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THE BIBLE.

Some writer gives the following anal.
ysis of the "book of books" the Bible
It Is book Of laws, to show the right
and wrong.
It is book sf wisdom THAI makes the
foolish wise
It is book of truth, which detects
all human erfors.
It is a book of life that SHOWS to aveid
everlasting death. !
II is the most authentic and entertain
ing history ever published.
Il contains the NEST remote antiqui-
ties, the mast remarkable events and
wonderful occurrences.
It is complete code of 1aws.
II is perfect body Of divinity.
It is an unequalsd narrative
It is book Of biography.
It is the best covenant ever made !;
the best deed ever written.
It is the young mans best eompan-
ion.
It is the school boys best instructor.
1t is the learned mans master piece.
It is the best will ever executed, the
best testament ever signed.
It is the ignorant mans dictionary,
and every mans directory.
It promises an eternal reward to the
faithful and believing.
But that which crowns all is the Au-
thor.
He is without Partially, and WishQpt
hypocrisy, "with whom there is no va
.iableness neither shadow of turning"
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DEATH AND LrE-our thossab..
our "reminiscences, our ints., ,.sotuaI s,os s.
quirements die with US 20 this.3 raslS = "A.
only Affections well place. and d..i.
h fally.eeerlshsdi fsiendshi; happily foEn,l
81 anu isi'nluliy 2 maintain ed knokl-
soge acquired Eath worthy intent : and
poMess that hare ben dili.
eeDe,y lAproysd, as tie talents which
our hord and Master has conmitted q
Four Keeping these wll aecbnpahy -
s3Rto. auother state Of existence 3 i.
y e the soul in that sruss lst.;ss \. s; =.
identity and its eoSisiesspsa q
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DUrY,-Let him who grspes painful
lY in darkness or uncertain light, and
prays vehemenhy that the dawn may RI
pen into day, lay this other precens
well to heart which to me was of valua-
BILE service Do tho duty which lies
nsaresh thee, which thou knoWdst to be
a duty; thy sspond duty WI already
have become clsaFsR carlylx
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INCIDENT OF THE LAS T WAR.
"roRruNE rAvoRs THE BRAVE.

A military officer with whom we
have long been intimate, relates two In
cidents connected with Croghan's gal
liant defense Sc of Fort Stevenson one
of which affords strong, positive, and
the other a strong negative proof of the
above quoted adage.
AS the British and Indians, iu their
operations had violated their pledges
and the usage of civilized warfare, by
wantonly numbering their prisoners,
Croghan's little band, (only one hun
dred strong, with six-pounder, and
surrounded by about six hundred Brit
ish troops, and thrice that number of
Indians,) had mutually agreed to sell
their lives as dearly as possible.
When all was ready the British CON-
mander sent messenger, under the
flag of truce, to treat for surrender of
the Fort. Croghan, pointing to him, as
he approached, exclaimed;
at will not do to let him enter here,
and see our weakness who will volun-
teer to meet him
As it was pretty certain that whose
ever should leave the fort on such mis-
sion would be murdered by the bastard
foe, there was brief pause, when Ensign
Shipp replied
"I will upon one condition"
"What is that?" asked the Captain.
"Pledge me your word, as an officer
and man of honor, that you will keep
that gun bearing directly upon me, aud
that you will fire off the moment you
see me raise my hand"
The pledge was given, and Ship went
forth.
To all The arguments and persuasioDs
of the enemy, his unwavering reply was
81 am instructed to say that we defend |
the fort"
Soon the Indians surrounded him
One clutches his epauletts, another his
sword. Ship, who was of Hcreulean |
frame, released himself by a powerful
effort, and turning to the envoy coolly
said:
"Sir,I have not put myself under
your trace without knowing your mode
of warfare. You see that gun said beg I
tisn1sali iialss- s;;ss:s i,rli.r.-
at is we'll charged with grape, and
have the solemn pledge of my comman-
der that it shall be fred at me the
moment I give him the signal. There
fore, restrain these men and respect the
laws of war, or you shall instantly ac-
me to the other world.
This was enough. Ship was no more
molestcd, but returned to his comrads
in safety, fought out the desperate action
that er,sued, and obtained promotion for
his bravery.
The counter instance referred to at
the head of our paragraph was told as
follows I:
After the British and Indians had
Croghan missed one man,
,nly one who had belonged to his little
oand and all efforts for his recovery
we're for some timo unsuccessful. At
ength his remains were discovered in
he garret of one Of the blockhouses,
where he had crept for safety, and was
;ut in two by cannon ball.
All the the rest, considering their
hances of life not worth thought. had
'nly sought to do their duty, and escap-
ID alive, from perhaps the most desper-
tie battle on record. The only man that
vas killed happened to be the only man
hat proved himself to be coward.
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SELF-LovE.-It is poor centre of a
mans actions-himself It is like
earth, for that only stands fast upon its
own center wheaeas all things that
have affinity with the Aeavens move upon
the center of another which they benefit.
Extreme selflovers will set house on
fire, if it were but to roast their eggs.
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WoHTH REMEMBER1Ne.-The great
secret of avoiding disappointment is not
to expect too much. Despair follows
immoderate hope, as things fall hardest
to the ground that have been nearest to
the sky. - 3. 80
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EE- The subioined anecdote is rel,

