ADAMS, Agent
AnEAAt IL lSaa. aARlY