E The subjoined anecdote is rela-
ted by correspondent Of the Boston
Transcript:
Soon after Mr.. Webster came to the
bar, he was retained in a suit between
two neigLbors 1t seemed that they had
got to loggerheads about disputed line,
out Of which had grown trespass suits
aud all sorts of controversies, and that
the more malicious and artful of the two
had so piled the other with law in one
shape.o or another, that he had nearly ru-
ined him. The latter at last becams
aroused, aud brought an action against
the other for malicious prosecution, and
retained Mr.. Webster to manage it. On
the trial, proof of malice was clear and
convincing, and it was evident that the
day of reckoning had at last come. In
summing up for the plaintiff, Mr.. Web
ster after making strong argument
against the defendant, showing that he
had again and again instituted suits
against his client, merely to perplex and
annoy him, closed as follows: "In a
word, gentleman, I do not see how can
better conclude than in the words of the
good old psalm" Then, looking at the
jury but pointing to the defendant, he
from his favorite authors, Stern
hold and Hopkins:
He digged pit he digged it deep.
He digged it for his brother, =
By his great sin, he did fall in
The pit he digged for t'other..
And SO it proved. The vereict was
heavy against the digger"
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dDoettg.
The Liberty Bell in the Old State
House, Philadelphia.
BIZ W. moss WALLACE.


7 For the Bell of Freedom. at midnight tolled
Through mighty land was heard
And chime still rung
From its iron tongue
Awfully swaying to and fro;
And to some it came
Like breath of flame
And to some sound of woe.
Above thednrk mountain, above the blue wave
{ It was heard by the fettered and heard by the
brave
It was heard in the cottage, and heard in the
hall
And its chime gave glorious summons to all ;
The sabre was sharpened-the time rusted
81 blade
Of the Bond started out in the pioneers glade
Like herald of wrath and the host was ar
rayed
Along the dark mountain, along the blue wave,
Swept the ranks Of the Bond-swept the ranks
~ of the Brave;
And a shout as of water went up to the dome,
When star blazing banner unfurled,
Like the wings of some seraph flashed out from
st- chiA home,
Uttered freedom and hope to the world.
Der the hilltop and tide its magnificent fold,
With terrible glitter of azure and gold,
In the storm and the sunshine, in darkness
F rolled.
Itblazed IN the valIey--it bazed on the mast
1t Itleaped with its eagle abroad on the blast;
And the eyes of whole nations were t=rned to
its light;
And the heart of the multitude soon
Wasswsyed by the stars. as they shone through
the night.
2 Like an ocean swayed by the moon.
-AgaiBshrough the midnight that Bell thunders
out.
And banners and torches are hurried about
A shout rs of waters long uttered cry
How it leaps, how it leaps from the earth to
q the sky
From the sky to the earth, from the earth to
the sea,
Here chorus re-eehOcd " The ProFrE ARE
-i- FREE =
That old Bell is still seen by the Patriots eye,
And he blesses it ever when journeying by;
Long years have passed Ger il, and yet every
soul
VIII thrill in the night to its wonderful roll
For it speaks in its belfry. when kissed by the
blast,
Like glory -breathcd tone from the mystical
Past,
Long years shall roll Ger it. and every chime
shall increasingly tell of an era sublime;
Oh, yesl if the flame on our altars should pale,
Let its voice but be heard, and the Freeman
shall start
To rekindle the fire. while he sees on the gale
All the Stars and the Stripes of the Flag of
his HeartI
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EE An exchange, in a modest dun
to its patrons, says E" Suffer little sums
to come unto US, for Of such is our in
come"
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Warietp.
lFrom the Home Journal. ]
Memory of Friends.

BY LADY CON NTRIBUToH.
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ops fo1Isrsd. mSL' spdeaToripg spds 70 pegals wv
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-13

Rdgcway, we hear, has cut out OF Richmond
and hid himself some where in the hollows Of the
Peaks of outer Poor fellow, he looked very wan and
peaked when last the other side Of Liberty
His case should be Immediately looked into by the
Humane Society," The country has a stake IN that
very "prom,s,ng nans life, and he must not be al
lowed sport with il, II Is true that all his prom
ises" not irlbled-but 1t must be admitted TINT
he comes very near To performance OF them. Thus,
Tor instance, he promised Fillmore majority OF
some or 200 IN Big Richmond md actually
complied or performed, TO the tune OF t'ro hun
dred and odd Nice calculations this. Very -Pe-
isSsbarg Inteld9oaocr,
Don't be uneasy Mr.. Syme. Rdgeway is in
attendance on the Methods, Conference now IN
session in this city and promises" 20 be bet
ter man in the future. So far from looking ivan
and peaked" he ID IN fine condition aud in high
spirits. lie is s.so awaiting the sailing If the
Salt River Steamer. when he will Ego on his way
rejoicing to the hrny regions a defeated poll
tqans.
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Com ple ton of The New Work md New nd nnd
Ecicsranh Iit,e commencement OF the Trans
lin. 10 HnI,I

New York Nov. A-Wc understand that the
New York and Newfoundland Telegraph Line
vii be open through 10 st. Johns II morrow
Nongrat latory message. between the company
,ore and Governor hudiey of Newfoundland.
having passed over the wires yesterday. The
me from New York 10 Newfoundland Is | 00D
seven hundred and Fifteen miles in length, built
FOR most part through Wilderness country, and
nns cost the company, including the expense Of
The cable about half million OF dollars.
We are advised 10y our Liverpool correspon-
Dent that the long contemplated Trans Atlantic
Telegraph Company hes actually been formed in
London under the auspices of Sir John Brett,
who had the snperintendenoe Of all the great
submarine Topographic enterprises in Europe,
and one half Of the required capital to complete
the line from Newfoundland to ireland was i'm
medatey taken up, and n" difficulty whatever
vas anticipated III obtaining the balance. Con
rnrts, looking Ia the certain completion of the line
cross the Atlantic next summer, were being
'otinted with one of the London Sub marine Tel
graph Manufacturing Companies, and there WAS
q doubt entertained when the Canada >aed bat
hat the Trans Atlantic cable would be c"mmen
s'ed on the first # November aud he successfully
nhmerged between Newfoundland and ireland in
Il Of the month uf July, 1857.
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The WniIrordst,Y,n,,,,.

Tho life of II railroad engineer Is graphically
depicted in the following extract, which we copy
from the Schenectady Star
But the engineer, he who guides the train bv
guiding the iron horse, and almost hollis the lives
passengers IN his hands his l. n life of min
ged danger aud pleasure. In n Gt,le seven- bv-
nine apartment, with sq1are holes on eaoa side
for windows, open behind and with machinery
10 look through ahead you find him; he i, the
.'Pathfnder"-- he leads the way in all times of
danger checks the iron horse, or causes it TO
speed ahead with the velocity of the wind at will
Have you ever stood by the track ofa dark night
aud watched the coming aud passing of a ,rau'
Away oil IN the darkness you discover n light and
you hear noise, and the earth trembles under
your feet. he light comes nearer; you can
compare IT 10 nothing but the devil himself with
it's terrible whistle; the sparks, yon imagine come
from Beelzebub's nOstrils; the fire underneath.
that shines close 10 the ground. causing you tn
believe the devil walks on live Goals. 1t come,
close to you; you back away and shudder; you
look up, and. almost on the devils hnck rides the
engineer; perhaps the machine shreks. aud
you imagine the engineer is applying spur to The
DEVILS sides A daring fellow. that en- gineer;you
can't help saying SO, and you wonder wherein
lies the pleasure of being an engineer. But SO
he does, day after day.night after night. Moon
light evenings he sweeps over the country
through cities aud villages through fairy scenes
III i'i'Sl anu tl'hilnEHi ne looks tnlnurn IN"
square holes NJ his side, and enjoys the moonlight
but he cannot stop To enjoy the beauty of the
seenery, Cold, rainy, muddy, dark nights, it
Is the SAM; perhaps the tracks ARE undermined.
| or overh"wn with watrr!perbap- seoundrels have
e, Piaeea obstruction i'll the way or tres been q.
setta'ned across The trnok aud ia either case II
, l. almost instant dra,h to him, Mt len.t lint h
!. stops not Right on, is the word with him, and
! On ne goes regardless of danger weather. md
! everything save the we'll doing Of his duty
| Think Of himye who >hudder through fear in tn,
F, cushioned seats ct the cars, and get warm from
the fire that is knled for your benefit
At city hotel, a Yeidant looking chap sat
down Ia take "some tiiiIin." a waiter presented
himself at the the back of the chair and politely
ingeired: "Tea or coffee srl Tea he an
swered ''What kind oftea, srln Greeny look
ed up in the walters face. and with considerable
emphasis said; "Why, store tea, of course;
don't want any Of your sassafras stuff"
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4 New Way to Accommodate ssourdrr.

Most OF oar readers. says the St. Lou, Lead
er, will remember how frequently, few months
ngo, Inqnests were held on the bodies of "un-
known men found floating in the river" Scarce.
Is "A day passed without one or moro such in
quests and some day, there have been es many
rs five. Almost without exception these men
were reeognlsrd from their appearance aud
dress, as deck hands on the river; but that was
all that could lie discovered concerning thrm-
There WAC generally nothing found in thrir peck
etr except some tobgcco, pocket knifa or pipe
For several months past there has been scarce.
iy an lnqaest of this description held. and the
two facts taken together present n quite sienf.
cant aspect. Some circumstances which have
lately com" to your know ledge, fnru,h the solu-
ton. About year and half ago Spaniard
opened u boarding hpusc, on the levee. near the
water works engine holse, which was frequcn-
ted by great number Of hoatmen. principally
deck hands.
We learn that it was n constantly recurring
circumstance for boarders to leave in II very
mysterious manner;even The most intimate friends
not being aware of it until they were mi
lheiccs finally began to attract attention. and
II was observed that the men who disappeared
were never seen again, nor oven heard of
At length II watch was set and the keeper of
the nous" was seen at II late hour one night to
carry cut a man in an apparent state Of stupor
and proceed tn the river with him as ibonph he
were carrying him to- some boat. The watch fol-
lowed him. and law him deliberately throw fine
man INTO tn" river. An attempt made 70
arrest him, bHt wthour success aud up,hin.,
has been seen or heard of him since
From that time 10 thi, bat few bodies nf I'm
known men have been found floating in tho river
There can be- bat little doubt that the v5lla;o,,,.
Spaniard gave h~ boardcrs drugged liquors. AMI
after rohbng threw them into the river. We oh
tan thls statement from an eS.policeman of some
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1puehbarU 2'ir0inidn.
Morning. Nov'r. rs, 1886.



We deeply regret to annnunc- the dea'ho' 'ne
Hon JonS VI. CLAYTON Secretary ct State dp-
ring the admin .tratian Of President faylor and
for long period United States Senator tr"h the
State of Delaware. lie died at his residence ht
Duyer, Delaware. las, Sunday evening after an
illness of some weeks.
Mr.. Clayton during hi. long political life ever
bore himself a. becomes the statesman aud pa
triot, and possessed the entire confidence and es
TEEN of the whole country Distinguished us
we'll for the purity of his character as the pro.
fouudness Of his intellect. by his death another
jewel has been riren from the Senate of the Uni
ted States. The old set of giants are fast pass
ing away from that once noble aud renowned
b, dy. Clay, Calhep Webster and others are
gone, and nov their .oompeer. Jno. N. Clayton,
has paid ,ie last debt OF nature. Upon whom
will the NANTES of those great El1ah's fall '-who
will rise up to I'LL their places and save the e"an
tryl
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a Human Wreck.

W dtyS aC"& outrage stopped befaer tle
fAiNav s'.tjor in Lyons and a man in a sailors
dres~ aIigh'jug took out of the yehicl. a hyip.-
human trun~ The persons standing near at fir,t
thought l. WAS victim # the war in the Ea>,
hal such vas mt HE rte 1t APPEARS that the.
unfortunately hu,dra which he hafe WIS a MAJ,
named i"rn~' a"1t5v" 81 81 Etienne who in iSl9
hadgaae +" tait mia, Al explosion Of ru
powder haJ 'nr"~n him up intn the mir to "A con
s'ieraPir oel-It anu whe9 be came to the ground
he was found 10 be in such Estate u TO render
ampnia'iun of both his legs AID both arms phso.
in'ely necessary. The man bore tho operatIo,
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-13

\ wager of : looO. a>h"en made in New York
Brougham that he and his company will per
''rm in both New York and Philadelphia in the
,mc night, the distance beng nearly one hun
red miles apart The nrrang ment is to per.
,orm on Thursday evening next petite comedy
IN New York. finishing hy s o'clock then to tnkr
, special Express train and run tn hiladclphia
y ten and perform at the Circus the rXtravagan
IA of PocahoniaS. The arrangement will require
~" locomotive 10 travel about fifty miles an hour,
rhdto prevent any accplsnt il is designed t. have
u man with Hamh"au STATIONED at every mile
Along the toute and haniile- every three miles.
ne performance Is to conclude with u banquet
ut the Grard hause To the New York guests
/ ms Is certainty one Of the most extraordinary
vagers ever made and will require very uice cal
culaii"n and exact time 10 enable the task to be
accomplished sueee ssfullv.
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Tremendous Fro nj syracuse, Y. S.-I,os
nboui one Million Dollars.


SYRACUSE. Nov. s-At three O'Clock this
morning the largest fire that has ever visited
city broke out in the First ward, and in the short
space of three hours OVER twelve acres were burnt
over and about one hundred buildings consumed.
The fire originated in the barn back of Grants
Hotel which hid not been occupied for two or
three years. Il Immediately communicated 10
Gran,'- Hotel, occupied by Barney Grant which
wa consumed The loss on the building j.
timated at $1,000 The store of Mr. Mcclure
then caught fire aud was burned down-loss So
600. The flames then spread to the new and
magnificent building owned by Messr- Slatterly
& Ford. and soon it was in mass Of ruins. 1t
was occupied by Lynch Brothers, who had Just
got in an entire new stock of goods. The loss
on the building will be about SlO,OOO-insured
for $1,000 The Lvnchps will bose nhnut SO
OD0-nsured for $4,000 A large number of
wooden buildings in the and adjoining the
block were CONSUMED. The Avery block, owned
hv l.. G. Avery, was entirely destroyed Loss
$4,000; insurance not aSceraned. The Bank
ing $1,000 All the books and papers were
saved. The Post Office and telegraph Office were
destroyed, but we learn TINT all the letters and
papcrS were saved. The water from the reser-
yoir turned off and consequently the by
dIant> were useless. A strsng west wind was
blowing at the time, and our citizens were cbm-
pcIIed TO stand and Sre their property consumed,
with nothing to stop its progress. The entire
JOSS can fall little short Of one million of dollars.
md mny feach more. Over me hundred tami
lies have been rendered homeless. The fire UNI
doubt ediv was the work of an incendary.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-13

vim er.at fartfn4e aud in the cour.c of tine re-
covered. Since then tie sailor has Devoted hin
self with untiring kindne,s to III" unfortunate
mau who brings back with him fortune OF 10
OJgf aud intend, settling at ST, Etiennc. - Salat
puIJir
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Col, Fremont for ,heV,G Senate.

The last topic in political circles IN New York
is the possibility Of the election Of Col Fremont
20 the United States Senate from that State, for
SIX years from the 9TH OF March neat, to suoccrd
the Hon Hamilton Fish
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-13

'NN 10 TelH rom Guinness Commission
NH PeaSnre In re oomendng nv numerous freni. no
"o'y hf;n AS my Successors ia business VIM A 10 u nv
N" mas ht'n long ami tvnrablg known rs NV salesman
@ ' "her menpers Of tie firm favoraby know, as prannt
ro, "a a., WIN. r. SMITH